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                     24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 3.9 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
                     26: Released May 1, 2006<br>
                     27: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 0-9731791-7-1</font>
                     29: <!--
                     30: <br>
                     31: <a href="lyrics.html#39">3.9 Song: ""</a>
                     32:  -->
                     33: <p>
                     34:
                     35: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     36: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     37: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     38: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     39: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     40:
                     41: <p>
                     42: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     43: To get the files for this release:
                     44: <ul>
                     45: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     46: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     47:     a list of mirror machines.
                     48: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.9/</font> directory on
                     49:     one of the mirror sites.
                     50: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     51: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 3.9 Errata page</a> for a list
                     52:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     53: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes plus39.html -->
                     54: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     55:     3.8 and 3.9 releases.
                     56: </ul>
                     57: </font></h3>
                     58: <br clear=all>
                     59:
                     60: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     61: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     62: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     63: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     64: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     65: <p>
                     66:
                     67: <a name="new"></a>
                     68: <hr>
                     69: <p>
                     70: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     71: <p>
                     72: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.9.
                     73: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes plus39.html -->
                     74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
                     75: to 3.9.
                     76: <p>
                     77:
                     78: <ul>
                     79:
                     80: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     81: <ul>
                     82: <li>G5-based Apple Macintosh machines (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
                     83: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
                     84: port.
                     85: <li>Embedded Server Management
                     86: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esm&amp;sektion=4">esm</a>)
1.8       jsg        87: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
                     88: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi&amp;sektion=4">ipmi</a>)
1.1       miod       89: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.6       jcs        90: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tpms&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=macppc">tpms</a>).
1.1       miod       91: <li>Many i2c and SMBus temperature and voltage sensors are now recognized.
                     92: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&amp;sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2       deraadt    93: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1       miod       94: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
                     95: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&amp;sektion=4">cardbus</a>
                     96: and
1.5       jolan      97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&amp;sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1       miod       98: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.8       jsg        99: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&amp;sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
                    100: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
                    101: <li>Support for new Ralink RT2501 and RT2600 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&amp;sektion=4">ral</a>.
                    102: <li>Support for ASIX AX88772 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&amp;sektion=4">axe</a>.
                    103: <li>Support for devices incorporating GCT RF transceivers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&amp;sektion=4">rtw</a>.
1.10    ! uwe       104: <li>Zaurus remote control (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zrc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=zaurus">zrc</a>) support.
1.1       miod      105: </ul>
                    106: <p>
                    107:
                    108: <li>New tools:
                    109: <ul>
                    110: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&amp;sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
                    111: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
                    112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&amp;sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
                    113: has been added.
                    114: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&amp;sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
                    115: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
                    116: </ul>
                    117: <p>
                    118:
                    119: <li>New functionality:
                    120: <ul>
                    121: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&amp;sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4       miod      122: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1       miod      123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&amp;sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
                    124: <li>On machines which support it,
                    125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&amp;sektion=8">apmd</a>
                    126: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
                    127: depending on the battery status.
                    128: </ul>
                    129: <p>
                    130:
                    131: <!--
                    132: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    133: <ul>
                    134: </ul>
                    135: <p>
                    136: -->
                    137:
                    138: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
                    139: <ul>
                    140: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
                    141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
                    142: by default.
                    143: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
                    144: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
                    145: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
                    146: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
                    147: </ul>
                    148: <p>
                    149:
1.3       espie     150: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
                    151: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1       miod      152: <p>
                    153:
                    154: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    155: <p>
                    156:
                    157: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    158: <ul>
                    159: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    160: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
                    161: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    162: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    163: and 3.3.5
                    164: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    165: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
                    166: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    167: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
                    168: <li>Groff 1.15
                    169: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
                    170: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
                    171: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    172: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
                    173: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    174: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    175: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
                    176: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    177: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    178: <li>Gdb 6.3
                    179: </ul>
                    180: <p>
                    181:
                    182: </ul>
                    183:
                    184: <a name="install"></a>
                    185: <hr>
                    186: <p>
                    187: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    188: <p>
                    189: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    190: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    191: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    192: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    193: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    194: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    195: <p>
                    196:
                    197: <hr>
                    198: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    199: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
                    200: <p>
                    201: <ul>
                    202: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    203: <p>
                    204: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    205: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    206: <p>
                    207: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    208: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    209: <p>
                    210: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    211: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    221: </ul>
                    222: <hr>
                    223:
                    224: <p>
                    225: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    226: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    227: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    228: <p>
                    229:
                    230: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    231: <ul>
                    232: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    233: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    234: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    235: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    236:
                    237: <p>
                    238: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    239: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    240:
                    241: <p>
                    242: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    243: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    244: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    245:
                    246: <p>
                    247: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    248: read INSTALL.i386.
                    249:
                    250: <p>
                    251: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    252: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    253: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
                    254: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
                    255: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    256: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    257: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    258:
                    259: <ul><pre>
                    260: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    261: </pre></ul>
                    262:
                    263: <p>
                    264: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    265: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    266: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    267: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    268: </ul>
                    269:
                    270: <p>
                    271: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    272: <ul>
                    273: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    274: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    275: your BIOS options first.
                    276: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    277: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    278: boot from the floppy drive.
                    279:
                    280: <p>
                    281: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    282: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    283: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    284:
                    285: <p>
                    286: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    287: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    288: </ul>
                    289:
                    290: <p>
                    291: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    292: <ul>
                    293: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    294: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    295:
                    296: <p>
                    297: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    298: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    299: </ul>
                    300:
                    301: <p>
                    302: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    303: <ul>
                    304: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    305: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    306: ROM.
                    307:
                    308: <ul><pre>
                    309: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    310: or
                    311: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    312: </pre></ul>
                    313:
                    314: <p>
                    315: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    316: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    317: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    318: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    319: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    320:
                    321: <ul><pre>
                    322: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    323: or
                    324: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    325: </pre></ul>
                    326:
                    327: <p>
                    328: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    329: will most likely fail.
                    330:
                    331: <p>
                    332: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    333: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    334: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    335: </ul>
                    336:
                    337: <p>
                    338: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    339: <ul>
                    340: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    341:
                    342: <p>
                    343: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    344: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
                    345: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    346: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    347:
                    348: <p>
                    349: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    350: will most likely fail.
                    351:
                    352: <p>
                    353: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    354: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    355:
                    356: <p>
                    357: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    358: </ul>
                    359:
                    360: <p>
                    361: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    362: <ul>
                    363: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
                    364: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    365: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    366:
                    367: <p>
                    368: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    369: will most likely fail.
                    370:
                    371: </ul>
                    372:
                    373: <p>
                    374: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    375: <ul>
                    376: <p>
                    377: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    378: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    379: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    380: </ul>
                    381:
                    382: <p>
                    383: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    384: <ul>
                    385: <p>
                    386: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    387: </ul>
                    388:
                    389: <p>
                    390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    391: <ul>
                    392: <p>
                    393: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    394: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    395: </ul>
                    396:
                    397: <p>
                    398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    399: <ul>
                    400: <p>
                    401: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    402: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    403: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: <p>
                    410: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    411: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    412: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    413: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    414: </ul>
                    415:
                    416: <p>
                    417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    418: <ul>
                    419: <p>
                    420: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    421: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    422: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    423: for more details.
                    424: </ul>
                    425:
                    426: <p>
                    427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    428: <ul>
                    429: <p>
                    430: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    431: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    432: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    433: for more details.
                    434: </ul>
                    435:
                    436: <p>
                    437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    438: <ul>
                    439: <p>
                    440: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
                    441: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
                    442:
                    443: <p>
                    444: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    445: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    446: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    447: </ul>
                    448:
                    449: <p>
                    450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    451: <ul>
                    452: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    453: </ul>
                    454:
                    455: <p>
                    456: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    457: <ul>
                    458: <p>
                    459: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    460: openbsd39_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    461: for a few important details.
                    462: </ul>
                    463:
                    464: <p>
                    465: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    466: <ul>
                    467: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    468: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    469: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    470: <p>
                    471: <ul><pre>
                    472: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    473: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    474: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    475: </pre></ul>
                    476: <p>
                    477: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    478: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    479: To extract:
                    480: <p>
                    481: <ul><pre>
                    482: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    483: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    484: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    485: </pre></ul>
                    486: <p>
                    487: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    488: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    489: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    490: Using these files
                    491: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    492: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    493: <p>
                    494: </ul>
                    495:
                    496: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    497: <hr>
                    498: <p>
                    499: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    500: <p>
                    501: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    502: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    503: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
                    504: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    505:
                    506: <a name="ports"></a>
                    507: <hr>
                    508: <p>
                    509: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    510: <p>
                    511: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    512: <p>
                    513: <ul><pre>
                    514: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    515: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    516: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    517: </pre></ul>
                    518: <p>
                    519: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    520: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    521: if you know nothing about ports
                    522: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    523: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    524: OpenBSD ports system.
                    525: <p>
                    526: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    527: <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">
                    528: cvs(1)</a> if
                    529: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    530: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    531: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    532: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    533: like:
                    534: <p>
                    535: <ul><pre>
                    536: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
                    537: </pre></ul>
                    538: <p>
                    539: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    540: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    541: server.]
                    542: <p>
                    543: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    544: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    545: <p>
                    546: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    547: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    548: place to know.
                    549: <p>
                    550:
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