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                     24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.8 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
                     26: Released November 1, 2005<br>
                     27: Copyright 1997-2005, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-6-3</font>
                     29: <br>
                     30: <a href="lyrics.html#38">3.8 Song: to be disclosed at a later date...</a>
                     31: <p>
                     32:
                     33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     38:
                     39: <p>
                     40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     41: To get the files for this release:
                     42: <ul>
                     43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     45:     a list of mirror machines.
                     46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.8/</font> directory on
                     47:     one of the mirror sites.
                     48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     49: <!-- uncomment after rotation -->
                     50: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.8 Errata page</a> for a list
                     51:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     52: <!-- becomes plus38 after rotation -->
                     53: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     54:     3.7 and 3.8 releases.
                     55: </ul>
                     56: </font></h3>
                     57: <br clear=all>
                     58:
                     59: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     60: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     61: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     62: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     63: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     64: <p>
                     65:
                     66: <a name="new"></a>
                     67: <hr>
                     68: <p>
                     69: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     70: <p>
                     71: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.8.
                     72: <!-- becomes plus38 after rotation -->
                     73: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
                     74: to 3.8.
                     75: <p>
                     76:
                     77: <ul>
                     78:
                     79: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     80: <ul>
                     81: <li>New
                     82: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&amp;sektion=4">aps</a>
                     83: driver for the built-in accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops.
                     84: <li>New
                     85: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=art&amp;sektion=4">art</a>
                     86: driver for Accom Networks Artery T1 and E1 cards.
                     87: <li>New
                     88: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auixp&amp;sektion=4">auixp</a>
                     89: driver for the ATI IXP series integrated AC'97 audio controller.
                     90: <li>New
                     91: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&amp;sektion=4">ciss</a>
                     92: driver for Compaq Smart ARRAY 5 and 6 RAID controllers.
                     93: <li>New
                     94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=epic&amp;sektion=4">epic</a>
                     95: driver for SMC 83C170 ethernet adapters.
                     96: <li>New
                     97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcn&amp;sektion=4">pcn</a>
                     98: driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.
                     99: <li>New
                    100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=safte&amp;sektion=4">safte</a>
                    101: driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten
                    102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ses&amp;sektion=4">ses</a>
                    103: driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through
                    104: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&amp;sektion=8">sysctl</a>
                    105: and
                    106: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&amp;sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.
                    107: <li>New
                    108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ueagle&amp;sektion=4">ueagle</a>
                    109: driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.
                    110: </ul>
                    111: <p>
                    112:
                    113: <li>New tools:
                    114: <ul>
                    115: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl&amp;sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,
                    116: a RAID management interface.
                    117: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&amp;sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,
                    118: a simple IPsec management tool.
                    119: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&amp;sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,
                    120: displaying file status obtained from
                    121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&amp;sektion=2">stat(2)</a>
                    122: or
                    123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lstat&amp;sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.
                    124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&amp;sektion=8">hostapd(8)<a>,
                    125: a wireless Host Access Point daemon.
                    126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&amp;sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,
                    127: a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.
                    128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdogd&amp;sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
                    129: companion to the hardware
                    130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog&amp;sektion=4">watchdog</a>
                    131: devices.
                    132: </ul>
                    133: <p>
                    134:
                    135: <li>New functionality:
                    136: <ul>
                    137: <li>UDF (DVD) filesystem support.
                    138: <li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual
                    139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&amp;sektion=4">trunk</a>
                    140: interface.
1.2     ! espie     141: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.1       deraadt   142: </ul>
                    143: <p>
                    144:
1.2     ! espie     145: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1       deraadt   146: <p>
                    147:
                    148: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    149: <p>
                    150:
                    151: <!-- someone fill this please
                    152: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
                    153: <ul>
                    154: <li>...
                    155: </ul>
                    156: <p>
                    157: -->
                    158:
                    159: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    160: <ul>
                    161: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    162: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
                    163: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    164: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    165: and 3.3.5
                    166: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    167: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
                    168: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    169: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
                    170: <li>Groff 1.15
                    171: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
                    172: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
                    173: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    174: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
                    175: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    176: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    177: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
                    178: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    179: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    180: <li>Gdb 6.3
                    181: </ul>
                    182: <p>
                    183:
                    184: </ul>
                    185:
                    186: <a name="install"></a>
                    187: <hr>
                    188: <p>
                    189: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    190: <p>
                    191: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    192: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    193: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    194: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    195: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    196: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    197: <p>
                    198:
                    199: <hr>
                    200: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    201: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
                    202: <p>
                    203: <ul>
                    204: <li>CD1:3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    205: <li>CD1:3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    206: <p>
                    207: <li>CD2:3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    208: <li>CD2:3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    209: <p>
                    210: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    211: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    212: <p>
                    213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    223: </ul>
                    224: <hr>
                    225:
                    226: <p>
                    227: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    228: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    229: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    230: <p>
                    231:
                    232: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    233: <ul>
                    234: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    235: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    236: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    237: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    238:
                    239: <p>
                    240: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    241: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    242:
                    243: <p>
                    244: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    245: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    246: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    247:
                    248: <p>
                    249: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    250: read INSTALL.i386.
                    251:
                    252: <p>
                    253: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    254: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    255: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
                    256: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
                    257: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    258: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    259: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    260:
                    261: <ul><pre>
                    262: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    263: </pre></ul>
                    264:
                    265: <p>
                    266: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    267: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    268: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    269: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    270: </ul>
                    271:
                    272: <p>
                    273: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    274: <ul>
                    275: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    276: </ul>
                    277:
                    278: <p>
                    279: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    280: <ul>
                    281: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    282: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    283: your BIOS options first.
                    284: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    285: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    286: boot from the floppy drive.
                    287:
                    288: <p>
                    289: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    290: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    291: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    292:
                    293: <p>
                    294: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    295: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    296: </ul>
                    297:
                    298: <p>
                    299: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    300: <ul>
                    301: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    302: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    303:
                    304: <p>
                    305: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    306: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    307: </ul>
                    308:
                    309: <p>
                    310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    311: <ul>
                    312: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    313: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    314: ROM.
                    315:
                    316: <ul><pre>
                    317: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    318: or
                    319: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    320: </pre></ul>
                    321:
                    322: <p>
                    323: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    324: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    325: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    326: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    327: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    328:
                    329: <ul><pre>
                    330: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    331: or
                    332: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    333: </pre></ul>
                    334:
                    335: <p>
                    336: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    337: will most likely fail.
                    338:
                    339: <p>
                    340: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    341: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    342: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    343: </ul>
                    344:
                    345: <p>
                    346: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    347: <ul>
                    348: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    349:
                    350: <p>
                    351: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    352: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
                    353: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    354: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    355:
                    356: <p>
                    357: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    358: will most likely fail.
                    359:
                    360: <p>
                    361: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    362: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    363:
                    364: <p>
                    365: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    366: </ul>
                    367:
                    368: <p>
                    369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    370: <ul>
                    371: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
                    372: <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    373: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    374:
                    375: <p>
                    376: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    377: will most likely fail.
                    378:
                    379: </ul>
                    380:
                    381: <p>
                    382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    383: <ul>
                    384: <p>
                    385: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    386: <i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    387: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    388: </ul>
                    389:
                    390: <p>
                    391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    392: <ul>
                    393: <p>
                    394: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    395: </ul>
                    396:
                    397: <p>
                    398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    399: <ul>
                    400: <p>
                    401: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    402: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    403: </ul>
                    404:
                    405: <p>
                    406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    407: <ul>
                    408: <p>
                    409: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    410: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    411: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:
                    414: <p>
                    415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <p>
                    418: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    419: <i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    420: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    421: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    422: </ul>
                    423:
                    424: <p>
                    425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    426: <ul>
                    427: <p>
                    428: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    429: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    430: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    431: for more details.
                    432: </ul>
                    433:
                    434: <p>
                    435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    436: <ul>
                    437: <p>
                    438: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    439: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    440: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    441: for more details.
                    442: </ul>
                    443:
                    444: <p>
                    445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    446: <ul>
                    447: <p>
                    448: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    449: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    450: </ul>
                    451:
                    452: <p>
                    453: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    454: <ul>
                    455: <p>
                    456: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    457: openbsd38_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    458: for a few important details.
                    459: </ul>
                    460:
                    461: <p>
                    462: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    463: <ul>
                    464: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    465: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    466: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    467: <p>
                    468: <ul><pre>
                    469: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    470: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    471: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    472: </pre></ul>
                    473: <p>
                    474: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    475: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    476: To extract:
                    477: <p>
                    478: <ul><pre>
                    479: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    480: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    481: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    482: </pre></ul>
                    483: <p>
                    484: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    485: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    486: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    487: Using these files
                    488: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    489: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    490: <p>
                    491: </ul>
                    492:
                    493: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    494: <hr>
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    497: <p>
                    498: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    499: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    500: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    501:
                    502: <a name="ports"></a>
                    503: <hr>
                    504: <p>
                    505: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    506: <p>
                    507: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    508: <p>
                    509: <ul><pre>
                    510: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    511: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    512: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    513: </pre></ul>
                    514: <p>
                    515: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    516: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    517: if you know nothing about ports
                    518: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    519: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    520: OpenBSD ports system.
                    521: <p>
                    522: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    523: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=1&amp;manpath=OpenBSD+Current&amp;arch=i386&amp;format=html">
                    524: cvs(1)</a> if
                    525: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    526: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    527: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    528: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    529: like:
                    530: <p>
                    531: <ul><pre>
                    532: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
                    533: </pre></ul>
                    534: <p>
                    535: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    536: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    537: server.]
                    538: <p>
                    539: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    540: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    541: <p>
                    542: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    543: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    544: place to know.
                    545: <p>
                    546:
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