ponyc

Load when you need to reproduce or validate a gcc-specific or DragonFly-specific ponyc issue on a local VM, or to stand up a local DragonFly BSD development VM that matches ponyc tier-3 CI. Covers the prerequisite check, the sudo-free QEMU/KVM setup, the reused console automation, the in-VM gcc13 build env, and the gotchas (csh, screendump paths, boot timing, detached builds, per-block shells) that make hand-rolling one error-prone.

Load when you need to reproduce or validate a FreeBSD-specific ponyc issue on a local VM, or to stand up a local FreeBSD development VM that matches ponyc tier-3 CI. Covers the cloud-init seed, the sudo-free QEMU/KVM boot, the one-time expect/su root bootstrap, the clang build env, and the gotchas (freebsd-user login, no bash in base, growfs auto-resize, detached builds, per-block shells) that make hand-rolling one error-prone.

Load when you need to reproduce or validate an OpenBSD-specific ponyc issue on a local VM, or to stand up a local OpenBSD development VM that matches ponyc tier-3 CI. Covers the cloud-init seed (cdrom), the sudo-free QEMU/KVM boot, the doas-via-cloud-init setup (no expect bootstrap), the dedicated /build data disk, the datasize limit, the clang build env, and the gotchas (openbsd-user login, disklabel build disk, raised datasize, static-PIE static linking, pkg_add naming, detached builds, per-block shells) that make hand-rolling one error-prone.

Load when adding a new Linux distro/version (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04, Alpine 3.24) as a ponyc release target. Covers builder Dockerfile creation, image build dispatch and tag discovery, workflow updates, docs, release notes, and the post-merge Last Week in Pony announcement.