BUILDING revision 1.107
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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.  If set, this should be a short
155                 string that is suitable for use as part of a file or
156                 directory name.  The identifier will be appended to object
157                 directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
158                 configuration file in order to set additional build
159                 parameters, such as compiler flags.  It will also be used as
160                 part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by
161                 ``uname -v''.
162
163                 Default: Unset.
164
165     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This
166                 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
167                 -frandom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
168                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++
169                 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources,
170                 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional
171                 information is available in the GCC documentation of
172                 -frandom-seed.
173
174     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set,
175                 special options are passed to the compilation tools to
176                 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
177                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
178                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
179                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
180                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
181                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
182
183                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset
184                 otherwise.
185
186                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
187                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
188
189     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
190                 the process environment.
191
192                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
193
194     MAKEVERBOSE
195                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
196
197                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
198                      are shown.
199
200                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
201                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not
202                      displayed.
203
204                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
205                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
206                      displayed.
207
208                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
209                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
210                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
211                      relevant makefile.
212
213                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
214                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
215
216                 Default: 2
217
218     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
219                 preformatted plaintext manual pages will be created during a
220                 build.
221
222                 Default: ``no''
223
224     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create a cross-gdb as a
225                 host tool.
226
227                 Default: ``no''
228
229     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
230                 cryptographic code will be included in a build; provided for
231                 the benefit of countries that do not allow strong
232                 cryptography.  Will not affect use of the standard low-
233                 security password encryption system, crypt(3).
234
235                 Default: ``yes''
236
237     MKDEBUG     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
238                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
239                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
240                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
241
242                 Default: ``no''
243
244     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
245                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
246                 libraries build.
247
248                 Default: ``no''
249
250     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
251                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
252                 installed during a build.
253
254                 Default: ``yes''
255
256     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
257                 preformatted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
258
259                 Default: ``yes''
260
261     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
262                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
263                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
264                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
265                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
266                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
267                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
268                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
269
270                 Default: ``no''
271
272     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
273                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
274                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
275
276                 Default: ``yes''
277
278     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Force generation of full-
279                 debug symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of
280                 the netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
281                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
282                 MKCROSSGDB).
283
284                 Default: ``no''
285
286     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
287                 modules are built and installed.
288
289                 Default: ``yes''
290
291     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
292                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
293                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
294                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
295
296                 Default: ``yes''
297
298     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
299                 pages will be installed during a build.
300
301                 Default: ``yes''
302
303     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
304                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
305                 installed during a build.
306
307                 Default: ``yes''
308
309     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
310                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
311                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
312                 the regular source tree.
313
314                 Default: ``yes''
315
316                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
317                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
318
319     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
320                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
321                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
322                 statically linked.
323
324                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
325                 platforms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
326
327     MKPICINSTALL
328                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
329                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
330                 libraries, are installed during a build.
331
332                 Default: ``yes''
333
334     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
335                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
336                 build.
337
338                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
339                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
340                 code.
341
342     MKREPRO     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create reproducable builds.
343                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
344                 same source tree result in the same build results.
345
346                 Default: ``no''
347
348     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
349                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
350                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
351                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
352                 ``no'' unconditionally.
353
354                 Default: ``yes''
355
356     MKSTRIPIDENT
357                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether RCS IDs,
358                 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program
359                 binaries and shared libraries.
360
361                 Default: ``no''
362
363     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
364                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
365                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
366                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
367                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
368                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
369                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
370
371                 Default: ``no''
372
373     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
374                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
375                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
376                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
377                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
378
379                 Default: ``no''
380
381     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
382                 built from X11SRCDIR.
383
384                 Default: ``no''
385
386     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
387                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
388                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
389                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
390                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
391                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
392                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
393
394                 Default: Unset.
395
396     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
397                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
398                 if cross-compiling.
399
400                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
401
402                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
403                        native compilation tool components that are version-
404                        specific for that tool.
405
406                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
407                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
408                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
409                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
410                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
411                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
412                        whole NetBSD source tree.
413
414                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
415
416                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
417                 the NetBSD source tree.
418
419     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
420                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
421                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
422
423                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
424                 /usr/xsrc.
425
426     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
427                 ``XFree86''.
428
429                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
430                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
431
432   "make" variables for full builds
433     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
434     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
435
436     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
437                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
438
439                      Default: ``/''
440
441     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
442                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
443                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
444
445                      Default: ``no''
446
447                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
448                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
449
450     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in
451                      addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes
452                      above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e.,
453                      ``make cleandir'' is avoided).
454
455                      Default: ``no''
456
457                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
458                      option.
459
460     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
461                      below.
462
463                      Default: Unset.
464
465     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
466                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
467                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
468                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
469
470                      Default: Unset.
471
472                      See also MKUPDATE.
473
474     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
475                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
476                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
477                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
478                      not changed.
479
480                      Default: Unset.
481
482     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
483                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
484                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
485                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
486                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
487                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
488                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
489
490                      Default: Unset.
491
492     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
493                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
494                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
495
496                      Default: Unset.
497
498                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
499                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
500
501BUILDING
502   "make" command line options
503     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
504     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
505
506     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
507                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
508                enforce build ordering.
509
510     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
511                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
512                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
513                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set
514                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
515                build.sh.
516
517     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
518                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
519                take place.
520
521     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
522                targets.
523
524     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
525                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
526                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
527
528   "make" targets
529     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
530     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
531     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
532     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
533
534     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
535
536     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
537
538     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
539                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
540                files known to be created at build time.
541
542     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
543                information about the dependencies of source code on header
544                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
545                dependency changes.
546
547     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
548                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
549                read the source files in their entirety.
550
551     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
552
553     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
554                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
555
556     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
557                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
558                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
559                configuration data from being overwritten.
560
561     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
562                generate system-installed lint libraries.
563
564     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
565                of building directly in the source tree.
566
567     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
568                and vi(1) text editors.
569
570   "make" targets for the top level
571     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
572     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
573
574     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
575                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
576                   will be built in the proper order.
577
578     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
579                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
580                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
581                   DESTDIR/var.
582
583     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
584                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
585
586     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
587                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
588                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
589                   compiling.
590
591                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
592                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
593                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
594                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
595                   installed or modified.
596
597                   Note: Before performing this operation with
598                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
599                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
600                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
601                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
602                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
603
604     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
605                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
606                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
607                   not install all of the required files.
608
609     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
610                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
611
612     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
613                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
614                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
615                   not install all of the required files.
616
617     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
618                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
619                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
620                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
621                   set (see above).
622
623     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
624                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
625                   a layout as described in release(7).
626
627                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
628                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
629                   installation program, which can be used to install or
630                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
631                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
632                   installation.
633
634                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
635                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
636
637                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
638                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
639                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
640                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
641                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
642                   as the distribution sets.
643
644                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
645                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
646                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
647                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
648
649     iso-image-source
650                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
651                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
652                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
653                   level directories for the machine type and source.
654
655                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
656                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
657                   installation program, which can be used to install or
658                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
659                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
660                   installation.
661
662                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
663                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or
664                   equivalent.
665
666                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
667                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
668                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
669                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
670                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
671                   as the distribution sets.
672
673                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
674                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
675                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
676                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
677
678     install-image
679                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
680                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
681                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
682                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
683                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
684                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
685                   as described in release(7).
686
687                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
688                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
689                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
690                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
691                   damaged NetBSD installation.
692
693                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
694                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
695                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
696                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
697
698     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the
699                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
700                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files to
701                   boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files
702                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
703                   disklabel, bootloaders, etc.
704
705                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in
706                   virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful
707                   to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
708                   machine, without the need for installation.
709
710                   Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
711                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
712                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
713                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
714
715     regression-tests
716                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
717                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
718                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now
719                   managed instead using atf(7); this target should probably
720                   run those as well but currently does not.
721
722   The "build.sh" script
723     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
724     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common
725     utilities.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH
726     variable.
727
728     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
729     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
730     like
731
732           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
733
734     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
735     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
736     set of commands may be used instead:
737
738           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
739           export HOST_SH
740           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
741
742     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
743     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
744     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
745     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
746     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
747     of sh found in PATH.
748
749     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
750     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
751     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host
752     system has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
753
754     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
755     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
756     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
757     noted where applicable.
758
759     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
760
761     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
762                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
763                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
764                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
765                   operation.
766
767     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
768                   This command first runs the build operation.
769
770     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
771                   first runs the distribution operation.
772
773     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is
774                   automatically performed for any of the other operations.
775
776     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
777
778     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
779
780     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This
781                   command will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir''
782                   in the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options
783                   (respectively) are given.
784
785     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
786                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
787                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
788                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
789
790     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
791                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
792                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
793                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
794                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
795                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
796                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
797
798                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
799                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
800                   already exist and are up to date.
801
802                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
803                   question first unless the -u option is given.
804
805     kernel.gdb=kconf
806                   Build a new kernel with debug information.  Similar to the
807                   above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file
808                   alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full
809                   symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example
810                   with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB).
811
812     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
813                   into DESTDIR.
814
815     releasekernel=kconf
816                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
817                   kernel=kconf into
818                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
819                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
820                   determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
821
822     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
823
824     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
825
826     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
827
828     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
829
830     iso-image-source
831                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
832
833     install-image
834                   Perform ``make install-image''.
835
836     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
837
838     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
839     operations described above:
840
841     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
842
843     -B buildid
844               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
845               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
846               that the resulting name is of the form
847               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
848
849     -C cdextras
850               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
851               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
852               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
853               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
854               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
855               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
856               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
857               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
858               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
859
860     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
861               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
862               being used.
863
864     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
865               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
866               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
867               building as a non-root user.
868
869               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
870               when you use this option.
871
872     -h        Print a help message.
873
874     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
875               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
876               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
877               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
878
879               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
880               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
881               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
882               bandwidth.
883
884     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
885               obj'' for more information.
886
887               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
888               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
889               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
890               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
891
892               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
893               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
894               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
895               with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
896               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
897               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
898               build.sh will create it.
899
900     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
901               listed below.  This will also override any value of
902               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
903               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
904               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
905               will be detected and used automatically.
906
907               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
908               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
909               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
910
911                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
912                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
913                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
914                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
915                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
916                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
917                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
918                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
919                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
920                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
921                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
922                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
923                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
924
925     -N noiselevel
926               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
927               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
928
929     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
930               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
931               -n''.
932
933     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
934               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
935               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
936
937               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
938               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
939               and so forth.
940
941               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
942               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
943               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
944               a ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
945               already exist, build.sh will create it.
946
947               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
948               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
949               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
950               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
951               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
952               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
953               source directory.
954
955     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
956               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
957               behaviour when not using build.sh.
958
959     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
960               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
961               being used.
962
963     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
964               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
965               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
966
967     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
968               necessary.
969
970     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
971               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
972               being used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be
973               rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed.
974
975     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
976
977     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
978
979     -V var=[value]
980               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
981               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
982
983     -w wrapper
984               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
985               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
986               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
987               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
988               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
989               path before being used.
990
991     -X x11src
992               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
993               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
994               being used.
995
996     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
997
998     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
999               to the nbmake wrapper.
1000
1001   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
1002     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
1003     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
1004     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
1005
1006     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1007     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1008     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1009     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1010     unset variables specified with -Z.
1011
1012     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1013     with an absolute path.
1014
1015EXAMPLES
1016     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1017
1018          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1019          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1020
1021     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1022
1023          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1024          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1025
1026     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1027
1028          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1029          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1030          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1031          files as they're copied to /.
1032
1033     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1034
1035          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1036          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1037          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
1038          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
1039          of the release build.
1040
1041OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1042     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1043
1044     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1045                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1046                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1047
1048SEE ALSO
1049     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1050     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1051
1052HISTORY
1053     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1054     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
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