DragonFly 6.4.2 released

[Sayed Mohammad Badiezadegan]

Yes, I encountered with many problems because this is my first Dragonfly
project but I try to use AI to resolve the problems.

I will update you guys soon.

Thank you all.


On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM André Pfeiffer <pfeiffer.ufsc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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