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22: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.5</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
1.14 deraadt 24: To be released May 1, 2014<br>
1.1 deraadt 25: Copyright 1997-2014, Theo de Raadt.<br>
26: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-3-5</font>
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28: <a href="lyrics.html#55">5.5 Song: "Wrap in Time"</a>
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31: <ul>
32: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
34: a list of mirror machines.
35: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.5/</font> directory on
36: one of the mirror sites.
37: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata55.html">The 5.5 Errata page</a> for a list
39: of bugs and workarounds.
40: <li>See a <a href="plus55.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
41: 5.4 and 5.5 releases.
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1.14 deraadt 44: <p>
45: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
46: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
47: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
48: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
49: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 50: <p>
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54: <p>
55: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
56: <p>
57: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.5.
58: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus55.html">changelog</a> leading
59: to 5.5.
60: <p>
61:
62: <ul>
1.15 tedu 63: <li>Releases and packages are now cryptographically signed with the
1.10 tedu 64: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&sektion=1">signify(1)</a> utility.
65: <ul>
66: <li>The installer will verify all sets before installing.
67: <li>Users should still verify the installer by hand.
68: </ul>
69: <p>
70:
1.8 tedu 71: <li>New/extended platforms:
1.1 deraadt 72: <ul>
73: <li>...
74: </ul>
75: <p>
76:
77: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
78: <ul>
1.5 jsg 79: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmx&sektion=4">vmx(4)</a>
80: driver for VMware VMXNET3 Virtual Interface Controller devices.
81: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vmwpvs&sektion=4">vmwpvs(4)</a>
82: driver for VMware Paravirtual SCSI.
83: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vioscsi&sektion=4">vioscsi(4)</a>
84: driver for VirtIO SCSI adapters.
85: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=viornd&sektion=4">viornd(4)</a>
86: driver for VirtIO random number devices.
87: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubcmtp&sektion=4">ubcmtp(4)</a>
88: driver for Broadcom multi-touch trackpads.
89: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugold&sektion=4">ugold(4)</a>
90: driver for TEMPer gold HID thermometers.
91: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugl&sektion=4">ugl(4)</a>
92: driver for Genesys Logic based USB host-to-host adapters.
93: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
94: has been overhauled, including:
95: <ul>
96: <li>New port of the Radeon code in Linux 3.8.13.19.
97: <li>Support for Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) including support for
98: additional output types such as DisplayPort.
99: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wsdisplay&sektion=4">wsdisplay(4)</a>
100: now attaches to
101: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=radeondrm&sektion=4">radeondrm(4)</a>
102: and provides a framebuffer console.
103: </ul>
104: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=inteldrm&sektion=4">inteldrm(4)</a>
1.20 sthen 105: has been updated to Linux 3.8.13.19 notably bringing Haswell stability fixes.
1.5 jsg 106: <li>Support for Intel 8 Series Ethernet with i217/i218 PHYs, and
107: i210/i211/i354 has been added to
108: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>.
109: <li>Support for Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200, 2230 and 105/135 has been added to
110: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwn&sektion=4">iwn(4)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 111: </ul>
112: <p>
113:
114: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
115: <ul>
1.17 jsg 116: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vxlan&sektion=4">vxlan(4)</a>
117: a virtual extensible local area network tunnel interface.
1.19 florian 118: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflow&sektion=4">pflow(4)</a>
119: sends 64 bit time values for pflowproto 10. The changed templates /
120: flows for pflowproto 10 are now parseable by existing receivers.
1.1 deraadt 121: <li>...
122: </ul>
123: <p>
124:
125: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
126: <ul>
1.13 tedu 127: <li>The popa3d POP3 server has been removed.
1.17 jsg 128: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpctl&sektion=8">ntpctl(8)</a>
129: a program to control the Network Time Protocol daemon.
1.19 florian 130: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=slowcgi&sektion=8">slowcgi(8)</a>
131: now works with a high number of concurrent connections.
1.1 deraadt 132: </ul>
133: <p>
134:
1.7 deraadt 135: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhcpd&sektion=8">dhcpd(8)</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dhclient&sektion=8">dhclient(8)</a> improvements:
1.1 deraadt 136: <ul>
137: <li>...
138: </ul>
139: <p>
140:
1.17 jsg 141: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.2:
1.1 deraadt 142: <ul>
143: <li>...
144: </ul>
145: <p>
146:
1.16 jsg 147: <li>Security improvements:
148: <ul>
149: <li>Position-independent executables (PIE) are now used <b>by default</b>
150: on i386.
1.17 jsg 151: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc4random&sektion=3">arc4random(3)</a>
152: functions now use the ChaCha20 cipher.
1.18 tedu 153: <li>The kernel random number system is initially seeded by the bootloader,
154: providing better random very early.
1.17 jsg 155: <li>-Wbounded is now enabled in GCC by default.
156: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=explicit_bzero&sektion=3">explicit_bzero(3)</a>.
1.16 jsg 157: </ul>
158: <p>
159:
1.1 deraadt 160: <li>Performance improvements:
161: <ul>
1.11 tedu 162: <li>Relations between the buffer cache and swap daemon have been improved.
1.1 deraadt 163: </ul>
164: <p>
165:
166: <li>Threading improvements:
167: <ul>
1.12 tedu 168: <li>Interprocess semaphores via <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sem_open&sektion=3">sem_open(3)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 169: </ul>
170: <p>
171:
172: <li>Assorted improvements:
173: <ul>
1.2 espie 174: <li>New in-memory file system, tmpfs
1.12 tedu 175: <li>POSIX required <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nl&sektion=1">nl(1)</a> utility.
1.16 jsg 176: <li>OpenBSD/vax has switched to GCC 3.
1.17 jsg 177: <li>Added <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getdents&sektion=2">getdents(2)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 178: </ul>
179: <p>
180:
1.3 sobrado 181: <li>OpenSSH 6.6 (including changes to 6.5, a feature-focused release):
1.1 deraadt 182: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 183: <li>Security:
1.1 deraadt 184: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 185: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
186: when using environment passing with a
187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
188: <tt>AcceptEnv</tt> pattern with a wildcard. OpenSSH prior to 6.6 could
189: be tricked into accepting any enviornment variable that contains the
190: characters before the wildcard character.
191: </ul>
192: <li>New/changed features:
193: <ul>
194: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
195: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
196: Add support for key exchange using <i>elliptic-curve Diffie Hellman</i>
197: in Daniel Bernstein's <i>Curve25519</i>. This key exchange method is
198: the default when both the client and server support it.
199: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
200: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
201: Add support for <i>ED25519</i> as a public key type. ED25519 is
202: a elliptic curve signature scheme that offers better security than
203: <i>ECDSA</i> and <i>DSA</i> and good performance. It may be used for
204: both <i>user</i> and <i>host</i> keys.
205: <li>Add a new private key format that uses a <i>bcrypt KDF</i> to better
206: protect keys at rest. This format is used unconditionally for
207: ED25519 keys, but may be requested when generating or saving
208: existing keys of other types via the <tt>-o</tt>
209: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>
210: option. We intend to make the new format the default in the near
211: future. Details of the new format are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.key</tt>
212: file.
213: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
214: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
215: Add a new transport cipher "chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com" that
216: combines Daniel Bernstein's <i>ChaCha20</i> stream cipher and
217: <i>Poly1305 MAC</i> to build an authenticated encryption mode. Details
218: are in the <tt>PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305</tt> file.
219: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
220: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
221: Refuse <i>RSA</i> keys from old proprietary clients and servers that
222: use the obsolete <i>RSA+MD5</i> signature scheme. It will still be
223: possible to connect with these clients/servers but <b>only DSA keys
224: will be accepted, and OpenSSH will refuse connection entirely in a
225: future release</b>.
226: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
227: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
228: Refuse old proprietary clients and servers that use a weaker key
229: exchange hash calculation.
230: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
231: Increase the size of the <i>Diffie-Hellman groups</i> requested for
232: each symmetric key size. New values from <i>NIST Special Publication
233: 800-57</i> with the upper limit specified by <i>RFC 4419</i>.
234: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
235: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
236: Support <i>PKCS#11</i> tokens that only provide <i>X.509</i> certs
237: instead of raw public keys. (requested as bz#1908)
238: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
239: Add a
240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
241: <tt>Match</tt> keyword that allows conditional configuration to be
242: applied by matching on <i>hostname</i>, <i>user</i> and <i>result of
243: arbitrary commands</i>.
244: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
245: Add support for <i>client-side hostname canonicalisation</i> using a
246: set of <i>DNS suffixes</i> and rules in
247: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>.
248: This allows unqualified names to be canonicalised to fully-qualified
249: domain names to eliminate ambiguity when looking up keys in
250: <tt>known_hosts</tt> or checking host certificate names.
251: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
252: Add the ability to whitelist and/or blacklist sftp protocol requests by
253: name.
254: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp-server&sektion=8">sftp-server(8)</a>:
255: Add a sftp "fsync@openssh.com" to support calling
256: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fsync&sektion=2">fsync(2)</a>
257: on an open file handle.
258: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
259: Add a
260: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
261: <tt>PermitTTY</tt> to disallow <i>TTY</i> allocation, mirroring the
262: longstanding <tt>no-pty</tt> <tt>authorized_keys</tt> option.
263: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
264: Add a
265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
266: <tt>ProxyUseFDPass</tt> option that supports the use of
267: <tt>ProxyCommands</tt> that establish a connection and then pass a
268: connected file descriptor back to
269: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>.
270: This allows the <tt>ProxyCommand</tt> to exit rather than staying
271: around to transfer data.
272: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
273: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
274: this release removes the <i>J-PAKE</i> authentication code. This code
275: was experimental, never enabled and had been unmaintained for some
276: time.
277: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
278: when processing <tt>Match</tt> blocks, skip '<tt>exec</tt>' clauses
279: other clauses predicates failed to match.
280: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
281: if hostname canonicalisation is enabled and results in the destination
282: hostname being changed, then re-parse
283: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
284: files using the new destination hostname. This gives '<tt>Host</tt>'
285: and '<tt>Match</tt>' directives that use the expanded hostname a chance
286: to be applied.
1.1 deraadt 287: </ul>
288: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
289: <ul>
1.3 sobrado 290: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
291: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
292: Fix potential stack exhaustion caused by nested certificates.
293: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
294: make <tt>BindAddress</tt> work with <tt>UsePrivilegedPort</tt>.
295: (bz#1211)
296: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
297: fix the progress meter for resumed transfer. (bz#2137)
298: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-add&sektion=1">ssh-add(1)</a>:
299: do not request smartcard PIN when removing keys from
300: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>.
301: (bz#2187)
302: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
303: fix re-exec fallback when original
304: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>
305: binary cannot be executed. (bz#2139)
306: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1">ssh-keygen(1)</a>:
307: Make relative-specified certificate expiry times relative to current
308: time and not the validity start time.
309: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
310: fix <tt>AuthorizedKeysCommand</tt> inside a <tt>Match</tt> block.
311: (bz#2161)
312: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
313: symlinking a file would incorrectly canonicalise the target path.
314: (bz#2129)
315: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&sektion=1">ssh-agent(1)</a>:
316: fix a use-after-free in the PKCS#11 agent helper executable.
317: (bz#2175)
318: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
319: Improve logging of sessions to include the <i>user name</i>, <i>remote
320: host</i> and <i>port</i>, the <i>session type</i> (shell, command,
321: etc.) and <i>allocated TTY</i> (if any).
322: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
323: tell the client (via a debug message) when their preferred listen
324: address has been overridden by the server's <tt>GatewayPorts</tt>
325: setting. (bz#1297)
326: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
327: include report port in bad protocol banner message. (bz#2162)
328: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
329: fix memory leak in error path in <i>do_readdir()</i>. (bz#2163)
330: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1">sftp(1)</a>:
331: don't leak file descriptor on error. (bz#2171)
332: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
333: include the <i>local address</i> and <i>port</i> in "<tt>Connection
334: from ...</tt>" message. (only shown at <i>loglevel>=verbose</i>)
335: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
336: avoid spurious "<tt>getsockname failed: Bad file descriptor</tt>" in
337: <tt>ssh -W</tt>. (bz#2200, debian#738692)
338: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
339: allow the
340: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=shutdown&sektion=2">shutdown(2)</a>
341: syscall in seccomp-bpf and systrace sandbox modes, as it is reachable
342: if the connection is terminated during the pre-auth phase.
343: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
344: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
345: fix unsigned overflow that in <i>SSH protocol 1 bignum parsing</i>.
346: Minimum key length checks render this bug unexploitable to compromise
347: SSH 1 sessions.
348: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5">sshd_config(5)</a>
349: clarify behaviour of a keyword that appears in multiple matching
350: <tt>Match</tt> blocks. (bz#2184)
351: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
352: avoid unnecessary hostname lookups when canonicalisation is disabled.
353: (bz#2205)
354: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
355: avoid sandbox violation crashes in GSSAPI code by caching the supported
356: list of GSSAPI mechanism OIDs before entering the sandbox. (bz#2107)
357: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
358: fix possible crashes in SOCKS4 parsing caused by assumption that the
359: SOCKS username is nul-terminated.
360: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
361: fix regression for <tt>UsePrivilegedPort=yes</tt> when
362: <tt>BindAddress</tt> is not specified.
363: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>,
364: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&sektion=8">sshd(8)</a>:
365: fix memory leak in ECDSA signature verification.
366: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&sektion=1">ssh(1)</a>:
367: fix matching of '<tt>Host</tt>' directives in
368: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5">ssh_config(5)</a>
369: files to be case-insensitive again. (regression in 6.5)
1.1 deraadt 370: </ul>
371: </ul>
372: <p>
373:
1.2 espie 374: <li>Major overhaul of the package tools:
1.1 deraadt 375: <ul>
1.2 espie 376: <li>Much better memory usage
377: <li>pkg_add now trusts signed packages only by default
1.1 deraadt 378: </ul>
1.2 espie 379: <li>Over 8,700 ports
1.1 deraadt 380: <p>
1.2 espie 381: <li>The build process now allows some limited capability for
382: building conflicting packages, yielding kde4 packages as a result,
383: along with kde3.
1.1 deraadt 384: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
385: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
386: <tr>
387: <td valign="top" width="25%">
388: <ul>
389: <li>i386: 8468
1.6 deraadt 390: <li>sparc64: 7969
1.21 ! sthen 391: <li>alpha: 6199
1.1 deraadt 392: <li>m68k: XXXX
393: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
394: <li>sh: XXXX
395: <li>amd64: 8534
396: <li>powerpc: 8057
397: <li>m88k: XXXX
398: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
1.21 ! sthen 399: <li>sparc: 3992
1.1 deraadt 400: <li>arm: XXXX
401: <li>hppa: 6549
402: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
403: <li>vax: XXXX
1.21 ! sthen 404: <li>mips64: 4726
! 405: <li>mips64el: 6730
1.1 deraadt 406: </ul></td></tr></table>
407: <p>
408:
409: <li>Some highlights:
410: <ul>
1.4 jsg 411: <li>GNOME 3.10.2 <li>KDE 3.5.10
1.2 espie 412: <li>KDE 4.11.5
1.4 jsg 413: <li>Xfce 4.10 <li>MySQL 5.1.73
414: <li>PostgreSQL 9.3.2 <li>Postfix 2.11.0
415: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.38 <li>Mozilla Firefox 24.3 and 26.0
416: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3.0 <li>GHC 7.6.3
417: <li>LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.3
418: <li>Vim 7.4.135 <li>PHP 5.3.28 and 5.4.24
419: <li>Python 2.7.6 and 3.3.2 <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.484, 2.0.0.353 and 2.1.0
420: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.15 and 8.6.1 <li>JDK 1.6.0.32 and 1.7.0.21
1.2 espie 421: <li>Mono 2.10.9 <li>Chromium 32.0.1700.102
1.4 jsg 422: <li>Groff 1.22.2 <li>Go 1.2
423: <li>GCC 4.6.4 and 4.8.2 <li>LLVM/Clang 3.3
424: <li>Node.js 0.10.24
1.1 deraadt 425: </ul>
426: <p>
427:
428: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
432: <ul>
1.4 jsg 433: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.14.5 + patches,
434: freetype 2.5.2, fontconfig 2.10.91, Mesa 9.2.5, xterm 301,
435: xkeyboard-config 2.10.1 and more)
1.16 jsg 436: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 437: <li>Perl 5.16.3 (+ patches)
438: <li>Our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with
439: SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.4 jsg 440: <li>Nginx 1.4.4 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 441: <li>OpenSSL 1.0.1c (+ patches)
1.4 jsg 442: <li>SQLite 3.8.0.2 (+ patches)
443: <li>Sendmail 8.14.8, with libmilter
1.1 deraadt 444: <li>Bind 9.4.2-P2 (+ patches)
1.4 jsg 445: <li>NSD 4.0.1
1.1 deraadt 446: <li>Lynx 2.8.7rel.2 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
447: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
448: <li>Ncurses 5.7
449: <li>Heimdal 1.5.2 (+ patches)
450: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
451: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
452: <li>Less 444 (+ patches)
453: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
454: </ul>
455:
456: </ul>
457:
458: <a name="install"></a>
459: <hr>
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
462: <p>
463: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
464: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
465: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
466: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
467: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
468: purchased a CDROM instead.
469: <p>
470:
471: <hr>
472: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
473: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.5 on your machine:
474: <p>
475: <ul>
1.9 deraadt 476: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
1.7 deraadt 477: .../OpenBSD/5.5/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
1.9 deraadt 478: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7 deraadt 479: .../OpenBSD/vax/INSTALL.vax (on CD1)</a>
480: <p>
1.9 deraadt 481: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.7 deraadt 482: .../OpenBSD/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
1.9 deraadt 483: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7 deraadt 484: .../OpenBSD/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD2)</a>
1.9 deraadt 485: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7 deraadt 486: .../OpenBSD/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
487: <p>
1.9 deraadt 488: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
1.7 deraadt 489: .../OpenBSD/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
1.9 deraadt 490: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7 deraadt 491: .../OpenBSD/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
492: <p>
1.9 deraadt 493: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
1.7 deraadt 494: .../OpenBSD/5.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
1.9 deraadt 495: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish">
1.7 deraadt 496: .../OpenBSD/5.5/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
1.9 deraadt 497: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
1.7 deraadt 498: .../OpenBSD/5.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
1.9 deraadt 499: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/beagle/INSTALL.beagle">
1.7 deraadt 500: .../OpenBSD/5.5/beagle/INSTALL.beagle</a>
1.9 deraadt 501: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
1.7 deraadt 502: .../OpenBSD/5.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300</a>
1.9 deraadt 503: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
1.7 deraadt 504: .../OpenBSD/5.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
1.9 deraadt 505: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
1.7 deraadt 506: .../OpenBSD/5.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
1.9 deraadt 507: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
1.7 deraadt 508: .../OpenBSD/5.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
1.9 deraadt 509: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
1.7 deraadt 510: .../OpenBSD/5.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
1.9 deraadt 511: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
1.7 deraadt 512: .../OpenBSD/5.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
1.9 deraadt 513: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
1.7 deraadt 514: .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k</a>
1.9 deraadt 515: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k">
1.7 deraadt 516: .../OpenBSD/5.5/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k</a>
1.9 deraadt 517: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
1.7 deraadt 518: .../OpenBSD/5.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
1.9 deraadt 519: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
1.7 deraadt 520: .../OpenBSD/5.5/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
1.9 deraadt 521: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
1.7 deraadt 522: .../OpenBSD/5.5/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
1.9 deraadt 523: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
1.7 deraadt 524: .../OpenBSD/5.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
1.9 deraadt 525: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax">
1.7 deraadt 526: .../OpenBSD/5.5/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
1.9 deraadt 527: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
1.7 deraadt 528: .../OpenBSD/5.5/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
1.1 deraadt 529: </ul>
530: <hr>
531:
532: <p>
533: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
534: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
535: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
536: <p>
537:
538: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
539: <ul>
540: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
541: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
542: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
543: <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
544:
545: <p>
546: Use <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyB55.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
547: support, or <i>CD1:5.5/i386/floppyC55.fs</i> for better laptop support.
548:
549: <p>
550: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
551: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
552: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
553:
554: <p>
555: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
556: read INSTALL.i386.
557:
558: <p>
559: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
560: at <i>CD1:5.5/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
561: use the
562: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
563: utility. The following is an example usage of
564: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
565: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
566: "rfd0a".
567:
568: <ul><pre>
569: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
570: </pre></ul>
571:
572: <p>
573: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
574: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
575: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
576: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
577: </ul>
578:
579: <p>
580: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
581: <ul>
582: The 5.5 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
583: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
584: your BIOS options first.
585: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
586: To do this, write <i>CD2:5.5/amd64/floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy, then
587: boot from the floppy drive.
588:
589: <p>
590: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
591: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
592: INSTALL.amd64 document.
593:
594: <p>
595: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
596: read INSTALL.amd64.
597: </ul>
598:
599: <p>
600: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
601: <ul>
602: Burn the image from the FTP site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
603: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
604: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
605:
606: <p>
607: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
608: /5.5/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>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppy55.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.5/sparc64/floppyB55.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>CD3:5.5/sparc64/miniroot55.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:5.5/alpha/floppy55.fs</i> or
638: <i>FTP:5.5/alpha/floppyB55.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>miniroot55.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>miniroot55.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/luna88k:</font></h3>
695: <ul>
696: <p>
697: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
698: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
699: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
700: </ul>
701:
702: <p>
703: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
704: <ul>
705: <p>
706: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
707: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
708: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
709: for more details.
710: </ul>
711:
712: <p>
713: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
714: <ul>
715: <p>
716: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
717: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
718: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
719: for more details.
720: </ul>
721:
722: <p>
723: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
724: <ul>
725: <p>
726: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
727: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
728: </ul>
729:
730: <p>
731: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
732: <ul>
733: <p>
734: To install on an O2, burn cd55.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
735: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
736: menu.
737:
738: <p>
739: On other systems, or if your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
740: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using
741: the kernel matching your system type.
742: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
743: </ul>
744:
745: <p>
746: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
747: <ul>
748: <p>
749: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
750: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
751: </ul>
752:
753: <p>
754: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
755: <ul>
756: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
757: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
758:
759: <ul><pre>
760: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
761: or
762: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.5/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
763: </pre></ul>
764:
765: <p>
766: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
767: To do so you need to write <i>floppy55.fs</i> to a floppy.
768: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
769: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
770: depending on the version of your ROM.
771:
772: <ul><pre>
773: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
774: or
775: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
776: </pre></ul>
777:
778: <p>
779: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
780: will most likely fail.
781:
782: <p>
783: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
784: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
785: INSTALL.sparc file.
786: </ul>
787:
788: <p>
789: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
790: <ul>
791: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
792: </ul>
793:
794: <p>
795: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
796: <ul>
797: <p>
798: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
799: openbsd55_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
800: for a few important details.
801: </ul>
802:
803: <p>
804: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
805: <ul>
806: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
807: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
808: in a separate archive. To extract:
809: <p>
810: <ul><pre>
811: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
812: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
813: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
814: </pre></ul>
815: <p>
816: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
817: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
818: To extract:
819: <p>
820: <ul><pre>
821: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
822: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
823: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
824: </pre></ul>
825: <p>
826: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
827: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
828: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
829: Using these files
830: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
831: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
832: <p>
833: </ul>
834:
835: <a name="upgrade"></a>
836: <hr>
837: <p>
838: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
839: <p>
840: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
841: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
842: <a href="faq/upgrade55.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
843:
844: <a name="ports"></a>
845: <hr>
846: <p>
847: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
848: <p>
849: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
850: <p>
851: <ul><pre>
852: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
853: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
854: </pre></ul>
855: <p>
856: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
857: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
858: if you know nothing about ports
859: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
860: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
861: OpenBSD ports system.
862: <p>
863: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
864: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
865: cvs(1)</a> if
866: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
867: source tree, our ports tree is available via
868: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
869: So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
870: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
871: like:
872: <p>
873: <ul><pre>
874: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
875: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_5</strong>
876: </pre></ul>
877: <p>
878: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
879: server.]
880: <p>
881: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
882: packages for the 5.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
883: <p>
884: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
885: would like to know more, the mailing list
886: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
887: <p>
888: </body>
889: </html>