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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>
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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>
1.28 ! claudio 182: <li>Include support for Four-octet AS Number Space.
! 183: <li>Allow matching on communities using 0 in the AS part.
! 184: <li>Filtering on IPv6 prefixes is now possible.
! 185: <li>Various bugs in the encoding of multiprotocol updates were fixed.
! 186: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP bgpd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 187: </ul>
188: <p>
189:
190: <li>OpenNTPD 4.2:
191: <ul>
192: <li>...
193: </ul>
194: <p>
195:
196: <li>OpenOSPFD 4.2:
197: <ul>
1.28 ! claudio 198: <li>Added support for RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
! 199: <li>It is possible to specify a carp demote group on interfaces and areas.
! 200: <li>Added support for mapping route labels to AS-external route tags and vice versa.
! 201: <li>Allow the use of pkill -HUP ospfd to reload the config.
1.1 jasper 202: </ul>
203: <p>
204:
205: <li>OpenSSH 4.7:
206: <ul>
207: <li>...
208: </ul>
209: <p>
210:
211: <li>Over 4500 ports, 4300 pre-built packages (for i386), minor robustness improvements in package tools.
212: <!-- XXX update numbers -->
213: Some highlights:
214: <ul>
1.4 jasper 215: <li>Gnome 2.18.
1.16 jasper 216: <li>GNUstep 1.14.
1.4 jasper 217: <li>KDE 3.5.7 and koffice 1.6.3.
1.7 steven 218: <li>Xfce 4.4.1.
1.17 mbalmer 219: <li>OpenMotif 2.3.0
1.9 steven 220: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.2.1.
221: <li>Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
1.4 jasper 222: <li>PostgreSQL 8.2.4.
1.5 jasper 223: <li>GHC 6.6.1 (amd64 and i386 only)
1.1 jasper 224: </ul>
225: <p>
226:
227: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
228: <p>
229:
230: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
231: <ul>
1.19 matthieu 232: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.2 + patches, freetype 2.2.1, fontconfig
1.1 jasper 233: 2.4.2, expat 2.0.0, Mesa 6.5.2, xterm 225 and more)
234: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
235: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
236: and 3.3.5
237: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
238: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
239: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
240: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
241: <li>Groff 1.15
242: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
243: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
244: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
245: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p4
246: <li>Ncurses 5.2
247: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
248: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
249: <li>Arla 0.35.7
250: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
251: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
252: <!-- XXX double check versions -->
253: </ul>
254: <p>
255:
256: </ul>
257:
258: <a name="install"></a>
259: <hr>
260: <p>
261: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
262: <p>
263: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
264: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
265: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
266: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
267: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
268: purchased a CDROM instead.
269: <p>
270:
271: <hr>
272: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
273: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.2 on your machine:
274: <p>
275: <ul>
276: <li>CD1:4.2/i386/INSTALL.i386
277: <p>
278: <li>CD2:4.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
279: <li>CD2:4.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
280: <p>
281: <li>CD3:4.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
282: <p>
283: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
284: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/armish/INSTALL.armish
285: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
286: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
287: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
288: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
289: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
290: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
291: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
292: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
293: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/vax/INSTALL.vax
294: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.2/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
295: </ul>
296: <hr>
297:
298: <p>
299: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
300: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
301: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
302: <p>
303:
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
305: <ul>
306: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
307: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
308: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
309: <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
310:
311: <p>
312: Use <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyB42.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
313: support, or <i>CD1:4.2/i386/floppyC42.fs</i> for better laptop support.
314:
315: <p>
316: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
317: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
318: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
319:
320: <p>
321: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
322: read INSTALL.i386.
323:
324: <p>
325: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
326: at <i>CD1:4.2/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
327: use the
328: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
329: utility. The following is an example usage of
330: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
331: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
332: "rfd0a".
333:
334: <ul><pre>
335: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
336: </pre></ul>
337:
338: <p>
339: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
340: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
341: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
342: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
343: </ul>
344:
345: <p>
346: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
347: <ul>
348: The 4.2 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
349: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
350: your BIOS options first.
351: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
352: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.2/amd64/floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy, then
353: boot from the floppy drive.
354:
355: <p>
356: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
357: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
358: INSTALL.amd64 document.
359:
360: <p>
361: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
362: read INSTALL.amd64.
363: </ul>
364:
365: <p>
366: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
367: <ul>
368: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
369: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
370:
371: <p>
372: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
373: /4.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
374: </ul>
375:
376: <p>
377: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
378: <ul>
379: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
380:
381: <p>
382: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
383: <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppy42.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/floppyB42.fs</i>
384: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
385: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
386:
387: <p>
388: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
389: will most likely fail.
390:
391: <p>
392: You can also write <i>CD3:4.2/sparc64/miniroot42.fs</i> to the swap partition on
393: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
394:
395: <p>
396: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppy42.fs</i> or
403: <i>FTP:4.2/alpha/floppyB42.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
404: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
405:
406: <p>
407: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
408: will most likely fail.
409:
410: </ul>
411:
412: <p>
413: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
414: <ul>
415: <p>
416: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
417: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
418: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
419: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
420: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
421: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
422: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
430: </ul>
431:
432: <p>
433: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
434: <ul>
435: <p>
436: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
437: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
438: </ul>
439:
440: <p>
441: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
442: <ul>
443: <p>
1.21 deraadt 444: Write <i>miniroot42.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 jasper 445: or disk, and boot normally.
446: </ul>
447:
448: <p>
449: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
450: <ul>
451: <p>
452: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
453: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
454: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
455: </ul>
456:
457: <p>
458: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
459: <ul>
460: <p>
461: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
462: <i>FTP:4.2/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
463: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
464: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
472: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
473: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
474: for more details.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: <p>
481: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
482: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
483: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
484: for more details.
485: </ul>
486:
487: <p>
488: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
489: <ul>
1.21 deraadt 490: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
491: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
1.1 jasper 492:
493: <ul><pre>
494: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
495: or
496: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.2/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
497: </pre></ul>
498:
499: <p>
500: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
1.21 deraadt 501: To do so you need to write <i>floppy42.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.1 jasper 502: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
503: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
504: depending on the version of your ROM.
505:
506: <ul><pre>
507: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
508: or
509: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
510: </pre></ul>
511:
512: <p>
513: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
514: will most likely fail.
515:
516: <p>
517: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
518: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
519: INSTALL.sparc file.
520: </ul>
521:
522: <p>
523: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
524: <ul>
525: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
526: </ul>
527:
528: <p>
529: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
530: <ul>
531: <p>
532: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
533: openbsd42_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
534: for a few important details.
535: </ul>
536:
537: <p>
538: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
539: <ul>
540: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
541: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
542: in a separate archive. To extract:
543: <p>
544: <ul><pre>
545: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
546: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
547: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
548: </pre></ul>
549: <p>
550: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
551: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
552: To extract:
553: <p>
554: <ul><pre>
555: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
556: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
557: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
558: </pre></ul>
559: <p>
560: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
561: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
562: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
563: Using these files
564: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
565: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
566: <p>
567: </ul>
568:
569: <a name="upgrade"></a>
570: <hr>
571: <p>
572: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
573: <p>
574: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
575: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
576: <a href="faq/upgrade42.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
577:
578: <a name="ports"></a>
579: <hr>
580: <p>
581: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
582: <p>
583: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
584: <p>
585: <ul><pre>
586: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
587: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
588: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
589: </pre></ul>
590: <p>
591: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
592: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
593: if you know nothing about ports
594: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
595: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
596: OpenBSD ports system.
597: <p>
598: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
599: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
600: cvs(1)</a> if
601: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
602: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
603: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
604: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
605: like:
606: <p>
607: <ul><pre>
608: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_2</strong>
609: </pre></ul>
610: <p>
611: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
612: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
613: server.]
614: <p>
615: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
616: packages for the 4.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
617: <p>
618: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
619: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
620: place to know.
621: <p>
622:
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