BUILDING revision 1.101
1BUILDING(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             BUILDING(8)
2
3NAME
4     BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
5
6REQUIREMENTS
7     NetBSD is designed to be buildable on most POSIX-compliant host systems.
8     The basic build procedure is the same whether compiling natively (on the
9     same NetBSD architecture) or cross compiling (on another architecture or
10     OS).
11
12     This source tree contains a special subtree, ``tools'', which uses the
13     host system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture.  The
14     host system must have at least C and C++ compilers in order to create the
15     toolchain (make is not required); all other tools are created as part of
16     the NetBSD build process.  (See the environment variables section below
17     if you need to override or manually select your compilers.)
18
19FILES
20   Source tree layout
21     doc/BUILDING.mdoc
22                    This document (in -mdoc troff format; the original copy).
23
24     BUILDING       This document (in plaintext).
25
26     tools/compat/README
27                    Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non-
28                    NetBSD platforms.
29
30     Makefile       The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for
31                    native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of
32                    NetBSD make(1).  (For building from out-of-date systems or
33                    on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.)
34
35     UPDATING       Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
36                    NetBSD.  It is important to read this file before every
37                    build of an updated source tree.
38
39     build.sh       Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
40                    build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch.  Can be
41                    used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
42                    instead of make(1) for any source tree that is updated and
43                    recompiled regularly.
44
45     crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
46                    Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without man-
47                    gling the existing build structure.  Other source trees in
48                    bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) ``reachover''
49                    Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
50                    native host.
51
52     distrib/, etc/
53                    Sources for items used when making a full release snap-
54                    shot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the desti-
55                    nation system, boot media, and release notes.
56
57     tests/, regress/
58                    Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
59                    run natively.  tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework;
60                    regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been
61                    migrated to atf(7).
62
63     sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
64
65     tools/         ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
66                    This has a special method of determining out-of-date sta-
67                    tus.
68
69     bin/ ... usr.sbin/
70                    Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
71                    any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
72                    during the build.
73
74     x11/           ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
75                    X11SRCDIR.
76
77   Build tree layout
78     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
79     described in release(7).
80
81CONFIGURATION
82   Environment variables
83     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
84
85     HOST_SH           Path name to a shell available on the host system and
86                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
87                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
88                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
89                       ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell
90                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-stan-
91                       dardised feature).
92
93                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
94                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
95                       variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword,
96                       such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
97
98                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an abso-
99                       lute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a simple
100                       command name, which will be converted to an absolute
101                       path by searching the PATH.
102
103     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
104
105     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
106
107     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
108
109     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
110
111     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
112
113     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
114                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the environ-
115                       ment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V option.
116
117     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
118                       tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
119                       make(1).  Typical usage is to set this variable to a
120                       value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or
121                       `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from
122                       the value of .CURDIR.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is
123                       not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the
124                       environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot
125                       usefully be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
126                       ${MAKECONF}.
127
128     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
129                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
130                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
131                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
132                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
133                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
134                       value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE-
135                       FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current
136                       directory.  The current directory may be read only.
137                       MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ-
138                       ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully
139                       be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
140                       ${MAKECONF}.
141
142   "make" variables
143     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
144     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
145     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
146
147     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
148                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
149                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
150                 ters, such as compiler flags.
151
152     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
153                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
154                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
155                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
156                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
157                 ing in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional informa-
158                 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
159
160     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
161                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
162                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
163                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
164                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
165                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
166                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
167                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
168
169                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
170                 wise.
171
172                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
173                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
174
175     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
176                 the process environment.
177
178                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
179
180     MAKEVERBOSE
181                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
182
183                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
184                      are shown.
185
186                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
187                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
188                      played.
189
190                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
191                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
192                      displayed.
193
194                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
195                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
196                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
197                      relevant makefile.
198
199                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
200                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
201
202                 Default: 2
203
204     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
205                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
206
207                 Default: ``yes''
208
209     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
210                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
211                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
212                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
213                 encryption system, crypt(3).
214
215                 Default: ``yes''
216
217     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
218                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
219                 installed during a build.
220
221                 Default: ``yes''
222
223     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
224                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
225
226                 Default: ``yes''
227
228     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
229                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
230                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
231                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
232                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
233                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
234                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
235                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
236
237                 Default: ``no''
238
239     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
240                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
241                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
242
243                 Default: ``yes''
244
245     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
246                 modules are built and installed.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''
249
250     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
251                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
252                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
253                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
254
255                 Default: ``yes''
256
257     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
258                 pages will be installed during a build.
259
260                 Default: ``yes''
261
262     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
263                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
264                 installed during a build.
265
266                 Default: ``yes''
267
268     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
269                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
270                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
271                 the regular source tree.
272
273                 Default: ``yes''
274
275                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
276                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
277
278     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
279                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
280                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
281                 statically linked.
282
283                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
284                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
285
286     MKPICINSTALL
287                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
288                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
289                 libraries, are installed during a build.
290
291                 Default: ``yes''
292
293     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
294                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
295                 build.
296
297                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
298                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
299                 code.
300
301     MKREPRO     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create reproducable builds.
302                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
303                 same source tree result in the same build results.
304
305                 Default: ``no''
306
307     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
308                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
309                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
310                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
311                 ``no'' unconditionally.
312
313                 Default: ``yes''
314
315     MKSTRIPIDENT
316                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
317                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
318                 IDs for use with ident(1).
319
320                 Default: ``no''
321
322     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
323                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
324                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
325                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
326                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
327                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
328                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
329
330                 Default: ``no''
331
332     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
333                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
334                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
335                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
336                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
337
338                 Default: ``no''
339
340     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
341                 built from X11SRCDIR.
342
343                 Default: ``no''
344
345     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
346                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
347                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
348                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
349                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
350                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
351                 the .OBJDIR of src.
352
353                 Default: Unset.
354
355     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
356                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
357                 if cross-compiling.
358
359                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
360
361                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
362                        native compilation tool components that are version-
363                        specific for that tool.
364
365                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
366                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
367                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
368                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
369                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
370                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
371                        NetBSD source tree.
372
373                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
374
375                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
376                 the NetBSD source tree.
377
378     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
379                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
380                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
381
382                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
383                 /usr/xsrc.
384
385     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
386                 ``XFree86''.
387
388                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
389                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
390
391   "make" variables for full builds
392     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
393     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
394
395     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
396                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
397
398                      Default: ``/''
399
400     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
401                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
402                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
403
404                      Default: ``no''
405
406                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
407                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
408
409     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
410                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
411                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
412                      cleandir'' is avoided).
413
414                      Default: ``no''
415
416                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
417                      option.
418
419     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
420                      below.
421
422                      Default: Unset.
423
424     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
425                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
426                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
427                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
428
429                      Default: Unset.
430
431                      See also MKUPDATE.
432
433     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
434                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
435                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
436                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
437                      not changed.
438
439                      Default: Unset.
440
441     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
442                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
443                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
444                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
445                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
446                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
447                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
448
449                      Default: Unset.
450
451     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
452                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
453                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
454
455                      Default: Unset.
456
457                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
458                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
459
460BUILDING
461   "make" command line options
462     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
463     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
464
465     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
466                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
467                enforce build ordering.
468
469     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
470                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
471                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
472                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
473                matically when building from the top level, or when using
474                build.sh.
475
476     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
477                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
478                take place.
479
480     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
481                targets.
482
483     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
484                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
485                file, or the system Makefile segments.
486
487   "make" targets
488     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
489     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
490     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
491     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
492
493     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
494
495     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
496
497     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
498                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
499                files known to be created at build time.
500
501     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
502                information about the dependencies of source code on header
503                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
504                dependency changes.
505
506     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
507                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
508                read the source files in their entirety.
509
510     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
511
512     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
513                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
514
515     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
516                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
517                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
518                configuration data from being overwritten.
519
520     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
521                generate system-installed lint libraries.
522
523     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
524                of building directly in the source tree.
525
526     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
527                and vi(1) text editors.
528
529   "make" targets for the top level
530     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
531     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
532
533     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
534                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
535                   will be built in the proper order.
536
537     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
538                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
539                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
540                   DESTDIR/var.
541
542     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
543                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
544
545     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
546                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
547                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
548                   ing.
549
550                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
551                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
552                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
553                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
554                   installed or modified.
555
556                   Note: Before performing this operation with
557                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
558                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
559                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
560                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
561                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
562                   to fix them).
563
564     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
565                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
566                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
567                   not install all of the required files.
568
569     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
570                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
571
572     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
573                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
574                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
575                   not install all of the required files.
576
577     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
578                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
579                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
580                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
581                   set (see above).
582
583     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
584                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
585                   a layout as described in release(7).
586
587                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
588                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
589                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
590                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
591                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
592
593                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
594                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
595
596                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
597                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
598                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
599                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
600                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
601                   as the distribution sets.
602
603                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
604                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
605                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
606                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
607
608     iso-image-source
609                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
610                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
611                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
612                   level directories for the machine type and source.
613
614                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
615                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
616                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
617                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
618                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
619
620                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
621                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
622                   lent.
623
624                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
625                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
626                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
627                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
628                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
629                   as the distribution sets.
630
631                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
632                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
633                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
634                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
635
636     install-image
637                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
638                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
639                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
640                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
641                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
642                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
643                   as described in release(7).
644
645                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
646                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
647                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
648                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
649                   damaged NetBSD installation.
650
651                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
652                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
653                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
654                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
655
656     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the
657                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage direc-
658                   tory.  The live image contains all necessary files to boot
659                   NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files which
660                   should be extracted during installation, NetBSD disklabel,
661                   bootloaders, etc.
662
663                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in vir-
664                   tual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful to
665                   boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
666                   machine, without the need for installation.
667
668                   Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
669                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
670                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
671                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
672
673     regression-tests
674                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
675                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
676                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
677                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
678                   those as well but currently does not.
679
680   The "build.sh" script
681     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
682     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common utili-
683     ties.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH vari-
684     able.
685
686     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
687     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
688     like
689
690           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
691
692     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
693     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
694     set of commands may be used instead:
695
696           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
697           export HOST_SH
698           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
699
700     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
701     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
702     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
703     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
704     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
705     of sh found in PATH.
706
707     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
708     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
709     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
710     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
711
712     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
713     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
714     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
715     noted where applicable.
716
717     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
718
719     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
720                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
721                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
722                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
723                   operation.
724
725     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
726                   This command first runs the build operation.
727
728     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
729                   first runs the distribution operation.
730
731     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
732                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
733
734     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
735
736     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
737
738     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
739                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
740                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
741                   tively) are given.
742
743     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
744                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
745                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
746                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
747
748     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
749                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
750                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
751                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
752                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
753                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
754                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
755
756                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
757                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
758                   already exist and are up to date.
759
760                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
761                   question first unless the -u option is given.
762
763     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
764                   into DESTDIR.
765
766     releasekernel=kconf
767                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
768                   kernel=kconf into
769                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
770                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
771                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
772
773     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
774
775     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
776
777     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
778
779     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
780
781     iso-image-source
782                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
783
784     install-image
785                   Perform ``make install-image''.
786
787     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
788
789     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
790     operations described above:
791
792     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
793
794     -B buildid
795               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
796               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
797               that the resulting name is of the form
798               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
799
800     -C cdextras
801               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
802               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
803               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
804               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
805               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
806               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
807               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
808               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
809               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
810
811     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
812               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
813               used.
814
815     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
816               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
817               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
818               ing as a non-root user.
819
820               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
821               when you use this option.
822
823     -h        Print a help message.
824
825     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
826               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
827               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
828               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
829
830               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
831               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
832               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
833
834     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
835               -obj'' for more information.
836
837               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
838               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
839               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
840               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
841
842               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
843               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
844               tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
845               ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
846               cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
847               tive path.  If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
848               will create it.
849
850     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
851               listed below.  This will also override any value of
852               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
853               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
854               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
855               will be detected and used automatically.
856
857               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
858               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
859               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
860
861                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
862                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
863                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
864                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
865                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
866                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
867                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
868                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
869                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
870                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
871                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
872                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
873                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
874
875     -N noiselevel
876               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
877               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
878
879     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
880               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
881               -n''.
882
883     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
884               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
885               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
886
887               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
888               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
889               and so forth.
890
891               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
892               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
893               tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
894               ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
895               already exist, build.sh will create it.
896
897               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
898               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
899               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
900               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
901               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
902               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
903               source directory.
904
905     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
906               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
907               behaviour when not using build.sh.
908
909     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
910               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
911               being used.
912
913     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
914               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
915               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
916
917     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
918               necessary.
919
920     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
921               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
922               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
923               the source files for make(1) have changed.
924
925     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
926
927     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
928
929     -V var=[value]
930               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
931               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
932
933     -w wrapper
934               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
935               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
936               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
937               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
938               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
939               path before being used.
940
941     -X x11src
942               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
943               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
944               being used.
945
946     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
947
948     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
949               to the nbmake wrapper.
950
951   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
952     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
953     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
954     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
955
956     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
957     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
958     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
959     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
960     ables specified with -Z.
961
962     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
963     with an absolute path.
964
965EXAMPLES
966     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
967
968          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
969          build a new GENERIC kernel.
970
971     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
972
973          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
974          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
975
976     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
977
978          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
979          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
980          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
981          as they're copied to /.
982
983     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
984
985          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
986          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
987          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
988          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
989          of the release build.
990
991OBSOLETE VARIABLES
992     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
993
994     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
995                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
996                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
997
998SEE ALSO
999     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1000     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1001
1002HISTORY
1003     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1004     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1005
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