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1.1       deraadt    24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.7 Release:</font></h2>
                     25: <p>
                     26: Released May 19, 2010<br>
                     27: Copyright 1997-2010, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-5-7</font>
                     29: <br>
1.45      deraadt    30: <a href="lyrics.html#47">4.7 Song: "I'm still here"</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/4.7/</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="errata47.html">The 4.7 Errata page</a> for a list
                     50:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     51: <li>See a <a href="plus47.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     52:     4.6 and 4.7 releases.
                     53: </ul>
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                     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.
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                     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 4.7.
                     70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus47.html">changelog</a> leading
                     71: to 4.7.
                     72: <p>
                     73:
                     74: <ul>
                     75:
                     76: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     77:     <ul>
1.7       kettenis   78:     <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>
                     79:        <ul>
                     80:        <li>Added support for the DS15/DS25/ES45.
                     81:        </ul>
                     82:     <li><a href="loongson.html">OpenBSD/loongson</a><br>
                     83:        New platform for systems based on the Loongson 2E and 2F
                     84:        MIPS-compatible processors.  Supported machines include:
                     85:        <ul>
                     86:        <li>Lemote Fuloong 2F mini-PC
                     87:        <li>Lemote Lynloong all-in-one-PC
                     88:        <li>Lemote Yeeloong netbook (8.9" and 10.1" models)
                     89:        <li>EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 netbook
                     90:        </ul>
                     91:     <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>
                     92:        <ul>
1.29      miod       93:        <li>Added support for multi-node SGI Origin systems, in M mode.
                     94:        <li>Added support for the SGI Origin 350, Onyx 350, Onyx 4 and Tezro
                     95:            systems.
                     96:        <li>Added SMP support on the SGI Octane.
                     97:        <li>Support for many more onboard devices on Octane and Origin
                     98:            systems. (see below)
1.7       kettenis   99:        </ul>
                    100:     <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a>
                    101:        <ul>
                    102:        <li>Added support for the RouterBOARD RB600A.
                    103:        </ul>
1.30      kettenis  104:     <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
                    105:        <ul>
                    106:        <li>Preliminary support for running OpenBSD in a guest domain
                    107:            on top of an OpenBSD control domain on sun4v machines.
                    108:        </ul>
1.1       deraadt   109:     </ul>
                    110: <p>
                    111:
                    112: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                    113:     <ul>
1.12      matthieu  114:     <li>Revamped SCSI midlayer and improved driver support.
1.32      miod      115:     <li>UDF 2.5 and 2.6 (HDDVD and Blu-ray) disks support.
1.13      matthieu  116:     <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpath&sektion=4&format=html">mpath(4)</a>,
                    117:       a driver that steals paths to scsi devices if they could be
                    118:       available via multiple paths and then made available
1.32      miod      119:     via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpath&sektion=4&format=html">mpath(4)</a>.
1.13      matthieu  120:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aibs&sektion=4&format=html">aibs(4)</a>
1.32      miod      121:       driver for ASUSTeK AI Booster hardware monitoring.
1.16      matthieu  122:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uthum&amp;sektion=4">uthum(4)</a>
1.32      miod      123:       driver for the TEMPerHUM USB temperature and humidity sensors.
1.20      jsg       124:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=utrh&amp;sektion=4">utrh(4)</a>
                    125:       driver for USBRH temperature and humidity sensors.
1.12      matthieu  126:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uyurex&amp;sektion=4">uyurex(4)</a>
1.32      miod      127:       driver for the Maywa-denki & KAYAC YUREX twitch/jiggle of knee sensor.
1.12      matthieu  128:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=urndis&amp;sektion=4">urndis(4)</a>
1.32      miod      129:       driver for remote NDIS Ethernet over USB devices (phones).
1.50    ! sobrado   130:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsudl&amp;sektion=4">xf86-video-wsudl(4)</a>
1.32      miod      131:        Xorg driver for USB DisplayLink devices supported by
1.12      matthieu  132:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udl&amp;sektion=4">udl(4)</a>.
1.20      jsg       133:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpii&amp;sektion=4">mpii(4)</a>
                    134:       driver for LSI Logic Fusion MPT Message Passing Interface II based SAS 2 controllers.
                    135:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=athn&amp;sektion=4">athn(4)</a>
                    136:       driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless network devices.
                    137:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=alc&amp;sektion=4">alc(4)</a>
                    138:       driver for Atheros AR8131/AR8132 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
                    139:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lisa&amp;sektion=4">lisa(4)</a>
                    140:       driver for STMicroelectronics LIS331DL MEMS motion sensors.
                    141:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcu&amp;sektion=4">gcu(4)</a>
                    142:       driver for Intel EP80579 Global Configuration Unit.
1.30      kettenis  143:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lom&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sparc64">lom(4)</a>
                    144:       driver for LOMLite and LOMLite2 as found on many of Sun's UltraSPARC-IIi
                    145:       servers.
                    146:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vsw&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sparc64">vsw(4)</a>
                    147:       driver for virtual switches on sun4v machines.
                    148:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vds&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sparc64">vds(4)</a>
                    149:       driver for virtual disk servers on sun4v machines.
1.20      jsg       150:     <li>Support for EP80579 integrated Ethernet and ICH9 M V has been added to
1.30      kettenis  151:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
1.20      jsg       152:     <li>Support for 82599 and SFP+ 82598 devices has been added to
1.30      kettenis  153:         <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&amp;sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
                    154:     <li>Support for the Sun GigabitEthernet SBus Adapter 1.0/1.1 has been added
                    155:         to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&amp;sektion=4">ti(4)</a>.
                    156:     <li>Support for SBus variants of the QLogic Fibre Channel host adapters has
                    157:         been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&amp;sektion=4">isp(4)</a>.
1.32      miod      158:     <li>Support for SBus variants of the Sun Gigabit Ethernet has
                    159:         been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gem&amp;sektion=4">gem(4)</a>.
1.36      damien    160:     <li>Support for Intel WiFi Link 1000 and Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6250/Ultimate-N 6300
                    161:         has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&amp;sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>.
                    162:     <li>Support for Ralink RT3572 based 802.11n devices
                    163:         has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=run&amp;sektion=4">run(4)</a>.
1.37      damien    164:     <li>Support for AC97 codecs and VIA Tremor 5.1, M-Audio Revolution 5.1 cards
                    165:         has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=envy&amp;sektion=4">envy(4)</a>.
1.32      miod      166:     <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uhts&amp;sektion=4">uhts(4)</a>
1.46      deraadt   167:        driver for USB HID touchscreens.
1.13      matthieu  168:     <li>Improved touchscreen support in
1.50    ! sobrado   169:         the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ws&amp;sektion=4">xf86-input-ws(4)</a>
1.13      matthieu  170:         Xorg driver and improved calibration using the new device
                    171:         properties from Xinput.
1.32      miod      172:     <li>Support for ON CAT6095 and ON CAT34TS02 temperature sensors added to
                    173:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sdtemp&amp;sektion=4">sdtemp(4)</a>.
1.43      jsg       174:     <li>Several improvements and bug fixes to existing Ethernet
1.13      matthieu  175:       drivers, including
1.32      miod      176:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>,
                    177:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&amp;sektion=4">re(4)</a>,
                    178:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&amp;sektion=4">ti(4)</a>
1.13      matthieu  179:       and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vge&amp;sektion=4">vge(4)</a>.
1.29      miod      180:     <li>Support for the <i>PIC</i> PCI-X controller added to the SGI
                    181:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xbridge&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">xbridge(4)</a> driver.
                    182:     <li>Support for the onboard Fast Ethernet interface found on SGI Octane and
                    183:        many SGI Origin family systems,
                    184:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iec&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">iec(4)</a>.
                    185:     <li>Support for more SGI input and video devices on Octane and Origin systems, with
                    186:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iockbc&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">iockbc(4)</a>,
                    187:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=impact&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">impact(4)</a>,
                    188:       and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=odyssey&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">odyssey(4)</a>.
1.35      otto      189:     <li>Improved PCI resource allocation; more hardware left unconfigured by
                    190:       the machine's firmware (including hotplugged hardware) should work now.
1.47      jakemsr   191:     <li>Support for recording/full-duplex added to
                    192:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mavb&amp;sektion=4&amp;arch=sgi">mavb(4)</a>.
                    193:     <li>Improved support for USB audio devices in
                    194:       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&amp;sektion=4">uaudio(4)</a>.
1.1       deraadt   195:     </ul>
                    196: <p>
                    197:
                    198: <li>New tools:
                    199:     <ul>
1.9       otto      200:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs_ext2fs&amp;sektion=8">newfs_ext2fs(8)</a> for creating ext2 filesystems.
1.27      sobrado   201:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mkuboot&amp;sektion=8">mkuboot(8)</a> for creating U-Boot boot loader images.
1.1       deraadt   202:     <li>...
                    203:     </ul>
                    204: <p>
                    205:
1.43      jsg       206: <li>Filesystem midlayer improvements:
1.2       beck      207:     <ul>
                    208:     <li> Dynamic Buffer Cache now supported to a max size set with sysctl <tt>kern.bufcachepercent</tt>
                    209:     <li> Dynamic VFS name cache rewrite, now uses Red/Black trees instead of linked lists.
1.32      miod      210:     <li> Numerous NFS client stability fixes.
1.2       beck      211:     </ul>
                    212: <p>
                    213:
1.1       deraadt   214: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&amp;sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
                    215:     <ul>
1.34      claudio   216:     <li>nat-to, rdr-to, binat-to options replace the nat, rdr and binat
                    217:     translation rules. See
                    218:     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html#20090901">
                    219:     2009/09/01 - pf(4) address translation changes</a> for more info.
                    220:     <li>The route-to, reply-to, dup-to and fastroute options in pf.conf move to
                    221:     filteropts. See <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html#20090902">
                    222:     2009/09/02 - pf(4) route-to/reply-to syntax change</a> for more info.
                    223:     <li>pf(4) can now <i>translate</i> packets between different routing
                    224:     domains.
1.42      claudio   225:     <li>Added -S and -L options to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl&sektion=8&format=html">pfctl(8)</a> to store and load pf state table from a file.
                    226:     <li>Added support for IPV4 and IPv6 divert sockets.
1.1       deraadt   227:     </ul>
                    228: <p>
                    229:
                    230: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
                    231:     <ul>
1.42      claudio   232:     <li>Update capability code in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&format=html">bgpd(8)</a> to follow RFC 5492.
1.34      claudio   233:     <li>BGP MPLS VPN (RFC 4364) support added to the bgpd RIB.
1.42      claudio   234:     <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpd&sektion=8&format=html">bgpd(8)</a>, implement the RFC4486 BGP Cease Notification Message subcodes.
1.34      claudio   235:     <li>It is now possible to enable/disable specific BGP capabilities.
1.42      claudio   236:     <li>Update <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bgpctl&sektion=8&format=html">bgpctl(8)</a> irrfilter to support IPv6 and 4-byte AS numbers.
1.41      claudio   237:     <li>Minimal router-dead-time of 1 second and sub-second hello intervals
1.42      claudio   238:     added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospfd&amp;sektion=8">ospfd(8)</a>.
1.49      stsp      239:     Additionally it is now possible to specify sub-second SPF timers for faster
1.41      claudio   240:     route fail-over.
1.39      stsp      241:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ospf6d&amp;sektion=8">ospf6d(8)</a> is now installed by default.
                    242:     The RIB can be synced with the kernel routing table now.
                    243:     Support for AS-ext LSA has been added.
                    244:     This is still work-in-progress but testing is highly appreciated.
1.34      claudio   245:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldpd&amp;sektion=8">ldpd</a> -- the MPLS label distribution protocol daemon -- is now installed by default. A custom kernel with option MPLS is needed to use it.
1.1       deraadt   246:     </ul>
                    247: <p>
                    248:
1.43      jsg       249: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
1.1       deraadt   250:     <ul>
1.34      claudio   251:     <li>brconfig is now integrated into
                    252:     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&amp;sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
1.43      jsg       253:     <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vether&sektion=4&format=html">vether(4)</a>, a virtual Ethernet device.
1.49      stsp      254:     <li>Two bugs in IPsec/HMAC-SHA2 were fixed, resulting in an incompatibility
1.34      claudio   255:     with the HMAC-SHA-256/384/512 hash algorithms with previous versions of
                    256:     OpenBSD and other IPsec implementations sharing the bugs.
1.42      claudio   257:     <li>In <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8&format=html">dhcpd(8)</a>, echo back the Relay Agent Information option if present, and add support for the ipsec-tunnel hardware type.
                    258:     <li>Make <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcrelay&sektion=8&format=html">dhcrelay(8)</a> pick up the routing domain from the specified interface and use that rdomain for relaying the packets to the server.
                    259:     <li>Added support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcrelay&sektion=8&format=html">dhcrelay(8)</a> for RFC3046 "DHCP-over-ipsec".
                    260:     <li>Make the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8&format=html">tcpdump(8)</a> BGP OPEN capability parser RFC 5492 compliant.
1.43      jsg       261:     <li>Added an exec command to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=route&sektion=8&format=html">route(8)</a> to run a process and it's children in a specified routing domain.
1.1       deraadt   262:     </ul>
                    263: <p>
                    264:
1.9       otto      265: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    266:     <ul>
1.48      jmc       267:     <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malloc&amp;sektion=3">malloc(3)</a>
1.9       otto      268:      now has an <tt>S</tt> flag to turn on the options that help debugging
                    269:      and improve security.
                    270:     <li>updated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=terminfo&amp;sektion=3">terminfo(3)</a>
                    271:      database and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ncurses&amp;sektion=3">ncurses(3)</a>
                    272:      library.
1.16      matthieu  273:     <li>added support for lazy binding in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ld.so&amp;sektion=1">ld.so(1)</a>
                    274:       on hppa.
1.32      miod      275:     <li>added POSIX silent check option (<tt>-C</tt>) to
                    276: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sort&amp;sektion=1">sort(1)</a>.
                    277:     <li>added POSIX extended regular expression support to
                    278: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sed&amp;sektion=1">sed(1)</a> (<tt>-E</tt> option).
                    279:     <li>added GNU-compatible macro prefix option (<tt>-P</tt>) to
                    280: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=m4&amp;sektion=1">m4(1)</a>.
1.42      claudio   281:     <li>Make it possible to specify a port in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=resolv.conf&sektion=5&format=html">resolv.conf(5)</a>.
1.9       otto      282:     </ul>
                    283: <p>
                    284:
1.1       deraadt   285: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    286:     <ul>
1.24      deraadt   287:     <li>...
1.1       deraadt   288:     </ul>
                    289: <p>
                    290:
1.44      djm       291: <li>OpenSSH 5.5:
1.1       deraadt   292:     <ul>
1.21      sobrado   293:     <li>New features:
                    294:         <ul>
                    295:         <li>SSH protocol 1 is disabled by default.
                    296:         <li>Remove the libsectok/OpenSC-based smartcard code and add support
                    297:             for PKCS#11 tokens.
                    298:         <li>Add support for certificate authentication of users and hosts using
                    299:             a new, minimal OpenSSH certificate format (not X.509).
                    300:         <li>Added a 'netcat mode' to
                    301:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
                    302:         <li>Add the ability to revoke keys in
                    303:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    304:             and
                    305:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
                    306:         <li>Rewrite the
                    307:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
                    308:             multiplexing support to support non-blocking operation of the mux
                    309:             master.
                    310:         <li>Add a 'read-only' mode to
                    311:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>
                    312:             that disables open in write mode and all other fs-modifying
                    313:             protocol methods. (bz#430)
                    314:         <li>Allow setting an explicit umask on the
                    315:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>
                    316:             commandline to override whatever default the user has. (bz#1229)
                    317:         <li>Many improvements to the
                    318:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
                    319:             client.
1.23      sobrado   320:         <li>New RSA keys will be generated with a public exponent of 65537
                    321:             instead of the previous value 35.
1.21      sobrado   322:         <li>Passphrase-protected SSH protocol 2 private keys are now protected
                    323:             with AES-128 instead of 3DES.
                    324:         </ul>
                    325:     <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
                    326:         <ul>
                    327:         <li>Fixed a minor information leak of environment variables specified
                    328:             in authorized_keys if an attacker happens to know the public key
                    329:             in use.
                    330:         <li>When using <em>ChrootDirectory</em>, make sure we test for the
                    331:             existence of the user's shell inside the chroot and not outside.
                    332:             (bz#1679)
                    333:         <li>Cache user and group name lookups in sftp-server using
                    334:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwcache&sektion=3">user_from_[ug]id(3)</a>
                    335:             to improve performance on hosts where these operations are slow.
                    336:             (bz#1495)
                    337:         <li>Fix problem that prevented passphrase reading from being
                    338:             interrupted in some circumstances. (bz#1590)
                    339:         <li>Ignore and log any Protocol 1 keys where the claimed size is not
                    340:             equal to the actual size.
                    341:         <li>Make <em>HostBased</em> authentication work with a
                    342:             <em>ProxyCommand</em>. (bz#1569)
                    343:         <li>Avoid run-time failures when specifying hostkeys via a relative
                    344:             path by prepending the current working directory in these cases.
                    345:             (bz#1290)
                    346:         <li>Do not prompt for a passphrase if we fail to open a keyfile, and
                    347:             log the reason why the open failed to debug. (bz#1693)
                    348:         <li>Document that the <em>PubkeyAuthentication</em> directive is
                    349:             allowed in a
                    350:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    351:             <em>Match</em> block. (bz#1577)
                    352:         <li>When converting keys, truncate key comments at 72 chars as per
                    353:             RFC4716. (bz#1630)
                    354:         <li>Do not allow logins if <em>/etc/nologin</em> exists but is not
                    355:             readable by the user logging in.
                    356:         <li>Output a debug log if
                    357:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    358:             can't open an existing <em>authorized_keys</em>. (bz#1694)
                    359:         <li>Quell
                    360:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcsetattr&sektion=3">tc[gs]etattr(3)</a>
                    361:             warnings when forcing a tty (ssh -tt), since we usually don't
                    362:             actually have a tty to read/set. (bz#1686)
                    363:         <li>Prevent
                    364:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
                    365:             from crashing when given a "-" without a command; also, allow
                    366:             whitespace to follow a "-". (bz#1691)
                    367:         <li>After
                    368:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    369:             receives a SIGHUP, ignore subsequent HUPs while
                    370:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    371:             re-execs itself; prevents two HUPs in quick succession from
                    372:             resulting in
                    373:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
                    374:             dying. (bz#1692)
                    375:         <li>Clarify in
                    376:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
                    377:             that <em>StrictModes</em> does not apply to
                    378:             <em>ChrootDirectory</em>; permissions and ownership are always
                    379:             checked when chrooting. (bz#1532)
                    380:         <li>Set close-on-exec on various descriptors so they don't get leaked
                    381:             to child processes. (bz#1643)
                    382:         <li>Fix very rare race condition in x11/agent channel allocation
                    383:         <li>Fix incorrect exit status when multiplexing and channel ID 0 is
                    384:             recycled. (bz#1570)
                    385:         <li>Fail with an error when an attempt is made to connect to a server
                    386:             with <em>ForceCommand=internal-sftp</em> with a shell session.
                    387:             (bz#1606)
                    388:         <li>Warn but do not fail if
                    389:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=stat&sektion=2">stat(2)</a>ing
                    390:             the subsystem binary fails. (bz#1599)
                    391:         <li>Change "Connecting to host..." message to "Connected to host."
                    392:             and delay it until after the sftp protocol connection has been
                    393:             established. (bz#1588)
                    394:         <li>Use the <em>HostKeyAlias</em> rather than the hostname specified
                    395:             on the commandline when prompting for passwords. (bz#1039)
1.25      sobrado   396:         <li>Correct off-by-one in percent_expand(). (bz#1607)
1.21      sobrado   397:         <li>Fix passing of empty options from
                    398:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>
                    399:             and
                    400:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
                    401:             to the underlying
                    402:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>;
                    403:             also add support for the stop option "--".
                    404:         <li>Fix an incorrect magic number and typo in PROTOCOL. (bz#1688)
                    405:         <li>Don't escape backslashes when displaying the SSH2 banner. (bz#1533)
                    406:         <li>Don't unnecessarily dup() the in and out fds for
                    407:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>.
                    408:             (bz#1566)
                    409:         <li>Force use of the correct hash function for random-art signature
                    410:             display. (bz#1611)
                    411:         <li>Do not fall back to adding keys without constraints when the agent
                    412:             refuses the constrained add request. (bz#1612)
                    413:         <li>Fix a race condition in
                    414:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>
                    415:             that could result in a wedged or spinning agent. (bz#1633)
1.49      stsp      416:         <li>Flush stdio before exec() to ensure that everything has made it out
1.21      sobrado   417:             before the streams go away. (bz#1596)
                    418:         <li>Set <em>FD_CLOEXEC</em> on in/out sockets in
                    419:             <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>.
                    420:             (bz#1706)
                    421:         </ul>
1.1       deraadt   422:     </ul>
                    423: <p>
                    424:
1.15      espie     425: <li>Over 5,800 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
1.1       deraadt   426: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    427:     <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
                    428:     <tr>
                    429:     <td valign="top" width="25%">
                    430:     <ul>
1.5       deraadt   431:     <li>i386:       5951
                    432:     <li>sparc64:    5745
                    433:     <li>alpha:      5489
1.1       deraadt   434: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.5       deraadt   435:     <li>sh:         1261
                    436:     <li>amd64:      5889
                    437:     <li>powerpc:    5783
1.1       deraadt   438: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.5       deraadt   439:     <li>sparc:      3584
                    440:     <li>arm:        839
                    441:     <li>hppa:       5179
1.1       deraadt   442: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.5       deraadt   443:     <li>vax:        1785
                    444:     <li>mips64:     3677
                    445:     <li>mips64el:   3661
1.1       deraadt   446: </ul></td></tr></table>
                    447: Some highlights:
                    448:     <ul>
1.18      jasper    449:     <li>Gnome 2.28.2.
1.1       deraadt   450:     <li>KDE 3.5.10.
1.18      jasper    451:     <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
1.11      otto      452:     <li>MySQL 5.1.42.
1.18      jasper    453:     <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.2.
                    454:     <li>Postfix 2.6.5.
1.1       deraadt   455:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
1.22      jsg       456:     <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18 and 3.5.8.
1.11      otto      457:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.
1.18      jasper    458:     <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.1.
1.1       deraadt   459:     <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
1.18      jasper    460:     <li>Vim 7.2.267.
1.40      giovanni  461:     <li>PHP 5.2.12.
                    462:     <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.3.
1.1       deraadt   463:     <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
                    464:     </ul>
                    465: <p>
                    466:
                    467: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    468: <p>
                    469:
                    470: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    471:     <ul>
1.32      miod      472:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 with xserver 1.6.5 + patches,
1.8       matthieu  473:        freetype 2.3.9,
                    474:         fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 250 and more)
1.1       deraadt   475:     <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
1.10      otto      476:     <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   477:     <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
                    478:         and DSO support
                    479:     <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
                    480:     <li>Groff 1.15
                    481:     <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
                    482:     <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
                    483:     <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    484:     <li>Sudo 1.7.2
1.10      otto      485:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
1.1       deraadt   486:     <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    487:     <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    488:     <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    489:     <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    490:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    491:     </ul>
                    492: <p>
                    493:
                    494: </ul>
                    495:
                    496: <a name="install"></a>
                    497: <hr>
                    498: <p>
                    499: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
                    500: <p>
                    501: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    502: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    503: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    504: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    505: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    506: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    507: <p>
                    508:
                    509: <hr>
                    510: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    511: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.7 on your machine:
                    512: <p>
                    513: <ul>
                    514: <li>CD1:4.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    515: <p>
                    516: <li>CD2:4.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    517: <li>CD2:4.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    518: <p>
                    519: <li>CD3:4.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    520: <p>
                    521: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    522: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    523: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    524: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    525: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
1.19      otto      526: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
1.1       deraadt   527: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    528: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    529: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    530: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
                    531: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    532: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    533: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    534: </ul>
                    535: <hr>
                    536:
                    537: <p>
                    538: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    539: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    540: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    541: <p>
                    542:
                    543: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
                    544: <ul>
                    545: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    546: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    547: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    548: <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    549:
                    550: <p>
                    551: Use <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppyB47.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    552: support, or <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppyC47.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    553:
                    554: <p>
                    555: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    556: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    557: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    558:
                    559: <p>
                    560: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    561: read INSTALL.i386.
                    562:
                    563: <p>
                    564: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    565: at <i>CD1:4.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    566: use the
                    567: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
                    568: utility. The following is an example usage of
                    569: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&amp;sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
                    570: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    571: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    572:
                    573: <ul><pre>
                    574: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
                    575: </pre></ul>
                    576:
                    577: <p>
                    578: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    579: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    580: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
                    581: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    582: </ul>
                    583:
                    584: <p>
                    585: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
                    586: <ul>
                    587: The 4.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    588: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    589: your BIOS options first.
                    590: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    591: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.7/amd64/floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    592: boot from the floppy drive.
                    593:
                    594: <p>
                    595: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    596: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    597: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    598:
                    599: <p>
                    600: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    601: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    602: </ul>
                    603:
                    604: <p>
                    605: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
                    606: <ul>
                    607: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    608: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    609:
                    610: <p>
                    611: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    612: /4.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    613: </ul>
                    614:
                    615: <p>
                    616: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
                    617: <ul>
                    618: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    619:
                    620: <p>
                    621: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    622: <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/floppy47.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/floppyB47.fs</i>
                    623: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    624: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    625:
                    626: <p>
                    627: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    628: will most likely fail.
                    629:
                    630: <p>
                    631: You can also write <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/miniroot47.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    632: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    633:
                    634: <p>
                    635: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    636: </ul>
                    637:
                    638: <p>
                    639: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
                    640: <ul>
                    641: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.7/alpha/floppy47.fs</i> or
                    642: <i>FTP:4.7/alpha/floppyB47.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    643: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    644:
                    645: <p>
                    646: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    647: will most likely fail.
                    648:
                    649: </ul>
                    650:
                    651: <p>
                    652: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
                    653: <ul>
                    654: <p>
                    655: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    656: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    657: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    658: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    659: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    660: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    661: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    662: </ul>
                    663:
                    664: <p>
                    665: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
                    666: <ul>
                    667: <p>
                    668: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    669: </ul>
                    670:
                    671: <p>
                    672: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
                    673: <ul>
                    674: <p>
                    675: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    676: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    677: </ul>
                    678:
                    679: <p>
                    680: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
                    681: <ul>
                    682: <p>
                    683: Write <i>miniroot47.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    684: or disk, and boot normally.
                    685: </ul>
                    686:
                    687: <p>
1.19      otto      688: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
                    689: <ul>
                    690: <p>
                    691: Write <i>miniroot47.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    692: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    693: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    694: </ul>
                    695: <p>
                    696:
1.1       deraadt   697: <p>
                    698: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
                    699: <ul>
                    700: <p>
                    701: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    702: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    703: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    704: for more details.
                    705: </ul>
                    706:
                    707: <p>
                    708: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
                    709: <ul>
                    710: <p>
                    711: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    712: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    713: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    714: for more details.
                    715: </ul>
                    716:
                    717: <p>
1.29      miod      718: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
                    719: <ul>
                    720: <p>
                    721: To install on an O2, burn cd47.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    722: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    723: menu.
                    724:
                    725: <p>
                    726: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    727: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
                    728: the kernel matching your system type.
                    729: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    730: </ul>
                    731:
                    732: <p>
                    733: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
                    734: <ul>
                    735: <p>
                    736: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    737: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
                    738: </ul>
                    739:
                    740: <p>
1.1       deraadt   741: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
                    742: <ul>
                    743: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    744: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    745:
                    746: <ul><pre>
                    747: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    748: or
                    749: &gt; <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
                    750: </pre></ul>
                    751:
                    752: <p>
                    753: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    754: To do so you need to write <i>floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy.
                    755: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
                    756: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    757: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    758:
                    759: <ul><pre>
                    760: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
                    761: or
                    762: &gt; <strong>b fd()</strong>
                    763: </pre></ul>
                    764:
                    765: <p>
                    766: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    767: will most likely fail.
                    768:
                    769: <p>
                    770: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    771: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    772: INSTALL.sparc file.
                    773: </ul>
                    774:
                    775: <p>
                    776: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
                    777: <ul>
                    778: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    779: </ul>
                    780:
                    781: <p>
                    782: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
                    783: <ul>
                    784: <p>
                    785: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    786: openbsd47_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    787: for a few important details.
                    788: </ul>
                    789:
                    790: <p>
                    791: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
                    792: <ul>
                    793: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    794: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    795: in a separate archive.  To extract:
                    796: <p>
                    797: <ul><pre>
                    798: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
                    799: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    800: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
                    801: </pre></ul>
                    802: <p>
                    803: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    804: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    805: To extract:
                    806: <p>
                    807: <ul><pre>
                    808: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
                    809: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
                    810: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
                    811: </pre></ul>
                    812: <p>
                    813: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    814: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    815: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    816: Using these files
                    817: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    818: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    819: <p>
                    820: </ul>
                    821:
                    822: <a name="upgrade"></a>
                    823: <hr>
                    824: <p>
                    825: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
                    826: <p>
                    827: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    828: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    829: <a href="faq/upgrade47.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    830:
                    831: <a name="ports"></a>
                    832: <hr>
                    833: <p>
                    834: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
                    835: <p>
                    836: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    837: <p>
                    838: <ul><pre>
                    839: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
                    840: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
                    841: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
                    842: </pre></ul>
                    843: <p>
                    844: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
                    845: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
                    846: if you know nothing about ports
                    847: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    848: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    849: OpenBSD ports system.
                    850: <p>
                    851: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
                    852: <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">
                    853: cvs(1)</a> if
                    854: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    855: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    856: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    857: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    858: like:
                    859: <p>
                    860: <ul><pre>
1.26      deraadt   861: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_7</strong>
1.1       deraadt   862: </pre></ul>
                    863: <p>
                    864: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    865: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    866: server.]
                    867: <p>
                    868: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    869: packages for the 4.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    870: <p>
                    871: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    872: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    873: place to know.
                    874: <p>
                    875:
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