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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 host 13 system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture. The host 14 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 Note: Within this document, cross-references to manual pages are to the 20 NetBSD manual pages, not the host system manual pages. The mdoc(7) 21 source to the NetBSD manual pages can be found within the source tree, 22 and these and can be formatted with mandoc(1) or nroff(1) if those are 23 available on the host system. The NetBSD manual pages are also available 24 at https://man.netbsd.org 25 26 FILES 27 Source tree layout 28 BUILDING This document (in plaintext). Generated from 29 doc/BUILDING.mdoc. 30 31 Makefile The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for 32 native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of 33 NetBSD make(1). Intended for expert use with knowledge of 34 its shortcomings, it has been superseded by the build.sh 35 shell script as the recommended means for building NetBSD. 36 37 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of 38 NetBSD. It is important to read this file before every 39 build of an updated source tree. 40 41 build.sh Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host 42 build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch. Can be 43 used for both native and cross builds, and should be used 44 instead of make(1) as it performs additional checks to 45 prevent common issues going undetected, such as building 46 with an outdated version of make(1). 47 48 crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/ 49 Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without 50 mangling the existing build structure. Other source trees 51 in bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) "reachover" 52 Makefile semantics when building these programs for a 53 native host. 54 55 distrib/, etc/ 56 Sources for items used when making a full release 57 snapshot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the 58 destination system, boot media, and release notes. 59 60 doc/BUILDING.mdoc 61 The source to this document, in mdoc(7) format. Used to 62 generate BUILDING. 63 64 external, sys/external 65 Sources and build infrastructure for components imported 66 (mostly) unchanged from upstream maintainers, sorted by 67 applicable license. This is (slowly) replacing the 68 crypto/dist, dist, and gnu/dist directories. 69 70 external/mit/xorg/ 71 "Reachover" build structure for modular Xorg; the source 72 is in X11SRCDIR. 73 74 regress/, tests/ 75 Regression test harness. Can be cross-compiled, but only 76 run natively. tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework; 77 regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been 78 migrated to atf(7). 79 80 sys/ NetBSD kernel sources. 81 82 tools/ "Reachover" build structure for the host build tools. 83 This has a special method of determining out-of-date 84 status. 85 86 tools/compat/README 87 Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non- 88 NetBSD platforms. 89 90 Other directories including bin/ ... usr.sbin/ 91 Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs. If 92 any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped 93 during the build. 94 95 Build tree layout 96 The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7) (mdoc(7) source in 97 share/man/man7/hier.7), and the release layout is described in release(7) 98 (mdoc(7) source in share/man/man7/release.7). 99 100 CONFIGURATION 101 Environment variables 102 Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds. 103 104 HOST_CC Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain. 105 106 Default: "cc". 107 108 HOST_CFLAGS Flags passed to the host C compiler. 109 110 Default: "-O". 111 112 HOST_CPPFLAGS Flags passed to the host C/C++ pre-processor. 113 114 Default: Unset. 115 116 HOST_CXX Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain. 117 118 Default: Unset, but defaults to "c++" where required. 119 120 HOST_CXXFLAGS Flags passed to the host C++ compiler. 121 122 Default: Unset. 123 124 HOST_SH Path name to a shell available on the host system and 125 suitable for use during the build. The NetBSD build 126 system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX- 127 compliant features, and also requires support for the 128 "local" keyword to declare local variables in shell 129 functions (which is a widely-implemented but non- 130 standardised feature). 131 132 Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be 133 /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a 134 variant of ksh that supports the "local" keyword, such as 135 ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash. 136 137 Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an absolute 138 path; however, build.sh allows it to be a simple command 139 name, which will be converted to an absolute path by 140 searching the PATH. 141 142 Default: "sh". 143 144 INSTALLBOOT_UBOOT_PATHS 145 A colon-separated list of search paths used by 146 installboot(8) to find U-Boot packages. 147 148 Default: Unset. 149 150 MACHINE Machine type, e.g., "macppc". 151 152 Default: Unset. 153 154 MACHINE_ARCH Machine architecture, e.g., "powerpc". 155 156 Default: Unset. 157 158 MAKE Path name to invoke make(1) as. 159 160 Default: "make". 161 162 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. See "make" 163 variables and mk.conf(5). 164 165 Note: Only settable in the process environment. 166 167 Default: "/etc/mk.conf". 168 169 MAKEFLAGS Flags to invoke make(1) with. 170 171 Note: build.sh ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in 172 the environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the 173 -V option. 174 175 Default: "-X" on systems with a small ARG_MAX (Cygwin, 176 Darwin, FreeBSD); otherwise unset. 177 178 MAKEOBJDIR Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current 179 directory. The value is subjected to variable expansion 180 by make(1). Typical usage is to set this variable to a 181 value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or 182 `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from 183 the value of .CURDIR. Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is 184 not defined. 185 186 Note: MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the environment 187 or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully be set 188 inside a Makefile, including in mk.conf(5) or MAKECONF. 189 190 Default: Unset. 191 192 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX 193 Top level directory of the object directory tree. The 194 value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1). 195 build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory if 196 necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh, then 197 rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the 198 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist. If the 199 value is defined and valid, then 200 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for 201 the current directory. The current directory may be read 202 only. 203 204 Note: MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the 205 environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot 206 usefully be set inside a Makefile, including in 207 mk.conf(5) or MAKECONF. 208 209 Default: Unset. 210 211 TMPDIR Top-level directory to store temporary directories used 212 by build.sh before paths to other directories such as 213 .OBJDIR can be determined. 214 215 Note: Must support execution of binaries. I.e., without 216 mount(8)'s -o noexec option. 217 218 Default: "/tmp". 219 220 "make" variables 221 Variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds are documented in 222 mk.conf(5) (mdoc(7) source in share/man/man5/mk.conf.5). 223 224 Unless otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the 225 process environment or the make(1) configuration file mk.conf(5) 226 specified by MAKECONF. 227 228 BUILDING 229 "make" command line options 230 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the 231 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here. 232 233 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should 234 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to 235 enforce build ordering. 236 237 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system 238 Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building 239 any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the 240 "share/mk" directory in the source tree. This is set 241 automatically when building from the top level, or when using 242 build.sh. 243 244 -n Show the commands that would have been executed, but do not 245 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to 246 take place. 247 248 -V var Show make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any 249 targets. 250 251 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting 252 specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF 253 configuration file, or the system Makefile segments. 254 255 "make" targets 256 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of 257 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used 258 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, "make obj" and 259 "make cleandir" are useful in that context. 260 261 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation. 262 263 clean Remove program and library object code files. 264 265 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation, 266 dependency files generated by "make depend", and any other 267 files known to be created at build time. 268 269 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed 270 information about the dependencies of source code on header 271 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a 272 dependency changes. 273 274 dependall Does a "make depend" immediately followed by a "make all". 275 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes 276 read the source files in their entirety. 277 278 distclean Synonym for cleandir. 279 280 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed 281 before any system libraries or programs can be built. 282 283 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR. 284 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, 285 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied 286 configuration data from being overwritten. 287 288 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and 289 generate system-installed lint libraries. 290 291 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead 292 of building directly in the source tree. 293 294 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1) 295 and vi(1) text editors. 296 297 "make" targets for the top level 298 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source 299 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree. 300 301 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This 302 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites 303 will be built in the proper order. 304 305 distribution Do a "make build", and then install a full distribution 306 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including 307 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and 308 DESTDIR/var. 309 310 buildworld As per "make distribution", except that it ensures that 311 DESTDIR is not the root directory. 312 313 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR, 314 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that 315 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross 316 compiling. 317 318 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space- 319 separated list of distribution sets to be installed. By 320 default, all sets except "etc" and "xetc" are installed, so 321 most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or 322 modified. 323 324 Note: Before performing this operation with 325 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you 326 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this 327 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to 328 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to 329 check for or fix inconsistencies. 330 331 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into 332 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run 333 after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not 334 install all of the required files. 335 336 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into 337 RELEASEDIR/source/sets. 338 339 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into 340 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run 341 after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not 342 install all of the required files. 343 344 release Do a "make distribution", build kernels, distribution 345 media, and install sets (this as per "make sets"), and then 346 package the system into a standard release layout as 347 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be 348 set (see above). 349 350 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 351 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 352 have a layout as described in release(7). 353 354 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 355 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 356 installation program, which can be used to install or 357 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 358 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 359 installation. 360 361 Before "make iso-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 362 populated by "make release" or equivalent. 363 364 Note: Other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in the 365 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom directory 366 by "make release". These smaller images usually contain 367 the same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/images, 368 but do not contain additional content such as the 369 distribution sets. 370 371 Note: The mac68k port still uses an older method of 372 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 373 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 374 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 375 376 iso-image-source 377 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 378 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 379 have a layout as described in release(7). It will have top 380 level directories for the machine type and source. 381 382 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 383 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 384 installation program, which can be used to install or 385 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 386 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 387 installation. 388 389 Before "make iso-image-source" is attempted, RELEASEDIR 390 must be populated by "make sourcesets release" or 391 equivalent. 392 393 Note: Other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in the 394 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom directory 395 by "make release". These smaller images usually contain 396 the same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/images, 397 but do not contain additional content such as the 398 distribution sets. 399 400 Note: The mac68k port still uses an older method of 401 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 402 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 403 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 404 405 install-image 406 Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the 407 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The installation disk image 408 is suitable for copying to bootable USB flash memory 409 sticks, etc., for machines which are able to boot from such 410 devices. The file system in the bootable disk image will 411 have a layout as described in release(7). 412 413 The installation image is bootable, and will automatically 414 run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which 415 can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The 416 image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a 417 damaged NetBSD installation. 418 419 Before "make install-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must 420 be populated by "make release" or equivalent. The build 421 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make 422 install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 423 424 live-image Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images 425 directory. The live image contains all necessary files to 426 boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files 427 which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD 428 disklabel, bootloaders, etc. 429 430 The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in 431 virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful 432 to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real 433 machine, without the need for installation. 434 435 Before "make live-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 436 populated by "make release" or equivalent. The build must 437 have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make 438 install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 439 440 regression-tests 441 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the 442 directory "regress". Runs those compiled regression tests 443 on the local host. 444 445 Note: Most tests are now managed instead using atf(7); this 446 target should probably run those as well but currently does 447 not. 448 449 The "build.sh" script 450 This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD 451 system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common 452 utilities. The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH 453 variable. 454 455 If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then 456 we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command 457 like 458 459 /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options] 460 461 The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set 462 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following 463 set of commands may be used instead: 464 465 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell 466 export HOST_SH 467 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options] 468 469 If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell, 470 it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or shows an error message. 471 If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using 472 heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which 473 build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy 474 of sh found in PATH. 475 476 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system 477 should make use of build.sh rather than just running "make". This way, 478 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host 479 system has an older or incompatible "make" program. 480 481 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are 482 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list 483 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are 484 noted where applicable. 485 486 The following operations are supported by build.sh: 487 488 build Build the system as per "make build". Before the main part 489 of the build commences, this command runs the obj operation 490 (unless the -o option is given), "make cleandir" (unless 491 the -u option is given), and the tools operation. 492 493 distribution Build a full distribution as per "make distribution". This 494 command first runs the build operation. 495 496 release Build a full release as per "make release". This command 497 first runs the distribution operation. 498 499 help Show a help message, and exit. 500 501 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is 502 automatically performed for any of the other operations. 503 504 cleandir Perform "make cleandir". 505 506 obj Perform "make obj". 507 508 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This 509 command will first run "make obj" and "make cleandir" in 510 the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options 511 (respectively) are given. 512 513 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using "make 514 installworld". 515 516 Note: Files that are part of the "etc" or "xetc" sets will 517 not be installed, unless overridden by the INSTALLSETS 518 environment variable. 519 520 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a 521 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf 522 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file 523 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which 524 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be 525 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically 526 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory. 527 528 This command does not imply the tools command; run the 529 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools 530 already exist and are up to date. 531 532 This command will run "make cleandir" on the kernel in 533 question first unless the -u option is given. 534 535 kernel.gdb=kconf 536 Build a new kernel with debug information. Similar to the 537 above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file 538 alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full 539 symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example 540 with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB). 541 542 kernels This command will build all kernels defined in port 543 specific release build procedure. 544 545 This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation 546 for each found kernel configuration file. 547 548 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them 549 into DESTDIR. 550 551 releasekernel=kconf 552 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by 553 kernel=kconf into 554 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as 555 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the "netbsd" prefix is determined 556 from the "config" directives in kconf. 557 558 sets Perform "make sets". 559 560 sourcesets Perform "make sourcesets". 561 562 syspkgs Perform "make syspkgs". 563 564 iso-image Perform "make iso-image". 565 566 iso-image-source 567 Perform "make iso-image-source". 568 569 install-image 570 Perform "make install-image". 571 572 live-image Perform "make live-image". 573 574 list-arch Show a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings, the 575 default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for 576 MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits. The -m or -a 577 options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that 578 will be used to narrow the list of results; for example, 579 "build.sh -m 'evb*' -a '*arm*' list-arch" will list all 580 known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE 581 or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH 582 matches the pattern `*arm*'. 583 584 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh 585 operations described above: 586 587 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch. See the -m option for 588 more information. 589 590 -B buildid 591 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the 592 build identifier to the name of the "make" wrapper script so 593 that the resulting name is of the form 594 "nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID". 595 596 -C cdextras 597 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space- 598 separated list of files or directories that will be added to 599 the CD-ROM image that may be create by the "iso-image" or 600 "iso-image-source" operations. Files will be added to the root 601 of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied 602 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be 603 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths 604 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single 605 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths. 606 607 -c compiler 608 Select the compiler for the toolchain to build NetBSD and for 609 inclusion in the NetBSD distribution. Supported choices: 610 611 clang 612 613 gcc [default] 614 615 The compiler used to build the toolchain can be different; see 616 HOST_CC and HOST_CXX. 617 618 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is 619 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 620 being used. 621 622 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and 623 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for 624 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when 625 building as a non-root user. 626 627 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing 628 when you use this option. 629 630 -h Show a help message, and exit. 631 632 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to 633 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running 634 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save 635 complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed. 636 637 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the 638 number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. 639 Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O 640 bandwidth. 641 642 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See "-O obj" 643 for more information. 644 645 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of 646 "-M /usr/obj" will place build-time files under 647 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, 648 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth. 649 650 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 651 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 652 restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin 653 with a "$" (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too 654 difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a 655 relative path. If the directory does not already exist, 656 build.sh will create it. 657 658 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is 659 an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which 660 case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias. 661 Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not 662 used by any other part of the build system. The MACHINE_ARCH 663 setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH 664 in the process environment, but will not override a value set 665 by the -a option. All cross builds require -m, but if unset on 666 a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and 667 used automatically. 668 669 See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid 670 MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings. 671 672 -N noiselevel 673 Set the "noisyness" level of the build, by setting MAKEVERBOSE 674 to noiselevel. 675 676 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do 677 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to "make -n". 678 679 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will 680 place the built object files under obj. Unsets 681 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX. 682 683 For instance, a setting of "-O /usr/obj" will place build-time 684 files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and 685 so forth. 686 687 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 688 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 689 restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain 690 a "$" (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not 691 already exist, build.sh will create it. 692 693 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be 694 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default 695 object directory will be chosen according to rules in 696 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended 697 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced 698 by the values of several variables and by the location of the 699 source directory. 700 701 Note: Placing the obj directory location outside of the default 702 source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear out old 703 files in the event the "make cleandir" operation is unable to 704 do so. (See CAVEATS below.) 705 706 Note: The use of one of -M or -O is the only means of building 707 multiple machine architecture userlands from the same source 708 tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one would 709 specify distinct obj locations for each). 710 711 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to "no". Otherwise, it will be 712 automatically set to "yes". This default is opposite to the 713 behaviour when not using build.sh. 714 715 -P Set the value of MKREPRO and MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP to the latest 716 source CVS timestamp for reproducible builds. 717 718 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is 719 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 720 being used. 721 722 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building 723 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting 724 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory. 725 726 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be 727 necessary. 728 729 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is 730 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 731 being used. If set, the bootstrap "make" will only be rebuilt 732 if the source files for make(1) have changed. 733 734 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes. 735 736 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes. 737 738 -V var=[value] 739 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is 740 propagated to the nbmake wrapper. 741 742 -w wrapper 743 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom 744 location, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to 745 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. 746 747 Note: wrapper is the full name of the file, not just a 748 directory name. If a relative path is specified, it will be 749 converted to an absolute path before being used. 750 751 -X x11src 752 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is 753 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 754 being used. 755 756 -x Set MKX11=yes. 757 758 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated 759 to the nbmake wrapper. 760 761 -? Show a help message, and exit. 762 763 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script 764 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script 765 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building 766 subtrees on a cross-compile host. 767 768 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call 769 the up-to-date version of "nbmake" installed into TOOLDIR/bin with 770 several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and 771 TOOLDIR. nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and 772 unset variables specified with -Z. 773 774 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called 775 with an absolute path. 776 777 EXAMPLES 778 1. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] tools kernel=GENERIC 779 780 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and 781 build a new GENERIC kernel. 782 783 2. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U distribution 784 785 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR 786 directory that build.sh selects (and will show). 787 788 3. # ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U install=/ 789 790 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2. 791 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the 792 permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the 793 files as they're copied to /. 794 795 4. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U -u release 796 797 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and 798 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will show). 799 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the "make cleandir", so that if 800 this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion of 801 the release build. 802 803 SEE ALSO 804 config(1), ctags(1), ex(1), gzip(1), lint(1), make(1), mandoc(1), 805 mkisofs(1), nroff(1), vi(1), mk.conf(5), atf(7), hier(7), mdoc(7), 806 release(7), etcupdate(8), installboot(8), mount(8), postinstall(8), 807 sysinst(8), pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools 808 809 Note: The NetBSD manual pages are also available at 810 https://man.netbsd.org 811 812 HISTORY 813 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as 814 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that. 815 816 CAVEATS 817 After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree, 818 the "make cleandir" operation may be insufficient to clean out old files 819 in object directories. Instead, one may have to manually remove the 820 files. Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this. 821 822 NetBSD June 11, 2023 NetBSD 823
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