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! 23: src="images/ElPuffiachi.jpg" alt="OpenBSD 4.8 logo"></a>
! 24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.8 Release:</font></h2>
! 25: <p>
! 26: To be released Nov 1, 2010<br>
! 27: Copyright 1997-2010, Theo de Raadt.<br>
! 28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-6-4</font>
! 29: <br>
! 30: <a href="lyrics.html#48">4.8 Song: "El Puffiachi"</a>
! 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>Pre-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/4.8/</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="errata48.html">The 4.8 Errata page</a> for a list
! 50: of bugs and workarounds.
! 51: <li>See a <a href="plus48.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
! 52: 4.7 and 4.8 releases.
! 53: </ul>
! 54: </font></h3>
! 55: <br clear=all>
! 56:
! 57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
! 58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
! 59: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
! 60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
! 61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
! 62: <p>
! 63:
! 64: <a name="new"></a>
! 65: <hr>
! 66: <p>
! 67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
! 68: <p>
! 69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.8.
! 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus48.html">changelog</a> leading
! 71: to 4.8.
! 72: <p>
! 73:
! 74: <ul>
! 75:
! 76: <li>New/extended platforms:
! 77: <ul>
! 78: <li>...
! 79: </ul>
! 80: <p>
! 81:
! 82: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
! 83: <ul>
! 84: <li>...
! 85: </ul>
! 86: <p>
! 87:
! 88: <li>New tools:
! 89: <ul>
! 90: <li>...
! 91: </ul>
! 92: <p>
! 93:
! 94: <li>Filesystem midlayer improvements:
! 95: <ul>
! 96: <li>...
! 97: </ul>
! 98: <p>
! 99:
! 100: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
! 101: <ul>
! 102: <li>...
! 103: </ul>
! 104: <p>
! 105:
! 106: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
! 107: <ul>
! 108: <li>...
! 109: </ul>
! 110: <p>
! 111:
! 112: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
! 113: <ul>
! 114: <li>...
! 115: </ul>
! 116: <p>
! 117:
! 118: <li>Assorted improvements:
! 119: <ul>
! 120: <li>...
! 121: </ul>
! 122: <p>
! 123:
! 124: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
! 125: <ul>
! 126: <li>...
! 127: </ul>
! 128: <p>
! 129:
! 130: <li>OpenSSH 5.5:
! 131: <ul>
! 132: <li>New features:
! 133: <ul>
! 134: <li>...
! 135: </ul>
! 136: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
! 137: <ul>
! 138: <li>...
! 139: </ul>
! 140: </ul>
! 141: <p>
! 142:
! 143: <p>
! 144:
! 145: <li>Over 6,400 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
! 146: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
! 147: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
! 148: <tr>
! 149: <td valign="top" width="25%">
! 150: <ul>
! 151: <li>i386: 6218
! 152: <li>sparc64: 5950
! 153: <li>alpha: 5827
! 154: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 155: <li>sh: XXXX
! 156: <li>amd64: 6166
! 157: <li>powerpc: 5996
! 158: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 159: <li>sparc: 4130
! 160: <li>arm: XXXX
! 161: <li>hppa: 5632
! 162: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
! 163: <li>vax: 1528
! 164: <li>mips64: 3632
! 165: <li>mips64el: 4486
! 166: </ul></td></tr></table>
! 167: Some highlights:
! 168: <ul>
! 169: <li>Gnome 2.28.2.
! 170: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
! 171: <li>Xfce 4.6.1.
! 172: <li>MySQL 5.1.42.
! 173: <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.2.
! 174: <li>Postfix 2.6.5.
! 175: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
! 176: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18 and 3.5.8.
! 177: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23.
! 178: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.1.1.
! 179: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
! 180: <li>Vim 7.2.267.
! 181: <li>PHP 5.2.12.
! 182: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.3.
! 183: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
! 184: </ul>
! 185: <p>
! 186:
! 187: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
! 188: <p>
! 189:
! 190: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
! 191: <ul>
! 192: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 with xserver 1.6.5 + patches,
! 193: freetype 2.3.9,
! 194: fontconfig 2.6.0, Mesa 7.4.2, xterm 250 and more)
! 195: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches) and 3.3.5 (+ patches)
! 196: <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
! 197: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
! 198: and DSO support
! 199: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
! 200: <li>Groff 1.15
! 201: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
! 202: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
! 203: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
! 204: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
! 205: <li>Ncurses 5.7
! 206: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
! 207: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
! 208: <li>Arla 0.35.7
! 209: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
! 210: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
! 211: </ul>
! 212: <p>
! 213:
! 214: </ul>
! 215:
! 216: <a name="install"></a>
! 217: <hr>
! 218: <p>
! 219: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
! 220: <p>
! 221: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
! 222: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
! 223: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
! 224: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
! 225: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
! 226: purchased a CDROM instead.
! 227: <p>
! 228:
! 229: <hr>
! 230: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
! 231: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.8 on your machine:
! 232: <p>
! 233: <ul>
! 234: <li>CD1:4.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 235: <p>
! 236: <li>CD2:4.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
! 237: <li>CD2:4.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
! 238: <p>
! 239: <li>CD3:4.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
! 240: <p>
! 241: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 242: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/armish/INSTALL.armish
! 243: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 244: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
! 245: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
! 246: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
! 247: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
! 248: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
! 249: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
! 250: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
! 251: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 252: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
! 253: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
! 254: </ul>
! 255: <hr>
! 256:
! 257: <p>
! 258: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 259: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 260: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 261: <p>
! 262:
! 263: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
! 264: <ul>
! 265: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
! 266: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
! 267: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
! 268: <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
! 269:
! 270: <p>
! 271: Use <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyB48.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
! 272: support, or <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyC48.fs</i> for better laptop support.
! 273:
! 274: <p>
! 275: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 276: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
! 277: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
! 278:
! 279: <p>
! 280: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 281: read INSTALL.i386.
! 282:
! 283: <p>
! 284: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
! 285: at <i>CD1:4.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
! 286: use the
! 287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
! 288: utility. The following is an example usage of
! 289: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
! 290: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
! 291: "rfd0a".
! 292:
! 293: <ul><pre>
! 294: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
! 295: </pre></ul>
! 296:
! 297: <p>
! 298: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
! 299: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
! 300: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
! 301: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
! 302: </ul>
! 303:
! 304: <p>
! 305: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
! 306: <ul>
! 307: The 4.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
! 308: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
! 309: your BIOS options first.
! 310: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
! 311: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.8/amd64/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy, then
! 312: boot from the floppy drive.
! 313:
! 314: <p>
! 315: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
! 316: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
! 317: INSTALL.amd64 document.
! 318:
! 319: <p>
! 320: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
! 321: read INSTALL.amd64.
! 322: </ul>
! 323:
! 324: <p>
! 325: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
! 326: <ul>
! 327: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
! 328: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
! 329:
! 330: <p>
! 331: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
! 332: /4.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
! 333: </ul>
! 334:
! 335: <p>
! 336: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
! 337: <ul>
! 338: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
! 339:
! 340: <p>
! 341: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
! 342: <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppy48.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppyB48.fs</i>
! 343: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
! 344: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
! 345:
! 346: <p>
! 347: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 348: will most likely fail.
! 349:
! 350: <p>
! 351: You can also write <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/miniroot48.fs</i> to the swap partition on
! 352: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
! 353:
! 354: <p>
! 355: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
! 356: </ul>
! 357:
! 358: <p>
! 359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
! 360: <ul>
! 361: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppy48.fs</i> or
! 362: <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppyB48.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
! 363: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
! 364:
! 365: <p>
! 366: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 367: will most likely fail.
! 368:
! 369: </ul>
! 370:
! 371: <p>
! 372: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
! 373: <ul>
! 374: <p>
! 375: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
! 376: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
! 377: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
! 378: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
! 379: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
! 380: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
! 381: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
! 382: </ul>
! 383:
! 384: <p>
! 385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
! 386: <ul>
! 387: <p>
! 388: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
! 389: </ul>
! 390:
! 391: <p>
! 392: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
! 393: <ul>
! 394: <p>
! 395: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
! 396: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
! 397: </ul>
! 398:
! 399: <p>
! 400: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
! 401: <ul>
! 402: <p>
! 403: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to the start of the CF
! 404: or disk, and boot normally.
! 405: </ul>
! 406:
! 407: <p>
! 408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
! 409: <ul>
! 410: <p>
! 411: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
! 412: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
! 413: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
! 414: </ul>
! 415: <p>
! 416:
! 417: <p>
! 418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
! 419: <ul>
! 420: <p>
! 421: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 422: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 423: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
! 424: for more details.
! 425: </ul>
! 426:
! 427: <p>
! 428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
! 429: <ul>
! 430: <p>
! 431: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
! 432: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
! 433: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
! 434: for more details.
! 435: </ul>
! 436:
! 437: <p>
! 438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
! 439: <ul>
! 440: <p>
! 441: To install on an O2, burn cd48.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
! 442: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
! 443: menu.
! 444:
! 445: <p>
! 446: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
! 447: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
! 448: the kernel matching your system type.
! 449: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
! 450: </ul>
! 451:
! 452: <p>
! 453: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
! 454: <ul>
! 455: <p>
! 456: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
! 457: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
! 458: </ul>
! 459:
! 460: <p>
! 461: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
! 462: <ul>
! 463: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
! 464: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
! 465:
! 466: <ul><pre>
! 467: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 468: or
! 469: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
! 470: </pre></ul>
! 471:
! 472: <p>
! 473: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
! 474: To do so you need to write <i>floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy.
! 475: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
! 476: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
! 477: depending on the version of your ROM.
! 478:
! 479: <ul><pre>
! 480: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
! 481: or
! 482: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
! 483: </pre></ul>
! 484:
! 485: <p>
! 486: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
! 487: will most likely fail.
! 488:
! 489: <p>
! 490: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
! 491: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
! 492: INSTALL.sparc file.
! 493: </ul>
! 494:
! 495: <p>
! 496: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
! 497: <ul>
! 498: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
! 499: </ul>
! 500:
! 501: <p>
! 502: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
! 503: <ul>
! 504: <p>
! 505: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
! 506: openbsd48_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
! 507: for a few important details.
! 508: </ul>
! 509:
! 510: <p>
! 511: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
! 512: <ul>
! 513: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 514: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 515: in a separate archive. To extract:
! 516: <p>
! 517: <ul><pre>
! 518: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
! 519: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 520: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
! 521: </pre></ul>
! 522: <p>
! 523: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 524: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 525: To extract:
! 526: <p>
! 527: <ul><pre>
! 528: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
! 529: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
! 530: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
! 531: </pre></ul>
! 532: <p>
! 533: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 534: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 535: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
! 536: Using these files
! 537: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 538: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 539: <p>
! 540: </ul>
! 541:
! 542: <a name="upgrade"></a>
! 543: <hr>
! 544: <p>
! 545: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
! 546: <p>
! 547: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
! 548: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
! 549: <a href="faq/upgrade48.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
! 550:
! 551: <a name="ports"></a>
! 552: <hr>
! 553: <p>
! 554: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
! 555: <p>
! 556: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 557: <p>
! 558: <ul><pre>
! 559: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
! 560: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
! 561: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
! 562: </pre></ul>
! 563: <p>
! 564: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 565: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
! 566: if you know nothing about ports
! 567: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 568: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 569: OpenBSD ports system.
! 570: <p>
! 571: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
! 572: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
! 573: cvs(1)</a> if
! 574: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
! 575: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
! 576: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
! 577: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 578: like:
! 579: <p>
! 580: <ul><pre>
! 581: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_8</strong>
! 582: </pre></ul>
! 583: <p>
! 584: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 585: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 586: server.]
! 587: <p>
! 588: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
! 589: packages for the 4.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
! 590: <p>
! 591: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 592: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 593: place to know.
! 594: <p>
! 595:
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