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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>
1.8 stsp 139: <li>Support for RFC 4941 privacy extensions for stateless address
140: 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
141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 142: <li>...
143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
146: <li>Assorted improvements:
147: <ul>
1.8 stsp 148: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setlocale&sektion=3">setlocale(3)</a> now supports the en_US.UTF-8 locale.
1.1 deraadt 149: <li>...
150: </ul>
151: <p>
152:
153: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
154: <ul>
155: <li>...
156: </ul>
157: <p>
158:
1.7 jsg 159: <li>OpenSSH 5.6:
1.1 deraadt 160: <ul>
161: <li>New features:
162: <ul>
163: <li>...
164: </ul>
165: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
166: <ul>
167: <li>...
168: </ul>
169: </ul>
170: <p>
171:
172: <p>
173:
174: <li>Over 6,400 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
175: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
176: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
177: <tr>
178: <td valign="top" width="25%">
179: <ul>
180: <li>i386: 6218
181: <li>sparc64: 5950
182: <li>alpha: 5827
183: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
184: <li>sh: XXXX
185: <li>amd64: 6166
186: <li>powerpc: 5996
187: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
188: <li>sparc: 4130
189: <li>arm: XXXX
190: <li>hppa: 5632
191: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
192: <li>vax: 1528
193: <li>mips64: 3632
194: <li>mips64el: 4486
195: </ul></td></tr></table>
196: Some highlights:
197: <ul>
1.3 landry 198: <li>Gnome 2.30.2.
1.1 deraadt 199: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
1.3 landry 200: <li>Xfce 4.6.2.
1.5 jasper 201: <li>MySQL 5.1.48.
1.3 landry 202: <li>PostgreSQL 8.4.4.
203: <li>Postfix 2.7.1.
1.1 deraadt 204: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43.
1.3 landry 205: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 and 3.5.11.
206: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1.
207: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.2.1.
1.1 deraadt 208: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3
1.3 landry 209: <li>Vim 7.2.444.
210: <li>PHP 5.2.13.
211: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.5.
1.1 deraadt 212: <li>Ruby 1.8.6.369.
213: </ul>
214: <p>
215:
216: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
217: <p>
218:
219: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
220: <ul>
1.9 ! matthieu 221: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.5 with xserver 1.8 + patches,
1.4 jasper 222: freetype 2.3.12,
223: fontconfig 2.8.0, Mesa 7.8.2, xterm 258 and more)
224: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches), 3.3.5 (+ patches) and 4.2.1 (+patches)
1.1 deraadt 225: <li>Perl 5.10.1 (+ patches)
226: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
227: and DSO support
228: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.8k (+ patches)
229: <li>Groff 1.15
1.4 jasper 230: <li>Mandoc 1.10.4 (+patches)
1.1 deraadt 231: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
232: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
233: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
234: <li>Sudo 1.7.2
235: <li>Ncurses 5.7
236: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
237: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
238: <li>Arla 0.35.7
239: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
240: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
241: </ul>
242: <p>
243:
244: </ul>
245:
246: <a name="install"></a>
247: <hr>
248: <p>
249: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
250: <p>
251: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
252: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
253: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
254: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
255: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
256: purchased a CDROM instead.
257: <p>
258:
259: <hr>
260: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
261: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.8 on your machine:
262: <p>
263: <ul>
264: <li>CD1:4.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
265: <p>
266: <li>CD2:4.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
267: <li>CD2:4.8/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
268: <p>
269: <li>CD3:4.8/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
270: <p>
271: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
272: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/armish/INSTALL.armish
273: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
274: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
275: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
276: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
277: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
278: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
279: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
280: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
281: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
282: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
283: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.8/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
284: </ul>
285: <hr>
286:
287: <p>
288: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
289: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
290: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
291: <p>
292:
293: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
294: <ul>
295: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
296: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
297: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
298: <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
299:
300: <p>
301: Use <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyB48.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
302: support, or <i>CD1:4.8/i386/floppyC48.fs</i> for better laptop support.
303:
304: <p>
305: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
306: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
307: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
308:
309: <p>
310: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
311: read INSTALL.i386.
312:
313: <p>
314: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
315: at <i>CD1:4.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
316: use the
317: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
318: utility. The following is an example usage of
319: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
320: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
321: "rfd0a".
322:
323: <ul><pre>
324: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
325: </pre></ul>
326:
327: <p>
328: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
329: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
330: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
331: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
332: </ul>
333:
334: <p>
335: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
336: <ul>
337: The 4.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
338: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
339: your BIOS options first.
340: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
341: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.8/amd64/floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy, then
342: boot from the floppy drive.
343:
344: <p>
345: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
346: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
347: INSTALL.amd64 document.
348:
349: <p>
350: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
351: read INSTALL.amd64.
352: </ul>
353:
354: <p>
355: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
356: <ul>
357: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
358: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
359:
360: <p>
361: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
362: /4.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
363: </ul>
364:
365: <p>
366: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
367: <ul>
368: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
369:
370: <p>
371: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
372: <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppy48.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/floppyB48.fs</i>
373: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
374: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
375:
376: <p>
377: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
378: will most likely fail.
379:
380: <p>
381: You can also write <i>CD3:4.8/sparc64/miniroot48.fs</i> to the swap partition on
382: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
383:
384: <p>
385: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
386: </ul>
387:
388: <p>
389: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
390: <ul>
391: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppy48.fs</i> or
392: <i>FTP:4.8/alpha/floppyB48.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
393: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
394:
395: <p>
396: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
397: will most likely fail.
398:
399: </ul>
400:
401: <p>
402: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
403: <ul>
404: <p>
405: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
406: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
407: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
408: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
409: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
410: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
411: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
419: </ul>
420:
421: <p>
422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
423: <ul>
424: <p>
425: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
426: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
427: </ul>
428:
429: <p>
430: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
431: <ul>
432: <p>
433: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to the start of the CF
434: or disk, and boot normally.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <p>
438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
439: <ul>
440: <p>
441: Write <i>miniroot48.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
442: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
443: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
444: </ul>
445: <p>
446:
447: <p>
448: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
449: <ul>
450: <p>
451: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
452: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
453: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
454: for more details.
455: </ul>
456:
457: <p>
458: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
459: <ul>
460: <p>
461: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
462: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
463: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
464: for more details.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <p>
468: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
469: <ul>
470: <p>
471: To install on an O2, burn cd48.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
472: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
473: menu.
474:
475: <p>
476: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
477: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
478: the kernel matching your system type.
479: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
480: </ul>
481:
482: <p>
483: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
484: <ul>
485: <p>
486: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
487: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
488: </ul>
489:
490: <p>
491: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
492: <ul>
493: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
494: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
495:
496: <ul><pre>
497: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
498: or
499: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
500: </pre></ul>
501:
502: <p>
503: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
504: To do so you need to write <i>floppy48.fs</i> to a floppy.
505: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
506: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
507: depending on the version of your ROM.
508:
509: <ul><pre>
510: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
511: or
512: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
513: </pre></ul>
514:
515: <p>
516: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
517: will most likely fail.
518:
519: <p>
520: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
521: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
522: INSTALL.sparc file.
523: </ul>
524:
525: <p>
526: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
527: <ul>
528: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
529: </ul>
530:
531: <p>
532: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
533: <ul>
534: <p>
535: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
536: openbsd48_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
537: for a few important details.
538: </ul>
539:
540: <p>
541: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
542: <ul>
543: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
544: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
545: in a separate archive. To extract:
546: <p>
547: <ul><pre>
548: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
549: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
550: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
551: </pre></ul>
552: <p>
553: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
554: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
555: To extract:
556: <p>
557: <ul><pre>
558: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
559: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
560: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
561: </pre></ul>
562: <p>
563: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
564: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
565: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
566: Using these files
567: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
568: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
569: <p>
570: </ul>
571:
572: <a name="upgrade"></a>
573: <hr>
574: <p>
575: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
576: <p>
577: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,
578: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
579: <a href="faq/upgrade48.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
580:
581: <a name="ports"></a>
582: <hr>
583: <p>
584: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
585: <p>
586: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
587: <p>
588: <ul><pre>
589: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
590: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
591: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
592: </pre></ul>
593: <p>
594: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
595: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
596: if you know nothing about ports
597: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
598: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
599: OpenBSD ports system.
600: <p>
601: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
602: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
603: cvs(1)</a> if
604: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
605: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
606: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
607: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
608: like:
609: <p>
610: <ul><pre>
611: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_8</strong>
612: </pre></ul>
613: <p>
614: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
615: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
616: server.]
617: <p>
618: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
619: packages for the 4.8 release will be made available if problems arise.
620: <p>
621: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
622: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
623: place to know.
624: <p>
625:
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