BUILDING revision 1.125
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 (For building from out-of-date systems or 33 on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.) 34 35 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of 36 NetBSD.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 reproducible 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'' This may be set to ``yes'' by giving build.sh 374 the -P option. 375 376 MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP 377 Unix timestamp. When MKREPRO is set, the timestamp of all 378 files in the sets will be set to this value. 379 380 Default: Unset. This may be set automatically to the latest 381 source tree timestamp using cvslatest(1) by giving build.sh 382 the -P option. 383 384 MKSHARE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether files 385 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and 386 installed during a build. If set to ``no'', then all of 387 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to 388 ``no'' unconditionally. 389 390 Default: ``yes'' 391 392 MKSTRIPIDENT 393 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether RCS IDs, 394 for use with ident(1), should be stripped from program 395 binaries and shared libraries. 396 397 Default: ``no'' 398 399 MKSTRIPSYM Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all local 400 symbols should be stripped from shared libraries. If ``yes'', 401 strip all local symbols from shared libraries; the affect is 402 equivalent to -x option of ld(1). If ``no'', strip only 403 temporary local symbols; the affect is equivalent to -X 404 option of ld(1). Keeping non-temporary local symbols such as 405 static function names is useful on using DTrace for userland 406 libraries and getting a backtrace from a rump kernel loading 407 shared libraries. 408 409 Default: ``yes'' 410 411 MKUNPRIVED Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether an 412 unprivileged install will occur. The user, group, 413 permissions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed 414 items; instead the information will be appended to a file 415 called METALOG in DESTDIR. The contents of METALOG are used 416 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure 417 that the appropriate file ownership is stored. 418 419 Default: ``no'' 420 421 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all 422 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare 423 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase 424 if the destination files are up-to-date. This also has 425 implications on full builds (see next subsection). 426 427 Default: ``no'' 428 429 MKX11 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether X11 is 430 built from X11SRCDIR. 431 432 Default: ``no'' 433 434 TOOLDIR Directory to hold the host tools, once built. If specified, 435 must be an absolute path. This directory should be unique to 436 a given host system and NetBSD source tree. (However, 437 multiple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target- 438 dependent files have unique names.) If unset, a default 439 based on the uname(1) information of the host platform will 440 be created in the .OBJDIR of src. 441 442 Default: Unset. 443 444 USETOOLS Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be 445 used as part of a build in progress. Must be set to ``yes'' 446 if cross-compiling. 447 448 yes Use the tools from TOOLDIR. 449 450 no Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build 451 native compilation tool components that are version- 452 specific for that tool. 453 454 never Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building 455 native tool components. This is similar to the 456 traditional NetBSD build method, but does not verify 457 that the compilation tools in use are up-to-date 458 enough in order to build the tree successfully. This 459 may cause build or runtime problems when building the 460 whole NetBSD source tree. 461 462 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''. 463 464 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside 465 the NetBSD source tree. 466 467 X11SRCDIR Directory containing the modular Xorg source. If specified, 468 must be an absolute path. The main modular Xorg source is 469 found in X11SRCDIR/external/mit. 470 471 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise 472 /usr/xsrc. 473 474 "make" variables for full builds 475 These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect 476 manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code. 477 478 INSTALLWORLDDIR Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install 479 to. If specified, must be an absolute path. 480 481 Default: ``/'' 482 483 MKOBJDIRS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 484 object directories will be created automatically (via a 485 ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build. 486 487 Default: ``no'' 488 489 If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''. This may be 490 set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option. 491 492 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set, then in 493 addition to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes 494 above, this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., 495 ``make cleandir'' is avoided). 496 497 Default: ``no'' 498 499 If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u 500 option. 501 502 NBUILDJOBS Now obsolete. Use the make(1) option -j, instead. See 503 below. 504 505 Default: Unset. 506 507 NOCLEANDIR If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full 508 build. This has the effect of allowing only changed 509 files in a source tree to be recompiled. This can speed 510 up builds when updating only a few files in the tree. 511 512 Default: Unset. 513 514 See also MKUPDATE. 515 516 NODISTRIBDIRS If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full 517 build. This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful 518 on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or 519 where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have 520 not changed. 521 522 Default: Unset. 523 524 NOINCLUDES If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full 525 build. This has the effect of preventing make(1) from 526 thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply 527 because the system include files have changed. However, 528 this option should not be used when updating the entire 529 NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use 530 MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case. 531 532 Default: Unset. 533 534 RELEASEDIR If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7) 535 layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''. 536 If specified, must be an absolute path. 537 538 Default: Unset. 539 540 Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in 541 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode. 542 543 BUILDING 544 "make" command line options 545 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the 546 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here. 547 548 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should 549 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to 550 enforce build ordering. 551 552 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system 553 Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building 554 any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the 555 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree. This is set 556 automatically when building from the top level, or when using 557 build.sh. 558 559 -n Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not 560 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to 561 take place. 562 563 -V var Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any 564 targets. 565 566 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting 567 specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF 568 configuration file, or the system Makefile segments. 569 570 "make" targets 571 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of 572 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used 573 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and 574 ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context. 575 576 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation. 577 578 clean Remove program and library object code files. 579 580 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation, 581 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other 582 files known to be created at build time. 583 584 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed 585 information about the dependencies of source code on header 586 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a 587 dependency changes. 588 589 dependall Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''. 590 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes 591 read the source files in their entirety. 592 593 distclean Synonym for cleandir. 594 595 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed 596 before any system libraries or programs can be built. 597 598 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR. 599 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, 600 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied 601 configuration data from being overwritten. 602 603 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and 604 generate system-installed lint libraries. 605 606 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead 607 of building directly in the source tree. 608 609 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1) 610 and vi(1) text editors. 611 612 "make" targets for the top level 613 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source 614 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree. 615 616 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This 617 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites 618 will be built in the proper order. 619 620 distribution Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution 621 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including 622 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and 623 DESTDIR/var. 624 625 buildworld As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that 626 DESTDIR is not the root directory. 627 628 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR, 629 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that 630 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross 631 compiling. 632 633 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space- 634 separated list of distribution sets to be installed. By 635 default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are 636 installed, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be 637 installed or modified. 638 639 Note: Before performing this operation with 640 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you 641 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this 642 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to 643 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to 644 check for or fix inconsistencies. 645 646 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into 647 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run 648 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 649 not install all of the required files. 650 651 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into 652 RELEASEDIR/source/sets. 653 654 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into 655 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run 656 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 657 not install all of the required files. 658 659 release Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution 660 media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and 661 then package the system into a standard release layout as 662 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be 663 set (see above). 664 665 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 666 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 667 have a layout as described in release(7). 668 669 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 670 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 671 installation program, which can be used to install or 672 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 673 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 674 installation. 675 676 Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 677 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. 678 679 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 680 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom 681 directory by ``make release''. These smaller images 682 usually contain the same tools as the larger images in 683 RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content 684 such as the distribution sets. 685 686 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 687 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 688 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 689 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 690 691 iso-image-source 692 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 693 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 694 have a layout as described in release(7). It will have top 695 level directories for the machine type and source. 696 697 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 698 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 699 installation program, which can be used to install or 700 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 701 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 702 installation. 703 704 Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR 705 must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or 706 equivalent. 707 708 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 709 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom 710 directory by ``make release''. These smaller images 711 usually contain the same tools as the larger images in 712 RELEASEDIR/images, but do not contain additional content 713 such as the distribution sets. 714 715 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 716 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 717 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 718 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 719 720 install-image 721 Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the 722 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/installimage 723 directory. The installation disk image is suitable for 724 copying to bootable USB flash memory sticks, etc., for 725 machines which are able to boot from such devices. The 726 file system in the bootable disk image will have a layout 727 as described in release(7). 728 729 The installation image is bootable, and will automatically 730 run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which 731 can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The 732 image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a 733 damaged NetBSD installation. 734 735 Before ``make install-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must 736 be populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build 737 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make 738 install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 739 740 live-image Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images 741 directory. The live image contains all necessary files to 742 boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files 743 which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD 744 disklabel, bootloaders, etc. 745 746 The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in 747 virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful 748 to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real 749 machine, without the need for installation. 750 751 Before ``make live-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 752 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. The build 753 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because ``make 754 install-image'' relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 755 756 regression-tests 757 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the 758 directory ``regress''. Runs those compiled regression 759 tests on the local host. Note that most tests are now 760 managed instead using atf(7); this target should probably 761 run those as well but currently does not. 762 763 The "build.sh" script 764 This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD 765 system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common 766 utilities. The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH 767 variable. 768 769 If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then 770 we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command 771 like 772 773 /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options] 774 775 The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set 776 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following 777 set of commands may be used instead: 778 779 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell 780 export HOST_SH 781 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options] 782 783 If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell, 784 it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or prints an error message. 785 If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using 786 heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which 787 build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy 788 of sh found in PATH. 789 790 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system 791 should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''. This way, 792 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host 793 system has an older or incompatible ``make'' program. 794 795 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are 796 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list 797 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are 798 noted where applicable. 799 800 The following operations are supported by build.sh: 801 802 build Build the system as per ``make build''. Before the main 803 part of the build commences, this command runs the obj 804 operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make 805 cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools 806 operation. 807 808 distribution Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''. 809 This command first runs the build operation. 810 811 release Build a full release as per ``make release''. This command 812 first runs the distribution operation. 813 814 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is 815 automatically performed for any of the other operations. 816 817 cleandir Perform ``make cleandir''. 818 819 obj Perform ``make obj''. 820 821 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This 822 command will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' 823 in the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options 824 (respectively) are given. 825 826 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make 827 installworld''. Note that files that are part of the 828 ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless 829 overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable. 830 831 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a 832 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf 833 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file 834 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which 835 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be 836 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically 837 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory. 838 839 This command does not imply the tools command; run the 840 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools 841 already exist and are up to date. 842 843 This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in 844 question first unless the -u option is given. 845 846 kernel.gdb=kconf 847 Build a new kernel with debug information. Similar to the 848 above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file 849 alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full 850 symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example 851 with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB). 852 853 kernels This command will build all kernels defined in port 854 specific release build procedure. 855 856 This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation 857 for each found kernel configuration file. 858 859 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them 860 into DESTDIR. 861 862 releasekernel=kconf 863 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by 864 kernel=kconf into 865 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as 866 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is 867 determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf. 868 869 sets Perform ``make sets''. 870 871 sourcesets Perform ``make sourcesets''. 872 873 syspkgs Perform ``make syspkgs''. 874 875 iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''. 876 877 iso-image-source 878 Perform ``make iso-image-source''. 879 880 install-image 881 Perform ``make install-image''. 882 883 live-image Perform ``make live-image''. 884 885 list-arch Prints a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings, 886 the default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for 887 MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits. The -m or -a 888 options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that 889 will be used to narrow the list of results; for example, 890 ``build.sh -m 'evm*' -a '*arm*' list-arch'' will list all 891 known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE 892 or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH 893 matches the pattern `*arm*'. 894 895 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh 896 operations described above: 897 898 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch. See the -m option for 899 more information. 900 901 -B buildid 902 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the 903 build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so 904 that the resulting name is of the form 905 ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''. 906 907 -C cdextras 908 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space- 909 separated list of files or directories that will be added to 910 the CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or 911 ``iso-image-source'' operations. Files will be added to the 912 root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied 913 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be 914 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths 915 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single 916 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths. 917 918 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is 919 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 920 being used. 921 922 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and 923 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for 924 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when 925 building as a non-root user. 926 927 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing 928 when you use this option. 929 930 -h Print a help message. 931 932 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to 933 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running 934 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save 935 complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed. 936 937 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the 938 number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. 939 Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O 940 bandwidth. 941 942 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See ``-O 943 obj'' for more information. 944 945 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of 946 ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under 947 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, 948 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth. 949 950 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 951 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 952 restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin 953 with a ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too 954 difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a 955 relative path. If the directory does not already exist, 956 build.sh will create it. 957 958 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is 959 an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which 960 case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias. 961 Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not 962 used by any other part of the build system. The MACHINE_ARCH 963 setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH 964 in the process environment, but will not override a value set 965 by the -a option. All cross builds require -m, but if unset on 966 a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and 967 used automatically. 968 969 See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid 970 MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings. 971 972 -N noiselevel 973 Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting 974 MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel. 975 976 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do 977 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to ``make 978 -n''. 979 980 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will 981 place the built object files under obj. Unsets 982 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX. 983 984 For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build- 985 time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, 986 and so forth. 987 988 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 989 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 990 restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain 991 a ``$'' (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not 992 already exist, build.sh will create it. 993 994 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be 995 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default 996 object directory will be chosen according to rules in 997 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended 998 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced 999 by the values of several variables and by the location of the 1000 source directory. 1001 1002 Note that placing the obj directory location outside of the 1003 default source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear 1004 out old files in the event the ``make cleandir'' operation is 1005 unable to do so. (See CAVEATS below.) 1006 1007 Note also that use of one of -M or -O is the only means of 1008 building multiple machine architecture userlands from the same 1009 source tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one 1010 would specify distinct obj locations for each). 1011 1012 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''. Otherwise, it will be 1013 automatically set to ``yes''. This default is opposite to the 1014 behaviour when not using build.sh. 1015 1016 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is 1017 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1018 being used. 1019 1020 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building 1021 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting 1022 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory. 1023 1024 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be 1025 necessary. 1026 1027 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is 1028 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1029 being used. If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be 1030 rebuilt if the source files for make(1) have changed. 1031 1032 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes. 1033 1034 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes. 1035 1036 -V var=[value] 1037 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is 1038 propagated to the nbmake wrapper. 1039 1040 -w wrapper 1041 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom 1042 location, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to 1043 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. Note that wrapper is 1044 the full name of the file, not just a directory name. If a 1045 relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute 1046 path before being used. 1047 1048 -X x11src 1049 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is 1050 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1051 being used. 1052 1053 -x Set MKX11=yes. 1054 1055 -Y extsrcdir 1056 Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcdir. If a relative path 1057 is specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 1058 being used. 1059 1060 -y Set MKEXTSRC=yes. 1061 1062 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated 1063 to the nbmake wrapper. 1064 1065 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script 1066 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script 1067 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building 1068 subtrees on a cross-compile host. 1069 1070 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call 1071 the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with 1072 several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and 1073 TOOLDIR. nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and 1074 unset variables specified with -Z. 1075 1076 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called 1077 with an absolute path. 1078 1079 EXAMPLES 1080 1. % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC 1081 1082 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and 1083 build a new GENERIC kernel. 1084 1085 2. % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution 1086 1087 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR 1088 directory that build.sh selects (and will display). 1089 1090 3. # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/ 1091 1092 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2. 1093 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the 1094 permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the 1095 files as they're copied to /. 1096 1097 4. % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release 1098 1099 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and 1100 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display). 1101 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that 1102 if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion 1103 of the release build. 1104 1105 OBSOLETE VARIABLES 1106 NBUILDJOBS Use the make(1) option -j instead. 1107 1108 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN 1109 The new toolchain is now the default. To disable, use 1110 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes. 1111 1112 SEE ALSO 1113 make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8), 1114 pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools 1115 1116 HISTORY 1117 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as 1118 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that. 1119 1120 CAVEATS 1121 After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree, 1122 the ``make cleandir'' operation may be insufficient to clean out old 1123 files in object directories. Instead, one may have to manually remove 1124 the files. Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this. 1125 1126 NetBSD February 20, 2017 NetBSD 1127
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