DragonFly BSD

release60

DragonFly BSD 6.0

DragonFly version 6.0 is the next step from the 5.8 release series in 2020. This version has a revamped VFS caching system, various filesystem updates including HAMMER2, and a long list of userland updates. 6.0.1 adds a fix for an expired Let's Encrypt certificate that interfered with dports installs, plus some other minor fixes.

The details of all commits between the 5.8 and 6.0 branches are available in the associated commit messages for 6.0.0rc1, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1.

Big-ticket items

Details

Checksums

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Upgrading

If you have an existing 5.x system and are running a generic kernel, the normal upgrade process, described below, 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

And then rebuild: (in /usr/src)

make buildworld
make buildkernel
make installkernel
make installworld
make upgrade

(reboot your system)

make initrd 

make initrd is optional for systems with unencrypted disks, and has been possible for several releases; it's mentioned here for completeness. Look at the initrd(7) man page for details on what it does.

Don't forget to upgrade your existing packages. 6.0 packages have already been built and are immediately available.

pkg update
pkg upgrade

If you get a lua error when upgrading pkg, copy over a new config file:

cp /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/df-latest.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/df-latest.conf

All other changes since prior release

Security Issues

Kernel

Filesystems

Networking

Graphics

Driver updates

Userland

Libraries

Miscellaneous

DSynth work

Various tools have been upgraded in the base system:

Compiler status

Package updates