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                     24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.2 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
                     26: To be released Nov 1, 2007<br>
                     27: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN XXX</font>
                     29: <br>
                     30: <a href="lyrics.html#42">4.2 Song: "XXX"</a>
                     31: <p>
                     32:
                     33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
                     34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
                     35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
                     36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
                     37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
                     38:
                     39: <p>
                     40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
                     41: To get the files for this release:
                     42: <ul>
                     43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
                     44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     45:     a list of mirror machines.
                     46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.2/</font> directory on
                     47:     one of the mirror sites.
                     48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.20    ! deraadt    49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata42.html">The 4.2 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1       jasper     50:     of bugs and workarounds.
1.20    ! deraadt    51: <li>See a <a href="plus42.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1       jasper     52:     4.1 and 4.2 releases.
                     53: </ul>
                     54: </font></h3>
                     55: <br clear=all>
                     56:
                     57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
                     58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
                     59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.  The distribution
                     60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
                     61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
                     62: <p>
                     63:
                     64: <a name="new"></a>
                     65: <hr>
                     66: <p>
                     67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
                     68: <p>
                     69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.2.
1.20    ! deraadt    70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus42.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1       jasper     71: to 4.2.
                     72: <p>
                     73:
                     74: <ul>
                     75:
                     76: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     77: <ul>
1.15      kettenis   78: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
                     79:     The PCIe UltraSPARC IIIi machines like the V215 and V245 are now
                     80:     supported.
1.18      kettenis   81: <li><a href="hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>.<br>
1.15      kettenis   82:     Four-digit B/C/J-class workstations like the B2000, C3750 or J6750
                     83:     are now supported (in 32-bit mode).
1.1       jasper     84: </ul>
                     85: <p>
                     86:
                     87: <li>Removed platforms:
                     88: <ul>
                     89: <li>...
                     90: </ul>
                     91: <p>
                     92:
                     93: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     94: <ul>
1.11      matthieu   95: <li> Native Serial-ATA support:
                     96:  <ul>
                     97:  <li> <a
1.8       matthieu   98: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
1.19      matthieu   99: driver for  SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host
1.8       matthieu  100: Controller Interface specification.
1.11      matthieu  101:  <li> <a
                    102:  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.
                    103:  </ul>
1.8       matthieu  104: <li> New <a
                    105: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
                    106: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
                    107: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
                    108: calibration utility.
1.1       jasper    109: </ul>
                    110: <p>
1.8       matthieu  111:
1.1       jasper    112:
                    113: <li>New tools:
                    114: <ul>
1.10      matthieu  115: <li> <a
                    116: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
                    117: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.1       jasper    118: </ul>
                    119: <p>
1.10      matthieu  120:
1.1       jasper    121:
                    122: <li>New functionality:
                    123: <ul>
1.14      otto      124: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.1       jasper    125: </ul>
                    126: <p>
                    127:
                    128: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    129: <ul>
1.14      otto      130: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
                    131: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
                    132: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
                    133: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16      jasper    134: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1       jasper    135: </ul>
                    136: <p>
                    137:
                    138: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    139: <ul>
                    140: <li>...
                    141: </ul>
                    142: <p>
                    143:
                    144: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
                    145: <ul>
                    146: <li>...
                    147: </ul>
                    148: <p>
                    149:
                    150: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
                    151: <ul>
                    152: <li>...
                    153: </ul>
                    154: <p>
                    155:
                    156: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
                    157: <ul>
                    158: <li>...
                    159: </ul>
                    160: <p>
                    161:
                    162: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
                    163: <ul>
                    164: <li>...
                    165: </ul>
                    166: <p>
                    167:
                    168: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
                    169: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
                    170: Some highlights:
                    171: <ul>
1.4       jasper    172: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16      jasper    173: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4       jasper    174: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7       steven    175: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17      mbalmer   176: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9       steven    177: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
                    178: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4       jasper    179: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5       jasper    180: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1       jasper    181: </ul>
                    182: <p>
                    183:
                    184: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    185: <p>
                    186:
                    187: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    188: <ul>
1.19      matthieu  189: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1       jasper    190: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
                    191: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    192: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    193: and 3.3.5
                    194: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    195: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
                    196: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
                    197: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
                    198: <li>Groff 1.15
                    199: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
                    200: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
                    201: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    202: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
                    203: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    204: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    205: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    206: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    207: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    208: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    209: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
                    210: </ul>
                    211: <p>
                    212:
                    213: </ul>
                    214:
                    215: <a name="install"></a>
                    216: <hr>
                    217: <p>
                    218: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    219: <p>
                    220: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    221: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    222: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    223: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    224: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    225: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    226: <p>
                    227:
                    228: <hr>
                    229: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    230: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
                    231: <p>
                    232: <ul>
                    233: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    234: <p>
                    235: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    236: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    237: <p>
                    238: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    239: <p>
                    240: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
                    245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
                    246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    252: </ul>
                    253: <hr>
                    254:
                    255: <p>
                    256: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    257: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    258: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    259: <p>
                    260:
                    261: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    262: <ul>
                    263: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    264: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    265: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    266: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    267:
                    268: <p>
                    269: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    270: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    271:
                    272: <p>
                    273: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    274: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    275: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    276:
                    277: <p>
                    278: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    279: read INSTALL.i386.
                    280:
                    281: <p>
                    282: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    283: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    284: use the
                    285: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    286: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    288: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    289: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    290:
                    291: <ul><pre>
                    292: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    293: </pre></ul>
                    294:
                    295: <p>
                    296: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    297: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    298: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    299: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    300: </ul>
                    301:
                    302: <p>
                    303: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    304: <ul>
                    305: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    306: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    307: your BIOS options first.
                    308: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    309: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    310: boot from the floppy drive.
                    311:
                    312: <p>
                    313: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    314: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    315: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    316:
                    317: <p>
                    318: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    319: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    320: </ul>
                    321:
                    322: <p>
                    323: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    324: <ul>
                    325: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    326: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    327:
                    328: <p>
                    329: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    330: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    331: </ul>
                    332:
                    333: <p>
                    334: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    335: <ul>
                    336: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    337:
                    338: <p>
                    339: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    340: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
                    341: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    342: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    343:
                    344: <p>
                    345: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    346: will most likely fail.
                    347:
                    348: <p>
                    349: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    350: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    351:
                    352: <p>
                    353: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    354: </ul>
                    355:
                    356: <p>
                    357: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    358: <ul>
                    359: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
                    360: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    361: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    362:
                    363: <p>
                    364: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    365: will most likely fail.
                    366:
                    367: </ul>
                    368:
                    369: <p>
                    370: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    371: <ul>
                    372: <p>
                    373: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    374: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    375: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    376: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    377: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    378: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    379: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    380: </ul>
                    381:
                    382: <p>
                    383: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    384: <ul>
                    385: <p>
                    386: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    387: </ul>
                    388:
                    389: <p>
                    390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    391: <ul>
                    392: <p>
                    393: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    394: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    395: </ul>
                    396:
                    397: <p>
                    398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    399: <ul>
                    400: <p>
                    401: Write <i>CD3:4.2/landisk/miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    402: or disk, and boot normally.
                    403: </ul>
                    404:
                    405: <p>
                    406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
                    407: <ul>
                    408: <p>
                    409: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
                    410: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
                    411: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:
                    414: <p>
                    415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    416: <ul>
                    417: <p>
                    418: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    419: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    420: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    421: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    422: </ul>
                    423:
                    424: <p>
                    425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    426: <ul>
                    427: <p>
                    428: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    429: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    430: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    431: for more details.
                    432: </ul>
                    433:
                    434: <p>
                    435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</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 MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    440: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    441: for more details.
                    442: </ul>
                    443:
                    444: <p>
                    445: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    446: <ul>
                    447: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
                    448: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
                    449: ROM.
                    450:
                    451: <ul><pre>
                    452: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    453: or
                    454: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    455: </pre></ul>
                    456:
                    457: <p>
                    458: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    459: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    460: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    461: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    462: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    463:
                    464: <ul><pre>
                    465: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    466: or
                    467: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    468: </pre></ul>
                    469:
                    470: <p>
                    471: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    472: will most likely fail.
                    473:
                    474: <p>
                    475: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    476: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    477: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    478: </ul>
                    479:
                    480: <p>
                    481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    482: <ul>
                    483: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    484: </ul>
                    485:
                    486: <p>
                    487: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    488: <ul>
                    489: <p>
                    490: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    491: openbsd42_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    492: for a few important details.
                    493: </ul>
                    494:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    497: <ul>
                    498: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    499: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    500: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    501: <p>
                    502: <ul><pre>
                    503: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    504: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    505: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    506: </pre></ul>
                    507: <p>
                    508: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    509: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    510: To extract:
                    511: <p>
                    512: <ul><pre>
                    513: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    514: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    515: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    516: </pre></ul>
                    517: <p>
                    518: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    519: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    520: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    521: Using these files
                    522: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    523: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    524: <p>
                    525: </ul>
                    526:
                    527: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    528: <hr>
                    529: <p>
                    530: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    531: <p>
                    532: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    533: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    534: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    535:
                    536: <a name="ports"></a>
                    537: <hr>
                    538: <p>
                    539: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    540: <p>
                    541: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    542: <p>
                    543: <ul><pre>
                    544: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    545: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    546: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    547: </pre></ul>
                    548: <p>
                    549: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    550: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    551: if you know nothing about ports
                    552: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    553: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    554: OpenBSD ports system.
                    555: <p>
                    556: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    557: <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">
                    558: cvs(1)</a> if
                    559: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    560: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    561: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    562: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    563: like:
                    564: <p>
                    565: <ul><pre>
                    566: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
                    567: </pre></ul>
                    568: <p>
                    569: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    570: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    571: server.]
                    572: <p>
                    573: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    574: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    575: <p>
                    576: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    577: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    578: place to know.
                    579: <p>
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