BUILDING revision 1.90
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     extsrc/        ``Reachover'' build structure for externally added programs
78                    and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR.
79
80   Build tree layout
81     The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
82     described in release(7).
83
84CONFIGURATION
85   Environment variables
86     Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
87
88     HOST_SH           Path name to a POSIX-compliant shell.  If this is not
89                       set explicitly, then the default is set using heuris-
90                       tics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell
91                       under which build.sh is executed (if that can be deter-
92                       mined), or using the first copy of sh found in PATH.
93                       If the host system's /bin/sh is not POSIX-compliant, we
94                       suggest that you build using commands like
95
96                             HOST_SH=/path/to/working/shell
97                             export HOST_SH
98                             ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
99
100     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
101
102     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
103
104     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
105
106     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
107
108     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
109
110     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.
111
112     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
113                       tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
114                       make(1).  Typical usage is to set this variable to a
115                       value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or
116                       `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from
117                       the value of .CURDIR.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is
118                       not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the
119                       environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot
120                       usefully be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
121                       ${MAKECONF}.
122
123     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
124                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
125                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
126                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
127                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
128                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
129                       value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE-
130                       FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current
131                       directory.  The current directory may be read only.
132                       MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ-
133                       ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully
134                       be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
135                       ${MAKECONF}.
136
137   "make" variables
138     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
139     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
140     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
141
142     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
143                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
144                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
145                 ters, such as compiler flags.
146
147     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
148                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
149                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
150                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
151                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
152                 ing in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional informa-
153                 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
154
155     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
156                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
157                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
158                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
159                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
160                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
161                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
162                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
163
164                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
165                 wise.
166
167                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
168                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
169
170     EXTSRCSRCDIR
171		 Directory containing sources of externally added programs
172		 and libraries.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
173
174                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise
175                 /usr/extsrc.
176
177     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
178                 the process environment.
179
180                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
181
182     MAKEVERBOSE
183                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
184
185                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
186                      are shown.
187
188                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
189                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
190                      played.
191
192                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
193                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
194                      displayed.
195
196                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
197                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
198                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
199                      relevant makefile.
200
201                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
202                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
203
204                 Default: 2
205
206     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
207                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
208
209                 Default: ``yes''
210
211     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
212                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
213                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
214                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
215                 encryption system, crypt(3).
216
217                 Default: ``yes''
218
219     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
220                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
221                 installed during a build.
222
223                 Default: ``yes''
224
225     MKEXTSRC    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether extsrc is
226                 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR.
227
228                 Default: ``no''
229
230     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
231                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
232
233                 Default: ``yes''
234
235     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
236                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
237                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
238                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
239                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
240                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
241                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
242                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
243
244                 Default: ``no''
245
246     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
247                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
248                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
249
250                 Default: ``yes''
251
252     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
253                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
254                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
255                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
256
257                 Default: ``yes''
258
259     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
260                 pages will be installed during a build.
261
262                 Default: ``yes''
263
264     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
265                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
266                 installed during a build.
267
268                 Default: ``yes''
269
270     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
271                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
272                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
273                 the regular source tree.
274
275                 Default: ``yes''
276
277                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
278                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
279
280     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
281                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
282                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
283                 statically linked.
284
285                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
286                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
287
288     MKPICINSTALL
289                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
290                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
291                 libraries, are installed during a build.
292
293                 Default: ``yes''
294
295     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
296                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
297                 build.
298
299                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
300                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
301                 code.
302
303     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
304                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
305                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
306                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
307                 ``no'' unconditionally.
308
309                 Default: ``yes''
310
311     MKSTRIPIDENT
312                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
313                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
314                 IDs for use with ident(1).
315
316                 Default: ``no''
317
318     MKSUBPIXEL  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
319                 subpixel rendering code in FreeType is turned on.  Turned off
320                 by default because of patent issues.
321
322                 Default: ``no''
323
324     MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
325                 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
326                 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
327
328                 Default: ``no''
329
330     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
331                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
332                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
333                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
334                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
335                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
336                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
337
338                 Default: ``no''
339
340     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
341                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
342                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
343                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
344                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
345
346                 Default: ``no''
347
348     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
349                 built from X11SRCDIR.
350
351                 Default: ``no''
352
353     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
354                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
355                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
356                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
357                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
358                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
359                 the .OBJDIR of src.
360
361                 Default: Unset.
362
363     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
364                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
365                 if cross-compiling.
366
367                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
368
369                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
370                        native compilation tool components that are version-
371                        specific for that tool.
372
373                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
374                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
375                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
376                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
377                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
378                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
379                        NetBSD source tree.
380
381                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
382
383                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
384                 the NetBSD source tree.
385
386     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
387                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
388                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
389
390                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
391                 /usr/xsrc.
392
393     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
394                 ``XFree86''.
395
396                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
397                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
398
399   "make" variables for full builds
400     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
401     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
402
403     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
404                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
405
406                      Default: ``/''
407
408     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
409                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
410                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
411
412                      Default: ``no''
413
414                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
415                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
416
417     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
418                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
419                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
420                      cleandir'' is avoided).
421
422                      Default: ``no''
423
424                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
425                      option.
426
427     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
428                      below.
429
430                      Default: Unset.
431
432     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
433                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
434                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
435                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
436
437                      Default: Unset.
438
439                      See also MKUPDATE.
440
441     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
442                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
443                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
444                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
445                      not changed.
446
447                      Default: Unset.
448
449     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
450                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
451                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
452                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
453                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
454                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
455                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
456
457                      Default: Unset.
458
459     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
460                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
461                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
462
463                      Default: Unset.
464
465                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
466                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
467
468BUILDING
469   "make" command line options
470     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
471     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
472
473     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
474                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
475                enforce build ordering.
476
477     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
478                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
479                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
480                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
481                matically when building from the top level, or when using
482                build.sh.
483
484     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
485                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
486                take place.
487
488     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
489                targets.
490
491     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
492                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
493                file, or the system Makefile segments.
494
495   "make" targets
496     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
497     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
498     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
499     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
500
501     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
502
503     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
504
505     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
506                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
507                files known to be created at build time.
508
509     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
510                information about the dependencies of source code on header
511                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
512                dependency changes.
513
514     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
515                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
516                read the source files in their entirety.
517
518     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
519
520     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
521                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
522
523     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
524                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
525                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
526                configuration data from being overwritten.
527
528     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
529                generate system-installed lint libraries.
530
531     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
532                of building directly in the source tree.
533
534     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
535                and vi(1) text editors.
536
537   "make" targets for the top level
538     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
539     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
540
541     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
542                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
543                   will be built in the proper order.
544
545     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
546                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
547                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
548                   DESTDIR/var.
549
550     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
551                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
552
553     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
554                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
555                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
556                   ing.
557
558                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
559                   of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
560                   except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
561                   INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
562
563                   Note: Before performing this operation with
564                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
565                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
566                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
567                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
568                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
569                   to fix them).
570
571     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
572                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
573                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
574                   not install all of the required files.
575
576     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
577                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
578
579     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
580                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
581                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
582                   not install all of the required files.
583
584     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
585                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
586                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
587                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
588                   set (see above).
589
590     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
591                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
592                   a layout as described in release(7).
593
594                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
595                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
596                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
597                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
598                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
599
600                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
601                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
602
603                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
604                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
605                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
606                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
607                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
608                   as the distribution sets.
609
610                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
611                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
612                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
613                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
614
615     iso-image-source
616                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
617                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
618                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
619                   level directories for the machine type and source.
620
621                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
622                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
623                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
624                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
625                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
626
627                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
628                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
629                   lent.
630
631                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
632                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
633                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
634                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
635                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
636                   as the distribution sets.
637
638                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
639                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
640                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
641                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
642
643     regression-tests
644                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
645                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
646                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
647                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
648                   those as well but currently does not.
649
650   The "build.sh" script
651     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
652     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
653     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
654     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
655     a usable alternative.
656
657     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
658     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
659     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
660     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
661
662     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
663     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
664     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
665     noted where applicable.
666
667     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
668
669     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
670                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
671                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
672                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
673                   operation.
674
675     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
676                   This command first runs the build operation.
677
678     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
679                   first runs the distribution operation.
680
681     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
682                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
683
684     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
685
686     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
687
688     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
689                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
690                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
691                   tively) are given.
692
693     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
694                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
695                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
696
697     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
698                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
699                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
700                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
701                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
702                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
703                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
704
705                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
706                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
707                   already exist and are up to date.
708
709                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
710                   question first unless the -u option is given.
711
712     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
713                   into DESTDIR.
714
715     releasekernel=kconf
716                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
717                   kernel=kconf into
718                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
719                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
720                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
721
722     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
723
724     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
725
726     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
727
728     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
729
730     iso-image-source
731                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
732
733     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
734     operations described above:
735
736     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
737
738     -B buildid
739               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
740               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
741               that the resulting name is of the form
742               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
743
744     -C cdextras
745               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
746               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
747               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
748               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
749               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
750               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
751               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
752               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
753               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
754
755     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
756               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
757               used.
758
759     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
760               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
761               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
762               ing as a non-root user.
763
764               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
765               when you use this option.
766
767     -h        Print a help message.
768
769     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
770               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
771               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
772               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
773
774               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
775               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
776               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
777
778     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
779               -obj'' for more information.
780
781               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
782               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
783               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
784               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
785
786               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
787               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
788               tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
789               ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
790               cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
791               tive path.  If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
792               will create it.
793
794     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
795               listed below.  This will also override any value of
796               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
797               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
798               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
799               will be detected and used automatically.
800
801               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
802               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
803               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
804
805                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
806                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
807                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
808                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
809                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
810                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
811                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
812                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
813                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
814                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
815                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
816                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
817                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
818
819     -N noiselevel
820               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
821               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
822
823     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
824               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
825               -n''.
826
827     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
828               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
829               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
830
831               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
832               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
833               and so forth.
834
835               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
836               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
837               tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
838               ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
839               already exist, build.sh will create it.
840
841               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
842               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
843               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
844               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
845               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
846               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
847               source directory.
848
849     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
850               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
851               behaviour when not using build.sh.
852
853     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
854               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
855               being used.
856
857     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
858               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
859               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
860
861     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
862               necessary.
863
864     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
865               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
866               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
867               the source files for make(1) have changed.
868
869     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
870
871     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
872
873     -V var=[value]
874               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
875               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
876
877     -w wrapper
878               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
879               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
880               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
881               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
882               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
883               path before being used.
884
885     -X x11src
886               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
887               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
888               being used.
889
890     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
891
892     -Y extsrcsrc
893               Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcsrc.  If a relative path is
894               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
895               being used.
896
897     -y        Set MKEXTSRC=yes.
898
899     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
900               to the nbmake wrapper.
901
902   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
903     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
904     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
905     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
906
907     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
908     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
909     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
910     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
911     ables specified with -Z.
912
913     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
914     with an absolute path.
915
916EXAMPLES
917     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
918
919          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
920          build a new GENERIC kernel.
921
922     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
923
924          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
925          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
926
927     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
928
929          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
930          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
931          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
932          as they're copied to /.
933
934     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
935
936          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
937          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
938          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
939          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
940          of the release build.
941
942OBSOLETE VARIABLES
943     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
944
945     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
946                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
947                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
948
949SEE ALSO
950     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
951     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
952
953HISTORY
954     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
955     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
956
957NetBSD                            May 1, 2009                           NetBSD
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