BUILDING revision 1.71
1BUILDING(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             BUILDING(8)
2
3NAME
4     BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
5
6REQUIREMENTS
7     NetBSD is designed to be buildable on most POSIX-compliant host systems.
8     The basic build procedure is the same whether compiling natively (on the
9     same NetBSD architecture) or cross compiling (on another architecture or
10     OS).
11
12     This source tree contains a special subtree, ``tools'', which uses the
13     host system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture.  The
14     host system must have at least C and C++ compilers in order to create the
15     toolchain (make is not required); all other tools are created as part of
16     the NetBSD build process.  (See the environment variables section below
17     if you need to override or manually select your compilers.)
18
19FILES
20   Source tree layout
21     doc/BUILDING.mdoc
22                    This document (in -mdoc troff format; the original copy).
23
24     BUILDING       This document (in plaintext).
25
26     tools/compat/README
27                    Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non-
28                    NetBSD platforms.
29
30     Makefile       The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for
31                    native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of
32                    NetBSD make(1).  (For building from out-of-date systems or
33                    on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.)
34
35     UPDATING       Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
36                    NetBSD.  It is important to read this file before every
37                    build of an updated source tree.
38
39     build.sh       Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
40                    build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch.  Can be
41                    used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
42                    instead of make(1) for any source tree that is updated and
43                    recompiled regularly.
44
45     crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
46                    Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without man-
47                    gling the existing build structure.  Other source trees in
48                    bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) ``reachover''
49                    Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
50                    native host.
51
52     distrib/, etc/
53                    Sources for items used when making a full release snap-
54                    shot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the desti-
55                    nation system, boot media, and release notes.
56
57     tests/, regress/
58                    Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
59                    run natively.  tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework;
60                    regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been
61                    migrated to atf(7).
62
63     sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
64
65     tools/         ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
66                    This has a special method of determining out-of-date sta-
67                    tus.
68
69     bin/ ... usr.sbin/
70                    Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
71                    any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
72                    during the build.
73
74     x11/           ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
75                    X11SRCDIR.
76
77   Build tree layout
78     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
79     described in release(7).
80
81CONFIGURATION
82   Environment variables
83     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
84
85     HOST_SH           Path name to a POSIX-compliant shell.  If this is not
86                       set explicitly, then the default is set using heuris-
87                       tics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell
88                       under which build.sh is executed (if that can be deter-
89                       mined), or using the first copy of sh found in PATH.
90                       If the host system's /bin/sh is not POSIX-compliant, we
91                       suggest that you build using commands like
92
93                             HOST_SH=/path/to/working/shell
94                             export HOST_SH
95                             ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
96
97     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
98
99     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
100
101     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
102
103     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
104
105     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
106
107     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.
108
109     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
110                       tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
111                       make(1).  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.
112                       MAKEOBJDIR can only be provided in the environment or
113                       via the -O flag of build.sh.
114
115     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  If
116                       specified, must be an absolute path.  If this is
117                       defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the
118                       .OBJDIR for the current directory.  The current direc-
119                       tory may be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can only be
120                       provided in the environment or via the -M flag of
121                       build.sh.
122
123   "make" variables
124     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
125     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
126     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
127
128     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
129                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
130                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
131                 ters, such as compiler flags.
132
133     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
134                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
135                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
136                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
137                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
138                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
139                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
140                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
141
142                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
143                 wise.
144
145                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
146                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
147
148     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
149                 the process environment.
150
151                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
152
153     MAKEVERBOSE
154                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
155
156                 0    No descriptive messages are shown.
157
158                 1    Descriptive messages are shown.
159
160                 2    Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
161                      output is not suppressed.
162
163                 Default: 2
164
165     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
166                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
167
168                 Default: ``yes''
169
170     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
171                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
172                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
173                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
174                 encryption system, crypt(3).
175
176                 Default: ``yes''
177
178     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
179                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
180                 installed during a build.
181
182                 Default: ``yes''
183
184     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
185                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
186                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
187                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
188                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
189                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
190                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
191                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
192
193                 Default: ``no''
194
195     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
196                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
197                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
198
199                 Default: ``yes''
200
201     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
202                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
203                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
204                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
205
206                 Default: ``yes''
207
208     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
209                 pages will be installed during a build.
210
211                 Default: ``yes''
212
213     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
214                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
215                 installed during a build.
216
217                 Default: ``yes''
218
219     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
220                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
221                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
222                 the regular source tree.
223
224                 Default: ``yes''
225
226                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
227                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
228
229     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
230                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
231                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
232                 statically linked.
233
234                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
235                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
236
237     MKPICINSTALL
238                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
239                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
240                 libraries, are installed during a build.
241
242                 Default: ``yes''
243
244     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
245                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
246                 build.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
249                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
250                 code.
251
252     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
253                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
254                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
255                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
256                 ``no'' unconditionally.
257
258                 Default: ``yes''
259
260     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
261                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
262                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
263
264                 Default: ``no''
265
266     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
267                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
268                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
269                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
270                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
271                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
272                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
273
274                 Default: ``no''
275
276     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
277                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
278                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
279                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
280                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
281
282                 Default: ``no''
283
284     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R6 is
285                 built from X11SRCDIR.
286
287                 Default: ``no''
288
289     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
290                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
291                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
292                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
293                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
294                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
295                 the .OBJDIR of src.
296
297                 Default: Unset.
298
299     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
300                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
301                 if cross-compiling.
302
303                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
304
305                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
306                        native compilation tool components that are version-
307                        specific for that tool.
308
309                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
310                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
311                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
312                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
313                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
314                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
315                        NetBSD source tree.
316
317                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
318
319                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
320                 the NetBSD source tree.
321
322     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
323                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
324                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
325
326                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
327
328   "make" variables for full builds
329     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
330     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
331
332     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
333                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
334
335                      Default: ``/''
336
337     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
338                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
339                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
340
341                      Default: ``no''
342
343                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
344                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
345
346     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
347                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
348                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
349                      cleandir'' is avoided).
350
351                      Default: ``no''
352
353                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
354                      option.
355
356     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
357                      below.
358
359                      Default: Unset.
360
361     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
362                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
363                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
364                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
365
366                      Default: Unset.
367
368                      See also MKUPDATE.
369
370     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
371                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
372                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
373                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
374                      not changed.
375
376                      Default: Unset.
377
378     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
379                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
380                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
381                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
382                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
383                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
384                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
385
386                      Default: Unset.
387
388     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
389                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
390                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
391
392                      Default: Unset.
393
394                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
395                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
396
397BUILDING
398   "make" command line options
399     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
400     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
401
402     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
403                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
404                enforce build ordering.  If you see build failures with -j,
405                please save complete build logs so the failures can be ana-
406                lyzed.
407
408     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
409                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
410                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
411                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
412                matically when building from the top level, or when using
413                build.sh.
414
415     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
416                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
417                take place.
418
419     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
420                targets.
421
422     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
423                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
424                file, or the system Makefile segments.
425
426   "make" targets
427     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
428     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
429     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
430     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
431
432     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
433
434     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
435
436     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
437                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
438                files known to be created at build time.
439
440     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
441                information about the dependencies of source code on header
442                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
443                dependency changes.
444
445     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
446                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
447                read the source files in their entirety.
448
449     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
450
451     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
452                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
453
454     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
455                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
456                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
457                configuration data from being overwritten.
458
459     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
460                generate system-installed lint libraries.
461
462     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
463                of building directly in the source tree.
464
465     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
466                and vi(1) text editors.
467
468   "make" targets for the top level
469     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
470     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
471
472     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
473                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
474                   will be built in the proper order.
475
476     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
477                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
478                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
479                   DESTDIR/var.
480
481     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
482                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
483
484     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
485                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
486                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
487                   ing.
488
489                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
490                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
491                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
492                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
493
494                   Note: Before performing this operation with
495                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
496                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
497                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
498                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
499                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
500                   to fix them).
501
502     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
503                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
504                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
505                   not install all of the required files.
506
507     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
508                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
509
510     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
511                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
512                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
513                   not install all of the required files.
514
515     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
516                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
517                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
518                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
519                   set (see above).
520
521     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
522                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
523                   a layout as described in release(7).
524
525                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
526                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
527                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
528                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
529                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
530
531                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
532                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
533
534                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
535                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
536                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
537                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
538                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
539                   as the distribution sets.
540
541                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
542                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
543                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
544                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
545
546     iso-image-source
547                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
548                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
549                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
550                   level directories for the machine type and source.
551
552                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
553                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
554                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
555                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
556                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
557
558                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
559                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
560                   lent.
561
562                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
563                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
564                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
565                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
566                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
567                   as the distribution sets.
568
569                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
570                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
571                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
572                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
573
574     regression-tests
575                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
576                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
577                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
578                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
579                   those as well but currently does not.
580
581   The "build.sh" script
582     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
583     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
584     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
585     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
586     a usable alternative.
587
588     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
589     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
590     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
591     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
592
593     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
594     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
595     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
596     noted where applicable.
597
598     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
599
600     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
601                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
602                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
603                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
604                   operation.
605
606     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
607                   This command first runs the build operation.
608
609     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
610                   first runs the distribution operation.
611
612     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
613                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
614
615     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
616
617     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
618                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
619                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
620                   tively) are given.
621
622     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
623                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
624                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
625
626     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
627                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
628                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
629                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
630                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
631                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
632                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
633
634                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
635                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
636                   already exist and are up to date.
637
638                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
639                   question first unless the -u option is given.
640
641     releasekernel=kconf
642                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
643                   kernel=kconf into
644                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
645                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
646                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
647
648     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
649
650     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
651
652     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
653
654     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
655
656     iso-image-source
657                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
658
659     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
660     operations described above:
661
662     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
663
664     -B buildid
665               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
666               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
667               that the resulting name is of the form
668               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
669
670     -C cdextras
671               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
672               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
673               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
674               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
675               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
676               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
677               absolute paths before being used.
678
679     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
680               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
681               used.
682
683     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
684               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
685               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
686               ing as a non-root user.
687
688               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
689               when you use this option.
690
691     -h        Print a help message.
692
693     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
694               make(1).  Makefiles should use .WAIT or have explicit dependan-
695               cies as necessary to enforce build ordering.  If you see build
696               failures with -j, please save complete build logs so the fail-
697               ures can be analyzed.
698
699     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  If a relative path is specified,
700               it will be converted to an absolute path before being used.
701               Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.
702
703     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
704               listed below.  This will also override any value of
705               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
706               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
707               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
708               will be detected and used automatically.
709
710               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
711               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
712               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
713
714                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
715                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
716                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
717                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
718                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
719                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
720                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
721                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
722                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
723                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
724                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
725                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
726                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
727
728     -N noiselevel
729               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
730               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
731
732     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
733               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
734               -n''.
735
736     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
737               place the built object files under obj.  If a relative path is
738               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
739               being used.  For instance, a setting of /usr/obj will place
740               build-time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib,
741               /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
742
743     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
744               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
745               behaviour when not using build.sh.
746
747     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
748               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
749               being used.
750
751     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
752               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
753               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
754
755     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
756               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
757               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
758               the source files for make(1) have changed.
759
760     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
761
762     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
763
764     -V var=[value]
765               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
766               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
767
768     -w wrapper
769               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
770               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
771               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
772               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
773               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
774               path before being used.
775
776     -X x11src
777               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
778               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
779               being used.
780
781     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
782
783     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
784               to the nbmake wrapper.
785
786   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
787     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
788     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
789     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
790
791     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
792     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
793     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
794     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
795     ables specified with -Z.
796
797     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
798     with an absolute path.
799
800EXAMPLES
801     1.   % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
802
803          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
804          build a new GENERIC kernel.
805
806     2.   % ./build.sh -U distribution
807
808          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
809          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
810
811     3.   # ./build.sh -U install=/
812
813          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
814          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
815          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
816          as they're copied to /.
817
818     4.   % ./build.sh -U -u release
819
820          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
821          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
822          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
823          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
824          of the release build.
825
826OBSOLETE VARIABLES
827     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
828
829     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
830                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
831                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
832
833SEE ALSO
834     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
835     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
836
837HISTORY
838     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
839     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
840
841BUGS
842     A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
843
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