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21: <h2><font color="#0000e0">OpenBSD 5.7</font></h2>
22: <p>
23: Released May 1, 2015<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2015, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9881561-5-9</font>
26: <br>
27: <a href="lyrics.html#57">5.7 Song: "XXX"</a>
28: <p>
29:
30: <ul>
31: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
32: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines.
34: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/5.7/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata57.html">the 5.7 errata page</a> for a list
37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href="plus57.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 5.6 and 5.7 releases.
40: <p>
41: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=signify&sektion=1">signify(1)</a> pubkeys for this release:<br>
42: base: RWSvUZXnw9gUb70PdeSNnpSmodCyIPJEGN1wWr+6Time1eP7KiWJ5eAM<br>
43: fw: RWSuRBL44FVkb2QuvtlwOJmzS9UJtbKZd7GEYcol8HPXu4On/Ct1LoZr<br>
44: pkg: RWTJ1iHLn/zcvJJSbxJIEU9ChlfAlU16XoLLxmxciliOFWfTLyOv0vQs<br>
45: </ul>
46: <br clear=all>
47: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
48: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
49: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
50: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
51: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
52: <p>
53:
54: <a name="new"></a>
55: <hr>
56: <p>
57: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
58: <p>
59: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 5.7.
60: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus57.html">changelog</a> leading
61: to 5.7.
62: <p>
63:
64: <ul>
65: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
66: <ul>
67: <li>...
68: </ul>
69: <p>
70:
71: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
72: <ul>
73: <li>...
74: </ul>
75: <p>
76:
77: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
78: <ul>
79: <li>...
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
1.2 ! lteo 83: <li>OpenSMTPD 5.4.4:
1.1 deraadt 84: <ul>
85: <li>...
86: </ul>
87: <p>
88:
89: <li>Security improvements:
90: <ul>
91: <li>...
92: </ul>
93: <p>
94:
95: <li>Assorted improvements:
96: <ul>
97: <li>...
98: </ul>
99: <p>
100:
101: <li>OpenSSH 6.7
102: <ul>
103: <li>Potentially-incompatible changes:
104: <ul>
105: <li>...
106: </ul>
107: <li>New/changed features:
108: <ul>
109: <li>...
110: </ul>
111: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
112: <ul>
113: <li>...
114: </ul>
115: </ul>
116: <p>
117:
118: <li>LibreSSL
119: <ul>
120: <li>...
121: </ul>
122: <p>
1.2 ! lteo 123: <li>mandoc 1.13.2:
1.1 deraadt 124: <ul>
125: <li>...
126: </ul>
127:
128: <p>
129: <li>Ports and packages:
130: <ul>
131: <li>Over X,XXX ports.
132: </ul>
133: <p>
134: <li>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
135: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
136: <tr>
137: <td valign="top" width="25%">
138: <ul>
139: <li>i386: XXXX
140: <li>sparc64: XXXX
141: <li>alpha: XXXX
142: <li>sh: XXXX
143: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
144: <li>amd64: XXXX
145: <li>powerpc: XXXX
146: <li>m88k: XXXX
147: <li>sparc: XXXX
148: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
149: <li>arm: XXXX
150: <li>hppa: XXXX
151: <li>vax: XXXX
152: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
153: <li>mips64: XXXX
154: <li>mips64el: XXXX
155: </ul></td></tr></table>
156: <p>
157:
158: <li>Some highlights:
159: <ul>
1.2 ! lteo 160: <li>GNOME 3.14.2 <li>KDE 3.5.10
! 161: <li>KDE 4.14.3
! 162: <li>Xfce 4.10 <li>MariaDB 10.0.16
! 163: <li>PostgreSQL 9.4.1 <li>Postfix 2.11.4
! 164: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.40 <li>Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1
! 165: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 31.4.0 <li>GHC 7.8.4
! 166: <li>LibreOffice 4.3.5.2 <li>Emacs 21.4 and 24.4
! 167: <li>Vim 7.4.475 <li>PHP 5.3.29, 5.4.38, 5.5.22 and 5.6.5
! 168: <li>Python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2 <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 1.9.3.551, 2.0.0.598, 2.1.5, and 2.2.0
! 169: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.16 and 8.6.2 <li>JDK 1.7.0.71
! 170: <li>Mono 3.12.0 <li>Chromium 40.0.2214.114
! 171: <li>Groff 1.22.3 <li>Go 1.4.1
! 172: <li>GCC 4.8.4 and 4.9.2 <li>LLVM/Clang 3.5 (20140228)
! 173: <li>Node.js 0.10.35
1.1 deraadt 174: </ul>
175: <p>
176:
177: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
181: <ul>
1.2 ! lteo 182: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.16.4 + patches,
! 183: freetype 2.5.5, fontconfig 2.11.1, Mesa 10.2.9, xterm 314,
! 184: xkeyboard-config 2.13 and more)
1.1 deraadt 185: <li>Gcc 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.2 ! lteo 186: <li>Perl 5.20.1 (+ patches)
! 187: <li>SQLite 3.8.6 (+ patches)
! 188: <li>NSD 4.1.1
1.1 deraadt 189: <li>Unbound 1.4.22
190: <li>Sudo 1.7.2p8
191: <li>Ncurses 5.7
192: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
193: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
194: <li>Less 458 (+ patches)
195: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
196: </ul>
197:
198: </ul>
199:
200: <a name="install"></a>
201: <hr>
202: <p>
203: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
204: <p>
205: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
206: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
207: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
208: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
209: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
210: purchased a CDROM instead.
211: <p>
212:
213: <hr>
214: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
215: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 5.7 on your machine:
216: <p>
217: <ul>
218: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.alpha">
219: .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
220: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386">
221: .../OpenBSD/5.7/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
222: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
223: .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
224: <p>
225: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
226: .../OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
227: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
228: .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
229: <p>
230: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
231: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
232: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
233: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD3)</a>
234: <p>
235: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
236: .../OpenBSD/5.7/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
237: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish">
238: .../OpenBSD/5.7/armish/INSTALL.armish</a>
239: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion">
240: .../OpenBSD/5.7/aviion/INSTALL.aviion</a>
241: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
242: .../OpenBSD/5.7/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
243: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
244: .../OpenBSD/5.7/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
245: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
246: .../OpenBSD/5.7/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
247: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
248: .../OpenBSD/5.7/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
249: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
250: .../OpenBSD/5.7/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
251: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
252: .../OpenBSD/5.7/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
253: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
254: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
255: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
256: .../OpenBSD/5.7/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
257: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
258: .../OpenBSD/5.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc</a>
259: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax">
260: .../OpenBSD/5.7/vax/INSTALL.vax</a>
261: <li><a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus">
262: .../OpenBSD/5.7/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus</a>
263: </ul>
264: <hr>
265:
266: <p>
267: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
268: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
269: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
270: <p>
271:
272: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
273: <ul>
274: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
275: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
276: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
277: <i>CD1:5.7/i386/floppy57.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
278:
279: <p>
280: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
281: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
282: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
283:
284: <p>
285: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
286: read INSTALL.i386.
287:
288: <p>
289: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
290: at <i>CD1:5.7/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
291: use the
292: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
293: utility. The following is an example usage of
294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
295: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
296: "rfd0a".
297:
298: <ul><pre>
299: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
300: </pre></ul>
301:
302: <p>
303: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
304: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
305: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
306: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
307: </ul>
308:
309: <p>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
311: <ul>
312: The 5.7 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
313: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
314: your BIOS options first.
315: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
316: To do this, write <i>CD2:5.7/amd64/floppy57.fs</i> to a floppy, then
317: boot from the floppy drive.
318:
319: <p>
320: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
321: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
322: INSTALL.amd64 document.
323:
324: <p>
325: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
326: read INSTALL.amd64.
327: </ul>
328:
329: <p>
330: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
331: <ul>
332: Burn the image from the FTP site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
333: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
334: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
335:
336: <p>
337: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
338: /5.7/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
339: </ul>
340:
341: <p>
342: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
343: <ul>
344: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
345:
346: <p>
347: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
348: <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppy57.fs</i> or <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/floppyB57.fs</i>
349: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
350: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
351:
352: <p>
353: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
354: will most likely fail.
355:
356: <p>
357: You can also write <i>CD3:5.7/sparc64/miniroot57.fs</i> to the swap partition on
358: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
359:
360: <p>
361: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
362: </ul>
363:
364: <p>
365: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
366: <ul>
367: <p>Write <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppy57.fs</i> or
368: <i>FTP:5.7/alpha/floppyB57.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
369: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
370:
371: <p>
372: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
373: will most likely fail.
374:
375: </ul>
376:
377: <p>
378: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
379: <ul>
380: <p>
381: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
382: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
383: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
384: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
385: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
386: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
387: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
388: </ul>
389:
390: <p>
391: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
392: <ul>
393: <p>
394: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
395: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
396: </ul>
397:
398: <p>
399: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
400: <ul>
401: <p>
402: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to the start of the CF
403: or disk, and boot normally.
404: </ul>
405:
406: <p>
407: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
408: <ul>
409: <p>
410: Write <i>miniroot57.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
411: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
412: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
413: </ul>
414: <p>
415:
416: <p>
417: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
418: <ul>
419: <p>
420: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
421: from the PROM, and the bsd.rd from the bootloader.
422: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
423: </ul>
424:
425: <p>
426: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
427: <ul>
428: <p>
429: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
430: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
431: </ul>
432:
433: <p>
434: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
435: <ul>
436: <p>
437: To install, burn cd57.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
438: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
439: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
440: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
441: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
442:
443: <p>
444: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
445: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
446: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
447: </ul>
448:
449: <p>
450: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
451: <ul>
452: <p>
453: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
454: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
455: </ul>
456:
457: <p>
458: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
459: <ul>
460: Boot from one of the provided install ISO images, using one of the two
461: commands listed below, depending on the version of your ROM.
462:
463: <ul><pre>
464: ok <strong>boot cdrom 5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
465: or
466: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)5.7/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
467: </pre></ul>
468:
469: <p>
470: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
471: To do so you need to write <i>floppy57.fs</i> to a floppy.
472: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.2</a>.
473: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
474: depending on the version of your ROM.
475:
476: <ul><pre>
477: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
478: or
479: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
480: </pre></ul>
481:
482: <p>
483: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
484: will most likely fail.
485:
486: <p>
487: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
488: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
489: INSTALL.sparc file.
490: </ul>
491:
492: <p>
493: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
494: <ul>
495: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
496: </ul>
497:
498: <p>
499: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
500: <ul>
501: <p>
502: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
503: openbsd57_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
504: for a few important details.
505: </ul>
506:
507: <p>
508: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
509: <ul>
510: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
511: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
512: in a separate archive. To extract:
513: <p>
514: <ul><pre>
515: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
516: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
517: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
518: </pre></ul>
519: <p>
520: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
521: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
522: To extract:
523: <p>
524: <ul><pre>
525: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
526: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
527: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
528: </pre></ul>
529: <p>
530: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
531: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
532: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
533: Using these files
534: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
535: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
536: <p>
537: </ul>
538:
539: <a name="upgrade"></a>
540: <hr>
541: <p>
542: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
543: <p>
544: If you already have an OpenBSD 5.6 system, and do not want to reinstall,
545: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
546: <a href="faq/upgrade57.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
547:
548: <a name="ports"></a>
549: <hr>
550: <p>
551: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
552: <p>
553: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
554: <p>
555: <ul><pre>
556: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
557: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
558: </pre></ul>
559: <p>
560: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
561: read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
562: if you know nothing about ports
563: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
564: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
565: OpenBSD ports system.
566: <p>
567: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
568: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&arch=i386">
569: cvs(1)</a> if
570: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
571: source tree, our ports tree is available via
572: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
573: So, in order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
574: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
575: like:
576: <p>
577: <ul><pre>
578: # <strong>cd /usr/ports</strong>
579: # <strong>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_5_7</strong>
580: </pre></ul>
581: <p>
582: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
583: server.]
584: <p>
585: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
586: packages for the 5.7 release will be made available if problems arise.
587: <p>
588: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
589: would like to know more, the mailing list
590: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
591: <p>
592: </body>
593: </html>
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