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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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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.
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54: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
55: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
56: </ul>
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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&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&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&sektion=4&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&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&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&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&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&sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
101: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.16 ! brad 102: <li>Support for new Intel i82571, i82572 and i82573 PCI Express based devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a> driver.
! 103: <li>Support for new Broadcom BCM5714, BCM5715 and BCM5903M based devices in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a> driver.
1.8 jsg 104: <li>Support for new Ralink RT2501 and RT2600 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral</a>.
105: <li>Support for ASIX AX88772 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe</a>.
106: <li>Support for devices incorporating GCT RF transceivers in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rtw&sektion=4">rtw</a>.
1.10 uwe 107: <li>Zaurus remote control (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zrc&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zrc</a>) support.
1.16 ! brad 108: <li>Initial Sound Blaster Audigy support in the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=emu&sektion=4">emu(4)</a> driver.
! 109: <li>The Level 1 LXT1001 Gigabit driver has been fixed and now works (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lge&sektion=4">lge(4)</a>).
! 110: <li>More HP Smart ARRAY controllers recognized by the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a> driver.
1.1 miod 111: </ul>
112: <p>
113:
114: <li>New tools:
115: <ul>
116: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
117: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
119: has been added.
120: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
121: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
122: </ul>
123: <p>
124:
125: <li>New functionality:
126: <ul>
127: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 128: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1 miod 129: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
130: <li>On machines which support it,
131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8">apmd</a>
132: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
133: depending on the battery status.
1.14 djm 134: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> now supports HTTP Proxy authentication, making it very useful as a ssh ProxyCommand.
1.1 miod 135: </ul>
136: <p>
137:
138: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
139: <ul>
1.13 djm 140: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcap&sektion=3">libpcap</a>
141: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
142: the clutter.
1.1 miod 143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
146: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
147: <ul>
148: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
150: by default.
151: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
152: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
153: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
154: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
155: </ul>
156: <p>
157:
1.3 espie 158: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
159: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 160: <p>
161:
162: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
163: <p>
164:
165: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
166: <ul>
167: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
168: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
169: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
170: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
171: and 3.3.5
172: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
173: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
174: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
175: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
176: <li>Groff 1.15
177: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
178: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
179: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
180: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
181: <li>Ncurses 5.2
182: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
183: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
184: <li>Arla 0.35.7
185: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
186: <li>Gdb 6.3
187: </ul>
188: <p>
189:
190: </ul>
191:
192: <a name="install"></a>
193: <hr>
194: <p>
195: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
196: <p>
197: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
198: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
199: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
200: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
201: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
202: purchased a CDROM instead.
203: <p>
204:
205: <hr>
206: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
207: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
208: <p>
209: <ul>
210: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
211: <p>
212: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
213: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
214: <p>
215: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
216: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
217: <p>
218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
229: </ul>
230: <hr>
231:
232: <p>
233: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
234: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
235: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
236: <p>
237:
238: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
239: <ul>
240: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
241: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
242: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
243: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
244:
245: <p>
246: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
247: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
248:
249: <p>
250: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
251: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
252: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
253:
254: <p>
255: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
256: read INSTALL.i386.
257:
258: <p>
259: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
260: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
261: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
262: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
263: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
264: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
265: "rfd0a".
266:
267: <ul><pre>
268: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
269: </pre></ul>
270:
271: <p>
272: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
273: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
274: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
275: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
276: </ul>
277:
278: <p>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
280: <ul>
281: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
282: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
283: your BIOS options first.
284: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
285: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
286: boot from the floppy drive.
287:
288: <p>
289: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
290: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
291: INSTALL.amd64 document.
292:
293: <p>
294: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
295: read INSTALL.amd64.
296: </ul>
297:
298: <p>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
300: <ul>
301: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
302: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
303:
304: <p>
305: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
306: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
307: </ul>
308:
309: <p>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
311: <ul>
312: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
313: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
314: ROM.
315:
316: <ul><pre>
317: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
318: or
319: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
320: </pre></ul>
321:
322: <p>
323: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
324: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
325: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
326: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
327: depending on the version of your ROM.
328:
329: <ul><pre>
330: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
331: or
332: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
333: </pre></ul>
334:
335: <p>
336: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
337: will most likely fail.
338:
339: <p>
340: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
341: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
342: INSTALL.sparc file.
343: </ul>
344:
345: <p>
346: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
347: <ul>
348: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
349:
350: <p>
351: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
352: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
353: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
354: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
355:
356: <p>
357: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
358: will most likely fail.
359:
360: <p>
361: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
362: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
363:
364: <p>
365: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
372: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
373: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
374:
375: <p>
376: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
377: will most likely fail.
378:
379: </ul>
380:
381: <p>
382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
383: <ul>
384: <p>
385: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
386: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
387: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
388: </ul>
389:
390: <p>
391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
392: <ul>
393: <p>
394: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
395: </ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
399: <ul>
400: <p>
401: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
402: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
403: </ul>
404:
405: <p>
406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
407: <ul>
408: <p>
409: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
410: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
411: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
419: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
420: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
421: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: <p>
428: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
429: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
430: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
431: for more details.
432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
437: <p>
438: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
439: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
440: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
441: for more details.
442: </ul>
443:
444: <p>
445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
446: <ul>
447: <p>
448: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
449: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
450:
451: <p>
452: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
453: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
454: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
455: </ul>
456:
457: <p>
458: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
459: <ul>
460: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
461: </ul>
462:
463: <p>
464: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
465: <ul>
466: <p>
467: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
468: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
469: for a few important details.
470: </ul>
471:
472: <p>
473: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
474: <ul>
475: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
476: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
477: in a separate archive. To extract:
478: <p>
479: <ul><pre>
480: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
481: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
482: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
483: </pre></ul>
484: <p>
485: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
486: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
487: To extract:
488: <p>
489: <ul><pre>
490: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
491: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
492: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
493: </pre></ul>
494: <p>
495: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
496: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
497: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
498: Using these files
499: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
500: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
501: <p>
502: </ul>
503:
504: <a name="upgrade"></a>
505: <hr>
506: <p>
507: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
508: <p>
509: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
510: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
511: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
512: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
513:
514: <a name="ports"></a>
515: <hr>
516: <p>
517: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
518: <p>
519: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
520: <p>
521: <ul><pre>
522: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
523: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
524: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
525: </pre></ul>
526: <p>
527: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
528: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
529: if you know nothing about ports
530: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
531: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
532: OpenBSD ports system.
533: <p>
534: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
535: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
536: cvs(1)</a> if
537: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
538: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
539: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
540: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
541: like:
542: <p>
543: <ul><pre>
544: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
545: </pre></ul>
546: <p>
547: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
548: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
549: server.]
550: <p>
551: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
552: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
553: <p>
554: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
555: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
556: place to know.
557: <p>
558:
559: <hr>
560: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
561: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
562: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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