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                     26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.0 Release:</font></h2>
                     27: <p>
                     28: Released Nov 1, 2006<br>
                     29: Copyright 1997-2006, Theo de Raadt.<br>
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                     37: <p>
                     38:
                     39: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     40: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     41: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     42: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     43: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     44:
                     45: <p>
                     46: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     47: To get the files for this release:
                     48: <ul>
                     49: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     50: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     51:     a list of mirror machines.
                     52: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.0/</font> directory on
                     53:     one of the mirror sites.
                     54: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     55: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 4.0 Errata page</a> for a list
                     56:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     57: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     58:     3.9 and 4.0 releases.
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                     62: <br clear=all>
                     63:
                     64: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     65: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     66: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     67: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     68: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     69: <p>
                     70:
                     71: <a name="new"></a>
                     72: <hr>
                     73: <p>
                     74: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     75: <p>
                     76: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.0.
                     77: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
                     78: to 4.0.
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                     80: <p>
                     81:
                     82: <ul>
                     83:
                     84: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     85: <ul>
1.2     ! jsg        86: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&amp;sektion=4">msk(4)</a> driver for Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon-2 Gigabit Ethernet
        !            87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bnx&amp;sektion=4">bnx(4)</a> driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet
        !            88: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xge&amp;sektion=4">xge(4)</a> driver for Neterion Xframe/Xframe II 10Gb Ethernet
        !            89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rum&amp;sektion=4">rum(4)</a> driver for Ralink Technology 2nd gen USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
        !            90: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acx&amp;sektion=4">acx(4)</a> driver for Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
        !            91: <li>New binary blob free <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wpi&amp;sektion=4">wpi(4)</a> driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless
        !            92: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&amp;sektion=4">mpi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface SCSI/FC/SAS
        !            93: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc&amp;sektion=4">arc(4)</a> driver for Areca Technology Corporation SATA RAID
        !            94: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&amp;sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> driver for LSI Logic & Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID
        !            95: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=azalia&amp;sektion=4">azalia(4)</a> driver for generic High Definition Audio
        !            96: <li>New SD/MMC/SDIO drivers (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdhc&amp;sektion=4">sdhc(4)</a>, <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdmmc&amp;sektion=4">sdmmc(4)</a>)
        !            97: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udcf&amp;sektion=4">udcf(4)</a> driver for Gude ADS Expert mouseCLOCK DCF77/HBG time signal station receivers
        !            98: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uslcom&amp;sektion=4">uslcom(4)</a> driver for Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapters
        !            99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ucycom&amp;sektion=4">ucycom(4)</a> driver for Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapters
        !           100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uark&amp;sektion=4">uark(4)</a> driver for Arkmicro Technologies ARK3116 based USB serial adapters
        !           101: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&amp;sektion=4">umsm(4)</a> driver for Qualcomm MSM EVDO based modems
1.1       david     102: </ul>
                    103: <p>
                    104:
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                    122: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    123: <ul>
                    124: <li>...
                    125: </ul>
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                    130: <li>OpenSSH 4.4:
                    131: <ul>
                    132: <li>...
                    133: </ul>
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                    138: <li>OpenBGPD 4.0:
                    139: <ul>
                    140: <li>....
                    141: </ul>
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                    143: -->
                    144:
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                    146: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.4:
                    147: <ul>
                    148: <li>...
                    149: </ul>
                    150: <p>
                    151: -->
                    152:
                    153: <li>Over 3200 ports, 3000 pre-built packages, improved package tools.
                    154: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
                    155: <p>
                    156:
                    157: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    158: <p>
                    159:
                    160: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    161: <ul>
                    162: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
                    163: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
                    164: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    165: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    166: and 3.3.5
                    167: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    168: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
                    169: <li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)
                    170: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
                    171: <li>Groff 1.15
                    172: <li>Sendmail 8.13.8, with libmilter
                    173: <li>Bind 9.3.2 (+ patches)
                    174: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    175: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
                    176: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    177: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    178: <li>Heimdal 0.7 (+ patches)
                    179: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    180: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    181: <li>Gdb 6.3
                    182: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
                    183: </ul>
                    184: <p>
                    185:
                    186: </ul>
                    187:
                    188: <a name="install"></a>
                    189: <hr>
                    190: <p>
                    191: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    192: <p>
                    193: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    194: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    195: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    196: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    197: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    198: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    199: <p>
                    200:
                    201: <hr>
                    202: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    203: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.0 on your machine:
                    204: <p>
                    205: <ul>
                    206: <li>CD1:4.0/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    207: <p>
                    208: <li>CD2:4.0/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    209: <li>CD2:4.0/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    210: <p>
                    211: <li>CD3:4.0/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    212: <li>CD3:4.0/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    213: <p>
                    214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    215: <!-- XXX armish -->
                    216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/cats/INSTALL.cats
                    217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    219: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.0/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    226: </ul>
                    227: <hr>
                    228:
                    229: <p>
                    230: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    231: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    232: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    233: <p>
                    234:
                    235: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    236: <ul>
                    237: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    238: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    239: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    240: <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    241:
                    242: <p>
                    243: Use <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppyB40.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    244: support, or <i>CD1:4.0/i386/floppyC40.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    245:
                    246: <p>
                    247: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    248: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    249: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    250:
                    251: <p>
                    252: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    253: read INSTALL.i386.
                    254:
                    255: <p>
                    256: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    257: at <i>CD1:4.0/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    258: use the
                    259: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    260: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    261: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    262: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    263: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    264:
                    265: <ul><pre>
                    266: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    267: </pre></ul>
                    268:
                    269: <p>
                    270: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    271: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    272: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    273: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    274: </ul>
                    275:
                    276: <p>
                    277: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    278: <ul>
                    279: The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    280: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    281: your BIOS options first.
                    282: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    283: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.0/amd64/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    284: boot from the floppy drive.
                    285:
                    286: <p>
                    287: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    288: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    289: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    290:
                    291: <p>
                    292: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    293: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    294: </ul>
                    295:
                    296: <p>
                    297: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    298: <ul>
                    299: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    300: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    301:
                    302: <p>
                    303: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    304: /4.0/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    305: </ul>
                    306:
                    307: <p>
                    308: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    309: <ul>
                    310: The 4.0 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    311: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    312: ROM.
                    313:
                    314: <ul><pre>
                    315: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    316: or
                    317: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.0/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    318: </pre></ul>
                    319:
                    320: <p>
                    321: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    322: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.0/sparc/floppy40.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    323: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    324: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    325: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    326:
                    327: <ul><pre>
                    328: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    329: or
                    330: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    331: </pre></ul>
                    332:
                    333: <p>
                    334: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    335: will most likely fail.
                    336:
                    337: <p>
                    338: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    339: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    340: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    341: </ul>
                    342:
                    343: <p>
                    344: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    345: <ul>
                    346: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    347:
                    348: <p>
                    349: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    350: <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/floppy40.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/floppyB40.fs</i>
                    351: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    352: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    353:
                    354: <p>
                    355: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    356: will most likely fail.
                    357:
                    358: <p>
                    359: You can also write <i>CD3:4.0/sparc64/miniroot40.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    360: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    361:
                    362: <p>
                    363: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    364: </ul>
                    365:
                    366: <p>
                    367: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    368: <ul>
                    369: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppy40.fs</i> or
                    370: <i>FTP:4.0/alpha/floppyB40.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    371: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    372:
                    373: <p>
                    374: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    375: will most likely fail.
                    376:
                    377: </ul>
                    378:
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                    380: <p>
                    381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    382: <ul>
                    383: <p>
                    384: ...
                    385: </ul>
                    386: -->
                    387:
                    388: <p>
                    389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>
                    390: <ul>
                    391: <p>
                    392: After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot
                    393: <i>FTP:4.0/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM
                    394: or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).
                    395: </ul>
                    396:
                    397: <p>
                    398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    399: <ul>
                    400: <p>
                    401: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    402: </ul>
                    403:
                    404: <p>
                    405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    406: <ul>
                    407: <p>
                    408: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    409: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    410: </ul>
                    411:
                    412: <p>
                    413: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    414: <ul>
                    415: <p>
                    416: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    417: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    418: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    419: </ul>
                    420:
                    421: <p>
                    422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    423: <ul>
                    424: <p>
                    425: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    426: <i>FTP:4.0/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    427: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    428: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    429: </ul>
                    430:
                    431: <p>
                    432: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    433: <ul>
                    434: <p>
                    435: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    436: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    437: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    438: for more details.
                    439: </ul>
                    440:
                    441: <p>
                    442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    443: <ul>
                    444: <p>
                    445: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    446: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    447: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    448: for more details.
                    449: </ul>
                    450:
                    451: <p>
                    452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    453: <ul>
                    454: <p>
                    455: Burn cd40.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
                    456: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
                    457:
                    458: <p>
                    459: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    460: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    461: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    462: </ul>
                    463:
                    464: <p>
                    465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    466: <ul>
                    467: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    468: </ul>
                    469:
                    470: <p>
                    471: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    472: <ul>
                    473: <p>
                    474: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    475: openbsd40_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    476: for a few important details.
                    477: </ul>
                    478:
                    479: <p>
                    480: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    481: <ul>
                    482: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    483: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    484: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    485: <p>
                    486: <ul><pre>
                    487: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    488: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    489: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    490: </pre></ul>
                    491: <p>
                    492: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    493: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    494: To extract:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <ul><pre>
                    497: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    498: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    499: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    500: </pre></ul>
                    501: <p>
                    502: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    503: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    504: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    505: Using these files
                    506: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    507: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    508: <p>
                    509: </ul>
                    510:
                    511: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    512: <hr>
                    513: <p>
                    514: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    515: <p>
                    516: If you already have an OpenBSD 3.9 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    517: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    518: <a href="faq/upgrade.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
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                    520:
                    521: <a name="ports"></a>
                    522: <hr>
                    523: <p>
                    524: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    525: <p>
                    526: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    527: <p>
                    528: <ul><pre>
                    529: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    530: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    531: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    532: </pre></ul>
                    533: <p>
                    534: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    535: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    536: if you know nothing about ports
                    537: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    538: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    539: OpenBSD ports system.
                    540: <p>
                    541: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    542: <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">
                    543: cvs(1)</a> if
                    544: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    545: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    546: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    547: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    548: like:
                    549: <p>
                    550: <ul><pre>
                    551: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_0</strong>
                    552: </pre></ul>
                    553: <p>
                    554: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    555: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    556: server.]
                    557: <p>
                    558: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    559: packages for the 4.0 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    560: <p>
                    561: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    562: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    563: place to know.
                    564: <p>
                    565:
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