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diff --git a/etc/root/root.mail b/etc/root/root.mail index 34b252a22bf..665401a8f66 100644 --- a/etc/root/root.mail +++ b/etc/root/root.mail @@ -19,22 +19,21 @@ installed with further documentation resources; to read info pages type "info". If you have installed the X11 packages during the install process, you can find further information regarding configuration in the file /usr/X11R6/README. -Binary packages of the following packages are available on most architectures: - bash-2.01.1 emacs-20.2 gmake-3.76.1 - id-utils-3.2 ircii-2.8.2-epic3.004 pine-3.96 - screen-3.7.4 tcsh-6.07.02 unzip-5.3.1 -The files are in the directory - CD2:/packages/ (ie. mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom; cd /cdrom/packages) -or ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/packages/ +Several popular binary packages (pre-compiled applications) are available +for most architetures. If you installed from a CD-ROM the packages +are on the same CD-ROM you installed from in the directory 2.4/packages. +Those packages (and others) are also available via ftp at +ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/packages/ + Select your architecture and download the tarballs of your choice. For example to install the emacs package for i386, execute - # mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom; pkg_add /cdrom/packages/i386/emacs-20.2.tgz + # mount /dev/cd0a /cdrom; pkg_add /cdrom/2.4/packages/i386/emacs-20.3.tgz or # pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/packages/i386/emacs-20.2.tgz Other important packages which are not permitted on the CD (due to patents) are available on our FTP servers (as described above). In particular, we provide the USA and international versions of both SSH and PGP. The filenames are: - ssh-usa-1.2.22.tgz ssh-intl-1.2.22.tgz pgp-usa-2.6.3.tgz + ssh-usa-1.2.26.tgz ssh-intl-1.2.26.tgz pgp-usa-2.6.3.tgz pgp-intl-2.6.3.tgz You are STRONGLY urged to install one of the above ssh packages and use ssh instead of telnet, rlogin, or rsh. |