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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.
1.19 ! deraadt 53: <li>See a <a href="plus39.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 miod 54: 3.8 and 3.9 releases.
55: </ul>
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58:
59: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
60: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
61: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
62: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
63: the CDROM because of lack of space.
64: <p>
65:
66: <a name="new"></a>
67: <hr>
68: <p>
69: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
70: <p>
71: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.9.
1.19 ! deraadt 72: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus39.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 miod 73: to 3.9.
74: <p>
75:
76: <ul>
77:
78: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
79: <ul>
80: <li>G5-based Apple Macintosh machines (currently restricted to 32-bit mode).
81: <li>Many more audio drivers in the <a href="macppc.html">OpenBSD/macppc</a>
82: port.
1.18 deraadt 83: <li>Support for many system sensors (temperature, voltage, fan speed)
84: via the following subsystems:
85: <ul>
86: <li>Dell's Embedded Server Management
87: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=esm&sektion=4">esm</a>)
88: <li>Intelligent Platform Management Interface
89: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi&sektion=4">ipmi</a>)
90: <li>I2C/SMBus sensor subsystems found on most motherboards
91: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iic&sektion=4">iic</a>)
92: </ul>
1.1 miod 93: <li>Touchpad on recent Apple laptops
1.6 jcs 94: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tpms&sektion=4&arch=macppc">tpms</a>).
1.1 miod 95: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nfe&sektion=4">nfe</a>,
1.2 deraadt 96: a binary blob free driver for the NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface.
1.1 miod 97: <li>Opteron systems now have all their PCI buses detected.
1.12 jsg 98: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">CardBus</a>
1.1 miod 99: and
1.5 jolan 100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">PCMCIA</a>
1.1 miod 101: support on <a href="amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>.
1.8 jsg 102: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ixgb&sektion=4">ixgb</a>,
103: Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet.
1.16 brad 104: <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.
105: <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 106: <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>.
107: <li>Support for ASIX AX88772 based devices in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=axe&sektion=4">axe</a>.
108: <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 109: <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 110: <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.
111: <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>).
112: <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.
1.19 ! deraadt 113: <li>Support the Intel i915 AGP.
1.1 miod 114: </ul>
115: <p>
116:
117: <li>New tools:
118: <ul>
119: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy&sektion=8">ftp-proxy</a>
120: has been rewritten, and a tftp version,
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tftp-proxy&sektion=8">tftp-proxy</a>,
122: has been added.
123: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdiff&sektion=1">sdiff</a>,
124: a side-by-side file comparison tool.
125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
128: <li>New functionality:
129: <ul>
130: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ancontrol&sektion=8">ancontrol</a>
1.4 miod 131: functionality has been completely merged into
1.1 miod 132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig</a>.
133: <li>On machines which support it,
134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apmd&sektion=8">apmd</a>
135: can be used to select various frequency operating points automatically,
136: depending on the battery status.
1.14 djm 137: <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 138: <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 139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
143: <ul>
1.13 djm 144: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcap&sektion=3">libpcap</a>
145: has been updated with most of tcpdump.org's libpcap-0.9.4 API, without
146: the clutter.
1.1 miod 147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
150: <li>OpenSSH 4.3:
151: <ul>
152: <li>Generate protocol 2 RSA keys in
153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen</a>
154: by default.
155: <li>Support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a connection between
156: an OpenSSH client and server, as a true VPN.
157: <li>Many additional bug fixes, as described in the
158: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3">release announcement</a>.
159: </ul>
160: <p>
161:
1.3 espie 162: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools (updating
163: packages from the previous release is now possible).
1.1 miod 164: <p>
165:
166: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
167: <p>
168:
169: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
170: <ul>
171: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
172: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
173: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
174: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
175: and 3.3.5
176: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
177: <li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)
178: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
179: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)
180: <li>Groff 1.15
181: <li>Sendmail 8.13.4, with libmilter
182: <li>Bind 9.3.1 (+ patches)
183: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
184: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
185: <li>Ncurses 5.2
186: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
187: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
188: <li>Arla 0.35.7
189: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
190: <li>Gdb 6.3
191: </ul>
192: <p>
193:
194: </ul>
195:
196: <a name="install"></a>
197: <hr>
198: <p>
199: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
200: <p>
201: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
202: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
203: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
204: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
205: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
206: purchased a CDROM instead.
207: <p>
208:
209: <hr>
210: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
211: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 3.9 on your machine:
212: <p>
213: <ul>
214: <li>CD1:3.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
215: <p>
216: <li>CD2:3.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
217: <li>CD2:3.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
218: <p>
219: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
220: <li>CD3:3.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
221: <p>
222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/cats/INSTALL.cats
224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
230: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
231: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
232: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/3.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
233: </ul>
234: <hr>
235:
236: <p>
237: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
238: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
239: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
240: <p>
241:
242: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
243: <ul>
244: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
245: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
246: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
247: <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
248:
249: <p>
250: Use <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyB39.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
251: support, or <i>CD1:3.9/i386/floppyC39.fs</i> for better laptop support.
252:
253: <p>
254: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
255: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
256: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
257:
258: <p>
259: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
260: read INSTALL.i386.
261:
262: <p>
263: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
264: at <i>CD1:3.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
265: use the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=
266: dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of
267: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
268: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
269: "rfd0a".
270:
271: <ul><pre>
272: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
273: </pre></ul>
274:
275: <p>
276: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
277: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
278: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
279: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
280: </ul>
281:
282: <p>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
284: <ul>
285: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
286: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
287: your BIOS options first.
288: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
289: To do this, write <i>CD2:3.9/amd64/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy, then
290: boot from the floppy drive.
291:
292: <p>
293: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
294: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
295: INSTALL.amd64 document.
296:
297: <p>
298: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
299: read INSTALL.amd64.
300: </ul>
301:
302: <p>
303: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
304: <ul>
305: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
306: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
307:
308: <p>
309: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
310: /3.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
311: </ul>
312:
313: <p>
314: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
315: <ul>
316: The 3.9 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
317: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
318: ROM.
319:
320: <ul><pre>
321: ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
322: or
323: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
324: </pre></ul>
325:
326: <p>
327: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
328: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc/floppy39.fs</i> to a floppy.
329: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
330: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
331: depending on the version of your ROM.
332:
333: <ul><pre>
334: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
335: or
336: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
337: </pre></ul>
338:
339: <p>
340: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
341: will most likely fail.
342:
343: <p>
344: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
345: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
346: INSTALL.sparc file.
347: </ul>
348:
349: <p>
350: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
351: <ul>
352: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
353:
354: <p>
355: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
356: <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppy39.fs</i> or <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/floppyB39.fs</i>
357: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
358: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
359:
360: <p>
361: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
362: will most likely fail.
363:
364: <p>
365: You can also write <i>CD3:3.9/sparc64/miniroot39.fs</i> to the swap partition on
366: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
367:
368: <p>
369: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
370: </ul>
371:
372: <p>
373: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
374: <ul>
375: <p>Write <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppy39.fs</i> or
376: <i>FTP:3.9/alpha/floppyB39.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
377: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
378:
379: <p>
380: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
381: will most likely fail.
382:
383: </ul>
384:
385: <p>
386: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
387: <ul>
388: <p>
389: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
390: <i>FTP:3.9/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
391: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
406: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <p>
410: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
411: <ul>
412: <p>
413: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
414: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
415: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
416: </ul>
417:
418: <p>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
420: <ul>
421: <p>
422: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
423: <i>FTP:3.9/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
424: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
425: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
426: </ul>
427:
428: <p>
429: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</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 MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
434: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
435: for more details.
436: </ul>
437:
438: <p>
439: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
440: <ul>
441: <p>
442: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
443: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
444: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
445: for more details.
446: </ul>
447:
448: <p>
449: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
450: <ul>
451: <p>
452: Burn cd39.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
453: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
454:
455: <p>
456: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
457: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
458: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
459: </ul>
460:
461: <p>
462: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
463: <ul>
464: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
472: openbsd39_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
473: for a few important details.
474: </ul>
475:
476: <p>
477: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
478: <ul>
479: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
480: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
481: in a separate archive. To extract:
482: <p>
483: <ul><pre>
484: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
485: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
486: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
487: </pre></ul>
488: <p>
489: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
490: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
491: To extract:
492: <p>
493: <ul><pre>
494: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
495: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
496: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
497: </pre></ul>
498: <p>
499: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
500: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
501: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
502: Using these files
503: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
504: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
505: <p>
506: </ul>
507:
508: <a name="upgrade"></a>
509: <hr>
510: <p>
511: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
512: <p>
513: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
514: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
515: <!-- POST-RELEASE becomes upgrade39.html -->
516: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
517:
518: <a name="ports"></a>
519: <hr>
520: <p>
521: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
522: <p>
523: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
524: <p>
525: <ul><pre>
526: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
527: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
528: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
529: </pre></ul>
530: <p>
531: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
532: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
533: if you know nothing about ports
534: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
535: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
536: OpenBSD ports system.
537: <p>
538: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
539: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
540: cvs(1)</a> if
541: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
542: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
543: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
544: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
545: like:
546: <p>
547: <ul><pre>
548: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>
549: </pre></ul>
550: <p>
551: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
552: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
553: server.]
554: <p>
555: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
556: packages for the 3.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
557: <p>
558: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
559: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
560: place to know.
561: <p>
562:
563: <hr>
564: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
565: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
566: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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