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                     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.
1.4     ! matthieu   81: <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a><br>
        !            82:       For machines based on the Freescale MPC8349E
        !            83:       System-on-Chip (SoC) platform that use Das U-Boot as a boot loader.
        !            84: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a><br>
        !            85:       added shared libraries support.
1.1       deraadt    86: </ul>
                     87: <p>
                     88:
                     89: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     90: <ul>
1.4     ! matthieu   91: <li> several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
        !            92: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fins&amp;sektion=4">fins(4)</a>,
        !            93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&amp;sektion=4">andl(4)</a>,
        !            94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&amp;sektion=4">it(4)</a>,
        !            95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&amp;sektion=4">kate(4)</a>,
        !            96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&amp;sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>,
        !            97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&amp;sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>,
        !            98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&amp;sektion=4">adt(4)</a> and
        !            99: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&amp;sektion=4">km(4)</a>.
        !           100:
        !           101:
        !           102: <li> support for the Intel G33 chipset in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&amp;sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
        !           103: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&amp;sektion=4">lii(4)</a> driver improvements.
        !           104: <li> preliminary support for UVC USB webcams: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&amp;sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&amp;sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
        !           105: <li> WPA/WPA2-PSK support for several models wireless cards.
        !           106: <li> The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=openchrome&amp;sektion=4">openchrome(4)</a> driver replaces the via X.Org driver for VIA video cards.
        !           107: <li> AMD Geode video card driver for X.Org.
1.1       deraadt   108: <li>...
                    109: </ul>
                    110: <p>
                    111:
                    112: <li>New tools:
                    113: <ul>
                    114: <li>...
                    115: </ul>
                    116: <p>
                    117:
                    118: <li>New functionality:
                    119: <ul>
1.3       ratchov   120: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&amp;sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
                    121:     is now able to play and record audio in fullduplex, it
                    122:     can mix unlimited number of streams, handles up to 16 channels, can
                    123:     resample streams on the fly, supports various 24-bit and 32-bit
                    124:     encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.1       deraadt   125: </ul>
                    126: <p>
                    127:
                    128: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    129: <ul>
                    130: <li>...
                    131: </ul>
                    132: <p>
                    133:
                    134: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    135: <ul>
                    136: <li>...
                    137: </ul>
                    138: <p>
                    139:
                    140: <li>OpenSSH ???:
                    141: <ul>
                    142: <li>...
                    143: </ul>
                    144: <p>
                    145:
                    146: <li>Over ???? ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
                    147: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    148:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    149:     <tr>
                    150:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    151:     <ul>
                    152:     <li>i386:       ????
                    153:     <li>sparc64:    ????
                    154:     <li>alpha:      ????
                    155:     <li>sh:         ????
                    156: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    157:     <li>amd64:      ????
                    158:     <li>powerpc:    ????
                    159:     <li>sparc:      ????
                    160:     <li>m68k:       ????
                    161: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    162:     <li>arm:        ????
                    163:     <li>hppa:       ????
                    164:     <li>vax:        ????
                    165:     <li>mips64:     ????
                    166: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    167:     <li>m88k:       ????
                    168: </ul></td></tr></table>
                    169: Some highlights:
                    170: <ul>
                    171: <li>...
                    172: </ul>
                    173: <p>
                    174:
                    175: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    176: <p>
                    177:
                    178: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    179: <ul>
                    180: <li>*********UPDATE***********
                    181: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2       matthieu  182: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1       deraadt   183: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    184: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    185: and 3.3.5
                    186: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    187: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
                    188: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
                    189: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
                    190: <li>Groff 1.15
                    191: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
                    192: <li>Bind 9.4.2 (+ patches)
                    193: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    194: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p12
                    195: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    196: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    197: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    198: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    199: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    200: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    201: </ul>
                    202: <p>
                    203:
                    204: </ul>
                    205:
                    206: <a name="install"></a>
                    207: <hr>
                    208: <p>
                    209: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    210: <p>
                    211: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    212: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    213: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    214: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    215: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    216: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    217: <p>
                    218:
                    219: <hr>
                    220: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    221: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
                    222: <p>
                    223: <ul>
                    224: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    225: <p>
                    226: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    227: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    228: <p>
                    229: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    230: <p>
                    231: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    232: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    233: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    234: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    235: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
                    236: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    237: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    238: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    239: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    240: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    243: </ul>
                    244: <hr>
                    245:
                    246: <p>
                    247: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    248: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    249: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    250: <p>
                    251:
                    252: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    253: <ul>
                    254: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    255: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    256: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    257: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    258:
                    259: <p>
                    260: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    261: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    262:
                    263: <p>
                    264: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    265: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    266: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    267:
                    268: <p>
                    269: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    270: read INSTALL.i386.
                    271:
                    272: <p>
                    273: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    274: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    275: use the
                    276: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    277: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    278: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    279: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    280: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    281:
                    282: <ul><pre>
                    283: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    284: </pre></ul>
                    285:
                    286: <p>
                    287: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    288: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    289: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    290: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    291: </ul>
                    292:
                    293: <p>
                    294: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    295: <ul>
                    296: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    297: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    298: your BIOS options first.
                    299: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    300: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    301: boot from the floppy drive.
                    302:
                    303: <p>
                    304: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    305: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    306: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    307:
                    308: <p>
                    309: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    310: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    311: </ul>
                    312:
                    313: <p>
                    314: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    315: <ul>
                    316: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    317: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    318:
                    319: <p>
                    320: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    321: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    322: </ul>
                    323:
                    324: <p>
                    325: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    326: <ul>
                    327: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    328:
                    329: <p>
                    330: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    331: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
                    332: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    333: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    334:
                    335: <p>
                    336: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    337: will most likely fail.
                    338:
                    339: <p>
                    340: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    341: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    342:
                    343: <p>
                    344: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    345: </ul>
                    346:
                    347: <p>
                    348: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    349: <ul>
                    350: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
                    351: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    352: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    353:
                    354: <p>
                    355: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    356: will most likely fail.
                    357:
                    358: </ul>
                    359:
                    360: <p>
                    361: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    362: <ul>
                    363: <p>
                    364: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    365: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    366: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    367: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    368: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    369: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    370: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    371: </ul>
                    372:
                    373: <p>
                    374: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    375: <ul>
                    376: <p>
                    377: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    378: </ul>
                    379:
                    380: <p>
                    381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    382: <ul>
                    383: <p>
                    384: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    385: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    386: </ul>
                    387:
                    388: <p>
                    389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    390: <ul>
                    391: <p>
                    392: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    393: or disk, and boot normally.
                    394: </ul>
                    395:
                    396: <p>
                    397: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    398: <ul>
                    399: <p>
                    400: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    401: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    402: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    403: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    408: <ul>
                    409: <p>
                    410: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    411: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    412: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    413: for more details.
                    414: </ul>
                    415:
                    416: <p>
                    417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    418: <ul>
                    419: <p>
                    420: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    421: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    422: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    423: for more details.
                    424: </ul>
                    425:
                    426: <p>
                    427: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    428: <ul>
                    429: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    430: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    431:
                    432: <ul><pre>
                    433: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    434: or
                    435: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    436: </pre></ul>
                    437:
                    438: <p>
                    439: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    440: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    441: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    442: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    443: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    444:
                    445: <ul><pre>
                    446: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    447: or
                    448: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    449: </pre></ul>
                    450:
                    451: <p>
                    452: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    453: will most likely fail.
                    454:
                    455: <p>
                    456: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    457: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    458: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    459: </ul>
                    460:
                    461: <p>
                    462: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    463: <ul>
                    464: <p>
                    465: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
                    466: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
                    467:
                    468: <p>
                    469: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    470: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    471: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    472: </ul>
                    473:
                    474: <p>
                    475: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    476: <ul>
                    477: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    478: </ul>
                    479:
                    480: <p>
                    481: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    482: <ul>
                    483: <p>
                    484: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    485: openbsd44_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    486: for a few important details.
                    487: </ul>
                    488:
                    489: <p>
                    490: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    491: <ul>
                    492: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    493: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    494: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    495: <p>
                    496: <ul><pre>
                    497: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    498: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    499: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    500: </pre></ul>
                    501: <p>
                    502: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    503: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    504: To extract:
                    505: <p>
                    506: <ul><pre>
                    507: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    508: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    509: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    510: </pre></ul>
                    511: <p>
                    512: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    513: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    514: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    515: Using these files
                    516: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    517: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    518: <p>
                    519: </ul>
                    520:
                    521: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    522: <hr>
                    523: <p>
                    524: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    525: <p>
                    526: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    527: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    528: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    529:
                    530: <a name="ports"></a>
                    531: <hr>
                    532: <p>
                    533: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    534: <p>
                    535: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    536: <p>
                    537: <ul><pre>
                    538: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    539: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    540: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    541: </pre></ul>
                    542: <p>
                    543: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    544: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    545: if you know nothing about ports
                    546: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    547: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    548: OpenBSD ports system.
                    549: <p>
                    550: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    551: <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">
                    552: cvs(1)</a> if
                    553: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    554: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    555: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    556: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    557: like:
                    558: <p>
                    559: <ul><pre>
                    560: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
                    561: </pre></ul>
                    562: <p>
                    563: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    564: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    565: server.]
                    566: <p>
                    567: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    568: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    569: <p>
                    570: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    571: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    572: place to know.
                    573: <p>
                    574:
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