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Old 3rd June 2008
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Originally Posted by dctr View Post
I need to get ports but I can't wget...
The OpenBSD project recommends installing applications through pre-compiled packages as opposed to compiling yourself unless there is an extenuating circumstance requiring building from source. You will save yourself significant time & aggravation by taking the time now to study the packages/ports system which is covered in Section 15 of the FAQ:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html

...but if you do want to get the ports tree, you can do so through anonymous CVS which is described at the following:

http://openbsd.org/anoncvs.html

...and you should very carefully study Section 5.3 of the FAQ:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Bld

Note that the CVS tag for 4.3-release is OPENBSD_4_3_BASE. Section 5.3.3 discusses 4.3-current & 4.3-stable. Be very careful to keep the flavor of the ports tree consistent with the flavor of the installed system. Failure to heed this warning can result in very strange behaviour:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#NoFun

Again, staying with pre-built packages is significantly simpler.
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