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        !             4: <title>OpenBSD 4.4 Release</title>
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        !            19:
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        !            21: <a href="images/Cryptonaut.jpg">
        !            22: <img align="left" width="227" height="343" hspace="24" vspace="30"
        !            23: src="images/???.jpg" alt="OpenBSD 4.4 logo"></a>
        !            24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.4 Release:</font></h2>
        !            25: <p>
        !            26: Released Nov 1, 2008<br>
        !            27: Copyright 1997-2008, Theo de Raadt.<br>
        !            28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-2-6</font>
        !            29: <br>
        !            30: <a href="lyrics.html#44">4.4 Song: "???"</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/4.4/</font> directory on
        !            47:     one of the mirror sites.
        !            48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
        !            49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata44.html">The 4.4 Errata page</a> for a list
        !            50:     of bugs and workarounds.
        !            51: <li>See a <a href="plus44.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
        !            52:     4.3 and 4.4 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: xenocara.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 4.4.
        !            70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus44.html">changelog</a> leading
        !            71: to 4.4.
        !            72: <p>
        !            73:
        !            74: <ul>
        !            75:
        !            76: <li>New/extended platforms:
        !            77: <ul>
        !            78: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a><br>
        !            79:     Much more platform support.  Machines using the Ultrasparc IV/T1/T2
        !            80:     and Fujitsu Sparc64-V/V/VII are now supported.
        !            81: </ul>
        !            82: <p>
        !            83:
        !            84: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
        !            85: <ul>
        !            86: <li>...
        !            87: </ul>
        !            88: <p>
        !            89:
        !            90: <li>New tools:
        !            91: <ul>
        !            92: <li>...
        !            93: </ul>
        !            94: <p>
        !            95:
        !            96: <li>New functionality:
        !            97: <ul>
        !            98: <li>...
        !            99: </ul>
        !           100: <p>
        !           101:
        !           102: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
        !           103: <ul>
        !           104: <li>...
        !           105: </ul>
        !           106: <p>
        !           107:
        !           108: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
        !           109: <ul>
        !           110: <li>...
        !           111: </ul>
        !           112: <p>
        !           113:
        !           114: <li>OpenSSH ???:
        !           115: <ul>
        !           116: <li>...
        !           117: </ul>
        !           118: <p>
        !           119:
        !           120: <li>Over ???? ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
        !           121: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
        !           122:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
        !           123:     <tr>
        !           124:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
        !           125:     <ul>
        !           126:     <li>i386:       ????
        !           127:     <li>sparc64:    ????
        !           128:     <li>alpha:      ????
        !           129:     <li>sh:         ????
        !           130: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
        !           131:     <li>amd64:      ????
        !           132:     <li>powerpc:    ????
        !           133:     <li>sparc:      ????
        !           134:     <li>m68k:       ????
        !           135: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
        !           136:     <li>arm:        ????
        !           137:     <li>hppa:       ????
        !           138:     <li>vax:        ????
        !           139:     <li>mips64:     ????
        !           140: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
        !           141:     <li>m88k:       ????
        !           142: </ul></td></tr></table>
        !           143: Some highlights:
        !           144: <ul>
        !           145: <li>...
        !           146: </ul>
        !           147: <p>
        !           148:
        !           149: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
        !           150: <p>
        !           151:
        !           152: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
        !           153: <ul>
        !           154: <li>*********UPDATE***********
        !           155: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
        !           156: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.2, xterm 232 and more)
        !           157: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
        !           158: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
        !           159: and 3.3.5
        !           160: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
        !           161: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
        !           162: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
        !           163: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
        !           164: <li>Groff 1.15
        !           165: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
        !           166: <li>Bind 9.4.2 (+ patches)
        !           167: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
        !           168: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p12
        !           169: <li>Ncurses 5.2
        !           170: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
        !           171: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
        !           172: <li>Arla 0.35.7
        !           173: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
        !           174: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
        !           175: </ul>
        !           176: <p>
        !           177:
        !           178: </ul>
        !           179:
        !           180: <a name="install"></a>
        !           181: <hr>
        !           182: <p>
        !           183: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
        !           184: <p>
        !           185: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
        !           186: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
        !           187: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
        !           188: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
        !           189: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
        !           190: purchased a CDROM instead.
        !           191: <p>
        !           192:
        !           193: <hr>
        !           194: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
        !           195: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
        !           196: <p>
        !           197: <ul>
        !           198: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
        !           199: <p>
        !           200: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
        !           201: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
        !           202: <p>
        !           203: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
        !           204: <p>
        !           205: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
        !           206: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
        !           207: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
        !           208: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
        !           209: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
        !           210: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
        !           211: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
        !           212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
        !           213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
        !           214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
        !           215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
        !           216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
        !           217: </ul>
        !           218: <hr>
        !           219:
        !           220: <p>
        !           221: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
        !           222: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
        !           223: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
        !           224: <p>
        !           225:
        !           226: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
        !           227: <ul>
        !           228: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
        !           229: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
        !           230: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
        !           231: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
        !           232:
        !           233: <p>
        !           234: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
        !           235: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
        !           236:
        !           237: <p>
        !           238: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
        !           239: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
        !           240: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
        !           241:
        !           242: <p>
        !           243: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           244: read INSTALL.i386.
        !           245:
        !           246: <p>
        !           247: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
        !           248: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
        !           249: use the
        !           250: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
        !           251: utility. The following is an example usage of
        !           252: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
        !           253: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
        !           254: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
        !           255:
        !           256: <ul><pre>
        !           257: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
        !           258: </pre></ul>
        !           259:
        !           260: <p>
        !           261: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
        !           262: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
        !           263: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
        !           264: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
        !           265: </ul>
        !           266:
        !           267: <p>
        !           268: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
        !           269: <ul>
        !           270: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
        !           271: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
        !           272: your BIOS options first.
        !           273: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
        !           274: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
        !           275: boot from the floppy drive.
        !           276:
        !           277: <p>
        !           278: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
        !           279: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
        !           280: INSTALL.amd64 document.
        !           281:
        !           282: <p>
        !           283: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
        !           284: read INSTALL.amd64.
        !           285: </ul>
        !           286:
        !           287: <p>
        !           288: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
        !           289: <ul>
        !           290: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
        !           291: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
        !           292:
        !           293: <p>
        !           294: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
        !           295: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
        !           296: </ul>
        !           297:
        !           298: <p>
        !           299: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
        !           300: <ul>
        !           301: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
        !           302:
        !           303: <p>
        !           304: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
        !           305: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
        !           306: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
        !           307: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
        !           308:
        !           309: <p>
        !           310: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           311: will most likely fail.
        !           312:
        !           313: <p>
        !           314: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
        !           315: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
        !           316:
        !           317: <p>
        !           318: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
        !           319: </ul>
        !           320:
        !           321: <p>
        !           322: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
        !           323: <ul>
        !           324: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
        !           325: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
        !           326: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
        !           327:
        !           328: <p>
        !           329: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           330: will most likely fail.
        !           331:
        !           332: </ul>
        !           333:
        !           334: <p>
        !           335: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
        !           336: <ul>
        !           337: <p>
        !           338: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
        !           339: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
        !           340: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
        !           341: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
        !           342: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
        !           343: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
        !           344: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
        !           345: </ul>
        !           346:
        !           347: <p>
        !           348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
        !           349: <ul>
        !           350: <p>
        !           351: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
        !           352: </ul>
        !           353:
        !           354: <p>
        !           355: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
        !           356: <ul>
        !           357: <p>
        !           358: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
        !           359: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
        !           360: </ul>
        !           361:
        !           362: <p>
        !           363: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
        !           364: <ul>
        !           365: <p>
        !           366: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
        !           367: or disk, and boot normally.
        !           368: </ul>
        !           369:
        !           370: <p>
        !           371: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
        !           372: <ul>
        !           373: <p>
        !           374: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
        !           375: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
        !           376: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
        !           377: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
        !           378: </ul>
        !           379:
        !           380: <p>
        !           381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
        !           382: <ul>
        !           383: <p>
        !           384: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
        !           385: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
        !           386: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
        !           387: for more details.
        !           388: </ul>
        !           389:
        !           390: <p>
        !           391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
        !           392: <ul>
        !           393: <p>
        !           394: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
        !           395: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
        !           396: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
        !           397: for more details.
        !           398: </ul>
        !           399:
        !           400: <p>
        !           401: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
        !           402: <ul>
        !           403: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
        !           404: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
        !           405:
        !           406: <ul><pre>
        !           407: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
        !           408: or
        !           409: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
        !           410: </pre></ul>
        !           411:
        !           412: <p>
        !           413: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
        !           414: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
        !           415: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
        !           416: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
        !           417: depending on the version of your ROM.
        !           418:
        !           419: <ul><pre>
        !           420: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
        !           421: or
        !           422: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
        !           423: </pre></ul>
        !           424:
        !           425: <p>
        !           426: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
        !           427: will most likely fail.
        !           428:
        !           429: <p>
        !           430: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
        !           431: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
        !           432: INSTALL.sparc file.
        !           433: </ul>
        !           434:
        !           435: <p>
        !           436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
        !           437: <ul>
        !           438: <p>
        !           439: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
        !           440: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
        !           441:
        !           442: <p>
        !           443: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
        !           444: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
        !           445: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
        !           446: </ul>
        !           447:
        !           448: <p>
        !           449: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
        !           450: <ul>
        !           451: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
        !           452: </ul>
        !           453:
        !           454: <p>
        !           455: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
        !           456: <ul>
        !           457: <p>
        !           458: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
        !           459: openbsd44_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
        !           460: for a few important details.
        !           461: </ul>
        !           462:
        !           463: <p>
        !           464: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
        !           465: <ul>
        !           466: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
        !           467: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
        !           468: in a separate archive.  To extract:
        !           469: <p>
        !           470: <ul><pre>
        !           471: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
        !           472: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
        !           473: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
        !           474: </pre></ul>
        !           475: <p>
        !           476: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
        !           477: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
        !           478: To extract:
        !           479: <p>
        !           480: <ul><pre>
        !           481: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
        !           482: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
        !           483: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
        !           484: </pre></ul>
        !           485: <p>
        !           486: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
        !           487: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
        !           488: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
        !           489: Using these files
        !           490: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
        !           491: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
        !           492: <p>
        !           493: </ul>
        !           494:
        !           495: <a name="upgrade"></a>
        !           496: <hr>
        !           497: <p>
        !           498: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
        !           499: <p>
        !           500: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
        !           501: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
        !           502: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
        !           503:
        !           504: <a name="ports"></a>
        !           505: <hr>
        !           506: <p>
        !           507: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
        !           508: <p>
        !           509: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
        !           510: <p>
        !           511: <ul><pre>
        !           512: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
        !           513: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
        !           514: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
        !           515: </pre></ul>
        !           516: <p>
        !           517: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
        !           518: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
        !           519: if you know nothing about ports
        !           520: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
        !           521: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
        !           522: OpenBSD ports system.
        !           523: <p>
        !           524: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
        !           525: <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">
        !           526: cvs(1)</a> if
        !           527: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
        !           528: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
        !           529: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
        !           530: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
        !           531: like:
        !           532: <p>
        !           533: <ul><pre>
        !           534: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
        !           535: </pre></ul>
        !           536: <p>
        !           537: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
        !           538: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
        !           539: server.]
        !           540: <p>
        !           541: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
        !           542: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
        !           543: <p>
        !           544: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
        !           545: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
        !           546: place to know.
        !           547: <p>
        !           548:
        !           549: <hr>
        !           550: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
        !           551: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
        !           552: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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