BUILDING revision 1.49
1BUILDING(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             BUILDING(8)
2
3NAME
4     BUILDING - Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
5
6STATUS
7     This document is a work-in-progress.  As such, the information described
8     here may not match the reality of the build system as of this writing.
9     Once this document is completely in sync with reality, this paragraph
10     will be removed.
11
12     Discrepancies between this documentation and the current reality of
13     implementation are noted specially, as with the note below:
14
15     Note: This document applies only to platforms which use the new toolchain
16     as indicated by the default setting of TOOLCHAIN_MISSING in <bsd.own.mk>.
17     Platforms which have not yet been switched to the new toolchain should
18     continue building traditionally, using the notes specified in the file
19     UPDATING.
20
21REQUIREMENTS
22     NetBSD is designed to be buildable on most POSIX-compliant host systems.
23     The basic build procedure is the same whether compiling natively (on the
24     same NetBSD architecture) or cross compiling (on another architecture or
25     OS).
26
27     This source tree contains a special subtree, ``tools'', which uses the
28     host system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture.  The
29     host system must have at least C and C++ compilers in order to create the
30     toolchain (make is not required); all other tools are created as part of
31     the NetBSD build process.
32
33FILES
34   Source tree layout
35     doc/BUILDING.mdoc
36                    This document (in -mdoc troff format; the original copy).
37
38     BUILDING       This document (in plaintext).
39
40     tools/compat/README
41                    Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non-
42                    NetBSD platforms.
43
44     Makefile       The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for
45                    native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of
46                    NetBSD make(1).  (For building from out-of-date systems or
47                    on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.)
48
49     UPDATING       Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
50                    NetBSD.  It is important to read this file before every
51                    build of an updated source tree.
52
53     build.sh       Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
54                    build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch.  Can be
55                    used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
56                    instead of make(1) for any source tree that is updated and
57                    recompiled regularly.
58
59     crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
60                    Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without man-
61                    gling the existing build structure.  Other source trees in
62                    bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) ``reachover''
63                    Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
64                    native host.
65
66     distrib/, etc/
67                    Sources for items used when making a full release snap-
68                    shot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the desti-
69                    nation system, boot media, and release notes.
70
71     regress/       Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
72                    run natively.
73
74     sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
75
76     tools/         ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
77                    This has a special method of determining out-of-date sta-
78                    tus.
79
80     bin/ ... usr.sbin/
81                    Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
82                    any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
83                    during the build.
84
85     x11/           ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
86                    X11SRCDIR.
87
88   Build tree layout
89     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
90     described in release(7).
91
92CONFIGURATION
93   Environment variables
94     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
95
96     MACHINE           Machine type.
97
98     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture.
99
100     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
101
102     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.
103
104     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
105                       tory.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.
106                       MAKEOBJDIR can only be provided in the environment or
107                       via the -O flag of build.sh.
108
109     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  If
110                       this is defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used
111                       as the .OBJDIR for the current directory.  The current
112                       directory may be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can only
113                       be provided in the environment or via the -M flag of
114                       build.sh.
115
116   "make" variables
117     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
118     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
119     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
120
121     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
122                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
123                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
124                 ters, such as compiler flags.
125
126     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
127                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
128                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
129                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname should not end with a
130                 slash (/) character (for installation into the system's root
131                 directory, set DESTDIR to an empty string).  The directory
132                 must reside on a file system which supports long file names
133                 and hard links.
134
135                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
136                 wise.
137
138                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
139                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode
140
141     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
142                 the process environment.
143
144                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
145
146     MAKEVERBOSE
147                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
148
149                 0    No descriptive messages are shown.
150
151                 1    Descriptive messages are shown.
152
153                 2    Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
154                      output is not suppressed.
155
156                 Default: 2
157
158     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
159                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
160
161                 Default: ``yes''
162
163     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
164                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
165                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
166                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
167                 encryption system, crypt(3).
168
169                 Default: ``yes''
170
171     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
172                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
173                 installed during a build.
174
175                 Default: ``yes''
176
177     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
178                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
179                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
180                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
181                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
182                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
183                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
184                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
185
186                 Default: ``no''
187
188     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
189                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
190                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
191
192                 Default: ``yes''
193
194     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
195                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
196                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
197                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
198
199                 Default: ``yes''
200
201     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
202                 pages will be installed during a build.
203
204                 Default: ``yes''
205
206     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
207                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
208                 installed during a build.
209
210                 Default: ``yes''
211
212     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
213                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
214                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
215                 the regular source tree.
216
217                 Default: ``yes''
218
219     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
220                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
221                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
222                 statically linked.
223
224                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
225                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
226
227     MKPICINSTALL
228                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
229                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
230                 libraries, are installed during a build.
231
232                 Default: ``yes''
233
234     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
235                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
236                 build.
237
238                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
239                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
240                 code.
241
242     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
243                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
244                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
245                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
246                 ``no'' unconditionally.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''
249
250     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
251                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
252                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed item;
253                 instead the information will be appended to a file called
254                 METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG is used during
255                 the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure that
256                 the appropriate file ownership is stored.
257
258                 Default: ``no''
259
260     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
261                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
262                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
263                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
264                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
265
266                 Default: ``no''
267
268     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R6 is
269                 built from X11SRCDIR.
270
271                 Default: ``no''
272
273     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  This directory
274                 should be unique to a given host system and NetBSD source
275                 tree.  (However, multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR;
276                 the target-dependent files have unique names.)  If unset, a
277                 default based on the uname(1) information of the host plat-
278                 form will be created in the .OBJDIR of src.
279
280                 Default: Unset.
281
282     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
283                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
284                 if cross-compiling.
285
286                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
287
288                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
289                        native compilation tool components that are version-
290                        specific for that tool.
291
292                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
293                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
294                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
295                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
296                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
297                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
298                        NetBSD source tree.
299
300                 Default: ``yes'' if building all or part of a whole NetBSD
301                 source tree (detected automatically); ``no'' otherwise (to
302                 preserve traditional semantics of the <bsd.*.mk> make(1)
303                 include files).
304
305     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  The main X11R6 source
306                 is found in X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
307
308                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
309
310   "make" variables for full builds
311     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
312     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
313
314     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
315                      to.
316
317                      Default: ``/''
318
319     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
320                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
321                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
322
323                      Default: ``no''
324
325     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
326                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
327                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
328                      cleandir'' is avoided).
329
330                      Default: ``no''
331
332     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead (see
333                      below)
334
335                      Default: Unset.
336
337     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
338                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
339                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
340                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
341
342                      Default: Unset.
343
344     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
345                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
346                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
347                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
348                      not changed.
349
350                      Default: Unset.
351
352     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
353                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
354                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
355                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
356                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
357                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
358                      MKUPDATE=yes in that case.
359
360                      Default: Unset.
361
362     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
363                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
364
365                      Default: Unset.
366
367                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
368                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode
369
370BUILDING
371   "make" command line options
372     This is only a summary of options available to make(1); only the options
373     used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
374
375     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
376                use .WAIT or have explicit dependancies as necessary to
377                enforce build ordering.  If you see build failures with -j,
378                please save complete build logs so the failures can be ana-
379                lyzed.
380
381     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
382                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
383                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
384                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  (This is set auto-
385                matically when building from the top level.)
386
387     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
388                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
389                take place.
390
391     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
392                targets.
393
394     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
395                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
396                file, or the system Makefile segments.
397
398   "make" targets
399     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
400     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
401     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
402     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
403
404     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
405
406     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
407
408     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
409                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
410                files known to be created at build time.
411
412     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
413                information about the dependencies of source code on header
414                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
415                dependency changes.
416
417     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
418                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
419                read the source files in their entirety.
420
421     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
422
423     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
424                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
425
426     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
427                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
428                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
429                configuration data from being overwritten.
430
431     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
432                generate system-installed lint libraries.
433
434     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
435                of building directly in the source tree.
436
437     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
438                and vi(1) text editors.
439
440   "make" targets for the top level
441     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
442     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
443
444     build         Build the entire NetBSD system.  This orders portions of
445                   the source tree such that prerequisites will be built in
446                   the proper order.
447
448     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
449                   into DESTDIR, including files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
450                   DESTDIR/root and DESTDIR/var.
451
452     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
453                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
454
455     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR
456                   (which defaults to the root directory).  Ensures that
457                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is the not root directory if cross compil-
458                   ing.
459
460                   Note: It is highly recommended that you upgrade your kernel
461                   and reboot before performing this operation.
462
463     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
464                   RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/binary/sets.  Should be run after ``make
465                   distribution'' (as ``make build'' does not install all of
466                   the required files).
467
468     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
469                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
470
471     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
472                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
473                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
474                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
475                   set (see above).
476
477     regression-tests
478                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
479                   directory ``regress''.  Runs the compiled regression tests
480                   on the local host.
481
482   The "build.sh" script
483     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
484     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
485     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
486     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
487     a usable alternative.
488
489     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
490     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
491     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
492     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
493
494     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
495     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
496     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
497     noted where applicable.
498
499     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
500
501     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  This option
502                   implies the obj and tools operations.
503
504     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
505                   This option implies the build operation.
506
507     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This option
508                   implies the distribution operation.
509
510     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
511                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
512
513     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
514
515     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.
516
517     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
518                   installworld''.
519
520     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
521                   configuration file suitable for use by config(8).  If kconf
522                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
523                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
524                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
525                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
526                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
527                   In order to ensure that the kernel is built using up-to-
528                   date tools, it is strongly recommended that the tools be
529                   rebuilt (using the tools operation).
530
531     releasekernel=kconf
532                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel built by
533                   kernel=kconf into RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/binary/kernel, usually
534                   as netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
535                   determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
536
537     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
538
539     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
540
541     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the above oper-
542     ations: The following command line options alter the behaviour of the
543     build.sh operations described above:
544
545     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
546
547     -B buildid
548               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
549               build idenfitier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
550               that the resulting name is of the form
551               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
552
553     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.
554
555     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
556               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
557               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
558               ing as a non-root user.
559
560               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
561               when you use this option.
562
563     -j njob   Passed through to make(1).  Makefiles should use .WAIT or have
564               explicit dependancies as necessary to enforce build ordering.
565               If you see build failures with -j, please save complete build
566               logs so the failures can be analyzed.
567
568     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.
569
570     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach.  This will also override any
571               value of MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value
572               deduced from mach, unless -a is specified, or mach is a special
573               case listed below.  All cross builds require -m, but if unset
574               on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected
575               and used automatically.
576
577               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  For a
578               given value of mach, the following MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH
579               values will result:
580
581                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
582                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
583                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
584                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
585                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
586                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
587                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
588                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
589                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
590                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
591
592     -N noiselevel
593               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
594               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
595
596     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
597               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
598               -n''.
599
600     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
601               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
602               ting of /usr/obj will place build-time files under
603               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.
604               Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
605
606     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
607               automatically set to ``yes'' (which is opposite to the default
608               behaviour).
609
610     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.
611
612     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
613               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
614               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
615
616     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If set, the bootstrap
617               ``make'' will only be rebuilt as needed (when the source files
618               for make(1) change).
619
620     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
621
622     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
623
624     -V var=[value]
625               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
626               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
627
628     -w wrapper
629               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
630               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
631               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
632               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.
633
634     -X x11src
635               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.
636
637     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
638
639     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
640               to the nbmake wrapper.
641
642   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
643     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
644     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
645     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
646
647     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
648     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
649     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
650     build.sh will also set variables specified with -V, and unset variables
651     specified with -Z.
652
653     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
654     with an absolute path.
655
656EXAMPLES
657     1.   % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
658
659          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
660          build a new GENERIC kernel.
661
662     2.   % ./build.sh -U distribution
663
664          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
665          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
666
667     3.   # ./build.sh -U install=/
668
669          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
670          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
671          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
672          as they're copied to /.
673
674     4.   % ./build.sh -U -u release
675
676          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
677          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
678          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
679          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
680          of the release build.
681
682OBSOLETE VARIABLES
683     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.
684
685     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
686                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
687                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
688
689SEE ALSO
690     make(1), hier(7), release(7)
691
692HISTORY
693     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
694     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
695
696BUGS
697     A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
698
699NetBSD                         February 6, 2003                         NetBSD
700