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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>
1.24 dlg 97: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a>
98: driver for SATA controllers conforming to the Advanced Host Controller
99: Interface specification.
100: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>
101: driver for SATA controllers using the Silicon Image 3124/3132/3531 SATALink
102: chipsets.
1.11 matthieu 103: </ul>
1.24 dlg 104: <li> New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tht&sektion=4">tht(4)</a>
105: driver for Tehuti Networks 10Gb Ethernet controllers.
1.8 matthieu 106: <li> New <a
107: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uts&sektion=4">uts(4)</a>
108: driver for USB touch screens, and the <a
109: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xtsscale&sektion=1">xtsscale(1)</a>
110: calibration utility.
1.22 kettenis 111: <li> The <a
112: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=siop&sektion=4">siop(4)</a>
113: driver now has support for NCR 53C720/770 controllers in big endian mode.
114: In particular this means that the onboard Fast-Wide SCSI on many hppa
115: machines is supported now.
1.25 ! jsg 116: <li> The <a
! 117: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a>
! 118: driver now supports Marvell 88W8385 802.11g based Compact Flash devices.
! 119: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a> driver has had support added for newer chipsets, including:
! 120: <ul>
! 121: <li>Intel ICH8M PATA
! 122: <li>JMicron JMB36x PATA
! 123: <li>VIA CX700/VX700 PATA
! 124: </ul>
1.1 jasper 125: </ul>
126: <p>
1.8 matthieu 127:
1.1 jasper 128:
129: <li>New tools:
130: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 131: <li> <a
132: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
133: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.1 jasper 134: </ul>
135: <p>
1.10 matthieu 136:
1.1 jasper 137:
138: <li>New functionality:
139: <ul>
1.14 otto 140: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 141: <li><a
142: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
143: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
144: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
145: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.1 jasper 146: </ul>
147: <p>
148:
149: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
150: <ul>
1.14 otto 151: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
152: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
153: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
154: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16 jasper 155: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1 jasper 156: </ul>
157: <p>
158:
159: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
160: <ul>
161: <li>...
162: </ul>
163: <p>
164:
165: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
166: <ul>
167: <li>...
168: </ul>
169: <p>
170:
171: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
172: <ul>
173: <li>...
174: </ul>
175: <p>
176:
177: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
178: <ul>
179: <li>...
180: </ul>
181: <p>
182:
183: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
184: <ul>
185: <li>...
186: </ul>
187: <p>
188:
189: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
190: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
191: Some highlights:
192: <ul>
1.4 jasper 193: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 194: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 195: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 196: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17 mbalmer 197: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9 steven 198: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
199: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 200: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 201: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 202: </ul>
203: <p>
204:
205: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
206: <p>
207:
208: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
209: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 210: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 211: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
212: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
213: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
214: and 3.3.5
215: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
216: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
217: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
218: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
219: <li>Groff 1.15
220: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
221: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
222: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
223: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
224: <li>Ncurses 5.2
225: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
226: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
227: <li>Arla 0.35.7
228: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
229: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
230: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
231: </ul>
232: <p>
233:
234: </ul>
235:
236: <a name="install"></a>
237: <hr>
238: <p>
239: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
240: <p>
241: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
242: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
243: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
244: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
245: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
246: purchased a CDROM instead.
247: <p>
248:
249: <hr>
250: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
251: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
252: <p>
253: <ul>
254: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
255: <p>
256: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
257: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
258: <p>
259: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
260: <p>
261: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
262: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
263: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
264: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
265: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
266: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
267: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
268: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
269: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
270: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
271: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
272: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
273: </ul>
274: <hr>
275:
276: <p>
277: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
278: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
279: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
280: <p>
281:
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
283: <ul>
284: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
285: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
286: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
287: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
288:
289: <p>
290: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
291: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
292:
293: <p>
294: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
295: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
296: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
297:
298: <p>
299: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
300: read INSTALL.i386.
301:
302: <p>
303: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
304: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
305: use the
306: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
307: utility. The following is an example usage of
308: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
309: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
310: "rfd0a".
311:
312: <ul><pre>
313: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
314: </pre></ul>
315:
316: <p>
317: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
318: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
319: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
320: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
321: </ul>
322:
323: <p>
324: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
325: <ul>
326: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
327: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
328: your BIOS options first.
329: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
330: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
331: boot from the floppy drive.
332:
333: <p>
334: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
335: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
336: INSTALL.amd64 document.
337:
338: <p>
339: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
340: read INSTALL.amd64.
341: </ul>
342:
343: <p>
344: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
345: <ul>
346: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
347: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
348:
349: <p>
350: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
351: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
352: </ul>
353:
354: <p>
355: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
356: <ul>
357: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
358:
359: <p>
360: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
361: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
362: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
363: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
364:
365: <p>
366: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
367: will most likely fail.
368:
369: <p>
370: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
371: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
372:
373: <p>
374: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
375: </ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
379: <ul>
380: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
381: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
382: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
383:
384: <p>
385: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
386: will most likely fail.
387:
388: </ul>
389:
390: <p>
391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
392: <ul>
393: <p>
394: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
395: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
396: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
397: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
398: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
399: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
400: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
401: </ul>
402:
403: <p>
404: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
405: <ul>
406: <p>
407: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
408: </ul>
409:
410: <p>
411: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
412: <ul>
413: <p>
414: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
415: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
416: </ul>
417:
418: <p>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
420: <ul>
421: <p>
1.21 deraadt 422: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 423: or disk, and boot normally.
424: </ul>
425:
426: <p>
427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
428: <ul>
429: <p>
430: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
431: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
432: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
433: </ul>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
437: <ul>
438: <p>
439: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
440: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
441: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
442: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
443: </ul>
444:
445: <p>
446: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
447: <ul>
448: <p>
449: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
450: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
451: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
452: for more details.
453: </ul>
454:
455: <p>
456: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
457: <ul>
458: <p>
459: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
460: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
461: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
462: for more details.
463: </ul>
464:
465: <p>
466: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
467: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 468: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
469: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 470:
471: <ul><pre>
472: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
473: or
474: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
475: </pre></ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 479: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 480: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
481: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
482: depending on the version of your ROM.
483:
484: <ul><pre>
485: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
486: or
487: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
488: </pre></ul>
489:
490: <p>
491: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
492: will most likely fail.
493:
494: <p>
495: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
496: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
497: INSTALL.sparc file.
498: </ul>
499:
500: <p>
501: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
502: <ul>
503: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
504: </ul>
505:
506: <p>
507: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
508: <ul>
509: <p>
510: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
511: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
512: for a few important details.
513: </ul>
514:
515: <p>
516: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
517: <ul>
518: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
519: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
520: in a separate archive. To extract:
521: <p>
522: <ul><pre>
523: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
524: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
525: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
526: </pre></ul>
527: <p>
528: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
529: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
530: To extract:
531: <p>
532: <ul><pre>
533: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
534: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
535: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
536: </pre></ul>
537: <p>
538: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
539: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
540: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
541: Using these files
542: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
543: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
544: <p>
545: </ul>
546:
547: <a name="upgrade"></a>
548: <hr>
549: <p>
550: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
551: <p>
552: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
553: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
554: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
555:
556: <a name="ports"></a>
557: <hr>
558: <p>
559: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
560: <p>
561: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
562: <p>
563: <ul><pre>
564: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
565: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
566: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
567: </pre></ul>
568: <p>
569: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
570: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
571: if you know nothing about ports
572: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
573: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
574: OpenBSD ports system.
575: <p>
576: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
577: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
578: cvs(1)</a> if
579: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
580: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
581: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
582: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
583: like:
584: <p>
585: <ul><pre>
586: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
587: </pre></ul>
588: <p>
589: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
590: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
591: server.]
592: <p>
593: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
594: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
595: <p>
596: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
597: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
598: place to know.
599: <p>
600:
601: <hr>
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