BUILDING revision 1.126
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 host
13     system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture.  The host
14     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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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) "reachover"
49                    Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
50                    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 programs
85                    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, such
106                       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 a
176                 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 a
196                 file system which supports long file names and hard links.
197
198                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is "yes"; unset 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 preformatted
240                 plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
241
242                 Default: "no"
243
244     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Create a cross-gdb as a host
245                 tool.
246
247                 Default: "no"
248
249     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether cryptographic
250                 code will be included in a build; provided for the benefit of
251                 countries that do not allow strong cryptography.  Will not
252                 affect use of the standard low-security password encryption
253                 system, crypt(3).
254
255                 Default: "yes"
256
257     MKDEBUG     Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether debug
258                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
259                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
260                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
261
262                 Default: "no"
263
264     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether debug
265                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
266                 libraries build.
267
268                 Default: "no"
269
270     MKDOC       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether system
271                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
272                 installed during a build.
273
274                 Default: "yes"
275
276     MKEXTSRC    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether extsrc is
277                 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR.
278
279                 Default: "no"
280
281     MKHTML      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether preformatted
282                 HTML manual pages will be built and installed
283
284                 Default: "yes"
285
286     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to "yes" or "no".  If set to "yes", then for
287                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
288                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
289                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
290                 "make obj".  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
291                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to "no", then programs
292                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
293                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
294
295                 Default: "no"
296
297     MKINFO      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether GNU Info
298                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
299                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
300
301                 Default: "yes"
302
303     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Force generation of full-debug
304                 symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of the
305                 netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
306                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
307                 MKCROSSGDB).
308
309                 Default: "no"
310
311     MKKMOD      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether kernel
312                 modules are built and installed.
313
314                 Default: "yes"
315
316     MKLINT      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether lint(1) will
317                 be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during the
318                 build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
319                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
320
321                 Default: "yes"
322
323     MKMAN       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether manual pages
324                 will be installed during a build.
325
326                 Default: "yes"
327
328     MKNLS       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether Native
329                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
330                 installed during a build.
331
332                 Default: "yes"
333
334     MKOBJ       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether object
335                 directories will be created when running "make obj".  If set
336                 to "no", then all built files will be located inside the
337                 regular source tree.
338
339                 Default: "yes"
340
341                 Note that setting MKOBJ to "no" is not recommended and may
342                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
343
344     MKPIC       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether shared
345                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
346                 build.  If set to "no", the entire built system will be
347                 statically linked.
348
349                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
350                 platforms except sh3 default to "yes".
351
352     MKPICINSTALL
353                 Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether the ar(1)
354                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
355                 libraries, are installed during a build.
356
357                 Default: "yes"
358
359     MKPROFILE   Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether profiled
360                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
361                 build.
362
363                 Default: "yes"; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE by
364                 default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
365                 code.
366
367     MKREPRO     Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Create reproducible builds.
368                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
369                 same source tree result in the same build results.
370
371                 Default: "no" This may be set to "yes" by giving build.sh the
372                 -P option.
373
374     MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP
375                 Unix timestamp.  When MKREPRO is set, the timestamp of all
376                 files in the sets will be set to this value.
377
378                 Default: Unset.  This may be set automatically to the latest
379                 source tree timestamp using cvslatest(1) by giving build.sh
380                 the -P option.
381
382     MKSHARE     Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether files
383                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
384                 installed during a build.  If set to "no", then all of
385                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
386                 "no" unconditionally.
387
388                 Default: "yes"
389
390     MKSTRIPIDENT
391                 Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether RCS IDs, for
392                 use with ident(1), should be stripped from program binaries
393                 and shared libraries.
394
395                 Default: "no"
396
397     MKSTRIPSYM  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether all local
398                 symbols should be stripped from shared libraries.  If "yes",
399                 strip all local symbols from shared libraries; the affect is
400                 equivalent to the -x option of ld(1).  If "no", strip only
401                 temporary local symbols; the affect is equivalent to the -X
402                 option of ld(1).  Keeping non-temporary local symbols such as
403                 static function names is useful on using DTrace for userland
404                 libraries and getting a backtrace from a rump kernel loading
405                 shared libraries.
406
407                 Default: "yes"
408
409     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether an
410                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
411                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
412                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
413                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
414                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
415                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
416
417                 Default: "no"
418
419     MKUPDATE    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether all install
420                 operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare file
421                 timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase if
422                 the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
423                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
424
425                 Default: "no"
426
427     MKX11       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether X11 is built
428                 from X11SRCDIR.
429
430                 Default: "no"
431
432     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
433                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
434                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
435                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
436                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
437                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
438                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
439
440                 Default: Unset.
441
442     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
443                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to "yes" if
444                 cross-compiling.
445
446                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
447
448                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
449                        native compilation tool components that are version-
450                        specific for that tool.
451
452                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
453                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
454                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
455                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
456                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
457                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
458                        whole NetBSD source tree.
459
460                 Default: "yes", unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to "yes".
461
462                 USETOOLS is also set to "no" when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
463                 the NetBSD source tree.
464
465     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the modular Xorg source.  If specified,
466                 must be an absolute path.  The main modular Xorg source is
467                 found in X11SRCDIR/external/mit.
468
469                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
470                 /usr/xsrc.
471
472   "make" variables for full builds
473     These variables only affect the top level "Makefile" and do not affect
474     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
475
476     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the "make installworld" target to install
477                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
478
479                      Default: "/"
480
481     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether object
482                      directories will be created automatically (via a "make
483                      obj" pass) at the start of a build.
484
485                      Default: "no"
486
487                      If using build.sh, the default is "yes".  This may be
488                      set back to "no" by giving build.sh the -o option.
489
490     MKUPDATE         Can be set to "yes" or "no".  If set, then in addition
491                      to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above, this
492                      implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., "make cleandir"
493                      is avoided).
494
495                      Default: "no"
496
497                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
498                      option.
499
500     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
501                      below.
502
503                      Default: Unset.
504
505     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the "make cleandir" phase of a full
506                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
507                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
508                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
509
510                      Default: Unset.
511
512                      See also MKUPDATE.
513
514     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the "make distrib-dirs" phase of a full
515                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
516                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
517                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
518                      not changed.
519
520                      Default: Unset.
521
522     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the "make includes" phase of a full
523                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
524                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
525                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
526                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
527                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
528                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
529
530                      Default: Unset.
531
532     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
533                      layout will be written at the end of a "make release".
534                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
535
536                      Default: Unset.
537
538                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
539                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
540
541BUILDING
542   "make" command line options
543     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
544     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
545
546     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
547                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
548                enforce build ordering.
549
550     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
551                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
552                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
553                "share/mk" directory in the source tree.  This is set
554                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
555                build.sh.
556
557     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
558                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
559                take place.
560
561     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
562                targets.
563
564     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
565                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
566                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
567
568   "make" targets
569     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
570     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
571     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, "make obj" and
572     "make cleandir" are useful in that context.
573
574     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
575
576     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
577
578     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
579                dependency files generated by "make depend", and any other
580                files known to be created at build time.
581
582     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
583                information about the dependencies of source code on header
584                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
585                dependency changes.
586
587     dependall  Does a "make depend" immediately followed by a "make all".
588                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
589                read the source files in their entirety.
590
591     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
592
593     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
594                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
595
596     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
597                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
598                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
599                configuration data from being overwritten.
600
601     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
602                generate system-installed lint libraries.
603
604     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
605                of building directly in the source tree.
606
607     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
608                and vi(1) text editors.
609
610   "make" targets for the top level
611     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
612     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
613
614     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
615                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
616                   will be built in the proper order.
617
618     distribution  Do a "make build", and then install a full distribution
619                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
620                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
621                   DESTDIR/var.
622
623     buildworld    As per "make distribution", except that it ensures that
624                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
625
626     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
627                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
628                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
629                   compiling.
630
631                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
632                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
633                   default, all sets except "etc" and "xetc" are installed, so
634                   most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or
635                   modified.
636
637                   Note: Before performing this operation with
638                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
639                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
640                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
641                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
642                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
643
644     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
645                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
646                   after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not
647                   install all of the required files.
648
649     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
650                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
651
652     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
653                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
654                   after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not
655                   install all of the required files.
656
657     release       Do a "make distribution", build kernels, distribution
658                   media, and install sets (this as per "make sets"), and then
659                   package the system into a standard release layout as
660                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
661                   set (see above).
662
663     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
664                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
665                   have a layout as described in release(7).
666
667                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
668                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
669                   installation program, which can be used to install or
670                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
671                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
672                   installation.
673
674                   Before "make iso-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
675                   populated by "make release" or equivalent.
676
677                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
678                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
679                   directory by "make release".  These smaller images usually
680                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
681                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
682                   such as the distribution sets.
683
684                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
685                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
686                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
687                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
688
689     iso-image-source
690                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
691                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
692                   have a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
693                   level directories for the machine type and source.
694
695                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
696                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
697                   installation program, which can be used to install or
698                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
699                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
700                   installation.
701
702                   Before "make iso-image-source" is attempted, RELEASEDIR
703                   must be populated by "make sourcesets release" or
704                   equivalent.
705
706                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
707                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
708                   directory by "make release".  These smaller images usually
709                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
710                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
711                   such as the distribution sets.
712
713                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
714                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
715                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
716                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
717
718     install-image
719                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
720                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
721                   directory.  The installation disk image is suitable for
722                   copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for
723                   machines which are able to boot from such devices.  The
724                   file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout
725                   as described in release(7).
726
727                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
728                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
729                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
730                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
731                   damaged NetBSD installation.
732
733                   Before "make install-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
734                   be populated by "make release" or equivalent.  The build
735                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make
736                   install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
737
738     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images
739                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files to
740                   boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files
741                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
742                   disklabel, bootloaders, etc.
743
744                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in
745                   virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful
746                   to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
747                   machine, without the need for installation.
748
749                   Before "make live-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
750                   populated by "make release" or equivalent.  The build must
751                   have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make
752                   install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
753
754     regression-tests
755                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
756                   directory "regress".  Runs those compiled regression tests
757                   on the local host.  Note that most tests are now managed
758                   instead using atf(7); this target should probably run those
759                   as well but currently does not.
760
761   The "build.sh" script
762     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
763     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common
764     utilities.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH
765     variable.
766
767     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
768     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
769     like
770
771           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
772
773     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
774     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
775     set of commands may be used instead:
776
777           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
778           export HOST_SH
779           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
780
781     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
782     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
783     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
784     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
785     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
786     of sh found in PATH.
787
788     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
789     should make use of build.sh rather than just running "make".  This way,
790     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host
791     system has an older or incompatible "make" program.
792
793     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
794     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
795     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
796     noted where applicable.
797
798     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
799
800     build         Build the system as per "make build".  Before the main part
801                   of the build commences, this command runs the obj operation
802                   (unless the -o option is given), "make cleandir" (unless
803                   the -u option is given), and the tools operation.
804
805     distribution  Build a full distribution as per "make distribution".  This
806                   command first runs the build operation.
807
808     release       Build a full release as per "make release".  This command
809                   first runs the distribution operation.
810
811     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is
812                   automatically performed for any of the other operations.
813
814     cleandir      Perform "make cleandir".
815
816     obj           Perform "make obj".
817
818     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This
819                   command will first run "make obj" and "make cleandir" in
820                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options
821                   (respectively) are given.
822
823     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using "make
824                   installworld".  Note that files that are part of the "etc"
825                   or "xetc" sets will not be installed, unless overridden by
826                   the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
827
828     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
829                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
830                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
831                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
832                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
833                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
834                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
835
836                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
837                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
838                   already exist and are up to date.
839
840                   This command will run "make cleandir" on the kernel in
841                   question first unless the -u option is given.
842
843     kernel.gdb=kconf
844                   Build a new kernel with debug information.  Similar to the
845                   above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file
846                   alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full
847                   symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example
848                   with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB).
849
850     kernels       This command will build all kernels defined in port
851                   specific release build procedure.
852
853                   This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation
854                   for each found kernel configuration file.
855
856     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
857                   into DESTDIR.
858
859     releasekernel=kconf
860                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
861                   kernel=kconf into
862                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
863                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the "netbsd" prefix is determined
864                   from the "config" directives in kconf.
865
866     sets          Perform "make sets".
867
868     sourcesets    Perform "make sourcesets".
869
870     syspkgs       Perform "make syspkgs".
871
872     iso-image     Perform "make iso-image".
873
874     iso-image-source
875                   Perform "make iso-image-source".
876
877     install-image
878                   Perform "make install-image".
879
880     live-image    Perform "make live-image".
881
882     list-arch     Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings,
883                   the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for
884                   MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits.  The -m or -a
885                   options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that
886                   will be used to narrow the list of results; for example,
887                   "build.sh -m 'evm*' -a '*arm*' list-arch" will list all
888                   known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE
889                   or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH
890                   matches the pattern `*arm*'.
891
892     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
893     operations described above:
894
895     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.  See the -m option for
896               more information.
897
898     -B buildid
899               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
900               build identifier to the name of the "make" wrapper script so
901               that the resulting name is of the form
902               "nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID".
903
904     -C cdextras
905               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
906               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
907               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the "iso-image" or
908               "iso-image-source" operations.  Files will be added to the root
909               of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
910               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
911               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
912               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
913               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
914
915     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
916               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
917               being used.
918
919     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
920               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
921               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
922               building as a non-root user.
923
924               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
925               when you use this option.
926
927     -h        Print a help message.
928
929     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
930               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
931               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
932               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
933
934               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
935               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
936               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
937               bandwidth.
938
939     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See "-O obj"
940               for more information.
941
942               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
943               "-M /usr/obj" will place build-time files under
944               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
945               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
946
947               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
948               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
949               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
950               with a "$" (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
951               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
952               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
953               build.sh will create it.
954
955     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is
956               an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which
957               case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias.
958               Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not
959               used by any other part of the build system.  The MACHINE_ARCH
960               setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH
961               in the process environment, but will not override a value set
962               by the -a option.  All cross builds require -m, but if unset on
963               a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and
964               used automatically.
965
966               See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid
967               MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings.
968
969     -N noiselevel
970               Set the "noisyness" level of the build, by setting MAKEVERBOSE
971               to noiselevel.
972
973     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
974               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to "make -n".
975
976     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
977               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
978               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
979
980               For instance, a setting of "-O /usr/obj" will place build-time
981               files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and
982               so forth.
983
984               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
985               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
986               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
987               a "$" (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
988               already exist, build.sh will create it.
989
990               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
991               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
992               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
993               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
994               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
995               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
996               source directory.
997
998               Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the
999               default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear
1000               out old files in the event the "make cleandir" operation is
1001               unable to do so.  (See CAVEATS below.)
1002
1003               Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of
1004               building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same
1005               source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one
1006               would specify distinct obj locations for each).
1007
1008     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to "no".  Otherwise, it will be
1009               automatically set to "yes".  This default is opposite to the
1010               behaviour when not using build.sh.
1011
1012     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
1013               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1014               being used.
1015
1016     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
1017               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
1018               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
1019
1020     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
1021               necessary.
1022
1023     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
1024               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1025               being used.  If set, the bootstrap "make" will only be rebuilt
1026               if the source files for make(1) have changed.
1027
1028     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
1029
1030     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
1031
1032     -V var=[value]
1033               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
1034               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
1035
1036     -w wrapper
1037               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
1038               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
1039               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
1040               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
1041               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
1042               path before being used.
1043
1044     -X x11src
1045               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
1046               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1047               being used.
1048
1049     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
1050
1051     -Y extsrcdir
1052               Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir.  If a relative path
1053               is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1054               being used.
1055
1056     -y        Set MKEXTSRC=yes.
1057
1058     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
1059               to the nbmake wrapper.
1060
1061   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
1062     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
1063     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
1064     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
1065
1066     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1067     the up-to-date version of "nbmake" installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1068     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1069     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1070     unset variables specified with -Z.
1071
1072     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1073     with an absolute path.
1074
1075EXAMPLES
1076     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1077
1078          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1079          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1080
1081     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1082
1083          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1084          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1085
1086     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1087
1088          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1089          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1090          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1091          files as they're copied to /.
1092
1093     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1094
1095          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1096          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1097          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the "make cleandir", so that if
1098          this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion of
1099          the release build.
1100
1101OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1102     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1103
1104     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1105                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1106                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1107
1108SEE ALSO
1109     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1110     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1111
1112HISTORY
1113     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1114     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1115
1116CAVEATS
1117     After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree,
1118     the "make cleandir" operation may be insufficient to clean out old files
1119     in object directories.  Instead, one may have to manually remove the
1120     files.  Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this.
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