[BACK]Return to 42.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www

Annotation of www/42.html, Revision 1.18

1.1       jasper      1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
                      2: <html>
                      3: <head>
                      4: <title>OpenBSD 4.2 Release</title>
                      5: <link rev=made href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">
                      6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
                      7: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
                      8: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 4.2">
                      9: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,main">
                     10: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
                     11: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 2007 by OpenBSD.">
                     12: </head>
                     13:
                     14: <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#24248E">
                     15:
                     16: <a href="index.html">
                     17: <img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" hspace="24" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
                     18: <hr>
                     19:
                     20: <p>
                     21: <!-- XXX .jpg
                     22: <a href="images/niftyartworkcomingsoon.jpg">
                     23: <img align="left" width="227" height="343" hspace="24" vspace="30"
                     24: src="images/niftyartworkcomingsoon.jpg" alt="OpenBSD 4.2 logo"></a>
                     25: -->
                     26: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.2 Release:</font></h2>
                     27: <p>
                     28: To be released Nov 1, 2007<br>
                     29: <!-- XXX s/To be released/Released -->
                     30: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     31: <!-- XXX ISBN
                     32: <font color="#e00000">ISBN XXX</font>
                     33: -->
                     34: <!-- XXX song
                     35: <br>
                     36: <a href="lyrics.html#42">4.2 Song: "XXX"</a>
                     37: -->
                     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.
                     58: <!-- XXX errata42.html -->
                     59: <li>See a <a href="plus.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     60:     4.1 and 4.2 releases.
                     61: <!-- XXX plus42.html -->
                     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.
                     81: <!-- XXX plus42.html -->
                     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.
1.18    ! kettenis   91: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15      kettenis   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.
1.17      mbalmer   186: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9       steven    187: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
                    188: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4       jasper    189: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5       jasper    190: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1       jasper    191: </ul>
                    192: <p>
                    193:
                    194: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    195: <p>
                    196:
                    197: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    198: <ul>
                    199: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2.0 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
                    200: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
                    201: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    202: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    203: and 3.3.5
                    204: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    205: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
                    206: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
                    207: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
                    208: <li>Groff 1.15
                    209: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
                    210: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
                    211: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    212: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
                    213: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    214: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    215: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    216: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    217: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    218: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    219: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
                    220: </ul>
                    221: <p>
                    222:
                    223: </ul>
                    224:
                    225: <a name="install"></a>
                    226: <hr>
                    227: <p>
                    228: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    229: <p>
                    230: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    231: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    232: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    233: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    234: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    235: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    236: <p>
                    237:
                    238: <hr>
                    239: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    240: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
                    241: <p>
                    242: <ul>
                    243: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    244: <p>
                    245: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    246: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    247: <p>
                    248: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    249: <p>
                    250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
                    255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    257: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    258: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    261: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    262: </ul>
                    263: <hr>
                    264:
                    265: <p>
                    266: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    267: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    268: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    269: <p>
                    270:
                    271: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    272: <ul>
                    273: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    274: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    275: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    276: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    277:
                    278: <p>
                    279: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    280: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    281:
                    282: <p>
                    283: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    284: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    285: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    286:
                    287: <p>
                    288: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    289: read INSTALL.i386.
                    290:
                    291: <p>
                    292: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    293: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    294: use the
                    295: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    296: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    297: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    298: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    299: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    300:
                    301: <ul><pre>
                    302: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    303: </pre></ul>
                    304:
                    305: <p>
                    306: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    307: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    308: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    309: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    310: </ul>
                    311:
                    312: <p>
                    313: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    314: <ul>
                    315: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    316: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    317: your BIOS options first.
                    318: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    319: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    320: boot from the floppy drive.
                    321:
                    322: <p>
                    323: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    324: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    325: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    326:
                    327: <p>
                    328: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    329: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    330: </ul>
                    331:
                    332: <p>
                    333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    334: <ul>
                    335: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    336: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    337:
                    338: <p>
                    339: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    340: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    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>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.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>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.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:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
                    370: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.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:
                    379: <p>
                    380: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    381: <ul>
                    382: <p>
                    383: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    384: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    385: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    386: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    387: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    388: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    389: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    390: </ul>
                    391:
                    392: <p>
                    393: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    394: <ul>
                    395: <p>
                    396: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    397: </ul>
                    398:
                    399: <p>
                    400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    401: <ul>
                    402: <p>
                    403: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    404: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    405: </ul>
                    406:
                    407: <p>
                    408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    409: <ul>
                    410: <p>
                    411: Write <i>CD3:4.2/landisk/miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    412: or disk, and boot normally.
                    413: </ul>
                    414:
                    415: <p>
                    416: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    417: <ul>
                    418: <p>
                    419: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    420: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    421: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    422: </ul>
                    423:
                    424: <p>
                    425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    426: <ul>
                    427: <p>
                    428: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    429: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    430: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    431: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    432: </ul>
                    433:
                    434: <p>
                    435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    436: <ul>
                    437: <p>
                    438: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    439: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    440: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    441: for more details.
                    442: </ul>
                    443:
                    444: <p>
                    445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    446: <ul>
                    447: <p>
                    448: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    449: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    450: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    451: for more details.
                    452: </ul>
                    453:
                    454: <p>
                    455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    456: <ul>
                    457: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    458: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    459: ROM.
                    460:
                    461: <ul><pre>
                    462: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    463: or
                    464: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    465: </pre></ul>
                    466:
                    467: <p>
                    468: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    469: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    470: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    471: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    472: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    473:
                    474: <ul><pre>
                    475: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    476: or
                    477: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    478: </pre></ul>
                    479:
                    480: <p>
                    481: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    482: will most likely fail.
                    483:
                    484: <p>
                    485: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    486: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    487: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    488: </ul>
                    489:
                    490: <p>
                    491: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    492: <ul>
                    493: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    494: </ul>
                    495:
                    496: <p>
                    497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    498: <ul>
                    499: <p>
                    500: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    501: openbsd42_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    502: for a few important details.
                    503: </ul>
                    504:
                    505: <p>
                    506: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    507: <ul>
                    508: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    509: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    510: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    511: <p>
                    512: <ul><pre>
                    513: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    514: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    515: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    516: </pre></ul>
                    517: <p>
                    518: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    519: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    520: To extract:
                    521: <p>
                    522: <ul><pre>
                    523: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    524: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    525: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    526: </pre></ul>
                    527: <p>
                    528: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    529: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    530: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    531: Using these files
                    532: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    533: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    534: <p>
                    535: </ul>
                    536:
                    537: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    538: <hr>
                    539: <p>
                    540: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    541: <p>
                    542: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    543: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    544: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    545:
                    546: <a name="ports"></a>
                    547: <hr>
                    548: <p>
                    549: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    550: <p>
                    551: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    552: <p>
                    553: <ul><pre>
                    554: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    555: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    556: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    557: </pre></ul>
                    558: <p>
                    559: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    560: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    561: if you know nothing about ports
                    562: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    563: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    564: OpenBSD ports system.
                    565: <p>
                    566: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    567: <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">
                    568: cvs(1)</a> if
                    569: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    570: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    571: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    572: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    573: like:
                    574: <p>
                    575: <ul><pre>
                    576: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
                    577: </pre></ul>
                    578: <p>
                    579: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    580: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    581: server.]
                    582: <p>
                    583: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    584: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    585: <p>
                    586: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    587: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    588: place to know.
                    589: <p>
                    590:
                    591: <hr>
                    592: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
                    593: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
                    594: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
                    595: <br><small>
1.18    ! kettenis  596: $OpenBSD: 42.html,v 1.17 2007/08/20 17:40:53 mbalmer Exp $
1.1       jasper    597: </small>
                    598:
                    599: </body>
                    600: </html>