BUILDING revision 1.139
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).  Intended for expert use with knowlege of
33                    its shortcomings, it has been superseded by the build.sh
34                    shell script as the recommended means for building NetBSD.
35
36     UPDATING       Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
37                    NetBSD.  It is important to read this file before every
38                    build of an updated source tree.
39
40     build.sh       Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
41                    build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch.  Can be
42                    used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
43                    instead of make(1) as it performs additional checks to
44                    prevent common issues going undetected, such as building
45                    with an outdated version of make(1).
46
47     crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
48                    Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without
49                    mangling the existing build structure.  Other source trees
50                    in bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) "reachover"
51                    Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
52                    native host.
53
54     external, sys/external
55                    Sources and build infrastructure for components imported
56                    (mostly) unchanged from upstream maintainers, sorted by
57                    applicable license.  This is (slowly) replacing the
58                    crypto/dist, dist, and gnu/dist directories.
59
60     distrib/, etc/
61                    Sources for items used when making a full release
62                    snapshot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the
63                    destination system, boot media, and release notes.
64
65     tests/, regress/
66                    Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
67                    run natively.  tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework;
68                    regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been
69                    migrated to atf(7).
70
71     sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
72
73     tools/         "Reachover" build structure for the host build tools.
74                    This has a special method of determining out-of-date
75                    status.
76
77     bin/ ... usr.sbin/
78                    Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
79                    any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
80                    during the build.
81
82     external/mit/xorg/
83                    "Reachover" build structure for modular Xorg; the source
84                    is in X11SRCDIR.
85
86     extsrc/        "Reachover" build structure for externally added programs
87                    and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR.
88
89   Build tree layout
90     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
91     described in release(7).
92
93CONFIGURATION
94   Environment variables
95     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
96
97     HOST_SH           Path name to a shell available on the host system and
98                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
99                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
100                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
101                       "local" keyword to declare local variables in shell
102                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-
103                       standardised feature).
104
105                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
106                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
107                       variant of ksh that supports the "local" keyword, such
108                       as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
109
110                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an
111                       absolute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a
112                       simple command name, which will be converted to an
113                       absolute path by searching the PATH.
114
115     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
116
117     HOST_CFLAGS       Flags passed to the host C compiler.
118
119     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
120
121     HOST_CXXFLAGS     Flags passed to the host C++ compiler.
122
123     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., "macppc".
124
125     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., "powerpc".
126
127     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
128
129     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
130                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the
131                       environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V
132                       option.
133
134     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current
135                       directory.  The value is subjected to variable
136                       expansion by make(1).  Typical usage is to set this
137                       variable to a value involving the use of
138                       `${.CURDIR:S...}' or `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the
139                       value of .OBJDIR from the value of .CURDIR.  Used only
140                       if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be
141                       provided only in the environment or via the -O flag of
142                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile,
143                       including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
144
145     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
146                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
147                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
148                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
149                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
150                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
151                       value is defined and valid, then
152                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR
153                       for the current directory.  The current directory may
154                       be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in
155                       the environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it
156                       cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, including
157                       mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
158
159   "make" variables
160     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless
161     otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process
162     environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
163
164     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  If set, this should be a short
165                 string that is suitable for use as part of a file or
166                 directory name.  The identifier will be appended to object
167                 directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
168                 configuration file in order to set additional build
169                 parameters, such as compiler flags.  It will also be used as
170                 part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by
171                 "uname -v".
172
173                 Default: Unset.
174
175     BUILDINFO   This may be a multi-line string containing information about
176                 the build.  This will appear in DESTDIR/etc/release, and it
177                 will be stored in the buildinfo variable in any kernels that
178                 are built.  When such kernels are booted, the sysctl(7)
179                 kern.buildinfo variable will report this value.  The string
180                 may contain backslash escape sequences, such as "\\"
181                 (representing a backslash character) and "\n" (representing a
182                 newline).
183
184                 Default: Unset.
185
186     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This
187                 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
188                 -frandom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
189                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++
190                 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources,
191                 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional
192                 information is available in the GCC documentation of
193                 -frandom-seed.
194
195     CPUFLAGS    Additional flags to the compiler/assembler to select CPU
196                 instruction set options, CPU tuning options, etc.
197
198                 Default: Unset.
199
200     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set,
201                 special options are passed to the compilation tools to
202                 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
203                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
204                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
205                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
206                 an empty string, not to "/").  The directory must reside on a
207                 file system which supports long file names and hard links.
208
209                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is "yes"; unset otherwise.
210
211                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
212                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
213
214     EXTSRCSRCDIR
215                 Directory containing sources of externally added programs and
216                 libraries.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
217
218                 Default: NETBSDSRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise
219                 /usr/extsrc.
220
221     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
222                 the process environment.
223
224                 Default: "/etc/mk.conf"
225
226     MAKEVERBOSE
227                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
228
229                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
230                      are shown.
231
232                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
233                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not
234                      displayed.
235
236                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
237                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
238                      displayed.
239
240                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
241                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
242                      have been hidden through use of the "@" prefix in the
243                      relevant makefile.
244
245                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
246                      are traced through use of the sh(1) "-x" flag.
247
248                 Default: 2
249
250     MKCROSSGDB  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Create a cross-gdb as a host
251                 tool.
252
253                 Default: "no"
254
255     MKDEBUG     Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether debug
256                 information should be generated for all userland binaries
257                 compiled.  The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz
258                 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug.
259
260                 Default: "no"
261
262     MKDEBUGLIB  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether debug
263                 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all
264                 libraries built.
265
266                 Default: "no"
267
268     MKDOC       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether system
269                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
270                 installed during a build.
271
272                 Default: "yes"
273
274     MKEXTSRC    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether extsrc is
275                 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR.
276
277                 Default: "no"
278
279     MKHTML      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether preformatted
280                 HTML manual pages will be built and installed
281
282                 Default: "yes"
283
284     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to "yes" or "no".  If set to "yes", then for
285                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
286                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
287                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
288                 "make obj".  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
289                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to "no", then programs
290                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
291                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
292
293                 Default: "no"
294
295     MKINFO      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether GNU Info
296                 files will be created and installed during a build.  GNU Info
297                 files are used for providing documentation by most of the
298                 compilation tools.
299
300                 Default: "yes"
301
302     MKKDEBUG    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Force generation of full-debug
303                 symbol versions of all kernels compiled.  Alongside of the
304                 netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is
305                 created.  This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see
306                 MKCROSSGDB).
307
308                 Default: "no"
309
310     MKKMOD      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether kernel
311                 modules are built and installed.
312
313                 Default: "yes"
314
315     MKLINT      Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether lint(1) will
316                 be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during the
317                 build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
318                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
319
320                 Default: "yes"
321
322     MKMAN       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether manual pages
323                 will be installed during a build.
324
325                 Default: "yes"
326
327     MKNLS       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether Native
328                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
329                 installed during a build.
330
331                 Default: "yes"
332
333     MKOBJ       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether object
334                 directories will be created when running "make obj".  If set
335                 to "no", then all built files will be located inside the
336                 regular source tree.
337
338                 Default: "yes"
339
340                 Note that setting MKOBJ to "no" is not recommended and may
341                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
342
343     MKPIC       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether shared
344                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
345                 build.  If set to "no", the entire built system will be
346                 statically linked.
347
348                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all
349                 platforms except m68000 default to "yes".
350
351     MKPICINSTALL
352                 Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether the ar(1)
353                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
354                 libraries, are installed during a build.
355
356                 Default: "yes"
357
358     MKPROFILE   Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether profiled
359                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
360                 build.
361
362                 Default: "yes"; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE by
363                 default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
364                 code.
365
366     MKREPRO     Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Create reproducible builds.
367                 This enables different switches to make two builds from the
368                 same source tree result in the same build results.
369
370                 Default: "no" This may be set to "yes" by giving build.sh the
371                 -P option.
372
373     MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP
374                 Unix timestamp.  When MKREPRO is set, the timestamp of all
375                 files in the sets will be set to this value.
376
377                 Default: Unset.  This may be set automatically to the latest
378                 source tree timestamp using cvslatest(1) by giving build.sh
379                 the -P option.
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 MKDOC,
384                 MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to "no" unconditionally.
385
386                 Default: "yes"
387
388     MKSTRIPIDENT
389                 Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether RCS IDs, for
390                 use with ident(1), should be stripped from program binaries
391                 and shared libraries.
392
393                 Default: "no"
394
395     MKSTRIPSYM  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether all local
396                 symbols should be stripped from shared libraries.  If "yes",
397                 strip all local symbols from shared libraries; the affect is
398                 equivalent to the -x option of ld(1).  If "no", strip only
399                 temporary local symbols; the affect is equivalent to the -X
400                 option of ld(1).  Keeping non-temporary local symbols such as
401                 static function names is useful on using DTrace for userland
402                 libraries and getting a backtrace from a rump kernel loading
403                 shared libraries.
404
405                 Default: "yes"
406
407     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether an
408                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group,
409                 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
410                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
411                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
412                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
413                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
414
415                 Default: "no"
416
417     MKUPDATE    Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether all install
418                 operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare file
419                 timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase if
420                 the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
421                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
422
423                 Default: "no"
424
425     MKX11       Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether X11 is built
426                 from X11SRCDIR.
427
428                 Default: "no"
429
430     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
431                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
432                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However,
433                 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-
434                 dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a default
435                 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will
436                 be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
437
438                 Default: Unset.
439
440     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
441                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to "yes" if
442                 cross-compiling.
443
444                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
445
446                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
447                        native compilation tool components that are version-
448                        specific for that tool.
449
450                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
451                        native tool components.  This is similar to the
452                        traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify
453                        that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date
454                        enough in order to build the tree successfully.  This
455                        may cause build or runtime problems when building the
456                        whole NetBSD source tree.
457
458                 Default: "yes", unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to "yes".
459
460                 USETOOLS is also set to "no" when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
461                 the NetBSD source tree.
462
463     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the modular Xorg source.  If specified,
464                 must be an absolute path.  The main modular Xorg source is
465                 found in X11SRCDIR/external/mit.
466
467                 Default: NETBSDSRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
468                 /usr/xsrc.
469
470   "make" variables for full builds
471     These variables only affect the top level "Makefile" and do not affect
472     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
473
474     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the "make installworld" target to install
475                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
476
477                      Default: "/"
478
479     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to "yes" or "no".  Indicates whether object
480                      directories will be created automatically (via a "make
481                      obj" pass) at the start of a build.
482
483                      Default: "no"
484
485                      If using build.sh, the default is "yes".  This may be
486                      set back to "no" by giving build.sh the -o option.
487
488     MKUPDATE         Can be set to "yes" or "no".  If set, then in addition
489                      to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above, this
490                      implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., "make cleandir"
491                      is avoided).
492
493                      Default: "no"
494
495                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
496                      option.
497
498     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
499                      below.
500
501                      Default: Unset.
502
503     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the "make cleandir" phase of a full
504                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
505                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
506                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
507
508                      Default: Unset.
509
510                      See also MKUPDATE.
511
512     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the "make distrib-dirs" phase of a full
513                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
514                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
515                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
516                      not changed.
517
518                      Default: Unset.
519
520     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the "make includes" phase of a full
521                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
522                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
523                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
524                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
525                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
526                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
527
528                      Default: Unset.
529
530     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
531                      layout will be written at the end of a "make release".
532                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
533
534                      Default: Unset.
535
536                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
537                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
538
539BUILDING
540   "make" command line options
541     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
542     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
543
544     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
545                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
546                enforce build ordering.
547
548     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system
549                Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building
550                any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
551                "share/mk" directory in the source tree.  This is set
552                automatically when building from the top level, or when using
553                build.sh.
554
555     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
556                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
557                take place.
558
559     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
560                targets.
561
562     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting
563                specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF
564                configuration file, or the system Makefile segments.
565
566   "make" targets
567     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
568     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
569     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, "make obj" and
570     "make cleandir" are useful in that context.
571
572     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
573
574     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
575
576     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
577                dependency files generated by "make depend", and any other
578                files known to be created at build time.
579
580     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
581                information about the dependencies of source code on header
582                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
583                dependency changes.
584
585     dependall  Does a "make depend" immediately followed by a "make all".
586                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
587                read the source files in their entirety.
588
589     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
590
591     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
592                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
593
594     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
595                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
596                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
597                configuration data from being overwritten.
598
599     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
600                generate system-installed lint libraries.
601
602     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
603                of building directly in the source tree.
604
605     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
606                and vi(1) text editors.
607
608   "make" targets for the top level
609     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
610     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
611
612     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
613                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
614                   will be built in the proper order.
615
616     distribution  Do a "make build", and then install a full distribution
617                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
618                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
619                   DESTDIR/var.
620
621     buildworld    As per "make distribution", except that it ensures that
622                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
623
624     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
625                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
626                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross
627                   compiling.
628
629                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
630                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
631                   default, all sets except "etc" and "xetc" are installed, so
632                   most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or
633                   modified.
634
635                   Note: Before performing this operation with
636                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
637                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
638                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
639                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to
640                   check for or fix inconsistencies.
641
642     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
643                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
644                   after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not
645                   install all of the required files.
646
647     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
648                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
649
650     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
651                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
652                   after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not
653                   install all of the required files.
654
655     release       Do a "make distribution", build kernels, distribution
656                   media, and install sets (this as per "make sets"), and then
657                   package the system into a standard release layout as
658                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
659                   set (see above).
660
661     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
662                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
663                   have a layout as described in release(7).
664
665                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
666                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
667                   installation program, which can be used to install or
668                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
669                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
670                   installation.
671
672                   Before "make iso-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
673                   populated by "make release" or equivalent.
674
675                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
676                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
677                   directory by "make release".  These smaller images usually
678                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
679                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
680                   such as the distribution sets.
681
682                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
683                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
684                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
685                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
686
687     iso-image-source
688                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
689                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The CD-ROM file system will
690                   have a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
691                   level directories for the machine type and source.
692
693                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
694                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based
695                   installation program, which can be used to install or
696                   upgrade a NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain
697                   tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD
698                   installation.
699
700                   Before "make iso-image-source" is attempted, RELEASEDIR
701                   must be populated by "make sourcesets release" or
702                   equivalent.
703
704                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
705                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom
706                   directory by "make release".  These smaller images usually
707                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
708                   RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content
709                   such as the distribution sets.
710
711                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
712                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1)
713                   utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
714                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
715
716     install-image
717                   Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
718                   RELEASEDIR/images directory.  The installation disk image
719                   is suitable for copying to bootable USB flash memory
720                   sticks, etc., for machines which are able to boot from such
721                   devices.  The file system in the bootable disk image will
722                   have a layout as described in release(7).
723
724                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
725                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
726                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.  The
727                   image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a
728                   damaged NetBSD installation.
729
730                   Before "make install-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
731                   be populated by "make release" or equivalent.  The build
732                   must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make
733                   install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
734
735     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images
736                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files to
737                   boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files
738                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
739                   disklabel, bootloaders, etc.
740
741                   The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in
742                   virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful
743                   to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real
744                   machine, without the need for installation.
745
746                   Before "make live-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
747                   populated by "make release" or equivalent.  The build must
748                   have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make
749                   install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG.
750
751     regression-tests
752                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
753                   directory "regress".  Runs those compiled regression tests
754                   on the local host.  Note that most tests are now managed
755                   instead using atf(7); this target should probably run those
756                   as well but currently does not.
757
758   The "build.sh" script
759     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
760     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common
761     utilities.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH
762     variable.
763
764     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
765     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
766     like
767
768           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
769
770     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
771     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
772     set of commands may be used instead:
773
774           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
775           export HOST_SH
776           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
777
778     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
779     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
780     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
781     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
782     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
783     of sh found in PATH.
784
785     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
786     should make use of build.sh rather than just running "make".  This way,
787     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host
788     system has an older or incompatible "make" program.
789
790     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
791     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
792     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
793     noted where applicable.
794
795     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
796
797     build         Build the system as per "make build".  Before the main part
798                   of the build commences, this command runs the obj operation
799                   (unless the -o option is given), "make cleandir" (unless
800                   the -u option is given), and the tools operation.
801
802     distribution  Build a full distribution as per "make distribution".  This
803                   command first runs the build operation.
804
805     release       Build a full release as per "make release".  This command
806                   first runs the distribution operation.
807
808     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is
809                   automatically performed for any of the other operations.
810
811     cleandir      Perform "make cleandir".
812
813     obj           Perform "make obj".
814
815     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This
816                   command will first run "make obj" and "make cleandir" in
817                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options
818                   (respectively) are given.
819
820     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using "make
821                   installworld".  Note that files that are part of the "etc"
822                   or "xetc" sets will not be installed, unless overridden by
823                   the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
824
825     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
826                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
827                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
828                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
829                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
830                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
831                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
832
833                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
834                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
835                   already exist and are up to date.
836
837                   This command will run "make cleandir" on the kernel in
838                   question first unless the -u option is given.
839
840     kernel.gdb=kconf
841                   Build a new kernel with debug information.  Similar to the
842                   above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file
843                   alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full
844                   symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example
845                   with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB).
846
847     kernels       This command will build all kernels defined in port
848                   specific release build procedure.
849
850                   This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation
851                   for each found kernel configuration file.
852
853     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
854                   into DESTDIR.
855
856     releasekernel=kconf
857                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
858                   kernel=kconf into
859                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
860                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the "netbsd" prefix is determined
861                   from the "config" directives in kconf.
862
863     sets          Perform "make sets".
864
865     sourcesets    Perform "make sourcesets".
866
867     syspkgs       Perform "make syspkgs".
868
869     iso-image     Perform "make iso-image".
870
871     iso-image-source
872                   Perform "make iso-image-source".
873
874     install-image
875                   Perform "make install-image".
876
877     live-image    Perform "make live-image".
878
879     list-arch     Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings,
880                   the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for
881                   MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits.  The -m or -a
882                   options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that
883                   will be used to narrow the list of results; for example,
884                   "build.sh -m 'evb*' -a '*arm*' list-arch" will list all
885                   known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE
886                   or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH
887                   matches the pattern `*arm*'.
888
889     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
890     operations described above:
891
892     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.  See the -m option for
893               more information.
894
895     -B buildid
896               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
897               build identifier to the name of the "make" wrapper script so
898               that the resulting name is of the form
899               "nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID".
900
901     -C cdextras
902               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-
903               separated list of files or directories that will be added to
904               the CD-ROM image that may be create by the "iso-image" or
905               "iso-image-source" operations.  Files will be added to the root
906               of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
907               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
908               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
909               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
910               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
911
912     -c compiler
913               Select the compiler for the toolchain to build NetBSD and for
914               inclusion in the NetBSD distribution.  Supported choices:
915
916                     clang
917
918                     gcc [default]
919
920               The compiler used to build the toolchain can be different; see
921               HOST_CC and HOST_CXX.
922
923     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is
924               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
925               being used.
926
927     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
928               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
929               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when
930               building as a non-root user.
931
932               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
933               when you use this option.
934
935     -h        Print a help message.
936
937     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
938               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
939               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save
940               complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
941
942               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the
943               number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.
944               Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O
945               bandwidth.
946
947     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See "-O obj"
948               for more information.
949
950               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
951               "-M /usr/obj" will place build-time files under
952               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
953               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
954
955               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
956               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
957               restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin
958               with a "$" (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too
959               difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a
960               relative path.  If the directory does not already exist,
961               build.sh will create it.
962
963     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is
964               an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which
965               case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias.
966               Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not
967               used by any other part of the build system.  The MACHINE_ARCH
968               setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH
969               in the process environment, but will not override a value set
970               by the -a option.  All cross builds require -m, but if unset on
971               a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and
972               used automatically.
973
974               See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid
975               MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings.
976
977     -N noiselevel
978               Set the "noisyness" level of the build, by setting MAKEVERBOSE
979               to noiselevel.
980
981     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
982               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to "make -n".
983
984     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
985               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
986               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
987
988               For instance, a setting of "-O /usr/obj" will place build-time
989               files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and
990               so forth.
991
992               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
993               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the
994               restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain
995               a "$" (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
996               already exist, build.sh will create it.
997
998               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
999               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
1000               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
1001               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
1002               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
1003               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
1004               source directory.
1005
1006               Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the
1007               default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear
1008               out old files in the event the "make cleandir" operation is
1009               unable to do so.  (See CAVEATS below.)
1010
1011               Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of
1012               building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same
1013               source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one
1014               would specify distinct obj locations for each).
1015
1016     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to "no".  Otherwise, it will be
1017               automatically set to "yes".  This default is opposite to the
1018               behaviour when not using build.sh.
1019
1020     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
1021               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1022               being used.
1023
1024     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
1025               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
1026               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
1027
1028     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
1029               necessary.
1030
1031     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is
1032               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1033               being used.  If set, the bootstrap "make" will only be rebuilt
1034               if the source files for make(1) have changed.
1035
1036     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
1037
1038     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
1039
1040     -V var=[value]
1041               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
1042               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
1043
1044     -w wrapper
1045               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom
1046               location, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
1047               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
1048               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
1049               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
1050               path before being used.
1051
1052     -X x11src
1053               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
1054               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1055               being used.
1056
1057     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
1058
1059     -Y extsrcdir
1060               Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir.  If a relative path
1061               is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
1062               being used.
1063
1064     -y        Set MKEXTSRC=yes.
1065
1066     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
1067               to the nbmake wrapper.
1068
1069   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
1070     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
1071     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
1072     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
1073
1074     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
1075     the up-to-date version of "nbmake" installed into TOOLDIR/bin with
1076     several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and
1077     TOOLDIR.  nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and
1078     unset variables specified with -Z.
1079
1080     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
1081     with an absolute path.
1082
1083EXAMPLES
1084     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
1085
1086          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
1087          build a new GENERIC kernel.
1088
1089     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
1090
1091          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
1092          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
1093
1094     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
1095
1096          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
1097          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the
1098          permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the
1099          files as they're copied to /.
1100
1101     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
1102
1103          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
1104          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
1105          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the "make cleandir", so that if
1106          this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion of
1107          the release build.
1108
1109OBSOLETE VARIABLES
1110     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
1111
1112     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
1113                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
1114                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
1115
1116SEE ALSO
1117     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
1118     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
1119
1120HISTORY
1121     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
1122     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
1123
1124CAVEATS
1125     After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree,
1126     the "make cleandir" operation may be insufficient to clean out old files
1127     in object directories.  Instead, one may have to manually remove the
1128     files.  Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this.
1129
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