BUILDING revision 1.74
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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.
417
418     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
419                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
420                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
421                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
422                matically when building from the top level, or when using
423                build.sh.
424
425     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
426                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
427                take place.
428
429     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
430                targets.
431
432     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
433                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
434                file, or the system Makefile segments.
435
436   "make" targets
437     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
438     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
439     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
440     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
441
442     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
443
444     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
445
446     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
447                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
448                files known to be created at build time.
449
450     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
451                information about the dependencies of source code on header
452                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
453                dependency changes.
454
455     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
456                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
457                read the source files in their entirety.
458
459     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
460
461     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
462                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
463
464     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
465                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
466                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
467                configuration data from being overwritten.
468
469     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
470                generate system-installed lint libraries.
471
472     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
473                of building directly in the source tree.
474
475     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
476                and vi(1) text editors.
477
478   "make" targets for the top level
479     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
480     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
481
482     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
483                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
484                   will be built in the proper order.
485
486     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
487                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
488                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
489                   DESTDIR/var.
490
491     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
492                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
493
494     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
495                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
496                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
497                   ing.
498
499                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
500                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
501                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
502                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
503
504                   Note: Before performing this operation with
505                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
506                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
507                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
508                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
509                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
510                   to fix them).
511
512     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
513                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
514                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
515                   not install all of the required files.
516
517     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
518                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
519
520     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
521                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
522                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
523                   not install all of the required files.
524
525     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
526                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
527                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
528                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
529                   set (see above).
530
531     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
532                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
533                   a layout as described in release(7).
534
535                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
536                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
537                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
538                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
539                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
540
541                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
542                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
543
544                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
545                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
546                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
547                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
548                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
549                   as the distribution sets.
550
551                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
552                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
553                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
554                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
555
556     iso-image-source
557                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
558                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
559                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
560                   level directories for the machine type and source.
561
562                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
563                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
564                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
565                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
566                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
567
568                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
569                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
570                   lent.
571
572                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
573                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
574                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
575                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
576                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
577                   as the distribution sets.
578
579                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
580                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
581                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
582                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
583
584     regression-tests
585                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
586                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
587                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
588                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
589                   those as well but currently does not.
590
591   The "build.sh" script
592     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
593     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
594     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
595     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
596     a usable alternative.
597
598     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
599     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
600     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
601     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
602
603     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
604     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
605     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
606     noted where applicable.
607
608     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
609
610     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
611                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
612                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
613                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
614                   operation.
615
616     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
617                   This command first runs the build operation.
618
619     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
620                   first runs the distribution operation.
621
622     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
623                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
624
625     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
626
627     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
628                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
629                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
630                   tively) are given.
631
632     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
633                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
634                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
635
636     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
637                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
638                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
639                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
640                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
641                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
642                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
643
644                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
645                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
646                   already exist and are up to date.
647
648                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
649                   question first unless the -u option is given.
650
651     releasekernel=kconf
652                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
653                   kernel=kconf into
654                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
655                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
656                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
657
658     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
659
660     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
661
662     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
663
664     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
665
666     iso-image-source
667                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
668
669     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
670     operations described above:
671
672     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
673
674     -B buildid
675               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
676               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
677               that the resulting name is of the form
678               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
679
680     -C cdextras
681               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
682               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
683               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
684               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
685               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
686               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
687               absolute paths before being used.
688
689     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
690               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
691               used.
692
693     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
694               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
695               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
696               ing as a non-root user.
697
698               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
699               when you use this option.
700
701     -h        Print a help message.
702
703     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
704               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
705               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
706               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
707
708               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
709               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
710               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
711
712     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
713               directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
714               build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
715               /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
716               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
717               absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
718               -obj'' for more information.
719
720     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
721               listed below.  This will also override any value of
722               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
723               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
724               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
725               will be detected and used automatically.
726
727               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
728               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
729               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
730
731                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
732                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
733                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
734                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
735                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
736                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
737                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
738                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
739                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
740                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
741                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
742                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
743                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
744
745     -N noiselevel
746               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
747               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
748
749     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
750               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
751               -n''.
752
753     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
754               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
755               ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
756               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
757               a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
758               lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
759
760               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
761               specified.  If the source directory is /usr/src and neither -M
762               nor -O is specified, then a default object directory will be
763               chosen according to rules in <bsd.obj.mk>; this default is usu-
764               ally either /usr/obj or /usr/obj.MACHINE.
765
766     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
767               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
768               behaviour when not using build.sh.
769
770     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
771               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
772               being used.
773
774     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
775               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
776               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
777
778     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
779               necessary.
780
781     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
782               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
783               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
784               the source files for make(1) have changed.
785
786     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
787
788     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
789
790     -V var=[value]
791               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
792               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
793
794     -w wrapper
795               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
796               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
797               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
798               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
799               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
800               path before being used.
801
802     -X x11src
803               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
804               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
805               being used.
806
807     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
808
809     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
810               to the nbmake wrapper.
811
812   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
813     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
814     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
815     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
816
817     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
818     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
819     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
820     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
821     ables specified with -Z.
822
823     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
824     with an absolute path.
825
826EXAMPLES
827     1.   % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
828
829          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
830          build a new GENERIC kernel.
831
832     2.   % ./build.sh -U distribution
833
834          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
835          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
836
837     3.   # ./build.sh -U install=/
838
839          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
840          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
841          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
842          as they're copied to /.
843
844     4.   % ./build.sh -U -u release
845
846          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
847          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
848          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
849          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
850          of the release build.
851
852OBSOLETE VARIABLES
853     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
854
855     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
856                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
857                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
858
859SEE ALSO
860     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
861     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
862
863HISTORY
864     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
865     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
866
867BUGS
868     A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
869
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