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1.1 henning 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.7 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
1.13 henning 26: Released May 19, 2005<br>
1.1 henning 27: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-5-5</font>
29: <p>
30:
31: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
32: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
33: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
34: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
35: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
36:
37: <p>
38: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
39: To get the files for this release:
40: <ul>
41: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
42: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
43: a list of mirror machines.
44: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.7/</font> directory on
45: one of the mirror sites.
46: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
47: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.7 Errata page</a> for a list
48: of bugs and workarounds.
49: <li>See a <a href="plus37.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
50: 3.6 and 3.7 releases.
51: </ul>
52: </font></h3>
53: <br clear=all>
54:
55: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
56: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
57: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
58: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
59: the CDROM because of lack of space.
60: <p>
61:
62: <a name="new"></a>
63: <hr>
64: <p>
65: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
66: <p>
67: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.7.
68: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus37.html">changelog</a> leading
69: to 3.7.
70: <p>
71:
72: <ul>
73:
74: <li>New platforms:
75: <ul>
76: <li><a href="zaurus.html">OpenBSD/zaurus</a><br>
77: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
78: </ul>
79: <p>
80:
81: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
82: <ul>
1.9 pvalchev 83: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&arch=i386">ath(4)</a>
84: driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&arch=i386">iwi(4)</a>
86: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4&arch=i386">ipw(4)</a>
88: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&sektion=4&arch=i386">atu(4)</a>
90: driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&arch=i386">ral(4)</a>
1.15 deraadt 92: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ural&sektion=4&arch=i386">ural(4)</a> [USB]
93: drivers for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
1.9 pvalchev 94: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4&arch=i386">rtw(4)</a>
95: driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
96: <li>Added support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&arch=i386">re(4)</a>
97: driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.
1.16 jsg 98: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udav&sektion=4&arch=i386">udav(4)</a>
99: driver for Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet adapters.
1.9 pvalchev 100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&sektion=4&arch=i386">vge(4)</a>
101: driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.
1.1 henning 102: </ul>
103: <p>
104:
1.12 mickey 105: <li>Support for a number of much faster 64bit machines in the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
106: port.
107: <p>
108:
1.21 claudio 109: <li>Many enhancements in the <a href="mac68k.html">OpenBSD/mac68k</a> port.
110: <ul>
111: <li>Switch to a bsd.rd based install.
112: <li>Create partitions with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pdisk&sektion=8&arch=mac68k">pdisk(8)</a>
113: <li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">mc(4)</a>
114: support and enhance
115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zsc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">zsc(4)</a>
116: support.
117: </ul>
118: <p>
119:
1.19 claudio 120: <li>New tools:
121: <ul>
122: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd">ospfd(8)</a>,
123: implementing the <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2328.txt">OSPFv2</a>
124: routing protocol.
125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
1.11 henning 128: <li>New functionality:
129: <ul>
1.12 mickey 130: <li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ccd&sektion=4&arch=i386">ccd(4)</a>
1.11 henning 131: </ul>
132: <p>
133:
1.10 henning 134: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8&">ntpd(8)</a>,
135: the Network Time Protocol Daemon:
136: <ul>
137: <li>ntpd can now set the time hard on startup itself, eleminating the need to
138: run rdate -n beforehands
139: <li>use median instead of average when collapsing all the peers' offsets
140: into one, greatly improving resistance against falsetickers
141: <li>calculate rootdelay, stratum and precision properly; include these in
142: replies sent out in server mode
143: <li>many logging improvements, ntpd is now almost completely silent in normal
144: operation (unless in debug mode, of course)
145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
1.7 henning 148: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&">bgpd(8)</a>,
149: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
150: <ul>
151: <li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,
152: reducing failover times in redundant setups
153: <li>Lower latency for requests from other peers or bgpctl while under heavy
154: load, e. g. initial table transfer when a session comes up
155: <li>Allow for the peer descriptions to be used in bgpctl commands where
156: previously only their IPs where allowed
157: <li>Allow bgpd to not prepend its own AS number and to not modify the nexthop
158: on updates sent out
159: <li>Show associated interfaces and their state on "show nexthop",
160: to help pointing out why nexthops are invalid
161: <li>Allow for relative metrics modification, i. e.
162: "set localpref +20"
163: </ul>
164: <p>
165:
1.20 hshoexer 166: <li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&">isakmpd(8)</a>,
167: the Internet Security Association and Key Management Daemon:
168: <ul>
169: <li> Improved NAT-T and DPD interoperability
1.22 ! hshoexer 170: <li> Allow the Address, Network, or Netmask values of the "IPsec-ID"
! 171: to be specified with an interface name or the keyword "default"
! 172: (in which case the address is selected based on the default route)
! 173: <li> New switch to select the listen port for udpencap, so it is possible to
! 174: run multiple instances of isakmpd on different ports
1.20 hshoexer 175: <li> Several fixes and cleanups regarding reliability and stability
176: </ul>
177: <p>
178:
1.8 pvalchev 179: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages.
1.1 henning 180: <p>
181:
1.3 henning 182: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.1 henning 183: <p>
184:
185: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
189: <ul>
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
194: <ul>
1.6 matthieu 195: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
196: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1 henning 197: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
198: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 199: and 3.3.5
1.1 henning 200: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 201: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 202: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
203: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
204: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2 henning 205: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
206: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 207: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2 henning 208: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1 henning 209: <li>Ncurses 5.2
210: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
211: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
212: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2 henning 213: <li>Binutils 2.15
214: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1 henning 215: </ul>
216: <p>
217:
218: </ul>
219:
220: <a name="install"></a>
221: <hr>
222: <p>
223: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
224: <p>
225: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
226: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
227: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
228: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
229: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
230: purchased a CDROM instead.
231: <p>
232:
233: <hr>
234: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
235: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
236: <p>
237: <ul>
238: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
239: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
240: <p>
241: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
242: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
243: <p>
244: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
245: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
246: <p>
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
257: </ul>
258: <hr>
259:
260: <p>
261: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
262: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
263: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
264: <p>
265:
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
267: <ul>
268: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
269: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
270: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
271: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
272:
273: <p>
274: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
275: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
276:
277: <p>
278: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
279: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
280: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
281:
282: <p>
283: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
284: read INSTALL.i386.
285:
286: <p>
287: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
288: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
289: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
290: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
292: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
293: "rfd0a".
294:
295: <ul><pre>
296: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
297: </pre></ul>
298:
299: <p>
300: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
301: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
302: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
303: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
304: </ul>
305:
306: <p>
307: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
308: <ul>
309: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
310: </ul>
311:
312: <p>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
314: <ul>
315: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
316: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
317: your BIOS options first.
318: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
319: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
320: boot from the floppy drive.
321:
322: <p>
323: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
324: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
325: INSTALL.amd64 document.
326:
327: <p>
328: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
329: read INSTALL.amd64.
330: </ul>
331:
332: <p>
333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
336: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
337:
338: <p>
339: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
340: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
341: </ul>
342:
343: <p>
344: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
345: <ul>
346: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
347: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
348: ROM.
349:
350: <ul><pre>
351: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
352: or
353: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
354: </pre></ul>
355:
356: <p>
357: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
358: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
359: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
360: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
361: your ROM.
362:
363: <ul><pre>
364: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
365: or
366: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
367: </pre></ul>
368:
369: <p>
370: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
371: will most likely fail.
372:
373: <p>
374: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
375: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
376: INSTALL.sparc file.
377: </ul>
378:
379: <p>
380: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
381: <ul>
382: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
383:
384: <p>
385: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
386: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
387: floppy</i>.<br>
388: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
389: will most likely fail.
390:
391: <p>
392: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
393: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
394:
395: <p>
396: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
403: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
404: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
405:
406: <p>
407: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
408: will most likely fail.
409:
410: </ul>
411:
412: <p>
413: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
414: <ul>
415: <p>
416: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
417: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
418: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
419: </ul>
420:
421: <p>
422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
423: <ul>
1.18 deraadt 424: <p>
425: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
426: openbsd37_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
427: for a few important details.
1.1 henning 428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: <p>
434: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <p>
438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
439: <ul>
440: <p>
441: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
442: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
443: </ul>
444:
445: <p>
446: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
447: <ul>
448: <p>
449: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
450: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
451: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
452: </ul>
453:
454: <p>
455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
456: <ul>
457: <p>
458: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
459: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
460: <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
461: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
462: "BSD/Mac68k Installer" to copy all the sets in <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/</i> onto your
463: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the "BSD/Mac68k
464: Booter" with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
472: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
473: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
474: for more details.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: <p>
481: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
482: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
483: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
484: for more details.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
1.18 deraadt 489: <p>
490: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
1.1 henning 491: <ul>
492: </ul>
493:
494: <p>
495: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
496: <ul>
497: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
498: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
499: in a separate archive. To extract:
500: <p>
501: <ul><pre>
502: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
503: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
504: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
505: </pre></ul>
506: <p>
507: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
508: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
509: To extract:
510: <p>
511: <ul><pre>
512: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
513: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
514: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
515: </pre></ul>
516: <p>
517: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
518: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
519: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
520: Using these files
521: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
522: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
523: <p>
524: </ul>
525:
526: <a name="upgrade"></a>
527: <hr>
528: <p>
529: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
530: <p>
1.4 henning 531: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 henning 532: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
533: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
534:
535: <a name="ports"></a>
536: <hr>
537: <p>
538: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
539: <p>
540: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
541: <p>
542: <ul><pre>
543: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
544: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
545: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
546: </pre></ul>
547: <p>
548: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
549: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
550: if you know nothing about ports
551: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
552: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
553: OpenBSD ports system.
554: <p>
555: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
556: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
557: cvs(1)</a> if
558: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
559: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
560: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
561: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
562: like:
563: <p>
564: <ul><pre>
1.5 henning 565: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1 henning 566: </pre></ul>
567: <p>
568: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
569: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
570: server.]
571: <p>
572: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
573: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
574: <p>
575: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
576: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
577: place to know.
578: <p>
579:
580: <hr>
581: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
582: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
583: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
584: <br><small>
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