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23: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 5.5 Release:</font></h2>
24: <p>
25: Released May 1, 2014<br>
26: Copyright 1997-2014, Theo de Raadt.<br>
27: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-3-5</font>
28: <br>
29: <a href="lyrics.html#55">5.5 Song: "Wrap in Time"</a>
30: <p>
31:
32: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
33: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
34: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
35: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
36: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
37:
38: <p>
39: <h3><font color="#0000e0">To get the files for this release:</font></h3>
40: <p>
41: <ul>
42: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
43: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines.
45: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.5/</font> directory on
46: one of the mirror sites.
47: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
48: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata55.html">The 5.5 Errata page</a> for a list
49: of bugs and workarounds.
50: <li>See a <a href="plus55.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
51: 5.4 and 5.5 releases.
52: </ul>
53: <br clear=all>
54:
55: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
56: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
57: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
58: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
59: the CDROM because of lack of space.
60: <p>
61:
62: <a name="new"></a>
63: <hr>
64: <p>
65: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
66: <p>
67: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.5.
68: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus55.html">changelog</a> leading
69: to 5.5.
70: <p>
71:
72: <ul>
73: <li>New/extended platforms:</li>
74: <ul>
75: <li>...
76: </ul>
77: <p>
78:
79: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
80: <ul>
81: <li>...
82: </ul>
83: <p>
84:
85: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
86: <ul>
87: <li>...
88: </ul>
89: <p>
90:
91: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
92: <ul>
93: <li>...
94: </ul>
95: <p>
96:
97: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> improvements:
98: <ul>
99: <li>...
100: </ul>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> improvements:
104: <ul>
105: <li>...
106: </ul>
107: <p>
108:
109: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.3.3:
110: <ul>
111: <li>...
112: </ul>
113: <p>
114:
115: <li>Performance improvements:
116: <ul>
117: <li>...
118: </ul>
119: <p>
120:
121: <li>Threading improvements:
122: <ul>
123: <li>...
124: </ul>
125: <p>
126:
127: <li>Assorted improvements:
128: <ul>
1.2 ! espie 129: <li>New in-memory file system, tmpfs
1.1 deraadt 130: </ul>
131: <p>
132:
133: <li>OpenSSH 6.3:
134: <ul>
135: <li>New features:
136: <ul>
137: <li>...
138: </ul>
139: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
140: <ul>
141: <li>...
142: </ul>
143: </ul>
144: <p>
145:
1.2 ! espie 146: <li>Major overhaul of the package tools:
1.1 deraadt 147: <ul>
1.2 ! espie 148: <li>Much better memory usage
! 149: <li>pkg_add now trusts signed packages only by default
1.1 deraadt 150: </ul>
1.2 ! espie 151: <li>Over 8,700 ports
1.1 deraadt 152: <p>
1.2 ! espie 153: <li>The build process now allows some limited capability for
! 154: building conflicting packages, yielding kde4 packages as a result,
! 155: along with kde3.
1.1 deraadt 156: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
157: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
158: <tr>
159: <td valign="top" width="25%">
160: <ul>
161: <li>i386: 8468
162: <li>sparc64: XXXX
163: <li>alpha: XXXX
164: <li>m68k: XXXX
165: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
166: <li>sh: XXXX
167: <li>amd64: 8534
168: <li>powerpc: 8057
169: <li>m88k: XXXX
170: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
171: <li>sparc: XXXX
172: <li>arm: XXXX
173: <li>hppa: 6549
174: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
175: <li>vax: XXXX
176: <li>mips64: XXXX
177: <li>mips64el: XXXX
178: </ul></td></tr></table>
179: <p>
180:
181: <li>Some highlights:
182: <ul>
183: <li>GNOME 3.8.3 <li>KDE 3.5.10
1.2 ! espie 184: <li>KDE 4.11.5
1.1 deraadt 185: <li>Xfce 4.10 <li>MySQL 5.1.70
186: <li>PostgreSQL 9.2.4 <li>Postfix 2.10.1
187: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.35 <li>Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 and 22.0
188: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.7 <li>GHC 7.6.3
189: <li>LibreOffice 4.0.4.2 <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.3
190: <li>Vim 7.3.850 <li>PHP 5.2.17 and 5.3.27
191: <li>Python 2.7.5 and 3.3.2 <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.448 and 2.0.0.247
192: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.4.20, 8.5.14 and 8.6.0 <li>JDK 1.6.0.32 and 1.7.0.21
1.2 ! espie 193: <li>Mono 2.10.9 <li>Chromium 32.0.1700.102
1.1 deraadt 194: <li>Groff 1.22.2 <li>Go 1.1.1
195: <li>GCC 4.6.4 and 4.8.1 <li>LLVM/Clang 3.3
196: <li>Node.js 0.10.12
197: </ul>
198: <p>
199:
200: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
201: <p>
202:
203: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
204: <ul>
205: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.14.1 + patches,
206: freetype 2.4.12, fontconfig 2.10.91, Mesa 7.11.2, xterm 293,
207: xkeyboard-config 2.7 and more)
208: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+patches), 3.3.6 (+ patches) and 2.95.3 (+ patches)
209: <li>Perl 5.16.3 (+ patches)
210: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with
211: SSL/TLS and DSO support
212: <li>Nginx 1.4.1 (+ patches)
213: <li>OpenSSL 1.0.1c (+ patches)
214: <li>SQLite 3.7.17 (+ patches)
215: <li>Sendmail 8.14.7, with libmilter
216: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
217: <li>NSD 3.2.15
218: <li>Lynx 2.8.7rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
219: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
220: <li>Ncurses 5.7
221: <li>Heimdal 1.5.2 (+ patches)
222: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
223: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
224: <li>Less 444 (+ patches)
225: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
226: </ul>
227:
228: </ul>
229:
230: <a name="install"></a>
231: <hr>
232: <p>
233: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
234: <p>
235: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
236: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
237: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
238: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
239: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
240: purchased a CDROM instead.
241: <p>
242:
243: <hr>
244: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
245: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.5 on your machine:
246: <p>
247: <ul>
248: <li>CD1:5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
249: <li>CD1:5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
250: <p>
251: <li>CD2:5.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
252: <li>CD2:5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
253: <li>CD2:5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
254: <p>
255: <li>CD3:5.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
256: <li>CD3:5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
257: <p>
258: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
259: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish
260: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7
261: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/beagle/INSTALL.beagle
262: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
263: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
264: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
265: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson
266: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
267: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
268: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
269: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
270: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon
271: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
272: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc
273: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
274: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax
275: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
276: </ul>
277: <hr>
278:
279: <p>
280: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
281: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
282: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
283: <p>
284:
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
286: <ul>
287: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
288: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
289: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
290: <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
291:
292: <p>
293: Use <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyB55.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
294: support, or <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyC55.fs</i> for better laptop support.
295:
296: <p>
297: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
298: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
299: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
300:
301: <p>
302: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
303: read INSTALL.i386.
304:
305: <p>
306: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
307: at <i>CD1:5.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
308: use the
309: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
310: utility. The following is an example usage of
311: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
312: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
313: "rfd0a".
314:
315: <ul><pre>
316: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
317: </pre></ul>
318:
319: <p>
320: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
321: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
322: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
323: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
324: </ul>
325:
326: <p>
327: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
328: <ul>
329: The 5.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
330: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
331: your BIOS options first.
332: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
333: To do this, write <i>CD2:5.5/amd64/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy, then
334: boot from the floppy drive.
335:
336: <p>
337: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
338: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
339: INSTALL.amd64 document.
340:
341: <p>
342: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
343: read INSTALL.amd64.
344: </ul>
345:
346: <p>
347: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
348: <ul>
349: Burn the image from the FTP site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
350: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
351: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
352:
353: <p>
354: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
355: /5.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
356: </ul>
357:
358: <p>
359: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
360: <ul>
361: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
362:
363: <p>
364: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
365: <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppy55.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppyB55.fs</i>
366: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
367: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
368:
369: <p>
370: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
371: will most likely fail.
372:
373: <p>
374: You can also write <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/miniroot55.fs</i> to the swap partition on
375: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
376:
377: <p>
378: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
379: </ul>
380:
381: <p>
382: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
383: <ul>
384: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppy55.fs</i> or
385: <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppyB55.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
386: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
387:
388: <p>
389: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
390: will most likely fail.
391:
392: </ul>
393:
394: <p>
395: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
396: <ul>
397: <p>
398: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
399: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
400: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
401: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
402: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
403: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
404: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
405: </ul>
406:
407: <p>
408: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
409: <ul>
410: <p>
411: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
412: </ul>
413:
414: <p>
415: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
416: <ul>
417: <p>
418: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
419: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
420: </ul>
421:
422: <p>
423: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
424: <ul>
425: <p>
426: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to the start of the CF
427: or disk, and boot normally.
428: </ul>
429:
430: <p>
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
432: <ul>
433: <p>
434: Write <i>miniroot55.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
435: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
436: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
437: </ul>
438: <p>
439:
440: <p>
441: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
442: <ul>
443: <p>
444: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
445: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
446: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
454: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
455: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
456: for more details.
457: </ul>
458:
459: <p>
460: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
461: <ul>
462: <p>
463: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
464: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
465: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
466: for more details.
467: </ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
471: <ul>
472: <p>
473: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
474: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
475: </ul>
476:
477: <p>
478: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
479: <ul>
480: <p>
481: To install on an O2, burn cd55.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
482: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
483: menu.
484:
485: <p>
486: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
487: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
488: the kernel matching your system type.
489: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
490: </ul>
491:
492: <p>
493: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
494: <ul>
495: <p>
496: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
497: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
498: </ul>
499:
500: <p>
501: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
502: <ul>
503: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
504: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
505:
506: <ul><pre>
507: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
508: or
509: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
510: </pre></ul>
511:
512: <p>
513: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
514: To do so you need to write <i>floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy.
515: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
516: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
517: depending on the version of your ROM.
518:
519: <ul><pre>
520: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
521: or
522: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
523: </pre></ul>
524:
525: <p>
526: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
527: will most likely fail.
528:
529: <p>
530: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
531: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
532: INSTALL.sparc file.
533: </ul>
534:
535: <p>
536: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
537: <ul>
538: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
539: </ul>
540:
541: <p>
542: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
543: <ul>
544: <p>
545: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
546: openbsd55_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
547: for a few important details.
548: </ul>
549:
550: <p>
551: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
552: <ul>
553: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
554: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
555: in a separate archive. To extract:
556: <p>
557: <ul><pre>
558: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
559: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
560: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
561: </pre></ul>
562: <p>
563: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
564: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
565: To extract:
566: <p>
567: <ul><pre>
568: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
569: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
570: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
571: </pre></ul>
572: <p>
573: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
574: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
575: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
576: Using these files
577: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
578: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
579: <p>
580: </ul>
581:
582: <a name="upgrade"></a>
583: <hr>
584: <p>
585: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
586: <p>
587: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
588: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
589: <a href="faq/upgrade55.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
590:
591: <a name="ports"></a>
592: <hr>
593: <p>
594: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
595: <p>
596: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
597: <p>
598: <ul><pre>
599: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
600: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
601: </pre></ul>
602: <p>
603: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
604: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
605: if you know nothing about ports
606: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
607: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
608: OpenBSD ports system.
609: <p>
610: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
611: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
612: cvs(1)</a> if
613: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
614: source tree, our ports tree is available via
615: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
616: So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
617: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
618: like:
619: <p>
620: <ul><pre>
621: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
622: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_5</strong>
623: </pre></ul>
624: <p>
625: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
626: server.]
627: <p>
628: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
629: packages for the 5.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
630: <p>
631: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
632: would like to know more, the mailing list
633: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
634: <p>
635: </body>
636: </html>