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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>
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>
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.
1.7 ! jsg 94: <li>Support for 82576 fiber and 82577/82578 (PCH) based devices
! 95: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
! 96: <li>Support for 24-bit encodings and USB 2.0 playback
! 97: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4">uaudio(4)</a>.
! 98: <li>Support for Winbond/Nuvoton W83627DHG-P
! 99: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wbsio&sektion=4">wbsio(4)</a>.
! 100: <li>Support for RTL8168E
! 101: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=re&sektion=4">re(4)</a>.
! 102: <li>Support for 800x480
! 103: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=udl&sektion=4">udl(4)</a>.
! 104: <li>Support for M-audio Audiophile 192k
! 105: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=envy&sektion=4">envy(4)</a>.
! 106: <li>Support for Intel Core i3/i5 internal graphics (Ironlake)
! 107: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm&sektion=4">inteldrm(4)</a>
! 108: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=agp&sektion=4">agp(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 109: <li>...
110: </ul>
111: <p>
112:
113: <li>New tools:
114: <ul>
115: <li>...
116: </ul>
117: <p>
118:
119: <li>Filesystem midlayer improvements:
120: <ul>
121: <li>...
122: </ul>
123: <p>
124:
125: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
126: <ul>
127: <li>...
128: </ul>
129: <p>
130:
131: <li>OpenBGPD, OpenOSPFD and other routing daemon improvements:
132: <ul>
133: <li>...
134: </ul>
135: <p>
136:
137: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
138: <ul>
139: <li>...
140: </ul>
141: <p>
142:
143: <li>Assorted improvements:
144: <ul>
145: <li>...
146: </ul>
147: <p>
148:
149: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
150: <ul>
151: <li>...
152: </ul>
153: <p>
154:
1.7 ! jsg 155: <li>OpenSSH 5.6:
1.1 deraadt 156: <ul>
157: <li>New features:
158: <ul>
159: <li>...
160: </ul>
161: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
162: <ul>
163: <li>...
164: </ul>
165: </ul>
166: <p>
167:
168: <p>
169:
170: <li>Over 6,400 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
171: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
172: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
173: <tr>
174: <td valign="top" width="25%">
175: <ul>
176: <li>i386: 6218
177: <li>sparc64: 5950
178: <li>alpha: 5827
179: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
180: <li>sh: XXXX
181: <li>amd64: 6166
182: <li>powerpc: 5996
183: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
184: <li>sparc: 4130
185: <li>arm: XXXX
186: <li>hppa: 5632
187: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
188: <li>vax: 1528
189: <li>mips64: 3632
190: <li>mips64el: 4486
191: </ul></td></tr></table>
192: Some highlights:
193: <ul>
1.3 landry 194: <li>Gnome 2.30.2.
1.1 deraadt 195: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
1.3 landry 196: <li>Xfce 4.6.2.
1.5 jasper 197: <li>MySQL 5.1.48.
1.3 landry 198: <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.4.
199: <li>Postfix 2.7.1.
1.1 deraadt 200: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
1.3 landry 201: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 and 3.5.11.
202: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1.
203: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.2.1.
1.1 deraadt 204: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
1.3 landry 205: <li>Vim 7.2.444.
206: <li>PHP 5.2.13.
207: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.5.
1.1 deraadt 208: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
209: </ul>
210: <p>
211:
212: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
216: <ul>
1.4 jasper 217: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.4 with xserver 1.8 + patches,
218: freetype 2.3.12,
219: fontconfig 2.8.0, Mesa 7.8.2, xterm 258 and more)
220: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches), 3.3.5 (+ patches) and 4.2.1 (+patches)
1.1 deraadt 221: <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
222: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
223: and DSO support
224: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
225: <li>Groff 1.15
1.4 jasper 226: <li>Mandoc 1.10.4 (+patches)
1.1 deraadt 227: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
228: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
229: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
230: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
231: <li>Ncurses 5.7
232: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
233: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
234: <li>Arla 0.35.7
235: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
236: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
237: </ul>
238: <p>
239:
240: </ul>
241:
242: <a name="install"></a>
243: <hr>
244: <p>
245: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
246: <p>
247: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
248: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
249: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
250: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
251: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
252: purchased a CDROM instead.
253: <p>
254:
255: <hr>
256: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
257: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.8 on your machine:
258: <p>
259: <ul>
260: <li>CD1:4.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
261: <p>
262: <li>CD2:4.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
263: <li>CD2:4.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
264: <p>
265: <li>CD3:4.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
266: <p>
267: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
268: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/armish/INSTALL.armish
269: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
270: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
271: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
272: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
273: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
274: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
275: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
276: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
277: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
278: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
279: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
280: </ul>
281: <hr>
282:
283: <p>
284: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
285: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
286: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
287: <p>
288:
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
290: <ul>
291: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
292: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
293: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
294: <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
295:
296: <p>
297: Use <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyB48.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
298: support, or <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyC48.fs</i> for better laptop support.
299:
300: <p>
301: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
302: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
303: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
304:
305: <p>
306: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
307: read INSTALL.i386.
308:
309: <p>
310: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
311: at <i>CD1:4.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
312: use the
313: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
314: utility. The following is an example usage of
315: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
316: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
317: "rfd0a".
318:
319: <ul><pre>
320: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
321: </pre></ul>
322:
323: <p>
324: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
325: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
326: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
327: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
328: </ul>
329:
330: <p>
331: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
332: <ul>
333: The 4.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
334: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
335: your BIOS options first.
336: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
337: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.8/amd64/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy, then
338: boot from the floppy drive.
339:
340: <p>
341: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
342: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
343: INSTALL.amd64 document.
344:
345: <p>
346: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
347: read INSTALL.amd64.
348: </ul>
349:
350: <p>
351: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
352: <ul>
353: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
354: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
355:
356: <p>
357: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
358: /4.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
359: </ul>
360:
361: <p>
362: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
363: <ul>
364: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
365:
366: <p>
367: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
368: <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppy48.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppyB48.fs</i>
369: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
370: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
371:
372: <p>
373: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
374: will most likely fail.
375:
376: <p>
377: You can also write <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/miniroot48.fs</i> to the swap partition on
378: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
379:
380: <p>
381: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
382: </ul>
383:
384: <p>
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
386: <ul>
387: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppy48.fs</i> or
388: <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppyB48.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
389: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
390:
391: <p>
392: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
393: will most likely fail.
394:
395: </ul>
396:
397: <p>
398: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
399: <ul>
400: <p>
401: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
402: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
403: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
404: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
405: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
406: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
407: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
408: </ul>
409:
410: <p>
411: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
412: <ul>
413: <p>
414: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
422: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to the start of the CF
430: or disk, and boot normally.
431: </ul>
432:
433: <p>
434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
435: <ul>
436: <p>
437: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
438: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
439: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
440: </ul>
441: <p>
442:
443: <p>
444: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
445: <ul>
446: <p>
447: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
448: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
449: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
450: for more details.
451: </ul>
452:
453: <p>
454: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
455: <ul>
456: <p>
457: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
458: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
459: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
460: for more details.
461: </ul>
462:
463: <p>
464: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
465: <ul>
466: <p>
467: To install on an O2, burn cd48.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
468: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
469: menu.
470:
471: <p>
472: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
473: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
474: the kernel matching your system type.
475: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
476: </ul>
477:
478: <p>
479: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
480: <ul>
481: <p>
482: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
483: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
484: </ul>
485:
486: <p>
487: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
488: <ul>
489: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
490: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
491:
492: <ul><pre>
493: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
494: or
495: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
496: </pre></ul>
497:
498: <p>
499: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
500: To do so you need to write <i>floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy.
501: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
502: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
503: depending on the version of your ROM.
504:
505: <ul><pre>
506: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
507: or
508: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
509: </pre></ul>
510:
511: <p>
512: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
513: will most likely fail.
514:
515: <p>
516: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
517: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
518: INSTALL.sparc file.
519: </ul>
520:
521: <p>
522: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
523: <ul>
524: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
525: </ul>
526:
527: <p>
528: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
529: <ul>
530: <p>
531: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
532: openbsd48_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
533: for a few important details.
534: </ul>
535:
536: <p>
537: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
538: <ul>
539: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
540: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
541: in a separate archive. To extract:
542: <p>
543: <ul><pre>
544: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
545: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
546: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
547: </pre></ul>
548: <p>
549: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
550: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
551: To extract:
552: <p>
553: <ul><pre>
554: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
555: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
556: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
557: </pre></ul>
558: <p>
559: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
560: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
561: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
562: Using these files
563: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
564: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
565: <p>
566: </ul>
567:
568: <a name="upgrade"></a>
569: <hr>
570: <p>
571: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
572: <p>
573: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
574: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
575: <a href="faq/upgrade48.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
576:
577: <a name="ports"></a>
578: <hr>
579: <p>
580: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
581: <p>
582: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
583: <p>
584: <ul><pre>
585: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
586: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
587: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
588: </pre></ul>
589: <p>
590: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
591: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
592: if you know nothing about ports
593: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
594: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
595: OpenBSD ports system.
596: <p>
597: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
598: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
599: cvs(1)</a> if
600: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
601: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
602: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
603: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
604: like:
605: <p>
606: <ul><pre>
607: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_8</strong>
608: </pre></ul>
609: <p>
610: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
611: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
612: server.]
613: <p>
614: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
615: packages for the 4.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
616: <p>
617: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
618: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
619: place to know.
620: <p>
621:
622: <hr>
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