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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&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&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&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&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&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&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&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&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&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&sektion=8">sysctl</a>
108: and
109: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.
110: <li>New
111: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ueagle&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&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&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&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,
125: a RAID management interface.
126: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&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&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,
129: displaying file status obtained from
130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=2">stat(2)</a>
131: or
132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.
133: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&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&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&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
138: companion to the hardware
139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog&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&sektion=4">trunk</a>
149: interface.
1.2 espie 150: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.4 jsg 151: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wd&sektion=4">wd</a>
152: disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent
153: malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of the drive
154: from being accessed.
1.1 deraadt 155: </ul>
156: <p>
157:
1.5 ! norby 158: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8&">ospfd(8)</a>,
! 159: the Open Shortest Path First Daemon:
! 160: <ul>
! 161: <li>ospfd is now able to redistribute static, connected and default routes.
! 162: <li>ospfctl is now able to display all relevant information.
! 163: <li>Interoperability with cisco and Extreme has been improved.
! 164: <li>Support for parsing and displaying parsed configuration file, similar to bgpd.
! 165: <li>Support for cryptographic authentication has been added.
! 166: <li>Interface finite state machine has been reworked, primarily to improve interoperability.
! 167: <li>The performance of the shortest path first calculation has been improved.
! 168: <li>Numerous bugs have been discovered and fixed during the last 6 months.
! 169: </ul>
! 170: <p>
! 171:
1.2 espie 172: <li>Over 3000 ports, 2800 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1 deraadt 173: <p>
174:
175: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
176: <p>
177:
178: <!-- someone fill this please
179: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
180: <ul>
181: <li>...
182: </ul>
183: <p>
184: -->
185:
186: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
187: <ul>
188: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
189: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
190: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
191: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
192: and 3.3.5
193: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
194: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
195: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
196: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
197: <li>Groff 1.15
198: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
199: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
200: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
201: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
202: <li>Ncurses 5.2
203: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
204: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
205: <li>Arla 0.35.7
206: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
207: <li>Gdb 6.3
208: </ul>
209: <p>
210:
211: </ul>
212:
213: <a name="install"></a>
214: <hr>
215: <p>
216: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
217: <p>
218: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
219: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
220: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
221: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
222: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
223: purchased a CDROM instead.
224: <p>
225:
226: <hr>
227: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
228: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
229: <p>
230: <ul>
231: <li>CD1:3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
232: <li>CD1:3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
233: <p>
234: <li>CD2:3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
235: <li>CD2:3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
236: <p>
237: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
238: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
239: <p>
240: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats
242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
250: </ul>
251: <hr>
252:
253: <p>
254: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
255: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
256: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
257: <p>
258:
259: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
260: <ul>
261: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
262: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
263: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
264: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
265:
266: <p>
267: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
268: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
269:
270: <p>
271: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
272: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
273: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
274:
275: <p>
276: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
277: read INSTALL.i386.
278:
279: <p>
280: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
281: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
282: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
283: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
284: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
285: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
286: "rfd0a".
287:
288: <ul><pre>
289: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
290: </pre></ul>
291:
292: <p>
293: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
294: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
295: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
296: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
297: </ul>
298:
299: <p>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
301: <ul>
302: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
303: </ul>
304:
305: <p>
306: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
307: <ul>
308: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
309: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
310: your BIOS options first.
311: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
312: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
313: boot from the floppy drive.
314:
315: <p>
316: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
317: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
318: INSTALL.amd64 document.
319:
320: <p>
321: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
322: read INSTALL.amd64.
323: </ul>
324:
325: <p>
326: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
327: <ul>
328: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
329: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
330:
331: <p>
332: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
333: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
334: </ul>
335:
336: <p>
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
338: <ul>
339: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
340: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
341: ROM.
342:
343: <ul><pre>
344: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
345: or
346: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
347: </pre></ul>
348:
349: <p>
350: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
351: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
352: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
353: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
354: depending on the version of your ROM.
355:
356: <ul><pre>
357: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
358: or
359: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
360: </pre></ul>
361:
362: <p>
363: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
364: will most likely fail.
365:
366: <p>
367: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
368: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
369: INSTALL.sparc file.
370: </ul>
371:
372: <p>
373: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
374: <ul>
375: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
376:
377: <p>
378: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
379: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
380: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
381: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
382:
383: <p>
384: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
385: will most likely fail.
386:
387: <p>
388: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
389: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
390:
391: <p>
392: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
393: </ul>
394:
395: <p>
396: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
397: <ul>
398: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
399: <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
400: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
401:
402: <p>
403: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
404: will most likely fail.
405:
406: </ul>
407:
408: <p>
409: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
410: <ul>
411: <p>
412: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
413: <i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
414: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: <p>
428: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
429: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
430: </ul>
431:
432: <p>
433: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
434: <ul>
435: <p>
436: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
437: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
438: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
439: </ul>
440:
441: <p>
442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
443: <ul>
444: <p>
445: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
446: <i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
447: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
448: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
449: </ul>
450:
451: <p>
452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
453: <ul>
454: <p>
455: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
456: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
457: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
458: for more details.
459: </ul>
460:
461: <p>
462: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
463: <ul>
464: <p>
465: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
466: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
467: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
468: for more details.
469: </ul>
470:
471: <p>
472: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
473: <ul>
474: <p>
475: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
476: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
483: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
484: openbsd38_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
485: for a few important details.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
490: <ul>
491: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
492: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
493: in a separate archive. To extract:
494: <p>
495: <ul><pre>
496: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
497: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
498: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
499: </pre></ul>
500: <p>
501: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
502: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
503: To extract:
504: <p>
505: <ul><pre>
506: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
507: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
508: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
509: </pre></ul>
510: <p>
511: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
512: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
513: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
514: Using these files
515: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
516: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
517: <p>
518: </ul>
519:
520: <a name="upgrade"></a>
521: <hr>
522: <p>
523: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
524: <p>
525: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
526: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
527: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
528:
529: <a name="ports"></a>
530: <hr>
531: <p>
532: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
533: <p>
534: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
535: <p>
536: <ul><pre>
537: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
538: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
539: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
540: </pre></ul>
541: <p>
542: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
543: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
544: if you know nothing about ports
545: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
546: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
547: OpenBSD ports system.
548: <p>
549: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
550: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
551: cvs(1)</a> if
552: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
553: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
554: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
555: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
556: like:
557: <p>
558: <ul><pre>
559: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
560: </pre></ul>
561: <p>
562: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
563: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
564: server.]
565: <p>
566: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
567: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
568: <p>
569: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
570: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
571: place to know.
572: <p>
573:
574: <hr>
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