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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
1.3     ! jsg        97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ichwdt&amp;sektion=4">ichwdt</a>
        !            98: driver for Intel 6300ESB ICH watchdog timer.
        !            99: <li>New
1.1       deraadt   100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcn&amp;sektion=4">pcn</a>
                    101: driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.
                    102: <li>New
                    103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=safte&amp;sektion=4">safte</a>
                    104: driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten
                    105: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ses&amp;sektion=4">ses</a>
                    106: driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through
                    107: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&amp;sektion=8">sysctl</a>
                    108: and
                    109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&amp;sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.
                    110: <li>New
                    111: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ueagle&amp;sektion=4">ueagle</a>
                    112: driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.
1.3     ! jsg       113: <li>New
        !           114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uipaq&amp;sektion=4">uipaq</a>
        !           115: driver for iPAQ USB serial.
        !           116: <li>New
        !           117: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viasio&amp;sektion=4">viasio</a>
        !           118: driver for VIA VT1211 LPC Super I/O hardware sensors.
1.1       deraadt   119: </ul>
                    120: <p>
                    121:
                    122: <li>New tools:
                    123: <ul>
                    124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl&amp;sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,
                    125: a RAID management interface.
                    126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&amp;sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,
                    127: a simple IPsec management tool.
                    128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&amp;sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,
                    129: displaying file status obtained from
                    130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&amp;sektion=2">stat(2)</a>
                    131: or
                    132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lstat&amp;sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.
                    133: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&amp;sektion=8">hostapd(8)<a>,
                    134: a wireless Host Access Point daemon.
                    135: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&amp;sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,
                    136: a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.
                    137: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdogd&amp;sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
                    138: companion to the hardware
                    139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog&amp;sektion=4">watchdog</a>
                    140: devices.
                    141: </ul>
                    142: <p>
                    143:
                    144: <li>New functionality:
                    145: <ul>
                    146: <li>UDF (DVD) filesystem support.
                    147: <li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual
                    148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&amp;sektion=4">trunk</a>
                    149: interface.
1.2       espie     150: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.1       deraadt   151: </ul>
                    152: <p>
                    153:
1.2       espie     154: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1       deraadt   155: <p>
                    156:
                    157: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    158: <p>
                    159:
                    160: <!-- someone fill this please
                    161: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
                    162: <ul>
                    163: <li>...
                    164: </ul>
                    165: <p>
                    166: -->
                    167:
                    168: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    169: <ul>
                    170: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    171: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
                    172: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    173: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    174: and 3.3.5
                    175: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    176: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
                    177: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    178: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
                    179: <li>Groff 1.15
                    180: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
                    181: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
                    182: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    183: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
                    184: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    185: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    186: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
                    187: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    188: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    189: <li>Gdb 6.3
                    190: </ul>
                    191: <p>
                    192:
                    193: </ul>
                    194:
                    195: <a name="install"></a>
                    196: <hr>
                    197: <p>
                    198: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    199: <p>
                    200: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    201: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    202: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    203: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    204: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    205: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    206: <p>
                    207:
                    208: <hr>
                    209: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    210: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
                    211: <p>
                    212: <ul>
                    213: <li>CD1:3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    214: <li>CD1:3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    215: <p>
                    216: <li>CD2:3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    217: <li>CD2:3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    218: <p>
                    219: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    220: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    221: <p>
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    230: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    231: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    232: </ul>
                    233: <hr>
                    234:
                    235: <p>
                    236: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    237: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    238: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    239: <p>
                    240:
                    241: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    242: <ul>
                    243: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    244: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    245: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    246: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    247:
                    248: <p>
                    249: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    250: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    251:
                    252: <p>
                    253: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    254: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    255: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    256:
                    257: <p>
                    258: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    259: read INSTALL.i386.
                    260:
                    261: <p>
                    262: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    263: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    264: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
                    265: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
                    266: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    267: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    268: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    269:
                    270: <ul><pre>
                    271: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    272: </pre></ul>
                    273:
                    274: <p>
                    275: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    276: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    277: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    278: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    279: </ul>
                    280:
                    281: <p>
                    282: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    283: <ul>
                    284: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    285: </ul>
                    286:
                    287: <p>
                    288: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    289: <ul>
                    290: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    291: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    292: your BIOS options first.
                    293: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    294: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    295: boot from the floppy drive.
                    296:
                    297: <p>
                    298: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    299: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    300: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    301:
                    302: <p>
                    303: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    304: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    305: </ul>
                    306:
                    307: <p>
                    308: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    309: <ul>
                    310: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    311: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    312:
                    313: <p>
                    314: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    315: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    316: </ul>
                    317:
                    318: <p>
                    319: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    320: <ul>
                    321: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    322: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    323: ROM.
                    324:
                    325: <ul><pre>
                    326: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    327: or
                    328: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    329: </pre></ul>
                    330:
                    331: <p>
                    332: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    333: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    334: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    335: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    336: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    337:
                    338: <ul><pre>
                    339: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    340: or
                    341: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    342: </pre></ul>
                    343:
                    344: <p>
                    345: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    346: will most likely fail.
                    347:
                    348: <p>
                    349: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    350: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    351: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    352: </ul>
                    353:
                    354: <p>
                    355: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    356: <ul>
                    357: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    358:
                    359: <p>
                    360: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    361: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
                    362: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    363: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    364:
                    365: <p>
                    366: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    367: will most likely fail.
                    368:
                    369: <p>
                    370: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    371: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    372:
                    373: <p>
                    374: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    375: </ul>
                    376:
                    377: <p>
                    378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    379: <ul>
                    380: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
                    381: <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    382: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    383:
                    384: <p>
                    385: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    386: will most likely fail.
                    387:
                    388: </ul>
                    389:
                    390: <p>
                    391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    392: <ul>
                    393: <p>
                    394: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    395: <i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    396: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    397: </ul>
                    398:
                    399: <p>
                    400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    401: <ul>
                    402: <p>
                    403: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: <p>
                    410: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    411: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:
                    414: <p>
                    415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <p>
                    418: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    419: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    420: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    421: </ul>
                    422:
                    423: <p>
                    424: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    425: <ul>
                    426: <p>
                    427: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    428: <i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    429: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    430: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    431: </ul>
                    432:
                    433: <p>
                    434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    435: <ul>
                    436: <p>
                    437: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    438: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    439: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    440: for more details.
                    441: </ul>
                    442:
                    443: <p>
                    444: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    445: <ul>
                    446: <p>
                    447: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    448: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    449: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    450: for more details.
                    451: </ul>
                    452:
                    453: <p>
                    454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    455: <ul>
                    456: <p>
                    457: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    458: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    459: </ul>
                    460:
                    461: <p>
                    462: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    463: <ul>
                    464: <p>
                    465: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    466: openbsd38_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    467: for a few important details.
                    468: </ul>
                    469:
                    470: <p>
                    471: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    472: <ul>
                    473: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    474: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    475: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    476: <p>
                    477: <ul><pre>
                    478: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    479: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    480: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    481: </pre></ul>
                    482: <p>
                    483: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    484: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    485: To extract:
                    486: <p>
                    487: <ul><pre>
                    488: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    489: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    490: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    491: </pre></ul>
                    492: <p>
                    493: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    494: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    495: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    496: Using these files
                    497: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    498: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    499: <p>
                    500: </ul>
                    501:
                    502: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    503: <hr>
                    504: <p>
                    505: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    506: <p>
                    507: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    508: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    509: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    510:
                    511: <a name="ports"></a>
                    512: <hr>
                    513: <p>
                    514: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    515: <p>
                    516: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    517: <p>
                    518: <ul><pre>
                    519: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    520: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    521: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    522: </pre></ul>
                    523: <p>
                    524: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    525: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    526: if you know nothing about ports
                    527: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    528: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    529: OpenBSD ports system.
                    530: <p>
                    531: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    532: <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">
                    533: cvs(1)</a> if
                    534: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    535: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    536: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    537: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    538: like:
                    539: <p>
                    540: <ul><pre>
                    541: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
                    542: </pre></ul>
                    543: <p>
                    544: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    545: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    546: server.]
                    547: <p>
                    548: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    549: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    550: <p>
                    551: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    552: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    553: place to know.
                    554: <p>
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