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1.1 miod 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.
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.
1.18 ! deraadt 85: <li>Support for many system sensors (temperature, voltage, fan speed)
! 86: via the following subsystems:
! 87: <ul>
! 88: <li>Dell's Embedded Server Management
! 89: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esm&sektion=4">esm</a>)
! 90: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
! 91: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi&sektion=4">ipmi</a>)
! 92: <li>I2C/SMBus sensor subsystems found on most motherboards
! 93: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&sektion=4">iic</a>)
! 94: </ul>
1.1 miod 95: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.6 jcs 96: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tpms&sektion=4&arch=macppc">tpms</a>).
1.1 miod 97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 98: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 99: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.12 jsg 100: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">CardBus</a>
1.1 miod 101: and
1.5 jolan 102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 103: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.8 jsg 104: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
105: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.16 brad 106: <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.
107: <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 108: <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>.
109: <li>Support for ASIX AX88772 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe</a>.
110: <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 111: <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 112: <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.
113: <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>).
114: <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 115: </ul>
116: <p>
117:
118: <li>New tools:
119: <ul>
120: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
121: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
123: has been added.
124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
125: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
126: </ul>
127: <p>
128:
129: <li>New functionality:
130: <ul>
131: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 132: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1 miod 133: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
134: <li>On machines which support it,
135: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8">apmd</a>
136: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
137: depending on the battery status.
1.14 djm 138: <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 139: <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 140: </ul>
141: <p>
142:
143: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
144: <ul>
1.13 djm 145: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcap&sektion=3">libpcap</a>
146: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
147: the clutter.
1.1 miod 148: </ul>
149: <p>
150:
151: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
152: <ul>
153: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
154: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
155: by default.
156: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
157: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
158: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
159: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
160: </ul>
161: <p>
162:
1.3 espie 163: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
164: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 165: <p>
166:
167: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
168: <p>
169:
170: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
171: <ul>
172: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
173: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
174: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
175: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
176: and 3.3.5
177: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
178: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
179: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
180: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
181: <li>Groff 1.15
182: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
183: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
184: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
185: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
186: <li>Ncurses 5.2
187: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
188: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
189: <li>Arla 0.35.7
190: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
191: <li>Gdb 6.3
192: </ul>
193: <p>
194:
195: </ul>
196:
197: <a name="install"></a>
198: <hr>
199: <p>
200: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
201: <p>
202: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
203: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
204: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
205: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
206: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
207: purchased a CDROM instead.
208: <p>
209:
210: <hr>
211: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
212: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
213: <p>
214: <ul>
215: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
216: <p>
217: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
218: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
219: <p>
220: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
221: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
222: <p>
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
230: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
231: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
232: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
233: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
234: </ul>
235: <hr>
236:
237: <p>
238: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
239: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
240: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
241: <p>
242:
243: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
244: <ul>
245: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
246: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
247: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
248: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
249:
250: <p>
251: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
252: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
253:
254: <p>
255: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
256: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
257: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
258:
259: <p>
260: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
261: read INSTALL.i386.
262:
263: <p>
264: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
265: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
266: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
267: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
268: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
269: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
270: "rfd0a".
271:
272: <ul><pre>
273: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
274: </pre></ul>
275:
276: <p>
277: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
278: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
279: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
280: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
281: </ul>
282:
283: <p>
284: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
285: <ul>
286: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
287: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
288: your BIOS options first.
289: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
290: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
291: boot from the floppy drive.
292:
293: <p>
294: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
295: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
296: INSTALL.amd64 document.
297:
298: <p>
299: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
300: read INSTALL.amd64.
301: </ul>
302:
303: <p>
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
305: <ul>
306: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
307: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
308:
309: <p>
310: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
311: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
312: </ul>
313:
314: <p>
315: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
316: <ul>
317: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
318: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
319: ROM.
320:
321: <ul><pre>
322: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
323: or
324: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
325: </pre></ul>
326:
327: <p>
328: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
329: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
330: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
331: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
332: depending on the version of your ROM.
333:
334: <ul><pre>
335: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
336: or
337: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
338: </pre></ul>
339:
340: <p>
341: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
342: will most likely fail.
343:
344: <p>
345: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
346: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
347: INSTALL.sparc file.
348: </ul>
349:
350: <p>
351: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
352: <ul>
353: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
354:
355: <p>
356: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
357: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
358: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
359: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
360:
361: <p>
362: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
363: will most likely fail.
364:
365: <p>
366: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
367: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
368:
369: <p>
370: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
371: </ul>
372:
373: <p>
374: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
375: <ul>
376: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
377: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
378: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
379:
380: <p>
381: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
382: will most likely fail.
383:
384: </ul>
385:
386: <p>
387: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
388: <ul>
389: <p>
390: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
391: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
392: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
393: </ul>
394:
395: <p>
396: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
397: <ul>
398: <p>
399: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: <p>
406: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
407: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
408: </ul>
409:
410: <p>
411: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
412: <ul>
413: <p>
414: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
415: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
416: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
417: </ul>
418:
419: <p>
420: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
421: <ul>
422: <p>
423: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
424: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
425: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
426: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
427: </ul>
428:
429: <p>
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
431: <ul>
432: <p>
433: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
434: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
435: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
436: for more details.
437: </ul>
438:
439: <p>
440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
441: <ul>
442: <p>
443: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
444: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
445: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
446: for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
454: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
455:
456: <p>
457: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
458: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
459: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
460: </ul>
461:
462: <p>
463: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
464: <ul>
465: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
466: </ul>
467:
468: <p>
469: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
470: <ul>
471: <p>
472: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
473: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
474: for a few important details.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
481: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
482: in a separate archive. To extract:
483: <p>
484: <ul><pre>
485: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
486: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
487: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
488: </pre></ul>
489: <p>
490: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
491: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
492: To extract:
493: <p>
494: <ul><pre>
495: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
496: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
497: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
498: </pre></ul>
499: <p>
500: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
501: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
502: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
503: Using these files
504: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
505: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
506: <p>
507: </ul>
508:
509: <a name="upgrade"></a>
510: <hr>
511: <p>
512: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
513: <p>
514: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
515: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
516: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
517: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
518:
519: <a name="ports"></a>
520: <hr>
521: <p>
522: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
523: <p>
524: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
525: <p>
526: <ul><pre>
527: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
528: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
529: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
530: </pre></ul>
531: <p>
532: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
533: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
534: if you know nothing about ports
535: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
536: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
537: OpenBSD ports system.
538: <p>
539: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
540: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
541: cvs(1)</a> if
542: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
543: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
544: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
545: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
546: like:
547: <p>
548: <ul><pre>
549: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
550: </pre></ul>
551: <p>
552: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
553: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
554: server.]
555: <p>
556: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
557: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
558: <p>
559: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
560: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
561: place to know.
562: <p>
563:
564: <hr>
565: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
566: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
567: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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