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1.1       deraadt    24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.5 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
1.8       deraadt    26: To be released on May 1, 2009<br>
1.1       deraadt    27: Copyright 1997-2009, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-3-3</font>
                     29: <br>
1.8       deraadt    30: <a href="lyrics.html#45">4.5 Song: Not yet titled</a>
1.1       deraadt    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/4.5/</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="errata45.html">The 4.5 Errata page</a> for a list
                     50:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     51: <li>See a <a href="plus45.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     52:     4.4 and 4.5 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 4.5.
                     70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus45.html">changelog</a> leading
                     71: to 4.5.
                     72: <p>
                     73:
                     74: <ul>
                     75:
                     76: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     77: <ul>
1.9       deraadt    78: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1       deraadt    79: </ul>
                     80: <p>
                     81:
                     82: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     83: <ul>
1.9       deraadt    84: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1       deraadt    85: </ul>
                     86: <p>
                     87:
                     88: <li>New tools:
                     89: <ul>
1.9       deraadt    90: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1       deraadt    91: </ul>
                     92: <p>
                     93:
                     94: <li>New functionality:
                     95: <ul>
1.10    ! djm        96: <li>The libc
        !            97: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolver&amp;sektion=3">resolver(3)</a>
        !            98: may now be forced to perform lookups by TCP only
        !            99: using a new
        !           100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&amp;sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
        !           101: option. The nameserver declaration in
        !           102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&amp;sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
        !           103: has also been extended to allow specification of non-default
        !           104: nameserver ports.
1.1       deraadt   105: </ul>
                    106: <p>
                    107:
                    108: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
                    109: <ul>
1.10    ! djm       110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&amp;sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
        !           111: has gained new attack mitigation measures; critical bookkeeping
        !           112: structures are protected at runtime using
        !           113: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&amp;sektion=2">mprotect(3)</a>
        !           114: and allocated at random addresses where possible.
1.1       deraadt   115: </ul>
                    116: <p>
                    117:
                    118: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    119: <ul>
1.9       deraadt   120: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1       deraadt   121: </ul>
                    122: <p>
                    123:
1.5       matthieu  124: <li>OpenSSH 5.2:
1.1       deraadt   125: <ul>
1.9       deraadt   126: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1       deraadt   127: </ul>
                    128: <p>
                    129:
1.4       jasper    130: <li>Over 5500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1       deraadt   131: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    132:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    133:     <tr>
                    134:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    135:     <ul>
                    136:     <li>i386:       XXXX
                    137:     <li>sparc64:    XXXX
                    138:     <li>alpha:      XXXX
                    139: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    140:     <li>sh:         XXXX
                    141:     <li>amd64:      XXXX
                    142:     <li>powerpc:    XXXX
                    143: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    144:     <li>sparc:      XXXX
                    145:     <li>arm:        XXXX
                    146:     <li>hppa:       XXXX
                    147: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
                    148:     <li>vax:        XXXX
                    149:     <li>mips64:     XXXX
                    150: </ul></td></tr></table>
                    151: Some highlights:
                    152: <ul>
1.3       jasper    153: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
                    154: <li>GNUstep 1.18.0.
                    155: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
                    156: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6.
                    157: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19.
1.4       jasper    158: <li>MySQL 5.0.77.
1.3       jasper    159: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 and 3.0.1.
                    160: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.6.
                    161: <li>Xfce 4.4.3.
1.1       deraadt   162: </ul>
                    163: <p>
                    164:
                    165: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    166: <p>
                    167:
                    168: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    169: <ul>
                    170: <li>XXXX UPDATE THIS LIST XXXX
1.5       matthieu  171: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 + patches, freetype 2.3.7, fontconfig 2.4.2, Mesa 7.2, xterm 239 and more)
1.1       deraadt   172: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
                    173: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
                    174: and 3.3.5
                    175: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&amp;sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2       jasper    176: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   177: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.2       jasper    178: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8j (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   179: <li>Groff 1.15
                    180: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
                    181: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
                    182: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.5       matthieu  183: <li>Sudo 1.7
1.1       deraadt   184: <li>Ncurses 5.2
                    185: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    186: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    187: <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    188: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    189: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    190: </ul>
                    191: <p>
                    192:
                    193: </ul>
                    194:
                    195: <a name="install"></a>
                    196: <hr>
                    197: <p>
                    198: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    199: <p>
                    200: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    201: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    202: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    203: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    204: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    205: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    206: <p>
                    207:
                    208: <hr>
                    209: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    210: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.5 on your machine:
                    211: <p>
                    212: <ul>
                    213: <li>CD1:4.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    214: <p>
                    215: <li>CD2:4.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    216: <li>CD2:4.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    217: <p>
                    218: <li>CD3:4.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    219: <p>
                    220: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    221: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    222: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    223: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    224: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
                    225: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
                    226: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    227: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    228: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
1.6       jasper    229: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
1.1       deraadt   230: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    231: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    232: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    233: </ul>
                    234: <hr>
                    235:
                    236: <p>
                    237: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    238: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    239: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    240: <p>
                    241:
                    242: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    243: <ul>
                    244: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    245: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    246: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    247: <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    248:
                    249: <p>
                    250: Use <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyB45.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    251: support, or <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyC45.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    252:
                    253: <p>
                    254: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    255: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    256: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    257:
                    258: <p>
                    259: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    260: read INSTALL.i386.
                    261:
                    262: <p>
                    263: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    264: at <i>CD1:4.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    265: use the
                    266: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    267: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    268: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    269: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    270: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    271:
                    272: <ul><pre>
                    273: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    274: </pre></ul>
                    275:
                    276: <p>
                    277: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    278: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    279: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    280: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    281: </ul>
                    282:
                    283: <p>
                    284: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    285: <ul>
                    286: The 4.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    287: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    288: your BIOS options first.
                    289: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    290: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.5/amd64/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    291: boot from the floppy drive.
                    292:
                    293: <p>
                    294: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    295: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    296: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    297:
                    298: <p>
                    299: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    300: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    301: </ul>
                    302:
                    303: <p>
                    304: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    305: <ul>
                    306: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    307: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    308:
                    309: <p>
                    310: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    311: /4.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    312: </ul>
                    313:
                    314: <p>
                    315: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    316: <ul>
                    317: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    318:
                    319: <p>
                    320: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    321: <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppy45.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppyB45.fs</i>
                    322: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    323: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    324:
                    325: <p>
                    326: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    327: will most likely fail.
                    328:
                    329: <p>
                    330: You can also write <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/miniroot45.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    331: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    332:
                    333: <p>
                    334: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    335: </ul>
                    336:
                    337: <p>
                    338: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    339: <ul>
                    340: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppy45.fs</i> or
                    341: <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppyB45.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    342: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    343:
                    344: <p>
                    345: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    346: will most likely fail.
                    347:
                    348: </ul>
                    349:
                    350: <p>
                    351: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    352: <ul>
                    353: <p>
                    354: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    355: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    356: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    357: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    358: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    359: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    360: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    361: </ul>
                    362:
                    363: <p>
                    364: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    365: <ul>
                    366: <p>
                    367: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    368: </ul>
                    369:
                    370: <p>
                    371: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    372: <ul>
                    373: <p>
                    374: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    375: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    376: </ul>
                    377:
                    378: <p>
                    379: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    380: <ul>
                    381: <p>
                    382: Write <i>miniroot45.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    383: or disk, and boot normally.
                    384: </ul>
                    385:
                    386: <p>
                    387: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
                    388: <ul>
                    389: <p>
                    390: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
                    391: <i>FTP:4.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk.  Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
                    392: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
                    393: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
                    394: </ul>
                    395:
                    396: <p>
                    397: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    398: <ul>
                    399: <p>
                    400: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    401: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    402: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    403: for more details.
                    404: </ul>
                    405:
                    406: <p>
                    407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</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 MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    412: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    413: for more details.
                    414: </ul>
                    415:
                    416: <p>
                    417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    418: <ul>
                    419: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    420: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    421:
                    422: <ul><pre>
                    423: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    424: or
                    425: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    426: </pre></ul>
                    427:
                    428: <p>
                    429: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    430: To do so you need to write <i>floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    431: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    432: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    433: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    434:
                    435: <ul><pre>
                    436: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    437: or
                    438: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    439: </pre></ul>
                    440:
                    441: <p>
                    442: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    443: will most likely fail.
                    444:
                    445: <p>
                    446: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    447: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    448: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    449: </ul>
                    450:
                    451: <p>
                    452: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    453: <ul>
                    454: <p>
                    455: Burn cd45.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
                    456: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
                    457:
                    458: <p>
                    459: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    460: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
                    461: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    462: </ul>
                    463:
                    464: <p>
1.6       jasper    465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
                    466: <ul>
                    467: <p>
                    468: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    469: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
                    470: </ul>
                    471:
                    472: <p>
1.1       deraadt   473: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    474: <ul>
                    475: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    476: </ul>
                    477:
                    478: <p>
                    479: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    480: <ul>
                    481: <p>
                    482: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    483: openbsd45_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    484: for a few important details.
                    485: </ul>
                    486:
                    487: <p>
                    488: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    489: <ul>
                    490: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    491: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    492: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    493: <p>
                    494: <ul><pre>
                    495: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    496: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    497: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    498: </pre></ul>
                    499: <p>
                    500: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    501: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    502: To extract:
                    503: <p>
                    504: <ul><pre>
                    505: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    506: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    507: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    508: </pre></ul>
                    509: <p>
                    510: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    511: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    512: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    513: Using these files
                    514: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    515: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    516: <p>
                    517: </ul>
                    518:
                    519: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    520: <hr>
                    521: <p>
                    522: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    523: <p>
                    524: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    525: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    526: <a href="faq/upgrade45.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    527:
                    528: <a name="ports"></a>
                    529: <hr>
                    530: <p>
                    531: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    532: <p>
                    533: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    534: <p>
                    535: <ul><pre>
                    536: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    537: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    538: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    539: </pre></ul>
                    540: <p>
                    541: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    542: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    543: if you know nothing about ports
                    544: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    545: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    546: OpenBSD ports system.
                    547: <p>
                    548: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    549: <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">
                    550: cvs(1)</a> if
                    551: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    552: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    553: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    554: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    555: like:
                    556: <p>
                    557: <ul><pre>
1.7       jasper    558: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
1.1       deraadt   559: </pre></ul>
                    560: <p>
                    561: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    562: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    563: server.]
                    564: <p>
                    565: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    566: packages for the 4.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    567: <p>
                    568: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    569: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    570: place to know.
                    571: <p>
                    572:
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