OpenBSD -current moves to 7.9-beta

Contributed by rueda on 2026-03-11 from the cranking-the-handle dept.

It's that time of the year again. With the following commit, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) changed the version of the OpenBSD development branch to 7.9-beta:

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org	2026/03/10 20:27:20

Modified files:
	sys/conf       : newvers.sh 
	sys/sys        : param.h 
	etc/root       : root.mail 
	share/mk       : sys.mk 
	sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxidata: bsd.tbxi 
	usr.bin/signify: signify.1 

Log message:
move to 7.9-beta

7.9-beta snapshots can be expected on the OpenBSD mirrors soon.

As always, this change should encourage testing and donation!

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