BUILDING revision 1.123
1 BUILDING(8) System Manager's Manual BUILDING(8) 2 3 NAME 4 BUILDING - Procedure for building NetBSD from source code. 5 6 REQUIREMENTS 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 19 FILES 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 (For building from out-of-date systems or 33 on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.) 34 35 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of 36 NetBSD.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 47 mangling the existing build structure. Other source trees 48 in bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) 49 ``reachover'' Makefile semantics when building these 50 programs for a native host. 51 52 external, sys/external 53 Sources and build infrastructure for components imported 54 (mostly) unchanged from upstream maintainers, sorted by 55 applicable license. This is (slowly) replacing the 56 crypto/dist, dist, and gnu/dist directories. 57 58 distrib/, etc/ 59 Sources for items used when making a full release 60 snapshot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the 61 destination system, boot media, and release notes. 62 63 tests/, regress/ 64 Regression test harness. Can be cross-compiled, but only 65 run natively. tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework; 66 regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been 67 migrated to atf(7). 68 69 sys/ NetBSD kernel sources. 70 71 tools/ ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools. 72 This has a special method of determining out-of-date 73 status. 74 75 bin/ ... usr.sbin/ 76 Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs. If 77 any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped 78 during the build. 79 80 external/mit/xorg/ 81 ``Reachover'' build structure for modular Xorg; the source 82 is in X11SRCDIR. 83 84 extsrc/ ``Reachover'' build structure for externally added 85 programs and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR. 86 87 Build tree layout 88 The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is 89 described in release(7). 90 91 CONFIGURATION 92 Environment variables 93 Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds. 94 95 HOST_SH Path name to a shell available on the host system and 96 suitable for use during the build. The NetBSD build 97 system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX- 98 compliant features, and also requires support for the 99 ``local'' keyword to declare local variables in shell 100 functions (which is a widely-implemented but non- 101 standardised feature). 102 103 Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be 104 /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a 105 variant of ksh that supports the ``local'' keyword, 106 such as ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash. 107 108 Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an 109 absolute path; however, build.sh allows it to be a 110 simple command name, which will be converted to an 111 absolute path by searching the PATH. 112 113 HOST_CC Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain. 114 115 HOST_CXX Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain. 116 117 MACHINE Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''. 118 119 MACHINE_ARCH Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''. 120 121 MAKE Path name to invoke make(1) as. 122 123 MAKEFLAGS Flags to invoke make(1) with. Note that build.sh 124 ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in the 125 environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the -V 126 option. 127 128 MAKEOBJDIR Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current 129 directory. The value is subjected to variable 130 expansion by make(1). Typical usage is to set this 131 variable to a value involving the use of 132 `${.CURDIR:S...}' or `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the 133 value of .OBJDIR from the value of .CURDIR. Used only 134 if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined. MAKEOBJDIR can be 135 provided only in the environment or via the -O flag of 136 build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, 137 including mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}. 138 139 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Top level directory of the object directory tree. The 140 value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1). 141 build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory 142 if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh, 143 then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the 144 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist. If the 145 value is defined and valid, then 146 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR 147 for the current directory. The current directory may 148 be read only. MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in 149 the environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it 150 cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile, including 151 mk.conf or ${MAKECONF}. 152 153 "make" variables 154 Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds. Unless 155 otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process 156 environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF. 157 158 BUILDID Identifier for the build. If set, this should be a short 159 string that is suitable for use as part of a file or 160 directory name. The identifier will be appended to object 161 directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1) 162 configuration file in order to set additional build 163 parameters, such as compiler flags. It will also be used as 164 part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by 165 ``uname -v''. 166 167 Default: Unset. 168 169 BUILDINFO This may be a multi-line string containing information about 170 the build. This will appear in DESTDIR/etc/release, and it 171 will be stored in the buildinfo variable in any kernels that 172 are built. When such kernels are booted, the sysctl(7) 173 kern.buildinfo variable will report this value. The string 174 may contain backslash escape sequences, such as ``\\'' 175 (representing a backslash character) and ``\n'' (representing 176 a newline). 177 178 Default: Unset. 179 180 BUILDSEED GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code. This 181 variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the 182 -frandom-seed flag with this value. By default, it is set to 183 NetBSD-(majorversion). Using a fixed value causes C++ 184 binaries to be the same when built from the same sources, 185 resulting in identical (reproducible) builds. Additional 186 information is available in the GCC documentation of 187 -frandom-seed. 188 189 DESTDIR Directory to contain the built NetBSD system. If set, 190 special options are passed to the compilation tools to 191 prevent their default use of the host system's /usr/include, 192 /usr/lib, and so forth. This pathname must be an absolute 193 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character. (For 194 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to 195 an empty string, not to ``/''). The directory must reside on 196 a file system which supports long file names and hard links. 197 198 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset 199 otherwise. 200 201 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in 202 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode. 203 204 EXTSRCSRCDIR 205 Directory containing sources of externally added programs and 206 libraries. If specified, must be an absolute path. 207 208 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise 209 /usr/extsrc. 210 211 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. Only settable in 212 the process environment. 213 214 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf'' 215 216 MAKEVERBOSE 217 Level of verbosity of status messages. Supported values: 218 219 0 No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1) 220 are shown. 221 222 1 Brief messages are shown describing what is being done, 223 but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not 224 displayed. 225 226 2 Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a 227 `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are 228 displayed. 229 230 3 In addition to the above, all commands performed by 231 make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily 232 have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the 233 relevant makefile. 234 235 4 In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1) 236 are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag. 237 238 Default: 2 239 240 MKCATPAGES Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 241 preformatted plaintext manual pages will be created during a 242 build. 243 244 Default: ``no'' 245 246 MKCROSSGDB Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Create a cross-gdb as a 247 host tool. 248 249 Default: ``no'' 250 251 MKCRYPTO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 252 cryptographic code will be included in a build; provided for 253 the benefit of countries that do not allow strong 254 cryptography. Will not affect use of the standard low- 255 security password encryption system, crypt(3). 256 257 Default: ``yes'' 258 259 MKDEBUG Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether debug 260 information should be generated for all userland binaries 261 compiled. The result is collected as an additional debug.tgz 262 and xdebug.tgz set and installed in /usr/libdata/debug. 263 264 Default: ``no'' 265 266 MKDEBUGLIB Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether debug 267 information (see MKDEBUG) should also be generated for all 268 libraries build. 269 270 Default: ``no'' 271 272 MKDOC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether system 273 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be 274 installed during a build. 275 276 Default: ``yes'' 277 278 MKEXTSRC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether extsrc is 279 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR. 280 281 Default: ``no'' 282 283 MKHTML Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 284 preformatted HTML manual pages will be built and installed 285 286 Default: ``yes'' 287 288 MKHOSTOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set to ``yes'', then for 289 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name, 290 release, and architecture of the host operating system will 291 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by 292 ``make obj''. (This allows multiple host systems to compile 293 NetBSD for a single target.) If set to ``no'', then programs 294 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object 295 directory names as programs built to be run on the target. 296 297 Default: ``no'' 298 299 MKINFO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether GNU Info 300 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation 301 tools, will be created and installed during a build. 302 303 Default: ``yes'' 304 305 MKKDEBUG Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Force generation of full- 306 debug symbol versions of all kernels compiled. Alongside of 307 the netbsd kernel file, an unstripped version netbsd.gdb is 308 created. This is useful if a cross-gdb is built as well (see 309 MKCROSSGDB). 310 311 Default: ``no'' 312 313 MKKMOD Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether kernel 314 modules are built and installed. 315 316 Default: ``yes'' 317 318 MKLINT Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether lint(1) 319 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during 320 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into 321 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint. 322 323 Default: ``yes'' 324 325 MKMAN Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether manual 326 pages will be installed during a build. 327 328 Default: ``yes'' 329 330 MKNLS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether Native 331 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and 332 installed during a build. 333 334 Default: ``yes'' 335 336 MKOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether object 337 directories will be created when running ``make obj''. If 338 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside 339 the regular source tree. 340 341 Default: ``yes'' 342 343 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may 344 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1). 345 346 MKPIC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether shared 347 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a 348 build. If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be 349 statically linked. 350 351 Default: Platform dependent. As of this writing, all 352 platforms except m68000 default to ``yes''. 353 354 MKPICINSTALL 355 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether the ar(1) 356 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared 357 libraries, are installed during a build. 358 359 Default: ``yes'' 360 361 MKPROFILE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether profiled 362 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a 363 build. 364 365 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE 366 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled 367 code. 368 369 MKREPRO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Create reproducable builds. 370 This enables different switches to make two builds from the 371 same source tree result in the same build results. 372 373 Default: ``no'' 374 375 MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP 376 Unix timestamp. When MKREPRO is set, the timestamp of all 377 files in the sets will be set to this value. 378 379 Default: Unset. 380 381 MKSHARE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether files 382 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and 383 installed during a build. If set to ``no'', then all of 384 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to 385 ``no'' unconditionally. 386 387 Default: ``yes'' 388 389 MKSTRIPIDENT 390 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether RCS IDs, 391 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program 392 binaries and shared libraries. 393 394 Default: ``no'' 395 396 MKUNPRIVED Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether an 397 unprivileged install will occur. The user, group, 398 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed 399 items; instead the information will be appended to a file 400 called METALOG in DESTDIR. The contents of METALOG are used 401 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure 402 that the appropriate file ownership is stored. 403 404 Default: ``no'' 405 406 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all 407 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare 408 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase 409 if the destination files are up-to-date. This also has 410 implications on full builds (see next subsection). 411 412 Default: ``no'' 413 414 MKX11 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether X11 is 415 built from X11SRCDIR. 416 417 Default: ``no'' 418 419 TOOLDIR Directory to hold the host tools, once built. If specified, 420 must be an absolute path. This directory should be unique to 421 a given host system and NetBSD source tree. (However, 422 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target- 423 dependent files have unique names.) If unset, a default 424 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will 425 be created in the .OBJDIR of src. 426 427 Default: Unset. 428 429 USETOOLS Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be 430 used as part of a build in progress. Must be set to ``yes'' 431 if cross-compiling. 432 433 yes Use the tools from TOOLDIR. 434 435 no Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build 436 native compilation tool components that are version- 437 specific for that tool. 438 439 never Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building 440 native tool components. This is similar to the 441 traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify 442 that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date 443 enough in order to build the tree successfully. This 444 may cause build or runtime problems when building the 445 whole NetBSD source tree. 446 447 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''. 448 449 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside 450 the NetBSD source tree. 451 452 X11SRCDIR Directory containing the modular Xorg source. If specified, 453 must be an absolute path. The main modular Xorg source is 454 found in X11SRCDIR/external/mit. 455 456 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise 457 /usr/xsrc. 458 459 "make" variables for full builds 460 These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect 461 manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code. 462 463 INSTALLWORLDDIR Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install 464 to. If specified, must be an absolute path. 465 466 Default: ``/'' 467 468 MKOBJDIRS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 469 object directories will be created automatically (via a 470 ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build. 471 472 Default: ``no'' 473 474 If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''. This may be 475 set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option. 476 477 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set, then in 478 addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes 479 above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., 480 ``make cleandir'' is avoided). 481 482 Default: ``no'' 483 484 If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u 485 option. 486 487 NBUILDJOBS Now obsolete. Use the make(1) option -j, instead. See 488 below. 489 490 Default: Unset. 491 492 NOCLEANDIR If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full 493 build. This has the effect of allowing only changed 494 files in a source tree to be recompiled. This can speed 495 up builds when updating only a few files in the tree. 496 497 Default: Unset. 498 499 See also MKUPDATE. 500 501 NODISTRIBDIRS If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full 502 build. This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful 503 on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or 504 where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have 505 not changed. 506 507 Default: Unset. 508 509 NOINCLUDES If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full 510 build. This has the effect of preventing make(1) from 511 thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply 512 because the system include files have changed. However, 513 this option should not be used when updating the entire 514 NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use 515 MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case. 516 517 Default: Unset. 518 519 RELEASEDIR If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7) 520 layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''. 521 If specified, must be an absolute path. 522 523 Default: Unset. 524 525 Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in 526 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode. 527 528 BUILDING 529 "make" command line options 530 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the 531 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here. 532 533 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should 534 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to 535 enforce build ordering. 536 537 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system 538 Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building 539 any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the 540 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree. This is set 541 automatically when building from the top level, or when using 542 build.sh. 543 544 -n Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not 545 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to 546 take place. 547 548 -V var Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any 549 targets. 550 551 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting 552 specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF 553 configuration file, or the system Makefile segments. 554 555 "make" targets 556 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of 557 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used 558 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and 559 ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context. 560 561 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation. 562 563 clean Remove program and library object code files. 564 565 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation, 566 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other 567 files known to be created at build time. 568 569 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed 570 information about the dependencies of source code on header 571 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a 572 dependency changes. 573 574 dependall Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''. 575 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes 576 read the source files in their entirety. 577 578 distclean Synonym for cleandir. 579 580 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed 581 before any system libraries or programs can be built. 582 583 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR. 584 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, 585 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied 586 configuration data from being overwritten. 587 588 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and 589 generate system-installed lint libraries. 590 591 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead 592 of building directly in the source tree. 593 594 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1) 595 and vi(1) text editors. 596 597 "make" targets for the top level 598 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source 599 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree. 600 601 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This 602 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites 603 will be built in the proper order. 604 605 distribution Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution 606 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including 607 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and 608 DESTDIR/var. 609 610 buildworld As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that 611 DESTDIR is not the root directory. 612 613 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR, 614 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that 615 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross 616 compiling. 617 618 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space- 619 separated list of distribution sets to be installed. By 620 default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are 621 installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be 622 installed or modified. 623 624 Note: Before performing this operation with 625 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you 626 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this 627 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to 628 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to 629 check for or fix inconsistencies. 630 631 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into 632 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run 633 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 634 not install all of the required files. 635 636 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into 637 RELEASEDIR/source/sets. 638 639 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into 640 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run 641 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 642 not install all of the required files. 643 644 release Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution 645 media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and 646 then package the system into a standard release layout as 647 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be 648 set (see above). 649 650 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 651 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 652 have a layout as described in release(7). 653 654 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 655 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 656 installation program, which can be used to install or 657 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 658 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 659 installation. 660 661 Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 662 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. 663 664 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 665 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom 666 directory by ``make release''. These smaller images 667 usually contain the same tools as the larger images in 668 RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content 669 such as the distribution sets. 670 671 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 672 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 673 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 674 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 675 676 iso-image-source 677 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 678 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 679 have a layout as described in release(7). It will have top 680 level directories for the machine type and source. 681 682 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 683 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 684 installation program, which can be used to install or 685 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 686 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 687 installation. 688 689 Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR 690 must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or 691 equivalent. 692 693 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 694 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom 695 directory by ``make release''. These smaller images 696 usually contain the same tools as the larger images in 697 RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content 698 such as the distribution sets. 699 700 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 701 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 702 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 703 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 704 705 install-image 706 Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the 707 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage 708 directory. The installation disk image is suitable for 709 copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for 710 machines which are able to boot from such devices. The 711 file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout 712 as described in release(7). 713 714 The installation image is bootable, and will automatically 715 run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which 716 can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The 717 image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a 718 damaged NetBSD installation. 719 720 Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must 721 be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build 722 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make 723 install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 724 725 live-image Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images 726 directory. The live image contains all necessary files to 727 boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files 728 which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD 729 disklabel, bootloaders, etc. 730 731 The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in 732 virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful 733 to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real 734 machine, without the need for installation. 735 736 Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 737 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build 738 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make 739 install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 740 741 regression-tests 742 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the 743 directory ``regress''. Runs those compiled regression 744 tests on the local host. Note that most tests are now 745 managed instead using atf(7); this target should probably 746 run those as well but currently does not. 747 748 The "build.sh" script 749 This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD 750 system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common 751 utilities. The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH 752 variable. 753 754 If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then 755 we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command 756 like 757 758 /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options] 759 760 The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set 761 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following 762 set of commands may be used instead: 763 764 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell 765 export HOST_SH 766 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options] 767 768 If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell, 769 it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message. 770 If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using 771 heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which 772 build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy 773 of sh found in PATH. 774 775 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system 776 should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''. This way, 777 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host 778 system has an older or incompatible ``make'' program. 779 780 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are 781 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list 782 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are 783 noted where applicable. 784 785 The following operations are supported by build.sh: 786 787 build Build the system as per ``make build''. Before the main 788 part of the build commences, this command runs the obj 789 operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make 790 cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools 791 operation. 792 793 distribution Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''. 794 This command first runs the build operation. 795 796 release Build a full release as per ``make release''. This command 797 first runs the distribution operation. 798 799 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is 800 automatically performed for any of the other operations. 801 802 cleandir Perform ``make cleandir''. 803 804 obj Perform ``make obj''. 805 806 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This 807 command will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' 808 in the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options 809 (respectively) are given. 810 811 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make 812 installworld''. Note that files that are part of the 813 ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless 814 overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable. 815 816 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a 817 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf 818 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file 819 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which 820 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be 821 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically 822 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory. 823 824 This command does not imply the tools command; run the 825 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools 826 already exist and are up to date. 827 828 This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in 829 question first unless the -u option is given. 830 831 kernel.gdb=kconf 832 Build a new kernel with debug information. Similar to the 833 above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file 834 alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full 835 symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example 836 with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB). 837 838 kernels This command will build all kernels defined in port 839 specific release build procedure. 840 841 This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation 842 for each found kernel configuration file. 843 844 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them 845 into DESTDIR. 846 847 releasekernel=kconf 848 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by 849 kernel=kconf into 850 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as 851 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is 852 determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf. 853 854 sets Perform ``make sets''. 855 856 sourcesets Perform ``make sourcesets''. 857 858 syspkgs Perform ``make syspkgs''. 859 860 iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''. 861 862 iso-image-source 863 Perform ``make iso-image-source''. 864 865 install-image 866 Perform ``make install-image''. 867 868 live-image Perform ``make live-image''. 869 870 list-arch Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings, 871 the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for 872 MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits. The -m or -a 873 options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that 874 will be used to narrow the list of results; for example, 875 ``build.sh -m 'evm*' -a '*arm*' list-arch'' will list all 876 known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE 877 or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH 878 matches the pattern `*arm*'. 879 880 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh 881 operations described above: 882 883 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch. See the -m option for 884 more information. 885 886 -B buildid 887 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the 888 build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so 889 that the resulting name is of the form 890 ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''. 891 892 -C cdextras 893 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space- 894 separated list of files or directories that will be added to 895 the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or 896 ``iso-image-source'' operations. Files will be added to the 897 root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied 898 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be 899 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths 900 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single 901 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths. 902 903 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is 904 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 905 being used. 906 907 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and 908 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for 909 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when 910 building as a non-root user. 911 912 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing 913 when you use this option. 914 915 -h Print a help message. 916 917 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to 918 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running 919 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save 920 complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed. 921 922 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the 923 number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. 924 Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O 925 bandwidth. 926 927 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See ``-O 928 obj'' for more information. 929 930 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of 931 ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under 932 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, 933 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth. 934 935 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 936 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 937 restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin 938 with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too 939 difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a 940 relative path. If the directory does not already exist, 941 build.sh will create it. 942 943 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is 944 an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which 945 case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias. 946 Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not 947 used by any other part of the build system. The MACHINE_ARCH 948 setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH 949 in the process environment, but will not override a value set 950 by the -a option. All cross builds require -m, but if unset on 951 a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and 952 used automatically. 953 954 See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid 955 MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings. 956 957 -N noiselevel 958 Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting 959 MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel. 960 961 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do 962 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to ``make 963 -n''. 964 965 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will 966 place the built object files under obj. Unsets 967 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX. 968 969 For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build- 970 time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, 971 and so forth. 972 973 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 974 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 975 restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain 976 a ``$'' (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not 977 already exist, build.sh will create it. 978 979 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be 980 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default 981 object directory will be chosen according to rules in 982 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended 983 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced 984 by the values of several variables and by the location of the 985 source directory. 986 987 Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the 988 default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear 989 out old files in the event the ``make cleandir'' operation is 990 unable to do so. (See CAVEATS below.) 991 992 Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of 993 building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same 994 source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one 995 would specify distinct obj locations for each). 996 997 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''. Otherwise, it will be 998 automatically set to ``yes''. This default is opposite to the 999 behaviour when not using build.sh. 1000 1001 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is 1002 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1003 being used. 1004 1005 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building 1006 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting 1007 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory. 1008 1009 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be 1010 necessary. 1011 1012 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is 1013 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1014 being used. If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be 1015 rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed. 1016 1017 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes. 1018 1019 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes. 1020 1021 -V var=[value] 1022 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is 1023 propagated to the nbmake wrapper. 1024 1025 -w wrapper 1026 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom 1027 location, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to 1028 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. Note that wrapper is 1029 the full name of the file, not just a directory name. If a 1030 relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute 1031 path before being used. 1032 1033 -X x11src 1034 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is 1035 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1036 being used. 1037 1038 -x Set MKX11=yes. 1039 1040 -Y extsrcdir 1041 Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir. If a relative path 1042 is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1043 being used. 1044 1045 -y Set MKEXTSRC=yes. 1046 1047 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated 1048 to the nbmake wrapper. 1049 1050 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script 1051 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script 1052 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building 1053 subtrees on a cross-compile host. 1054 1055 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call 1056 the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with 1057 several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and 1058 TOOLDIR. nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and 1059 unset variables specified with -Z. 1060 1061 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called 1062 with an absolute path. 1063 1064 EXAMPLES 1065 1. % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC 1066 1067 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and 1068 build a new GENERIC kernel. 1069 1070 2. % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution 1071 1072 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR 1073 directory that build.sh selects (and will display). 1074 1075 3. # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/ 1076 1077 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2. 1078 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the 1079 permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the 1080 files as they're copied to /. 1081 1082 4. % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release 1083 1084 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and 1085 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display). 1086 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that 1087 if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion 1088 of the release build. 1089 1090 OBSOLETE VARIABLES 1091 NBUILDJOBS Use the make(1) option -j instead. 1092 1093 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN 1094 The new toolchain is now the default. To disable, use 1095 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes. 1096 1097 SEE ALSO 1098 make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8), 1099 pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools 1100 1101 HISTORY 1102 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as 1103 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that. 1104 1105 CAVEATS 1106 After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree, 1107 the ``make cleandir'' operation may be insufficient to clean out old 1108 files in object directories. Instead, one may have to manually remove 1109 the files. Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this. 1110 1111 NetBSD February 16, 2017 NetBSD 1112
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