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1.7       bentley    11: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.1       beck       12: <a href="index.html">
1.7       bentley    13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     14: 6.6
1.1       beck       15: </h2>
                     16:
1.7       bentley    17: <table>
                     18: <tr>
                     19: <td>
1.1       beck       20: <a href="images/Puffystock.gif">
1.7       bentley    21: <img alt="Puffystock" width="227" height="343" src="images/Puffystock-s.gif"></a>
                     22: <td>
1.1       beck       23: Released XXX, 2019<br>
                     24: Copyright 1997-2019, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     25: <br>
                     26: <br>
                     27: Artwork by Hans Tseng, Efrain Farias, and Natasha Allegri.
                     28: <br>
                     29: <ul>
                     30: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
                     31:     a list of mirror machines.
1.7       bentley    32: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/6.6/</code> directory on
1.1       beck       33:     one of the mirror sites.
                     34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata66.html">the 6.6 errata page</a> for a list
                     35:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     36: <li>See a <a href="plus66.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     37:     6.5 and 6.6 releases.
                     38: <p>
                     39: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
                     40:     pubkeys for this release:<p>
                     41:
1.7       bentley    42: <table class=signify>
                     43: <tr><td>
                     44: openbsd-66-base.pub:
1.1       beck       45: <td>
                     46: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/openbsd-66-base.pub">
                     47: RWSZaRmt1LEQT9CtPygf9CvONu8kYPTlVEJdysNoUR62/NkeWgdkc3zY</a>
1.7       bentley    48: <tr><td>
1.1       beck       49: openbsd-66-fw.pub:
1.7       bentley    50: <td>
1.1       beck       51: RWQYdGVtTv5IvpH2c+TLQAC4iV7RjoGZ/v75q8MCuC9Mca7nFVCXRefy
1.7       bentley    52: <tr><td>
1.1       beck       53: openbsd-66-pkg.pub:
1.7       bentley    54: <td>
1.1       beck       55: RWS5D4+188RI6jULDOFzga0Cm1zrXYUAHT6xu0mLrZidbn6xrMB5aZeR
1.7       bentley    56: <tr><td>
1.1       beck       57: openbsd-66-syspatch.pub:
1.7       bentley    58: <td>
1.1       beck       59: RWT8U2yd3Aq5DnetILjmSoCQxmyt3VqfGS7GBh19oh4Xre4ywc31PEpw
                     60: </table>
1.7       bentley    61: </ul>
1.1       beck       62: <p>
                     63: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
                     64: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
1.9       deraadt    65: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
1.7       bentley    66: </table>
1.1       beck       67:
                     68: <hr>
                     69:
1.7       bentley    70: <section id=new>
                     71: <h3>What's New</h3>
                     72: <p>
1.1       beck       73: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 6.6.
                     74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus66.html">changelog</a> leading
                     75: to 6.6.
                     76:
                     77: <ul>
                     78:
                     79: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
                     80:     <ul>
1.4       sthen      81:       <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/clang.1">clang(1)</a>
                     82:           is now provided on powerpc.
1.1       beck       83:     </ul>
                     84:
                     85: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements:
                     86:   <ul>
                     87:   </ul>
                     88:
                     89: <li>Generic network stack improvements:
                     90:     <ul>
                     91:     </ul>
                     92:
                     93: <li>Installer improvements:
                     94:     <ul>
                     95:     </ul>
                     96:
                     97: <li>Security improvements:
                     98:   <ul>
                     99:   </ul>
                    100:
                    101: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
                    102:     <ul>
1.16      otto      103:       <li>The <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ntpd.8">ntpd(8)</a>
                    104:         daemon now gets and sets the clock in a secure way when booting
                    105:         even when a battery-backed clock is absent.
1.1       beck      106:     </ul>
                    107:
                    108: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a> improvements:
                    109:     <ul>
                    110:     </ul>
                    111:
                    112: <li>Assorted improvements:
                    113:   <ul>
                    114:     <li> The filesystem buffer cache now more aggressively uses memory
                    115:       outside the DMA region, to improve cache performance on amd64
                    116:       machines.
1.5       rob       117:     <li> The BER API previously internal to
                    118: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldap.1">ldap(1)</a>,
                    119: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ldapd.8">ldapd(8)</a>,
                    120: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ypldap.8">ypldap(8)</a>, and
                    121: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/snmpd.8">snmpd(8)</a> has been moved into
                    122: libutil.
1.6       anton     123: See <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ber_read_elements.3">ber_read_elements(3)</a>.
                    124:     <li>Support for specifying boot device in
                    125:         <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vm.conf#boot_device">vm.conf(5)</a>.
1.17      rob       126:       <li> <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8">relayd(8)</a> now supports
                    127:            binary protocol health checking. See
                    128:            <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.conf.5">relayd.conf(5)</a>.
1.1       beck      129:   </ul>
                    130:
                    131: <li>OpenSMTPD 6.6.0
                    132:   <ul>
1.18      gilles    133:     <li>New Features
                    134:       <ul>
                    135:        <li>Introduced support for ECDSA certificates with an ECDSA privsep engine.
                    136:        <li>Introduced builtin filters to allow basic filtering of incoming sessions in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a>.
                    137:        <li>Introduced option to deliver junk to a Junk folder in <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mail.maildir.8">mail.maildir(8)</a>.
                    138:       </ul>
                    139:     <li>Bug fixes
                    140:       <ul>
                    141:        <li>Fixed the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtp.1">smtp(1)</a> client so it uses correct default port for SMTPS.
                    142:        <li>Fixed an <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a> crash on excessively large input.
                    143:        <li>Ensured mail rejected by an LMTP server will stay queued rather than bouncing.
                    144:       </ul>
                    145:     <li>Experimental Features
                    146:       <ul>
                    147:        <li>Introduced a filters API to allow writing standalone filters for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a>,
                    148:          with multiple filters made available in ports.
1.19    ! gilles    149:        <li>Introduced support for proxy-v2 protocol allowing <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a> to operate behind proxy.
1.18      gilles    150:       </ul>
1.1       beck      151:   </ul>
                    152:
                    153: <li>LibreSSL 3.0.X
                    154:   <ul>
                    155:     <li>API and Documentation Enhancements
                    156:     <ul>
1.11      tb        157:       <li>Completed the port of RSA_METHOD accessors from the
1.13      tb        158:           OpenSSL 1.1 API.
1.12      inoguchi  159:       <li>Documented undescribed options and
                    160:           removed unfunctional options description in openssl(1) manual.
1.1       beck      161:     </ul>
                    162:
                    163:     <li>Compatibility Changes
                    164:     <ul>
                    165:     </ul>
                    166:
                    167:     <li>Testing and Proactive Security
                    168:     <ul>
                    169:       <li>
1.2       tb        170:        A plethora of small fixes due to regular oss-fuzz testing.
1.13      tb        171:       <li>
                    172:         Various side channels in DSA and ECDSA were addressed.
                    173:        These are some of the many issues found in an extensive systematic
                    174:        analysis of bignum usage by Samuel Weiser, David Schrammel et al.
1.1       beck      175:     </ul>
                    176:
                    177:     <li>Internal Improvements
                    178:     <ul>
                    179:     </ul>
                    180:
                    181:     <li>Portable Improvements
                    182:     <ul>
1.14      bcook     183:       <li>Enabled performance optimizations when building with Visual Studio on Windows.
1.12      inoguchi  184:       <li>Enabled openssl(1) speed subcommand on Windows platform.
1.1       beck      185:     </ul>
                    186:
                    187:     <li>Bug Fixes
                    188:     <ul>
                    189:       <li>
1.2       tb        190:         Fixed issue where SRTP extension would not be sent by server.
1.3       tb        191:       <li>
1.13      tb        192:         Fixed incorrect carry operation in 512 addition for Streebog.
1.12      inoguchi  193:       <li>Fixed -modulus option with openssl(1) dsa subcommand.
                    194:       <li>Fixed PVK format output issue with openssl(1) dsa and rsa subcommand.
1.1       beck      195:     </ul>
                    196:   </ul>
                    197:
                    198: <li>OpenSSH 8.X
                    199:   <ul>
                    200:   <li>New Features
                    201:   <li>Bugfixes
                    202:   </ul>
                    203:
                    204: <li>Mandoc XXX
                    205:   <ul>
                    206:   </ul>
                    207:
                    208: <li>Xenocara
                    209:   <ul>
                    210:   </ul>
                    211:
1.7       bentley   212: <li><p>Ports and packages:
1.1       beck      213:     <ul>
                    214:     </ul>
1.7       bentley   215:     <p>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
1.1       beck      216:     <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
1.7       bentley   217:     <ul style="column-count: 3">
1.1       beck      218:       <li>aarch64:     XXXX
                    219:       <li>amd64:       XXXX
                    220:       <li>arm:         XXXX
                    221:       <li>i386:        XXXX
                    222:       <li>mips64:      XXXX
                    223:       <li>mips64el:    XXXX
                    224:       <li>powerpc:     XXXX
                    225:       <li>sparc64:     XXXX
1.7       bentley   226:     </ul>
1.1       beck      227:
1.7       bentley   228:     <p>Some highlights:
                    229:     <ul style="column-count: 3">
                    230:     </ul>
1.1       beck      231:
                    232: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    233:
                    234: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    235:     <ul>
                    236:     </ul>
                    237: </ul>
1.7       bentley   238: </section>
1.1       beck      239:
                    240: <hr>
                    241:
1.7       bentley   242: <section id=install>
                    243: <h3>How to install</h3>
                    244: <p>
1.1       beck      245: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
                    246: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 6.6 on your machine:
                    247:
                    248: <ul>
                    249: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
                    250:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
                    251: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
                    252:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
                    253: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
                    254:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
                    255: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
                    256:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
                    257: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    258:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
                    259: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/i386/INSTALL.i386">
                    260:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
                    261: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
                    262:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
                    263: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
                    264:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
                    265: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
                    266:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
                    267: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    268:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
                    269: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
                    270:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
                    271: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi">
                    272:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/sgi/INSTALL.sgi</a>
                    273: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
                    274:        .../OpenBSD/6.6/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
                    275: </ul>
1.8       deraadt   276: </section>
1.1       beck      277:
                    278: <hr>
                    279:
1.7       bentley   280: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1       beck      281: <p>
                    282: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
                    283: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
                    284: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
                    285: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    286:
1.7       bentley   287: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1       beck      288:
1.7       bentley   289: <p>
1.1       beck      290: Write <i>floppy66.fs</i> or <i>floppyB66.fs</i> (depending on your machine)
                    291: to a diskette and enter <i>boot dva0</i>.
                    292: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
1.7       bentley   293:
1.1       beck      294: <p>
                    295: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    296: will most likely fail.
                    297:
1.7       bentley   298: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
1.1       beck      299:
1.7       bentley   300: <p>
1.1       beck      301: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install66.iso</i> or
                    302: <i>cd66.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
                    303: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
1.7       bentley   304:
1.1       beck      305: <p>
                    306: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install66.fs</i> or
                    307: <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.7       bentley   308:
1.1       beck      309: <p>
                    310: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    311: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    312: INSTALL.amd64 document.
1.7       bentley   313:
1.1       beck      314: <p>
                    315: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    316: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    317:
1.7       bentley   318: <h3>OpenBSD/arm64:</h3>
1.1       beck      319:
1.7       bentley   320: <p>
1.1       beck      321: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a disk and boot from it after connecting
                    322: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more details.
                    323:
1.7       bentley   324: <h3>OpenBSD/armv7:</h3>
1.1       beck      325:
1.7       bentley   326: <p>
1.1       beck      327: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
                    328: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
                    329:
1.7       bentley   330: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
1.1       beck      331:
1.7       bentley   332: <p>
1.1       beck      333: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    334: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    335:
1.7       bentley   336: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1       beck      337:
1.7       bentley   338: <p>
1.1       beck      339: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install66.iso</i> or
                    340: <i>cd66.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
                    341: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
1.7       bentley   342:
1.1       beck      343: <p>
                    344: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install66.fs</i> or
                    345: <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
1.7       bentley   346:
1.1       beck      347: <p>
                    348: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    349: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    350: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
1.7       bentley   351:
1.1       beck      352: <p>
                    353: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    354: read INSTALL.i386.
                    355:
1.7       bentley   356: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
1.1       beck      357:
1.7       bentley   358: <p>
1.1       beck      359: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to the start of the CF
                    360: or disk, and boot normally.
                    361:
1.7       bentley   362: <h3>OpenBSD/loongson:</h3>
1.1       beck      363:
1.7       bentley   364: <p>
1.1       beck      365: Write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    366: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    367: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    368:
1.7       bentley   369: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
1.1       beck      370:
1.7       bentley   371: <p>
                    372: Copy 'boot' and 'bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
1.1       beck      373: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
                    374: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    375:
1.7       bentley   376: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
1.1       beck      377:
1.7       bentley   378: <p>
1.1       beck      379: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
                    380: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    381: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
1.7       bentley   382:
1.1       beck      383: <p>
                    384: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    385: /6.6/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    386:
1.7       bentley   387: <h3>OpenBSD/octeon:</h3>
1.1       beck      388:
1.7       bentley   389: <p>
1.1       beck      390: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    391: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    392:
1.7       bentley   393: <h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>
1.1       beck      394:
1.7       bentley   395: <p>
1.1       beck      396: To install, burn cd66.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your
                    397: machine and select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance
                    398: menu. Indigo/Indy/Indigo2 (R4000) systems will not boot automatically from
                    399: CD-ROM, and need a proper invocation from the PROM prompt.
                    400: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    401:
                    402: <p>
                    403: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can setup a DHCP/tftp network
                    404: server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd.IP##" using the kernel matching your
                    405: system type. Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
                    406:
1.7       bentley   407: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
1.1       beck      408:
1.7       bentley   409: <p>
1.1       beck      410: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
                    411: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
1.7       bentley   412:
1.1       beck      413: <p>
                    414: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    415: <i>floppy66.fs</i> or <i>floppyB66.fs</i>
                    416: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    417: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
1.7       bentley   418:
1.1       beck      419: <p>
                    420: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    421: will most likely fail.
1.7       bentley   422:
1.1       beck      423: <p>
                    424: You can also write <i>miniroot66.fs</i> to the swap partition on
                    425: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
1.7       bentley   426:
1.1       beck      427: <p>
                    428: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
1.7       bentley   429: </section>
1.1       beck      430:
                    431: <hr>
                    432:
1.7       bentley   433: <section id=upgrade>
                    434: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
                    435: <p>
1.1       beck      436: If you already have an OpenBSD 6.5 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    437: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    438: <a href="faq/upgrade66.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
1.7       bentley   439: </section>
1.1       beck      440:
                    441: <hr>
                    442:
1.7       bentley   443: <section id=sourcecode>
                    444: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
                    445: <p>
                    446: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
1.1       beck      447: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
                    448: which are in a separate archive.
                    449: To extract:
                    450: <blockquote><pre>
1.7       bentley   451: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
                    452: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
                    453: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1       beck      454: </pre></blockquote>
1.7       bentley   455: <p>
                    456: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1       beck      457: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    458: To extract:
                    459: <blockquote><pre>
1.7       bentley   460: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
                    461: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
                    462: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1       beck      463: </pre></blockquote>
1.7       bentley   464: <p>
1.1       beck      465: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    466: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    467: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    468: Using these files
                    469: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    470: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.7       bentley   471: </section>
1.1       beck      472:
                    473: <hr>
                    474:
1.7       bentley   475: <section id=ports>
                    476: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
                    477: <p>
1.1       beck      478: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    479: <blockquote><pre>
1.7       bentley   480: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
                    481: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
1.1       beck      482: </pre></blockquote>
1.7       bentley   483: <p>
1.1       beck      484: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
                    485: if you know nothing about ports
                    486: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    487: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    488: OpenBSD ports system.
                    489: <p>
                    490: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
                    491: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    492: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
                    493: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
                    494: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
                    495: with a command like:
                    496: <blockquote><pre>
1.7       bentley   497: # <kbd>cd /usr/ports</kbd>
1.15      jsg       498: # <kbd>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_6_6</kbd>
1.1       beck      499: </pre></blockquote>
1.7       bentley   500: <p>
1.1       beck      501: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    502: server.]
                    503: <p>
                    504: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
                    505: ports for the 6.6 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    506: <p>
                    507: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    508: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    509: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.7       bentley   510: </section>