[BACK]Return to 62.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www
File: [local] / www / 62.html (download) (as text)

Revision 1.9, Sun Oct 1 10:48:50 2017 UTC (6 years, 7 months ago) by otto
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.8: +6 -1 lines 

freezero(3) and other malloc work

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>OpenBSD 6.2</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 6.2">
<meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 2017 by OpenBSD.">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/62.html">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#24248E">

<h2>
<a href="index.html">
<i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
<font color="#e00000">6.2</font>
</h2>

<a href="images/XXX.gif">
<img align="left" width="227" height="343" hspace="24" src="images/XXX.gif"></a>
Released October 15, 2017<br>
Copyright 1997-2017, Theo de Raadt.<br>
<br>
<br>
6.2 Song:
<a href="lyrics.html#62">XXX</a>.

<br>
<ul>
<li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
    a list of mirror machines.
<li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/6.2/</font> directory on
    one of the mirror sites.
<li>Have a look at <a href="errata62.html">the 6.2 errata page</a> for a list
    of bugs and workarounds.
<li>See a <a href="plus62.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
    6.1 and 6.2 releases.
<p>
<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
    pubkeys for this release:<br>
<pre>
base: RWRVWzAMgtyg7g27STK1h1xA6RIwtjex6Vr5Y9q5SC5q5+b0GN4lLhfu
fw:   RWSbA8C2TPUQLi48EqHtg7Rx7KGDt6E/2d8OeJinGZPbpoqGRxA0N2oW
pkg:  RWRvEq+UPCq0VGI9ar7VMy+HYKDrOb4WS5JLhdUBiX3qvJgPQjyZSTxI
</pre>
<p>
All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
</ul>
<br clear=all>

<hr>

<h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>

This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.2.
For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus62.html">changelog</a> leading
to 6.2.

<ul>
<li>New/extended platforms:
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Improved hardware support, including:
    <ul>
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkgrf.4">rkgrf(4)</a> driver for the Rockchip RK3399/RK3288 register file.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkgrf.4">rkclock(4)</a> driver for Rockchip RK3399/RK3288 clocks.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkpinctrl.4">rkpinctrl(4)</a> driver for controlling Rockchip RK3399/RK3288 pins.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkgpio.4">rkpgpio(4)</a> driver for Rockchip RK3399 GPIO.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkgtemp.4">rkptemp(4)</a> driver for Rockchip RK3399 temperature sensors.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkiic.4">rkiic(4)</a> driver for Rockchip RK3399 I2C controllers.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/rkiic.4">rkpmic(4)</a> driver for the RK808 Power Management IC.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/dwmmc.4">rkpgpio(4)</a> driver for Synopsis Designware SD/MMC controllers.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/dwdog.4">dwdog(4)</a> driver for the Synopsys Designware watchdog timer.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/dwxe.4">dwxe(4)</a> driver for the Synopsys Designware Ethernet controller.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/sxitwi.4">sxitwi(4)</a> driver for the two-wire bus on Allwinnder SoCs.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/axppmic.4">axppmic(4)</a> driver for the AXP209 I2C PMIC.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/bcmaux.4">bcmaux(4)</a> driver for clocks and interrupts on the auxilliary UART on BCM2835 devices.
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/mvpinctrl.4">mvpinctrl(4)</a> driver to configure pins on Marvell SoCs (Armada 388).
    <li>arm64: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/arm64/mvneta.4">mvneta(4)</a> driver the Ethernet controller on the Armada 38x series.
    <li>octeon: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/octeon/octsctl.4">octsctl(4)</a> driver for the OCTEON SATA controller bridge.
    <li>octeon: New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/octeon/octxctl.4">octxctl(4)</a> driver for the OCTEON USB3 controller bridge.
    <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hvs.4">hvs(4)</a> driver for Hyper-V storage.
    <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcxrtc.4">pcxrtc(4)</a> driver for the NXP PCF8563 Real Time Clock.
    <li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/urng.4">urng(4)</a> driver for USB random number generator devices.
    <li>Intel 8265 and 3168 support was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.4">iwm(4)</a> driver.
    <li>RTL8192CE support was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rtwn.4">rtwn(4)</a> driver.
    <li>RT5360 support was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ral.4">ral(4)</a> driver.
    <li>RTS525A support was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rtsx.4">rtsx(4)</a> driver.
    <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/acpibat.4">acpibat(4)</a> driver now supports _BIX entries from ACPI 4.0.
    <li>ACPI hibernate support was added to the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/nvme.4">nvme(4)</a> driver.
    <li>Substantially improved ACPI hibernate performance in the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ahci.4">ahci(4)</a> driver.
    <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/inteldrm.4">inteldrm(4)</a> driver was updated to code based on Linux 4.4.70. It now supports Skylake, Kabylake, and Cherryview devices and has better support for Broadwell and Valleyview devices.
    <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pucdata.4">pucdata(4)</a> driver now supports ASIX AX99100 devices.
    <li>...
    </ul>

<p>
<li>New <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a>/
    <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a>:
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
    <ul>
    <li>MiRA 802.11n TX rate scaling now supports devices with unequal numbers of Tx and Rx streams. Fixes 11n mode for some <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/athn.8">athn(8)</a> devices.
    <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwn.8">iwn(8)</a> and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/iwm.8">iwm(8)</a> drivers will now start scanning for a new access point if they no longer receive beacons from their current AP.
    <li>Prefer the 5GHz band over the 2GHz band during access point selection.
    <li>Improved debug output in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dmesg.8">dmesg(8)</a> when a wireless interface is put into debug mode with <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8">ifconfig(8)</a>.
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Generic network stack improvements:
    <ul>
    <li> The kernel no longer handles IPv6 Stateless Address
         Autoconfiguration (RFC 4862), allowing cleanup and simplification
         of the IPv6 network stack.
    <li> The kernel sends IPv6 router solicitations for link local addresses
         with a link local source address.
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Installer improvements:
    <ul>
    <li> The installer now uses the Allotment Routing Table (ART).
    <li> A unique kernel is now created by the installer to boot from after install/upgrade.
    <li> On release installs of architectures supported by syspatch "syspatch -c" is added to rc.firsttime.
    <li> Backwards compatibility code to support the 'rtsol' keyword in hostname.if(5) has been removed.
    <li> The install.site and upgrade.site scripts are now executed at the end of the install/upgrade process.
    <li> More detailed information is shown to identify disks.
    <li> The IPv6 default router selection has been fixed.
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
    <ul>
    <li> A new daemon, <a
         href="https://man.openbsd.org/slaacd">slaacd(8)</a> handles IPv6
         Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (RFC 4862).
    <li> <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rtadvd">rtadvd(8)<a> now supports
         "Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements" (RFC 7772).
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Security improvements:
    <ul>
    <li>A new function
	<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/freezero.3">freezero(3)</a>
	to easily clear and free memory holding sensitive data has been added.
    <li>Double free detection has been improved when the F
    	<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a> option is used.
    	The existing S option now includes F.
    </ul>
<p>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhclient.8">dhclient(8)</a>/
    <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">dhcpd(8)</a>/
    <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcrelay.8">dhcrelay(8)</a> improvements:
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Assorted improvements:
    <ul>
    <li>..
    </ul>
<p>

<li>OpenSMTPD X.X.X
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>OpenSSH 7.X
    <ul>
    <li>Security:
      <ul>
      <li>...
      </ul>
    <li>New/changed features:
      <ul>
      <li>...
      </ul>
    <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
      <ul>
      <li>...
      </ul>
    </ul>
<p>

<li>LibreSSL X.X.X
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>mandoc X.XX.X
    <ul>
    <li>...
    </ul>
<p>

<li>Ports and packages:
    <dl>
    <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
    </dl>
    <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
    <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
    <tr>
    <td valign="top" width="25%">
    <ul>
      <li>alpha:      XXXX
      <li>amd64:      XXXX
      <li>arm:        XXXX
    </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
      <li>hppa:       XXXX
      <li>i386:       XXXX
      <li>mips64:     XXXX
    </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
      <li>mips64el:   XXXX
      <li>powerpc:    XXXX
      <li>sparc64:    XXXX
    </ul></td></tr></table>
    <p>

    <dl>
    <dt>Some highlights:
    </dl>
    <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
    <tr>
    <td valign="top" width="50%"><ul>
	<li>AFL 2.51b
	<li>Chromium 61.0.3163.100
	<li>Emacs 21.4 and 25.3
	<li>GCC 4.9.4
	<li>GHC 7.10.3
	<li>Gimp 2.8.22
	<li>GNOME 3.24.2
	<li>Go 1.9
	<li>Groff 1.22.3
	<li>JDK 8u144
	<li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.10 (plus KDE4 core updates)
	<li>LLVM/Clang 5.0.0
	<li>LibreOffice 5.2.7.2
	<li>Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4, and 5.3.4
	<li>MariaDB 10.0.32
	<li>Mozilla Firefox 52.4.0esr and 56.0.0
	<li>Mozilla Thunderbird 52.2.1
    </ul></td><td valign=top width="50%"><ul>
	<li>Mutt 1.9.1 and NeoMutt 20170912
	<li>Node.js 6.11.2
	<li>Ocaml 4.03.0
	<li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.45
	<li>PHP 5.6.31, and 7.0.23
	<li>Postfix 3.2.2 and 3.3-20170910
	<li>PostgreSQL 9.6.5
	<li>Python 2.7.14 and 3.6.2
	<li>R 3.4.1
	<li>Ruby 1.8.7.374, 2.1.9, 2.2.8, 2.3.5 and 2.4.2
	<li>Rust 1.20.0
	<li>Sendmail 8.16.0.21
	<li>SQLite3 3.20.1
	<li>Sudo 1.8.21.2
	<li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.6
	<li>TeX Live 2016
	<li>Vim 8.0.0987
	<li>Xfce 4.12
    </ul></td></tr></table>
<p>

<li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
<p>

<li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
    <ul>
    <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.18.3 + patches,
      freetype 2.7.1, fontconfig 2.12.1, Mesa 13.0.6, xterm 327,
      xkeyboard-config 2.20 and more)
    <li>LLVM/Clang 4.0.0 (+ patches)
    <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
    <li>Perl 5.24.1 (+ patches)
    <li>NSD 4.1.17
    <li>Unbound 1.6.6
    <li>Ncurses 5.7
    <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
    <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
    <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
    <li>Expat 2.1.1
    </ul>
</ul>

<hr>

<h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>

Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.2 on your machine:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/i386/INSTALL.i386">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
<li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
	.../OpenBSD/6.2/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
</ul>

<hr>

<p>
Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
INSTALL.* file as listed above!

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Write <i>floppy62.fs</i> or <i>floppyB62.fs</i> (depending on your machine)
to a diskette and enter <i>boot dva0</i>.
Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
<p>
<li>
Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
will most likely fail.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install62.iso</i> or
<i>cd62.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
<p>
<li>
If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install62.fs</i> or
<i>miniroot62.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
<p>
<li>
If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
INSTALL.amd64 document.
<p>
<li>
If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
read INSTALL.amd64.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/arm64:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Write <i>miniroot62.fs</i> to a disk and boot from it after connecting
to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more details.
<p>
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armv7:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
<p>
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install62.iso</i> or
<i>cd62.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
<p>
<li>
If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install62.fs</i> or
<i>miniroot62.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
<p>
<li>
If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
you can install across the network using PXE as described in
the included INSTALL.i386 document.
<p>
<li>
If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
read INSTALL.i386.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Write <i>miniroot62.fs</i> to the start of the CF
or disk, and boot normally.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Write <i>miniroot62.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
<p>
<li>
Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
/6.2/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
To install, burn cd62.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

<p>
<li>
If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
</ul>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>

<ul style="list-style-type: none">
<li>
Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
<i>boot cdrom</i>.
<p>
<li>
If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
<i>floppy62.fs</i> or <i>floppyB62.fs</i>
(depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
<p>
<li>
Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
will most likely fail.
<p>
<li>
You can also write <i>miniroot62.fs</i> to the swap partition on
the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
<p>
<li>
If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
</ul>

<hr>

<h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>

If you already have an OpenBSD 6.1 system, and do not want to reinstall,
upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
<a href="faq/upgrade62.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
<p>

<hr>

<h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>

<tt>src.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src</tt>.
This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
which are in a separate archive.
To extract:

<blockquote><pre>
# <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
# <b>cd /usr/src</b>
# <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
</pre></blockquote>

<tt>sys.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src/sys</tt>.
This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
To extract:

<blockquote><pre>
# <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
# <b>cd /usr/src</b>
# <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
</pre></blockquote>

Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
Using these files
results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
<p>

<hr>

<h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>

A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:

<blockquote><pre>
# <b>cd /usr</b>
# <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
</pre></blockquote>

Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
if you know nothing about ports
at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
OpenBSD ports system.
<p>
The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
<a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
So, in order to keep up to date with the <i>-stable</i> branch, you must make
the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
with a command like:

<blockquote><pre>
# <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
# <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_1</b>
</pre></blockquote>

[Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
server.]
<p>
Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
ports for the 6.2 release will be made available if problems arise.
<p>
If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
would like to know more, the mailing list
<a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
<p>
</body>
</html>