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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>
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                     31: <a href="lyrics.html#39">3.9 Song: ""</a>
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                     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>).
1.11      djm        91: <li>Many i2c and SMBus fan, temperature and voltage sensors are now recognized,
                     92:     see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&amp;sektion=4">iic(4)</a> for the full list.
1.1       miod       93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&amp;sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2       deraadt    94: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1       miod       95: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.12      jsg        96: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&amp;sektion=4">CardBus</a>
1.1       miod       97: and
1.5       jolan      98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&amp;sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1       miod       99: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.8       jsg       100: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&amp;sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
                    101: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
                    102: <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>.
                    103: <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>.
                    104: <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       105: <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      106: </ul>
                    107: <p>
                    108:
                    109: <li>New tools:
                    110: <ul>
                    111: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&amp;sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
                    112: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
                    113: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&amp;sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
                    114: has been added.
                    115: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&amp;sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
                    116: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
                    117: </ul>
                    118: <p>
                    119:
                    120: <li>New functionality:
                    121: <ul>
                    122: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&amp;sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4       miod      123: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1       miod      124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&amp;sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
                    125: <li>On machines which support it,
                    126: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&amp;sektion=8">apmd</a>
                    127: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
                    128: depending on the battery status.
                    129: </ul>
                    130: <p>
                    131:
                    132: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    133: <ul>
1.13    ! djm       134: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcap&amp;sektion=3">libpcap</a>
        !           135:     has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
        !           136:     the clutter.
1.1       miod      137: </ul>
                    138: <p>
                    139:
                    140: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
                    141: <ul>
                    142: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
                    143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&amp;sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
                    144: by default.
                    145: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
                    146: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
                    147: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
                    148: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
                    149: </ul>
                    150: <p>
                    151:
1.3       espie     152: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
                    153: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1       miod      154: <p>
                    155:
                    156: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    157: <p>
                    158:
                    159: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    160: <ul>
                    161: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    162: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
                    163: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    164: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    165: and 3.3.5
                    166: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    167: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
                    168: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    169: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
                    170: <li>Groff 1.15
                    171: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
                    172: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
                    173: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    174: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
                    175: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    176: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    177: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
                    178: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    179: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    180: <li>Gdb 6.3
                    181: </ul>
                    182: <p>
                    183:
                    184: </ul>
                    185:
                    186: <a name="install"></a>
                    187: <hr>
                    188: <p>
                    189: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    190: <p>
                    191: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    192: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    193: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    194: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    195: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    196: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    197: <p>
                    198:
                    199: <hr>
                    200: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    201: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
                    202: <p>
                    203: <ul>
                    204: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    205: <p>
                    206: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    207: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    208: <p>
                    209: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    210: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    211: <p>
                    212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    223: </ul>
                    224: <hr>
                    225:
                    226: <p>
                    227: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    228: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    229: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    230: <p>
                    231:
                    232: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    233: <ul>
                    234: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    235: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    236: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    237: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    238:
                    239: <p>
                    240: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    241: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    242:
                    243: <p>
                    244: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    245: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    246: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    247:
                    248: <p>
                    249: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    250: read INSTALL.i386.
                    251:
                    252: <p>
                    253: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    254: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    255: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
                    256: dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
                    257: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    258: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    259: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    260:
                    261: <ul><pre>
                    262: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    263: </pre></ul>
                    264:
                    265: <p>
                    266: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    267: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    268: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    269: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    270: </ul>
                    271:
                    272: <p>
                    273: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    274: <ul>
                    275: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    276: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    277: your BIOS options first.
                    278: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    279: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    280: boot from the floppy drive.
                    281:
                    282: <p>
                    283: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    284: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    285: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    286:
                    287: <p>
                    288: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    289: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    290: </ul>
                    291:
                    292: <p>
                    293: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    294: <ul>
                    295: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    296: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    297:
                    298: <p>
                    299: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    300: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    301: </ul>
                    302:
                    303: <p>
                    304: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    305: <ul>
                    306: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    307: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    308: ROM.
                    309:
                    310: <ul><pre>
                    311: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    312: or
                    313: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    314: </pre></ul>
                    315:
                    316: <p>
                    317: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    318: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    319: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    320: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    321: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    322:
                    323: <ul><pre>
                    324: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    325: or
                    326: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    327: </pre></ul>
                    328:
                    329: <p>
                    330: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    331: will most likely fail.
                    332:
                    333: <p>
                    334: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    335: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    336: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    337: </ul>
                    338:
                    339: <p>
                    340: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    341: <ul>
                    342: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    343:
                    344: <p>
                    345: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    346: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
                    347: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    348: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    349:
                    350: <p>
                    351: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    352: will most likely fail.
                    353:
                    354: <p>
                    355: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    356: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    357:
                    358: <p>
                    359: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    360: </ul>
                    361:
                    362: <p>
                    363: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    364: <ul>
                    365: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
                    366: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    367: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    368:
                    369: <p>
                    370: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    371: will most likely fail.
                    372:
                    373: </ul>
                    374:
                    375: <p>
                    376: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    377: <ul>
                    378: <p>
                    379: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    380: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    381: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    382: </ul>
                    383:
                    384: <p>
                    385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    386: <ul>
                    387: <p>
                    388: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    389: </ul>
                    390:
                    391: <p>
                    392: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    393: <ul>
                    394: <p>
                    395: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    396: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    397: </ul>
                    398:
                    399: <p>
                    400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    401: <ul>
                    402: <p>
                    403: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    404: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    405: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    406: </ul>
                    407:
                    408: <p>
                    409: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    410: <ul>
                    411: <p>
                    412: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    413: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    414: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    415: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    416: </ul>
                    417:
                    418: <p>
                    419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    420: <ul>
                    421: <p>
                    422: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    423: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    424: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    425: for more details.
                    426: </ul>
                    427:
                    428: <p>
                    429: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    430: <ul>
                    431: <p>
                    432: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    433: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    434: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    435: for more details.
                    436: </ul>
                    437:
                    438: <p>
                    439: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    440: <ul>
                    441: <p>
                    442: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
                    443: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
                    444:
                    445: <p>
                    446: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    447: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    448: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    449: </ul>
                    450:
                    451: <p>
                    452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    453: <ul>
                    454: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    455: </ul>
                    456:
                    457: <p>
                    458: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    459: <ul>
                    460: <p>
                    461: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    462: openbsd39_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    463: for a few important details.
                    464: </ul>
                    465:
                    466: <p>
                    467: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    468: <ul>
                    469: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    470: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    471: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    472: <p>
                    473: <ul><pre>
                    474: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    475: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    476: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    477: </pre></ul>
                    478: <p>
                    479: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    480: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    481: To extract:
                    482: <p>
                    483: <ul><pre>
                    484: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    485: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    486: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    487: </pre></ul>
                    488: <p>
                    489: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    490: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    491: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    492: Using these files
                    493: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    494: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    495: <p>
                    496: </ul>
                    497:
                    498: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    499: <hr>
                    500: <p>
                    501: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    502: <p>
                    503: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    504: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    505: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
                    506: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    507:
                    508: <a name="ports"></a>
                    509: <hr>
                    510: <p>
                    511: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    512: <p>
                    513: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    514: <p>
                    515: <ul><pre>
                    516: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    517: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    518: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    519: </pre></ul>
                    520: <p>
                    521: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    522: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    523: if you know nothing about ports
                    524: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    525: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    526: OpenBSD ports system.
                    527: <p>
                    528: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    529: <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">
                    530: cvs(1)</a> if
                    531: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    532: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    533: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    534: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    535: like:
                    536: <p>
                    537: <ul><pre>
                    538: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
                    539: </pre></ul>
                    540: <p>
                    541: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    542: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    543: server.]
                    544: <p>
                    545: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    546: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    547: <p>
                    548: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    549: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    550: place to know.
                    551: <p>
                    552:
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