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