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17: <i><font color="#0000ff">Open</font></i><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">6.3</font>
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20:
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23: Released Apr 15, 2018<br>
24: Copyright 1997-2018, Theo de Raadt.<br>
25: <br>
26: <br>
27: 6.3 Song: XXX.
28:
29: <br>
30: <ul>
31: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
32: a list of mirror machines.
33: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/6.3/</font> directory on
34: one of the mirror sites.
35: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata63.html">the 6.3 errata page</a> for a list
36: of bugs and workarounds.
37: <li>See a <a href="plus63.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
38: 6.2 and 6.3 releases.
39: <p>
40: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
41: pubkeys for this release:<br>
42: <pre>
1.6 sthen 43: base: RWRxzbLwAd76ZZxHU7wuIFUOVGwl6SjNNzanKWTql8w+hui7WLE/72mW
44: fw: RWT3tdmiAc+DH/CJOxPFT10kUM90/UcLTgSEUEKzhKm9QEhy+UD4CWPy
45: pkg: RWT58k1AWz/zZO9DHcPHXiHhDNP6hdwGjxNkyMoc/sh4O5NI8Zz1R1lD
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47: <p>
48: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
49: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
50: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
51: </ul>
52: <br clear=all>
53:
54: <hr>
55:
56: <h3 id="new"><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
57:
58: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.3.
59: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus63.html">changelog</a> leading
60: to 6.3.
61:
62: <ul>
63:
64: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
65: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 66: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 67: </ul>
68:
69: <p>
70: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmm.4">vmm(4)</a>/
71: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> improvements:
72: <ul>
1.8 ccardena 73: <li>Add CD-ROM/DVD ISO support to <a
74: href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> via <a
75: href="https://man.openbsd.org/vioscsi.4">vioscsi(4)</a>.
76: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> no longer
77: creates an underlying bridge interface for virtual switches defined in
78: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vm.conf.5">vm.conf(5)</a>.
79: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> receives
80: switch information (rdomain, etc) from underlying switch interface in
81: conjunction of settings in <a
82: href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vm.conf.5">vm.conf(5)</a>.
83: <li>Many fixes to <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmctl.8">vmctl(8)</a>
84: and <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/vmd.8">vmd(8)</a> error handling.
1.1 deraadt 85: </ul>
86: <p>
87:
88: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
89: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 90: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 91: </ul>
92: <p>
93:
94: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
95: <ul>
1.12 florian 96: <li> Cleanup and removal of code in sys/netinet6 since autoconfiguration
97: runs in userland now.
1.2 deraadt 98: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 99: </ul>
100: <p>
101:
102: <li>Installer improvements:
103: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 104: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 105: </ul>
106: <p>
107:
108: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
109: <ul>
1.10 deraadt 110: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpctl.8">bgpctl(8)</a> has a new
1.11 florian 111: <b>ssv</b> option which outputs rib entries as a single semicolon-seperated
1.10 deraadt 112: like for selection before output.
1.13 florian 113: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/slaacd.8">slaacd(8)</a> generates
114: random but stable IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration addresses according
115: to RFC 7217.
116: These are enabled per default in accordance with RFC 8064.
1.15 ! florian 117: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/slaacd.8">slaacd(8)</a> can generate
! 118: RFC 7217 (random but stable) and RFC 4941 (privacy) style stateless
! 119: autoconfiguration addresses on non-/64 prefixes.
1.2 deraadt 120: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 121: </ul>
122: <p>
123:
124: <li>Security improvements:
125: <ul>
1.10 deraadt 126: <li>Use even more trap-sleds on various architectures.
127: <li>More use of .rodata for constant variables in assembly source.
128: <li>Stop using x86 "repz ret" in dusty corners of the tree.
129: <li>Introduce "execpromises" in
130: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2">pledge(2)</a>.
131: <li>Prepare for the introduction of <b>MAP_STACK</b> to
132: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mmap.2">mmap(2)</a> after 6.3.
133: <li>Push a small piece of KARL-linked kernel text into the random
134: number generator as entropy at startup.
135: <li>Put a small random gap at the top of thread stacks, so that attackers
136: have yet another calculation to perform for their ROP work.
1.2 deraadt 137: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 138: </ul>
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcpd.8">dhcpd(8)</a>/
142: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhcrelay.8">dhcrelay(8)</a> improvements:
143: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 144: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
148: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dhclient.8">dhclient(8)</a> improvements:
149: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 150: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 151: </ul>
152: <p>
153:
154: <li>Assorted improvements:
155: <ul>
1.9 otto 156: <li>Code reorganization and other improvements to
157: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a>
158: and friends to make them more efficient.
1.10 deraadt 159: <li>When performing suspend or hibernate operations, ensure all filesystems
160: are properly syncronized and marked clean, or if they cannot be
161: put into perfectly clean state on disk (due to open+unlinked files)
162: then mark them dirty, so that a failed resume/unhinbernate is gauranteed
163: to perform fsck.
1.2 deraadt 164: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 165: </ul>
166: <p>
167:
168: <li>OpenSMTPD 6.0.0
169: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 170: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 171: </ul>
172: <p>
173:
174: <li>OpenSSH 7.6
175: <ul>
176: <li>Security:
177: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 178: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 179: </ul>
180: <li>New/changed features:
181: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 182: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 183: </ul>
184: <li>The following significant bugs have been fixed in this release:
185: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 186: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 187: </ul>
188: </ul>
189: <p>
190:
191: <li>LibreSSL 2.6.3
192: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 193: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 194: </ul>
195: <p>
196:
197: <li>mandoc 1.14.3
198: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 199: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 200: </ul>
201: <p>
202:
203: <li>Ports and packages:
204: <dl>
205: <dt>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
206: </dl>
207: <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
208: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
209: <tr>
210: <td valign="top" width="25%">
211: <ul>
212: <li>aarch64: XXXX
213: <li>amd64: XXXX
214: <li>arm: XXXX
215: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
216: <li>hppa: XXXX
217: <li>i386: XXXX
218: <li>mips64: XXXX
219: </ul></td><td valign=top width="25%"><ul>
220: <li>mips64el: XXXX
221: <li>powerpc: XXXX
222: <li>sparc64: XXXX
223: </ul></td></tr></table>
224: <p>
225:
226: <dl>
227: <dt>Some highlights:
228: </dl>
229: <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="95%">
230: <tr>
231: <td valign="top" width="50%"><ul>
1.3 lteo 232: <li>AFL 2.52b
233: <li>CMake 3.10.2
1.14 kn 234: <li>Chromium 65.0.3325.181
1.1 deraadt 235: <li>Emacs 21.4 and 25.3
236: <li>GCC 4.9.4
1.3 lteo 237: <li>GHC 8.2.2
1.1 deraadt 238: <li>Gimp 2.8.22
1.3 lteo 239: <li>GNOME 3.26.2
240: <li>Go 1.10
1.1 deraadt 241: <li>Groff 1.22.3
242: <li>JDK 8u144
243: <li>KDE 3.5.10 and 4.14.3 (plus KDE4 core updates)
1.3 lteo 244: <li>LLVM/Clang 5.0.1
245: <li>LibreOffice 6.0.2.1
246: <li>Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4 and 5.3.4
247: <li>MariaDB 10.0.34
1.14 kn 248: <li>Mozilla Firefox 52.7.2esr and 59.0.1
1.3 lteo 249: <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 52.6.0
1.1 deraadt 250: </ul></td><td valign=top width="50%"><ul>
1.3 lteo 251: <li>Mutt 1.9.4 and NeoMutt 20180223
252: <li>Node.js 8.9.4
1.1 deraadt 253: <li>Ocaml 4.03.0
254: <li>OpenLDAP 2.3.43 and 2.4.45
1.3 lteo 255: <li>PHP 5.6.34 and 7.0.28
256: <li>Postfix 3.3.0 and 3.4-20180203
257: <li>PostgreSQL 10.3
258: <li>Python 2.7.14 and 3.6.4
1.7 lteo 259: <li>R 3.4.4
1.3 lteo 260: <li>Ruby 2.3.6, 2.4.3 and 2.5.0
261: <li>Rust 1.24.0
1.1 deraadt 262: <li>Sendmail 8.16.0.21
1.14 kn 263: <li>SQLite3 3.22.0
1.3 lteo 264: <li>Sudo 1.8.22
265: <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.8
266: <li>TeX Live 2017
267: <li>Vim 8.0.1589
1.1 deraadt 268: <li>Xfce 4.12
269: </ul></td></tr></table>
270: <p>
271:
272: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
273: <p>
274:
275: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
276: <ul>
1.4 matthieu 277: <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 1.19.6 + patches,
278: freetype 2.8.1, fontconfig 2.12.4, Mesa 13.0.6, xterm 330,
1.1 deraadt 279: xkeyboard-config 2.20 and more)
1.4 matthieu 280: <li>LLVM/Clang 5.0.1 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 281: <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
1.4 matthieu 282: <li>Perl 5.24.3 (+ patches)
283: <li>NSD 4.1.20
284: <li>Unbound 1.6.8
1.1 deraadt 285: <li>Ncurses 5.7
286: <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
287: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
288: <li>Awk Aug 10, 2011 version
1.4 matthieu 289: <li>Expat 2.2.5
1.1 deraadt 290: </ul>
291: </ul>
292:
293: <hr>
294:
295: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
296:
297: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
298: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.3 on your machine:
299:
300: <ul>
301: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
302: .../OpenBSD/6.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
303: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
304: .../OpenBSD/6.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
305: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
306: .../OpenBSD/6.3/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
307: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
308: .../OpenBSD/6.3/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
309: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
310: .../OpenBSD/6.3/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
311: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/i386/INSTALL.i386">
312: .../OpenBSD/6.3/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
313: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
314: .../OpenBSD/6.3/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
315: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
316: .../OpenBSD/6.3/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
317: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
318: .../OpenBSD/6.3/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
319: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
320: .../OpenBSD/6.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
321: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
322: .../OpenBSD/6.3/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
323: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
324: .../OpenBSD/6.3/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
325: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
326: .../OpenBSD/6.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
327: </ul>
328:
329: <hr>
330:
331: <p>
332: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
333: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
334: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
335: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
336:
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
338:
339: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
340: <li>
341: Write <i>floppy63.fs</i> or <i>floppyB63.fs</i> (depending on your machine)
342: to a diskette and enter <i>boot dva0</i>.
343: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
344: <p>
345: <li>
346: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
347: will most likely fail.
348: </ul>
349:
350: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
351:
352: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
353: <li>
354: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install63.iso</i> or
355: <i>cd63.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
356: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
357: <p>
358: <li>
359: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install63.fs</i> or
360: <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
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/arm64:</font></h3>
373:
374: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
375: <li>
376: Write <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to a disk and boot from it after connecting
377: to the serial console. Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more details.
378: <p>
379: </ul>
380:
381: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armv7:</font></h3>
382:
383: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
384: <li>
385: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
386: to the serial console. Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
387: <p>
388: </ul>
389:
390: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
391:
392: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
393: <li>
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: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
399:
400: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
401: <li>
402: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install63.iso</i> or
403: <i>cd63.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
404: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
405: <p>
406: <li>
407: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install63.fs</i> or
408: <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
409: <p>
410: <li>
411: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
412: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
413: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
414: <p>
415: <li>
416: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
417: read INSTALL.i386.
418: </ul>
419:
420: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
421:
422: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
423: <li>
424: Write <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to the start of the CF
425: or disk, and boot normally.
426: </ul>
427:
428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/loongson:</font></h3>
429:
430: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
431: <li>
432: Write <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
433: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
434: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
438:
439: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
440: <li>
441: Copy `boot' and `bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
442: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
443: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
444: </ul>
445:
446: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
447:
448: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
449: <li>
450: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
451: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
452: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
453: <p>
454: <li>
455: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
456: /6.3/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
457: </ul>
458:
459: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/octeon:</font></h3>
460:
461: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
462: <li>
463: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
464: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
465: </ul>
466:
467: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
468:
469: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
470: <li>
471: To install, burn cd63.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
472: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
473: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
474: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
475: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
476:
477: <p>
478: <li>
479: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
480: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
481: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
482: </ul>
483:
484: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
485:
486: <ul style="list-style-type: none">
487: <li>
488: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
489: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
490: <p>
491: <li>
492: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
493: <i>floppy63.fs</i> or <i>floppyB63.fs</i>
494: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
495: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
496: <p>
497: <li>
498: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
499: will most likely fail.
500: <p>
501: <li>
502: You can also write <i>miniroot63.fs</i> to the swap partition on
503: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
504: <p>
505: <li>
506: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
507: </ul>
508:
509: <hr>
510:
511: <h3 id="upgrade"><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
512:
1.5 matthieu 513: If you already have an OpenBSD 6.2 system, and do not want to reinstall,
1.1 deraadt 514: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
515: <a href="faq/upgrade63.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
516: <p>
517:
518: <hr>
519:
520: <h3 id="sourcecode"><font color="#0000e0">Notes about the source code</font></h3>
521:
522: <tt>src.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src</tt>.
523: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
524: which are in a separate archive.
525: To extract:
526:
527: <blockquote><pre>
528: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src</b>
529: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
530: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</b>
531: </pre></blockquote>
532:
533: <tt>sys.tar.gz</tt> contains a source archive starting at <tt>/usr/src/sys</tt>.
534: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
535: To extract:
536:
537: <blockquote><pre>
538: # <b>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</b>
539: # <b>cd /usr/src</b>
540: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</b>
541: </pre></blockquote>
542:
543: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
544: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
545: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
546: Using these files
547: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
548: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
549: <p>
550:
551: <hr>
552:
553: <h3 id="ports"><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
554:
555: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
556:
557: <blockquote><pre>
558: # <b>cd /usr</b>
559: # <b>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</b>
560: </pre></blockquote>
561:
562: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
563: if you know nothing about ports
564: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
565: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
566: OpenBSD ports system.
567: <p>
568: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
569: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
570: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
571: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
572: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
573: with a command like:
574:
575: <blockquote><pre>
576: # <b>cd /usr/ports</b>
577: # <b>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_3</b>
578: </pre></blockquote>
579:
580: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
581: server.]
582: <p>
583: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
584: ports for the 6.3 release will be made available if problems arise.
585: <p>
586: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
587: would like to know more, the mailing list
588: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
589: <p>
590: </body>
591: </html>
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