DragonFly 6.4.2 released

[André Pfeiffer]

Hello,

This is an interesting topic.
Any updates?

Best regards.


On Sun, May 11, 2025, 03:26 Sayed Mohammad Badiezadegan <mbzadegan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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