DragonFly 6.0 release!

[Antonio Olivares]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 12:54 PM Justin Sherrill
<justin at shiningsilence.com> wrote:
>
> DragonFly 6.0 is released - here's the release page:
>
> https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release60/
>
> The normal ISO and IMG files are available for download and install,
> plus an uncompressed ISO image for those installing remotely.
>
> If you have an existing 5.x system and are running a generic kernel,
> the normal upgrade process will work.  Change your local /usr/src to
> 6.0:
>
> > cd /usr/src
> > git fetch origin
> > git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_6_0 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_6_0
> > git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_6_0
> > git pull
>
> If you get an error on the git branch creation, you may have pulled down a shallow copy of src ('make src-create-shallow' in /usr instead of 'make src-create')  If so, delete /usr/src and repull it using 'make src-create' in /usr.
>
> Once you have checked out the 6.0 source, rebuild: (in /usr/src )
>
> > make buildworld
> > make buildkernel
> > make installkernel
> > make installworld
> > make upgrade
>
> (Note that this release contains build-all and install-all targets
> that can replace the multiple build and install steps; I'm
> recommending the historic process out of habit.)
>
> After your next reboot, you can optionally update your rescue system:
>
> (reboot)
> cd /usr/src
> make initrd
>
> Don't forget to upgrade your existing packages.  There's new packages
> built for 6.0:
>
> > pkg update
> > pkg upgrade
>
>

Great news!!!
Someone wanted a script to automate the process.
Anonymouse post at digest:  https://www.dragonflydigest.com/


Here's a script from a dragonflyuser:

https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2019-July/358224.html

The process is automated and the cpu's are put to work :)

make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` buildworld

Best Regards,


Antonio