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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.
1.6 uwe 119: <li>New
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio</a>
121: driver for the built-in Zaurus audio CODEC.
122: <li>Improved
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=com&sektion=4">com</a>
124: driver for serial port PCMCIA cards, such as cellular modems on Zaurus.
1.1 deraadt 125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
128: <li>New tools:
129: <ul>
130: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,
131: a RAID management interface.
132: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,
133: a simple IPsec management tool.
134: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,
135: displaying file status obtained from
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=2">stat(2)</a>
137: or
138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.
1.8 tom 139: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,
1.1 deraadt 140: a wireless Host Access Point daemon.
141: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,
142: a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.
143: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdogd&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,
144: companion to the hardware
145: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog&sektion=4">watchdog</a>
146: devices.
1.6 uwe 147: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ztsscale&sektion=8&arch=zaurus">ztsscale(8)</a>,
148: a tool to calibrate the Zaurus touch screen.
1.1 deraadt 149: </ul>
150: <p>
151:
152: <li>New functionality:
153: <ul>
154: <li>UDF (DVD) filesystem support.
155: <li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual
156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk</a>
157: interface.
1.2 espie 158: <li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.
1.4 jsg 159: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wd&sektion=4">wd</a>
160: disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent
161: malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of the drive
162: from being accessed.
1.1 deraadt 163: </ul>
164: <p>
165:
1.5 norby 166: <li>New functionality for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&sektion=8&">ospfd(8)</a>,
167: the Open Shortest Path First Daemon:
168: <ul>
169: <li>ospfd is now able to redistribute static, connected and default routes.
170: <li>ospfctl is now able to display all relevant information.
171: <li>Interoperability with cisco and Extreme has been improved.
172: <li>Support for parsing and displaying parsed configuration file, similar to bgpd.
173: <li>Support for cryptographic authentication has been added.
174: <li>Interface finite state machine has been reworked, primarily to improve interoperability.
175: <li>The performance of the shortest path first calculation has been improved.
176: <li>Numerous bugs have been discovered and fixed during the last 6 months.
177: </ul>
178: <p>
179:
1.9 ! pvalchev 180: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1 deraadt 181: <p>
182:
183: <li>As usual, many improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
184: <p>
185:
186: <!-- someone fill this please
187: <li>OpenSSH 4.2:
188: <ul>
189: <li>...
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192: -->
193:
194: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
195: <ul>
196: <li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
197: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
198: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
199: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
200: and 3.3.5
201: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
202: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
203: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
204: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
205: <li>Groff 1.15
206: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
207: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
208: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
209: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
210: <li>Ncurses 5.2
211: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
212: <li>Heimdal 0.6rc1 (+ patches)
213: <li>Arla 0.35.7
214: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
215: <li>Gdb 6.3
216: </ul>
217: <p>
218:
219: </ul>
220:
221: <a name="install"></a>
222: <hr>
223: <p>
224: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
225: <p>
226: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
227: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
228: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
229: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
230: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
231: purchased a CDROM instead.
232: <p>
233:
234: <hr>
235: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
236: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.8 on your machine:
237: <p>
238: <ul>
239: <li>CD1:3.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
240: <li>CD1:3.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
241: <p>
242: <li>CD2:3.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
243: <li>CD2:3.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
244: <p>
245: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
246: <li>CD3:3.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
247: <p>
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/cats/INSTALL.cats
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
257: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
258: </ul>
259: <hr>
260:
261: <p>
262: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
263: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
264: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
265: <p>
266:
267: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
268: <ul>
269: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
270: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
271: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
272: <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
273:
274: <p>
275: Use <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyB38.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
276: support, or <i>CD1:3.8/i386/floppyC38.fs</i> for better laptop support.
277:
278: <p>
279: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
280: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
281: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
282:
283: <p>
284: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
285: read INSTALL.i386.
286:
287: <p>
288: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
289: at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
290: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
291: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
293: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
294: "rfd0a".
295:
296: <ul><pre>
297: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
298: </pre></ul>
299:
300: <p>
301: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
302: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
303: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
304: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
305: </ul>
306:
307: <p>
308: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
309: <ul>
310: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
311: </ul>
312:
313: <p>
314: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
315: <ul>
316: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
317: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
318: your BIOS options first.
319: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
320: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.8/amd64/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy, then
321: boot from the floppy drive.
322:
323: <p>
324: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
325: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
326: INSTALL.amd64 document.
327:
328: <p>
329: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
330: read INSTALL.amd64.
331: </ul>
332:
333: <p>
334: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
335: <ul>
336: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
337: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
338:
339: <p>
340: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
341: /3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
342: </ul>
343:
344: <p>
345: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
346: <ul>
347: The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
348: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
349: ROM.
350:
351: <ul><pre>
352: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
353: or
354: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
355: </pre></ul>
356:
357: <p>
358: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
359: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc/floppy38.fs</i> to a floppy.
360: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
361: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
362: depending on the version of your ROM.
363:
364: <ul><pre>
365: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
366: or
367: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
368: </pre></ul>
369:
370: <p>
371: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
372: will most likely fail.
373:
374: <p>
375: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
376: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
377: INSTALL.sparc file.
378: </ul>
379:
380: <p>
381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
382: <ul>
383: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
384:
385: <p>
386: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
387: <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppy38.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/floppyB38.fs</i>
388: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
389: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
390:
391: <p>
392: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
393: will most likely fail.
394:
395: <p>
396: You can also write <i>CD3:3.8/sparc64/miniroot38.fs</i> to the swap partition on
397: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
398:
399: <p>
400: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
401: </ul>
402:
403: <p>
404: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
405: <ul>
406: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or
407: <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
408: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
409:
410: <p>
411: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
412: will most likely fail.
413:
414: </ul>
415:
416: <p>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
418: <ul>
419: <p>
420: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
421: <i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
422: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
430: </ul>
431:
432: <p>
433: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
434: <ul>
435: <p>
436: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
437: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
438: </ul>
439:
440: <p>
441: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
442: <ul>
443: <p>
444: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
445: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
446: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
454: <i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
455: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
456: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
457: </ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
461: <ul>
462: <p>
463: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
464: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
465: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
466: for more details.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
472: <p>
473: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
474: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
475: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
476: for more details.
477: </ul>
478:
479: <p>
480: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
481: <ul>
482: <p>
483: Setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
484: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
490: <p>
491: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
492: openbsd38_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
493: for a few important details.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
497: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
500: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
501: in a separate archive. To extract:
502: <p>
503: <ul><pre>
504: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
505: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
506: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
507: </pre></ul>
508: <p>
509: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
510: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
511: To extract:
512: <p>
513: <ul><pre>
514: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
515: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
516: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
517: </pre></ul>
518: <p>
519: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
520: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
521: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
522: Using these files
523: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
524: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
525: <p>
526: </ul>
527:
528: <a name="upgrade"></a>
529: <hr>
530: <p>
531: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
532: <p>
533: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
534: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
535: <a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
536:
537: <a name="ports"></a>
538: <hr>
539: <p>
540: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
541: <p>
542: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
543: <p>
544: <ul><pre>
545: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
546: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
547: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
548: </pre></ul>
549: <p>
550: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
551: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
552: if you know nothing about ports
553: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
554: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
555: OpenBSD ports system.
556: <p>
557: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
558: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
559: cvs(1)</a> if
560: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
561: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
562: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
563: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
564: like:
565: <p>
566: <ul><pre>
567: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
568: </pre></ul>
569: <p>
570: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
571: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
572: server.]
573: <p>
574: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
575: packages for the 3.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
576: <p>
577: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
578: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
579: place to know.
580: <p>
581:
582: <hr>
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