BUILDING revision 1.122
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     external/mit/xorg/
81                    ``Reachover'' build structure for modular Xorg; the source
82                    is in X11SRCDIR.
83
84     extsrc/        ``Reachover'' build structure for externally added
85                    programs and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR.
86
87   Build tree layout
88     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
89     described in release(7).
90
91CONFIGURATION
92   Environment variables
93     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
94
95     HOST_SH           Path name to a shell available on the host system and
96                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
97                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
98                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
99                       ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell
100                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-
101                       standardised feature).
102
103                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
104                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
105                       variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword,
106                       such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
107
108                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an
109                       absolute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a
110                       simple command name, which will be converted to an
111                       absolute path by searching the PATH.
112
113     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
114
115     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
116
117     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
118
119     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
120
121     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
122
123     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
124                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the
125                       environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V
126                       option.
127
128     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current
129                       directory.  The value is subjected to variable
130                       expansion by make(1).  Typical usage is to set this
131                       variable to a value involving the use of
132                       `${.CURDIR:S...}' or `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the
133                       value of .OBJDIR from the value of .CURDIR.  Used only
134                       if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be
135                       provided only in the environment or via the -O flag of
136                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile,
137                       including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
138
139     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
140                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
141                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
142                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
143                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
144                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
145                       value is defined and valid, then
146                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR
147                       for the current directory.  The current directory may
148                       be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in
149                       the environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it
150                       cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, including
151                       mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
152
153   "make" variables
154     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless
155     otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process
156     environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
157
158     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  If set, this should be a short
159                 string that is suitable for use as part of a file or
160                 directory name.  The identifier will be appended to object
161                 directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
162                 configuration file in order to set additional build
163                 parameters, such as compiler flags.  It will also be used as
164                 part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by
165                 ``uname -v''.
166
167                 Default: Unset.
168
169     BUILDINFO   This may be a multi-line string containing information about
170                 the build.  This will appear in DESTDIR/etc/release, and it
171                 will be stored in the buildinfo variable in any kernels that
172                 are built.  When such kernels are booted, the sysctl(7)
173                 kern.buildinfo variable will report this value.  The string
174                 may contain backslash escape sequences, such as ``\\''
175                 (representing a backslash character) and ``\n'' (representing
176                 a newline).
177
178                 Default: Unset.
179
180     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This
181                 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
182                 -frandom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
183                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++
184                 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources,
185                 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional
186                 information is available in the GCC documentation of
187                 -frandom-seed.
188
189     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set,
190                 special options are passed to the compilation tools to
191                 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
192                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
193                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
194                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
195                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
196                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
197
198                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset
199                 otherwise.
200
201                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
202                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
203
204     EXTSRCSRCDIR
205                 Directory containing sources of externally added programs and
206                 libraries.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
207
208                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise
209                 /usr/extsrc.
210
211     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
212                 the process environment.
213
214                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
215
216     MAKEVERBOSE
217                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
218
219                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
220                      are shown.
221
222                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
223                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not
224                      displayed.
225
226                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
227                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
228                      displayed.
229
230                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
231                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
232                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
233                      relevant makefile.
234
235                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
236                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
237
238                 Default: 2
239
240     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
241                 preformatted plaintext manual pages will be created during a
242                 build.
243
244                 Default: ``no''
245
246     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create a cross-gdb as a
247                 host tool.
248
249                 Default: ``no''
250
251     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
252                 cryptographic code will be included in a build; provided for
253                 the benefit of countries that do not allow strong
254                 cryptography.  Will not affect use of the standard low-
255                 security password encryption system, crypt(3).
256
257                 Default: ``yes''
258
259     MKDEBUG     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
260                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
261                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
262                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
263
264                 Default: ``no''
265
266     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether debug
267                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
268                 libraries build.
269
270                 Default: ``no''
271
272     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
273                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
274                 installed during a build.
275
276                 Default: ``yes''
277
278     MKEXTSRC    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether extsrc is
279                 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR.
280
281                 Default: ``no''
282
283     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
284                 preformatted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
285
286                 Default: ``yes''
287
288     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
289                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
290                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
291                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
292                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
293                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
294                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
295                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
296
297                 Default: ``no''
298
299     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
300                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
301                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
302
303                 Default: ``yes''
304
305     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Force generation of full-
306                 debug symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of
307                 the netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
308                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
309                 MKCROSSGDB).
310
311                 Default: ``no''
312
313     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
314                 modules are built and installed.
315
316                 Default: ``yes''
317
318     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
319                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
320                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
321                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
322
323                 Default: ``yes''
324
325     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
326                 pages will be installed during a build.
327
328                 Default: ``yes''
329
330     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
331                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
332                 installed during a build.
333
334                 Default: ``yes''
335
336     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
337                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
338                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
339                 the regular source tree.
340
341                 Default: ``yes''
342
343                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
344                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
345
346     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
347                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
348                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
349                 statically linked.
350
351                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
352                 platforms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
353
354     MKPICINSTALL
355                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
356                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
357                 libraries, are installed during a build.
358
359                 Default: ``yes''
360
361     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
362                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
363                 build.
364
365                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
366                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
367                 code.
368
369     MKREPRO     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Create reproducable builds.
370                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
371                 same source tree result in the same build results.
372
373                 Default: ``no''
374
375     MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP
376                 Unix timestamp.  When MKREPRO is set, the timestamp of all
377                 files in the sets will be set to this value.
378
379                 Default: Unset.
380
381     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
382                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
383                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
384                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
385                 ``no'' unconditionally.
386
387                 Default: ``yes''
388
389     MKSTRIPIDENT
390                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether RCS IDs,
391                 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program
392                 binaries and shared libraries.
393
394                 Default: ``no''
395
396     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
397                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
398                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
399                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
400                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
401                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
402                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
403
404                 Default: ``no''
405
406     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
407                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
408                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
409                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
410                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
411
412                 Default: ``no''
413
414     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
415                 built from X11SRCDIR.
416
417                 Default: ``no''
418
419     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
420                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
421                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
422                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
423                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
424                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
425                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
426
427                 Default: Unset.
428
429     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
430                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
431                 if cross-compiling.
432
433                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
434
435                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
436                        native compilation tool components that are version-
437                        specific for that tool.
438
439                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
440                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
441                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
442                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
443                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
444                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
445                        whole NetBSD source tree.
446
447                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
448
449                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
450                 the NetBSD source tree.
451
452     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the modular Xorg source.  If specified,
453                 must be an absolute path.  The main modular Xorg source is
454                 found in X11SRCDIR/external/mit.
455
456                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
457                 /usr/xsrc.
458
459   "make" variables for full builds
460     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
461     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
462
463     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
464                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
465
466                      Default: ``/''
467
468     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
469                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
470                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
471
472                      Default: ``no''
473
474                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
475                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
476
477     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in
478                      addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes
479                      above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e.,
480                      ``make cleandir'' is avoided).
481
482                      Default: ``no''
483
484                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
485                      option.
486
487     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
488                      below.
489
490                      Default: Unset.
491
492     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
493                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
494                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
495                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
496
497                      Default: Unset.
498
499                      See also MKUPDATE.
500
501     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
502                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
503                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
504                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
505                      not changed.
506
507                      Default: Unset.
508
509     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
510                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
511                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
512                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
513                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
514                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
515                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
516
517                      Default: Unset.
518
519     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
520                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
521                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
522
523                      Default: Unset.
524
525                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
526                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
527
528BUILDING
529   "make" command line options
530     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
531     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
532
533     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
534                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
535                enforce build ordering.
536
537     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
538                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
539                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
540                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set
541                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
542                build.sh.
543
544     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
545                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
546                take place.
547
548     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
549                targets.
550
551     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
552                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
553                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
554
555   "make" targets
556     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
557     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
558     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
559     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
560
561     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
562
563     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
564
565     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
566                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
567                files known to be created at build time.
568
569     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
570                information about the dependencies of source code on header
571                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
572                dependency changes.
573
574     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
575                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
576                read the source files in their entirety.
577
578     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
579
580     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
581                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
582
583     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
584                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
585                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
586                configuration data from being overwritten.
587
588     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
589                generate system-installed lint libraries.
590
591     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
592                of building directly in the source tree.
593
594     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
595                and vi(1) text editors.
596
597   "make" targets for the top level
598     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
599     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
600
601     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
602                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
603                   will be built in the proper order.
604
605     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
606                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
607                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
608                   DESTDIR/var.
609
610     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
611                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
612
613     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
614                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
615                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
616                   compiling.
617
618                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
619                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
620                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
621                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
622                   installed or modified.
623
624                   Note: Before performing this operation with
625                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
626                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
627                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
628                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
629                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
630
631     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
632                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
633                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
634                   not install all of the required files.
635
636     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
637                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
638
639     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
640                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
641                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
642                   not install all of the required files.
643
644     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
645                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
646                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
647                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
648                   set (see above).
649
650     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
651                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
652                   have a layout as described in release(7).
653
654                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
655                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
656                   installation program, which can be used to install or
657                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
658                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
659                   installation.
660
661                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
662                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
663
664                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
665                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
666                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
667                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
668                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
669                   such as the distribution sets.
670
671                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
672                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
673                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
674                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
675
676     iso-image-source
677                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
678                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
679                   have a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
680                   level directories for the machine type and source.
681
682                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
683                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
684                   installation program, which can be used to install or
685                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
686                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
687                   installation.
688
689                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
690                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or
691                   equivalent.
692
693                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
694                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
695                   directory by ``make release''.  These smaller images
696                   usually contain the same tools as the larger images in
697                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
698                   such as the distribution sets.
699
700                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
701                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
702                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
703                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
704
705     install-image
706                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
707                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
708                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
709                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
710                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
711                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
712                   as described in release(7).
713
714                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
715                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
716                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
717                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
718                   damaged NetBSD installation.
719
720                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
721                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.  The build
722                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make
723                   install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
724
725     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images
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     kernels       This command will build all kernels defined in port
839                   specific release build procedure.
840
841                   This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation
842                   for each found kernel configuration file.
843
844     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
845                   into DESTDIR.
846
847     releasekernel=kconf
848                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
849                   kernel=kconf into
850                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
851                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
852                   determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
853
854     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
855
856     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
857
858     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
859
860     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
861
862     iso-image-source
863                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
864
865     install-image
866                   Perform ``make install-image''.
867
868     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
869
870     list-arch     Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings,
871                   the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for
872                   MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits.  The -m or -a
873                   options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that
874                   will be used to narrow the list of results; for example,
875                   ``build.sh -m 'evm*' -a '*arm*' list-arch'' will list all
876                   known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE
877                   or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH
878                   matches the pattern `*arm*'.
879
880     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
881     operations described above:
882
883     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.  See the -m option for
884               more information.
885
886     -B buildid
887               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
888               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
889               that the resulting name is of the form
890               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
891
892     -C cdextras
893               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
894               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
895               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
896               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
897               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
898               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
899               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
900               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
901               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
902
903     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
904               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
905               being used.
906
907     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
908               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
909               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
910               building as a non-root user.
911
912               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
913               when you use this option.
914
915     -h        Print a help message.
916
917     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
918               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
919               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
920               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
921
922               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
923               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
924               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
925               bandwidth.
926
927     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
928               obj'' for more information.
929
930               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
931               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
932               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
933               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
934
935               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
936               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
937               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
938               with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
939               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
940               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
941               build.sh will create it.
942
943     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is
944               an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which
945               case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias.
946               Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not
947               used by any other part of the build system.  The MACHINE_ARCH
948               setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH
949               in the process environment, but will not override a value set
950               by the -a option.  All cross builds require -m, but if unset on
951               a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and
952               used automatically.
953
954               See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid
955               MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings.
956
957     -N noiselevel
958               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
959               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
960
961     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
962               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
963               -n''.
964
965     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
966               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
967               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
968
969               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
970               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
971               and so forth.
972
973               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
974               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
975               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
976               a ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
977               already exist, build.sh will create it.
978
979               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
980               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
981               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
982               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
983               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
984               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
985               source directory.
986
987               Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the
988               default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear
989               out old files in the event the ``make cleandir'' operation is
990               unable to do so.  (See CAVEATS below.)
991
992               Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of
993               building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same
994               source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one
995               would specify distinct obj locations for each).
996
997     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
998               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
999               behaviour when not using build.sh.
1000
1001     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
1002               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1003               being used.
1004
1005     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
1006               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
1007               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
1008
1009     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
1010               necessary.
1011
1012     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
1013               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1014               being used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be
1015               rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed.
1016
1017     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
1018
1019     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
1020
1021     -V var=[value]
1022               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
1023               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
1024
1025     -w wrapper
1026               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
1027               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
1028               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
1029               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
1030               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
1031               path before being used.
1032
1033     -X x11src
1034               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
1035               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1036               being used.
1037
1038     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
1039
1040     -Y extsrcdir
1041               Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir.  If a relative path
1042               is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1043               being used.
1044
1045     -y        Set MKEXTSRC=yes.
1046
1047     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
1048               to the nbmake wrapper.
1049
1050   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
1051     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
1052     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
1053     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
1054
1055     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1056     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1057     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1058     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1059     unset variables specified with -Z.
1060
1061     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1062     with an absolute path.
1063
1064EXAMPLES
1065     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1066
1067          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1068          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1069
1070     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1071
1072          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1073          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1074
1075     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1076
1077          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1078          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1079          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1080          files as they're copied to /.
1081
1082     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1083
1084          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1085          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1086          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
1087          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
1088          of the release build.
1089
1090OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1091     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1092
1093     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1094                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1095                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1096
1097SEE ALSO
1098     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1099     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1100
1101HISTORY
1102     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1103     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1104
1105CAVEATS
1106     After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree,
1107     the ``make cleandir'' operation may be insufficient to clean out old
1108     files in object directories.  Instead, one may have to manually remove
1109     the files.  Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this.
1110
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