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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 the build.sh shell script which supports both 13 native and cross builds of NetBSD. 14 15 This source tree contains a special subtree, "tools", which uses the host 16 system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture. The host 17 system must have at least C and C++ compilers in order to create the 18 toolchain (make(1) is not required); all other tools (including make(1) 19 as nbmake) are created as part of the NetBSD build process. (See the 20 Environment variables section below if you need to override or manually 21 select your compilers.) 22 23 Note: Within this document, cross-references to manual pages are to the 24 NetBSD manual pages, not the host system manual pages. The mdoc(7) 25 source to the NetBSD manual pages can be found within the source tree, 26 and these and can be formatted with mandoc(1) or nroff(1) if those are 27 available on the host system. The NetBSD manual pages are also available 28 at https://man.netbsd.org 29 30 FILES 31 Source tree layout 32 BUILDING This document (in plaintext). Generated from 33 doc/BUILDING.mdoc. 34 35 Makefile The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for 36 native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of 37 NetBSD make(1). Intended for expert use with knowledge of 38 its shortcomings, it has been superseded by the build.sh 39 shell script as the recommended means for building NetBSD. 40 41 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of 42 NetBSD. It is important to read this file before every 43 build of an updated source tree. 44 45 build.sh Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host 46 build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch. Can be 47 used for both native and cross builds, and should be used 48 instead of make(1) as it performs additional checks to 49 prevent common issues going undetected, such as building 50 with an outdated version of make(1). 51 52 crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/ 53 Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without 54 mangling the existing build structure. Other source trees 55 in bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) "reachover" 56 Makefile semantics when building these programs for a 57 native host. 58 59 distrib/, etc/ 60 Sources for items used when making a full release 61 snapshot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the 62 destination system, boot media, and release notes. 63 64 doc/BUILDING.mdoc 65 The source to this document, in mdoc(7) format. Used to 66 generate BUILDING. 67 68 external/, sys/external/ 69 Sources and build infrastructure for components imported 70 (mostly) unchanged from upstream maintainers, sorted by 71 applicable license. This is (slowly) replacing the 72 crypto/dist, dist, and gnu/dist directories. 73 74 external/mit/xorg/ 75 "Reachover" build structure for modular Xorg; the source 76 is in X11SRCDIR. 77 78 mk.conf Optional source tree specific mk.conf(5), used (if 79 present) instead of /etc/mk.conf unless MAKECONF is 80 defined. 81 82 Note: Not part of the NetBSD source repository. 83 84 regress/, tests/ 85 Regression test harness. Can be cross-compiled, but only 86 run natively. tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework; 87 regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been 88 migrated to atf(7). 89 90 sys/ NetBSD kernel sources. 91 92 tools/ "Reachover" build structure for the host build tools. 93 This has a special method of determining out-of-date 94 status. 95 96 tools/compat/README 97 Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non- 98 NetBSD platforms. 99 100 Other directories including bin/ ... usr.sbin/ 101 Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs. If 102 any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped 103 during the build. 104 105 Build tree layout 106 The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7) (whose mdoc(7) source is in 107 share/man/man7/hier.7), and the release layout is described in release(7) 108 (whose mdoc(7) source is in share/man/man7/release.7). 109 110 CONFIGURATION 111 Environment variables 112 Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds. 113 114 HOST_CC Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain. 115 116 Default: "cc". 117 118 HOST_CFLAGS Flags passed to the host C compiler. 119 120 Default: "-O". 121 122 HOST_CPPFLAGS Flags passed to the host C/C++ pre-processor. 123 124 Default: Unset. 125 126 HOST_CXX Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain. 127 128 Default: Unset, but defaults to "c++" where required. 129 130 HOST_CXXFLAGS Flags passed to the host C++ compiler. 131 132 Default: Unset. 133 134 HOST_SH Path name to a shell available on the host system and 135 suitable for use during the build. The NetBSD build 136 system requires a modern Bourne-like shell with POSIX- 137 compliant features, and also requires support for the 138 "local" keyword to declare local variables in shell 139 functions (which is a widely-implemented but non- 140 standardised feature). 141 142 Depending on the host system, a suitable shell may be 143 /bin/sh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, /bin/ksh (provided it is a 144 variant of ksh that supports the "local" keyword, such as 145 ksh88, but not ksh93), or /usr/local/bin/bash. 146 147 Most parts of the build require HOST_SH to be an absolute 148 path; however, build.sh allows it to be a simple command 149 name, which will be converted to an absolute path by 150 searching the PATH. 151 152 Default: "sh". 153 154 INSTALLBOOT_UBOOT_PATHS 155 A colon-separated list of search paths used by 156 installboot(8) to find U-Boot packages. 157 158 Default: Unset. 159 160 MACHINE Machine type, e.g., "macppc". 161 162 Default: Unset. 163 164 MACHINE_ARCH Machine architecture, e.g., "powerpc". 165 166 Default: Unset. 167 168 MAKE Path name to invoke make(1) as. 169 170 Default: "make". 171 172 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. See "make" 173 variables and mk.conf(5). 174 175 Note: Only settable in the process environment. 176 177 Default: "/etc/mk.conf", although build.sh will set the 178 default to the full path to mk.conf if the latter is 179 present in the same directory as build.sh. 180 181 MAKEFLAGS Flags to invoke make(1) with. 182 183 Note: build.sh ignores the value of MAKEFLAGS passed in 184 the environment, but allows MAKEFLAGS to be set via the 185 -V option. 186 187 Default: "-X" on systems with a small ARG_MAX (Cygwin, 188 Darwin, FreeBSD); otherwise unset. 189 190 MAKEOBJDIR Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current 191 directory. The value is subjected to variable expansion 192 by make(1). Typical usage is to set this variable to a 193 value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or 194 `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from 195 the value of .CURDIR. Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is 196 not defined. 197 198 Note: MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the environment 199 or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully be set 200 inside a Makefile, including in mk.conf(5) or MAKECONF. 201 202 Default: Unset. 203 204 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX 205 Top level directory of the object directory tree. The 206 value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1). 207 build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory if 208 necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh, then 209 rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the 210 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist. If the 211 value is defined and valid, then 212 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for 213 the current directory. The current directory may be read 214 only. 215 216 Note: MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the 217 environment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot 218 usefully be set inside a Makefile, including in 219 mk.conf(5) or MAKECONF. 220 221 Default: Unset. 222 223 TMPDIR Top-level directory to store temporary directories used 224 by build.sh before paths to other directories such as 225 .OBJDIR can be determined. 226 227 Note: Must support execution of binaries. I.e., without 228 mount(8)'s -o noexec option. 229 230 Default: "/tmp". 231 232 "make" variables 233 Variables that control the behavior of NetBSD builds are documented in 234 mk.conf(5) (whose mdoc(7) source is in share/man/man5/mk.conf.5). 235 236 Unless otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the 237 process environment or the make(1) configuration file mk.conf(5) 238 specified by MAKECONF. 239 240 Note: Variables set in the environment, either directly or via build.sh 241 options to set specific values in the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script do 242 not override variables set in the mk.conf(5) file. To allow variables in 243 mk.conf(5) to be overridden by the environment or build.sh options, 244 define the variables using the "?=" make(1) variable assignment operator. 245 For example, 246 247 MAKEVERBOSE?=1 248 249 BUILDING 250 "make" command line options 251 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the 252 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here. 253 254 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should 255 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to 256 enforce build ordering. 257 258 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system 259 Makefile segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building 260 any full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the 261 "share/mk" directory in the source tree. This is set 262 automatically when building from the top level, or when using 263 build.sh. 264 265 -n Show the commands that would have been executed, but do not 266 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to 267 take place. 268 269 -V var Show make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any 270 targets. 271 272 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting 273 specified by the process environment, the MAKECONF 274 configuration file, or the system Makefile segments. 275 276 "make" targets 277 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of 278 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used 279 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, "make obj" and 280 "make cleandir" are useful in that context. 281 282 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation. 283 284 clean Remove program and library object code files. 285 286 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation, 287 dependency files generated by "make depend", and any other 288 files known to be created at build time. 289 290 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed 291 information about the dependencies of source code on header 292 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a 293 dependency changes. 294 295 dependall Does a "make depend" immediately followed by a "make all". 296 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes 297 read the source files in their entirety. 298 299 distclean Synonym for cleandir. 300 301 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed 302 before any system libraries or programs can be built. 303 304 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR. 305 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, 306 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied 307 configuration data from being overwritten. 308 309 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and 310 generate system-installed lint libraries. 311 312 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead 313 of building directly in the source tree. 314 315 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1) 316 and vi(1) text editors. 317 318 "make" targets for the top level 319 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source 320 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree. 321 322 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This 323 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites 324 will be built in the proper order. 325 326 distribution Do a "make build", and then install a full distribution 327 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including 328 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and 329 DESTDIR/var. 330 331 buildworld As per "make distribution", except that it ensures that 332 DESTDIR is not the root directory. 333 334 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR, 335 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that 336 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross 337 compiling. 338 339 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a space- 340 separated list of distribution sets to be installed. By 341 default, all sets except "etc" and "xetc" are installed, so 342 most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or 343 modified. 344 345 Note: Before performing this operation with 346 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you 347 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this 348 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to 349 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc, and postinstall(8) to 350 check for or fix inconsistencies. 351 352 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into 353 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run 354 after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not 355 install all of the required files. 356 357 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into 358 RELEASEDIR/source/sets. 359 360 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into 361 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run 362 after "make distribution", as "make build" alone does not 363 install all of the required files. 364 365 release Do a "make distribution", build kernels, distribution 366 media, and install sets (this as per "make sets"), and then 367 package the system into a standard release layout as 368 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be 369 set (see above). 370 371 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 372 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 373 have a layout as described in release(7). 374 375 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 376 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 377 installation program, which can be used to install or 378 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 379 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 380 installation. 381 382 Before "make iso-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 383 populated by "make release" or equivalent. 384 385 Note: Other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in the 386 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom directory 387 by "make release". These smaller images usually contain 388 the same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/images, 389 but do not contain additional content such as the 390 distribution sets. 391 392 Note: The mac68k port still uses an older method of 393 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 394 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 395 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 396 397 iso-image-source 398 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 399 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The CD-ROM file system will 400 have a layout as described in release(7). It will have top 401 level directories for the machine type and source. 402 403 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 404 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based 405 installation program, which can be used to install or 406 upgrade a NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain 407 tools that may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD 408 installation. 409 410 Before "make iso-image-source" is attempted, RELEASEDIR 411 must be populated by "make sourcesets release" or 412 equivalent. 413 414 Note: Other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in the 415 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom directory 416 by "make release". These smaller images usually contain 417 the same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/images, 418 but do not contain additional content such as the 419 distribution sets. 420 421 Note: The mac68k port still uses an older method of 422 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) 423 utility, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 424 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 425 426 install-image 427 Create a bootable NetBSD installation disk image in the 428 RELEASEDIR/images directory. The installation disk image 429 is suitable for copying to bootable USB flash memory 430 sticks, etc., for machines which are able to boot from such 431 devices. The file system in the bootable disk image will 432 have a layout as described in release(7). 433 434 The installation image is bootable, and will automatically 435 run the sysinst(8) menu-based installation program, which 436 can be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. The 437 image also contains tools that may be useful in repairing a 438 damaged NetBSD installation. 439 440 Before "make install-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must 441 be populated by "make release" or equivalent. The build 442 must have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make 443 install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 444 445 live-image Create NetBSD live images in the RELEASEDIR/images 446 directory. The live image contains all necessary files to 447 boot NetBSD up to multi-user mode, including all files 448 which should be extracted during installation, NetBSD 449 disklabel, bootloaders, etc. 450 451 The live image is suitable for use as a disk image in 452 virtual machine environments such as QEMU, and also useful 453 to boot NetBSD from a USB flash memory stick on a real 454 machine, without the need for installation. 455 456 Before "make live-image" is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 457 populated by "make release" or equivalent. The build must 458 have been performed with MKUNPRIVED=yes because "make 459 install-image" relies on information in DESTDIR/METALOG. 460 461 regression-tests 462 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the 463 directory "regress". Runs those compiled regression tests 464 on the local host. 465 466 Note: Most tests are now managed instead using atf(7); this 467 target should probably run those as well but currently does 468 not. 469 470 The "build.sh" script 471 This script file is a shell script designed to build the entire NetBSD 472 system on any host with a suitable modern shell and some common 473 utilities. The required shell features are described under the HOST_SH 474 variable. 475 476 If a host system's default shell does support the required features, then 477 we suggest that you explicitly specify a suitable shell using a command 478 like 479 480 /path/to/suitable/shell build.sh [options] 481 482 The above command will usually enable build.sh to automatically set 483 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell, but if that fails, then the following 484 set of commands may be used instead: 485 486 HOST_SH=/path/to/suitable/shell 487 export HOST_SH 488 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options] 489 490 If build.sh detects that it is being executed under an unsuitable shell, 491 it attempts to exec a suitable shell instead, or shows an error message. 492 If HOST_SH is not set explicitly, then build.sh sets a default using 493 heuristics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell under which 494 build.sh is executed (if that can be determined), or using the first copy 495 of sh found in PATH. 496 497 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system 498 should make use of build.sh rather than just running "make". This way, 499 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host 500 system has an older or incompatible "make" program. 501 502 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are 503 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list 504 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are 505 noted where applicable. 506 507 The following operations are supported by build.sh: 508 509 build Build the system as per "make build". Before the main part 510 of the build commences, this command runs the obj operation 511 (unless the -o option is given), "make cleandir" (unless 512 the -u option is given), and the tools operation. 513 514 distribution Build a full distribution as per "make distribution". This 515 command first runs the build operation. 516 517 release Build a full release as per "make release". This command 518 first runs the distribution operation. 519 520 help Show a help message, and exit. 521 522 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script. This operation 523 is automatically performed for any of the other operations. 524 525 cleandir Perform "make cleandir". 526 527 obj Perform "make obj". 528 529 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This 530 command will first run "make obj" and "make cleandir" in 531 the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options 532 (respectively) are given. 533 534 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using "make 535 installworld". 536 537 Note: Files that are part of the "etc" or "xetc" sets will 538 not be installed, unless overridden by the INSTALLSETS 539 environment variable. 540 541 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a 542 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf 543 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file 544 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which 545 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be 546 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically 547 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory. 548 549 This command does not imply the tools command; run the 550 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools 551 already exist and are up to date. 552 553 This command will run "make cleandir" on the kernel in 554 question first unless the -u option is given. 555 556 kernel.gdb=kconf 557 Build a new kernel with debug information. Similar to the 558 above kernel=kconf operation, but creates a netbsd.gdb file 559 alongside of the kernel netbsd, which contains a full 560 symbol table and can be used for debugging (for example 561 with a cross-gdb built by MKCROSSGDB). 562 563 kernels This command will build all kernels defined in port 564 specific release build procedure. 565 566 This command internally calls the kernel=kconf operation 567 for each found kernel configuration file. 568 569 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them 570 into DESTDIR. 571 572 releasekernel=kconf 573 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by 574 kernel=kconf into 575 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as 576 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the "netbsd" prefix is determined 577 from the "config" directives in kconf. 578 579 sets Perform "make sets". 580 581 sourcesets Perform "make sourcesets". 582 583 syspkgs Perform "make syspkgs". 584 585 iso-image Perform "make iso-image". 586 587 iso-image-source 588 Perform "make iso-image-source". 589 590 install-image 591 Perform "make install-image". 592 593 live-image Perform "make live-image". 594 595 list-arch Show a list of valid MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings, the 596 default MACHINE_ARCH for each MACHINE, and aliases for 597 MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pairs, and then exits. The -m or -a 598 options (or both) may be used to specify glob patterns that 599 will be used to narrow the list of results; for example, 600 "build.sh -m 'evb*' -a '*arm*' list-arch" will list all 601 known MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH values in which either MACHINE 602 or ALIAS matches the pattern `evb*', and MACHINE_ARCH 603 matches the pattern `*arm*'. 604 605 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh 606 operations described above: 607 608 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch. See the -m option for 609 more information. 610 611 -B buildid 612 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the 613 build identifier to the name of the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper 614 script so that the resulting name is of the form 615 "nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID". 616 617 -C cdextras 618 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space- 619 separated list of files or directories that will be added to 620 the CD-ROM image that may be create by the "iso-image" or 621 "iso-image-source" operations. Files will be added to the root 622 of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied 623 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be 624 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths 625 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single 626 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths. 627 628 -c compiler 629 Select the compiler for the toolchain to build NetBSD and for 630 inclusion in the NetBSD distribution. Supported choices: 631 632 clang 633 634 gcc [default] 635 636 The compiler used to build the toolchain can be different; see 637 HOST_CC and HOST_CXX. 638 639 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is 640 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 641 being used. 642 643 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and 644 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for 645 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when 646 building as a non-root user. 647 648 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing 649 when you use this option. 650 651 -h Show a help message, and exit. 652 653 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to 654 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running 655 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save 656 complete build logs so the failures can be analyzed. 657 658 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the 659 number of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. 660 Use lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O 661 bandwidth. 662 663 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See "-O obj" 664 for more information. 665 666 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of 667 "-M /usr/obj" will place build-time files under 668 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, 669 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth. 670 671 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 672 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 673 restriction that the argument to the -M option must not begin 674 with a "$" (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too 675 difficult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a 676 relative path. If the directory does not already exist, 677 build.sh will create it. 678 679 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, unless the mach argument is 680 an alias that refers to a MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH pair, in which 681 case both MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH are set from the alias. 682 Such aliases are interpreted entirely by build.sh; they are not 683 used by any other part of the build system. The MACHINE_ARCH 684 setting implied by mach will override any value of MACHINE_ARCH 685 in the process environment, but will not override a value set 686 by the -a option. All cross builds require -m, but if unset on 687 a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected and 688 used automatically. 689 690 See the list-arch operation for a way to get a list of valid 691 MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH settings. 692 693 -N noiselevel 694 Set the "noisyness" level of the build, by setting MAKEVERBOSE 695 to noiselevel. 696 697 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do 698 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to "make -n". 699 700 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will 701 place the built object files under obj. Unsets 702 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX. 703 704 For instance, a setting of "-O /usr/obj" will place build-time 705 files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and 706 so forth. 707 708 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 709 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the 710 restriction that the argument to the -O option must not contain 711 a "$" (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not 712 already exist, build.sh will create it. 713 714 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be 715 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default 716 object directory will be chosen according to rules in 717 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended 718 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced 719 by the values of several variables and by the location of the 720 source directory. 721 722 Note: Placing the obj directory location outside of the default 723 source tree hierarchy makes it easier to manually clear out old 724 files in the event the "make cleandir" operation is unable to 725 do so. (See CAVEATS below.) 726 727 Note: The use of one of -M or -O is the only means of building 728 multiple machine architecture userlands from the same source 729 tree without cleaning between builds (in which case, one would 730 specify distinct obj locations for each). 731 732 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to "no". Otherwise, it will be 733 automatically set to "yes". This default is opposite to the 734 behaviour when not using build.sh. 735 736 -P Set the value of MKREPRO and MKREPRO_TIMESTAMP to the latest 737 source CVS timestamp for reproducible builds. 738 739 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is 740 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 741 being used. 742 743 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building 744 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting 745 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory. 746 747 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be 748 necessary. 749 750 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is 751 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 752 being used. If set, the bootstrap "make" will only be rebuilt 753 if the source files for make(1) have changed. 754 755 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes. 756 757 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes. 758 759 -V var=[value] 760 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is 761 propagated to the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script. 762 763 -w wrapper 764 Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script (see below) in a 765 custom location, specified by wrapper. This allows, for 766 instance, to place the wrapper script in PATH automatically. 767 768 Note: wrapper is the full name of the file, not just a 769 directory name. If a relative path is specified, it will be 770 converted to an absolute path before being used. 771 772 -X x11src 773 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is 774 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 775 being used. 776 777 -x Set MKX11=yes. 778 779 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated 780 to the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script. 781 782 -? Show a help message, and exit. 783 784 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script 785 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE wrapper 786 script will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in 787 building subtrees on a cross-compile host. 788 789 The nbmake-MACHINE wrapper script can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and 790 will instead call the up-to-date version of "nbmake" installed into 791 TOOLDIR/bin with several key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, 792 MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR. nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables 793 specified with -V, and unset variables specified with -Z. Note that by 794 default these variables will not override mk.conf(5); see "make" 795 variables for more details. 796 797 This wrapper script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or 798 called with an absolute path. 799 800 EXAMPLES 801 1. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] tools kernel=GENERIC 802 803 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and 804 build a new GENERIC kernel. 805 806 2. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U distribution 807 808 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR 809 directory that build.sh selects (and will show). 810 811 3. # ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U install=/ 812 813 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2. 814 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the 815 permissions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the 816 files as they're copied to /. 817 818 4. % ./build.sh [OPTIONS] -U -u release 819 820 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and 821 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will show). 822 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the "make cleandir", so that if 823 this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion of 824 the release build. 825 826 SEE ALSO 827 config(1), ctags(1), ex(1), gzip(1), lint(1), make(1), mandoc(1), 828 mkisofs(1), nroff(1), vi(1), mk.conf(5), atf(7), hier(7), mdoc(7), 829 release(7), etcupdate(8), installboot(8), mount(8), postinstall(8), 830 sysinst(8), pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools 831 832 Note: The NetBSD manual pages are also available at 833 https://man.netbsd.org 834 835 HISTORY 836 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as 837 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that. 838 839 CAVEATS 840 After significant updates to third-party components in the source tree, 841 the "make cleandir" operation may be insufficient to clean out old files 842 in object directories. Instead, one may have to manually remove the 843 files. Consult the UPDATING file for notices concerning this. 844 845 NetBSD July 21, 2023 NetBSD 846
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