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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.
1.26 ! jsg 134: <li> <a
! 135: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
! 136: view compressed files with
! 137: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.1 jasper 138: </ul>
139: <p>
1.10 matthieu 140:
1.1 jasper 141:
142: <li>New functionality:
143: <ul>
1.14 otto 144: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 145: <li><a
146: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
147: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
148: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
149: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.1 jasper 150: </ul>
151: <p>
152:
153: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
154: <ul>
1.14 otto 155: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
156: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
157: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
158: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16 jasper 159: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1 jasper 160: </ul>
161: <p>
162:
163: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
164: <ul>
165: <li>...
166: </ul>
167: <p>
168:
169: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
170: <ul>
171: <li>...
172: </ul>
173: <p>
174:
175: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
176: <ul>
177: <li>...
178: </ul>
179: <p>
180:
181: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
182: <ul>
183: <li>...
184: </ul>
185: <p>
186:
187: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
188: <ul>
189: <li>...
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
194: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
195: Some highlights:
196: <ul>
1.4 jasper 197: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 198: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 199: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 200: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17 mbalmer 201: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9 steven 202: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
203: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 204: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 205: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 206: </ul>
207: <p>
208:
209: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
210: <p>
211:
212: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
213: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 214: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 215: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
216: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
217: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
218: and 3.3.5
219: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
220: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
221: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
222: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
223: <li>Groff 1.15
224: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
225: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
226: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
227: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
228: <li>Ncurses 5.2
229: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
230: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
231: <li>Arla 0.35.7
232: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
233: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
234: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
235: </ul>
236: <p>
237:
238: </ul>
239:
240: <a name="install"></a>
241: <hr>
242: <p>
243: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
244: <p>
245: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
246: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
247: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
248: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
249: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
250: purchased a CDROM instead.
251: <p>
252:
253: <hr>
254: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
255: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
256: <p>
257: <ul>
258: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
259: <p>
260: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
261: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
262: <p>
263: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
264: <p>
265: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
266: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
267: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
268: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
269: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
270: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
271: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
272: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
273: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
274: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
275: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
276: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
277: </ul>
278: <hr>
279:
280: <p>
281: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
282: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
283: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
284: <p>
285:
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
287: <ul>
288: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
289: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
290: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
291: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
292:
293: <p>
294: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
295: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
296:
297: <p>
298: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
299: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
300: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
301:
302: <p>
303: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
304: read INSTALL.i386.
305:
306: <p>
307: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
308: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
309: use the
310: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
311: utility. The following is an example usage of
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
313: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
314: "rfd0a".
315:
316: <ul><pre>
317: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
318: </pre></ul>
319:
320: <p>
321: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
322: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
323: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
324: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
325: </ul>
326:
327: <p>
328: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
329: <ul>
330: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
331: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
332: your BIOS options first.
333: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
334: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
335: boot from the floppy drive.
336:
337: <p>
338: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
339: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
340: INSTALL.amd64 document.
341:
342: <p>
343: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
344: read INSTALL.amd64.
345: </ul>
346:
347: <p>
348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
349: <ul>
350: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
351: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
352:
353: <p>
354: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
355: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
356: </ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
362:
363: <p>
364: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
365: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
366: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
367: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
368:
369: <p>
370: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
371: will most likely fail.
372:
373: <p>
374: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
375: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
376:
377: <p>
378: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
379: </ul>
380:
381: <p>
382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
383: <ul>
384: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
385: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
386: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
387:
388: <p>
389: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
390: will most likely fail.
391:
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
399: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
400: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
401: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
402: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
403: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
404: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
405: </ul>
406:
407: <p>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
409: <ul>
410: <p>
411: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
419: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
420: </ul>
421:
422: <p>
423: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
424: <ul>
425: <p>
1.21 deraadt 426: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 427: or disk, and boot normally.
428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: <p>
434: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
435: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
436: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
437: </ul>
438:
439: <p>
440: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
441: <ul>
442: <p>
443: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
444: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
445: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
446: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
454: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
455: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
456: for more details.
457: </ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
461: <ul>
462: <p>
463: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
464: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
465: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
466: for more details.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 472: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
473: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 474:
475: <ul><pre>
476: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
477: or
478: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
479: </pre></ul>
480:
481: <p>
482: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 483: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 484: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
485: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
486: depending on the version of your ROM.
487:
488: <ul><pre>
489: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
490: or
491: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
492: </pre></ul>
493:
494: <p>
495: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
496: will most likely fail.
497:
498: <p>
499: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
500: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
501: INSTALL.sparc file.
502: </ul>
503:
504: <p>
505: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
506: <ul>
507: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
508: </ul>
509:
510: <p>
511: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
512: <ul>
513: <p>
514: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
515: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
516: for a few important details.
517: </ul>
518:
519: <p>
520: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
521: <ul>
522: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
523: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
524: in a separate archive. To extract:
525: <p>
526: <ul><pre>
527: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
528: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
529: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
530: </pre></ul>
531: <p>
532: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
533: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
534: To extract:
535: <p>
536: <ul><pre>
537: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
538: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
539: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
540: </pre></ul>
541: <p>
542: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
543: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
544: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
545: Using these files
546: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
547: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
548: <p>
549: </ul>
550:
551: <a name="upgrade"></a>
552: <hr>
553: <p>
554: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
555: <p>
556: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
557: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
558: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
559:
560: <a name="ports"></a>
561: <hr>
562: <p>
563: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
564: <p>
565: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
566: <p>
567: <ul><pre>
568: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
569: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
570: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
571: </pre></ul>
572: <p>
573: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
574: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
575: if you know nothing about ports
576: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
577: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
578: OpenBSD ports system.
579: <p>
580: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
581: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
582: cvs(1)</a> if
583: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
584: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
585: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
586: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
587: like:
588: <p>
589: <ul><pre>
590: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
591: </pre></ul>
592: <p>
593: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
594: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
595: server.]
596: <p>
597: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
598: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
599: <p>
600: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
601: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
602: place to know.
603: <p>
604:
605: <hr>
606: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
607: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
608: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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