BUILDING revision 1.87
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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, including mk.conf or
118                       ${MAKECONF}.
119
120     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  If
121                       specified, must be an absolute path.  If this is
122                       defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the
123                       .OBJDIR for the current directory.  The current direc-
124                       tory may be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be pro-
125                       vided only in the environment or via the -M flag of
126                       build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile,
127                       including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}.
128
129   "make" variables
130     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
131     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
132     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
133
134     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
135                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
136                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
137                 ters, such as compiler flags.
138
139     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
140                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
141                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
142                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
143                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
144                 ing in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional informa-
145                 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
146
147     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
148                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
149                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
150                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
151                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
152                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
153                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
154                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
155
156                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
157                 wise.
158
159                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
160                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
161
162     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
163                 the process environment.
164
165                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
166
167     MAKEVERBOSE
168                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
169
170                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
171                      are shown.
172
173                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
174                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
175                      played.
176
177                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
178                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
179                      displayed.
180
181                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
182                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
183                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
184                      relevant makefile.
185
186                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
187                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
188
189                 Default: 2
190
191     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
192                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
193
194                 Default: ``yes''
195
196     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
197                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
198                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
199                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
200                 encryption system, crypt(3).
201
202                 Default: ``yes''
203
204     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
205                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
206                 installed during a build.
207
208                 Default: ``yes''
209
210     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
211                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
212
213                 Default: ``yes''
214
215     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
216                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
217                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
218                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
219                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
220                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
221                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
222                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
223
224                 Default: ``no''
225
226     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
227                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
228                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
229
230                 Default: ``yes''
231
232     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
233                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
234                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
235                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
236
237                 Default: ``yes''
238
239     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
240                 pages will be installed during a build.
241
242                 Default: ``yes''
243
244     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
245                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
246                 installed during a build.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''
249
250     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
251                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
252                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
253                 the regular source tree.
254
255                 Default: ``yes''
256
257                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
258                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
259
260     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
261                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
262                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
263                 statically linked.
264
265                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
266                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
267
268     MKPICINSTALL
269                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
270                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
271                 libraries, are installed during a build.
272
273                 Default: ``yes''
274
275     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
276                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
277                 build.
278
279                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
280                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
281                 code.
282
283     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
284                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
285                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
286                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
287                 ``no'' unconditionally.
288
289                 Default: ``yes''
290
291     MKSTRIPIDENT
292                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
293                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
294                 IDs for use with ident(1).
295
296                 Default: ``no''
297
298     MKSUBPIXEL  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
299                 subpixel rendering code in FreeType is turned on.  Turned off
300                 by default because of patent issues.
301
302                 Default: ``no''
303
304     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
305                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
306                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
307
308                 Default: ``no''
309
310     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
311                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
312                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
313                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
314                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
315                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
316                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
317
318                 Default: ``no''
319
320     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
321                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
322                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
323                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
324                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
325
326                 Default: ``no''
327
328     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
329                 built from X11SRCDIR.
330
331                 Default: ``no''
332
333     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
334                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
335                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
336                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
337                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
338                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
339                 the .OBJDIR of src.
340
341                 Default: Unset.
342
343     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
344                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
345                 if cross-compiling.
346
347                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
348
349                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
350                        native compilation tool components that are version-
351                        specific for that tool.
352
353                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
354                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
355                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
356                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
357                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
358                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
359                        NetBSD source tree.
360
361                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
362
363                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
364                 the NetBSD source tree.
365
366     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
367                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
368                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
369
370                 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
371
372     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
373                 ``XFree86''.
374
375                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
376                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
377
378   "make" variables for full builds
379     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
380     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
381
382     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
383                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
384
385                      Default: ``/''
386
387     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
388                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
389                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
390
391                      Default: ``no''
392
393                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
394                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
395
396     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
397                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
398                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
399                      cleandir'' is avoided).
400
401                      Default: ``no''
402
403                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
404                      option.
405
406     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
407                      below.
408
409                      Default: Unset.
410
411     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
412                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
413                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
414                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
415
416                      Default: Unset.
417
418                      See also MKUPDATE.
419
420     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
421                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
422                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
423                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
424                      not changed.
425
426                      Default: Unset.
427
428     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
429                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
430                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
431                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
432                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
433                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
434                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
435
436                      Default: Unset.
437
438     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
439                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
440                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
441
442                      Default: Unset.
443
444                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
445                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
446
447BUILDING
448   "make" command line options
449     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
450     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
451
452     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
453                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
454                enforce build ordering.
455
456     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
457                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
458                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
459                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
460                matically when building from the top level, or when using
461                build.sh.
462
463     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
464                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
465                take place.
466
467     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
468                targets.
469
470     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
471                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
472                file, or the system Makefile segments.
473
474   "make" targets
475     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
476     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
477     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
478     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
479
480     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
481
482     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
483
484     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
485                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
486                files known to be created at build time.
487
488     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
489                information about the dependencies of source code on header
490                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
491                dependency changes.
492
493     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
494                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
495                read the source files in their entirety.
496
497     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
498
499     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
500                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
501
502     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
503                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
504                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
505                configuration data from being overwritten.
506
507     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
508                generate system-installed lint libraries.
509
510     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
511                of building directly in the source tree.
512
513     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
514                and vi(1) text editors.
515
516   "make" targets for the top level
517     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
518     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
519
520     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
521                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
522                   will be built in the proper order.
523
524     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
525                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
526                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
527                   DESTDIR/var.
528
529     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
530                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
531
532     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
533                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
534                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
535                   ing.
536
537                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
538                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
539                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
540                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
541
542                   Note: Before performing this operation with
543                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
544                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
545                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
546                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
547                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
548                   to fix them).
549
550     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
551                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
552                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
553                   not install all of the required files.
554
555     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
556                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
557
558     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
559                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
560                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
561                   not install all of the required files.
562
563     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
564                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
565                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
566                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
567                   set (see above).
568
569     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
570                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
571                   a layout as described in release(7).
572
573                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
574                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
575                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
576                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
577                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
578
579                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
580                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
581
582                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
583                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
584                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
585                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
586                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
587                   as the distribution sets.
588
589                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
590                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
591                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
592                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
593
594     iso-image-source
595                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
596                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
597                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
598                   level directories for the machine type and source.
599
600                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
601                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
602                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
603                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
604                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
605
606                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
607                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
608                   lent.
609
610                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
611                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
612                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
613                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
614                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
615                   as the distribution sets.
616
617                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
618                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
619                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
620                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
621
622     regression-tests
623                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
624                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
625                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
626                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
627                   those as well but currently does not.
628
629   The "build.sh" script
630     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
631     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
632     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
633     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
634     a usable alternative.
635
636     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
637     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
638     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
639     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
640
641     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
642     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
643     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
644     noted where applicable.
645
646     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
647
648     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
649                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
650                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
651                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
652                   operation.
653
654     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
655                   This command first runs the build operation.
656
657     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
658                   first runs the distribution operation.
659
660     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
661                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
662
663     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
664
665     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
666
667     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
668                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
669                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
670                   tively) are given.
671
672     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
673                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
674                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
675
676     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
677                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
678                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
679                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
680                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
681                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
682                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
683
684                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
685                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
686                   already exist and are up to date.
687
688                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
689                   question first unless the -u option is given.
690
691     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
692                   into DESTDIR.
693
694     releasekernel=kconf
695                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
696                   kernel=kconf into
697                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
698                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
699                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
700
701     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
702
703     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
704
705     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
706
707     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
708
709     iso-image-source
710                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
711
712     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
713     operations described above:
714
715     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
716
717     -B buildid
718               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
719               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
720               that the resulting name is of the form
721               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
722
723     -C cdextras
724               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
725               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
726               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
727               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
728               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
729               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
730               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
731               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
732               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
733
734     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
735               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
736               used.
737
738     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
739               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
740               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
741               ing as a non-root user.
742
743               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
744               when you use this option.
745
746     -h        Print a help message.
747
748     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
749               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
750               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
751               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
752
753               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
754               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
755               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
756
757     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
758               directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
759               build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
760               /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
761               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
762               absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
763               -obj'' for more information.
764
765     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
766               listed below.  This will also override any value of
767               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
768               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
769               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
770               will be detected and used automatically.
771
772               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
773               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
774               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
775
776                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
777                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
778                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
779                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
780                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
781                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
782                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
783                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
784                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
785                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
786                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
787                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
788                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
789
790     -N noiselevel
791               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
792               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
793
794     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
795               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
796               -n''.
797
798     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
799               place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
800               ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
801               /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
802               a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
803               lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
804
805               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
806               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
807               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
808               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
809               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
810               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
811               source directory.
812
813     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
814               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
815               behaviour when not using build.sh.
816
817     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
818               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
819               being used.
820
821     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
822               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
823               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
824
825     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
826               necessary.
827
828     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
829               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
830               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
831               the source files for make(1) have changed.
832
833     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
834
835     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
836
837     -V var=[value]
838               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
839               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
840
841     -w wrapper
842               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
843               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
844               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
845               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
846               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
847               path before being used.
848
849     -X x11src
850               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
851               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
852               being used.
853
854     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
855
856     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
857               to the nbmake wrapper.
858
859   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
860     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
861     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
862     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
863
864     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
865     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
866     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
867     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
868     ables specified with -Z.
869
870     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
871     with an absolute path.
872
873EXAMPLES
874     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
875
876          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
877          build a new GENERIC kernel.
878
879     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
880
881          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
882          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
883
884     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
885
886          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
887          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
888          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
889          as they're copied to /.
890
891     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
892
893          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
894          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
895          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
896          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
897          of the release build.
898
899OBSOLETE VARIABLES
900     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
901
902     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
903                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
904                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
905
906SEE ALSO
907     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
908     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
909
910HISTORY
911     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
912     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
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