BUILDING revision 1.89
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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.  The
121                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
122                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
123                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
124                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
125                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
126                       value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE-
127                       FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current
128                       directory.  The current directory may be read only.
129                       MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ-
130                       ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully
131                       be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
132                       ${MAKECONF}.
133
134   "make" variables
135     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
136     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
137     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
138
139     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
140                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
141                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
142                 ters, such as compiler flags.
143
144     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
145                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
146                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
147                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
148                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
149                 ing in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional informa-
150                 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
151
152     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
153                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
154                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
155                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
156                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
157                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
158                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
159                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
160
161                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
162                 wise.
163
164                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
165                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
166
167     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
168                 the process environment.
169
170                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
171
172     MAKEVERBOSE
173                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
174
175                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
176                      are shown.
177
178                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
179                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
180                      played.
181
182                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
183                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
184                      displayed.
185
186                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
187                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
188                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
189                      relevant makefile.
190
191                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
192                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
193
194                 Default: 2
195
196     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
197                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
198
199                 Default: ``yes''
200
201     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
202                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
203                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
204                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
205                 encryption system, crypt(3).
206
207                 Default: ``yes''
208
209     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
210                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
211                 installed during a build.
212
213                 Default: ``yes''
214
215     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
216                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
217
218                 Default: ``yes''
219
220     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
221                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
222                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
223                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
224                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
225                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
226                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
227                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
228
229                 Default: ``no''
230
231     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
232                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
233                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
234
235                 Default: ``yes''
236
237     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
238                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
239                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
240                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
241
242                 Default: ``yes''
243
244     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
245                 pages will be installed during a build.
246
247                 Default: ``yes''
248
249     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
250                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
251                 installed during a build.
252
253                 Default: ``yes''
254
255     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
256                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
257                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
258                 the regular source tree.
259
260                 Default: ``yes''
261
262                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
263                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
264
265     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
266                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
267                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
268                 statically linked.
269
270                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
271                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
272
273     MKPICINSTALL
274                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
275                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
276                 libraries, are installed during a build.
277
278                 Default: ``yes''
279
280     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
281                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
282                 build.
283
284                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
285                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
286                 code.
287
288     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
289                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
290                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
291                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
292                 ``no'' unconditionally.
293
294                 Default: ``yes''
295
296     MKSTRIPIDENT
297                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
298                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
299                 IDs for use with ident(1).
300
301                 Default: ``no''
302
303     MKSUBPIXEL  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
304                 subpixel rendering code in FreeType is turned on.  Turned off
305                 by default because of patent issues.
306
307                 Default: ``no''
308
309     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
310                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
311                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
312
313                 Default: ``no''
314
315     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
316                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
317                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
318                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
319                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
320                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
321                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
322
323                 Default: ``no''
324
325     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
326                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
327                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
328                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
329                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
330
331                 Default: ``no''
332
333     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
334                 built from X11SRCDIR.
335
336                 Default: ``no''
337
338     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
339                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
340                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
341                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
342                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
343                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
344                 the .OBJDIR of src.
345
346                 Default: Unset.
347
348     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
349                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
350                 if cross-compiling.
351
352                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
353
354                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
355                        native compilation tool components that are version-
356                        specific for that tool.
357
358                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
359                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
360                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
361                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
362                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
363                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
364                        NetBSD source tree.
365
366                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
367
368                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
369                 the NetBSD source tree.
370
371     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
372                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
373                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
374
375                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
376                 /usr/xsrc.
377
378     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
379                 ``XFree86''.
380
381                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
382                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
383
384   "make" variables for full builds
385     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
386     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
387
388     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
389                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
390
391                      Default: ``/''
392
393     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
394                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
395                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
396
397                      Default: ``no''
398
399                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
400                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
401
402     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
403                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
404                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
405                      cleandir'' is avoided).
406
407                      Default: ``no''
408
409                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
410                      option.
411
412     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
413                      below.
414
415                      Default: Unset.
416
417     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
418                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
419                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
420                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
421
422                      Default: Unset.
423
424                      See also MKUPDATE.
425
426     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
427                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
428                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
429                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
430                      not changed.
431
432                      Default: Unset.
433
434     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
435                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
436                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
437                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
438                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
439                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
440                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
441
442                      Default: Unset.
443
444     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
445                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
446                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
447
448                      Default: Unset.
449
450                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
451                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
452
453BUILDING
454   "make" command line options
455     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
456     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
457
458     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
459                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
460                enforce build ordering.
461
462     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
463                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
464                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
465                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
466                matically when building from the top level, or when using
467                build.sh.
468
469     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
470                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
471                take place.
472
473     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
474                targets.
475
476     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
477                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
478                file, or the system Makefile segments.
479
480   "make" targets
481     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
482     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
483     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
484     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
485
486     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
487
488     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
489
490     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
491                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
492                files known to be created at build time.
493
494     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
495                information about the dependencies of source code on header
496                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
497                dependency changes.
498
499     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
500                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
501                read the source files in their entirety.
502
503     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
504
505     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
506                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
507
508     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
509                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
510                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
511                configuration data from being overwritten.
512
513     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
514                generate system-installed lint libraries.
515
516     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
517                of building directly in the source tree.
518
519     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
520                and vi(1) text editors.
521
522   "make" targets for the top level
523     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
524     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
525
526     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
527                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
528                   will be built in the proper order.
529
530     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
531                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
532                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
533                   DESTDIR/var.
534
535     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
536                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
537
538     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
539                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
540                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
541                   ing.
542
543                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
544                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
545                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
546                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
547
548                   Note: Before performing this operation with
549                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
550                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
551                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
552                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
553                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
554                   to fix them).
555
556     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
557                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
558                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
559                   not install all of the required files.
560
561     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
562                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
563
564     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
565                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
566                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
567                   not install all of the required files.
568
569     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
570                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
571                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
572                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
573                   set (see above).
574
575     iso-image     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).
578
579                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
580                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
581                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
582                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
583                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
584
585                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
586                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
587
588                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
589                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
590                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
591                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
592                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
593                   as the distribution sets.
594
595                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
596                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
597                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
598                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
599
600     iso-image-source
601                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
602                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
603                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
604                   level directories for the machine type and source.
605
606                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
607                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
608                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
609                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
610                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
611
612                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
613                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
614                   lent.
615
616                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
617                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
618                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
619                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
620                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
621                   as the distribution sets.
622
623                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
624                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
625                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
626                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
627
628     regression-tests
629                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
630                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
631                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
632                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
633                   those as well but currently does not.
634
635   The "build.sh" script
636     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
637     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
638     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
639     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
640     a usable alternative.
641
642     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
643     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
644     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
645     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
646
647     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
648     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
649     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
650     noted where applicable.
651
652     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
653
654     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
655                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
656                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
657                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
658                   operation.
659
660     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
661                   This command first runs the build operation.
662
663     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
664                   first runs the distribution operation.
665
666     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
667                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
668
669     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
670
671     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
672
673     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
674                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
675                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
676                   tively) are given.
677
678     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
679                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
680                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
681
682     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
683                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
684                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
685                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
686                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
687                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
688                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
689
690                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
691                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
692                   already exist and are up to date.
693
694                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
695                   question first unless the -u option is given.
696
697     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
698                   into DESTDIR.
699
700     releasekernel=kconf
701                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
702                   kernel=kconf into
703                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
704                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
705                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
706
707     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
708
709     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
710
711     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
712
713     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
714
715     iso-image-source
716                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
717
718     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
719     operations described above:
720
721     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
722
723     -B buildid
724               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
725               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
726               that the resulting name is of the form
727               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
728
729     -C cdextras
730               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
731               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
732               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
733               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
734               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
735               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
736               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
737               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
738               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
739
740     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
741               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
742               used.
743
744     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
745               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
746               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
747               ing as a non-root user.
748
749               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
750               when you use this option.
751
752     -h        Print a help message.
753
754     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
755               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
756               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
757               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
758
759               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
760               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
761               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
762
763     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
764               -obj'' for more information.
765
766               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
767               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
768               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
769               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
770
771               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
772               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
773               tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
774               ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
775               cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
776               tive path.  If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
777               will create it.
778
779     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
780               listed below.  This will also override any value of
781               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
782               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
783               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
784               will be detected and used automatically.
785
786               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
787               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
788               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
789
790                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
791                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
792                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
793                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
794                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
795                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
796                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
797                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
798                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
799                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
800                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
801                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
802                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
803
804     -N noiselevel
805               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
806               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
807
808     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
809               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
810               -n''.
811
812     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
813               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
814               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
815
816               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
817               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
818               and so forth.
819
820               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
821               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
822               tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
823               ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
824               already exist, build.sh will create it.
825
826               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
827               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
828               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
829               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
830               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
831               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
832               source directory.
833
834     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
835               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
836               behaviour when not using build.sh.
837
838     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
839               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
840               being used.
841
842     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
843               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
844               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
845
846     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
847               necessary.
848
849     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
850               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
851               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
852               the source files for make(1) have changed.
853
854     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
855
856     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
857
858     -V var=[value]
859               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
860               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
861
862     -w wrapper
863               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
864               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
865               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
866               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
867               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
868               path before being used.
869
870     -X x11src
871               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
872               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
873               being used.
874
875     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
876
877     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
878               to the nbmake wrapper.
879
880   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
881     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
882     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
883     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
884
885     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
886     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
887     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
888     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
889     ables specified with -Z.
890
891     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
892     with an absolute path.
893
894EXAMPLES
895     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
896
897          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
898          build a new GENERIC kernel.
899
900     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
901
902          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
903          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
904
905     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
906
907          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
908          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
909          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
910          as they're copied to /.
911
912     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
913
914          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
915          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
916          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
917          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
918          of the release build.
919
920OBSOLETE VARIABLES
921     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
922
923     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
924                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
925                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
926
927SEE ALSO
928     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
929     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
930
931HISTORY
932     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
933     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
934
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