BUILDING revision 1.117
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     extsrc/        ``Reachover'' build structure for externally added
84                    programs and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR.
85
86   Build tree layout
87     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
88     described in release(7).
89
90CONFIGURATION
91   Environment variables
92     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
93
94     HOST_SH           Path name to a shell available on the host system and
95                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
96                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
97                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
98                       ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell
99                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-
100                       standardised feature).
101
102                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
103                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
104                       variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword,
105                       such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
106
107                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an
108                       absolute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a
109                       simple command name, which will be converted to an
110                       absolute path by searching the PATH.
111
112     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
113
114     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
115
116     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
117
118     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
119
120     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
121
122     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
123                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the
124                       environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V
125                       option.
126
127     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current
128                       directory.  The value is subjected to variable
129                       expansion by make(1).  Typical usage is to set this
130                       variable to a value involving the use of
131                       `${.CURDIR:S...}' or `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the
132                       value of .OBJDIR from the value of .CURDIR.  Used only
133                       if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be
134                       provided only in the environment or via the -O flag of
135                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile,
136                       including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
137
138     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
139                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
140                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
141                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
142                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
143                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
144                       value is defined and valid, then
145                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR
146                       for the current directory.  The current directory may
147                       be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in
148                       the environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it
149                       cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, including
150                       mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
151
152   "make" variables
153     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless
154     otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process
155     environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
156
157     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  If set, this should be a short
158                 string that is suitable for use as part of a file or
159                 directory name.  The identifier will be appended to object
160                 directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
161                 configuration file in order to set additional build
162                 parameters, such as compiler flags.  It will also be used as
163                 part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by
164                 ``uname -v''.
165
166                 Default: Unset.
167
168     BUILDINFO   This may be a multi-line string containing information about
169                 the build.  This will appear in DESTDIR/etc/release, and it
170                 will be stored in the buildinfo variable in any kernels that
171                 are built.  When such kernels are booted, the sysctl(7)
172                 kern.buildinfo variable will report this value.  The string
173                 may contain backslash escape sequences, such as ``\\''
174                 (representing a backslash character) and ``\n'' (representing
175                 a newline).
176
177                 Default: Unset.
178
179     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This
180                 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
181                 -frandom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
182                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++
183                 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources,
184                 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional
185                 information is available in the GCC documentation of
186                 -frandom-seed.
187
188     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set,
189                 special options are passed to the compilation tools to
190                 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
191                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
192                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
193                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
194                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
195                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
196
197                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset
198                 otherwise.
199
200                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
201                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
202
203     EXTSRCSRCDIR
204                 Directory containing sources of externally added programs and
205                 libraries.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
206
207                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise
208                 /usr/extsrc.
209
210     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
211                 the process environment.
212
213                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
214
215     MAKEVERBOSE
216                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
217
218                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
219                      are shown.
220
221                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
222                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not
223                      displayed.
224
225                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
226                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
227                      displayed.
228
229                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
230                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
231                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
232                      relevant makefile.
233
234                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
235                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
236
237                 Default: 2
238
239     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
240                 preformatted plaintext manual pages will be created during a
241                 build.
242
243                 Default: ``no''
244
245     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create a cross-gdb as a
246                 host tool.
247
248                 Default: ``no''
249
250     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
251                 cryptographic code will be included in a build; provided for
252                 the benefit of countries that do not allow strong
253                 cryptography.  Will not affect use of the standard low-
254                 security password encryption system, crypt(3).
255
256                 Default: ``yes''
257
258     MKDEBUG     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
259                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
260                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
261                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
262
263                 Default: ``no''
264
265     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
266                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
267                 libraries build.
268
269                 Default: ``no''
270
271     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
272                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
273                 installed during a build.
274
275                 Default: ``yes''
276
277     MKEXTSRC    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether extsrc is
278                 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR.
279
280                 Default: ``no''
281
282     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
283                 preformatted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
284
285                 Default: ``yes''
286
287     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
288                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
289                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
290                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
291                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
292                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
293                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
294                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
295
296                 Default: ``no''
297
298     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
299                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
300                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
301
302                 Default: ``yes''
303
304     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Force generation of full-
305                 debug symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of
306                 the netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
307                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
308                 MKCROSSGDB).
309
310                 Default: ``no''
311
312     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
313                 modules are built and installed.
314
315                 Default: ``yes''
316
317     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
318                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
319                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
320                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
321
322                 Default: ``yes''
323
324     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
325                 pages will be installed during a build.
326
327                 Default: ``yes''
328
329     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
330                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
331                 installed during a build.
332
333                 Default: ``yes''
334
335     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
336                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
337                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
338                 the regular source tree.
339
340                 Default: ``yes''
341
342                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
343                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
344
345     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
346                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
347                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
348                 statically linked.
349
350                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
351                 platforms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
352
353     MKPICINSTALL
354                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
355                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
356                 libraries, are installed during a build.
357
358                 Default: ``yes''
359
360     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
361                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
362                 build.
363
364                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
365                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
366                 code.
367
368     MKREPRO     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create reproducable builds.
369                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
370                 same source tree result in the same build results.
371
372                 Default: ``no''
373
374     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
375                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
376                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
377                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
378                 ``no'' unconditionally.
379
380                 Default: ``yes''
381
382     MKSTRIPIDENT
383                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether RCS IDs,
384                 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program
385                 binaries and shared libraries.
386
387                 Default: ``no''
388
389     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
390                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
391                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
392                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
393                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
394                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
395                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
396
397                 Default: ``no''
398
399     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
400                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
401                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
402                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
403                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
404
405                 Default: ``no''
406
407     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
408                 built from X11SRCDIR.
409
410                 Default: ``no''
411
412     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
413                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
414                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
415                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
416                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
417                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
418                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
419
420                 Default: Unset.
421
422     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
423                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
424                 if cross-compiling.
425
426                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
427
428                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
429                        native compilation tool components that are version-
430                        specific for that tool.
431
432                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
433                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
434                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
435                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
436                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
437                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
438                        whole NetBSD source tree.
439
440                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
441
442                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
443                 the NetBSD source tree.
444
445     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
446                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
447                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
448
449                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
450                 /usr/xsrc.
451
452     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
453                 ``XFree86''.
454
455                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
456                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
457
458   "make" variables for full builds
459     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
460     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
461
462     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
463                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
464
465                      Default: ``/''
466
467     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
468                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
469                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
470
471                      Default: ``no''
472
473                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
474                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
475
476     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in
477                      addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes
478                      above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e.,
479                      ``make cleandir'' is avoided).
480
481                      Default: ``no''
482
483                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
484                      option.
485
486     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
487                      below.
488
489                      Default: Unset.
490
491     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
492                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
493                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
494                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
495
496                      Default: Unset.
497
498                      See also MKUPDATE.
499
500     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
501                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
502                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
503                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
504                      not changed.
505
506                      Default: Unset.
507
508     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
509                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
510                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
511                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
512                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
513                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
514                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
515
516                      Default: Unset.
517
518     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
519                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
520                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
521
522                      Default: Unset.
523
524                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
525                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
526
527BUILDING
528   "make" command line options
529     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
530     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
531
532     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
533                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
534                enforce build ordering.
535
536     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
537                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
538                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
539                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set
540                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
541                build.sh.
542
543     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
544                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
545                take place.
546
547     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
548                targets.
549
550     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
551                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
552                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
553
554   "make" targets
555     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
556     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
557     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
558     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
559
560     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
561
562     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
563
564     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
565                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
566                files known to be created at build time.
567
568     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
569                information about the dependencies of source code on header
570                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
571                dependency changes.
572
573     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
574                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
575                read the source files in their entirety.
576
577     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
578
579     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
580                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
581
582     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
583                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
584                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
585                configuration data from being overwritten.
586
587     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
588                generate system-installed lint libraries.
589
590     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
591                of building directly in the source tree.
592
593     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
594                and vi(1) text editors.
595
596   "make" targets for the top level
597     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
598     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
599
600     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
601                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
602                   will be built in the proper order.
603
604     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
605                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
606                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
607                   DESTDIR/var.
608
609     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
610                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
611
612     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
613                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
614                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
615                   compiling.
616
617                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
618                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
619                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
620                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
621                   installed or modified.
622
623                   Note: Before performing this operation with
624                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
625                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
626                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
627                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
628                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
629
630     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
631                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
632                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
633                   not install all of the required files.
634
635     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
636                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
637
638     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
639                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
640                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
641                   not install all of the required files.
642
643     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
644                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
645                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
646                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
647                   set (see above).
648
649     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
650                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
651                   have a layout as described in release(7).
652
653                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
654                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
655                   installation program, which can be used to install or
656                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
657                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
658                   installation.
659
660                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
661                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
662
663                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
664                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
665                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
666                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
667                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
668                   such as the distribution sets.
669
670                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
671                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
672                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
673                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
674
675     iso-image-source
676                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
677                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
678                   have a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
679                   level directories for the machine type and source.
680
681                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
682                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
683                   installation program, which can be used to install or
684                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
685                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
686                   installation.
687
688                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
689                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or
690                   equivalent.
691
692                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
693                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
694                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
695                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
696                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
697                   such as the distribution sets.
698
699                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
700                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
701                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
702                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
703
704     install-image
705                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
706                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
707                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
708                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
709                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
710                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
711                   as described in release(7).
712
713                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
714                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
715                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
716                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
717                   damaged NetBSD installation.
718
719                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
720                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
721                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
722                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
723
724     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the
725                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
726                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files to
727                   boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files
728                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
729                   disklabel, bootloaders, etc.
730
731                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in
732                   virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful
733                   to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
734                   machine, without the need for installation.
735
736                   Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
737                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
738                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
739                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
740
741     regression-tests
742                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
743                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
744                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now
745                   managed instead using atf(7); this target should probably
746                   run those as well but currently does not.
747
748   The "build.sh" script
749     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
750     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common
751     utilities.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH
752     variable.
753
754     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
755     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
756     like
757
758           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
759
760     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
761     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
762     set of commands may be used instead:
763
764           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
765           export HOST_SH
766           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
767
768     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
769     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
770     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
771     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
772     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
773     of sh found in PATH.
774
775     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
776     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
777     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host
778     system has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
779
780     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
781     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
782     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
783     noted where applicable.
784
785     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
786
787     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
788                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
789                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
790                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
791                   operation.
792
793     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
794                   This command first runs the build operation.
795
796     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
797                   first runs the distribution operation.
798
799     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is
800                   automatically performed for any of the other operations.
801
802     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
803
804     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
805
806     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This
807                   command will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir''
808                   in the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options
809                   (respectively) are given.
810
811     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
812                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
813                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
814                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
815
816     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
817                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
818                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
819                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
820                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
821                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
822                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
823
824                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
825                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
826                   already exist and are up to date.
827
828                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
829                   question first unless the -u option is given.
830
831     kernel.gdb=kconf
832                   Build a new kernel with debug information.  Similar to the
833                   above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file
834                   alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full
835                   symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example
836                   with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB).
837
838     mkernel=kconf
839                   Build a new kernel in modular build.  Similar to the above
840                   kernel=kconf operation, but creates intermediate per-module
841                   relocatable objects and link them to the final kernel.
842
843     kernels       This command will build all kernels defined in port
844                   specific release build procedure.
845
846                   This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation
847                   for each found kernel configuration file.
848
849     mkernels      Similar to the above kernels operation, but builds kernels
850                   in modular build.
851
852     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
853                   into DESTDIR.
854
855     releasekernel=kconf
856                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
857                   kernel=kconf into
858                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
859                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
860                   determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
861
862     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
863
864     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
865
866     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
867
868     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
869
870     iso-image-source
871                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
872
873     install-image
874                   Perform ``make install-image''.
875
876     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
877
878     list-arch     Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings,
879                   the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for
880                   MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits.  The -m or -a
881                   options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that
882                   will be used to narrow the list of results; for example,
883                   ``build.sh -m 'evm*' -a '*arm*' list-arch'' will list all
884                   known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE
885                   or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH
886                   matches the pattern `*arm*'.
887
888     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
889     operations described above:
890
891     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.  See the -m option for
892               more information.
893
894     -B buildid
895               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
896               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
897               that the resulting name is of the form
898               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
899
900     -C cdextras
901               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
902               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
903               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
904               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
905               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
906               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
907               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
908               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
909               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
910
911     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
912               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
913               being used.
914
915     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
916               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
917               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
918               building as a non-root user.
919
920               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
921               when you use this option.
922
923     -h        Print a help message.
924
925     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
926               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
927               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
928               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
929
930               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
931               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
932               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
933               bandwidth.
934
935     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
936               obj'' for more information.
937
938               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
939               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
940               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
941               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
942
943               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
944               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
945               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
946               with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
947               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
948               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
949               build.sh will create it.
950
951     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is
952               an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which
953               case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias.
954               Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not
955               used by any other part of the build system.  The MACHINE_ARCH
956               setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH
957               in the process environment, but will not override a value set
958               by the -a option.  All cross builds require -m, but if unset on
959               a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and
960               used automatically.
961
962               See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid
963               MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings.
964
965     -N noiselevel
966               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
967               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
968
969     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
970               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
971               -n''.
972
973     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
974               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
975               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
976
977               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
978               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
979               and so forth.
980
981               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
982               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
983               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
984               a ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
985               already exist, build.sh will create it.
986
987               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
988               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
989               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
990               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
991               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
992               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
993               source directory.
994
995               Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the
996               default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear
997               out old files in the event the ``make cleandir'' operation is
998               unable to do so.  (See CAVEATS below.)
999
1000               Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of
1001               building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same
1002               source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one
1003               would specify distinct obj locations for each).
1004
1005     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
1006               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
1007               behaviour when not using build.sh.
1008
1009     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
1010               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1011               being used.
1012
1013     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
1014               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
1015               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
1016
1017     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
1018               necessary.
1019
1020     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
1021               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1022               being used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be
1023               rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed.
1024
1025     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
1026
1027     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
1028
1029     -V var=[value]
1030               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
1031               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
1032
1033     -w wrapper
1034               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
1035               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
1036               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
1037               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
1038               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
1039               path before being used.
1040
1041     -X x11src
1042               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
1043               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1044               being used.
1045
1046     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
1047
1048     -Y extsrcdir
1049               Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir.  If a relative path
1050               is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1051               being used.
1052
1053     -y        Set MKEXTSRC=yes.
1054
1055     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
1056               to the nbmake wrapper.
1057
1058   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
1059     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
1060     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
1061     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
1062
1063     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1064     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1065     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1066     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1067     unset variables specified with -Z.
1068
1069     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1070     with an absolute path.
1071
1072EXAMPLES
1073     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1074
1075          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1076          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1077
1078     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1079
1080          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1081          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1082
1083     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1084
1085          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1086          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1087          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1088          files as they're copied to /.
1089
1090     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1091
1092          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1093          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1094          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
1095          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
1096          of the release build.
1097
1098OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1099     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1100
1101     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1102                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1103                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1104
1105SEE ALSO
1106     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1107     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1108
1109HISTORY
1110     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1111     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1112
1113CAVEATS
1114     After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree,
1115     the ``make cleandir'' operation may be insufficient to clean out old
1116     files in object directories.  Instead, one may have to manually remove
1117     the files.  Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this.
1118
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