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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.9 Release:</font></h2>
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26: Released May 1, 2011<br>
27: Copyright 1997-2011, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9784475-7-1</font>
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30: <a href="lyrics.html#49">4.9 Song: "The Answer"</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/4.9/</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="errata49.html">The 4.9 Errata page</a> for a list
50: of bugs and workarounds.
51: <li>See a <a href="plus49.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
52: 4.8 and 4.9 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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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 4.9.
70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus49.html">changelog</a> leading
71: to 4.9.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
1.3 deraadt 76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.25 jsing 78: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">OpenBSD/amd64</a>
79: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a>:
1.3 deraadt 80: <ul>
1.36 sthen 81: <li>Enabled <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_ntfs&sektion=8&format=html">NTFS</a> by default (read-only) on GENERIC kernels.
1.33 jcs 82: <li>Enabled the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmt&sektion=4&format=html">vmt(4)</a> driver by default for VMWare tools support as a guest.
1.11 jj 83: <li>SMP kernels can now boot on machines with up to 64 cores.
84: <li>Maximum allocation size for i386 bumped to 2G.
1.19 stsp 85: <li>Handle >16 disks when searching for kernel boot device.
1.37 jsg 86: <li>Added support for AES-NI instructions found in recent Intel
87: processors.
1.31 deraadt 88: <li>Further improvements in suspend and resume.
89: <li>Processes are now switched to TSS per cpu on the
90: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">amd64</a> platform,
91: resulting in removal of the old limit of ~4000 processes.
1.3 deraadt 92: </ul>
1.25 jsing 93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/hppa.html">OpenBSD/hppa</a>:
1.21 jsing 94: <ul>
95: <li>Multiprocessor support.
96: </ul>
1.25 jsing 97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html">OpenBSD/loongson</a>
98: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sgi.html">OpenBSD/sgi</a>:
1.3 deraadt 99: <ul>
1.25 jsing 100: <li>All MIPS64 based platforms now use MI softfloat code, which
101: implements all MIPS IV specified floating point operations.
1.3 deraadt 102: </ul>
1.25 jsing 103: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>:
1.3 deraadt 104: <ul>
1.25 jsing 105: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vdsp&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">vdsp(4)</a> driver now supports the vDisk 1.1
106: protocol, allowing Solaris to run on top of an OpenBSD
107: control domain.
1.3 deraadt 108: </ul>
109: </ul>
110: <p>
111:
112: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
113: <ul>
1.25 jsing 114: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vte&sektion=4&format=html">vte(4)</a>
1.9 kevlo 115: driver for RDC R6040 10/100 Ethernet devices.</li>
1.25 jsing 116: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rdcphy&sektion=4&format=html">rdcphy(4)</a>
1.10 jsg 117: driver for RDC Semiconductor R6040 10/100 Ethernet PHY.
1.25 jsing 118: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rsu&sektion=4&format=html">rsu(4)</a>
1.33 jcs 119: driver for Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8191SU/RTL8192SU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless devices.
1.25 jsing 120: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4&format=html">urtwn(4)</a>
1.33 jcs 121: driver for Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless devices.
1.25 jsing 122: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=utwitch&sektion=4&format=html">utwitch(4)</a>
1.10 jsg 123: driver for YUREX USB twitch/jiggle of knee sensor.
1.33 jcs 124: <li>Support for AR9271, AR9280+AR7010 and AR9287+AR7010 USB IEEE 802.11a/g/n wireless
1.25 jsing 125: adapters has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=athn&sektion=4&format=html">athn(4)</a>.
1.10 jsg 126: <li>Support for 82583V
127: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
128: <li>Support for Yukon 88E8059
129: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=msk&sektion=4">msk(4)</a>.
130: <li>Support for SiS191
131: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=se&sektion=4">se(4)</a>.
132: <li>Support for SAS2004
133: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpii&sektion=4">mpii(4)</a>.
134: <li>Support for NVIDIA MCP89 SATA
135: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">pciide(4)</a>.
1.30 deraadt 136: <li>Support for Mobility Radeon HD 4200
1.10 jsg 137: has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>.
1.18 krw 138: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pms&sektion=4">pms(4)</a> support has been significantly reworked and expanded.
1.20 deraadt 139: <li>MCLGETI support has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4">xl(4)</a>.
1.24 jsing 140: <li>Support for low latency interrupt modulation has been added to
141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
142: <li>Port multiplier support has been added to
143: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahci&sektion=4">ahci(4)</a> and
144: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sili&sektion=4">sili(4)</a>.
145: <li>Support for Sun XVR-300 graphics has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeonfb&sektion=4&arch=sparc64">radeonfb(4)</a>.
146: <li>Added workaround for BCM5906 A0/1/2 controller silicon bug in
147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bge&sektion=4">bge(4)</a>.
1.34 jakemsr 148: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
149: can now be attached along with other drivers to multifunction devices.
150: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umodem&sektion=4">umodem(4)</a>
151: now supports more devices.
1.40 sthen 152: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umsm&sektion=4">umsm(4)</a>
153: now supports more mobile broadband devices.
1.34 jakemsr 154: <li>Support for more image processing controls was added to
155: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uvideo&sektion=4">uvideo(4)</a>.
1.3 deraadt 156: </ul>
157: <p>
158:
159: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
160: <ul>
1.7 dlg 161: <li>Reworking of the MCLGETI livelock algorithm to improve
162: forwarding and host performance under high network load.</li>
1.31 deraadt 163: <li>Added support for socket splicing; sockets can be temporarily connected so that the kernel moves data without userland intervention. This will be used by <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=relayd&sektion=8">relayd(8)</a> in the next release.
1.29 mikeb 164: <li>Added AES-GCM support for IPsec.
1.22 jsing 165: <li>Added automatic send and receive buffer scaling for TCP.
1.20 deraadt 166: <li>Added wpakey option to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ifconfig&sektion=8">ifconfig(8)</a> replacing wpa-psk(8).
1.22 jsing 167: <li>TCP acknowledgments are no longer delayed on the loopback interface.
168: <li>Network livelock counters are now exported via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=3">sysctl(3)</a>.
169: <li>A radix tree sorting bug was fixed, which results in significant
170: improvements to IPsec performance under certain conditions.
1.33 jcs 171: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a> now decodes Multicast DNS (mDNS) traffic.
1.42 jasper 172: <li>Wake on Lan support has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8">arp(8)</a>.
1.35 henning 173: </ul>
174: <p>
175:
176: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> improvements:
177: <ul>
1.43 deraadt 178: <li>The logging subsystem has been largely rewritten, now logging the
1.44 ! deraadt 179: translated addresses again instead of the original ones.
1.35 henning 180: <li>match log rules cause a log on the fly, showing the packet exactly
1.44 ! deraadt 181: as <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&sektion=4">pf(4)</a> sees it at the moment of evaluating that rule. A packet can also
1.35 henning 182: be logged more than once now.
1.44 ! deraadt 183: <li>match log(matches) rules allow the further rule matching to be traced.
1.25 jsing 184: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">pflog(4)</a>
185: now includes the original addresses and ports for packets that have been
186: rewritten. This is also displayed by
187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a>.
1.3 deraadt 188: </ul>
189: <p>
190:
1.33 jcs 191: <li>IPsec stack audit was performed, resulting in:
1.29 mikeb 192: <ul>
193: <li>Several potential security problems have been identified and fixed.
194: <li>ARC4 based PRNG code was audited and revamped.
195: <li>New explicit_bzero kernel function was introduced to prevent a compiler
196: from optimizing
197: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bzero&sektion=3">bzero</a>
198: calls away.
199: </ul>
200: <p>
201:
1.3 deraadt 202: <li>SCSI improvements:
203: <ul>
1.6 dlg 204: <li>Improved safety when detaching SCSI devices by waiting for
1.20 deraadt 205: the completion of pending commands.</li>
206: <li>Improved hotplug support on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpi&sektion=4">mpi(4)</a> and
207: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpii&sektion=4">mpii(4)</a>.</li>
1.6 dlg 208: <li>Continued iopoolification of SCSI drivers, notably on
1.20 deraadt 209: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=umass&sektion=4">umass(4)</a> which improves the
210: reliability and performance of multi-LUN devices.</li>
211: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vscsi&sektion=4">vscsi(4)</a>, a driver for
1.33 jcs 212: userland handling of SCSI device commands.
1.20 deraadt 213: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iscsid&sektion=8">iscsid(8)</a>, an iSCSI initiator.
1.21 jsing 214: <li>Forcibly restrict devices incapable of tagged I/O to executing one command at a time.
1.17 krw 215: <li>Discover and honour read-only status of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sd&sektion=4">sd(4)</a> devices.
1.21 jsing 216: <li>Improve <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=st&sektion=4">st(4)</a> handling of I/O residual information.
1.17 krw 217: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sd&sektion=4">sd(4)</a> devices that can only execute one command at a time (e.g. USB) will now be allowed to spin up if necessary.
218: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cd&sektion=4">cd(4)</a> will now attach CDROM devices identified as non-removable.
1.3 deraadt 219: </ul>
220: <p>
221:
222: <li>Assorted improvements:
223: <ul>
1.16 krw 224: <li>Enabled wide character support in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ncurses&sektion=3">ncurses(3)</a>.
225: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nsd&sektion=8">nsd(8)</a>, an authoritative name server implementation.
226: <li>Disklabel UID support improved and added to more utilities.
227: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rarpd&sektion=8">rarpd(8)</a> now accepts a list of interfaces to listen on.
228: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> now accepts 'egress' as an interface name, meaning whichever interface is marked as being in the 'egress' group.
229: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> no longer listens on interfaces without a broadcast address (e.g. <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">pflog(4)</a>).
230: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=who&sektion=1">who(1)</a> now displays as much of the hostname as fits on the line.
231: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tcpdump&sektion=8">tcpdump(8)</a> now correctly handles 'net' primitives when processing <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog&sektion=4">pflog(4)</a> traffic.
1.17 krw 232: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> now respects failure to read the MBR.
233: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8">fdisk(8)</a> will no longer infinitely loop when encountering an improperly constructed EBR.
1.31 deraadt 234: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a> no longer reuses information from a failed partition addition on the next addition of the same partition.
1.17 krw 235: <li>Many unused and obsolete <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disktab&sektion=5">disktab(5)</a> entries removed.
1.33 jcs 236: <li>Enabled X11 autoconfiguration on <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc.html">sparc</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html">sparc64</a>.
1.20 deraadt 237: <li>Implement attribute syntax from RFC4517 and support bsdauth in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ldapd&sektion=8">ldapd(8)</a>.
238: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=1">video(1)</a> utility which can record or display images from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=video&sektion=4">video(4)</a>.
1.23 jsing 239: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=httpd&sektion=8">httpd(8)</a> mod_headers now handles apache2 style RequestHeader directives.
1.32 jeremy 240: <li>UNIX-domain datagram socket support has been added to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nc&sektion=1">nc(1)</a> (-uU option).
1.23 jsing 241: <li>Added support for terabyte units in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8">disklabel(8)</a>.
242: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/loongson.html">loongson</a> and
243: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sgi.html">sgi</a> platforms have been
244: switched over to gcc4.
245: <li><code>ddb cpu</code> support was added to the
246: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/sgi.html">sgi</a> platform.
247: <li>Fast path TLB miss handling was added to the
248: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/landisk.html">landisk</a> platform,
249: resulting in a 44-50% gain in performance.
250: <li>PCIe extended configuration space can now be viewed using
1.44 ! deraadt 251: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcidump&sektion=8">pcidump(8)</a> (-xxx option).
1.23 jsing 252: <li>The number of spurious IPIs has been decreased on the
253: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">amd64</a> platform,
254: resulting in improved performance.
1.25 jsing 255: <li>Numerous improvements and bug fixes to
256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tmux&sektion=1">tmux(1)</a>.
1.27 mikeb 257: <li>Considerable robustness and interoperability improvements in the IKEv2
258: daemon
259: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iked&sektion=8">iked(8)</a>.
1.28 mikeb 260: <li>Skipjack and libdes were retired from the system.
1.31 deraadt 261: CAST-128 implementation was also removed from libc.
1.34 jakemsr 262: <li>Removed some races in the USB subsystem, substantially increasing
263: reliability.
1.41 pirofti 264: <li>Added a few more
265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8&format=html">compat_linux(8)</a>
266: system calls to make it possible for newer versions of applications,
267: such as Skype, to execute.
1.39 sthen 268: <li>OpenBSD-specific package documentation is now centralised in
269: /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes.
1.3 deraadt 270: </ul>
271: <p>
272:
273: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes:
274: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 275: <li>Fixed the hppa CD installation process.
276: <li>Added some more free firmwares to the CD media that could fit them.
277: <li>Make the macppc upgrade script update the boot blocks (oddly, this
1.31 deraadt 278: had been broken a very long time and no one noticed).
1.8 deraadt 279: <li>Teach the install script about the configuration of 802.11 interfaces.
280: Visible networks can be listed, and even configured for WPA.
281: <li>The install script now passes collected entropy better to the
282: system which is booted next.
1.15 krw 283: <li>Upgrade now defaults to checking only the root filesystem.
284: <li>Upgrade no longer checks filesystems with a fs_passno of 0.
285: <li>Upgrade now asks if it should proceed even if one or more filesystem mounts fail.
286: <li>Installer now configures <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd&sektion=8">ntpd(8)</a> to use all provided time source IPs.
1.3 deraadt 287: </ul>
288: <p>
289:
1.12 ajacouto 290: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8">rc.d(8)</a>
291: for starting, stopping and reconfiguring package daemons:
292: <ul>
293: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.subr&sektion=8">rc.subr(8)</a>
294: framework allows for easy creation of rc scripts.
295: This framework is still evolving.
296: <li>Only a handful of packages have migrated for now.
297: <li>rc.local can still be used instead of or in addition to
298: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.d&sektion=8">rc.d(8)</a>.
299: </ul>
300: <p>
301:
1.4 sobrado 302: <li>OpenSSH 5.8:
1.3 deraadt 303: <ul>
304: <li>New features:
1.4 sobrado 305: <ul>
306: <li>Implement Elliptic Curve Cryptography modes for key exchange (ECDH)
307: and host/user keys (ECDSA) as specified by RFC5656. ECDH and ECDSA
308: offer better performance than plain DH and DSA at the same
309: equivalent symmetric key length, as well as much shorter keys.</li>
310: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
311: and
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
313: add a protocol extension to support a hard link operation. It is
314: available through the "ln" command in the client. The old "ln"
315: behaviour of creating a symlink is available using its "-s" option
316: or through the preexisting "symlink" command.</li>
317: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>:
318: Add a new -3 option to scp: Copies between two remote hosts are
319: transferred through the local host. Without this option the data is
320: copied directly between the two remote hosts.</li>
321: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
322: automatically order the hostkeys requested by the client based on
323: which hostkeys are already recorded in known_hosts. This avoids
324: hostkey warnings when connecting to servers with new ECDSA keys,
325: since these are now preferred when learning hostkeys for the first
326: time.</li>
327: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
328: and
329: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
330: add a new IPQoS option to specify arbitrary TOS/DSCP/QoS values
331: instead of hardcoding lowdelay/throughput. (bz#1733)</li>
332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
333: the sftp client is now significantly faster at performing directory
334: listings, using OpenBSD glob(3) extensions to preserve the results
335: of stat(3) operations performed in the course of its execution
336: rather than performing expensive round trips to fetch them again
337: afterwards.</li>
338: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
339: "atomically" create the listening mux socket by binding it on a
340: temporary name and then linking it into position after listen() has
341: succeeded. This allows the mux clients to determine that the server
342: socket is either ready or stale without races. Stale server sockets
343: are now automatically removed. (also fixes bz#1711)</li>
344: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
345: and
346: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
347: add a <em>KexAlgorithms</em> knob to the client and server
348: configuration to allow selection of which key exchange methods are
349: used by
350: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
351: and
352: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
353: and their order of preference.</li>
354: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>
355: and
356: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>:
357: factor out bandwidth limiting code from
358: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>
359: into a generic bandwidth limiter that can be attached using the
360: <em>atomicio</em> callback mechanism and use it to add a bandwidth
361: limit option to
362: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>.
363: (bz#1147)</li>
1.3 deraadt 364: </ul>
365: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
366: <ul>
1.4 sobrado 367: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>
368: and
369: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
370: honour <em>$TMPDIR</em> for client xauth and ssh-agent temporary
371: directories. (bz#1809)</li>
372: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
373: avoid <em>NULL</em> deref on receiving a channel request on an
374: unknown or invalid channel. (bz#1842)</li>
375: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
376: remove a <em>debug()</em> that pollutes stderr on client connecting
377: to a server in debug mode. (bz#1719)</li>
378: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&sektion=1">scp(1)</a>:
379: pass through ssh command-line flags and options when doing
380: remote-remote transfers, e.g. to enable agent forwarding which is
381: particularly useful in this case. (bz#1837)</li>
382: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
383: <em>umask</em> should be parsed as octal.</li>
384: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
1.5 sobrado 385: escape '[' in filename tab-completion.</li>
1.4 sobrado 386: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
387: Typo in confirmation message. (bz#1827)</li>
388: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
389: prevent <em>free()</em> of string in <em>.rodata</em> when
390: overriding <em>AuthorizedKeys</em> in a <em>Match</em> block.</li>
391: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
1.5 sobrado 392: Use default shell <em>/bin/sh</em> if <em>$SHELL</em> is "".</li>
1.4 sobrado 393: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
394: kill proxy command on <em>fatal()</em> (we already killed it on
395: clean exit).</li>
396: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
1.5 sobrado 397: install a <em>SIGCHLD</em> handler to reap expired child process.
1.4 sobrado 398: (bz#1812)</li>
399: <li>Support building against openssl-1.0.0a</li>
400: <li>Fix vulnerability in legacy certificate signing introduced in
401: OpenSSH-5.6 and found by Mateusz Kocielski.</li>
1.3 deraadt 402: </ul>
403: </ul>
404: <p>
405:
406: <li>Mandoc 1.10.9:
407: <ul>
408: <li>New integrated <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tbl&sektion=7">tbl(7)</a> parser and renderer.
409: <li>Support the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=roff&sektion=7">roff(7)</a> .de, .rm, and .so requests.
410: <li>Support all roff code used in the standard <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pod2man&sektion=1">pod2man(1)</a> preamble.
411: <li>Fully support roff quoting in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=7">man(7)</a> documents.
412: <li>Mandoc now copes with most formatting errors that used to be fatal.
413: <li>Much simplified and improved reporting of errors and warnings.
414: <li>Significantly improved -Thtml output quality.
415: <li>The ports tree now allows ports to use either mandoc or groff
416: to render manuals.
417: </ul>
418: <p>
419:
1.14 deraadt 420: <li>Over 6,800 ports, major robustness and speed improvements in package tools.
1.3 deraadt 421: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
422: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
423: <tr>
424: <td valign="top" width="25%">
425: <ul>
426: <li>i386: 6620
427: <li>sparc64: 6225
428: <li>alpha: 6000
429: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.20 deraadt 430: <li>sh: 3656
1.3 deraadt 431: <li>amd64: 6570
432: <li>powerpc: 6272
433: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
434: <li>sparc: 4184
1.20 deraadt 435: <li>arm: 5679
1.8 deraadt 436: <li>hppa: 5838
1.3 deraadt 437: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
438: <li>vax: 1068
439: <li>mips64: 5492
440: <li>mips64el: 5499
441: </ul></td></tr></table>
442: Some highlights:
443: <ul>
444: <li>Gnome 2.32.1.
445: <li>KDE 3.5.10.
446: <li>Xfce 4.8.0.
447: <li>MySQL 5.1.54.
448: <li>PostgreSQL 9.0.3.
449: <li>Postfix 2.7.2.
450: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.23.
451: <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.5.16 and 3.6.13.
452: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7.
453: <li>OpenOffice.org 3.3.0rc9.
1.26 jasper 454: <li>LibreOffice 3.3.0.4.
1.3 deraadt 455: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 22.3.
456: <li>Vim 7.3.3.
457: <li>PHP 5.2.16.
458: <li>Python 2.4.6, 2.5.4 and 2.6.6.
459: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.330 and 1.9.2.136.
460: <li>Mono 2.8.2.
1.26 jasper 461: <li>Chromium 9.0.597.94.
1.3 deraadt 462: </ul>
463: <p>
464:
465: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
466: <p>
467:
468: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
469: <ul>
1.13 matthieu 470: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.6 with xserver 1.9 + patches,
471: freetype 2.4.4,
1.19 stsp 472: fontconfig 2.8.0, Mesa 7.8.2, xterm 267 and more)
1.20 deraadt 473: <li>Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches), 3.3.5 (+ patches) and 4.2.1 (+ patches)
474: <li>Perl 5.12.2 (+ patches)
1.3 deraadt 475: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS
1.20 deraadt 476: and DSO support
477: <li>OpenSSL 1.0.0a (+ patches)
478: <li>Sendmail 8.14.3, with libmilter
479: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
480: <li>Lynx 2.8.6rel.5 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
481: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
482: <li>Ncurses 5.7
483: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
484: <li>Arla 0.35.7
485: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
486: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
1.3 deraadt 487: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 488: <p>
489:
490: </ul>
491:
492: <a name="install"></a>
493: <hr>
494: <p>
495: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
496: <p>
497: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
498: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
499: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
500: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
501: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
502: purchased a CDROM instead.
503: <p>
504:
505: <hr>
506: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
507: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.9 on your machine:
508: <p>
509: <ul>
510: <li>CD1:4.9/i386/INSTALL.i386
511: <p>
512: <li>CD2:4.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
513: <li>CD2:4.9/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
514: <p>
515: <li>CD3:4.9/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
516: <p>
517: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
518: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/armish/INSTALL.armish
519: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
520: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
521: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
522: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
523: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
524: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
525: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
526: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
527: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
528: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/vax/INSTALL.vax
529: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.9/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
530: </ul>
531: <hr>
532:
533: <p>
534: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
535: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
536: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
537: <p>
538:
539: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
540: <ul>
541: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
542: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
543: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
544: <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
545:
546: <p>
547: Use <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppyB49.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
548: support, or <i>CD1:4.9/i386/floppyC49.fs</i> for better laptop support.
549:
550: <p>
551: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
552: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
553: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
554:
555: <p>
556: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
557: read INSTALL.i386.
558:
559: <p>
560: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
561: at <i>CD1:4.9/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
562: use the
563: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
564: utility. The following is an example usage of
565: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
566: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
567: "rfd0a".
568:
569: <ul><pre>
570: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
571: </pre></ul>
572:
573: <p>
574: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
575: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
576: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
577: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
578: </ul>
579:
580: <p>
581: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
582: <ul>
583: The 4.9 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
584: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
585: your BIOS options first.
586: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
587: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.9/amd64/floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy, then
588: boot from the floppy drive.
589:
590: <p>
591: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
592: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
593: INSTALL.amd64 document.
594:
595: <p>
596: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
597: read INSTALL.amd64.
598: </ul>
599:
600: <p>
601: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
602: <ul>
603: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
604: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
605:
606: <p>
607: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
608: /4.9/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
609: </ul>
610:
611: <p>
612: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
613: <ul>
614: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
615:
616: <p>
617: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
618: <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/floppy49.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/floppyB49.fs</i>
619: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
620: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
621:
622: <p>
623: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
624: will most likely fail.
625:
626: <p>
627: You can also write <i>CD3:4.9/sparc64/miniroot49.fs</i> to the swap partition on
628: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
629:
630: <p>
631: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
632: </ul>
633:
634: <p>
635: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
636: <ul>
637: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.9/alpha/floppy49.fs</i> or
638: <i>FTP:4.9/alpha/floppyB49.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
639: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
640:
641: <p>
642: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
643: will most likely fail.
644:
645: </ul>
646:
647: <p>
648: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
649: <ul>
650: <p>
651: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
652: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
653: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
654: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
655: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
656: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
657: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
658: </ul>
659:
660: <p>
661: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
662: <ul>
663: <p>
664: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
665: </ul>
666:
667: <p>
668: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
669: <ul>
670: <p>
671: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
672: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
673: </ul>
674:
675: <p>
676: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
677: <ul>
678: <p>
679: Write <i>miniroot49.fs</i> to the start of the CF
680: or disk, and boot normally.
681: </ul>
682:
683: <p>
684: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
685: <ul>
686: <p>
687: Write <i>miniroot49.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
688: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
689: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
690: </ul>
691: <p>
692:
693: <p>
694: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
695: <ul>
696: <p>
697: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
698: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
699: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
700: for more details.
701: </ul>
702:
703: <p>
704: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
705: <ul>
706: <p>
707: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
708: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
709: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
710: for more details.
711: </ul>
712:
713: <p>
714: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
715: <ul>
716: <p>
717: To install on an O2, burn cd49.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
718: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
719: menu.
720:
721: <p>
722: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
723: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
724: the kernel matching your system type.
725: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
726: </ul>
727:
728: <p>
729: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
730: <ul>
731: <p>
732: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
733: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
734: </ul>
735:
736: <p>
737: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
738: <ul>
739: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
740: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
741:
742: <ul><pre>
743: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
744: or
745: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.9/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
746: </pre></ul>
747:
748: <p>
749: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
750: To do so you need to write <i>floppy49.fs</i> to a floppy.
751: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
752: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
753: depending on the version of your ROM.
754:
755: <ul><pre>
756: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
757: or
758: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
759: </pre></ul>
760:
761: <p>
762: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
763: will most likely fail.
764:
765: <p>
766: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
767: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
768: INSTALL.sparc file.
769: </ul>
770:
771: <p>
772: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
773: <ul>
774: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
775: </ul>
776:
777: <p>
778: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
779: <ul>
780: <p>
781: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
782: openbsd49_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
783: for a few important details.
784: </ul>
785:
786: <p>
787: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
788: <ul>
789: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
790: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
791: in a separate archive. To extract:
792: <p>
793: <ul><pre>
794: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
795: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
796: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
797: </pre></ul>
798: <p>
799: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
800: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
801: To extract:
802: <p>
803: <ul><pre>
804: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
805: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
806: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
807: </pre></ul>
808: <p>
809: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
810: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
811: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
812: Using these files
813: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
814: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
815: <p>
816: </ul>
817:
818: <a name="upgrade"></a>
819: <hr>
820: <p>
821: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
822: <p>
1.2 deraadt 823: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.8 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 824: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
825: <a href="faq/upgrade49.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
826:
827: <a name="ports"></a>
828: <hr>
829: <p>
830: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
831: <p>
832: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
833: <p>
834: <ul><pre>
835: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
836: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
837: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
838: </pre></ul>
839: <p>
840: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
841: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
842: if you know nothing about ports
843: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
844: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
845: OpenBSD ports system.
846: <p>
847: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
848: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">
849: cvs(1)</a> if
850: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
851: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
852: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
853: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
854: like:
855: <p>
856: <ul><pre>
857: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_9</strong>
858: </pre></ul>
859: <p>
860: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
861: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
862: server.]
863: <p>
864: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
865: packages for the 4.9 release will be made available if problems arise.
866: <p>
867: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
868: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
869: place to know.
870: <p>
871:
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