BUILDING revision 1.72
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
134                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
135                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
136                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
137                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources.  Addi-
138                 tional information is available in the GCC documentation of
139                 -frandom-seed.
140
141     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
142                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
143                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
144                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
145                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
146                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
147                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
148                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
149
150                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
151                 wise.
152
153                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
154                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
155
156     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
157                 the process environment.
158
159                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
160
161     MAKEVERBOSE
162                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
163
164                 0    No descriptive messages are shown.
165
166                 1    Descriptive messages are shown.
167
168                 2    Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
169                      output is not suppressed.
170
171                 Default: 2
172
173     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
174                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
175
176                 Default: ``yes''
177
178     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
179                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
180                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
181                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
182                 encryption system, crypt(3).
183
184                 Default: ``yes''
185
186     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
187                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
188                 installed during a build.
189
190                 Default: ``yes''
191
192     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
193                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
194                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
195                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
196                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
197                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
198                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
199                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
200
201                 Default: ``no''
202
203     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
204                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
205                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
206
207                 Default: ``yes''
208
209     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
210                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
211                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
212                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
213
214                 Default: ``yes''
215
216     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
217                 pages will be installed during a build.
218
219                 Default: ``yes''
220
221     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
222                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
223                 installed during a build.
224
225                 Default: ``yes''
226
227     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
228                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
229                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
230                 the regular source tree.
231
232                 Default: ``yes''
233
234                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
235                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
236
237     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
238                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
239                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
240                 statically linked.
241
242                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
243                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
244
245     MKPICINSTALL
246                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
247                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
248                 libraries, are installed during a build.
249
250                 Default: ``yes''
251
252     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
253                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
254                 build.
255
256                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
257                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
258                 code.
259
260     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
261                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
262                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
263                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
264                 ``no'' unconditionally.
265
266                 Default: ``yes''
267
268     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
269                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
270                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
271
272                 Default: ``no''
273
274     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
275                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
276                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
277                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
278                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
279                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
280                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
281
282                 Default: ``no''
283
284     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
285                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
286                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
287                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
288                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
289
290                 Default: ``no''
291
292     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R6 is
293                 built from X11SRCDIR.
294
295                 Default: ``no''
296
297     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
298                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
299                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
300                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
301                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
302                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
303                 the .OBJDIR of src.
304
305                 Default: Unset.
306
307     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
308                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
309                 if cross-compiling.
310
311                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
312
313                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
314                        native compilation tool components that are version-
315                        specific for that tool.
316
317                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
318                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
319                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
320                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
321                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
322                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
323                        NetBSD source tree.
324
325                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
326
327                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
328                 the NetBSD source tree.
329
330     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
331                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
332                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
333
334                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
335
336   "make" variables for full builds
337     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
338     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
339
340     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
341                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
342
343                      Default: ``/''
344
345     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
346                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
347                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
348
349                      Default: ``no''
350
351                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
352                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
353
354     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
355                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
356                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
357                      cleandir'' is avoided).
358
359                      Default: ``no''
360
361                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
362                      option.
363
364     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
365                      below.
366
367                      Default: Unset.
368
369     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
370                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
371                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
372                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
373
374                      Default: Unset.
375
376                      See also MKUPDATE.
377
378     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
379                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
380                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
381                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
382                      not changed.
383
384                      Default: Unset.
385
386     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
387                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
388                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
389                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
390                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
391                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
392                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
393
394                      Default: Unset.
395
396     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
397                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
398                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
399
400                      Default: Unset.
401
402                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
403                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
404
405BUILDING
406   "make" command line options
407     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
408     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
409
410     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
411                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
412                enforce build ordering.  If you see build failures with -j,
413                please save complete build logs so the failures can be ana-
414                lyzed.
415
416     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
417                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
418                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
419                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
420                matically when building from the top level, or when using
421                build.sh.
422
423     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
424                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
425                take place.
426
427     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
428                targets.
429
430     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
431                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
432                file, or the system Makefile segments.
433
434   "make" targets
435     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
436     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
437     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
438     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
439
440     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
441
442     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
443
444     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
445                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
446                files known to be created at build time.
447
448     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
449                information about the dependencies of source code on header
450                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
451                dependency changes.
452
453     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
454                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
455                read the source files in their entirety.
456
457     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
458
459     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
460                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
461
462     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
463                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
464                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
465                configuration data from being overwritten.
466
467     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
468                generate system-installed lint libraries.
469
470     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
471                of building directly in the source tree.
472
473     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
474                and vi(1) text editors.
475
476   "make" targets for the top level
477     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
478     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
479
480     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
481                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
482                   will be built in the proper order.
483
484     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
485                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
486                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
487                   DESTDIR/var.
488
489     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
490                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
491
492     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
493                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
494                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
495                   ing.
496
497                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
498                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
499                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
500                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
501
502                   Note: Before performing this operation with
503                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
504                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
505                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
506                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
507                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
508                   to fix them).
509
510     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
511                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
512                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
513                   not install all of the required files.
514
515     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
516                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
517
518     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
519                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
520                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
521                   not install all of the required files.
522
523     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
524                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
525                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
526                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
527                   set (see above).
528
529     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
530                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
531                   a layout as described in release(7).
532
533                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
534                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
535                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
536                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
537                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
538
539                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
540                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
541
542                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
543                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
544                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
545                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
546                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
547                   as the distribution sets.
548
549                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
550                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
551                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
552                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
553
554     iso-image-source
555                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
556                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
557                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
558                   level directories for the machine type and source.
559
560                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
561                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
562                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
563                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
564                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
565
566                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
567                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
568                   lent.
569
570                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
571                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
572                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
573                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
574                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
575                   as the distribution sets.
576
577                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
578                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
579                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
580                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
581
582     regression-tests
583                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
584                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
585                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
586                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
587                   those as well but currently does not.
588
589   The "build.sh" script
590     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
591     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
592     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
593     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
594     a usable alternative.
595
596     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
597     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
598     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
599     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
600
601     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
602     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
603     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
604     noted where applicable.
605
606     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
607
608     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
609                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
610                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
611                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
612                   operation.
613
614     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
615                   This command first runs the build operation.
616
617     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
618                   first runs the distribution operation.
619
620     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
621                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
622
623     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
624
625     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
626                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
627                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
628                   tively) are given.
629
630     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
631                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
632                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
633
634     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
635                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
636                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
637                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
638                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
639                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
640                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
641
642                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
643                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
644                   already exist and are up to date.
645
646                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
647                   question first unless the -u option is given.
648
649     releasekernel=kconf
650                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
651                   kernel=kconf into
652                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
653                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
654                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
655
656     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
657
658     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
659
660     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
661
662     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
663
664     iso-image-source
665                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
666
667     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
668     operations described above:
669
670     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
671
672     -B buildid
673               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
674               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
675               that the resulting name is of the form
676               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
677
678     -C cdextras
679               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
680               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
681               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
682               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
683               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
684               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
685               absolute paths before being used.
686
687     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
688               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
689               used.
690
691     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
692               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
693               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
694               ing as a non-root user.
695
696               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
697               when you use this option.
698
699     -h        Print a help message.
700
701     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
702               make(1).  Makefiles should use .WAIT or have explicit dependan-
703               cies as necessary to enforce build ordering.  If you see build
704               failures with -j, please save complete build logs so the fail-
705               ures can be analyzed.
706
707     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  If a relative path is specified,
708               it will be converted to an absolute path before being used.
709               Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.
710
711     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
712               listed below.  This will also override any value of
713               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
714               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
715               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
716               will be detected and used automatically.
717
718               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
719               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
720               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
721
722                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
723                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
724                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
725                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
726                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
727                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
728                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
729                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
730                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
731                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
732                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
733                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
734                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
735
736     -N noiselevel
737               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
738               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
739
740     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
741               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
742               -n''.
743
744     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
745               place the built object files under obj.  If a relative path is
746               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
747               being used.  For instance, a setting of /usr/obj will place
748               build-time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib,
749               /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
750
751     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
752               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
753               behaviour when not using build.sh.
754
755     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
756               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
757               being used.
758
759     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
760               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
761               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
762
763     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
764               necessary.
765
766     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
767               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
768               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
769               the source files for make(1) have changed.
770
771     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
772
773     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
774
775     -V var=[value]
776               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
777               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
778
779     -w wrapper
780               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
781               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
782               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
783               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
784               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
785               path before being used.
786
787     -X x11src
788               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
789               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
790               being used.
791
792     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
793
794     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
795               to the nbmake wrapper.
796
797   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
798     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
799     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
800     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
801
802     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
803     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
804     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
805     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
806     ables specified with -Z.
807
808     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
809     with an absolute path.
810
811EXAMPLES
812     1.   % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
813
814          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
815          build a new GENERIC kernel.
816
817     2.   % ./build.sh -U distribution
818
819          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
820          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
821
822     3.   # ./build.sh -U install=/
823
824          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
825          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
826          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
827          as they're copied to /.
828
829     4.   % ./build.sh -U -u release
830
831          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
832          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
833          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
834          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
835          of the release build.
836
837OBSOLETE VARIABLES
838     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
839
840     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
841                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
842                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
843
844SEE ALSO
845     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
846     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
847
848HISTORY
849     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
850     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
851
852BUGS
853     A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
854
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