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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>
1.13 ! sthen 78: <li>Initial ports to the xscale based gumstix platform and the ARM based OpenMoko
1.1 deraadt 79: </ul>
80: <p>
81:
82: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
83: <ul>
1.12 form 84: <li>Several new/improved drivers for sensors, including:
85: <ul>
86: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
87: driver now supports IT8720F chips.
88: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=it&sektion=4">it(4)</a>
89: driver now supports FAN4 and FAN5 sensors for IT8716F/IT8718F/IT8720F/IT8726F chips.
90: </ul>
1.13 ! sthen 91: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
! 92: driver now supports ICH9 IGP M and IGP M AMT chips.
! 93: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdmmc&sektion=4">sdmmc(4)</a>
! 94: driver now supports SDHC cards.
! 95: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=age&sektion=4">age(4)</a>,
! 96: a driver for Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet devices was added.
! 97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ale&sektion=4">ale(4)</a>,
! 98: a driver for Atheros AR81xx (aka Attansic L1E) ethernet devices was added.
! 99: <li>Many improvements were made to the
! 100: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4">acpi(4)</a>
! 101: subsystem.
! 102: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4&format=html">umsm(4)</a>
! 103: driver supports several new EVDO/UMTS devices.
1.1 deraadt 104: </ul>
105: <p>
106:
107: <li>New tools:
108: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 109: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 110: </ul>
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>New functionality:
114: <ul>
1.10 djm 115: <li>The libc
1.11 deraadt 116: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3">resolver(3)</a>
117: may now be forced to perform lookups by TCP only using a new
118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
119: option. The nameserver declaration in
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
121: has also been extended to allow specification of non-default nameserver ports.
122: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
127: <ul>
1.11 deraadt 128: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
129: has gained new attack mitigation measures; critical bookkeeping
130: structures are protected at runtime using
131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&sektion=2">mprotect(3)</a>
132: and allocated at random addresses where possible.
133: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 134: </ul>
135: <p>
136:
137: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
138: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 139: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 140: </ul>
141: <p>
142:
1.5 matthieu 143: <li>OpenSSH 5.2:
1.1 deraadt 144: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 145: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 146: </ul>
147: <p>
148:
1.4 jasper 149: <li>Over 5500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 150: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
151: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
152: <tr>
153: <td valign="top" width="25%">
154: <ul>
155: <li>i386: XXXX
156: <li>sparc64: XXXX
157: <li>alpha: XXXX
158: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
159: <li>sh: XXXX
160: <li>amd64: XXXX
161: <li>powerpc: XXXX
162: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
163: <li>sparc: XXXX
164: <li>arm: XXXX
165: <li>hppa: XXXX
166: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
167: <li>vax: XXXX
168: <li>mips64: XXXX
169: </ul></td></tr></table>
170: Some highlights:
171: <ul>
1.3 jasper 172: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
173: <li>GNUstep 1.18.0.
174: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
175: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6.
176: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19.
1.4 jasper 177: <li>MySQL 5.0.77.
1.3 jasper 178: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 and 3.0.1.
179: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.6.
180: <li>Xfce 4.4.3.
1.1 deraadt 181: </ul>
182: <p>
183:
184: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
188: <ul>
189: <li>XXXX UPDATE THIS LIST XXXX
1.5 matthieu 190: <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 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>)
1.2 jasper 195: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 196: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.2 jasper 197: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8j (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 198: <li>Groff 1.15
199: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
200: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
201: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.5 matthieu 202: <li>Sudo 1.7
1.1 deraadt 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 4.5 on your machine:
230: <p>
231: <ul>
232: <li>CD1:4.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
233: <p>
234: <li>CD2:4.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
235: <li>CD2:4.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
236: <p>
237: <li>CD3:4.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
238: <p>
239: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
240: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
1.6 jasper 248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
1.1 deraadt 249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
252: </ul>
253: <hr>
254:
255: <p>
256: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
257: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
258: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
259: <p>
260:
261: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
262: <ul>
263: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
264: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
265: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
266: <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
267:
268: <p>
269: Use <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyB45.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
270: support, or <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyC45.fs</i> for better laptop support.
271:
272: <p>
273: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
274: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
275: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
276:
277: <p>
278: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
279: read INSTALL.i386.
280:
281: <p>
282: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
283: at <i>CD1:4.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
284: use the
285: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
286: utility. The following is an example usage of
287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
288: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
289: "rfd0a".
290:
291: <ul><pre>
292: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
293: </pre></ul>
294:
295: <p>
296: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
297: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
298: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
299: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
300: </ul>
301:
302: <p>
303: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
304: <ul>
305: The 4.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
306: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
307: your BIOS options first.
308: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
309: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.5/amd64/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy, then
310: boot from the floppy drive.
311:
312: <p>
313: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
314: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
315: INSTALL.amd64 document.
316:
317: <p>
318: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
319: read INSTALL.amd64.
320: </ul>
321:
322: <p>
323: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
324: <ul>
325: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
326: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
327:
328: <p>
329: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
330: /4.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
331: </ul>
332:
333: <p>
334: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
335: <ul>
336: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
337:
338: <p>
339: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
340: <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppy45.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppyB45.fs</i>
341: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
342: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for 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: <p>
349: You can also write <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/miniroot45.fs</i> to the swap partition on
350: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
351:
352: <p>
353: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
354: </ul>
355:
356: <p>
357: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
358: <ul>
359: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppy45.fs</i> or
360: <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppyB45.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
361: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
362:
363: <p>
364: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
365: will most likely fail.
366:
367: </ul>
368:
369: <p>
370: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
371: <ul>
372: <p>
373: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
374: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
375: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
376: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
377: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
378: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
379: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
380: </ul>
381:
382: <p>
383: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
384: <ul>
385: <p>
386: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
387: </ul>
388:
389: <p>
390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
391: <ul>
392: <p>
393: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
394: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
395: </ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
399: <ul>
400: <p>
401: Write <i>miniroot45.fs</i> to the start of the CF
402: or disk, and boot normally.
403: </ul>
404:
405: <p>
406: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
407: <ul>
408: <p>
409: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
410: <i>FTP:4.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
411: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
412: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
413: </ul>
414:
415: <p>
416: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
417: <ul>
418: <p>
419: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
420: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
421: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
422: for more details.
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
430: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
431: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
432: for more details.
433: </ul>
434:
435: <p>
436: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
437: <ul>
438: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
439: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
440:
441: <ul><pre>
442: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
443: or
444: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
445: </pre></ul>
446:
447: <p>
448: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
449: To do so you need to write <i>floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy.
450: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
451: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
452: depending on the version of your ROM.
453:
454: <ul><pre>
455: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
456: or
457: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
458: </pre></ul>
459:
460: <p>
461: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
462: will most likely fail.
463:
464: <p>
465: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
466: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
467: INSTALL.sparc file.
468: </ul>
469:
470: <p>
471: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
472: <ul>
473: <p>
474: Burn cd45.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
475: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
476:
477: <p>
478: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
479: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
480: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
481: </ul>
482:
483: <p>
1.6 jasper 484: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
485: <ul>
486: <p>
487: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
488: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
489: </ul>
490:
491: <p>
1.1 deraadt 492: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
493: <ul>
494: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
495: </ul>
496:
497: <p>
498: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
499: <ul>
500: <p>
501: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
502: openbsd45_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
503: for a few important details.
504: </ul>
505:
506: <p>
507: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
508: <ul>
509: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
510: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
511: in a separate archive. To extract:
512: <p>
513: <ul><pre>
514: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
515: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
516: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
517: </pre></ul>
518: <p>
519: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
520: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
521: To extract:
522: <p>
523: <ul><pre>
524: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
525: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
526: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
527: </pre></ul>
528: <p>
529: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
530: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
531: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
532: Using these files
533: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
534: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
535: <p>
536: </ul>
537:
538: <a name="upgrade"></a>
539: <hr>
540: <p>
541: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
542: <p>
543: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
544: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
545: <a href="faq/upgrade45.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
546:
547: <a name="ports"></a>
548: <hr>
549: <p>
550: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
551: <p>
552: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
553: <p>
554: <ul><pre>
555: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
556: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
557: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
558: </pre></ul>
559: <p>
560: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
561: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
562: if you know nothing about ports
563: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
564: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
565: OpenBSD ports system.
566: <p>
567: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
568: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
569: cvs(1)</a> if
570: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
571: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
572: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
573: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
574: like:
575: <p>
576: <ul><pre>
1.7 jasper 577: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 578: </pre></ul>
579: <p>
580: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
581: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
582: server.]
583: <p>
584: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
585: packages for the 4.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
586: <p>
587: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
588: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
589: place to know.
590: <p>
591:
592: <hr>
593: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
594: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
595: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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