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                      6: <title>OpenBSD 7.5</title>
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                     12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
                     13: <a href="index.html">
                     14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     15: 7.5
                     16: </h2>
                     17:
                     18: <table>
                     19: <tr>
                     20: <td>
                     21: <a href="images/XXX.jpg">
                     22: <img width="227" height="303" src="images/XXX-s.gif" alt="XXX"></a>
                     23: <td>
                     24: Released XXXMONTH DAY, 2024. (56th OpenBSD release)<br>
                     25: Copyright 1997-2024, Theo de Raadt.<br>
                     26: <br>
                     27: Artwork by XXX.
                     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.
                     32: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/7.5/</code> directory on
                     33:     one of the mirror sites.
                     34: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata75.html">the 7.5 errata page</a> for a list
                     35:     of bugs and workarounds.
                     36: <li>See a <a href="plus75.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
                     37:     7.4 and 7.5 releases.
                     38: <p>
                     39: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1">signify(1)</a>
                     40:     pubkeys for this release:<p>
                     41:
                     42: <table class=signify>
                     43: <tr><td>
                     44: openbsd-75-base.pub:
                     45: <td>
                     46: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/openbsd-75-base.pub">
                     47: RWRGj1pRpprAfgeF/rgld4ubduChLvTkigA1Zj7WLDsVA4qfYSWOEI8q
                     48: </a><tr><td>
                     49: openbsd-75-fw.pub:
                     50: <td>
                     51: RWQ6EsXr4NMYvyLICug3dLHfmbpXlVasF1jbt3GVNQsosgB5+PgaufBu
                     52: <tr><td>
                     53: openbsd-75-pkg.pub:
                     54: <td>
                     55: RWS/sEFDvf+rjUmS1WROzxH05pB1kB7JRRq76DUGUhCE0Ks8AdpjP5pD
                     56: <tr><td>
                     57: openbsd-75-syspatch.pub:
                     58: <td>
                     59: RWRAAZC5WcFgn+8b5msDR+yDVCx4ziLaSQI2sy7e4GFY42nFW9p7mP2t
                     60: </table>
                     61: </ul>
                     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
                     65: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
                     66: </table>
                     67:
                     68: <hr>
                     69:
                     70: <section id=new>
                     71: <h3>What's New</h3>
                     72: <p>
                     73: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 7.5.
                     74: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus75.html">changelog</a> leading <!-- plus? XXX -->
                     75: to 7.5.
                     76:
                     77: <ul>
                     78:
                     79: <!--
                     80: <li>New/extended platforms:
                     81:   <ul>
                     82:   <li>...
                     83:   </ul>
                     84: -->
                     85:
                     86: <li>Various kernel improvements:
                     87:   <ul>
                     88:   <li>...
                     89:   </ul>
                     90:
                     91: <li>SMP Improvements
                     92:   <ul>
                     93:   <li>...
                     94:   </ul>
                     95:
                     96: <li>Direct Rendering Manager and graphics drivers
                     97:   <ul>
                     98:   <li>...
                     99:   </ul>
                    100:
                    101: <li>VMM/VMD improvements
                    102:   <ul>
                    103:   <li>...
                    104:   </ul>
                    105:
                    106: <li>Various new userland features:
                    107:   <ul>
                    108:   <li>...
                    109:   </ul>
                    110:
                    111: <li>Various bugfixes and tweaks in userland:
                    112:   <ul>
                    113:   <li>...
                    114:   </ul>
                    115:
                    116: <li>Improved hardware support and driver bugfixes, including:
                    117:   <ul>
                    118: <!-- new drivers -->
                    119:   <li>...
                    120:
                    121: <!-- other -->
                    122:   <li>...
                    123:   </ul>
                    124:
                    125: <li>New or improved network hardware support:
                    126:   <ul>
                    127:   <li>...
                    128:   </ul>
                    129:
                    130: <li>Added or improved wireless network drivers:
                    131:   <ul>
                    132:   <li>...
                    133:   </ul>
                    134:
                    135: <li>IEEE 802.11 wireless stack improvements and bugfixes:
                    136:   <ul>
                    137:   <li>...
                    138:   </ul>
                    139:
                    140: <li>Installer, upgrade and bootloader improvements:
                    141:   <ul>
                    142:   <li>...
                    143:   </ul>
                    144:
                    145: <li>Security improvements:
                    146:   <ul>
                    147:   <li>...
                    148:   </ul>
                    149:
                    150: <li>Changes in the network stack:
                    151:   <ul>
                    152:   <li>...
                    153:   </ul>
                    154:
                    155: <li>The following changes were made to the <a
                    156:        href="https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4">pf(4)</a> firewall:
                    157:   <ul>
                    158:   <li>...
                    159:   </ul>
                    160:
1.2     ! benno     161:
1.1       benno     162: <li>Routing daemons and other userland network improvements:
                    163:   <ul>
                    164:
                    165:   <li>IPsec support was improved:
                    166:   <ul>
                    167:        <li>...
                    168:   </ul>
                    169:
                    170:   <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,
                    171:   <ul>
                    172:        <li>...
                    173:   </ul>
                    174:
1.2     ! benno     175:   <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/rpki-client.8">rpki-client(8)</a> saw these and more changes:
1.1       benno     176:   <ul>
1.2     ! benno     177:        <li>Add ability to constrain an RPKI Trust Anchor's effective signing
        !           178:        authority to a limited set of Internet numbers. This allows Relying
        !           179:        Parties to enjoy the potential benefits of assuming trust, but within
        !           180:        a bounded scope.
        !           181:        <li>Following a 'failed fetch' (described in RFC 9286), emit a warning and
        !           182:        continue with a previously cached Manifest file.
        !           183:        <li>Emit a warning when the remote repository presents a Manifest with an
        !           184:        unexpected manifestNumber.
        !           185:        <li>Improved CRL extension checking.
        !           186:        <li>Experimental support for the P-256 signature algorithm.
        !           187:        <!-- 8.8. -->
        !           188:        <li>A failed manifest fetch could result in a NULL pointer dereference or
        !           189:        a use after free.
        !           190:        <li>Reject non-conforming RRDP delta elements that contain neither publish
        !           191:        nor a withdraw element and fall back to the RRDP snapshot.
        !           192:        <li>Refactoring and minor bug fixes in the warning display functions.
        !           193:        <!-- 8.9 -->
        !           194:        <li>The handling of manifests fetched via rsync or RRDP was reworked to
        !           195:        fully conform to RFC 9286.
        !           196:        <li>Fix a race condition between closing an idle connection and scheduling a
        !           197:        new request on it.
        !           198:        <li>The evaluation time specified with -P now also applies to trust anchor
        !           199:        certificates.
        !           200:        <li>Check that the entire CMS eContent was consumed. Previously, trailing
        !           201:        data would be silently discarded on deserialization of products.
        !           202:        <li>In file mode do not consider overclaiming intermediate CA certificates
        !           203:        as invalid.  OAA warning is still issued.
        !           204:        <li>Print the revocation time of certificates in file mode.
        !           205:        <li>Be more careful when converting OpenSSL numeric identifiers (NIDs)
        !           206:        to strings.
        !           207:        <!-- 9.0 -->
        !           208:        <li>Added support for RPKI Signed Prefix Lists.
        !           209:        <li>Added an -x flag to opt into parsing and evaluation of file types that are
        !           210:        still considered experimental.
        !           211:        <li>Added a metric to track the number of new files that were moved to the
        !           212:        validated cache.
        !           213:        <li>Ensure that the FileAndHashes list in a Manifest contains no duplicate
        !           214:        file names and no duplicate hashes.
1.1       benno     215:   </ul>
                    216:
                    217:   <li>In <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/smtpd.8">smtpd(8)</a>,
                    218:   <ul>
                    219:        <li>...
                    220:   </ul>
                    221:
                    222:   <li>Many other changes in various network programs and libraries:
                    223:   <ul>
                    224:        <li>...
                    225:   </ul>
                    226:   </ul>
                    227:
                    228: <li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1">tmux(1)</a> improvements and bug fixes:
                    229:   <ul>
                    230:   <li>...
                    231:   </ul>
                    232:
                    233: <li>LibreSSL version 3.8.x
                    234:   <ul>
                    235:   <li>Security fixes
                    236:     <ul>
                    237:     <li>...
                    238:     </ul>
                    239:   <li>Portable changes
                    240:     <ul>
                    241:     <li>...
                    242:     </ul>
                    243:   <li>New features
                    244:     <ul>
                    245:     <li>...
                    246:     </ul>
                    247:   <li>Compatibility changes
                    248:     <ul>
                    249:     <li>...
                    250:     </ul>
                    251:   <li>Internal improvements
                    252:     <ul>
                    253:     <li>...
                    254:     </ul>
                    255:   <li>Bug fixes
                    256:     <ul>
                    257:     <li>...
                    258:     </ul>
                    259:   <li>Documentation improvements
                    260:     <ul>
                    261:     <li>...
                    262:     </ul>
                    263:   <li>Testing and Proactive Security
                    264:     <ul>
                    265:     <li>...
                    266:     </ul>
                    267:   </ul>
                    268:
                    269: <li>OpenSSH 9.x and OpenSSH 9.x
                    270:   <ul>
                    271:   <li>Potentially incompatible changes
                    272:     <ul>
                    273:     <li>...
                    274:     </ul>
                    275:   <li>New features
                    276:     <ul>
                    277:     <li>...
                    278:     </ul>
                    279:   <li>Bugfixes
                    280:     <ul>
                    281:     <li>...
                    282:     </ul>
                    283:   </ul>
                    284:
                    285: <li>Ports and packages:
                    286:   <p>Many pre-built packages for each architecture:
                    287:   <!-- number of FTP packages minus SHA256, SHA256.sig, index.txt -->
                    288:   <ul style="column-count: 3">
                    289:     <li>aarch64:    XXX
                    290:     <li>amd64:      XXX
                    291:     <li>arm:        XXX
                    292:     <li>i386:       XXX
                    293:     <li>mips64:     XXX
                    294:     <li>powerpc:    XXX
                    295:     <li>powerpc64:  XXX
                    296:     <li>riscv64:    XXX
                    297:     <li>sparc64:    XXX
                    298:   </ul>
                    299:
                    300:   <p>Some highlights:
                    301:   <ul style="column-count: 3"><!-- XXX all need to be checked/updated 2024-03-02 -->
                    302:     <li>Asterisk 16.30.1, 18.19.0 and 20.4.0
                    303:     <li>Audacity 3.3.3
                    304:     <li>CMake 3.27.5
                    305:     <li>Chromium 117.0.5938.149
                    306:     <li>Emacs 29.1
                    307:     <li>FFmpeg 4.4.4
                    308:     <li>GCC 8.4.0 and 11.2.0
                    309:     <li>GHC 9.2.7
                    310:     <li>GNOME 44
                    311:     <li>Go 1.21.1
                    312:     <li>JDK 8u382, 11.0.20 and 17.0.8
                    313:     <li>KDE Applications 23.08.0
                    314:     <li>KDE Frameworks 5.110.0
                    315:     <li>Krita 5.1.5
                    316:     <li>LLVM/Clang 13.0.0 and 16.0.6
                    317:     <li>LibreOffice 7.6.2.1
                    318:     <li>Lua 5.1.5, 5.2.4, 5.3.6 and 5.4.6
                    319:     <li>MariaDB 10.9.6
                    320:     <li>Mono 6.12.0.199
                    321:     <li>Mozilla Firefox 118.0.1 and ESR 115.3.1
                    322:     <li>Mozilla Thunderbird 115.3.1
                    323:     <li>Mutt 2.2.12 and NeoMutt 20230517
                    324:     <li>Node.js 18.18.0
                    325:     <li>OCaml 4.12.1
                    326:     <li>OpenLDAP 2.6.6
                    327:     <li>PHP 7.5.33, 8.0.30, 8.1.24 and 8.2.11
                    328:     <li>Postfix 3.7.3
                    329:     <li>PostgreSQL 15.4
                    330:     <li>Python 2.7.18, 3.9.18, 3.10.13 and 3.11.5
                    331:     <li>Qt 5.15.10 and 6.5.2
                    332:     <li>R 4.2.3
                    333:     <li>Ruby 3.0.6, 3.1.4 and 3.2.2
                    334:     <li>Rust 1.72.1
                    335:     <li>SQLite 3.42.0
                    336:     <li>Shotcut 23.07.29
                    337:     <li>Sudo 1.9.14.2
                    338:     <li>Suricata 6.0.12
                    339:     <li>Tcl/Tk 8.5.19 and 8.6.13
                    340:     <li>TeX Live 2022
                    341:     <li>Vim 9.0.1897 and Neovim 0.9.1
                    342:     <li>Xfce 4.18
                    343:   </ul>
                    344:   <p>
                    345:
                    346: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
                    347:
                    348: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
                    349:   <ul><!-- XXX all need to be checked/updated 2024-03-02 -->
                    350:     <li>Xenocara (based on X.Org 7.7 with xserver 21.1.8 + patches,
                    351:         freetype 2.13.0, fontconfig 2.14.2, Mesa 22.3.7, xterm 378,
                    352:         xkeyboard-config 2.20, fonttosfnt 1.2.2 and more)
                    353:     <li>LLVM/Clang 13.0.0 (+ patches)
                    354:     <li>GCC 4.2.1 (+ patches) and 3.3.6 (+ patches)
                    355:     <li>Perl 5.36.1 (+ patches)
                    356:     <li>NSD 4.7.0
                    357:     <li>Unbound 1.18.0
                    358:     <li>Ncurses 5.7
                    359:     <li>Binutils 2.17 (+ patches)
                    360:     <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
                    361:     <li>Awk September 12, 2023
                    362:     <li>Expat 2.5.0
                    363:     <li>zlib 1.3 (+ patches)
                    364:   </ul>
                    365:
                    366: </ul>
                    367: </section>
                    368:
                    369: <hr>
                    370:
                    371: <section id=install>
                    372: <h3>How to install</h3>
                    373: <p>
                    374: Please refer to the following files on the mirror site for
                    375: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 7.5 on your machine:
                    376:
                    377: <ul>
                    378: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
                    379:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha</a>
                    380: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
                    381:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64</a>
                    382: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/arm64/INSTALL.arm64">
                    383:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/arm64/INSTALL.arm64</a>
                    384: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7">
                    385:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/armv7/INSTALL.armv7</a>
                    386: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa">
                    387:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/hppa/INSTALL.hppa</a>
                    388: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
                    389:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/i386/INSTALL.i386</a>
                    390: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk">
                    391:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/landisk/INSTALL.landisk</a>
                    392: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson">
                    393:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/loongson/INSTALL.loongson</a>
                    394: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k">
                    395:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k</a>
                    396: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc">
                    397:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/macppc/INSTALL.macppc</a>
                    398: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon">
                    399:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/octeon/INSTALL.octeon</a>
                    400: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64">
                    401:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/powerpc64/INSTALL.powerpc64</a>
                    402: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/riscv64/INSTALL.riscv64">
                    403:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/riscv64/INSTALL.riscv64</a>
                    404: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
                    405:        .../OpenBSD/7.5/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64</a>
                    406: </ul>
                    407: </section>
                    408:
                    409: <hr>
                    410:
                    411: <section id=quickinstall>
                    412: <p>
                    413: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the use of
                    414: the "<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/disklabel.8">disklabel</a> -E" command.
                    415: If you are at all confused when installing OpenBSD, read the relevant
                    416: INSTALL.* file as listed above!
                    417:
                    418: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
                    419:
                    420: <p>
                    421: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install75.iso</i> or
                    422: <i>cd75.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
                    423: Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
                    424:
                    425: <h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>
                    426:
                    427: <p>
                    428: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install75.iso</i> or
                    429: <i>cd75.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
                    430: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
                    431:
                    432: <p>
                    433: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install75.img</i> or
                    434: <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
                    435:
                    436: <p>
                    437: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    438: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
                    439: INSTALL.amd64 document.
                    440:
                    441: <p>
                    442: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    443: read INSTALL.amd64.
                    444:
                    445: <h3>OpenBSD/arm64:</h3>
                    446:
                    447: <p>
                    448: Write <i>install75.img</i> or <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a disk and boot from it
                    449: after connecting to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.arm64 for more
                    450: details.
                    451:
                    452: <h3>OpenBSD/armv7:</h3>
                    453:
                    454: <p>
                    455: Write a system specific miniroot to an SD card and boot from it after connecting
                    456: to the serial console.  Refer to INSTALL.armv7 for more details.
                    457:
                    458: <h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>
                    459:
                    460: <p>
                    461: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
                    462: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
                    463:
                    464: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
                    465:
                    466: <p>
                    467: If your machine can boot from CD, you can write <i>install75.iso</i> or
                    468: <i>cd75.iso</i> to a CD and boot from it.
                    469: You may need to adjust your BIOS options first.
                    470:
                    471: <p>
                    472: If your machine can boot from USB, you can write <i>install75.img</i> or
                    473: <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a USB stick and boot from it.
                    474:
                    475: <p>
                    476: If you can't boot from a CD, floppy disk, or USB,
                    477: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
                    478: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
                    479:
                    480: <p>
                    481: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
                    482: read INSTALL.i386.
                    483:
                    484: <h3>OpenBSD/landisk:</h3>
                    485:
                    486: <p>
                    487: Write <i>miniroot75.img</i> to the start of the CF
                    488: or disk, and boot normally.
                    489:
                    490: <h3>OpenBSD/loongson:</h3>
                    491:
                    492: <p>
                    493: Write <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a USB stick and boot bsd.rd from it
                    494: or boot bsd.rd via tftp.
                    495: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.loongson for more details.
                    496:
                    497: <h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>
                    498:
                    499: <p>
                    500: Copy 'boot' and 'bsd.rd' to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot the bootloader
                    501: from the PROM, and then bsd.rd from the bootloader.
                    502: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
                    503:
                    504: <h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>
                    505:
                    506: <p>
                    507: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, and power on your machine
                    508: while holding down the <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and
                    509: shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
                    510:
                    511: <p>
                    512: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
                    513: /7.5/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
                    514:
                    515: <h3>OpenBSD/octeon:</h3>
                    516:
                    517: <p>
                    518: After connecting a serial port, boot bsd.rd over the network via DHCP/tftp.
                    519: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.octeon for more details.
                    520:
                    521: <h3>OpenBSD/powerpc64:</h3>
                    522:
                    523: <p>
                    524: To install, write <i>install75.img</i> or <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a
                    525: USB stick, plug it into the machine and choose the <i>OpenBSD
                    526: install</i> menu item in Petitboot.
                    527: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.powerpc64 for more details.
                    528:
                    529: <h3>OpenBSD/riscv64:</h3>
                    530:
                    531: <p>
                    532: To install, write <i>install75.img</i> or <i>miniroot75.img</i> to a
                    533: USB stick, and boot with that drive plugged in.
                    534: Make sure you also have the microSD card plugged in that shipped with the
                    535: HiFive Unmatched board.
                    536: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.riscv64 for more details.
                    537:
                    538: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>
                    539:
                    540: <p>
                    541: Burn the image from a mirror site to a CDROM, boot from it, and type
                    542: <i>boot cdrom</i>.
                    543:
                    544: <p>
                    545: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
                    546: <i>floppy75.img</i> or <i>floppyB75.img</i>
                    547: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
                    548: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
                    549:
                    550: <p>
                    551: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
                    552: will most likely fail.
                    553:
                    554: <p>
                    555: You can also write <i>miniroot75.img</i> to the swap partition on
                    556: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
                    557:
                    558: <p>
                    559: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
                    560: </section>
                    561:
                    562: <hr>
                    563:
                    564: <section id=upgrade>
                    565: <h3>How to upgrade</h3>
                    566: <p>
                    567: If you already have an OpenBSD 7.4 system, and do not want to reinstall,
                    568: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
                    569: <a href="faq/upgrade75.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
                    570: </section>
                    571:
                    572: <hr>
                    573:
                    574: <section id=sourcecode>
                    575: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
                    576: <p>
                    577: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
                    578: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources,
                    579: which are in a separate archive.
                    580: To extract:
                    581: <blockquote><pre>
                    582: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
                    583: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
                    584: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
                    585: </pre></blockquote>
                    586: <p>
                    587: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
                    588: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
                    589: To extract:
                    590: <blockquote><pre>
                    591: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
                    592: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
                    593: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</kbd>
                    594: </pre></blockquote>
                    595: <p>
                    596: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout.  Using these trees it
                    597: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
                    598: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
                    599: Using these files
                    600: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
                    601: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
                    602: </section>
                    603:
                    604: <hr>
                    605:
                    606: <section id=ports>
                    607: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
                    608: <p>
                    609: A ports tree archive is also provided.  To extract:
                    610: <blockquote><pre>
                    611: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
                    612: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
                    613: </pre></blockquote>
                    614: <p>
                    615: Go read the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports</a> page
                    616: if you know nothing about ports
                    617: at this point.  This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
                    618: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
                    619: OpenBSD ports system.
                    620: <p>
                    621: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS checkout of our ports.
                    622: As with our complete source tree, our ports tree is available via
                    623: <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a>.
                    624: So, in order to keep up to date with the -stable branch, you must make
                    625: the <i>ports/</i> tree available on a read-write medium and update the tree
                    626: with a command like:
                    627: <blockquote><pre>
                    628: # <kbd>cd /usr/ports</kbd>
                    629: # <kbd>cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_7_5</kbd>
                    630: </pre></blockquote>
                    631: <p>
                    632: [Of course, you must replace the server name here with a nearby anoncvs
                    633: server.]
                    634: <p>
                    635: Note that most ports are available as packages on our mirrors. Updated
                    636: ports for the 7.5 release will be made available if problems arise.
                    637: <p>
                    638: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
                    639: would like to know more, the mailing list
                    640: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
                    641: </section>
                    642: </body>
                    643: </html>