BUILDING revision 1.97
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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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 shell available on the host system and
86                       suitable for use during the build.  The NetBSD build
87                       system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX-
88                       compliant features, and also requires support for the
89                       ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell
90                       functions (which is a widely-implemented but non-stan-
91                       dardised feature).
92
93                       Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be
94                       /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a
95                       variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword,
96                       such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash.
97
98                       Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an abso-
99                       lute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a simple
100                       command name, which will be converted to an absolute
101                       path by searching the PATH.
102
103     HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
104
105     HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
106
107     MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
108
109     MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
110
111     MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
112
113     MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.  Note that build.sh
114                       ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the environ-
115                       ment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V option.
116
117     MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
118                       tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
119                       make(1).  Typical usage is to set this variable to a
120                       value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or
121                       `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from
122                       the value of .CURDIR.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is
123                       not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the
124                       environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot
125                       usefully be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
126                       ${MAKECONF}.
127
128     MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  The
129                       value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
130                       build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
131                       if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
132                       then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
133                       ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist.  If the
134                       value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE-
135                       FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current
136                       directory.  The current directory may be read only.
137                       MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ-
138                       ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully
139                       be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
140                       ${MAKECONF}.
141
142   "make" variables
143     Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
144     wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
145     ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
146
147     BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
148                 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
149                 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
150                 ters, such as compiler flags.
151
152     BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
153                 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
154                 dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
155                 NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
156                 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
157                 ing in identical (reproducible) builds.  Additional informa-
158                 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
159
160     DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
161                 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
162                 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
163                 /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
164                 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
165                 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
166                 an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
167                 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
168
169                 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
170                 wise.
171
172                 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
173                 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
174
175     MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
176                 the process environment.
177
178                 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
179
180     MAKEVERBOSE
181                 Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
182
183                 0    No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
184                      are shown.
185
186                 1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
187                      but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
188                      played.
189
190                 2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
191                      `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
192                      displayed.
193
194                 3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
195                      make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
196                      have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
197                      relevant makefile.
198
199                 4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
200                      are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
201
202                 Default: 2
203
204     MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
205                 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
206
207                 Default: ``yes''
208
209     MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
210                 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
211                 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
212                 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
213                 encryption system, crypt(3).
214
215                 Default: ``yes''
216
217     MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
218                 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
219                 installed during a build.
220
221                 Default: ``yes''
222
223     MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
224                 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
225
226                 Default: ``yes''
227
228     MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
229                 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
230                 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
231                 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
232                 ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
233                 NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
234                 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
235                 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
236
237                 Default: ``no''
238
239     MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
240                 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
241                 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
242
243                 Default: ``yes''
244
245     MKKMOD      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether kernel
246                 modules are built and installed.
247
248                 Default: ``yes''
249
250     MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
251                 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
252                 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
253                 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
254
255                 Default: ``yes''
256
257     MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
258                 pages will be installed during a build.
259
260                 Default: ``yes''
261
262     MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
263                 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
264                 installed during a build.
265
266                 Default: ``yes''
267
268     MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
269                 directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
270                 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
271                 the regular source tree.
272
273                 Default: ``yes''
274
275                 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
276                 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
277
278     MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
279                 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
280                 build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
281                 statically linked.
282
283                 Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
284                 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
285
286     MKPICINSTALL
287                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
288                 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
289                 libraries, are installed during a build.
290
291                 Default: ``yes''
292
293     MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
294                 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
295                 build.
296
297                 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
298                 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
299                 code.
300
301     MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
302                 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
303                 installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
304                 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
305                 ``no'' unconditionally.
306
307                 Default: ``yes''
308
309     MKSTRIPIDENT
310                 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
311                 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
312                 IDs for use with ident(1).
313
314                 Default: ``no''
315
316     MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
317                 unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
318                 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
319                 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
320                 called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
321                 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
322                 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
323
324                 Default: ``no''
325
326     MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
327                 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
328                 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
329                 if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
330                 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
331
332                 Default: ``no''
333
334     MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
335                 built from X11SRCDIR.
336
337                 Default: ``no''
338
339     TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
340                 must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
341                 a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
342                 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
343                 files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
344                 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
345                 the .OBJDIR of src.
346
347                 Default: Unset.
348
349     USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
350                 used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
351                 if cross-compiling.
352
353                 yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
354
355                 no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
356                        native compilation tool components that are version-
357                        specific for that tool.
358
359                 never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
360                        native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
361                        tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
362                        the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
363                        order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
364                        build or runtime problems when building the whole
365                        NetBSD source tree.
366
367                 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
368
369                 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
370                 the NetBSD source tree.
371
372     X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
373                 an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
374                 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
375
376                 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
377                 /usr/xsrc.
378
379     X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
380                 ``XFree86''.
381
382                 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
383                 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
384
385   "make" variables for full builds
386     These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
387     manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
388
389     INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
390                      to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
391
392                      Default: ``/''
393
394     MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
395                      object directories will be created automatically (via a
396                      ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
397
398                      Default: ``no''
399
400                      If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
401                      set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
402
403     MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
404                      tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
405                      this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
406                      cleandir'' is avoided).
407
408                      Default: ``no''
409
410                      If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
411                      option.
412
413     NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
414                      below.
415
416                      Default: Unset.
417
418     NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
419                      build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
420                      files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
421                      up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
422
423                      Default: Unset.
424
425                      See also MKUPDATE.
426
427     NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
428                      build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
429                      on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
430                      where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
431                      not changed.
432
433                      Default: Unset.
434
435     NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
436                      build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
437                      thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
438                      because the system include files have changed.  However,
439                      this option should not be used when updating the entire
440                      NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
441                      MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
442
443                      Default: Unset.
444
445     RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
446                      layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
447                      If specified, must be an absolute path.
448
449                      Default: Unset.
450
451                      Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
452                      the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
453
454BUILDING
455   "make" command line options
456     This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
457     options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
458
459     -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
460                use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
461                enforce build ordering.
462
463     -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
464                file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
465                full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
466                ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
467                matically when building from the top level, or when using
468                build.sh.
469
470     -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
471                actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
472                take place.
473
474     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
475                targets.
476
477     var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
478                fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
479                file, or the system Makefile segments.
480
481   "make" targets
482     These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
483     the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
484     from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
485     ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
486
487     all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
488
489     clean      Remove program and library object code files.
490
491     cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
492                dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
493                files known to be created at build time.
494
495     depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
496                information about the dependencies of source code on header
497                files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
498                dependency changes.
499
500     dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
501                This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
502                read the source files in their entirety.
503
504     distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
505
506     includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
507                before any system libraries or programs can be built.
508
509     install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
510                Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
511                DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
512                configuration data from being overwritten.
513
514     lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
515                generate system-installed lint libraries.
516
517     obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
518                of building directly in the source tree.
519
520     tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
521                and vi(1) text editors.
522
523   "make" targets for the top level
524     Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
525     level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
526
527     build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
528                   orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
529                   will be built in the proper order.
530
531     distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
532                   (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
533                   files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
534                   DESTDIR/var.
535
536     buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
537                   DESTDIR is not the root directory.
538
539     installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
540                   which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
541                   INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
542                   ing.
543
544                   The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space-
545                   separated list of distribution sets to be installed.  By
546                   default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
547                   installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be
548                   installed or modified.
549
550                   Note: Before performing this operation with
551                   INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
552                   upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
553                   operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
554                   update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
555                   postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
556                   to fix them).
557
558     sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
559                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
560                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
561                   not install all of the required files.
562
563     sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
564                   RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
565
566     syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
567                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
568                   after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
569                   not install all of the required files.
570
571     release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
572                   media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
573                   then package the system into a standard release layout as
574                   described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
575                   set (see above).
576
577     iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
578                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
579                   a layout as described in release(7).
580
581                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
582                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
583                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
584                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
585                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
586
587                   Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
588                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
589
590                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
591                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
592                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
593                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
594                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
595                   as the distribution sets.
596
597                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
598                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
599                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
600                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
601
602     iso-image-source
603                   Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
604                   RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
605                   a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
606                   level directories for the machine type and source.
607
608                   For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
609                   will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
610                   tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
611                   NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
612                   may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
613
614                   Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
615                   must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
616                   lent.
617
618                   Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
619                   the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
620                   tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
621                   contain the same tools as the larger images in
622                   RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
623                   as the distribution sets.
624
625                   Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
626                   creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
627                   ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
628                   installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
629
630     install-image Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the
631                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage
632                   directory.  The bootable installation disk image is
633                   suitable to USB flash memory sticks etc. for machines which
634                   may support boot from such USB devices.  File system in the
635                   bootable disk image will have a layout as described in
636                   release(7).
637
638                   The installation image is bootable, and will automatically
639                   run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which
640                   can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system.
641                   Bootable installation images also contain tools that may be
642                   useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
643
644                   Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must
645                   be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and
646                   RELEASEDIR binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes''
647                   to refer permission information from specfiles.
648
649     live-image    Create NetBSD live images in the
650                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/liveimage
651                   directory.  The live image contains all necessary files
652                   to boot NetBSD upto multi user mode, including all files
653                   which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD
654                   disklabel, and bootloaders etc.
655
656                   The live image is suitable for misc emulators like QEMU,
657                   and also usuful to try NetBSD on real machines with USB
658                   flash memory sticks without installation.
659
660                   Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
661                   populated by ``make release'' or equivalent and RELEASEDIR
662                   binaries must be built with ``MKUNPRIVED=yes'' to refer
663                   permission information from specfiles.
664
665     regression-tests
666                   Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
667                   directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
668                   tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
669                   aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
670                   those as well but currently does not.
671
672   The "build.sh" script
673     This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD
674     system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common utili-
675     ties.  The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH vari-
676     able.
677
678     If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then
679     we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command
680     like
681
682           /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options]
683
684     The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set
685     HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following
686     set of commands may be used instead:
687
688           HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell
689           export HOST_SH
690           ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
691
692     If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell,
693     it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message.
694     If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using
695     heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which
696     build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy
697     of sh found in PATH.
698
699     All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
700     should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
701     the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
702     tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
703
704     When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
705     set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
706     of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
707     noted where applicable.
708
709     The following operations are supported by build.sh:
710
711     build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
712                   part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
713                   operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
714                   cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
715                   operation.
716
717     distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
718                   This command first runs the build operation.
719
720     release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
721                   first runs the distribution operation.
722
723     makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
724                   matically performed for any of the other operations.
725
726     cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
727
728     obj           Perform ``make obj''.
729
730     tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
731                   mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
732                   the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
733                   tively) are given.
734
735     install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
736                   installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
737                   ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
738                   overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
739
740     kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
741                   configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
742                   does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
743                   is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
744                   is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
745                   built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
746                   sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
747
748                   This command does not imply the tools command; run the
749                   tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
750                   already exist and are up to date.
751
752                   This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
753                   question first unless the -u option is given.
754
755     modules       This command will build kernel modules and install them
756                   into DESTDIR.
757
758     releasekernel=kconf
759                   Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
760                   kernel=kconf into
761                   RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
762                   netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
763                   mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
764
765     sets          Perform ``make sets''.
766
767     sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
768
769     syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
770
771     iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
772
773     iso-image-source
774                   Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
775
776     install-image Perform ``make install-image''.
777
778     live-image    Perform ``make live-image''.
779
780     The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
781     operations described above:
782
783     -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
784
785     -B buildid
786               Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
787               build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
788               that the resulting name is of the form
789               ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
790
791     -C cdextras
792               Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
793               rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
794               CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
795               ``iso-image-source'' operations.  Files will be added to the
796               root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
797               recursively.  If relative paths are specified, they will be
798               converted to absolute paths before being used.  Multiple paths
799               may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
800               option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
801
802     -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
803               fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
804               used.
805
806     -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
807               allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
808               builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
809               ing as a non-root user.
810
811               Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
812               when you use this option.
813
814     -h        Print a help message.
815
816     -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
817               make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
818               out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
819               plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
820
821               To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
822               ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
823               lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
824
825     -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
826               -obj'' for more information.
827
828               For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
829               ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
830               /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
831               /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
832
833               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
834               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
835               tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
836               ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
837               cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
838               tive path.  If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
839               will create it.
840
841     -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
842               listed below.  This will also override any value of
843               MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
844               from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
845               -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
846               will be detected and used automatically.
847
848               Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
849               following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
850               set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
851
852                     mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
853                     evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
854                     evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
855                     evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
856                     evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
857                     evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
858                     evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
859                     evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
860                     evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
861                     evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
862                     sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
863                     sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
864                     sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
865
866     -N noiselevel
867               Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
868               MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
869
870     -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
871               not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
872               -n''.
873
874     -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
875               place the built object files under obj.  Unsets
876               MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
877
878               For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
879               time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
880               and so forth.
881
882               If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
883               absolute path before being used.  build.sh imposes the restric-
884               tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
885               ``$'' (dollar sign) character.  If the directory does not
886               already exist, build.sh will create it.
887
888               In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
889               specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
890               object directory will be chosen according to rules in
891               <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
892               because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
893               by the values of several variables and by the location of the
894               source directory.
895
896     -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
897               automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
898               behaviour when not using build.sh.
899
900     -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
901               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
902               being used.
903
904     -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
905               (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
906               DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
907
908     -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
909               necessary.
910
911     -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
912               ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
913               used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
914               the source files for make(1) have changed.
915
916     -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
917
918     -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
919
920     -V var=[value]
921               Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
922               propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
923
924     -w wrapper
925               Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
926               tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
927               place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
928               the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
929               relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
930               path before being used.
931
932     -X x11src
933               Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
934               specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
935               being used.
936
937     -x        Set MKX11=yes.
938
939     -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
940               to the nbmake wrapper.
941
942   The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
943     If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
944     will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
945     subtrees on a cross-compile host.
946
947     nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
948     the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
949     eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
950     nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
951     ables specified with -Z.
952
953     This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
954     with an absolute path.
955
956EXAMPLES
957     1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
958
959          Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
960          build a new GENERIC kernel.
961
962     2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
963
964          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
965          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
966
967     3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
968
969          As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
970          Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
971          sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
972          as they're copied to /.
973
974     4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
975
976          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
977          RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
978          MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
979          if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
980          of the release build.
981
982OBSOLETE VARIABLES
983     NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
984
985     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
986                 The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
987                 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
988
989SEE ALSO
990     make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
991     pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
992
993HISTORY
994     The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
995     USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
996
997NetBSD                         September 9, 2011                        NetBSD
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