BUILDING revision 1.106
1BUILDING(8)                 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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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
47                    mangling the existing build structure.  Other source trees
48                    in bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1)
49                    ``reachover'' Makefile semantics when building these
50                    programs for a native host.
51
52     external, sys/external
53                    Sources and build infrastructure for components imported
54                    (mostly) unchanged from upstream maintainers, sorted by
55                    applicable license.  This is (slowly) replacing the
56                    crypto/dist, dist, and gnu/dist directories.
57
58     distrib/, etc/
59                    Sources for items used when making a full release
60                    snapshot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the
61                    destination system, boot media, and release notes.
62
63     tests/, regress/
64                    Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
65                    run natively.  tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework;
66                    regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been
67                    migrated to atf(7).
68
69     sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
70
71     tools/         ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
72                    This has a special method of determining out-of-date
73                    status.
74
75     bin/ ... usr.sbin/
76                    Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
77                    any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
78                    during the build.
79
80     x11/           ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
81                    X11SRCDIR.
82
83   Build tree layout
84     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
85     described in release(7).
86
87CONFIGURATION
88   Environment variables
89     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
90
91     HOST_SH           Path name to a shell available on the host system and
92                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
93                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
94                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
95                       ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell
96                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-
97                       standardised feature).
98
99                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
100                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
101                       variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword,
102                       such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
103
104                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an
105                       absolute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a
106                       simple command name, which will be converted to an
107                       absolute path by searching the PATH.
108
109     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
110
111     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
112
113     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
114
115     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
116
117     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
118
119     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
120                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the
121                       environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V
122                       option.
123
124     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current
125                       directory.  The value is subjected to variable
126                       expansion by make(1).  Typical usage is to set this
127                       variable to a value involving the use of
128                       `${.CURDIR:S...}' or `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the
129                       value of .OBJDIR from the value of .CURDIR.  Used only
130                       if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be
131                       provided only in the environment or via the -O flag of
132                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile,
133                       including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
134
135     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
136                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
137                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
138                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
139                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
140                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
141                       value is defined and valid, then
142                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR
143                       for the current directory.  The current directory may
144                       be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in
145                       the environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it
146                       cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, including
147                       mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
148
149   "make" variables
150     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless
151     otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process
152     environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
153
154     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
155                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
156                 configuration file in order to set additional build
157                 parameters, such as compiler flags.
158
159     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This
160                 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
161                 -frandom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
162                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++
163                 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources,
164                 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional
165                 information is available in the GCC documentation of
166                 -frandom-seed.
167
168     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set,
169                 special options are passed to the compilation tools to
170                 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
171                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
172                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
173                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
174                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
175                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
176
177                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset
178                 otherwise.
179
180                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
181                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
182
183     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
184                 the process environment.
185
186                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
187
188     MAKEVERBOSE
189                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
190
191                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
192                      are shown.
193
194                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
195                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not
196                      displayed.
197
198                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
199                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
200                      displayed.
201
202                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
203                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
204                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
205                      relevant makefile.
206
207                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
208                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
209
210                 Default: 2
211
212     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
213                 preformatted plaintext manual pages will be created during a
214                 build.
215
216                 Default: ``no''
217
218     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create a cross-gdb as a
219                 host tool.
220
221                 Default: ``no''
222
223     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
224                 cryptographic code will be included in a build; provided for
225                 the benefit of countries that do not allow strong
226                 cryptography.  Will not affect use of the standard low-
227                 security password encryption system, crypt(3).
228
229                 Default: ``yes''
230
231     MKDEBUG     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
232                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
233                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
234                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
235
236                 Default: ``no''
237
238     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
239                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
240                 libraries build.
241
242                 Default: ``no''
243
244     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
245                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
246                 installed during a build.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''
249
250     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
251                 preformatted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
252
253                 Default: ``yes''
254
255     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
256                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
257                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
258                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
259                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
260                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
261                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
262                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
263
264                 Default: ``no''
265
266     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
267                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
268                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
269
270                 Default: ``yes''
271
272     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Force generation of full-
273                 debug symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of
274                 the netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
275                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
276                 MKCROSSGDB).
277
278                 Default: ``no''
279
280     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
281                 modules are built and installed.
282
283                 Default: ``yes''
284
285     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
286                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
287                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
288                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
289
290                 Default: ``yes''
291
292     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
293                 pages will be installed during a build.
294
295                 Default: ``yes''
296
297     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
298                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
299                 installed during a build.
300
301                 Default: ``yes''
302
303     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
304                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
305                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
306                 the regular source tree.
307
308                 Default: ``yes''
309
310                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
311                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
312
313     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
314                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
315                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
316                 statically linked.
317
318                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
319                 platforms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
320
321     MKPICINSTALL
322                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
323                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
324                 libraries, are installed during a build.
325
326                 Default: ``yes''
327
328     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
329                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
330                 build.
331
332                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
333                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
334                 code.
335
336     MKREPRO     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create reproducable builds.
337                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
338                 same source tree result in the same build results.
339
340                 Default: ``no''
341
342     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
343                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
344                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
345                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
346                 ``no'' unconditionally.
347
348                 Default: ``yes''
349
350     MKSTRIPIDENT
351                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether RCS IDs,
352                 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program
353                 binaries and shared libraries.
354
355                 Default: ``no''
356
357     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
358                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
359                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
360                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
361                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
362                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
363                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
364
365                 Default: ``no''
366
367     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
368                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
369                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
370                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
371                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
372
373                 Default: ``no''
374
375     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
376                 built from X11SRCDIR.
377
378                 Default: ``no''
379
380     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
381                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
382                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
383                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
384                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
385                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
386                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
387
388                 Default: Unset.
389
390     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
391                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
392                 if cross-compiling.
393
394                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
395
396                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
397                        native compilation tool components that are version-
398                        specific for that tool.
399
400                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
401                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
402                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
403                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
404                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
405                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
406                        whole NetBSD source tree.
407
408                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
409
410                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
411                 the NetBSD source tree.
412
413     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
414                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
415                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
416
417                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
418                 /usr/xsrc.
419
420     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
421                 ``XFree86''.
422
423                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
424                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
425
426   "make" variables for full builds
427     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
428     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
429
430     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
431                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
432
433                      Default: ``/''
434
435     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
436                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
437                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
438
439                      Default: ``no''
440
441                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
442                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
443
444     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in
445                      addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes
446                      above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e.,
447                      ``make cleandir'' is avoided).
448
449                      Default: ``no''
450
451                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
452                      option.
453
454     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
455                      below.
456
457                      Default: Unset.
458
459     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
460                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
461                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
462                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
463
464                      Default: Unset.
465
466                      See also MKUPDATE.
467
468     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
469                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
470                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
471                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
472                      not changed.
473
474                      Default: Unset.
475
476     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
477                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
478                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
479                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
480                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
481                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
482                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
483
484                      Default: Unset.
485
486     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
487                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
488                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
489
490                      Default: Unset.
491
492                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
493                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
494
495BUILDING
496   "make" command line options
497     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
498     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
499
500     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
501                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
502                enforce build ordering.
503
504     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
505                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
506                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
507                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set
508                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
509                build.sh.
510
511     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
512                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
513                take place.
514
515     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
516                targets.
517
518     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
519                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
520                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
521
522   "make" targets
523     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
524     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
525     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
526     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
527
528     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
529
530     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
531
532     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
533                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
534                files known to be created at build time.
535
536     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
537                information about the dependencies of source code on header
538                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
539                dependency changes.
540
541     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
542                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
543                read the source files in their entirety.
544
545     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
546
547     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
548                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
549
550     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
551                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
552                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
553                configuration data from being overwritten.
554
555     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
556                generate system-installed lint libraries.
557
558     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
559                of building directly in the source tree.
560
561     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
562                and vi(1) text editors.
563
564   "make" targets for the top level
565     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
566     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
567
568     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
569                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
570                   will be built in the proper order.
571
572     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
573                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
574                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
575                   DESTDIR/var.
576
577     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
578                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
579
580     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
581                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
582                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
583                   compiling.
584
585                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
586                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
587                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
588                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
589                   installed or modified.
590
591                   Note: Before performing this operation with
592                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
593                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
594                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
595                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
596                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
597
598     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
599                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
600                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
601                   not install all of the required files.
602
603     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
604                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
605
606     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
607                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
608                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
609                   not install all of the required files.
610
611     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
612                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
613                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
614                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
615                   set (see above).
616
617     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
618                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
619                   a layout as described in release(7).
620
621                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
622                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
623                   installation program, which can be used to install or
624                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
625                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
626                   installation.
627
628                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
629                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
630
631                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
632                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
633                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
634                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
635                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
636                   as the distribution sets.
637
638                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
639                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
640                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
641                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
642
643     iso-image-source
644                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
645                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
646                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
647                   level directories for the machine type and source.
648
649                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
650                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
651                   installation program, which can be used to install or
652                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
653                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
654                   installation.
655
656                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
657                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or
658                   equivalent.
659
660                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
661                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
662                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
663                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
664                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
665                   as the distribution sets.
666
667                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
668                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
669                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
670                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
671
672     install-image
673                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
674                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
675                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
676                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
677                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
678                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
679                   as described in release(7).
680
681                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
682                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
683                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
684                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
685                   damaged NetBSD installation.
686
687                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
688                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
689                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
690                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
691
692     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the
693                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
694                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files to
695                   boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files
696                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
697                   disklabel, bootloaders, etc.
698
699                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in
700                   virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful
701                   to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
702                   machine, without the need for installation.
703
704                   Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
705                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
706                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
707                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
708
709     regression-tests
710                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
711                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
712                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now
713                   managed instead using atf(7); this target should probably
714                   run those as well but currently does not.
715
716   The "build.sh" script
717     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
718     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common
719     utilities.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH
720     variable.
721
722     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
723     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
724     like
725
726           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
727
728     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
729     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
730     set of commands may be used instead:
731
732           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
733           export HOST_SH
734           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
735
736     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
737     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
738     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
739     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
740     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
741     of sh found in PATH.
742
743     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
744     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
745     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host
746     system has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
747
748     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
749     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
750     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
751     noted where applicable.
752
753     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
754
755     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
756                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
757                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
758                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
759                   operation.
760
761     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
762                   This command first runs the build operation.
763
764     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
765                   first runs the distribution operation.
766
767     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is
768                   automatically performed for any of the other operations.
769
770     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
771
772     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
773
774     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This
775                   command will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir''
776                   in the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options
777                   (respectively) are given.
778
779     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
780                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
781                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
782                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
783
784     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
785                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
786                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
787                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
788                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
789                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
790                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
791
792                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
793                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
794                   already exist and are up to date.
795
796                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
797                   question first unless the -u option is given.
798
799     kernel.gdb=kconf
800                   Build a new kernel with debug information.  Similar to the
801                   above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file
802                   alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full
803                   symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example
804                   with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB).
805
806     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
807                   into DESTDIR.
808
809     releasekernel=kconf
810                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
811                   kernel=kconf into
812                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
813                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
814                   determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
815
816     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
817
818     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
819
820     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
821
822     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
823
824     iso-image-source
825                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
826
827     install-image
828                   Perform ``make install-image''.
829
830     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
831
832     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
833     operations described above:
834
835     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
836
837     -B buildid
838               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
839               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
840               that the resulting name is of the form
841               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
842
843     -C cdextras
844               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
845               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
846               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
847               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
848               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
849               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
850               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
851               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
852               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
853
854     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
855               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
856               being used.
857
858     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
859               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
860               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
861               building as a non-root user.
862
863               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
864               when you use this option.
865
866     -h        Print a help message.
867
868     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
869               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
870               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
871               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
872
873               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
874               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
875               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
876               bandwidth.
877
878     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
879               obj'' for more information.
880
881               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
882               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
883               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
884               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
885
886               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
887               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
888               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
889               with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
890               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
891               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
892               build.sh will create it.
893
894     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
895               listed below.  This will also override any value of
896               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
897               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
898               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
899               will be detected and used automatically.
900
901               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
902               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
903               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
904
905                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
906                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
907                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
908                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
909                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
910                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
911                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
912                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
913                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
914                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
915                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
916                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
917                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
918
919     -N noiselevel
920               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
921               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
922
923     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
924               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
925               -n''.
926
927     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
928               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
929               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
930
931               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
932               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
933               and so forth.
934
935               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
936               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
937               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
938               a ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
939               already exist, build.sh will create it.
940
941               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
942               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
943               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
944               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
945               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
946               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
947               source directory.
948
949     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
950               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
951               behaviour when not using build.sh.
952
953     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
954               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
955               being used.
956
957     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
958               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
959               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
960
961     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
962               necessary.
963
964     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
965               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
966               being used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be
967               rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed.
968
969     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
970
971     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
972
973     -V var=[value]
974               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
975               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
976
977     -w wrapper
978               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
979               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
980               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
981               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
982               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
983               path before being used.
984
985     -X x11src
986               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
987               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
988               being used.
989
990     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
991
992     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
993               to the nbmake wrapper.
994
995   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
996     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
997     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
998     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
999
1000     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1001     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1002     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1003     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1004     unset variables specified with -Z.
1005
1006     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1007     with an absolute path.
1008
1009EXAMPLES
1010     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1011
1012          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1013          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1014
1015     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1016
1017          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1018          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1019
1020     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1021
1022          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1023          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1024          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1025          files as they're copied to /.
1026
1027     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1028
1029          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1030          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1031          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
1032          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
1033          of the release build.
1034
1035OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1036     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1037
1038     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1039                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1040                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1041
1042SEE ALSO
1043     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1044     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1045
1046HISTORY
1047     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1048     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1049
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