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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>
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30: <a href="lyrics.html#48">4.8 Song: "El Puffiachi"</a>
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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>
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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.
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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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63:
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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 4.8.
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>
1.6 jsg 84: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=acpisony&sektion=4&format=html">acpisony(4)</a>
85: driver for Sony ACPI control.
86: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=itherm&sektion=4&format=html">itherm(4)</a>
87: driver for Intel 3400 temperature sensor.
88: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=se&sektion=4&format=html">se(4)</a>
89: driver for SiS 190 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
90: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uguru&sektion=4&format=html">uguru(4)</a>
91: driver for ABIT temperature, voltage and fan sensors.
92: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owctr&sektion=4&format=html">owctr(4)</a>
93: driver for 1-Wire counter devices.
1.14 jasper 94: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pgs&arch=macppc&secktion=4">pgs(4)</a>
95: driver for Programmers Switch found on some macppc machines.
1.7 jsg 96: <li>Support for 82576 fiber and 82577/82578 (PCH) based devices
97: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
98: <li>Support for 24-bit encodings and USB 2.0 playback
99: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4">uaudio(4)</a>.
100: <li>Support for Winbond/Nuvoton W83627DHG-P
101: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wbsio&sektion=4">wbsio(4)</a>.
102: <li>Support for RTL8168E
103: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>.
104: <li>Support for 800x480
105: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a>.
106: <li>Support for M-audio Audiophile 192k
107: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=envy&sektion=4">envy(4)</a>.
108: <li>Support for Intel Core i3/i5 internal graphics (Ironlake)
109: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm&sektion=4">inteldrm(4)</a>
110: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
1.14 jasper 111: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ss&sektion=4&format=html">ss(4)</a> and
112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uscanner&sektion=4&format=html">uscanner(4)</a>
113: drivers have been removed.
1.1 deraadt 114: </ul>
115: <p>
116:
117: <li>New tools:
118: <ul>
1.11 jsg 119: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iked&sektion=8">iked(8)</a>,
120: an Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) daemon.
121: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldapd&sektion=8">ldapd(8)</a>,
122: a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon.
1.1 deraadt 123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>Filesystem midlayer improvements:
127: <ul>
128: <li>...
129: </ul>
130: <p>
131:
132: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
133: <ul>
134: <li>...
135: </ul>
136: <p>
137:
138: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
139: <ul>
140: <li>...
141: </ul>
142: <p>
143:
144: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
145: <ul>
1.17 schwarze 146: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sekti
147: on=8">ifconfig(8)</a> and
148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=traceroute&sektion=8">traceroute(8)</a>
149: now supports Multiprotocol Label Switching.
1.8 stsp 150: <li>Support for RFC 4941 privacy extensions for stateless address
151: autoconfiguration has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inet6&sektion=4">inet6(4)</a> and can be enabled via
152: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
1.16 schwarze 153: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>
154: now supports random selection of MAC addresses.
155: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>
1.17 schwarze 156: now decodes Multicast Listener Discovery version 2 and
157: Internet Key Exchange version 2 traffic.
1.11 jsg 158: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=enc&sektion=4">enc(4)</a> and
159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&sektion=4">ipsec(4)</a> are now
160: aware of routing domains.
1.1 deraadt 161: <li>...
162: </ul>
163: <p>
164:
165: <li>Assorted improvements:
166: <ul>
1.17 schwarze 167: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mbtowc&sektion=3">mbtowc(3)</a> multi-byte/wide-character conversion functions
168: have been added to the C library, and
169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setlocale&sektion=3">setlocale(3)</a>
170: now supports the en_US.UTF-8 locale.
171: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=posix_madvise&sektion=2">posix_madvise(2)</a>,
172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=posix_memalign&sektion=3">posix_memalign(3)</a>,
173: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strndup&sektion=3">strndup(3)</a>, and
174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=strnlen&sektion=3">strnlen(3)</a>
175: have been added to the C library.
1.16 schwarze 176: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=event&sektion=3">event(3)</a> library
1.17 schwarze 177: was updated to version 1.4.14b.
1.16 schwarze 178: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">pthreads(3)</a> library
179: now implements the <tt>pthread_rwlock_timed{rd,wr}lock</tt> interfaces.
1.17 schwarze 180: <li>AES-NI support has been integrated into the OpenSSL
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=3">crypto(3)</a> library.
1.12 ratchov 182: <li>MIDI control in non-server mode was added to
183: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>,
184: including seeking within .wav files
185: <li>A new record-what-you-hear feature was added to
186: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>.
187: <li>The minimum extra latency of the
188: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aucat&sektion=1">aucat(1)</a>
189: server was lowered to a single block, improving
190: usability of low-latency programs without stability compromise.
1.16 schwarze 191: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
192: now supports unique disk identifiers.
1.17 schwarze 193: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp&sektion=1">ftp(1)</a>
194: now handles redirection to relative URLs in the Location: header
195: of HTTP responses.
196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=lint&sektion=1">lint(1)</a>
197: now recognizes the C99 data types _Bool and _Complex
198: and some related gcc extensions.
199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=make&sektion=1">make(1)</a>
200: now allows variables in SysV modifiers,
201: and implements the :QL (quote list) modifier.
1.16 schwarze 202: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=1">man(1)</a> now allows to combine the -s option with -m or -M.
1.17 schwarze 203: <li>Improved directory editing in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&sektion=1">mg(1)</a>.
1.16 schwarze 204: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8">newfs(8)</a> has been tweaked to better support large file systems.
205: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=od&sektion=1">od(1)</a>
206: now supports the POSIX -A option to select an input address base.
207: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sendbug&sektion=1">sendbug(1)</a>
208: now includes the output of <tt>usbdevs -v</tt> into the template.
209: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpd&sektion=8">smtpd(8)</a>
210: now supports the SIZE and ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES extensions
1.17 schwarze 211: and the "plain" backend for maps, and performance was improved when handling large amounts of mail.
212: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsconsctl&sektion=8">wsconsctl(8)</a> now handles more than one keyboard, mouse and display.
1.14 jasper 213: <li>Many memory leaks have been fixed in various userland utilities.
1.1 deraadt 214: </ul>
215: <p>
216:
217: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
218: <ul>
1.13 jasper 219: <li>If the system time is off by more than 120 seconds, ask if the user
220: wants to set it accordingly.
1.16 schwarze 221: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>
222: now allows to customize auto allocated labels using the -R option.
1.13 jasper 223: <li>Default network install method changed from FTP to HTTP.
224: <li>Automatically set
225: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pkg.conf&sektion=5">/etc/pkg.conf</a>
226: `installfrom' entry to the public mirror used while installing or upgrading.
1.17 schwarze 227: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysmerge&sektion=8">sysmerge(8)</a> now automatically installs missing users and groups.
1.1 deraadt 228: </ul>
229: <p>
230:
1.7 jsg 231: <li>OpenSSH 5.6:
1.1 deraadt 232: <ul>
233: <li>New features:
1.14 jasper 234: <ul>
235: <li>Added a <em>ControlPersist</em> option to
236: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
237: <li>Hostbased authentication may now use certificate host keys.
238: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
239: now supports signing certificate using a CA key that has been stored
240: in a PKCS#11 token.
241: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
242: will now log the hostname and address that we connected to at
243: LogLevel=verbose after authentication is successful to mitigate
244: "phishing" attacks.
245: <li>Expand %h to the hostname in ssh_config Hostname options.
246: <li>Allow <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
247: to import and export of PEM and PKCS#8 keys.
248: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
249: will now queue debug messages for bad ownership or permissions on
250: the user's keyfiles encountered during authentication.
251: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
252: connection multiplexing now supports remote forwarding with
253: dynamic port allocation and can report the allocated port back to
254: the user.
255: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
256: now supports indirection in matching of principal names listed in
257: certificates.
258: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
259: now has a new <em>AuthorizedPrincipalsFile</em> option.
260: <li>Additional <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
261: options are now valid inside Match blocks:
262: <ul>
263: <li><em>AuthorizedKeysFile</em>
264: <li><em>AuthorizedPrincipalsFile</em>
265: <li><em>HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly</em>
266: <li><em>PermitTunnel</em>
267: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 268: </ul>
269: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
270: <ul>
1.14 jasper 271: <li>The PKCS#11 code now retries a lookup for a private key if there is
272: no matching key with <em>CKA_SIGN</em> attribute enabled (bz#1736).
273: <li>Unbreak strdelim() skipping past quoted strings.
274: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
275: fix swapped args in upload_dir_internal() (bz#1797).
276: <li>Fix a longstanding problem where if you suspend
277: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>
278: at the password/passphrase prompt the terminal mode is not restored.
279: <li>Fix a PKCS#11 crash on some smartcards by validating the length
280: returned for C_GetAttributValue (bz#1773).
281: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
282: fix ls in working directories that contain globbing
283: characters in their pathnames (bz#1655).
284: <li>Print warning for missing home directory when
285: <em>ChrootDirectory=none.</em> (bz#1564).
286: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
287: fix a memory leak in do_realpath() error path (bz#1771).
288: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
289: Standardise error messages when attempting to open
290: private key files to include "progname: filename: error reason" (bz#1783).
291: <li>Replace verbose and overflow-prone Linebuf code with
292: read_keyfile_line() (bz#1565).
293: <li>Include the user name on "subsystem request for ..." log messages.
294: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
295: and
296: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
297: remove hardcoded limit of 100 permitopen clauses and port forwards
298: per direction (bz#1327).
299: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
300: ignore stderr output from subsystems to avoid hangs if a subsystem
301: or shell initialisation writes to stderr (bz#1750).
302: <li>Skip the initial check for access with an empty password when
303: <em>PermitEmptyPasswords=no</em> (bz#1638).
304: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
305: fix logspam when key options (from="..." especially) deny
306: non-matching keys (bz#1765).
307: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
308: display a more helpful error message when $HOME is
309: inaccessible while trying to create .ssh directory (bz#1740).
310: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
311: fix hang when terminating a mux slave using ~ (bz#1758).
312: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
313: refuse to generate keys longer than
314: <em>OPENSSL_[RD]SA_MAX_MODULUS_BITS</em> (bz#1516).
315: <li>Suppress spurious tty warning when using -O and stdin is not a tty
316: (bz#1746).
317: <li>Kill channel when pty allocation requests fail (bz#1698).
1.1 deraadt 318: </ul>
319: </ul>
320: <p>
321:
1.15 schwarze 322: <li>Mandoc 1.10.5:
323: <ul>
324: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mandoc&sektion=1">mandoc(1)</a>
325: utility is now used to build all manuals in the base system
326: and in Xenocara from
327: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mdoc&sektion=7">mdoc(7)</a> and
328: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=7">man(7)</a>
329: sources.
330: <li>New integrated roff preprocessor with minimal support for conditional
331: requests, nested roff requests, string definitions, roff registers,
332: also parsing and ignoring macro definitions.
333: <li>Improved support for manual pages generated by
334: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pod2man&sektion=1">pod2man(1)</a>.
335: <li>Many parser improvements, in particular
336: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mdoc&sektion=7">mdoc(7)</a>
337: support for word keeps, synopsis mode in arbitrary sections,
338: graceful handling of badly nested blocks, and improved parsing
339: of column displays.
340: <li>New PostScript and PDF output frontends.
341: <li>Many ASCII and HTML output formatting improvements, for example
342: proper synopsis indentation and improved end-of-sentence detection.
343: <li>Considerably improved syntax checking and error reporting.
344: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 345: <p>
346:
347: <li>Over 6,400 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
348: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
349: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
350: <tr>
351: <td valign="top" width="25%">
352: <ul>
353: <li>i386: 6218
354: <li>sparc64: 5950
355: <li>alpha: 5827
356: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.18 ! deraadt 357: <li>sh: 1100
1.1 deraadt 358: <li>amd64: 6166
359: <li>powerpc: 5996
360: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
361: <li>sparc: 4130
362: <li>arm: XXXX
363: <li>hppa: 5632
364: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
365: <li>vax: 1528
366: <li>mips64: 3632
367: <li>mips64el: 4486
368: </ul></td></tr></table>
369: Some highlights:
370: <ul>
1.3 landry 371: <li>Gnome 2.30.2.
1.1 deraadt 372: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
1.3 landry 373: <li>Xfce 4.6.2.
1.5 jasper 374: <li>MySQL 5.1.48.
1.3 landry 375: <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.4.
376: <li>Postfix 2.7.1.
1.1 deraadt 377: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
1.3 landry 378: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 and 3.5.11.
379: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1.
380: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.2.1.
1.1 deraadt 381: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
1.3 landry 382: <li>Vim 7.2.444.
383: <li>PHP 5.2.13.
384: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.5.
1.1 deraadt 385: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
1.13 jasper 386: <li>Mono 2.6.4.
1.1 deraadt 387: </ul>
388: <p>
389:
390: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
391: <p>
392:
393: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
394: <ul>
1.9 matthieu 395: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.5 with xserver 1.8 + patches,
1.4 jasper 396: freetype 2.3.12,
397: fontconfig 2.8.0, Mesa 7.8.2, xterm 258 and more)
398: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches), 3.3.5 (+ patches) and 4.2.1 (+patches)
1.1 deraadt 399: <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
400: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
401: and DSO support
402: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
403: <li>Groff 1.15
404: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
405: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
406: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
407: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
408: <li>Ncurses 5.7
409: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
410: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
411: <li>Arla 0.35.7
412: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
413: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
414: </ul>
415: <p>
416:
417: </ul>
418:
419: <a name="install"></a>
420: <hr>
421: <p>
422: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
423: <p>
424: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
425: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
426: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
427: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
428: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
429: purchased a CDROM instead.
430: <p>
431:
432: <hr>
433: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
434: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.8 on your machine:
435: <p>
436: <ul>
437: <li>CD1:4.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
438: <p>
439: <li>CD2:4.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
440: <li>CD2:4.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
441: <p>
442: <li>CD3:4.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
443: <p>
444: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
445: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/armish/INSTALL.armish
446: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
447: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
448: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
449: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
450: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
451: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
452: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
453: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
454: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
455: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
456: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
457: </ul>
458: <hr>
459:
460: <p>
461: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
462: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
463: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
464: <p>
465:
466: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
467: <ul>
468: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
469: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
470: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
471: <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
472:
473: <p>
474: Use <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyB48.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
475: support, or <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyC48.fs</i> for better laptop support.
476:
477: <p>
478: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
479: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
480: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
481:
482: <p>
483: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
484: read INSTALL.i386.
485:
486: <p>
487: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
488: at <i>CD1:4.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
489: use the
490: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
491: utility. The following is an example usage of
492: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
493: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
494: "rfd0a".
495:
496: <ul><pre>
497: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
498: </pre></ul>
499:
500: <p>
501: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
502: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
503: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
1.10 lum 504: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
1.1 deraadt 505: </ul>
506:
507: <p>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
509: <ul>
510: The 4.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
511: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
512: your BIOS options first.
513: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
514: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.8/amd64/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy, then
515: boot from the floppy drive.
516:
517: <p>
518: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
519: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
520: INSTALL.amd64 document.
521:
522: <p>
523: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
524: read INSTALL.amd64.
525: </ul>
526:
527: <p>
528: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
529: <ul>
530: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
531: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
532:
533: <p>
534: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
535: /4.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
536: </ul>
537:
538: <p>
539: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
540: <ul>
541: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
542:
543: <p>
544: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
545: <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppy48.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppyB48.fs</i>
546: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
547: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
548:
549: <p>
550: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
551: will most likely fail.
552:
553: <p>
554: You can also write <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/miniroot48.fs</i> to the swap partition on
555: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
556:
557: <p>
558: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
559: </ul>
560:
561: <p>
562: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
563: <ul>
564: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppy48.fs</i> or
565: <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppyB48.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
566: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
567:
568: <p>
569: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
570: will most likely fail.
571:
572: </ul>
573:
574: <p>
575: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
576: <ul>
577: <p>
578: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
579: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
580: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
581: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
582: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
583: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
584: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
585: </ul>
586:
587: <p>
588: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
589: <ul>
590: <p>
591: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
592: </ul>
593:
594: <p>
595: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
596: <ul>
597: <p>
598: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
599: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
600: </ul>
601:
602: <p>
603: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
604: <ul>
605: <p>
606: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to the start of the CF
607: or disk, and boot normally.
608: </ul>
609:
610: <p>
611: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
612: <ul>
613: <p>
614: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
615: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
616: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
617: </ul>
618: <p>
619:
620: <p>
621: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
622: <ul>
623: <p>
624: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
625: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
626: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
627: for more details.
628: </ul>
629:
630: <p>
631: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
632: <ul>
633: <p>
634: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
635: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
636: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
637: for more details.
638: </ul>
639:
640: <p>
641: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
642: <ul>
643: <p>
644: To install on an O2, burn cd48.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
645: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
646: menu.
647:
648: <p>
649: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
650: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
651: the kernel matching your system type.
652: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
653: </ul>
654:
655: <p>
656: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
657: <ul>
658: <p>
659: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
660: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
661: </ul>
662:
663: <p>
664: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
665: <ul>
666: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
667: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
668:
669: <ul><pre>
670: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
671: or
672: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
673: </pre></ul>
674:
675: <p>
676: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
677: To do so you need to write <i>floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy.
678: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
679: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
680: depending on the version of your ROM.
681:
682: <ul><pre>
683: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
684: or
685: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
686: </pre></ul>
687:
688: <p>
689: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
690: will most likely fail.
691:
692: <p>
693: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
694: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
695: INSTALL.sparc file.
696: </ul>
697:
698: <p>
699: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
700: <ul>
701: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
702: </ul>
703:
704: <p>
705: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
706: <ul>
707: <p>
708: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
709: openbsd48_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
710: for a few important details.
711: </ul>
712:
713: <p>
714: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
715: <ul>
716: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
717: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
718: in a separate archive. To extract:
719: <p>
720: <ul><pre>
721: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
722: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
723: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
724: </pre></ul>
725: <p>
726: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
727: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
728: To extract:
729: <p>
730: <ul><pre>
731: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
732: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
733: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
734: </pre></ul>
735: <p>
736: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
737: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
738: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
739: Using these files
740: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
741: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
742: <p>
743: </ul>
744:
745: <a name="upgrade"></a>
746: <hr>
747: <p>
748: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
749: <p>
750: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
751: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
752: <a href="faq/upgrade48.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
753:
754: <a name="ports"></a>
755: <hr>
756: <p>
757: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
758: <p>
759: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
760: <p>
761: <ul><pre>
762: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
763: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
764: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
765: </pre></ul>
766: <p>
767: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
768: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
769: if you know nothing about ports
770: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
771: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
772: OpenBSD ports system.
773: <p>
774: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
775: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
776: cvs(1)</a> if
777: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
778: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
779: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
780: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
781: like:
782: <p>
783: <ul><pre>
784: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_8</strong>
785: </pre></ul>
786: <p>
787: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
788: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
789: server.]
790: <p>
791: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
792: packages for the 4.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
793: <p>
794: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
795: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
796: place to know.
797: <p>
798:
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