BUILDING revision 1.92
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
304                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
305                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
306                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
307                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
308                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
309                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
310
311                 Default: ``no''
312
313     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
314                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
315                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
316                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
317                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
318
319                 Default: ``no''
320
321     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
322                 built from X11SRCDIR.
323
324                 Default: ``no''
325
326     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
327                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
328                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
329                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
330                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
331                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
332                 the .OBJDIR of src.
333
334                 Default: Unset.
335
336     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
337                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
338                 if cross-compiling.
339
340                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
341
342                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
343                        native compilation tool components that are version-
344                        specific for that tool.
345
346                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
347                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
348                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
349                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
350                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
351                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
352                        NetBSD source tree.
353
354                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
355
356                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
357                 the NetBSD source tree.
358
359     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
360                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
361                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
362
363                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
364                 /usr/xsrc.
365
366     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
367                 ``XFree86''.
368
369                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
370                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
371
372   "make" variables for full builds
373     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
374     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
375
376     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
377                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
378
379                      Default: ``/''
380
381     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
382                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
383                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
384
385                      Default: ``no''
386
387                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
388                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
389
390     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
391                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
392                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
393                      cleandir'' is avoided).
394
395                      Default: ``no''
396
397                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
398                      option.
399
400     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
401                      below.
402
403                      Default: Unset.
404
405     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
406                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
407                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
408                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
409
410                      Default: Unset.
411
412                      See also MKUPDATE.
413
414     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
415                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
416                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
417                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
418                      not changed.
419
420                      Default: Unset.
421
422     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
423                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
424                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
425                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
426                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
427                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
428                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
429
430                      Default: Unset.
431
432     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
433                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
434                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
435
436                      Default: Unset.
437
438                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
439                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
440
441BUILDING
442   "make" command line options
443     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
444     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
445
446     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
447                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
448                enforce build ordering.
449
450     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
451                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
452                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
453                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
454                matically when building from the top level, or when using
455                build.sh.
456
457     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
458                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
459                take place.
460
461     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
462                targets.
463
464     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
465                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
466                file, or the system Makefile segments.
467
468   "make" targets
469     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
470     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
471     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
472     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
473
474     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
475
476     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
477
478     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
479                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
480                files known to be created at build time.
481
482     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
483                information about the dependencies of source code on header
484                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
485                dependency changes.
486
487     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
488                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
489                read the source files in their entirety.
490
491     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
492
493     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
494                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
495
496     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
497                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
498                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
499                configuration data from being overwritten.
500
501     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
502                generate system-installed lint libraries.
503
504     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
505                of building directly in the source tree.
506
507     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
508                and vi(1) text editors.
509
510   "make" targets for the top level
511     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
512     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
513
514     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
515                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
516                   will be built in the proper order.
517
518     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
519                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
520                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
521                   DESTDIR/var.
522
523     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
524                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
525
526     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
527                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
528                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
529                   ing.
530
531                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
532                   of distribution sets to be installed, separated by spaces.
533                   By default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
534                   extracted, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not
535                   be installed or modified.
536
537                   Note: Before performing this operation with
538                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
539                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
540                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
541                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
542                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
543                   to fix them).
544
545     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
546                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
547                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
548                   not install all of the required files.
549
550     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
551                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
552
553     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
554                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
555                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
556                   not install all of the required files.
557
558     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
559                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
560                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
561                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
562                   set (see above).
563
564     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
565                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
566                   a layout as described in release(7).
567
568                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
569                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
570                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
571                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
572                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
573
574                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
575                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
576
577                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
578                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
579                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
580                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
581                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
582                   as the distribution sets.
583
584                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
585                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
586                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
587                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
588
589     iso-image-source
590                   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).  It will have top
593                   level directories for the machine type and source.
594
595                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
596                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
597                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
598                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
599                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
600
601                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
602                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
603                   lent.
604
605                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
606                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
607                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
608                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
609                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
610                   as the distribution sets.
611
612                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
613                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
614                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
615                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
616
617     regression-tests
618                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
619                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
620                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
621                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
622                   those as well but currently does not.
623
624   The "build.sh" script
625     This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
626     NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
627     that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
628     unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
629     a usable alternative.
630
631     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
632     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
633     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
634     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
635
636     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
637     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
638     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
639     noted where applicable.
640
641     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
642
643     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
644                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
645                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
646                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
647                   operation.
648
649     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
650                   This command first runs the build operation.
651
652     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
653                   first runs the distribution operation.
654
655     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
656                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
657
658     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
659
660     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
661
662     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
663                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
664                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
665                   tively) are given.
666
667     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
668                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
669                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
670                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
671
672     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
673                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
674                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
675                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
676                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
677                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
678                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
679
680                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
681                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
682                   already exist and are up to date.
683
684                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
685                   question first unless the -u option is given.
686
687     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
688                   into DESTDIR.
689
690     releasekernel=kconf
691                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
692                   kernel=kconf into
693                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
694                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
695                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
696
697     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
698
699     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
700
701     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
702
703     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
704
705     iso-image-source
706                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
707
708     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
709     operations described above:
710
711     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
712
713     -B buildid
714               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
715               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
716               that the resulting name is of the form
717               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
718
719     -C cdextras
720               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
721               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
722               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
723               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
724               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
725               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
726               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
727               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
728               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
729
730     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
731               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
732               used.
733
734     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
735               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
736               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
737               ing as a non-root user.
738
739               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
740               when you use this option.
741
742     -h        Print a help message.
743
744     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
745               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
746               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
747               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
748
749               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
750               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
751               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
752
753     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
754               -obj'' for more information.
755
756               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
757               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
758               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
759               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
760
761               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
762               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
763               tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
764               ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
765               cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
766               tive path.  If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
767               will create it.
768
769     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
770               listed below.  This will also override any value of
771               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
772               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
773               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
774               will be detected and used automatically.
775
776               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
777               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
778               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
779
780                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
781                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
782                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
783                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
784                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
785                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
786                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
787                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
788                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
789                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
790                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
791                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
792                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
793
794     -N noiselevel
795               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
796               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
797
798     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
799               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
800               -n''.
801
802     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
803               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
804               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
805
806               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
807               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
808               and so forth.
809
810               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
811               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
812               tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
813               ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
814               already exist, build.sh will create it.
815
816               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
817               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
818               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
819               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
820               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
821               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
822               source directory.
823
824     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
825               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
826               behaviour when not using build.sh.
827
828     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
829               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
830               being used.
831
832     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
833               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
834               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
835
836     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
837               necessary.
838
839     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
840               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
841               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
842               the source files for make(1) have changed.
843
844     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
845
846     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
847
848     -V var=[value]
849               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
850               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
851
852     -w wrapper
853               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
854               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
855               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
856               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
857               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
858               path before being used.
859
860     -X x11src
861               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
862               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
863               being used.
864
865     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
866
867     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
868               to the nbmake wrapper.
869
870   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
871     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
872     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
873     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
874
875     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
876     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
877     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
878     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
879     ables specified with -Z.
880
881     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
882     with an absolute path.
883
884EXAMPLES
885     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
886
887          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
888          build a new GENERIC kernel.
889
890     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
891
892          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
893          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
894
895     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
896
897          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
898          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
899          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
900          as they're copied to /.
901
902     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
903
904          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
905          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
906          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
907          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
908          of the release build.
909
910OBSOLETE VARIABLES
911     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
912
913     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
914                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
915                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
916
917SEE ALSO
918     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
919     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
920
921HISTORY
922     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
923     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
924
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