DragonFly 6.4.2 released

[Sayed Mohammad Badiezadegan]

Ok, I think I have enough time to do your first paragraph.

Should I run these steps to test DragonflyBSD with the new version of GCC
(v13)?


   1. *sudo pkg install gcc13*
   2.
*export CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc13 export CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++13*
   3.

*cd /usr/src/bin/ls make clean make CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc13*
   4.

*modify /etc/make.conf: CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc13 CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++13*
   5. *make buildworld*

Thank you.


On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM Justin Sherrill <justin at shiningsilence.com>
wrote:

> Someone would have to test newer versions of gcc in DragonFly as the
> system compiler, to see if there's a technical issue.
>
> There's 2 working compilers in the system at any time - 8.3 is
> default, and gcc-4.7 is still there.  I forget the reason to hold that
> specific version; might have been license change?  In any case, CCVER
> is the variable to change to pick the active compiler.  You can set it
> to something installed from dports and see what you get.
>
> Here's a post from the switch to gcc5 as an example:
> https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/207455.html
>
> Changing system compiler forces everyone to rebuild their system and
> all ports too, so it's not insignificant.  I know people have talked
> about moving to clang and etc too.
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM Sayed Mohammad Badiezadegan
> <mbzadegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for your update, but why is the GCC version still on 8.3
> (released in 2019)? Is there any technical problem with GCC version 13.X?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM Ed M <martinezed0001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Cool, thought current snapshots  had replaced formal releases
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM Justin Sherrill <
> justin at shiningsilence.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> DragonFly 6.4.2 is out - this is another bugfix release.  ISO/IMG
> files are
> >>> available now on dragonflybsd.org and mirrors soon, if not already.
> >>>
> >>> The release page: https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/
> >>>
> >>> And here's what has changed from 6.4.1 to 6.4.2:
> >>>
> >>> https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2025-May/923524.html
> >>>
> >>> To update on an existing install:
> >>>
> >>> > cd /usr
> >>> > make src-create
> >>> > (or make src-update if you already have a src directory)
> >>> > cd src
> >>> > git pull
> >>> > make build-all
> >>> > make install-all
> >>> > make upgrade
> >>>
> >>> After your next reboot, you can optionally update your rescue system:
> >>>
> >>> (reboot)
> >>> > cd /usr/src
> >>> > make initrd
>
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