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