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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>
1.27 ! jasper 125: <li> New <a
! 126: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=led&arch=sparc64">led(4)</a>
! 127: driver for the front panel LEDs on the V215/245.
! 128: <li> New <a
! 129: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bbc&arch=sparc64">bbc(4)</a>
! 130: driver providing support for the BootBus Controllers in UltraSparc III systems.
! 131: <li> New <a
! 132: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pmc&arch=sparc64">pmc(4)</a>
! 133: driver for the
! 134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=watchdog§ion=4">
! 135: watchdog(4)</a> timer on the National Semiconductor PC87317 SuperIO chip.
1.1 jasper 136: </ul>
137: <p>
1.8 matthieu 138:
1.1 jasper 139:
140: <li>New tools:
141: <ul>
1.10 matthieu 142: <li> <a
143: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cwm&sektion=1">cwm(1)</a>
144: has replaced wm2 as a simple-looking low-resource window manager.
1.26 jsg 145: <li> <a
146: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zless&sektion=1">zless(1)</a>,
147: view compressed files with
148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=less&sektion=1">less(1)</a>.
1.1 jasper 149: </ul>
150: <p>
1.10 matthieu 151:
1.1 jasper 152:
153: <li>New functionality:
154: <ul>
1.14 otto 155: <li>FFS2, the updated version of the fast file system.
1.23 kili 156: <li><a
157: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
158: now can send cookies loaded from a netscape-like cookiejar, supports
159: proxies requiring a password, and has a keep-alive option to avoid
160: over-agressive control connection dropping.
1.1 jasper 161: </ul>
162: <p>
163:
164: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
165: <ul>
1.14 otto 166: <li>Large (>1TB) disk and partition support in the disklabel and buffer cache
167: code and in the userland utilities that manipulate disk blocks. Note
168: that some parts of the system are not 64-bit disk block clean yet, so partition
169: larger than 2TB cannot be used at the moment.
1.16 jasper 170: <li>Thread support for the Objective-C library (libobjc).
1.1 jasper 171: </ul>
172: <p>
173:
174: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
175: <ul>
176: <li>...
177: </ul>
178: <p>
179:
180: <li>OpenBGPD 4.2:
181: <ul>
182: <li>...
183: </ul>
184: <p>
185:
186: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
187: <ul>
188: <li>...
189: </ul>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
193: <ul>
194: <li>...
195: </ul>
196: <p>
197:
198: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
199: <ul>
200: <li>...
201: </ul>
202: <p>
203:
204: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
205: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
206: Some highlights:
207: <ul>
1.4 jasper 208: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 209: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 210: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 211: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17 mbalmer 212: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9 steven 213: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
214: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 215: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 216: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 217: </ul>
218: <p>
219:
220: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
221: <p>
222:
223: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
224: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 225: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 226: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
227: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
228: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
229: and 3.3.5
230: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
231: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
232: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
233: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
234: <li>Groff 1.15
235: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
236: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
237: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
238: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
239: <li>Ncurses 5.2
240: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
241: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
242: <li>Arla 0.35.7
243: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
244: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
245: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
246: </ul>
247: <p>
248:
249: </ul>
250:
251: <a name="install"></a>
252: <hr>
253: <p>
254: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
255: <p>
256: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
257: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
258: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
259: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
260: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
261: purchased a CDROM instead.
262: <p>
263:
264: <hr>
265: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
266: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
267: <p>
268: <ul>
269: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
270: <p>
271: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
272: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
273: <p>
274: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
275: <p>
276: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
277: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
278: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
279: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
280: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
281: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
282: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
283: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
284: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
285: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
286: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
287: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
288: </ul>
289: <hr>
290:
291: <p>
292: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
293: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
294: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
295: <p>
296:
297: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
298: <ul>
299: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
300: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
301: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
302: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
303:
304: <p>
305: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
306: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
307:
308: <p>
309: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
310: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
311: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
312:
313: <p>
314: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
315: read INSTALL.i386.
316:
317: <p>
318: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
319: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
320: use the
321: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
322: utility. The following is an example usage of
323: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
324: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
325: "rfd0a".
326:
327: <ul><pre>
328: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
329: </pre></ul>
330:
331: <p>
332: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
333: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
334: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
335: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
336: </ul>
337:
338: <p>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
340: <ul>
341: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
342: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
343: your BIOS options first.
344: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
345: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
346: boot from the floppy drive.
347:
348: <p>
349: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
350: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
351: INSTALL.amd64 document.
352:
353: <p>
354: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
355: read INSTALL.amd64.
356: </ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
362: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
363:
364: <p>
365: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
366: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
367: </ul>
368:
369: <p>
370: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
371: <ul>
372: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
373:
374: <p>
375: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
376: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
377: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
378: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
379:
380: <p>
381: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
382: will most likely fail.
383:
384: <p>
385: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
386: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
387:
388: <p>
389: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
390: </ul>
391:
392: <p>
393: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
394: <ul>
395: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
396: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
397: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
398:
399: <p>
400: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
401: will most likely fail.
402:
403: </ul>
404:
405: <p>
406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
407: <ul>
408: <p>
409: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
410: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
411: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
412: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
413: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
414: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
415: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
416: </ul>
417:
418: <p>
419: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
420: <ul>
421: <p>
422: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
430: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
431: </ul>
432:
433: <p>
434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
435: <ul>
436: <p>
1.21 deraadt 437: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 438: or disk, and boot normally.
439: </ul>
440:
441: <p>
442: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
443: <ul>
444: <p>
445: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
446: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
447: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
448: </ul>
449:
450: <p>
451: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
452: <ul>
453: <p>
454: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
455: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
456: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
457: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
458: </ul>
459:
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
462: <ul>
463: <p>
464: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
465: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
466: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
467: for more details.
468: </ul>
469:
470: <p>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
472: <ul>
473: <p>
474: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
475: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
476: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
477: for more details.
478: </ul>
479:
480: <p>
481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
482: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 483: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
484: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 485:
486: <ul><pre>
487: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
488: or
489: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
490: </pre></ul>
491:
492: <p>
493: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 494: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 495: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
496: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
497: depending on the version of your ROM.
498:
499: <ul><pre>
500: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
501: or
502: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
503: </pre></ul>
504:
505: <p>
506: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
507: will most likely fail.
508:
509: <p>
510: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
511: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
512: INSTALL.sparc file.
513: </ul>
514:
515: <p>
516: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
517: <ul>
518: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
519: </ul>
520:
521: <p>
522: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
523: <ul>
524: <p>
525: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
526: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
527: for a few important details.
528: </ul>
529:
530: <p>
531: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
532: <ul>
533: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
534: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
535: in a separate archive. To extract:
536: <p>
537: <ul><pre>
538: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
539: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
540: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
541: </pre></ul>
542: <p>
543: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
544: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
545: To extract:
546: <p>
547: <ul><pre>
548: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
549: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
550: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
551: </pre></ul>
552: <p>
553: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
554: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
555: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
556: Using these files
557: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
558: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
559: <p>
560: </ul>
561:
562: <a name="upgrade"></a>
563: <hr>
564: <p>
565: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
566: <p>
567: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
568: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
569: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
570:
571: <a name="ports"></a>
572: <hr>
573: <p>
574: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
575: <p>
576: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
577: <p>
578: <ul><pre>
579: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
580: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
581: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
582: </pre></ul>
583: <p>
584: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
585: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
586: if you know nothing about ports
587: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
588: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
589: OpenBSD ports system.
590: <p>
591: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
592: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
593: cvs(1)</a> if
594: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
595: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
596: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
597: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
598: like:
599: <p>
600: <ul><pre>
601: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
602: </pre></ul>
603: <p>
604: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
605: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
606: server.]
607: <p>
608: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
609: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
610: <p>
611: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
612: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
613: place to know.
614: <p>
615:
616: <hr>
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