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1.1       deraadt    23:
1.84      bentley    24: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.1       deraadt    25: <a href="index.html">
1.84      bentley    26: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     27: 4.7
1.78      tj         28: </h2>
1.1       deraadt    29:
1.84      bentley    30: <table>
                     31: <tr>
                     32: <td>
1.33      deraadt    33: <a href="images/Superfish.jpg">
1.84      bentley    34: <img width="227" height="343" src="images/Superfish.jpg" alt="Superfish"></a>
                     35: <td>
1.1       deraadt    36: Released May 19, 2010<br>
                     37: Copyright 1997-2010, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.84      bentley    38: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 978-0-9784475-5-7</cite>
1.1       deraadt    39: <br>
1.75      deraadt    40: 4.7 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#47">"I'm still here"</a>
1.83      deraadt    41: <br>
                     42: <br>
1.1       deraadt    43: <ul>
                     44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
                     45:     a list of mirror machines.
1.84      bentley    46: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/4.7/</code> directory on
1.1       deraadt    47:     one of the mirror sites.
                     48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata47.html">The 4.7 Errata page</a> for a list
                     49:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     50: <li>See a <a href="plus47.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     51:     4.6 and 4.7 releases.
                     52: </ul>
1.78      tj         53: <p>
                     54: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
                     55: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
                     56: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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1.78      tj         58:
                     59: <hr>
1.1       deraadt    60:
1.84      bentley    61: <section id=new>
                     62: <h3>What's New</h3>
                     63:
1.1       deraadt    64: <p>
                     65: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.7.
                     66: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus47.html">changelog</a> leading
                     67: to 4.7.
                     68: <p>
                     69:
                     70: <ul>
                     71:
                     72: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     73:     <ul>
1.7       kettenis   74:     <li><a href="alpha.html">OpenBSD/alpha</a>
                     75:        <ul>
                     76:        <li>Added support for the DS15/DS25/ES45.
                     77:        </ul>
                     78:     <li><a href="loongson.html">OpenBSD/loongson</a><br>
                     79:        New platform for systems based on the Loongson 2E and 2F
                     80:        MIPS-compatible processors.  Supported machines include:
                     81:        <ul>
                     82:        <li>Lemote Fuloong 2F mini-PC
                     83:        <li>Lemote Lynloong all-in-one-PC
                     84:        <li>Lemote Yeeloong netbook (8.9" and 10.1" models)
                     85:        <li>EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 netbook
                     86:        </ul>
                     87:     <li><a href="sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>
1.85      deraadt    88:        <ul>
1.29      miod       89:        <li>Added support for multi-node SGI Origin systems, in M mode.
                     90:        <li>Added support for the SGI Origin 350, Onyx 350, Onyx 4 and Tezro
                     91:            systems.
                     92:        <li>Added SMP support on the SGI Octane.
                     93:        <li>Support for many more onboard devices on Octane and Origin
                     94:            systems. (see below)
1.7       kettenis   95:        </ul>
                     96:     <li><a href="socppc.html">OpenBSD/socppc</a>
                     97:        <ul>
                     98:        <li>Added support for the RouterBOARD RB600A.
                     99:        </ul>
1.30      kettenis  100:     <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>
                    101:        <ul>
                    102:        <li>Preliminary support for running OpenBSD in a guest domain
                    103:            on top of an OpenBSD control domain on sun4v machines.
                    104:        </ul>
1.1       deraadt   105:     </ul>
                    106: <p>
                    107:
                    108: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                    109:     <ul>
1.12      matthieu  110:     <li>Revamped SCSI midlayer and improved driver support.
1.32      miod      111:     <li>UDF 2.5 and 2.6 (HDDVD and Blu-ray) disks support.
1.84      bentley   112:     <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpath.4">mpath(4)</a>,
1.13      matthieu  113:       a driver that steals paths to scsi devices if they could be
                    114:       available via multiple paths and then made available
1.84      bentley   115:     via <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpath.4">mpath(4)</a>.
                    116:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aibs.4">aibs(4)</a>
1.32      miod      117:       driver for ASUSTeK AI Booster hardware monitoring.
1.84      bentley   118:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uthum.4">uthum(4)</a>
1.32      miod      119:       driver for the TEMPerHUM USB temperature and humidity sensors.
1.84      bentley   120:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/utrh.4">utrh(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       121:       driver for USBRH temperature and humidity sensors.
1.84      bentley   122:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uyurex.4">uyurex(4)</a>
1.32      miod      123:       driver for the Maywa-denki & KAYAC YUREX twitch/jiggle of knee sensor.
1.84      bentley   124:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/urndis.4">urndis(4)</a>
1.32      miod      125:       driver for remote NDIS Ethernet over USB devices (phones).
1.84      bentley   126:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wsudl.4">xf86-video-wsudl(4)</a>
1.32      miod      127:        Xorg driver for USB DisplayLink devices supported by
1.84      bentley   128:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/udl.4">udl(4)</a>.
                    129:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mpii.4">mpii(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       130:       driver for LSI Logic Fusion MPT Message Passing Interface II based SAS 2 controllers.
1.84      bentley   131:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4">athn(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       132:       driver for Atheros IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless network devices.
1.84      bentley   133:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/alc.4">alc(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       134:       driver for Atheros AR8131/AR8132 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
1.84      bentley   135:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lisa.4">lisa(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       136:       driver for STMicroelectronics LIS331DL MEMS motion sensors.
1.84      bentley   137:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcu.4">gcu(4)</a>
1.20      jsg       138:       driver for Intel EP80579 Global Configuration Unit.
1.84      bentley   139:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/lom.4">lom(4)</a>
1.30      kettenis  140:       driver for LOMLite and LOMLite2 as found on many of Sun's UltraSPARC-IIi
                    141:       servers.
1.84      bentley   142:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/vsw.4">vsw(4)</a>
1.30      kettenis  143:       driver for virtual switches on sun4v machines.
1.84      bentley   144:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/vds.4">vds(4)</a>
1.30      kettenis  145:       driver for virtual disk servers on sun4v machines.
1.20      jsg       146:     <li>Support for EP80579 integrated Ethernet and ICH9 M V has been added to
1.84      bentley   147:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/em.4">em(4)</a>.
1.20      jsg       148:     <li>Support for 82599 and SFP+ 82598 devices has been added to
1.84      bentley   149:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ix.4">ix(4)</a>.
1.30      kettenis  150:     <li>Support for the Sun GigabitEthernet SBus Adapter 1.0/1.1 has been added
1.84      bentley   151:         to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ti.4">ti(4)</a>.
1.30      kettenis  152:     <li>Support for SBus variants of the QLogic Fibre Channel host adapters has
1.84      bentley   153:         been added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isp.4">isp(4)</a>.
1.32      miod      154:     <li>Support for SBus variants of the Sun Gigabit Ethernet has
1.84      bentley   155:         been added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gem.4">gem(4)</a>.
1.55      damien    156:     <li>Support for Intel WiFi Link 1000 and Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200/Ultimate-N 6300
1.84      bentley   157:         has been added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4">iwn(4)</a>.
1.36      damien    158:     <li>Support for Ralink RT3572 based 802.11n devices
1.84      bentley   159:         has been added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/run.4">run(4)</a>.
1.57      ratchov   160:     <li>VIA Tremor 5.1, M-Audio Revolution 5.1 cards
1.84      bentley   161:         has been added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/envy.4">envy(4)</a>.
                    162:     <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uhts.4">uhts(4)</a>
1.46      deraadt   163:        driver for USB HID touchscreens.
1.13      matthieu  164:     <li>Improved touchscreen support in
1.84      bentley   165:         the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ws.4">xf86-input-ws(4)</a>
1.13      matthieu  166:         Xorg driver and improved calibration using the new device
                    167:         properties from Xinput.
1.32      miod      168:     <li>Support for ON CAT6095 and ON CAT34TS02 temperature sensors added to
1.84      bentley   169:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sdtemp.4">sdtemp(4)</a>.
1.43      jsg       170:     <li>Several improvements and bug fixes to existing Ethernet
1.13      matthieu  171:       drivers, including
1.84      bentley   172:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/em.4">em(4)</a>,
                    173:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/re.4">re(4)</a>,
                    174:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ti.4">ti(4)</a>
                    175:       and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vge.4">vge(4)</a>.
1.29      miod      176:     <li>Support for the <i>PIC</i> PCI-X controller added to the SGI
1.84      bentley   177:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/xbridge.4">xbridge(4)</a> driver.
1.29      miod      178:     <li>Support for the onboard Fast Ethernet interface found on SGI Octane and
                    179:        many SGI Origin family systems,
1.84      bentley   180:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/iec.4">iec(4)</a>.
1.29      miod      181:     <li>Support for more SGI input and video devices on Octane and Origin systems, with
1.84      bentley   182:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/iockbc.4">iockbc(4)</a>,
                    183:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/impact.4">impact(4)</a>,
                    184:       and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/odyssey.4">odyssey(4)</a>.
1.35      otto      185:     <li>Improved PCI resource allocation; more hardware left unconfigured by
                    186:       the machine's firmware (including hotplugged hardware) should work now.
1.47      jakemsr   187:     <li>Support for recording/full-duplex added to
1.84      bentley   188:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sgi/mavb.4">mavb(4)</a>.
1.47      jakemsr   189:     <li>Improved support for USB audio devices in
1.84      bentley   190:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uaudio.4">uaudio(4)</a>.
1.54      krw       191:     <li>Improved support for
1.84      bentley   192:       <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bwi.4">bwi(4)</a> devices on strict-alignment architectures like armish.
1.61      deraadt   193:       <li>Eliminate usage of SCSI tagged queueing mechanisms other than simple queuing, thus avoiding incorrect implementations on various disk devices.
1.84      bentley   194:       <li>Eliminate spurious <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhclient.8">dhclient(8)</a> error messages when the specified interface does not exist.
                    195:       <li>Eliminate spurious <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/softraid.4">softraid(4)</a> error messages for removable devices without media.
1.1       deraadt   196:     </ul>
                    197: <p>
                    198:
                    199: <li>New tools:
                    200:     <ul>
1.84      bentley   201:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/newfs_ext2fs.8">newfs_ext2fs(8)</a> for creating ext2 filesystems.
                    202:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mkuboot.8">mkuboot(8)</a> for creating U-Boot boot loader images.
                    203:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/midicat.1">midicat(1)</a> MIDI server allowing MIDI programs to communicate
                    204:     <li>POSIX-compliant <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/fuser.1">fuser(1)</a> to identify process IDs holding a file open
1.1       deraadt   205:     </ul>
                    206: <p>
                    207:
1.43      jsg       208: <li>Filesystem midlayer improvements:
1.2       beck      209:     <ul>
1.84      bentley   210:     <li> Dynamic Buffer Cache now supported to a max size set with sysctl <code>kern.bufcachepercent</code>
1.2       beck      211:     <li> Dynamic VFS name cache rewrite, now uses Red/Black trees instead of linked lists.
1.32      miod      212:     <li> Numerous NFS client stability fixes.
1.54      krw       213:     <li> Fix FAT32 mounting.
                    214:     <li> Fix cd9660 directory handling to eliminate looping and random
                    215:         truncation of directory entries.
                    216:     <li> Fix various internal locking problems with cd9660, udf, msdosfs and ffs file systems.
1.2       beck      217:     </ul>
                    218: <p>
                    219:
1.84      bentley   220: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
1.1       deraadt   221:     <ul>
1.34      claudio   222:     <li>nat-to, rdr-to, binat-to options replace the nat, rdr and binat
                    223:     translation rules. See
1.80      tb        224:     <a href="faq/upgrade47.html#newPFnat">
1.63      nick      225:     pf(4) address translation changes</a> for more info.
1.34      claudio   226:     <li>The route-to, reply-to, dup-to and fastroute options in pf.conf move to
1.80      tb        227:     filteropts. See <a href="faq/upgrade47.html#newPFrouteto">
1.63      nick      228:     pf(4) route-to/reply-to syntax change</a> for more info.
1.34      claudio   229:     <li>pf(4) can now <i>translate</i> packets between different routing
                    230:     domains.
1.84      bentley   231:     <li>Added -S and -L options to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pfctl.8">pfctl(8)</a> to store and load pf state table from a file.
1.42      claudio   232:     <li>Added support for IPV4 and IPv6 divert sockets.
1.1       deraadt   233:     </ul>
                    234: <p>
                    235:
                    236: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
                    237:     <ul>
1.84      bentley   238:     <li>Update capability code in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a> to follow RFC 5492.
1.34      claudio   239:     <li>BGP MPLS VPN (RFC 4364) support added to the bgpd RIB.
1.84      bentley   240:     <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>, implement the RFC4486 BGP Cease Notification Message subcodes.
1.34      claudio   241:     <li>It is now possible to enable/disable specific BGP capabilities.
1.84      bentley   242:     <li>Update <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpctl.8">bgpctl(8)</a> irrfilter to support IPv6 and 4-byte AS numbers.
1.41      claudio   243:     <li>Minimal router-dead-time of 1 second and sub-second hello intervals
1.84      bentley   244:     added to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a>.
1.49      stsp      245:     Additionally it is now possible to specify sub-second SPF timers for faster
1.41      claudio   246:     route fail-over.
1.86    ! deraadt   247:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospf6d.8">ospf6d(8)</a> is now installed by default.
        !           248:     The RIB can be synced with the kernel routing table now.
1.39      stsp      249:     Support for AS-ext LSA has been added.
                    250:     This is still work-in-progress but testing is highly appreciated.
1.84      bentley   251:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldpd.8">ldpd</a> &ndash; the MPLS label distribution protocol daemon &ndash; is now installed by default. A custom kernel with option MPLS is needed to use it.
1.1       deraadt   252:     </ul>
                    253: <p>
                    254:
1.43      jsg       255: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
1.1       deraadt   256:     <ul>
1.34      claudio   257:     <li>brconfig is now integrated into
1.84      bentley   258:     <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>
                    259:     <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vether.4">vether(4)</a>, a virtual Ethernet device.
1.49      stsp      260:     <li>Two bugs in IPsec/HMAC-SHA2 were fixed, resulting in an incompatibility
1.34      claudio   261:     with the HMAC-SHA-256/384/512 hash algorithms with previous versions of
                    262:     OpenBSD and other IPsec implementations sharing the bugs.
1.84      bentley   263:     <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">dhcpd(8)</a>, echo back the Relay Agent Information option if present, and add support for the ipsec-tunnel hardware type.
                    264:     <li>Make <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcrelay.8">dhcrelay(8)</a> pick up the routing domain from the specified interface and use that rdomain for relaying the packets to the server.
                    265:     <li>Added support in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcrelay.8">dhcrelay(8)</a> for RFC3046 "DHCP-over-ipsec".
                    266:     <li>Make the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tcpdump.8">tcpdump(8)</a> BGP OPEN capability parser RFC 5492 compliant.
                    267:     <li>Added an exec command to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/route.8">route(8)</a> to run a process and its children in a specified routing domain.
                    268:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a> now deals with more than 64 alias addresses.
1.61      deraadt   269:     <li>Various fixes to mbuf defragmenting and mbuf chain copying improve reliability.
1.1       deraadt   270:     </ul>
                    271: <p>
                    272:
1.9       otto      273: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    274:     <ul>
1.84      bentley   275:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a>
                    276:      now has an <code>S</code> flag to turn on the options that help debugging
1.9       otto      277:      and improve security.
1.84      bentley   278:     <li>Updated <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/terminfo.3">terminfo(3)</a>
                    279:      database and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ncurses.3">ncurses(3)</a>
1.9       otto      280:      library.
1.84      bentley   281:     <li>Added support for lazy binding in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ld.so.1">ld.so(1)</a>
1.16      matthieu  282:       on hppa.
1.84      bentley   283:     <li>Added POSIX silent check option (<code>-C</code>) to
                    284: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sort.1">sort(1)</a>.
1.61      deraadt   285:     <li>Added POSIX extended regular expression support to
1.84      bentley   286: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sed.1">sed(1)</a> (<code>-E</code> option).
                    287:     <li>Added GNU-compatible macro prefix option (<code>-P</code>) to
                    288: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/m4.1">m4(1)</a>.
                    289:     <li>Make it possible to specify a port in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/resolv.conf.5">resolv.conf(5)</a>.
                    290:     <li>Improved FILE locking support in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/stdio.3">stdio(3)</a>.
                    291:     <li>Added SO_SNDTIMEO and SO_RCVTIMEO support in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pthreads.3">pthreads(3)</a>.
                    292:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cdio.1">cdio(1)</a> no longer prints bogus information if no TOC is found on the disk.
                    293:     <li>New -v flag causes <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cdio.1">cdio(1)</a> to print profile and feature information.
                    294:     <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/whois.1">whois(1)</a> no longer attempts to keep the memory of 6Bone alive.
                    295:     <li>Added per-application MIDI-controlled volume knob to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aucat.1">aucat(1)</a>
                    296:     <li>Added MMC and MTC support to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aucat.1">aucat(1)</a> making possible MIDI-to-audio synchronization
                    297:     <li>Added <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mio_open.3">mio_open(3)</a> interface to access hardware and software MIDI ports
1.54      krw       298:     <li>Many memory leaks found by parfait and eliminated.
                    299:     <li>Make handling of floppy disk disklabels more reliable by properly
                    300:        initializing starting label.
1.61      deraadt   301:     </ul>
1.9       otto      302: <p>
                    303:
1.1       deraadt   304: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
                    305:     <ul>
1.61      deraadt   306:     <li>Take more care to ensure all filesystems are umount'ed when
1.53      krw       307:        restarting an install or upgrade.
1.61      deraadt   308:     <li>If no possible root disk is found, keep checking until one
1.53      krw       309:        appears.
1.61      deraadt   310:     <li>The default ftp directory for -stable is now the release directory
1.53      krw       311:        instead of the snapshot directory.
1.61      deraadt   312:     <li>Selection of TZ during installs is no longer confused by
1.53      krw       313:        trailing slashes.
1.61      deraadt   314:     <li>If /etc/X11 is found during upgrades, add the X sets to the
1.53      krw       315:        list of default sets to install.
1.1       deraadt   316:     </ul>
                    317: <p>
                    318:
1.44      djm       319: <li>OpenSSH 5.5:
1.1       deraadt   320:     <ul>
1.21      sobrado   321:     <li>New features:
                    322:         <ul>
                    323:         <li>SSH protocol 1 is disabled by default.
                    324:         <li>Remove the libsectok/OpenSC-based smartcard code and add support
                    325:             for PKCS#11 tokens.
                    326:         <li>Add support for certificate authentication of users and hosts using
                    327:             a new, minimal OpenSSH certificate format (not X.509).
                    328:         <li>Added a 'netcat mode' to
1.84      bentley   329:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>.
1.21      sobrado   330:         <li>Add the ability to revoke keys in
1.84      bentley   331:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   332:             and
1.84      bentley   333:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>.
1.21      sobrado   334:         <li>Rewrite the
1.84      bentley   335:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   336:             multiplexing support to support non-blocking operation of the mux
                    337:             master.
                    338:         <li>Add a 'read-only' mode to
1.84      bentley   339:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   340:             that disables open in write mode and all other fs-modifying
                    341:             protocol methods. (bz#430)
                    342:         <li>Allow setting an explicit umask on the
1.84      bentley   343:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   344:             commandline to override whatever default the user has. (bz#1229)
                    345:         <li>Many improvements to the
1.84      bentley   346:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1">sftp(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   347:             client.
1.23      sobrado   348:         <li>New RSA keys will be generated with a public exponent of 65537
                    349:             instead of the previous value 35.
1.21      sobrado   350:         <li>Passphrase-protected SSH protocol 2 private keys are now protected
                    351:             with AES-128 instead of 3DES.
                    352:         </ul>
                    353:     <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
                    354:         <ul>
                    355:         <li>Fixed a minor information leak of environment variables specified
                    356:             in authorized_keys if an attacker happens to know the public key
                    357:             in use.
                    358:         <li>When using <em>ChrootDirectory</em>, make sure we test for the
                    359:             existence of the user's shell inside the chroot and not outside.
                    360:             (bz#1679)
                    361:         <li>Cache user and group name lookups in sftp-server using
1.84      bentley   362:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pwcache.3">user_from_[ug]id(3)</a>
1.21      sobrado   363:             to improve performance on hosts where these operations are slow.
                    364:             (bz#1495)
                    365:         <li>Fix problem that prevented passphrase reading from being
                    366:             interrupted in some circumstances. (bz#1590)
                    367:         <li>Ignore and log any Protocol 1 keys where the claimed size is not
                    368:             equal to the actual size.
                    369:         <li>Make <em>HostBased</em> authentication work with a
                    370:             <em>ProxyCommand</em>. (bz#1569)
                    371:         <li>Avoid run-time failures when specifying hostkeys via a relative
                    372:             path by prepending the current working directory in these cases.
                    373:             (bz#1290)
                    374:         <li>Do not prompt for a passphrase if we fail to open a keyfile, and
                    375:             log the reason why the open failed to debug. (bz#1693)
                    376:         <li>Document that the <em>PubkeyAuthentication</em> directive is
                    377:             allowed in a
1.84      bentley   378:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.21      sobrado   379:             <em>Match</em> block. (bz#1577)
                    380:         <li>When converting keys, truncate key comments at 72 chars as per
                    381:             RFC4716. (bz#1630)
                    382:         <li>Do not allow logins if <em>/etc/nologin</em> exists but is not
                    383:             readable by the user logging in.
                    384:         <li>Output a debug log if
1.84      bentley   385:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   386:             can't open an existing <em>authorized_keys</em>. (bz#1694)
                    387:         <li>Quell
1.84      bentley   388:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tcsetattr.3">tc[gs]etattr(3)</a>
1.21      sobrado   389:             warnings when forcing a tty (ssh -tt), since we usually don't
                    390:             actually have a tty to read/set. (bz#1686)
                    391:         <li>Prevent
1.84      bentley   392:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1">sftp(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   393:             from crashing when given a "-" without a command; also, allow
                    394:             whitespace to follow a "-". (bz#1691)
                    395:         <li>After
1.84      bentley   396:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   397:             receives a SIGHUP, ignore subsequent HUPs while
1.84      bentley   398:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   399:             re-execs itself; prevents two HUPs in quick succession from
                    400:             resulting in
1.84      bentley   401:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>
1.21      sobrado   402:             dying. (bz#1692)
                    403:         <li>Clarify in
1.84      bentley   404:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config.5">sshd_config(5)</a>
1.21      sobrado   405:             that <em>StrictModes</em> does not apply to
                    406:             <em>ChrootDirectory</em>; permissions and ownership are always
                    407:             checked when chrooting. (bz#1532)
                    408:         <li>Set close-on-exec on various descriptors so they don't get leaked
                    409:             to child processes. (bz#1643)
                    410:         <li>Fix very rare race condition in x11/agent channel allocation
                    411:         <li>Fix incorrect exit status when multiplexing and channel ID 0 is
                    412:             recycled. (bz#1570)
                    413:         <li>Fail with an error when an attempt is made to connect to a server
                    414:             with <em>ForceCommand=internal-sftp</em> with a shell session.
                    415:             (bz#1606)
                    416:         <li>Warn but do not fail if
1.84      bentley   417:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/stat.2">stat(2)</a>ing
1.21      sobrado   418:             the subsystem binary fails. (bz#1599)
                    419:         <li>Change "Connecting to host..." message to "Connected to host."
                    420:             and delay it until after the sftp protocol connection has been
                    421:             established. (bz#1588)
                    422:         <li>Use the <em>HostKeyAlias</em> rather than the hostname specified
                    423:             on the commandline when prompting for passwords. (bz#1039)
1.25      sobrado   424:         <li>Correct off-by-one in percent_expand(). (bz#1607)
1.21      sobrado   425:         <li>Fix passing of empty options from
1.84      bentley   426:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/scp.1">scp(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   427:             and
1.84      bentley   428:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1">sftp(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   429:             to the underlying
1.84      bentley   430:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1">ssh(1)</a>;
1.21      sobrado   431:             also add support for the stop option "--".
                    432:         <li>Fix an incorrect magic number and typo in PROTOCOL. (bz#1688)
                    433:         <li>Don't escape backslashes when displaying the SSH2 banner. (bz#1533)
                    434:         <li>Don't unnecessarily dup() the in and out fds for
1.84      bentley   435:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sftp-server.8">sftp-server(8)</a>.
1.21      sobrado   436:             (bz#1566)
                    437:         <li>Force use of the correct hash function for random-art signature
                    438:             display. (bz#1611)
                    439:         <li>Do not fall back to adding keys without constraints when the agent
                    440:             refuses the constrained add request. (bz#1612)
                    441:         <li>Fix a race condition in
1.84      bentley   442:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent.1">ssh-agent(1)</a>
1.21      sobrado   443:             that could result in a wedged or spinning agent. (bz#1633)
1.49      stsp      444:         <li>Flush stdio before exec() to ensure that everything has made it out
1.21      sobrado   445:             before the streams go away. (bz#1596)
                    446:         <li>Set <em>FD_CLOEXEC</em> on in/out sockets in
1.84      bentley   447:             <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8">sshd(8)</a>.
1.21      sobrado   448:             (bz#1706)
                    449:         </ul>
1.1       deraadt   450:     </ul>
                    451: <p>
                    452:
1.15      espie     453: <li>Over 5,800 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
1.1       deraadt   454: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.84      bentley   455:     <ul style="column-count: 4">
1.5       deraadt   456:     <li>i386:       5951
                    457:     <li>sparc64:    5745
1.60      deraadt   458:     <li>alpha:      5641
1.62      deraadt   459:     <li>sh:          768
1.58      deraadt   460:     <li>amd64:      5879
                    461:     <li>powerpc:    5785
                    462:     <li>sparc:      4053
1.62      deraadt   463:     <li>arm:        3711
1.58      deraadt   464:     <li>hppa:       5500
1.5       deraadt   465:     <li>vax:        1785
1.58      deraadt   466:     <li>mips64:     3690
                    467:     <li>mips64el:   4316
1.84      bentley   468:     </ul>
1.1       deraadt   469: Some highlights:
                    470:     <ul>
1.18      jasper    471:     <li>Gnome 2.28.2.
1.1       deraadt   472:     <li>KDE 3.5.10.
1.18      jasper    473:     <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
1.11      otto      474:     <li>MySQL 5.1.42.
1.18      jasper    475:     <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.2.
                    476:     <li>Postfix 2.6.5.
1.1       deraadt   477:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
1.22      jsg       478:     <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18 and 3.5.8.
1.11      otto      479:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.
1.18      jasper    480:     <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.1.
1.1       deraadt   481:     <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
1.18      jasper    482:     <li>Vim 7.2.267.
1.40      giovanni  483:     <li>PHP 5.2.12.
                    484:     <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.3.
1.1       deraadt   485:     <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
                    486:     </ul>
                    487: <p>
                    488:
                    489: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    490: <p>
                    491:
                    492: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    493:     <ul>
1.32      miod      494:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 with xserver 1.6.5 + patches,
1.8       matthieu  495:        freetype 2.3.9,
                    496:         fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 250 and more)
1.1       deraadt   497:     <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
1.10      otto      498:     <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
1.1       deraadt   499:     <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
                    500:         and DSO support
                    501:     <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
                    502:     <li>Groff 1.15
                    503:     <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
                    504:     <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
                    505:     <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
                    506:     <li>Sudo 1.7.2
1.10      otto      507:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
1.1       deraadt   508:     <li>Latest KAME IPv6
                    509:     <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
                    510:     <li>Arla 0.35.7
                    511:     <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
                    512:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    513:     </ul>
                    514: </ul>
1.84      bentley   515: </section>
1.1       deraadt   516:
                    517: <hr>
1.84      bentley   518:
                    519: <section id=install>
                    520: <h3>How to install</h3>
                    521:
1.1       deraadt   522: <p>
                    523: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
                    524: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
                    525: form of install.  The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
                    526: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
                    527: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
                    528: purchased a CDROM instead.
                    529: <p>
                    530:
                    531: <hr>
                    532: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
                    533: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.7 on your machine:
                    534: <p>
                    535: <ul>
                    536: <li>CD1:4.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
                    537: <p>
                    538: <li>CD2:4.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
                    539: <li>CD2:4.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
                    540: <p>
                    541: <li>CD3:4.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
                    542: <p>
                    543: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
                    544: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/armish/INSTALL.armish
                    545: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
                    546: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
                    547: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
1.19      otto      548: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
1.1       deraadt   549: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
                    550: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
                    551: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
                    552: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
                    553: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
                    554: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/vax/INSTALL.vax
                    555: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
                    556: </ul>
                    557: <hr>
                    558:
1.84      bentley   559: <section id=quickinstall>
                    560:
1.1       deraadt   561: <p>
                    562: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
                    563: use of the "disklabel -E" command.  If you are at all confused when
                    564: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.84      bentley   565:
                    566: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
                    567:
1.1       deraadt   568: <p>
                    569: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
                    570: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
                    571: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
                    572: <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
                    573:
                    574: <p>
                    575: Use <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppyB47.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
                    576: support, or <i>CD1:4.7/i386/floppyC47.fs</i> for better laptop support.
                    577:
                    578: <p>
                    579: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    580: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    581: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    582:
                    583: <p>
                    584: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    585: read INSTALL.i386.
                    586:
                    587: <p>
                    588: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the &quot;rawrite&quot; utility located
                    589: at <i>CD1:4.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
                    590: use the
1.84      bentley   591: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>
1.1       deraadt   592: utility. The following is an example usage of
1.84      bentley   593: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,
1.1       deraadt   594: where the device could be &quot;floppy&quot;, &quot;rfd0c&quot;, or
                    595: &quot;rfd0a&quot;.
                    596:
1.84      bentley   597: <blockquote><pre>
1.1       deraadt   598: # <strong>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=/dev/&lt;device&gt; bs=32k</strong>
1.84      bentley   599: </pre></blockquote>
1.1       deraadt   600:
                    601: <p>
                    602: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
                    603: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
                    604: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.79      tj        605: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.84      bentley   606:
                    607: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   608:
                    609: <p>
                    610: The 4.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
                    611: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
                    612: your BIOS options first.
                    613: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
                    614: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.7/amd64/floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy, then
                    615: boot from the floppy drive.
                    616:
                    617: <p>
                    618: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
                    619: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    620: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    621:
                    622: <p>
                    623: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    624: read INSTALL.amd64.
1.84      bentley   625:
                    626: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   627:
                    628: <p>
                    629: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
                    630: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    631:
                    632: <p>
                    633: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    634: /4.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
1.84      bentley   635:
                    636: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   637:
                    638: <p>
                    639: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    640:
                    641: <p>
                    642: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    643: <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/floppy47.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/floppyB47.fs</i>
                    644: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    645: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    646:
                    647: <p>
                    648: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    649: will most likely fail.
                    650:
                    651: <p>
                    652: You can also write <i>CD3:4.7/sparc64/miniroot47.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    653: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    654:
                    655: <p>
                    656: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.84      bentley   657:
                    658: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   659:
                    660: <p>
1.84      bentley   661: Write <i>FTP:4.7/alpha/floppy47.fs</i> or
1.1       deraadt   662: <i>FTP:4.7/alpha/floppyB47.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
                    663: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    664:
                    665: <p>
                    666: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    667: will most likely fail.
                    668:
1.84      bentley   669: <h3>OpenBSD/armish:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   670:
                    671: <p>
                    672: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
                    673: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
                    674: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
                    675: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
                    676: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
                    677: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
                    678: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
                    679:
1.84      bentley   680: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
                    681:
1.1       deraadt   682: <p>
                    683: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
                    684:
1.84      bentley   685: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
                    686:
1.1       deraadt   687: <p>
                    688: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    689: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.84      bentley   690:
                    691: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   692:
                    693: <p>
                    694: Write <i>miniroot47.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    695: or disk, and boot normally.
                    696:
1.84      bentley   697: <h3>OpenBSD/loongson:</h3>
                    698:
1.19      otto      699: <p>
                    700: Write <i>miniroot47.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    701: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    702: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    703:
1.84      bentley   704: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>
                    705:
1.1       deraadt   706: <p>
                    707: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    708: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    709: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
                    710: for more details.
                    711:
1.84      bentley   712: <h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>
                    713:
1.1       deraadt   714: <p>
                    715: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
                    716: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
                    717: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
                    718: for more details.
1.84      bentley   719:
                    720: <h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   721:
                    722: <p>
1.29      miod      723: To install on an O2, burn cd47.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    724: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    725: menu.
                    726:
                    727: <p>
                    728: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
                    729: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
                    730: the kernel matching your system type.
                    731: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    732:
1.84      bentley   733: <h3>OpenBSD/socppc:</h3>
                    734:
1.29      miod      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.
1.84      bentley   738:
                    739: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.29      miod      740:
                    741: <p>
1.1       deraadt   742: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
                    743: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
                    744:
1.84      bentley   745: <blockquote><pre>
                    746: ok <kbd>boot cdrom 4.7/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
1.1       deraadt   747: or
1.84      bentley   748: > <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)4.7/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>
                    749: </pre></blockquote>
1.1       deraadt   750:
                    751: <p>
                    752: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
                    753: To do so you need to write <i>floppy47.fs</i> to a floppy.
1.79      tj        754: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.
1.1       deraadt   755: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
                    756: depending on the version of your ROM.
                    757:
1.84      bentley   758: <blockquote><pre>
                    759: ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>
1.1       deraadt   760: or
1.84      bentley   761: > <kbd>b fd()</kbd>
                    762: </pre></blockquote>
1.1       deraadt   763:
                    764: <p>
                    765: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    766: will most likely fail.
                    767:
                    768: <p>
                    769: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
                    770: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
                    771: INSTALL.sparc file.
1.84      bentley   772:
                    773: <h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   774:
                    775: <p>
                    776: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
                    777:
1.84      bentley   778: <h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>
                    779:
1.1       deraadt   780: <p>
                    781: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
                    782: openbsd47_arm.ipk package.  Reboot, then run it.  Read INSTALL.zaurus
                    783: for a few important details.
1.84      bentley   784:
                    785: </section>
                    786:
                    787: <section id=sourcecode>
                    788: <h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>
1.1       deraadt   789:
                    790: <p>
                    791: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src.  This file
                    792: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
                    793: in a separate archive.  To extract:
1.84      bentley   794:
                    795: <blockquote><pre>
                    796: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
                    797: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
                    798: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
                    799: </pre></blockquote>
                    800:
1.1       deraadt   801: <p>
                    802: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
                    803: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    804: To extract:
1.84      bentley   805:
                    806: <blockquote><pre>
                    807: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
                    808: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
1.1       deraadt   809: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
1.84      bentley   810: </pre></blockquote>
                    811:
1.1       deraadt   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:
1.84      bentley   820: </section>
                    821: </section>
                    822:
1.1       deraadt   823: <hr>
1.84      bentley   824:
                    825: <section id=upgrade>
                    826: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
1.1       deraadt   827: <p>
                    828: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    829: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    830: <a href="faq/upgrade47.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.84      bentley   831: </section>
1.1       deraadt   832:
                    833: <hr>
1.84      bentley   834:
                    835: <section id=ports>
                    836: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1       deraadt   837: <p>
                    838: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    839: <p>
1.84      bentley   840: <blockquote><pre>
                    841: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
                    842: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
                    843: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
                    844: </pre></blockquote>
1.1       deraadt   845: <p>
                    846: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree.  Go
1.64      steven    847: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
1.1       deraadt   848: if you know nothing about ports
                    849: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    850: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    851: OpenBSD ports system.
                    852: <p>
                    853: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
1.84      bentley   854: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">
1.1       deraadt   855: cvs(1)</a> if
                    856: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports.  As with our complete
                    857: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs.  So, in
                    858: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
                    859: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
                    860: like:
                    861: <p>
1.84      bentley   862: <blockquote><pre>
1.26      deraadt   863: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_7</strong>
1.84      bentley   864: </pre></blockquote>
1.1       deraadt   865: <p>
                    866: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
                    867: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
                    868: server.]
                    869: <p>
                    870: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
                    871: packages for the 4.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    872: <p>
                    873: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    874: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
                    875: place to know.
1.84      bentley   876: </section>