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                     26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.2 Release:</font></h2>
                     27: <p>
                     28: To be released Nov 1, 2007<br>
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                     30: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     31: <!-- XXX ISBN
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                     38: <p>
                     39:
                     40: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     41: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     42: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     43: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     44: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     45:
                     46: <p>
                     47: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     48: To get the files for this release:
                     49: <ul>
                     50: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     51: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     52:     a list of mirror machines.
                     53: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</font> directory on
                     54:     one of the mirror sites.
                     55: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
                     56: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
                     57:     of bugs and workarounds.
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                     59: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     60:     4.1 and 4.2 releases.
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                     62: </ul>
                     63: </font></h3>
                     64: <br clear=all>
                     65:
                     66: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     67: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     68: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     69: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     70: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     71: <p>
                     72:
                     73: <a name="new"></a>
                     74: <hr>
                     75: <p>
                     76: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     77: <p>
                     78: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
                     79: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus.html">changelog</a> leading
                     80: to 4.2.
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                     82: <p>
                     83:
                     84: <ul>
                     85:
                     86: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     87: <ul>
1.15      kettenis   88: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
                     89:     The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
                     90:     supported.
                     91: <li><a href="hppa64.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
                     92:     Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
                     93:     are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.1       jasper     94: </ul>
                     95: <p>
                     96:
                     97: <li>Removed platforms:
                     98: <ul>
                     99: <li>...
                    100: </ul>
                    101: <p>
                    102:
                    103: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                    104: <ul>
1.11      matthieu  105: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
                    106:  <ul>
                    107:  <li> <a
1.8       matthieu  108: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
                    109: driver for  Serial ATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host
                    110: Controller Interface specification.
1.11      matthieu  111:  <li> <a
                    112:  href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a> driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink chipsets.
                    113:  </ul>
1.8       matthieu  114: <li> New <a
                    115: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
                    116: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
                    117: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
                    118: calibration utility.
1.1       jasper    119: </ul>
                    120: <p>
1.8       matthieu  121:
1.1       jasper    122:
                    123: <li>New tools:
                    124: <ul>
1.10      matthieu  125: <li> <a
                    126: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
                    127: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.1       jasper    128: </ul>
                    129: <p>
1.10      matthieu  130:
1.1       jasper    131:
                    132: <li>New functionality:
                    133: <ul>
1.14      otto      134: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.1       jasper    135: </ul>
                    136: <p>
                    137:
                    138: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    139: <ul>
1.14      otto      140: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
                    141: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
                    142: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
                    143: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16    ! jasper    144: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1       jasper    145: </ul>
                    146: <p>
                    147:
                    148: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    149: <ul>
                    150: <li>...
                    151: </ul>
                    152: <p>
                    153:
                    154: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
                    155: <ul>
                    156: <li>...
                    157: </ul>
                    158: <p>
                    159:
                    160: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
                    161: <ul>
                    162: <li>...
                    163: </ul>
                    164: <p>
                    165:
                    166: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
                    167: <ul>
                    168: <li>...
                    169: </ul>
                    170: <p>
                    171:
                    172: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
                    173: <ul>
                    174: <li>...
                    175: </ul>
                    176: <p>
                    177:
                    178: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
                    179: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
                    180: Some highlights:
                    181: <ul>
1.4       jasper    182: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16    ! jasper    183: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4       jasper    184: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7       steven    185: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.9       steven    186: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
                    187: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4       jasper    188: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5       jasper    189: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1       jasper    190: </ul>
                    191: <p>
                    192:
                    193: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    194: <p>
                    195:
                    196: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    197: <ul>
                    198: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2.0 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
                    199: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
                    200: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    201: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    202: and 3.3.5
                    203: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    204: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
                    205: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
                    206: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
                    207: <li>Groff 1.15
                    208: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
                    209: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
                    210: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    211: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
                    212: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    213: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    214: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    215: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    216: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    217: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    218: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
                    219: </ul>
                    220: <p>
                    221:
                    222: </ul>
                    223:
                    224: <a name="install"></a>
                    225: <hr>
                    226: <p>
                    227: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    228: <p>
                    229: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    230: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    231: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    232: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    233: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    234: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    235: <p>
                    236:
                    237: <hr>
                    238: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    239: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
                    240: <p>
                    241: <ul>
                    242: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    243: <p>
                    244: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    245: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    246: <p>
                    247: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    248: <p>
                    249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
                    254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    257: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    258: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    261: </ul>
                    262: <hr>
                    263:
                    264: <p>
                    265: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    266: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    267: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    268: <p>
                    269:
                    270: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    271: <ul>
                    272: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    273: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    274: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    275: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    276:
                    277: <p>
                    278: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    279: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    280:
                    281: <p>
                    282: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    283: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    284: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    285:
                    286: <p>
                    287: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    288: read INSTALL.i386.
                    289:
                    290: <p>
                    291: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    292: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    293: use the
                    294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    295: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    297: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    298: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    299:
                    300: <ul><pre>
                    301: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    302: </pre></ul>
                    303:
                    304: <p>
                    305: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    306: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    307: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    308: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    309: </ul>
                    310:
                    311: <p>
                    312: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    313: <ul>
                    314: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    315: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    316: your BIOS options first.
                    317: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    318: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    319: boot from the floppy drive.
                    320:
                    321: <p>
                    322: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    323: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    324: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    325:
                    326: <p>
                    327: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    328: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    329: </ul>
                    330:
                    331: <p>
                    332: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    333: <ul>
                    334: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    335: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    336:
                    337: <p>
                    338: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    339: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    340: </ul>
                    341:
                    342: <p>
                    343: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    344: <ul>
                    345: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    346:
                    347: <p>
                    348: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    349: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
                    350: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    351: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    352:
                    353: <p>
                    354: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    355: will most likely fail.
                    356:
                    357: <p>
                    358: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    359: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    360:
                    361: <p>
                    362: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    363: </ul>
                    364:
                    365: <p>
                    366: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    367: <ul>
                    368: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
                    369: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    370: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    371:
                    372: <p>
                    373: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    374: will most likely fail.
                    375:
                    376: </ul>
                    377:
                    378: <p>
                    379: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    380: <ul>
                    381: <p>
                    382: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    383: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    384: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    385: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    386: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    387: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    388: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    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/landisk:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: <p>
                    410: Write <i>CD3:4.2/landisk/miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    411: or disk, and boot normally.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:
                    414: <p>
                    415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <p>
                    418: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    419: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    420: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    421: </ul>
                    422:
                    423: <p>
                    424: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    425: <ul>
                    426: <p>
                    427: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    428: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    429: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    430: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    431: </ul>
                    432:
                    433: <p>
                    434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    435: <ul>
                    436: <p>
                    437: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    438: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    439: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    440: for more details.
                    441: </ul>
                    442:
                    443: <p>
                    444: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    445: <ul>
                    446: <p>
                    447: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    448: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    449: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    450: for more details.
                    451: </ul>
                    452:
                    453: <p>
                    454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    455: <ul>
                    456: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    457: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    458: ROM.
                    459:
                    460: <ul><pre>
                    461: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    462: or
                    463: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    464: </pre></ul>
                    465:
                    466: <p>
                    467: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    468: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    469: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    470: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    471: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    472:
                    473: <ul><pre>
                    474: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    475: or
                    476: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    477: </pre></ul>
                    478:
                    479: <p>
                    480: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    481: will most likely fail.
                    482:
                    483: <p>
                    484: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    485: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    486: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    487: </ul>
                    488:
                    489: <p>
                    490: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    491: <ul>
                    492: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    493: </ul>
                    494:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    497: <ul>
                    498: <p>
                    499: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    500: openbsd42_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    501: for a few important details.
                    502: </ul>
                    503:
                    504: <p>
                    505: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    506: <ul>
                    507: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    508: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    509: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    510: <p>
                    511: <ul><pre>
                    512: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    513: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    514: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    515: </pre></ul>
                    516: <p>
                    517: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    518: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    519: To extract:
                    520: <p>
                    521: <ul><pre>
                    522: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    523: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    524: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    525: </pre></ul>
                    526: <p>
                    527: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    528: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    529: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    530: Using these files
                    531: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    532: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    533: <p>
                    534: </ul>
                    535:
                    536: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    537: <hr>
                    538: <p>
                    539: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    540: <p>
                    541: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    542: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    543: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    544:
                    545: <a name="ports"></a>
                    546: <hr>
                    547: <p>
                    548: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    549: <p>
                    550: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    551: <p>
                    552: <ul><pre>
                    553: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    554: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    555: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    556: </pre></ul>
                    557: <p>
                    558: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    559: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    560: if you know nothing about ports
                    561: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    562: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    563: OpenBSD ports system.
                    564: <p>
                    565: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    566: <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">
                    567: cvs(1)</a> if
                    568: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    569: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    570: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    571: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    572: like:
                    573: <p>
                    574: <ul><pre>
                    575: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
                    576: </pre></ul>
                    577: <p>
                    578: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    579: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    580: server.]
                    581: <p>
                    582: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    583: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    584: <p>
                    585: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    586: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    587: place to know.
                    588: <p>
                    589:
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