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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.
1.15 ! jmc 124: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apropos&sektion=1">apropos(1)</a>
! 125: has two new options (-S and -s) to allow searching by machine architecture
! 126: and manual section.
1.11 deraadt 127: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 128: </ul>
129: <p>
130:
131: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
132: <ul>
1.11 deraadt 133: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
134: has gained new attack mitigation measures; critical bookkeeping
135: structures are protected at runtime using
136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mprotect&sektion=2">mprotect(3)</a>
137: and allocated at random addresses where possible.
138: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
142: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
143: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 144: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
1.5 matthieu 148: <li>OpenSSH 5.2:
1.1 deraadt 149: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 150: <li>Sorry, this list is still being worked on.
1.1 deraadt 151: </ul>
152: <p>
153:
1.4 jasper 154: <li>Over 5500 ports, minor robustness improvements in package tools.
1.1 deraadt 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: XXXX
161: <li>sparc64: XXXX
162: <li>alpha: XXXX
163: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
164: <li>sh: XXXX
165: <li>amd64: XXXX
166: <li>powerpc: XXXX
167: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
168: <li>sparc: XXXX
169: <li>arm: XXXX
170: <li>hppa: XXXX
171: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
172: <li>vax: XXXX
173: <li>mips64: XXXX
174: </ul></td></tr></table>
175: Some highlights:
176: <ul>
1.3 jasper 177: <li>Gnome 2.24.3.
178: <li>GNUstep 1.18.0.
179: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
180: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6.
181: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19.
1.4 jasper 182: <li>MySQL 5.0.77.
1.3 jasper 183: <li>OpenOffice.org 2.4.2 and 3.0.1.
184: <li>PostgreSQL 8.3.6.
185: <li>Xfce 4.4.3.
1.1 deraadt 186: </ul>
187: <p>
188:
189: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
190: <p>
191:
192: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
193: <ul>
194: <li>XXXX UPDATE THIS LIST XXXX
1.5 matthieu 195: <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 196: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
197: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
198: and 3.3.5
199: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
1.2 jasper 200: <li>Perl 5.10.0 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 201: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.2 jasper 202: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8j (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 203: <li>Groff 1.15
204: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
205: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
206: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
1.5 matthieu 207: <li>Sudo 1.7
1.1 deraadt 208: <li>Ncurses 5.2
209: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
210: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
211: <li>Arla 0.35.7
212: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
213: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
214: </ul>
215: <p>
216:
217: </ul>
218:
219: <a name="install"></a>
220: <hr>
221: <p>
222: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
223: <p>
224: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
225: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
226: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
227: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
228: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
229: purchased a CDROM instead.
230: <p>
231:
232: <hr>
233: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
234: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.5 on your machine:
235: <p>
236: <ul>
237: <li>CD1:4.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
238: <p>
239: <li>CD2:4.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
240: <li>CD2:4.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
241: <p>
242: <li>CD3:4.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
243: <p>
244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
1.6 jasper 253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
1.1 deraadt 254: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
255: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
256: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
257: </ul>
258: <hr>
259:
260: <p>
261: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
262: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
263: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
264: <p>
265:
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
267: <ul>
268: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
269: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
270: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
271: <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
272:
273: <p>
274: Use <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyB45.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
275: support, or <i>CD1:4.5/i386/floppyC45.fs</i> for better laptop support.
276:
277: <p>
278: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
279: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
280: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
281:
282: <p>
283: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
284: read INSTALL.i386.
285:
286: <p>
287: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
288: at <i>CD1:4.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
289: use the
290: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
291: utility. The following is an example usage of
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
293: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
294: "rfd0a".
295:
296: <ul><pre>
297: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
298: </pre></ul>
299:
300: <p>
301: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
302: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
303: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
304: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
305: </ul>
306:
307: <p>
308: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
309: <ul>
310: The 4.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
311: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
312: your BIOS options first.
313: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
314: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.5/amd64/floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy, then
315: boot from the floppy drive.
316:
317: <p>
318: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
319: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
320: INSTALL.amd64 document.
321:
322: <p>
323: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
324: read INSTALL.amd64.
325: </ul>
326:
327: <p>
328: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
329: <ul>
330: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
331: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
332:
333: <p>
334: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
335: /4.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
336: </ul>
337:
338: <p>
339: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
340: <ul>
341: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
342:
343: <p>
344: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
345: <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppy45.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/floppyB45.fs</i>
346: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
347: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
348:
349: <p>
350: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
351: will most likely fail.
352:
353: <p>
354: You can also write <i>CD3:4.5/sparc64/miniroot45.fs</i> to the swap partition on
355: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
356:
357: <p>
358: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
359: </ul>
360:
361: <p>
362: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
363: <ul>
364: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppy45.fs</i> or
365: <i>FTP:4.5/alpha/floppyB45.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
366: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
367:
368: <p>
369: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
370: will most likely fail.
371:
372: </ul>
373:
374: <p>
375: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
376: <ul>
377: <p>
378: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
379: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
380: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
381: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
382: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
383: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
384: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
385: </ul>
386:
387: <p>
388: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
389: <ul>
390: <p>
391: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
399: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
400: </ul>
401:
402: <p>
403: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
404: <ul>
405: <p>
406: Write <i>miniroot45.fs</i> to the start of the CF
407: or disk, and boot normally.
408: </ul>
409:
410: <p>
411: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
412: <ul>
413: <p>
414: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
415: <i>FTP:4.5/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
416: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
417: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
418: </ul>
419:
420: <p>
421: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
422: <ul>
423: <p>
424: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
425: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
426: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
427: for more details.
428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: <p>
434: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
435: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
436: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
437: for more details.
438: </ul>
439:
440: <p>
441: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
442: <ul>
443: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
444: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
445:
446: <ul><pre>
447: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
448: or
449: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
450: </pre></ul>
451:
452: <p>
453: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
454: To do so you need to write <i>floppy45.fs</i> to a floppy.
455: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
456: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
457: depending on the version of your ROM.
458:
459: <ul><pre>
460: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
461: or
462: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
463: </pre></ul>
464:
465: <p>
466: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
467: will most likely fail.
468:
469: <p>
470: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
471: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
472: INSTALL.sparc file.
473: </ul>
474:
475: <p>
476: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
477: <ul>
478: <p>
479: Burn cd45.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
480: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
481:
482: <p>
483: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
484: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
485: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
486: </ul>
487:
488: <p>
1.6 jasper 489: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
490: <ul>
491: <p>
492: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
493: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
494: </ul>
495:
496: <p>
1.1 deraadt 497: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
498: <ul>
499: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
500: </ul>
501:
502: <p>
503: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
504: <ul>
505: <p>
506: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
507: openbsd45_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
508: for a few important details.
509: </ul>
510:
511: <p>
512: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
513: <ul>
514: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
515: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
516: in a separate archive. To extract:
517: <p>
518: <ul><pre>
519: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
520: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
521: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
522: </pre></ul>
523: <p>
524: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
525: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
526: To extract:
527: <p>
528: <ul><pre>
529: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
530: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
531: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
532: </pre></ul>
533: <p>
534: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
535: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
536: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
537: Using these files
538: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
539: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
540: <p>
541: </ul>
542:
543: <a name="upgrade"></a>
544: <hr>
545: <p>
546: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
547: <p>
548: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
549: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
550: <a href="faq/upgrade45.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
551:
552: <a name="ports"></a>
553: <hr>
554: <p>
555: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
556: <p>
557: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
558: <p>
559: <ul><pre>
560: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
561: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
562: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
563: </pre></ul>
564: <p>
565: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
566: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
567: if you know nothing about ports
568: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
569: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
570: OpenBSD ports system.
571: <p>
572: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
573: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
574: cvs(1)</a> if
575: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
576: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
577: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
578: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
579: like:
580: <p>
581: <ul><pre>
1.7 jasper 582: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_5</strong>
1.1 deraadt 583: </pre></ul>
584: <p>
585: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
586: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
587: server.]
588: <p>
589: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
590: packages for the 4.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
591: <p>
592: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
593: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
594: place to know.
595: <p>
596:
597: <hr>
598: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
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