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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&sektion=4">fins(4)</a>,
93: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=andl&sektion=4">andl(4)</a>,
94: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>,
95: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kate&sektion=4">kate(4)</a>,
96: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>,
97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lmtemp&sektion=4">lmtemp(4)</a>,
98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adt&sektion=4">adt(4)</a> and
99: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=km&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&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
103: <li> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lii&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&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&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&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.
1.5 jsg 108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4">vmt(4)</a> driver, implements VMware Tools.
109: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auglx&sektion=4&arch=i386">auglx(4)</a> driver for AMD Geode LX CS5536 integrated AC'97 audio.
110: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a> driver for Intel 82598 PCI Express 10Gb Ethernet.
111: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a> driver for USB Video Class (UVC) compliantdevices.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a> driver provides a device independent V4L2 (Video for Linux Two) interface.
113: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpithinkpad&sektion=4">acpithinkpad(4)</a> driver provides additional ACPI support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.
114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpiasus&sektion=4">acpiasus(4)</a> driver provides additional ACPI support for ASUS laptops including the EeePC.
115: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a> driver now supports RTL8102E and RTL8168 devices.
1.1 deraadt 116: <li>...
117: </ul>
118: <p>
119:
120: <li>New tools:
121: <ul>
122: <li>...
123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>New functionality:
127: <ul>
1.3 ratchov 128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
129: is now able to play and record audio in fullduplex, it
130: can mix unlimited number of streams, handles up to 16 channels, can
131: resample streams on the fly, supports various 24-bit and 32-bit
132: encodings and does format conversions on the fly.
1.1 deraadt 133: </ul>
134: <p>
135:
136: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
137: <ul>
138: <li>...
139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
143: <ul>
144: <li>...
145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
148: <li>OpenSSH ???:
149: <ul>
150: <li>...
151: </ul>
152: <p>
153:
154: <li>Over ???? ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
155: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
156: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
157: <tr>
158: <td valign="top" width="25%">
159: <ul>
160: <li>i386: ????
161: <li>sparc64: ????
162: <li>alpha: ????
163: <li>sh: ????
164: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
165: <li>amd64: ????
166: <li>powerpc: ????
167: <li>sparc: ????
168: <li>m68k: ????
169: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
170: <li>arm: ????
171: <li>hppa: ????
172: <li>vax: ????
173: <li>mips64: ????
174: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
175: <li>m88k: ????
176: </ul></td></tr></table>
177: Some highlights:
178: <ul>
179: <li>...
180: </ul>
181: <p>
182:
183: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
184: <p>
185:
186: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
187: <ul>
188: <li>*********UPDATE***********
189: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.3 + patches, freetype 2.3.5, fontconfig
1.2 matthieu 190: 2.4.2, Mesa 7.0.3, xterm 234 and more)
1.1 deraadt 191: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
192: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
193: and 3.3.5
194: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
195: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
196: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
197: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
198: <li>Groff 1.15
199: <li>Sendmail 8.14.1, with libmilter
200: <li>Bind 9.4.2 (+ patches)
201: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
202: <li>Sudo 1.6.9p12
203: <li>Ncurses 5.2
204: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
205: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
206: <li>Arla 0.35.7
207: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
208: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
209: </ul>
210: <p>
211:
212: </ul>
213:
214: <a name="install"></a>
215: <hr>
216: <p>
217: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
218: <p>
219: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
220: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
221: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
222: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
223: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
224: purchased a CDROM instead.
225: <p>
226:
227: <hr>
228: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
229: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.4 on your machine:
230: <p>
231: <ul>
232: <li>CD1:4.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
233: <p>
234: <li>CD2:4.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
235: <li>CD2:4.4/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
236: <p>
237: <li>CD3:4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
238: <p>
239: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
240: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/armish/INSTALL.armish
241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/vax/INSTALL.vax
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.4/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
251: </ul>
252: <hr>
253:
254: <p>
255: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
256: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
257: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
258: <p>
259:
260: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
261: <ul>
262: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
263: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
264: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
265: <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
266:
267: <p>
268: Use <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyB44.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
269: support, or <i>CD1:4.4/i386/floppyC44.fs</i> for better laptop support.
270:
271: <p>
272: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
273: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
274: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
275:
276: <p>
277: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
278: read INSTALL.i386.
279:
280: <p>
281: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
282: at <i>CD1:4.4/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
283: use the
284: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
285: utility. The following is an example usage of
286: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
287: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
288: "rfd0a".
289:
290: <ul><pre>
291: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
292: </pre></ul>
293:
294: <p>
295: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
296: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
297: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
298: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
299: </ul>
300:
301: <p>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
303: <ul>
304: The 4.4 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
305: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
306: your BIOS options first.
307: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
308: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.4/amd64/floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy, then
309: boot from the floppy drive.
310:
311: <p>
312: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
313: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
314: INSTALL.amd64 document.
315:
316: <p>
317: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
318: read INSTALL.amd64.
319: </ul>
320:
321: <p>
322: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
323: <ul>
324: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
325: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
326:
327: <p>
328: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
329: /4.4/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
330: </ul>
331:
332: <p>
333: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
334: <ul>
335: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
336:
337: <p>
338: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
339: <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppy44.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/floppyB44.fs</i>
340: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
341: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
342:
343: <p>
344: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
345: will most likely fail.
346:
347: <p>
348: You can also write <i>CD3:4.4/sparc64/miniroot44.fs</i> to the swap partition on
349: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
350:
351: <p>
352: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
353: </ul>
354:
355: <p>
356: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
357: <ul>
358: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppy44.fs</i> or
359: <i>FTP:4.4/alpha/floppyB44.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
360: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
361:
362: <p>
363: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
364: will most likely fail.
365:
366: </ul>
367:
368: <p>
369: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
370: <ul>
371: <p>
372: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
373: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
374: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
375: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
376: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
377: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
378: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
379: </ul>
380:
381: <p>
382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
383: <ul>
384: <p>
385: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
386: </ul>
387:
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
390: <ul>
391: <p>
392: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
393: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
394: </ul>
395:
396: <p>
397: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
398: <ul>
399: <p>
400: Write <i>miniroot44.fs</i> to the start of the CF
401: or disk, and boot normally.
402: </ul>
403:
404: <p>
405: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
406: <ul>
407: <p>
408: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
409: <i>FTP:4.4/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
410: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
411: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
419: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
420: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
421: for more details.
422: </ul>
423:
424: <p>
425: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
426: <ul>
427: <p>
428: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
429: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
430: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
431: for more details.
432: </ul>
433:
434: <p>
435: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
436: <ul>
437: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
438: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
439:
440: <ul><pre>
441: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
442: or
443: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.4/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
444: </pre></ul>
445:
446: <p>
447: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
448: To do so you need to write <i>floppy44.fs</i> to a floppy.
449: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
450: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
451: depending on the version of your ROM.
452:
453: <ul><pre>
454: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
455: or
456: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
457: </pre></ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
461: will most likely fail.
462:
463: <p>
464: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
465: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
466: INSTALL.sparc file.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
472: <p>
473: Burn cd44.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
474: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
475:
476: <p>
477: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
478: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
479: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
480: </ul>
481:
482: <p>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
484: <ul>
485: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
489: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
490: <ul>
491: <p>
492: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
493: openbsd44_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
494: for a few important details.
495: </ul>
496:
497: <p>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
499: <ul>
500: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
501: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
502: in a separate archive. To extract:
503: <p>
504: <ul><pre>
505: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
506: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
507: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
508: </pre></ul>
509: <p>
510: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
511: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
512: To extract:
513: <p>
514: <ul><pre>
515: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
516: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
517: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
518: </pre></ul>
519: <p>
520: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
521: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
522: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
523: Using these files
524: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
525: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
526: <p>
527: </ul>
528:
529: <a name="upgrade"></a>
530: <hr>
531: <p>
532: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
533: <p>
534: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.3 system, and do not want to reinstall,
535: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
536: <a href="faq/upgrade44.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
537:
538: <a name="ports"></a>
539: <hr>
540: <p>
541: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
542: <p>
543: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
544: <p>
545: <ul><pre>
546: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
547: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
548: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
549: </pre></ul>
550: <p>
551: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
552: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
553: if you know nothing about ports
554: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
555: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
556: OpenBSD ports system.
557: <p>
558: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
559: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
560: cvs(1)</a> if
561: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
562: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
563: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
564: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
565: like:
566: <p>
567: <ul><pre>
568: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_4</strong>
569: </pre></ul>
570: <p>
571: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
572: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
573: server.]
574: <p>
575: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
576: packages for the 4.4 release will be made available if problems arise.
577: <p>
578: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
579: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
580: place to know.
581: <p>
582:
583: <hr>
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