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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.
1.14 ! grange 99: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ips&sektion=4">ips(4)</a>,
! 100: a driver for IBM SATA/SCSI ServeRAID controllers was added.
1.13 sthen 101: <li>Many improvements were made to the
102: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpi&sektion=4">acpi(4)</a>
103: subsystem.
104: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4&format=html">umsm(4)</a>
105: driver supports several new EVDO/UMTS devices.
1.1 deraadt 106: </ul>
107: <p>
108:
109: <li>New tools:
110: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 111: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 112: </ul>
113: <p>
114:
115: <li>New functionality:
116: <ul>
1.10 djm 117: <li>The libc
1.11 deraadt 118: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolver&sektion=3">resolver(3)</a>
119: may now be forced to perform lookups by TCP only using a new
120: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
121: option. The nameserver declaration in
122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5">resolv.conf(5)</a>
123: has also been extended to allow specification of non-default nameserver ports.
124: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 125: </ul>
126: <p>
127:
128: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
129: <ul>
1.11 deraadt 130: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
131: has gained new attack mitigation measures; critical bookkeeping
132: structures are protected at runtime using
133: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&sektion=2">mprotect(3)</a>
134: and allocated at random addresses where possible.
135: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 136: </ul>
137: <p>
138:
139: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
140: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 141: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 142: </ul>
143: <p>
144:
1.5 matthieu 145: <li>OpenSSH 5.2:
1.1 deraadt 146: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 147: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 148: </ul>
149: <p>
150:
1.4 jasper 151: <li>Over 5500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 152: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
153: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
154: <tr>
155: <td valign="top" width="25%">
156: <ul>
157: <li>i386: XXXX
158: <li>sparc64: XXXX
159: <li>alpha: XXXX
160: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
161: <li>sh: XXXX
162: <li>amd64: XXXX
163: <li>powerpc: XXXX
164: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
165: <li>sparc: XXXX
166: <li>arm: XXXX
167: <li>hppa: XXXX
168: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
169: <li>vax: XXXX
170: <li>mips64: XXXX
171: </ul></td></tr></table>
172: Some highlights:
173: <ul>
1.3 jasper 174: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
175: <li>GNUstep 1.18.0.
176: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
177: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6.
178: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19.
1.4 jasper 179: <li>MySQL 5.0.77.
1.3 jasper 180: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 and 3.0.1.
181: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.6.
182: <li>Xfce 4.4.3.
1.1 deraadt 183: </ul>
184: <p>
185:
186: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
187: <p>
188:
189: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
190: <ul>
191: <li>XXXX UPDATE THIS LIST XXXX
1.5 matthieu 192: <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 193: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
194: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
195: and 3.3.5
196: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 jasper 197: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 198: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.2 jasper 199: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8j (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 200: <li>Groff 1.15
201: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
202: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
203: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.5 matthieu 204: <li>Sudo 1.7
1.1 deraadt 205: <li>Ncurses 5.2
206: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
207: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
208: <li>Arla 0.35.7
209: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
210: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
211: </ul>
212: <p>
213:
214: </ul>
215:
216: <a name="install"></a>
217: <hr>
218: <p>
219: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
220: <p>
221: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
222: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
223: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
224: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
225: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
226: purchased a CDROM instead.
227: <p>
228:
229: <hr>
230: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
231: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.5 on your machine:
232: <p>
233: <ul>
234: <li>CD1:4.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
235: <p>
236: <li>CD2:4.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
237: <li>CD2:4.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
238: <p>
239: <li>CD3:4.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
240: <p>
241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
1.6 jasper 250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
1.1 deraadt 251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
254: </ul>
255: <hr>
256:
257: <p>
258: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
259: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
260: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
261: <p>
262:
263: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
264: <ul>
265: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
266: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
267: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
268: <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
269:
270: <p>
271: Use <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyB45.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
272: support, or <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyC45.fs</i> for better laptop support.
273:
274: <p>
275: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
276: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
277: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
278:
279: <p>
280: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
281: read INSTALL.i386.
282:
283: <p>
284: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
285: at <i>CD1:4.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
286: use the
287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
288: utility. The following is an example usage of
289: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
290: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
291: "rfd0a".
292:
293: <ul><pre>
294: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
295: </pre></ul>
296:
297: <p>
298: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
299: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
300: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
301: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
302: </ul>
303:
304: <p>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
306: <ul>
307: The 4.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
308: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
309: your BIOS options first.
310: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
311: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.5/amd64/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy, then
312: boot from the floppy drive.
313:
314: <p>
315: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
316: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
317: INSTALL.amd64 document.
318:
319: <p>
320: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
321: read INSTALL.amd64.
322: </ul>
323:
324: <p>
325: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
326: <ul>
327: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
328: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
329:
330: <p>
331: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
332: /4.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
333: </ul>
334:
335: <p>
336: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
337: <ul>
338: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
339:
340: <p>
341: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
342: <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppy45.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppyB45.fs</i>
343: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
344: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
345:
346: <p>
347: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
348: will most likely fail.
349:
350: <p>
351: You can also write <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/miniroot45.fs</i> to the swap partition on
352: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
353:
354: <p>
355: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
356: </ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppy45.fs</i> or
362: <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppyB45.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
363: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
364:
365: <p>
366: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
367: will most likely fail.
368:
369: </ul>
370:
371: <p>
372: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
373: <ul>
374: <p>
375: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
376: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
377: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
378: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
379: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
380: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
381: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: <p>
388: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
389: </ul>
390:
391: <p>
392: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
393: <ul>
394: <p>
395: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
396: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
397: </ul>
398:
399: <p>
400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
401: <ul>
402: <p>
403: Write <i>miniroot45.fs</i> to the start of the CF
404: or disk, and boot normally.
405: </ul>
406:
407: <p>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
409: <ul>
410: <p>
411: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
412: <i>FTP:4.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
413: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
414: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
422: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
423: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
424: for more details.
425: </ul>
426:
427: <p>
428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
429: <ul>
430: <p>
431: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
432: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
433: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
434: for more details.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <p>
438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
439: <ul>
440: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
441: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
442:
443: <ul><pre>
444: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
445: or
446: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
447: </pre></ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
451: To do so you need to write <i>floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy.
452: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
453: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
454: depending on the version of your ROM.
455:
456: <ul><pre>
457: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
458: or
459: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
460: </pre></ul>
461:
462: <p>
463: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
464: will most likely fail.
465:
466: <p>
467: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
468: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
469: INSTALL.sparc file.
470: </ul>
471:
472: <p>
473: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
474: <ul>
475: <p>
476: Burn cd45.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
477: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
478:
479: <p>
480: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
481: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
482: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
483: </ul>
484:
485: <p>
1.6 jasper 486: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
487: <ul>
488: <p>
489: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
490: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
491: </ul>
492:
493: <p>
1.1 deraadt 494: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
495: <ul>
496: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
497: </ul>
498:
499: <p>
500: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
501: <ul>
502: <p>
503: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
504: openbsd45_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
505: for a few important details.
506: </ul>
507:
508: <p>
509: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
510: <ul>
511: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
512: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
513: in a separate archive. To extract:
514: <p>
515: <ul><pre>
516: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
517: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
518: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
519: </pre></ul>
520: <p>
521: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
522: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
523: To extract:
524: <p>
525: <ul><pre>
526: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
527: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
528: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
529: </pre></ul>
530: <p>
531: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
532: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
533: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
534: Using these files
535: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
536: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
537: <p>
538: </ul>
539:
540: <a name="upgrade"></a>
541: <hr>
542: <p>
543: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
544: <p>
545: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
546: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
547: <a href="faq/upgrade45.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
548:
549: <a name="ports"></a>
550: <hr>
551: <p>
552: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
553: <p>
554: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
555: <p>
556: <ul><pre>
557: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
558: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
559: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
560: </pre></ul>
561: <p>
562: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
563: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
564: if you know nothing about ports
565: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
566: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
567: OpenBSD ports system.
568: <p>
569: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
570: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
571: cvs(1)</a> if
572: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
573: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
574: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
575: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
576: like:
577: <p>
578: <ul><pre>
1.7 jasper 579: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 580: </pre></ul>
581: <p>
582: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
583: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
584: server.]
585: <p>
586: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
587: packages for the 4.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
588: <p>
589: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
590: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
591: place to know.
592: <p>
593:
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