BUILDING revision 1.62.4.1 1 BUILDING(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual BUILDING(8)
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3 NAME
4 BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
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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.)
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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).
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26 tools/compat/README
27 Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non-
28 NetBSD platforms.
29
30 Makefile The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for
31 native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of
32 NetBSD make(1). (For building from out-of-date systems or
33 on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.)
34
35 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
36 NetBSD. It is important to read this file before every
37 build of an updated source tree.
38
39 build.sh Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
40 build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch. Can be
41 used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
42 instead of make(1) for any source tree that is updated and
43 recompiled regularly.
44
45 crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
46 Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without man-
47 gling the existing build structure. Other source trees in
48 bin through usr.sbin use the NetBSD make(1) ``reachover''
49 Makefile semantics when building these programs for a
50 native host.
51
52 distrib/, etc/
53 Sources for items used when making a full release snap-
54 shot, such as files installed in DESTDIR/etc on the desti-
55 nation system, boot media, and release notes.
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57 regress/ Regression test harness. Can be cross-compiled, but only
58 run natively.
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60 sys/ NetBSD kernel sources.
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62 tools/ ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
63 This has a special method of determining out-of-date sta-
64 tus.
65
66 bin/ ... usr.sbin/
67 Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs. If
68 any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
69 during the build.
70
71 x11/ ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
72 X11SRCDIR.
73
74 Build tree layout
75 The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
76 described in release(7).
77
78 CONFIGURATION
79 Environment variables
80 Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
81
82 HOST_SH Path name to a POSIX-compliant shell. If this is not
83 set explicitly, then the default is set using heuris-
84 tics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell
85 under which build.sh is executed (if that can be deter-
86 mined), or using the first copy of sh found in PATH.
87 If the host system's /bin/sh is not POSIX-compliant, we
88 suggest that you build using commands like
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90 HOST_SH=/path/to/working/shell
91 export HOST_SH
92 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
93
94 HOST_CC Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
95
96 HOST_CXX Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
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98 MACHINE Machine type.
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100 MACHINE_ARCH Machine architecture.
101
102 MAKE Path name to invoke make(1) as.
103
104 MAKEFLAGS Flags to invoke make(1) with.
105
106 MAKEOBJDIR Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
107 tory. The value is subjected to variable expansion by
108 make(1). Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is not defined.
109 MAKEOBJDIR can only be provided in the environment or
110 via the -O flag of build.sh.
111
112 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Top level directory of the object directory tree. If
113 specified, must be an absolute path. If this is
114 defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the
115 .OBJDIR for the current directory. The current direc-
116 tory may be read only. MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can only be
117 provided in the environment or via the -M flag of
118 build.sh.
119
120 "make" variables
121 Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds. Unless other-
122 wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
123 ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
124
125 BUILDID Identifier for the build. The identifier will be appended to
126 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
127 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
128 ters, such as compiler flags.
129
130 DESTDIR Directory to contain the built NetBSD system. If set, spe-
131 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
132 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
133 /usr/lib, and so forth. This pathname must be an absolute
134 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character. (For
135 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
136 an empty string, not to ``/''). The directory must reside on
137 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
138
139 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
140 wise.
141
142 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
143 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode
144
145 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. Only settable in
146 the process environment.
147
148 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
149
150 MAKEVERBOSE
151 Level of verbosity of status messages. Supported values:
152
153 0 No descriptive messages are shown.
154
155 1 Descriptive messages are shown.
156
157 2 Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
158 output is not suppressed.
159
160 Default: 2
161
162 MKCATPAGES Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether prefor-
163 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
164
165 Default: ``yes''
166
167 MKCRYPTO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether crypto-
168 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
169 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
170 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
171 encryption system, crypt(3).
172
173 Default: ``yes''
174
175 MKDOC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether system
176 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
177 installed during a build.
178
179 Default: ``yes''
180
181 MKHOSTOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set to ``yes'', then for
182 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
183 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
184 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
185 ``make obj''. (This allows multiple host systems to compile
186 NetBSD for a single target.) If set to ``no'', then programs
187 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
188 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
189
190 Default: ``no''
191
192 MKINFO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether GNU Info
193 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
194 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
195
196 Default: ``yes''
197
198 MKLINT Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether lint(1)
199 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
200 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
201 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
202
203 Default: ``yes''
204
205 MKMAN Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether manual
206 pages will be installed during a build.
207
208 Default: ``yes''
209
210 MKNLS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether Native
211 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
212 installed during a build.
213
214 Default: ``yes''
215
216 MKOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether object
217 directories will be created when running ``make obj''. If
218 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
219 the regular source tree.
220
221 Default: ``yes''
222
223 MKPIC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether shared
224 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
225 build. If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
226 statically linked.
227
228 Default: Platform dependent. As of this writing, all plat-
229 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
230
231 MKPICINSTALL
232 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether the ar(1)
233 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
234 libraries, are installed during a build.
235
236 Default: ``yes''
237
238 MKPROFILE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether profiled
239 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
240 build.
241
242 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
243 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
244 code.
245
246 MKSHARE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether files
247 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
248 installed during a build. If set to ``no'', then all of
249 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
250 ``no'' unconditionally.
251
252 Default: ``yes''
253
254 MKTTINTERP Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. For X builds, decides if
255 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on. See
256 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
257
258 Default: ``no''
259
260 MKUNPRIVED Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether an
261 unprivileged install will occur. The user, group, permis-
262 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
263 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
264 called METALOG in DESTDIR. The contents of METALOG are used
265 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
266 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
267
268 Default: ``no''
269
270 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all
271 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
272 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
273 if the destination files are up-to-date. This also has
274 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
275
276 Default: ``no''
277
278 MKX11 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether X11R6 is
279 built from X11SRCDIR.
280
281 Default: ``no''
282
283 TOOLDIR Directory to hold the host tools, once built. If specified,
284 must be an absolute path. This directory should be unique to
285 a given host system and NetBSD source tree. (However, multi-
286 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
287 files have unique names.) If unset, a default based on the
288 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
289 the .OBJDIR of src.
290
291 Default: Unset.
292
293 USETOOLS Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
294 used as part of a build in progress. Must be set to ``yes''
295 if cross-compiling.
296
297 yes Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
298
299 no Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
300 native compilation tool components that are version-
301 specific for that tool.
302
303 never Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
304 native tool components. This is similar to the tradi-
305 tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
306 the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
307 order to build the tree successfully. This may cause
308 build or runtime problems when building the whole
309 NetBSD source tree.
310
311 Default: ``yes'' if building all or part of a whole NetBSD
312 source tree (detected automatically); ``no'' otherwise (to
313 preserve traditional semantics of the <bsd.*.mk> make(1)
314 include files).
315
316 X11SRCDIR Directory containing the X11R6 source. If specified, must be
317 an absolute path. The main X11R6 source is found in
318 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
319
320 Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
321
322 "make" variables for full builds
323 These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
324 manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
325
326 INSTALLWORLDDIR Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
327 to. If specified, must be an absolute path.
328
329 Default: ``/''
330
331 MKOBJDIRS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether
332 object directories will be created automatically (via a
333 ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
334
335 Default: ``no''
336
337 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set, then in addi-
338 tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
339 this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
340 cleandir'' is avoided).
341
342 Default: ``no''
343
344 NBUILDJOBS Now obsolete. Use the make(1) option -j, instead (see
345 below)
346
347 Default: Unset.
348
349 NOCLEANDIR If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
350 build. This has the effect of allowing only changed
351 files in a source tree to be recompiled. This can speed
352 up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
353
354 Default: Unset.
355
356 NODISTRIBDIRS If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
357 build. This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
358 on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
359 where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
360 not changed.
361
362 Default: Unset.
363
364 NOINCLUDES If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
365 build. This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
366 thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
367 because the system include files have changed. However,
368 this option should not be used when updating the entire
369 NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
370 MKUPDATE=yes in that case.
371
372 Default: Unset.
373
374 RELEASEDIR If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
375 layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
376 If specified, must be an absolute path.
377
378 Default: Unset.
379
380 Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
381 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode
382
383 BUILDING
384 "make" command line options
385 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
386 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
387
388 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should
389 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
390 enforce build ordering. If you see build failures with -j,
391 please save complete build logs so the failures can be ana-
392 lyzed.
393
394 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
395 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building any
396 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
397 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree. (This is set auto-
398 matically when building from the top level.)
399
400 -n Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
401 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to
402 take place.
403
404 -V var Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any
405 targets.
406
407 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
408 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
409 file, or the system Makefile segments.
410
411 "make" targets
412 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
413 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used
414 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
415 ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
416
417 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
418
419 clean Remove program and library object code files.
420
421 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
422 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
423 files known to be created at build time.
424
425 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
426 information about the dependencies of source code on header
427 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
428 dependency changes.
429
430 dependall Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
431 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
432 read the source files in their entirety.
433
434 distclean Synonym for cleandir.
435
436 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed
437 before any system libraries or programs can be built.
438
439 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
440 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
441 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
442 configuration data from being overwritten.
443
444 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
445 generate system-installed lint libraries.
446
447 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
448 of building directly in the source tree.
449
450 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
451 and vi(1) text editors.
452
453 "make" targets for the top level
454 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
455 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
456
457 build Build the entire NetBSD system. This orders portions of
458 the source tree such that prerequisites will be built in
459 the proper order.
460
461 distribution Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
462 into DESTDIR, including files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
463 DESTDIR/root and DESTDIR/var.
464
465 buildworld As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
466 DESTDIR is not the root directory.
467
468 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR
469 (which defaults to the root directory). Ensures that
470 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
471 ing.
472
473 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
474 of distribution sets to be installed. By default, all sets
475 except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed (so most files in
476 INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified).
477
478 Note: Before performing this operation with
479 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
480 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this
481 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
482 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
483 postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
484 to fix them).
485
486 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
487 RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/binary/sets. Should be run after ``make
488 distribution'' (as ``make build'' does not install all of
489 the required files).
490
491 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into
492 RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
493
494 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
495 RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/binary/syspkgs. Should be run after
496 ``make distribution'' (as ``make build'' does not install
497 all of the required files).
498
499 release Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
500 media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
501 then package the system into a standard release layout as
502 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be
503 set (see above).
504
505 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
506 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have
507 a layout as described in release(7).
508
509 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
510 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
511 tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
512 NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
513 may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
514
515 Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
516 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
517
518 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
519 the RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation/cdrom directory by
520 ``make release''. These smaller images usually contain the
521 same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/iso, but do
522 not contain additional content such as the distribution
523 sets.
524
525 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
526 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
527 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
528 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
529
530 iso-image-source
531 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
532 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have
533 a layout as described in release(7). It will have top
534 level directories for the machine type and source.
535
536 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
537 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
538 tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
539 NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
540 may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
541
542 Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
543 must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
544 lent.
545
546 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
547 the RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation/cdrom directory by
548 ``make release''. These smaller images usually contain the
549 same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/iso, but do
550 not contain additional content such as the distribution
551 sets.
552
553 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
554 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
555 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
556 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
557
558 regression-tests
559 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
560 directory ``regress''. Runs the compiled regression tests
561 on the local host.
562
563 The "build.sh" script
564 This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
565 NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
566 that are not POSIX compliant. Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
567 unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
568 a usable alternative.
569
570 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
571 should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''. This way,
572 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
573 tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
574
575 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
576 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list
577 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
578 noted where applicable.
579
580 The following operations are supported by build.sh:
581
582 build Build the system as per ``make build''. This option
583 implies the obj and tools operations.
584
585 distribution Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
586 This option implies the build operation.
587
588 release Build a full release as per ``make release''. This option
589 implies the distribution operation.
590
591 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is auto-
592 matically performed for any of the other operations.
593
594 obj Perform ``make obj''.
595
596 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools.
597
598 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
599 installworld''. Note that files that are part of the
600 ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
601
602 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a
603 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf
604 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
605 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
606 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be
607 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
608 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
609 In order to ensure that the kernel is built using up-to-
610 date tools, it is strongly recommended that the tools be
611 rebuilt (using the tools operation).
612
613 releasekernel=kconf
614 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel built by
615 kernel=kconf into RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/binary/kernel, usually
616 as netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is
617 determined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
618
619 sets Perform ``make sets''.
620
621 sourcesets Perform ``make sourcesets''.
622
623 syspkgs Perform ``make syspkgs''.
624
625 iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''.
626
627 iso-image-source
628 Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
629
630 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
631 operations described above:
632
633 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
634
635 -B buildid
636 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the
637 build idenfitier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
638 that the resulting name is of the form
639 ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
640
641 -C cddir Set the value of CDEXTRA to cddir. If a relative path is spec-
642 ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
643 used. When combined with ``iso-image'' or
644 ``iso-image-source'', it will cause the contents of cddir to be
645 added to the CD-ROM image.
646
647 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is speci-
648 fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
649 used.
650
651 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and
652 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
653 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
654 ing as a non-root user.
655
656 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
657 when you use this option.
658
659 -h Print a help message.
660
661 -j njob Passed through to make(1). Makefiles should use .WAIT or have
662 explicit dependancies as necessary to enforce build ordering.
663 If you see build failures with -j, please save complete build
664 logs so the failures can be analyzed.
665
666 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. If a relative path is specified,
667 it will be converted to an absolute path before being used.
668 Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.
669
670 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
671 listed below. This will also override any value of
672 MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
673 from mach, unless -a is specified. All cross builds require
674 -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
675 will be detected and used automatically.
676
677 Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH. The
678 following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
679 set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
680
681 mach MACHINE MACHINE_ARCH
682 evbarm evbarm (not set)
683 evbarm-eb evbarm armeb
684 evbarm-el evbarm arm
685 evbmips evbmips (not set)
686 evbmips-eb evbmips mipseb
687 evbmips-el evbmips mipsel
688 evbsh3 evbsh3 (not set)
689 evbsh3-eb evbsh3 sh3eb
690 evbsh3-el evbsh3 sh3el
691 sbmips sbmips (not set)
692 sbmips-eb sbmips mipseb
693 sbmips-el sbmips mipsel
694
695 -N noiselevel
696 Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
697 MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
698
699 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
700 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to ``make
701 -n''.
702
703 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
704 place the built object files under obj. If a relative path is
705 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
706 being used. For instance, a setting of /usr/obj will place
707 build-time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib,
708 /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth. Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
709
710 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''. Otherwise, it will be
711 automatically set to ``yes'' (which is opposite to the default
712 behaviour).
713
714 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is
715 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
716 being used.
717
718 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
719 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting
720 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
721
722 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is spec-
723 ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
724 used. If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt as
725 needed (when the source files for make(1) change).
726
727 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
728
729 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes.
730
731 -V var=[value]
732 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is
733 propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
734
735 -w wrapper
736 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
737 tion, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to
738 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. Note that wrapper is
739 the full name of the file, not just a directory name. If a
740 relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
741 path before being used.
742
743 -X x11src
744 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is
745 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
746 being used.
747
748 -x Set MKX11=yes.
749
750 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated
751 to the nbmake wrapper.
752
753 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
754 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
755 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
756 subtrees on a cross-compile host.
757
758 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
759 the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
760 eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
761 build.sh will also set variables specified with -V, and unset variables
762 specified with -Z.
763
764 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
765 with an absolute path.
766
767 EXAMPLES
768 1. % ./build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC
769
770 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
771 build a new GENERIC kernel.
772
773 2. % ./build.sh -U distribution
774
775 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
776 directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
777
778 3. # ./build.sh -U install=/
779
780 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
781 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
782 sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
783 as they're copied to /.
784
785 4. % ./build.sh -U -u release
786
787 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
788 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
789 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
790 if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
791 of the release build.
792
793 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
794 NBUILDJOBS Use the make(1) option -j, instead.
795
796 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
797 The new toolchain is now the default. To disable, use
798 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
799
800 SEE ALSO
801 make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
802 pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
803
804 HISTORY
805 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
806 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
807
808 BUGS
809 A few platforms are not yet using this build system.
810
811 NetBSD September 1, 2007 NetBSD
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