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17: <i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">6.1</font>
19: </h2>
20:
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23: To be released somwhere around May 1, 2017 plus or minus a couple months<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2017, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <br>
26: <br>
27: 6.1 Song:
28: <a href="lyrics.html#61">"xxx"</a>.
29:
30: <br>
31: <ul>
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/6.1/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites.
36: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata61.html">the 6.1 errata page</a> for a list
37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href="plus61.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 6.0 and 6.1 releases.
40: <p>
41: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
42: pubkeys for this release:<br>
43: <pre>
1.5 deraadt 44: base: RWQEQa33SgQSEsMwwVV1+GjzdcQfRNV2Bgo48Ztd2KiZ9bAodz9c+Maa
45: fw: RWS91POk0QZXfsqi4aI7MotYz8CPzoHjYg4a1IDi56cftacjsq+ZL/KY
46: pkg: RWQbTjGFHEvnOckqY7u9iABhXAkEpF/6TQ3Mr6bMrWbT1wOM/HnbV9ov
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48: <p>
49: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
50: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
51: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
52: </ul>
53: <br clear=all>
54:
55: <hr>
56:
57: <h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
58:
59: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.1.
60: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus61.html">changelog</a> leading
61: to 6.1.
62:
63: <ul>
64: <li>New/extended platforms:
65: <ul>
1.14 ! schwarze 66: <li>New <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/arm64.html">arm64</a> platform.
! 67: <li>...
! 68: <li>The following platforms were retired:
! 69: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/sparc.html">sparc</a>,
! 70: <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html">zaurus</a>
1.1 deraadt 71: <li>...
72: </ul>
73: <p>
74:
75: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
76: <ul>
1.4 visa 77: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=octmmc">octmmc(4)</a>
78: driver for the OCTEON MMC host controller.
1.1 deraadt 79: <li>...
80: </ul>
81: <p>
82:
83: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
84: <ul>
85: <li>...
86: </ul>
87: <p>
88:
89: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
90: <ul>
1.14 ! schwarze 91: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/switch.4">switch(4)</a>
! 92: pseudo-device together with new
! 93: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/switchd.8">switchd(8)</a> and
! 94: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/switchctl.8">switchctl(8)</a>
! 95: programs.
1.1 deraadt 96: <li>...
97: </ul>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li>Installer improvements:
101: <ul>
1.14 ! schwarze 102: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/syspatch.8">syspatch(8)</a>
! 103: utility.
1.1 deraadt 104: <li>...
105: </ul>
106: <p>
107:
108: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
109: <ul>
1.10 florian 110: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/ping.8">ping(8)</a> and
111: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/ping6.8">ping6(8)</a> are now the same
112: binary and share the engine.
1.1 deraadt 113: <li>...
114: </ul>
115: <p>
116:
117: <li>Security improvements:
118: <ul>
1.3 visa 119: <li>Enforcement of userland W^X on OCTEON Plus and later.
120: <li>The size of user virtual address space has been increased
121: from 2GB to 1TB on mips64.
1.1 deraadt 122: <li>...
123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li>Assorted improvements:
127: <ul>
1.9 florian 128: <li><a href="http://man.openbsd.org/acme-client.1">acme-client(1)</a> a
129: privilege seperated Automatic Certificate Management Environment
130: (ACME) client written by Kristaps Dzonsons has been imported.
1.14 ! schwarze 131: <li>New, simplified
! 132: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/xenodm.1">xenodm(1)</a>
! 133: X11 display manager forked from
! 134: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.0/xdm.1">xdm(1)</a>.
1.13 schwarze 135: <li>Unicode version 8 character properties in the C library.
136: <li>Partial UTF-8 line editing support for
137: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/ksh.1">ksh(1)</a> Vi input mode.
138: <li>UTF-8 support in
139: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/column.1">column(1)</a>.
1.1 deraadt 140: <li>...
141: </ul>
142: <p>
143:
144: <li>OpenSMTPD 6.0.0
145: <ul>
146: <li>...
147: </ul>
148: <p>
149:
1.12 matthieu 150: <li>OpenSSH 7.4
1.1 deraadt 151: <ul>
152: <li>...
153: </ul>
154: <p>
155:
1.12 matthieu 156: <li>LibreSSL 2.5.1
1.1 deraadt 157: <ul>
158: <li>...
159: </ul>
160: <p>
161:
1.13 schwarze 162: <li>mandoc 1.14.1
163: <ul>
164: <li>New <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/mandoc.db.5">mandoc.db(5)</a>
165: file format: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/man.1">man(1)</a>,
166: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/apropos.1">apropos(1)</a>, and
167: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/makewhatis.8">makewhatis(8)</a>
168: no longer need SQLite3.
169: <li>Much improved HTML output and CSS.
170: <li>In <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/man.1">man(1)</a>, internal
171: searching with <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/less.1">less(1)</a>
172: <code>:t</code> has been improved.
173: </ul>
174: <p>
175:
1.1 deraadt 176: <li>Ports and packages:
177: <dl>
178: <dt>...
179: </dl>
180: <dl>
181: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
182: </dl>
183: <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
184: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
185: <tr>
186: <td valign="top" width="25%">
187: <ul>
188: <li>armv8: XXXX
189: <li>alpha: XXXX
190: <li>amd64: XXXX
191: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
192: <li>hppa: XXXX
193: <li>i386: XXXX
194: <li>mips64: XXXX
195: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
196: <li>mips64el: XXXX
197: <li>powerpc: XXXX
198: <li>sparc64: XXXX
199: </ul></td></tr></table>
200: <p>
201:
202: <dl>
203: <dt>Some highlights:
204: </dl>
205: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
206: <tr>
207: <td valign="top" width="50%"><ul>
208: <li>Afl 2.19b
1.12 matthieu 209: <li>Chromium 56.0.2924.87
210: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 5.1
1.1 deraadt 211: <li>GCC 4.9.3
212: <li>GHC 7.10.3
1.12 matthieu 213: <li>Gimp 2.8.18
214: <li>GNOME 3.32.1
215: <li>Go 1.8
1.1 deraadt 216: <li>Groff 1.22.3
1.12 matthieu 217: <li>JDK 7u80 and 8u121
1.1 deraadt 218: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
1.12 matthieu 219: <li>LLVM/Clang 4.0.0
220: <li>LibreOffice 5.2.4.2
221: <li>Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4, and 5.3.4
222: <li>MariaDB 10.0.29
223: <li>Mono 4.6.2.6
224: <li>Mozilla Firefox 45.7.0esr and 51.0.0
1.13 schwarze 225: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 45.7.1
1.1 deraadt 226: </ul></td><td valign=top width="50%"><ul>
1.12 matthieu 227: <li>Mutt 1.8.0
228: <li>Node.js 6.10.0
1.1 deraadt 229: <li>Ocaml 4.3.0
230: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.44
1.12 matthieu 231: <li>PHP 5.5.38, 5.6.30, and 7.0.16
232: <li>Postfix 3.2.0 and 3.3-20170218
233: <li>PostgreSQL 9.6.2
234: <li>Python 2.7.13, 3.4.5, 3.5.2 and 3.6.0
235: <li>R 3.3.2
236: <li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 2.1.9, 2.2.6, 2.3.3 and 2.4.0
237: <li>Rust 1.15.1
1.1 deraadt 238: <li>Sendmail 8.15.2
1.13 schwarze 239: <li>SQLite3 3.17.0
1.12 matthieu 240: <li>Sudo 1.8.19.2
1.1 deraadt 241: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.18 and 8.6.4
242: <li>TeX Live 2015
1.12 matthieu 243: <li>Vim 8.0.0388
1.1 deraadt 244: <li>Xfce 4.12
245: </ul></td></tr></table>
246: <p>
247:
248: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
252: <ul>
253: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.18.3 + patches,
1.12 matthieu 254: freetype 2.7.1, fontconfig 2.12.1, Mesa 13.0.5, xterm 327,
255: xkeyboard-config 2.20 and more)
1.1 deraadt 256: <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.8 florian 257: <li>Perl 5.24.1 (+ patches)
1.6 florian 258: <li>NSD 4.1.15
259: <li>Unbound 1.6.1
1.1 deraadt 260: <li>Ncurses 5.7
261: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
262: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
263: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
264: <li>Expat 2.1.1
265: </ul>
266: </ul>
267:
268: <hr>
269:
270: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
271:
272: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
273: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
274: form of install. The instructions for doing an HTTP (or other style
275: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
276: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
277: purchased a CDROM instead.
278: <p>
279:
280: <hr>
281: <p>
282: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or mirror site for
283: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.1 on your machine:
284:
285: <ul>
286: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
287: .../OpenBSD/6.1/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD1)</a>
288: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/i386/INSTALL.i386">
289: .../OpenBSD/6.1/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
290: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
291: .../OpenBSD/6.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa (on CD1)</a>
292: <p>
293: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
294: .../OpenBSD/6.1/amd64/INSTALL.amd64 (on CD2)</a>
295: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
296: .../OpenBSD/6.1/macppc/INSTALL.macppc (on CD2)</a>
297: <p>
298: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
299: .../OpenBSD/6.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64 (on CD3)</a>
300: <p>
301: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
302: .../OpenBSD/6.1/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
303: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
304: .../OpenBSD/6.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
305: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
306: .../OpenBSD/6.1/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
307: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
308: .../OpenBSD/6.1/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
309: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
310: .../OpenBSD/6.1/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
311: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
312: .../OpenBSD/6.1/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
313: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
314: .../OpenBSD/6.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
315: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/socppc/INSTALL.socppc">
316: .../OpenBSD/6.1/socppc/INSTALL.socppc</a>
317: </ul>
318:
319:
320: <hr>
321:
322: <p>
323: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
324: the "<a href="http://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
325: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
326: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
327:
328: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
329:
330: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
331: <li>
332: The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1.
333: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
334: your BIOS options first.
335: <p>
336: <li>
1.11 tb 337: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install61.fs</i> or
338: <i>miniroot61.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.1 deraadt 339: <p>
340: <li>
341: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
342: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
343: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
344: <p>
345: <li>
346: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
347: read INSTALL.i386.
348: </ul>
349:
350: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
351:
352: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
353: <li>
354: The OpenBSD/amd64 release is on CD2.
355: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
356: your BIOS options first.
357: <p>
358: <li>
1.11 tb 359: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install61.fs</i> or
360: <i>miniroot61.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.1 deraadt 361: <p>
362: <li>
363: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
364: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
365: INSTALL.amd64 document.
366: <p>
367: <li>
368: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
369: read INSTALL.amd64.
370: </ul>
371:
372: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
373:
374: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
375: <li>
376: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
377: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
378: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
379: <p>
380: <li>
381: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
382: /6.1/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
383: </ul>
384:
385: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
386:
387: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
388: <li>
389: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
390: <p>
391: <li>
392: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
1.11 tb 393: <i>CD3:6.1/sparc64/floppy61.fs</i> or <i>CD3:6.1/sparc64/floppyB61.fs</i>
1.1 deraadt 394: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
395: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
396: <p>
397: <li>
398: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
399: will most likely fail.
400: <p>
401: <li>
1.11 tb 402: You can also write <i>CD3:6.1/sparc64/miniroot61.fs</i> to the swap partition on
1.1 deraadt 403: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
404: <p>
405: <li>
406: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
407: </ul>
408:
409: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
410:
411: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
412: <li>
1.11 tb 413: Write <i>FTP:6.1/alpha/floppy61.fs</i> or
414: <i>FTP:6.1/alpha/floppyB61.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
1.1 deraadt 415: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
416: <p>
417: <li>
418: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
419: will most likely fail.
420: </ul>
421:
422: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armv7:</font></h3>
423:
424: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
425: <li>
426: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
427: to the serial console. Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
428: <p>
429: </ul>
430:
431: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
432:
433: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
434: <li>
435: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
436: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
437: </ul>
438:
439: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
440:
441: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
442: <li>
1.11 tb 443: Write <i>miniroot61.fs</i> to the start of the CF
1.1 deraadt 444: or disk, and boot normally.
445: </ul>
446:
447: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
448:
449: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
450: <li>
1.11 tb 451: Write <i>miniroot61.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
1.1 deraadt 452: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
453: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
454: </ul>
455:
456: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
457:
458: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
459: <li>
460: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
461: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
462: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
463: </ul>
464:
465: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
466:
467: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
468: <li>
469: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
470: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
471: </ul>
472:
473: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
474:
475: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
476: <li>
1.11 tb 477: To install, burn cd61.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
1.1 deraadt 478: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
479: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
480: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
481: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
482:
483: <p>
484: <li>
485: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
486: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
487: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
488: </ul>
489:
490: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/socppc:</font></h3>
491:
492: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
493: <li>
494: After connecting a serial port, boot over the network via DHCP/tftp.
495: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.socppc for more details.
496: </ul>
497:
498: <hr>
499:
500: <h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
501:
1.11 tb 502: If you already have an OpenBSD 6.0 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 503: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
1.11 tb 504: <a href="faq/upgrade61.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.1 deraadt 505: <p>
506:
507: <hr>
508:
509: <h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
510:
511: <tt>src.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src</tt>.
512: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
513: which are in a separate archive.
514: To extract:
515:
516: <blockquote><pre>
517: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
518: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
519: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
520: </pre></blockquote>
521:
522: <tt>sys.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src/sys</tt>.
523: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
524: To extract:
525:
526: <blockquote><pre>
527: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
528: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
529: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
530: </pre></blockquote>
531:
532: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
533: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
534: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
535: Using these files
536: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
537: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
538: <p>
539:
540: <hr>
541:
542: <h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
543:
544: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
545:
546: <blockquote><pre>
547: # <b>cd /usr</b>
548: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
549: </pre></blockquote>
550:
551: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
552: if you know nothing about ports
553: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
554: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
555: OpenBSD ports system.
556: <p>
557: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
558: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
559: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
560: So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
561: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
562: with a command like:
563:
564: <blockquote><pre>
565: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
566: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_1</b>
567: </pre></blockquote>
568:
569: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
570: server.]
571: <p>
572: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
573: ports for the 6.1 release will be made available if problems arise.
574: <p>
575: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
576: would like to know more, the mailing list
577: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
578: <p>
579: </body>
580: </html>
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