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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>
1.24 deraadt 77: Expanding the arm porting effort by supporting the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000,
78: bringing a secure ssh-capable machine to your pocket.
1.1 henning 79: <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a><br>
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
84: <ul>
1.9 pvalchev 85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&arch=i386">ath(4)</a>
86: driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4&arch=i386">iwi(4)</a>
88: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4&arch=i386">ipw(4)</a>
90: driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=atu&sektion=4&arch=i386">atu(4)</a>
92: driver for Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&arch=i386">ral(4)</a>
1.15 deraadt 94: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ural&sektion=4&arch=i386">ural(4)</a> [USB]
95: drivers for Ralink Technology RT25x0 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network adapters.
1.9 pvalchev 96: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4&arch=i386">rtw(4)</a>
97: driver for Realtek 8180 IEEE 802.11b wireless network adapters.
98: <li>Added support to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4&arch=i386">re(4)</a>
99: driver for Realtek 8169 CardBus Ethernet adapters.
1.16 jsg 100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udav&sektion=4&arch=i386">udav(4)</a>
101: driver for Davicom DM9601 USB Ethernet adapters.
1.9 pvalchev 102: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&sektion=4&arch=i386">vge(4)</a>
103: driver for VIA Networking Technologies VT6122 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters.
1.1 henning 104: </ul>
105: <p>
106:
1.12 mickey 107: <li>Support for a number of much faster 64bit machines in the <a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>
108: port.
109: <p>
110:
1.21 claudio 111: <li>Many enhancements in the <a href="mac68k.html">OpenBSD/mac68k</a> port.
112: <ul>
113: <li>Switch to a bsd.rd based install.
114: <li>Create partitions with <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pdisk&sektion=8&arch=mac68k">pdisk(8)</a>
115: <li>Add <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">mc(4)</a>
116: support and enhance
117: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zsc&sektion=4&arch=mac68k">zsc(4)</a>
118: support.
119: </ul>
120: <p>
121:
1.19 claudio 122: <li>New tools:
123: <ul>
124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd">ospfd(8)</a>,
125: implementing the <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2328.txt">OSPFv2</a>
126: routing protocol.
127: </ul>
128: <p>
129:
1.11 henning 130: <li>New functionality:
131: <ul>
1.12 mickey 132: <li>Repaired mirroring mode in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ccd&sektion=4&arch=i386">ccd(4)</a>
1.27 otto 133: <li>Privilege separation for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftpd&sektion=8&arch=i386">ftpd(8)</a>.
1.28 ! henning 134: <li>improved tcp send performance
1.11 henning 135: </ul>
136: <p>
137:
1.10 henning 138: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8&">ntpd(8)</a>,
139: the Network Time Protocol Daemon:
140: <ul>
141: <li>ntpd can now set the time hard on startup itself, eleminating the need to
142: run rdate -n beforehands
143: <li>use median instead of average when collapsing all the peers' offsets
144: into one, greatly improving resistance against falsetickers
145: <li>calculate rootdelay, stratum and precision properly; include these in
146: replies sent out in server mode
147: <li>many logging improvements, ntpd is now almost completely silent in normal
148: operation (unless in debug mode, of course)
149: </ul>
150: <p>
151:
1.7 henning 152: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&">bgpd(8)</a>,
153: the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:
154: <ul>
155: <li>Allow sessions to depend on a CARP interface's master/backup state,
156: reducing failover times in redundant setups
157: <li>Lower latency for requests from other peers or bgpctl while under heavy
158: load, e. g. initial table transfer when a session comes up
159: <li>Allow for the peer descriptions to be used in bgpctl commands where
160: previously only their IPs where allowed
161: <li>Allow bgpd to not prepend its own AS number and to not modify the nexthop
162: on updates sent out
163: <li>Show associated interfaces and their state on "show nexthop",
164: to help pointing out why nexthops are invalid
165: <li>Allow for relative metrics modification, i. e.
166: "set localpref +20"
167: </ul>
168: <p>
169:
1.20 hshoexer 170: <li>New functionality and improvements for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isakmpd&sektion=8&">isakmpd(8)</a>,
171: the Internet Security Association and Key Management Daemon:
172: <ul>
1.22 hshoexer 173: <li> Allow the Address, Network, or Netmask values of the "IPsec-ID"
174: to be specified with an interface name or the keyword "default"
175: (in which case the address is selected based on the default route)
1.25 hshoexer 176: <li> Improved NAT-T and DPD stability and interoperability
1.20 hshoexer 177: </ul>
178: <p>
179:
1.8 pvalchev 180: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages.
1.1 henning 181: <p>
182:
1.3 henning 183: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability.
1.27 otto 184: Cleaner source code for
185: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ksh&sektion=1&">ksh(1)</a>,
186: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8&">httpd(8)</a> and many more programs.
1.1 henning 187: <p>
188:
189: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
190: <p>
191:
192: <li>OpenSSH 4.1:
193: <ul>
194: </ul>
195: <p>
196:
197: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
198: <ul>
1.6 matthieu 199: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
200: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
1.1 henning 201: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
202: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 203: and 3.3.5
1.1 henning 204: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 henning 205: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 206: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
207: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7d (+ patches)
208: <li>Groff 1.15
1.2 henning 209: <li>Sendmail 8.13.3, with libmilter
210: <li>Bind 9.3.0 (+ patches)
1.1 henning 211: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.2 henning 212: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p6
1.1 henning 213: <li>Ncurses 5.2
214: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
215: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
216: <li>Arla 0.35.7
1.2 henning 217: <li>Binutils 2.15
218: <li>Gdb 6.3
1.1 henning 219: </ul>
220: <p>
221:
222: </ul>
223:
224: <a name="install"></a>
225: <hr>
226: <p>
227: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
228: <p>
229: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
230: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
231: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
232: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
233: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
234: purchased a CDROM instead.
235: <p>
236:
237: <hr>
238: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or ftp mirror for
239: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.7 on your machine:
240: <p>
241: <ul>
242: <li>CD1:3.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
243: <li>CD1:3.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
244: <p>
245: <li>CD2:3.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
246: <li>CD2:3.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
247: <p>
248: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
249: <li>CD3:3.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
250: <p>
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/cats/INSTALL.cats
253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
257: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
258: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
261: </ul>
262: <hr>
263:
264: <p>
265: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
266: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
267: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
268: <p>
269:
270: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
271: <ul>
272: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
273: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
274: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
275: <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
276:
277: <p>
278: Use <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs</i> instead for greater scsi controller
279: support, or <i>CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs</i> for better laptop support.
280:
281: <p>
282: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
283: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
284: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
285:
286: <p>
287: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
288: read INSTALL.i386.
289:
290: <p>
291: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
292: at <i>CD1:3.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
293: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
294: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)
296: </a>, where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
297: "rfd0a".
298:
299: <ul><pre>
300: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
301: </pre></ul>
302:
303: <p>
304: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
305: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
306: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
307: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>.
308: </ul>
309:
310: <p>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
312: <ul>
313: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
314: </ul>
315:
316: <p>
317: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
318: <ul>
319: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
320: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
321: your BIOS options first.
322: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
323: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.7/amd64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy, then
324: boot from the floppy drive.
325:
326: <p>
327: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
328: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
329: INSTALL.amd64 document.
330:
331: <p>
332: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
333: read INSTALL.amd64.
334: </ul>
335:
336: <p>
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
338: <ul>
339: Put the CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
340: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
341:
342: <p>
343: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
344: /3.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
345: </ul>
346:
347: <p>
348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
349: <ul>
350: The 3.7 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
351: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
352: ROM.
353:
354: <ul><pre>
355: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
356: or
357: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
358: </pre></ul>
359:
360: <p>
361: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
362: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy.
363: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ4.1</a>. To boot from
364: the floppy use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of
365: your ROM.
366:
367: <ul><pre>
368: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
369: or
370: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
371: </pre></ul>
372:
373: <p>
374: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
375: will most likely fail.
376:
377: <p>
378: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
379: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
380: INSTALL.sparc file.
381: </ul>
382:
383: <p>
384: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
385: <ul>
386: Put the CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
387:
388: <p>
389: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
390: <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/floppy37.fs</i> to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
391: floppy</i>.<br>
392: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
393: will most likely fail.
394:
395: <p>
396: You can also write <i>CD3:3.7/sparc64/miniroot37.fs</i> to the swap partition on
397: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
398:
399: <p>
400: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64
401: </ul>
402:
403: <p>
404: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
405: <ul>
406: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppy37.fs</i> or
407: <i>FTP:3.7/alpha/floppyB37.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
408: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
409:
410: <p>
411: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
412: will most likely fail.
413:
414: </ul>
415:
416: <p>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
418: <ul>
419: <p>
420: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
421: <i>FTP:3.7/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
422: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
1.18 deraadt 428: <p>
429: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
430: openbsd37_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
431: for a few important details.
1.1 henning 432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
437: <p>
438: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
439: </ul>
440:
441: <p>
442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
443: <ul>
444: <p>
445: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
446: <a href="hppa.html#netboot">hppa platform page</a>.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
454: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
455: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
456: </ul>
457:
458: <p>
459: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
460: <ul>
461: <p>
1.26 claudio 462: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
463: <i>FTP:3.7/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
464: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
465: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
1.1 henning 466: </ul>
467:
468: <p>
469: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
470: <ul>
471: <p>
472: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
473: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
474: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
475: for more details.
476: </ul>
477:
478: <p>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
480: <ul>
481: <p>
482: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
483: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
484: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
485: for more details.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
1.18 deraadt 490: <p>
491: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
1.1 henning 492: <ul>
493: </ul>
494:
495: <p>
496: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
497: <ul>
498: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
499: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
500: in a separate archive. To extract:
501: <p>
502: <ul><pre>
503: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
504: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
505: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
506: </pre></ul>
507: <p>
508: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
509: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
510: To extract:
511: <p>
512: <ul><pre>
513: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
514: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
515: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
516: </pre></ul>
517: <p>
518: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
519: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
520: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
521: Using these files
522: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
523: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
524: <p>
525: </ul>
526:
527: <a name="upgrade"></a>
528: <hr>
529: <p>
530: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
531: <p>
1.4 henning 532: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 henning 533: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
534: <a href="faq/upgrade37.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
535:
536: <a name="ports"></a>
537: <hr>
538: <p>
539: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
540: <p>
541: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
542: <p>
543: <ul><pre>
544: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
545: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
546: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
547: </pre></ul>
548: <p>
549: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
550: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
551: if you know nothing about ports
552: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
553: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
554: OpenBSD ports system.
555: <p>
556: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
557: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
558: cvs(1)</a> if
559: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
560: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
561: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
562: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
563: like:
564: <p>
565: <ul><pre>
1.5 henning 566: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_7</strong>
1.1 henning 567: </pre></ul>
568: <p>
569: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
570: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
571: server.]
572: <p>
573: Note that most ports are available as packages through ftp. Updated
574: packages for the 3.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
575: <p>
576: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
577: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
578: place to know.
579: <p>
580:
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