BUILDING revision 1.78.2.2
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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 X11 is
309                 built from X11SRCDIR.
310
311                 Default: ``no''
312
313     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
314                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
315                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
316                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
317                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
318                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
319                 the .OBJDIR of src.
320
321                 Default: Unset.
322
323     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
324                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
325                 if cross-compiling.
326
327                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
328
329                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
330                        native compilation tool components that are version-
331                        specific for that tool.
332
333                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
334                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
335                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
336                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
337                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
338                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
339                        NetBSD source tree.
340
341                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
342
343                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
344                 the NetBSD source tree.
345
346     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
347                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
348                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
349
350                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
351
352     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
353                 ``XFree86''.
354
355                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
356                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
357
358   "make" variables for full builds
359     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
360     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
361
362     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
363                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
364
365                      Default: ``/''
366
367     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
368                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
369                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
370
371                      Default: ``no''
372
373                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
374                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
375
376     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
377                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
378                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
379                      cleandir'' is avoided).
380
381                      Default: ``no''
382
383                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
384                      option.
385
386     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
387                      below.
388
389                      Default: Unset.
390
391     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
392                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
393                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
394                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
395
396                      Default: Unset.
397
398                      See also MKUPDATE.
399
400     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
401                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
402                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
403                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
404                      not changed.
405
406                      Default: Unset.
407
408     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
409                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
410                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
411                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
412                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
413                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
414                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
415
416                      Default: Unset.
417
418     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
419                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
420                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
421
422                      Default: Unset.
423
424                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
425                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
426
427BUILDING
428   "make" command line options
429     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
430     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
431
432     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
433                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
434                enforce build ordering.
435
436     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
437                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
438                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
439                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
440                matically when building from the top level, or when using
441                build.sh.
442
443     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
444                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
445                take place.
446
447     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
448                targets.
449
450     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
451                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
452                file, or the system Makefile segments.
453
454   "make" targets
455     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
456     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
457     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
458     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
459
460     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
461
462     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
463
464     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
465                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
466                files known to be created at build time.
467
468     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
469                information about the dependencies of source code on header
470                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
471                dependency changes.
472
473     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
474                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
475                read the source files in their entirety.
476
477     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
478
479     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
480                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
481
482     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
483                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
484                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
485                configuration data from being overwritten.
486
487     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
488                generate system-installed lint libraries.
489
490     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
491                of building directly in the source tree.
492
493     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
494                and vi(1) text editors.
495
496   "make" targets for the top level
497     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
498     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
499
500     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
501                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
502                   will be built in the proper order.
503
504     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
505                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
506                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
507                   DESTDIR/var.
508
509     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
510                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
511
512     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
513                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
514                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
515                   ing.
516
517                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
518                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
519                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
520                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
521
522                   Note: Before performing this operation with
523                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
524                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
525                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
526                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
527                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
528                   to fix them).
529
530     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
531                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
532                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
533                   not install all of the required files.
534
535     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
536                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
537
538     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
539                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
540                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
541                   not install all of the required files.
542
543     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
544                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
545                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
546                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
547                   set (see above).
548
549     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
550                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
551                   a layout as described in release(7).
552
553                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
554                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
555                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
556                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
557                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
558
559                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
560                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
561
562                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
563                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
564                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
565                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
566                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
567                   as the distribution sets.
568
569                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
570                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
571                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
572                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
573
574     iso-image-source
575                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
576                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
577                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
578                   level directories for the machine type and source.
579
580                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
581                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
582                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
583                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
584                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
585
586                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
587                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
588                   lent.
589
590                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
591                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
592                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
593                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
594                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
595                   as the distribution sets.
596
597                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
598                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
599                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
600                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
601
602     regression-tests
603                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
604                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
605                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
606                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
607                   those as well but currently does not.
608
609   The "build.sh" script
610     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
611     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
612     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
613     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
614     a usable alternative.
615
616     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
617     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
618     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
619     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
620
621     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
622     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
623     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
624     noted where applicable.
625
626     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
627
628     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
629                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
630                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
631                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
632                   operation.
633
634     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
635                   This command first runs the build operation.
636
637     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
638                   first runs the distribution operation.
639
640     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
641                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
642
643     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
644
645     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
646
647     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
648                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
649                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
650                   tively) are given.
651
652     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
653                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
654                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
655
656     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
657                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
658                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
659                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
660                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
661                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
662                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
663
664                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
665                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
666                   already exist and are up to date.
667
668                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
669                   question first unless the -u option is given.
670
671     releasekernel=kconf
672                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
673                   kernel=kconf into
674                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
675                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
676                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
677
678     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
679
680     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
681
682     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
683
684     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
685
686     iso-image-source
687                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
688
689     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
690     operations described above:
691
692     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
693
694     -B buildid
695               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
696               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
697               that the resulting name is of the form
698               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
699
700     -C cdextras
701               Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
702               list of files or directories which will be added in order to
703               the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
704               ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
705               CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
706               If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
707               absolute paths before being used.
708
709     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
710               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
711               used.
712
713     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
714               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
715               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
716               ing as a non-root user.
717
718               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
719               when you use this option.
720
721     -h        Print a help message.
722
723     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
724               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
725               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
726               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
727
728               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
729               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
730               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
731
732     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
733               directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
734               build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
735               /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
736               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
737               absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
738               -obj'' for more information.
739
740     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
741               listed below.  This will also override any value of
742               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
743               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
744               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
745               will be detected and used automatically.
746
747               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
748               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
749               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
750
751                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
752                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
753                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
754                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
755                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
756                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
757                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
758                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
759                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
760                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
761                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
762                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
763                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
764
765     -N noiselevel
766               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
767               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
768
769     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
770               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
771               -n''.
772
773     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
774               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
775               ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
776               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
777               a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
778               lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
779
780               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
781               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
782               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
783               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
784               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
785               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
786               source directory.
787
788     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
789               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
790               behaviour when not using build.sh.
791
792     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
793               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
794               being used.
795
796     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
797               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
798               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
799
800     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
801               necessary.
802
803     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
804               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
805               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
806               the source files for make(1) have changed.
807
808     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
809
810     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
811
812     -V var=[value]
813               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
814               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
815
816     -w wrapper
817               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
818               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
819               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
820               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
821               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
822               path before being used.
823
824     -X x11src
825               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
826               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
827               being used.
828
829     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
830
831     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
832               to the nbmake wrapper.
833
834   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
835     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
836     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
837     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
838
839     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
840     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
841     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
842     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
843     ables specified with -Z.
844
845     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
846     with an absolute path.
847
848EXAMPLES
849     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
850
851          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
852          build a new GENERIC kernel.
853
854     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
855
856          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
857          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
858
859     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
860
861          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
862          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
863          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
864          as they're copied to /.
865
866     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
867
868          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
869          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
870          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
871          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
872          of the release build.
873
874OBSOLETE VARIABLES
875     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
876
877     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
878                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
879                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
880
881SEE ALSO
882     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
883     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
884
885HISTORY
886     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
887     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
888
889NetBSD                        September 10, 2008                        NetBSD
890