BUILDING revision 1.78
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
197                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
198
199                 Default: ``yes''
200
201     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
202                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
203                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
204                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
205                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
206                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
207                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
208                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
209
210                 Default: ``no''
211
212     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
213                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
214                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
215
216                 Default: ``yes''
217
218     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
219                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
220                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
221                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
222
223                 Default: ``yes''
224
225     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
226                 pages will be installed during a build.
227
228                 Default: ``yes''
229
230     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
231                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
232                 installed during a build.
233
234                 Default: ``yes''
235
236     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
237                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
238                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
239                 the regular source tree.
240
241                 Default: ``yes''
242
243                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
244                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
245
246     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
247                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
248                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
249                 statically linked.
250
251                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
252                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
253
254     MKPICINSTALL
255                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
256                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
257                 libraries, are installed during a build.
258
259                 Default: ``yes''
260
261     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
262                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
263                 build.
264
265                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
266                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
267                 code.
268
269     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
270                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
271                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
272                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
273                 ``no'' unconditionally.
274
275                 Default: ``yes''
276
277     MKSTRIPIDENT
278                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
279                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
280                 IDs for use with ident(1).
281
282                 Default: ``no''
283
284     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
285                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
286                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
287
288                 Default: ``no''
289
290     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
291                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
292                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
293                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
294                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
295                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
296                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
297
298                 Default: ``no''
299
300     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
301                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
302                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
303                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
304                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
305
306                 Default: ``no''
307
308     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R6 is
309                 built from X11SRCDIR.
310
311                 Mutually exclusive to MKXORG != no.
312
313                 Default: ``no''
314
315     MKXORG      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11R7
316                 (modular Xorg) is built from X11SRCDIR.
317
318                 Mutually exclusive to MKX11 != no.
319
320                 Default: ``no''
321
322     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
323                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
324                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
325                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
326                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
327                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
328                 the .OBJDIR of src.
329
330                 Default: Unset.
331
332     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
333                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
334                 if cross-compiling.
335
336                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
337
338                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
339                        native compilation tool components that are version-
340                        specific for that tool.
341
342                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
343                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
344                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
345                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
346                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
347                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
348                        NetBSD source tree.
349
350                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
351
352                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
353                 the NetBSD source tree.
354
355     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
356                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
357                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
358
359                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
360
361   "make" variables for full builds
362     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
363     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
364
365     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
366                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
367
368                      Default: ``/''
369
370     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
371                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
372                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
373
374                      Default: ``no''
375
376                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
377                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
378
379     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
380                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
381                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
382                      cleandir'' is avoided).
383
384                      Default: ``no''
385
386                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
387                      option.
388
389     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
390                      below.
391
392                      Default: Unset.
393
394     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
395                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
396                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
397                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
398
399                      Default: Unset.
400
401                      See also MKUPDATE.
402
403     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
404                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
405                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
406                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
407                      not changed.
408
409                      Default: Unset.
410
411     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
412                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
413                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
414                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
415                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
416                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
417                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
418
419                      Default: Unset.
420
421     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
422                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
423                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
424
425                      Default: Unset.
426
427                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
428                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
429
430BUILDING
431   "make" command line options
432     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
433     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
434
435     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
436                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
437                enforce build ordering.
438
439     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
440                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
441                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
442                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
443                matically when building from the top level, or when using
444                build.sh.
445
446     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
447                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
448                take place.
449
450     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
451                targets.
452
453     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
454                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
455                file, or the system Makefile segments.
456
457   "make" targets
458     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
459     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
460     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
461     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
462
463     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
464
465     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
466
467     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
468                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
469                files known to be created at build time.
470
471     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
472                information about the dependencies of source code on header
473                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
474                dependency changes.
475
476     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
477                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
478                read the source files in their entirety.
479
480     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
481
482     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
483                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
484
485     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
486                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
487                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
488                configuration data from being overwritten.
489
490     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
491                generate system-installed lint libraries.
492
493     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
494                of building directly in the source tree.
495
496     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
497                and vi(1) text editors.
498
499   "make" targets for the top level
500     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
501     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
502
503     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
504                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
505                   will be built in the proper order.
506
507     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
508                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
509                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
510                   DESTDIR/var.
511
512     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
513                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
514
515     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
516                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
517                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
518                   ing.
519
520                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
521                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
522                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
523                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
524
525                   Note: Before performing this operation with
526                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
527                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
528                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
529                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
530                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
531                   to fix them).
532
533     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
534                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
535                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
536                   not install all of the required files.
537
538     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
539                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
540
541     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
542                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
543                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
544                   not install all of the required files.
545
546     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
547                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
548                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
549                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
550                   set (see above).
551
552     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
553                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
554                   a layout as described in release(7).
555
556                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
557                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
558                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
559                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
560                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
561
562                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
563                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
564
565                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
566                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
567                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
568                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
569                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
570                   as the distribution sets.
571
572                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
573                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
574                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
575                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
576
577     iso-image-source
578                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
579                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
580                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
581                   level directories for the machine type and source.
582
583                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
584                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
585                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
586                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
587                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
588
589                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
590                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
591                   lent.
592
593                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
594                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
595                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
596                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
597                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
598                   as the distribution sets.
599
600                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
601                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
602                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
603                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
604
605     regression-tests
606                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
607                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
608                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
609                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
610                   those as well but currently does not.
611
612   The "build.sh" script
613     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
614     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
615     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
616     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
617     a usable alternative.
618
619     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
620     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
621     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
622     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
623
624     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
625     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
626     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
627     noted where applicable.
628
629     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
630
631     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
632                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
633                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
634                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
635                   operation.
636
637     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
638                   This command first runs the build operation.
639
640     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
641                   first runs the distribution operation.
642
643     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
644                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
645
646     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
647
648     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
649
650     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
651                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
652                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
653                   tively) are given.
654
655     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
656                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
657                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
658
659     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
660                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
661                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
662                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
663                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
664                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
665                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
666
667                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
668                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
669                   already exist and are up to date.
670
671                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
672                   question first unless the -u option is given.
673
674     releasekernel=kconf
675                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
676                   kernel=kconf into
677                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
678                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
679                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
680
681     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
682
683     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
684
685     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
686
687     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
688
689     iso-image-source
690                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
691
692     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
693     operations described above:
694
695     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
696
697     -B buildid
698               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
699               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
700               that the resulting name is of the form
701               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
702
703     -C cdextras
704               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
705               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
706               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
707               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
708               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
709               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
710               absolute paths before being used.
711
712     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
713               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
714               used.
715
716     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
717               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
718               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
719               ing as a non-root user.
720
721               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
722               when you use this option.
723
724     -h        Print a help message.
725
726     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
727               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
728               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
729               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
730
731               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
732               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
733               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
734
735     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
736               directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
737               build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
738               /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
739               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
740               absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
741               -obj'' for more information.
742
743     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
744               listed below.  This will also override any value of
745               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
746               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
747               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
748               will be detected and used automatically.
749
750               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
751               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
752               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
753
754                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
755                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
756                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
757                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
758                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
759                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
760                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
761                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
762                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
763                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
764                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
765                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
766                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
767
768     -N noiselevel
769               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
770               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
771
772     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
773               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
774               -n''.
775
776     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
777               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
778               ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
779               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
780               a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
781               lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
782
783               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
784               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
785               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
786               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
787               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
788               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
789               source directory.
790
791     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
792               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
793               behaviour when not using build.sh.
794
795     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
796               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
797               being used.
798
799     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
800               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
801               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
802
803     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
804               necessary.
805
806     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
807               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
808               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
809               the source files for make(1) have changed.
810
811     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
812
813     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
814
815     -V var=[value]
816               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
817               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
818
819     -w wrapper
820               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
821               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
822               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
823               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
824               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
825               path before being used.
826
827     -X x11src
828               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
829               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
830               being used.
831
832     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
833
834     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
835               to the nbmake wrapper.
836
837   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
838     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
839     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
840     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
841
842     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
843     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
844     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
845     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
846     ables specified with -Z.
847
848     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
849     with an absolute path.
850
851EXAMPLES
852     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
853
854          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
855          build a new GENERIC kernel.
856
857     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
858
859          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
860          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
861
862     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
863
864          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
865          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
866          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
867          as they're copied to /.
868
869     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
870
871          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
872          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
873          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
874          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
875          of the release build.
876
877OBSOLETE VARIABLES
878     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
879
880     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
881                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
882                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
883
884SEE ALSO
885     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
886     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
887
888HISTORY
889     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
890     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
891
892NetBSD                        September 10, 2008                        NetBSD
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