BUILDING revision 1.73
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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                             ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
96
97     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
98
99     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
100
101     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
102
103     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
104
105     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
106
107     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.
108
109     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
110                       tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
111                       make(1).  Typical usage is to set this variable to a
112                       value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or
113                       `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from
114                       the value of .CURDIR.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is
115                       not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the
116                       environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot
117                       usefully be set inside a Makefile.
118
119     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  If
120                       specified, must be an absolute path.  If this is
121                       defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the
122                       .OBJDIR for the current directory.  The current direc-
123                       tory may be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be pro-
124                       vided only in the environment or via the -M flag of
125                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile.
126
127   "make" variables
128     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
129     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
130     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
131
132     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
133                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
134                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
135                 ters, such as compiler flags.
136
137     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
138                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
139                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
140                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
141                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources.  Addi-
142                 tional information is available in the GCC documentation of
143                 -frandom-seed.
144
145     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
146                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
147                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
148                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
149                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
150                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
151                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
152                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
153
154                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
155                 wise.
156
157                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
158                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
159
160     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
161                 the process environment.
162
163                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
164
165     MAKEVERBOSE
166                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
167
168                 0    No descriptive messages are shown.
169
170                 1    Descriptive messages are shown.
171
172                 2    Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
173                      output is not suppressed.
174
175                 Default: 2
176
177     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
178                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
179
180                 Default: ``yes''
181
182     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
183                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
184                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
185                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
186                 encryption system, crypt(3).
187
188                 Default: ``yes''
189
190     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
191                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
192                 installed during a build.
193
194                 Default: ``yes''
195
196     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
197                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
198                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
199                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
200                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
201                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
202                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
203                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
204
205                 Default: ``no''
206
207     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
208                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
209                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
210
211                 Default: ``yes''
212
213     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
214                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
215                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
216                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
217
218                 Default: ``yes''
219
220     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
221                 pages will be installed during a build.
222
223                 Default: ``yes''
224
225     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
226                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
227                 installed during a build.
228
229                 Default: ``yes''
230
231     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
232                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
233                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
234                 the regular source tree.
235
236                 Default: ``yes''
237
238                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
239                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
240
241     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
242                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
243                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
244                 statically linked.
245
246                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
247                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
248
249     MKPICINSTALL
250                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
251                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
252                 libraries, are installed during a build.
253
254                 Default: ``yes''
255
256     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
257                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
258                 build.
259
260                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
261                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
262                 code.
263
264     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
265                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
266                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
267                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
268                 ``no'' unconditionally.
269
270                 Default: ``yes''
271
272     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
273                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
274                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
275
276                 Default: ``no''
277
278     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
279                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
280                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
281                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
282                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
283                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
284                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
285
286                 Default: ``no''
287
288     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
289                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
290                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
291                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
292                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
293
294                 Default: ``no''
295
296     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R6 is
297                 built from X11SRCDIR.
298
299                 Default: ``no''
300
301     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
302                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
303                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
304                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
305                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
306                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
307                 the .OBJDIR of src.
308
309                 Default: Unset.
310
311     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
312                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
313                 if cross-compiling.
314
315                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
316
317                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
318                        native compilation tool components that are version-
319                        specific for that tool.
320
321                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
322                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
323                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
324                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
325                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
326                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
327                        NetBSD source tree.
328
329                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
330
331                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
332                 the NetBSD source tree.
333
334     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
335                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
336                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
337
338                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
339
340   "make" variables for full builds
341     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
342     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
343
344     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
345                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
346
347                      Default: ``/''
348
349     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
350                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
351                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
352
353                      Default: ``no''
354
355                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
356                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
357
358     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
359                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
360                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
361                      cleandir'' is avoided).
362
363                      Default: ``no''
364
365                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
366                      option.
367
368     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
369                      below.
370
371                      Default: Unset.
372
373     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
374                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
375                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
376                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
377
378                      Default: Unset.
379
380                      See also MKUPDATE.
381
382     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
383                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
384                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
385                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
386                      not changed.
387
388                      Default: Unset.
389
390     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
391                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
392                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
393                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
394                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
395                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
396                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
397
398                      Default: Unset.
399
400     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
401                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
402                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
403
404                      Default: Unset.
405
406                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
407                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
408
409BUILDING
410   "make" command line options
411     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
412     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
413
414     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
415                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
416                enforce build ordering.  If you see build failures with -j,
417                please save complete build logs so the failures can be ana-
418                lyzed.
419
420     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
421                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
422                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
423                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
424                matically when building from the top level, or when using
425                build.sh.
426
427     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
428                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
429                take place.
430
431     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
432                targets.
433
434     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
435                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
436                file, or the system Makefile segments.
437
438   "make" targets
439     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
440     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
441     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
442     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
443
444     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
445
446     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
447
448     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
449                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
450                files known to be created at build time.
451
452     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
453                information about the dependencies of source code on header
454                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
455                dependency changes.
456
457     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
458                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
459                read the source files in their entirety.
460
461     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
462
463     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
464                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
465
466     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
467                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
468                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
469                configuration data from being overwritten.
470
471     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
472                generate system-installed lint libraries.
473
474     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
475                of building directly in the source tree.
476
477     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
478                and vi(1) text editors.
479
480   "make" targets for the top level
481     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
482     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
483
484     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
485                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
486                   will be built in the proper order.
487
488     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
489                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
490                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
491                   DESTDIR/var.
492
493     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
494                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
495
496     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
497                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
498                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
499                   ing.
500
501                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
502                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
503                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
504                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
505
506                   Note: Before performing this operation with
507                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
508                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
509                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
510                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
511                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
512                   to fix them).
513
514     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
515                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
516                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
517                   not install all of the required files.
518
519     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
520                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
521
522     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
523                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
524                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
525                   not install all of the required files.
526
527     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
528                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
529                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
530                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
531                   set (see above).
532
533     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
534                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
535                   a layout as described in release(7).
536
537                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
538                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
539                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
540                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
541                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
542
543                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
544                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
545
546                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
547                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
548                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
549                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
550                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
551                   as the distribution sets.
552
553                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
554                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
555                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
556                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
557
558     iso-image-source
559                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
560                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
561                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
562                   level directories for the machine type and source.
563
564                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
565                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
566                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
567                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
568                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
569
570                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
571                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
572                   lent.
573
574                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
575                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
576                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
577                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
578                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
579                   as the distribution sets.
580
581                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
582                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
583                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
584                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
585
586     regression-tests
587                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
588                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
589                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
590                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
591                   those as well but currently does not.
592
593   The "build.sh" script
594     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
595     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
596     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
597     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
598     a usable alternative.
599
600     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
601     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
602     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
603     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
604
605     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
606     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
607     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
608     noted where applicable.
609
610     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
611
612     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
613                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
614                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
615                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
616                   operation.
617
618     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
619                   This command first runs the build operation.
620
621     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
622                   first runs the distribution operation.
623
624     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
625                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
626
627     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
628
629     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
630                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
631                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
632                   tively) are given.
633
634     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
635                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
636                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
637
638     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
639                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
640                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
641                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
642                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
643                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
644                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
645
646                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
647                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
648                   already exist and are up to date.
649
650                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
651                   question first unless the -u option is given.
652
653     releasekernel=kconf
654                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
655                   kernel=kconf into
656                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
657                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
658                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
659
660     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
661
662     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
663
664     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
665
666     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
667
668     iso-image-source
669                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
670
671     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
672     operations described above:
673
674     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
675
676     -B buildid
677               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
678               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
679               that the resulting name is of the form
680               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
681
682     -C cdextras
683               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
684               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
685               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
686               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
687               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
688               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
689               absolute paths before being used.
690
691     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
692               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
693               used.
694
695     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
696               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
697               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
698               ing as a non-root user.
699
700               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
701               when you use this option.
702
703     -h        Print a help message.
704
705     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
706               make(1).  Makefiles should use .WAIT or have explicit dependan-
707               cies as necessary to enforce build ordering.  If you see build
708               failures with -j, please save complete build logs so the fail-
709               ures can be analyzed.
710
711     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
712               directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
713               build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
714               /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
715               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
716               absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
717               -obj'' for more information.
718
719     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
720               listed below.  This will also override any value of
721               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
722               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
723               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
724               will be detected and used automatically.
725
726               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
727               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
728               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
729
730                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
731                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
732                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
733                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
734                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
735                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
736                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
737                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
738                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
739                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
740                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
741                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
742                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
743
744     -N noiselevel
745               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
746               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
747
748     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
749               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
750               -n''.
751
752     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
753               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
754               ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
755               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
756               a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
757               lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
758
759               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
760               specified.  If the source directory is /usr/src and neither -M
761               nor -O is specified, then a default object directory will be
762               chosen according to rules in <bsd.obj.mk>; this default is usu-
763               ally either /usr/obj or /usr/obj.MACHINE.
764
765     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
766               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
767               behaviour when not using build.sh.
768
769     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
770               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
771               being used.
772
773     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
774               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
775               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
776
777     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
778               necessary.
779
780     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
781               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
782               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
783               the source files for make(1) have changed.
784
785     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
786
787     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
788
789     -V var=[value]
790               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
791               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
792
793     -w wrapper
794               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
795               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
796               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
797               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
798               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
799               path before being used.
800
801     -X x11src
802               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
803               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
804               being used.
805
806     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
807
808     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
809               to the nbmake wrapper.
810
811   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
812     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
813     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
814     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
815
816     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
817     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
818     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
819     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
820     ables specified with -Z.
821
822     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
823     with an absolute path.
824
825EXAMPLES
826     1.   % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
827
828          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
829          build a new GENERIC kernel.
830
831     2.   % ./build.sh -U distribution
832
833          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
834          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
835
836     3.   # ./build.sh -U install=/
837
838          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
839          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
840          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
841          as they're copied to /.
842
843     4.   % ./build.sh -U -u release
844
845          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
846          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
847          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
848          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
849          of the release build.
850
851OBSOLETE VARIABLES
852     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
853
854     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
855                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
856                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
857
858SEE ALSO
859     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
860     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
861
862HISTORY
863     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
864     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
865
866BUGS
867     A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
868
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