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      1 BUILDING(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             BUILDING(8)
      2 
      3 NAME
      4      BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
      5 
      6 REQUIREMENTS
      7      NetBSD is designed to be buildable on most POSIX-compliant host systems.
      8      The basic build procedure is the same whether compiling natively (on the
      9      same NetBSD architecture) or cross compiling (on another architecture or
     10      OS).
     11 
     12      This source tree contains a special subtree, ``tools'', which uses the
     13      host system to create a build toolchain for the target architecture.  The
     14      host system must have at least C and C++ compilers in order to create the
     15      toolchain (make is not required); all other tools are created as part of
     16      the NetBSD build process.  (See the environment variables section below
     17      if you need to override or manually select your compilers.)
     18 
     19 FILES
     20    Source tree layout
     21      doc/BUILDING.mdoc
     22                     This document (in -mdoc troff format; the original copy).
     23 
     24      BUILDING       This document (in plaintext).
     25 
     26      tools/compat/README
     27                     Special notes for cross-hosting a NetBSD build on non-
     28                     NetBSD platforms.
     29 
     30      Makefile       The main Makefile for NetBSD; should only be run for
     31                     native builds with an appropriately up-to-date version of
     32                     NetBSD make(1).  (For building from out-of-date systems or
     33                     on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.)
     34 
     35      UPDATING       Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of
     36                     NetBSD.  It is important to read this file before every
     37                     build of an updated source tree.
     38 
     39      build.sh       Bourne-compatible shell script used for building the host
     40                     build tools and the NetBSD system from scratch.  Can be
     41                     used for both native and cross builds, and should be used
     42                     instead of make(1) for any source tree that is updated and
     43                     recompiled regularly.
     44 
     45      crypto/dist/, dist/, gnu/dist/
     46                     Sources imported verbatim from third parties, without 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.
     56 
     57      tests/, regress/
     58                     Regression test harness.  Can be cross-compiled, but only
     59                     run natively.  tests/ uses the atf(7) test framework;
     60                     regress/ contains older tests that have not yet been
     61                     migrated to atf(7).
     62 
     63      sys/           NetBSD kernel sources.
     64 
     65      tools/         ``Reachover'' build structure for the host build tools.
     66                     This has a special method of determining out-of-date sta-
     67                     tus.
     68 
     69      bin/ ... usr.sbin/
     70                     Sources to the NetBSD userland (non-kernel) programs.  If
     71                     any of these directories are missing, they will be skipped
     72                     during the build.
     73 
     74      x11/           ``Reachover'' build structure for X11R6; the source is in
     75                     X11SRCDIR.
     76 
     77    Build tree layout
     78      The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is
     79      described in release(7).
     80 
     81 CONFIGURATION
     82    Environment variables
     83      Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds.
     84 
     85      HOST_SH           Path name to a POSIX-compliant shell.  If this is not
     86                        set explicitly, then the default is set using heuris-
     87                        tics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell
     88                        under which build.sh is executed (if that can be deter-
     89                        mined), or using the first copy of sh found in PATH.
     90                        If the host system's /bin/sh is not POSIX-compliant, we
     91                        suggest that you build using commands like
     92 
     93                              HOST_SH=/path/to/working/shell
     94                              export HOST_SH
     95                              ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options]
     96 
     97      HOST_CC           Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain.
     98 
     99      HOST_CXX          Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain.
    100 
    101      MACHINE           Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''.
    102 
    103      MACHINE_ARCH      Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''.
    104 
    105      MAKE              Path name to invoke make(1) as.
    106 
    107      MAKEFLAGS         Flags to invoke make(1) with.
    108 
    109      MAKEOBJDIR        Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc-
    110                        tory.  The value is subjected to variable expansion by
    111                        make(1).  Typical usage is to set this variable to a
    112                        value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or
    113                        `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from
    114                        the value of .CURDIR.  Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is
    115                        not defined.  MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the
    116                        environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot
    117                        usefully be set inside a Makefile.
    118 
    119      MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX  Top level directory of the object directory tree.  If
    120                        specified, must be an absolute path.  If this is
    121                        defined, ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the
    122                        .OBJDIR for the current directory.  The current direc-
    123                        tory may be read only.  MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be pro-
    124                        vided only in the environment or via the -M flag of
    125                        build.sh; it cannot usefully be set inside a Makefile.
    126 
    127    "make" variables
    128      Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds.  Unless other-
    129      wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
    130      ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
    131 
    132      BUILDID     Identifier for the build.  The identifier will be appended to
    133                  object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
    134                  configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
    135                  ters, such as compiler flags.
    136 
    137      BUILDSEED   GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code.  This vari-
    138                  able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
    139                  dom-seed flag with this value.  By default, it is set to
    140                  NetBSD-(majorversion).  Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
    141                  ries to be the same when built from the same sources.  Addi-
    142                  tional information is available in the GCC documentation of
    143                  -frandom-seed.
    144 
    145      DESTDIR     Directory to contain the built NetBSD system.  If set, spe-
    146                  cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
    147                  their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
    148                  /usr/lib, and so forth.  This pathname must be an absolute
    149                  path, and should not end with a slash (/) character.  (For
    150                  installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
    151                  an empty string, not to ``/'').  The directory must reside on
    152                  a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
    153 
    154                  Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
    155                  wise.
    156 
    157                  Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
    158                  the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
    159 
    160      MAKECONF    The name of the make(1) configuration file.  Only settable in
    161                  the process environment.
    162 
    163                  Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
    164 
    165      MAKEVERBOSE
    166                  Level of verbosity of status messages.  Supported values:
    167 
    168                  0    No descriptive messages are shown.
    169 
    170                  1    Descriptive messages are shown.
    171 
    172                  2    Descriptive messages (prefixed with a `#') and command
    173                       output is not suppressed.
    174 
    175                  Default: 2
    176 
    177      MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
    178                  matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
    179 
    180                  Default: ``yes''
    181 
    182      MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
    183                  graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
    184                  benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
    185                  Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
    186                  encryption system, crypt(3).
    187 
    188                  Default: ``yes''
    189 
    190      MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
    191                  documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
    192                  installed during a build.
    193 
    194                  Default: ``yes''
    195 
    196      MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
    197                  matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
    198 
    199                  Default: ``yes''
    200 
    201      MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
    202                  programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
    203                  release, and architecture of the host operating system will
    204                  be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
    205                  ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
    206                  NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
    207                  built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
    208                  directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
    209 
    210                  Default: ``no''
    211 
    212      MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
    213                  files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
    214                  tools, will be created and installed during a build.
    215 
    216                  Default: ``yes''
    217 
    218      MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
    219                  will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
    220                  the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
    221                  DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
    222 
    223                  Default: ``yes''
    224 
    225      MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
    226                  pages will be installed during a build.
    227 
    228                  Default: ``yes''
    229 
    230      MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
    231                  Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
    232                  installed during a build.
    233 
    234                  Default: ``yes''
    235 
    236      MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
    237                  directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
    238                  set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
    239                  the regular source tree.
    240 
    241                  Default: ``yes''
    242 
    243                  Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
    244                  cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
    245 
    246      MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
    247                  objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
    248                  build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
    249                  statically linked.
    250 
    251                  Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
    252                  forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
    253 
    254      MKPICINSTALL
    255                  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
    256                  format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
    257                  libraries, are installed during a build.
    258 
    259                  Default: ``yes''
    260 
    261      MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
    262                  libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
    263                  build.
    264 
    265                  Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
    266                  by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
    267                  code.
    268 
    269      MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
    270                  destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
    271                  installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
    272                  MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
    273                  ``no'' unconditionally.
    274 
    275                  Default: ``yes''
    276 
    277      MKSTRIPIDENT
    278                  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
    279                  binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
    280                  IDs for use with ident(1).
    281 
    282                  Default: ``no''
    283 
    284      MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
    285                  the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
    286                  http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
    287 
    288                  Default: ``no''
    289 
    290      MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
    291                  unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
    292                  sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
    293                  items; instead the information will be appended to a file
    294                  called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
    295                  during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
    296                  that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
    297 
    298                  Default: ``no''
    299 
    300      MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
    301                  install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
    302                  file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
    303                  if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
    304                  implications on full builds (see next subsection).
    305 
    306                  Default: ``no''
    307 
    308      MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
    309                  built from X11SRCDIR.
    310 
    311                  Default: ``no''
    312 
    313      TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
    314                  must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
    315                  a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
    316                  ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
    317                  files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
    318                  uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
    319                  the .OBJDIR of src.
    320 
    321                  Default: Unset.
    322 
    323      USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
    324                  used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
    325                  if cross-compiling.
    326 
    327                  yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
    328 
    329                  no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
    330                         native compilation tool components that are version-
    331                         specific for that tool.
    332 
    333                  never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
    334                         native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
    335                         tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
    336                         the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
    337                         order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
    338                         build or runtime problems when building the whole
    339                         NetBSD source tree.
    340 
    341                  Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
    342 
    343                  USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
    344                  the NetBSD source tree.
    345 
    346      X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
    347                  an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
    348                  X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
    349 
    350                  Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
    351 
    352      X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
    353                  ``XFree86''.
    354 
    355                  Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
    356                  platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
    357 
    358    "make" variables for full builds
    359      These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
    360      manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
    361 
    362      INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
    363                       to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
    364 
    365                       Default: ``/''
    366 
    367      MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
    368                       object directories will be created automatically (via a
    369                       ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
    370 
    371                       Default: ``no''
    372 
    373                       If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
    374                       set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
    375 
    376      MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
    377                       tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
    378                       this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
    379                       cleandir'' is avoided).
    380 
    381                       Default: ``no''
    382 
    383                       If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
    384                       option.
    385 
    386      NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
    387                       below.
    388 
    389                       Default: Unset.
    390 
    391      NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
    392                       build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
    393                       files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
    394                       up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
    395 
    396                       Default: Unset.
    397 
    398                       See also MKUPDATE.
    399 
    400      NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
    401                       build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
    402                       on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
    403                       where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
    404                       not changed.
    405 
    406                       Default: Unset.
    407 
    408      NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
    409                       build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
    410                       thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
    411                       because the system include files have changed.  However,
    412                       this option should not be used when updating the entire
    413                       NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
    414                       MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
    415 
    416                       Default: Unset.
    417 
    418      RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
    419                       layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
    420                       If specified, must be an absolute path.
    421 
    422                       Default: Unset.
    423 
    424                       Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
    425                       the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
    426 
    427 BUILDING
    428    "make" command line options
    429      This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
    430      options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
    431 
    432      -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
    433                 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
    434                 enforce build ordering.
    435 
    436      -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
    437                 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
    438                 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
    439                 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
    440                 matically when building from the top level, or when using
    441                 build.sh.
    442 
    443      -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
    444                 actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
    445                 take place.
    446 
    447      -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
    448                 targets.
    449 
    450      var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
    451                 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
    452                 file, or the system Makefile segments.
    453 
    454    "make" targets
    455      These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
    456      the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
    457      from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
    458      ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
    459 
    460      all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
    461 
    462      clean      Remove program and library object code files.
    463 
    464      cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
    465                 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
    466                 files known to be created at build time.
    467 
    468      depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
    469                 information about the dependencies of source code on header
    470                 files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
    471                 dependency changes.
    472 
    473      dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
    474                 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
    475                 read the source files in their entirety.
    476 
    477      distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
    478 
    479      includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
    480                 before any system libraries or programs can be built.
    481 
    482      install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
    483                 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
    484                 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
    485                 configuration data from being overwritten.
    486 
    487      lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
    488                 generate system-installed lint libraries.
    489 
    490      obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
    491                 of building directly in the source tree.
    492 
    493      tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
    494                 and vi(1) text editors.
    495 
    496    "make" targets for the top level
    497      Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
    498      level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
    499 
    500      build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
    501                    orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
    502                    will be built in the proper order.
    503 
    504      distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
    505                    (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
    506                    files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
    507                    DESTDIR/var.
    508 
    509      buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
    510                    DESTDIR is not the root directory.
    511 
    512      installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
    513                    which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
    514                    INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
    515                    ing.
    516 
    517                    The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
    518                    of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
    519                    except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
    520                    INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
    521 
    522                    Note: Before performing this operation with
    523                    INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
    524                    upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
    525                    operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
    526                    update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
    527                    postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
    528                    to fix them).
    529 
    530      sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
    531                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
    532                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    533                    not install all of the required files.
    534 
    535      sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
    536                    RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
    537 
    538      syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
    539                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
    540                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    541                    not install all of the required files.
    542 
    543      release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
    544                    media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
    545                    then package the system into a standard release layout as
    546                    described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
    547                    set (see above).
    548 
    549      iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    550                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    551                    a layout as described in release(7).
    552 
    553                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    554                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    555                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    556                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    557                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    558 
    559                    Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
    560                    populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
    561 
    562                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    563                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    564                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    565                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    566                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    567                    as the distribution sets.
    568 
    569                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    570                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    571                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    572                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    573 
    574      iso-image-source
    575                    Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    576                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    577                    a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
    578                    level directories for the machine type and source.
    579 
    580                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    581                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    582                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    583                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    584                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    585 
    586                    Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
    587                    must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
    588                    lent.
    589 
    590                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    591                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    592                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    593                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    594                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    595                    as the distribution sets.
    596 
    597                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    598                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    599                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    600                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    601 
    602      regression-tests
    603                    Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
    604                    directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
    605                    tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
    606                    aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
    607                    those as well but currently does not.
    608 
    609    The "build.sh" script
    610      This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
    611      NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
    612      that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
    613      unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
    614      a usable alternative.
    615 
    616      All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
    617      should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
    618      the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
    619      tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
    620 
    621      When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
    622      set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
    623      of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
    624      noted where applicable.
    625 
    626      The following operations are supported by build.sh:
    627 
    628      build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
    629                    part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
    630                    operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
    631                    cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
    632                    operation.
    633 
    634      distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
    635                    This command first runs the build operation.
    636 
    637      release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
    638                    first runs the distribution operation.
    639 
    640      makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
    641                    matically performed for any of the other operations.
    642 
    643      cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
    644 
    645      obj           Perform ``make obj''.
    646 
    647      tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
    648                    mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
    649                    the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
    650                    tively) are given.
    651 
    652      install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
    653                    installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
    654                    ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
    655 
    656      kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
    657                    configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
    658                    does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
    659                    is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
    660                    is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
    661                    built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
    662                    sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
    663 
    664                    This command does not imply the tools command; run the
    665                    tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
    666                    already exist and are up to date.
    667 
    668                    This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
    669                    question first unless the -u option is given.
    670 
    671      releasekernel=kconf
    672                    Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
    673                    kernel=kconf into
    674                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
    675                    netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
    676                    mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
    677 
    678      sets          Perform ``make sets''.
    679 
    680      sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
    681 
    682      syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
    683 
    684      iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
    685 
    686      iso-image-source
    687                    Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
    688 
    689      The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
    690      operations described above:
    691 
    692      -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
    693 
    694      -B buildid
    695                Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
    696                build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
    697                that the resulting name is of the form
    698                ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
    699 
    700      -C cdextras
    701                Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
    702                list of files or directories which will be added in order to
    703                the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
    704                ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
    705                CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
    706                If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
    707                absolute paths before being used.
    708 
    709      -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
    710                fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    711                used.
    712 
    713      -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
    714                allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
    715                builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
    716                ing as a non-root user.
    717 
    718                Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
    719                when you use this option.
    720 
    721      -h        Print a help message.
    722 
    723      -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
    724                make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
    725                out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
    726                plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
    727 
    728                To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
    729                ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
    730                lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
    731 
    732      -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
    733                directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
    734                build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
    735                /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
    736                If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
    737                absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
    738                -obj'' for more information.
    739 
    740      -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
    741                listed below.  This will also override any value of
    742                MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
    743                from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
    744                -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
    745                will be detected and used automatically.
    746 
    747                Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
    748                following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
    749                set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
    750 
    751                      mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
    752                      evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
    753                      evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
    754                      evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
    755                      evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
    756                      evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
    757                      evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
    758                      evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
    759                      evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
    760                      evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
    761                      sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
    762                      sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
    763                      sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
    764 
    765      -N noiselevel
    766                Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
    767                MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
    768 
    769      -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
    770                not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
    771                -n''.
    772 
    773      -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
    774                place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
    775                ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
    776                /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
    777                a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
    778                lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
    779 
    780                In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
    781                specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
    782                object directory will be chosen according to rules in
    783                <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
    784                because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
    785                by the values of several variables and by the location of the
    786                source directory.
    787 
    788      -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
    789                automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
    790                behaviour when not using build.sh.
    791 
    792      -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
    793                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    794                being used.
    795 
    796      -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
    797                (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
    798                DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
    799 
    800      -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
    801                necessary.
    802 
    803      -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
    804                ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    805                used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
    806                the source files for make(1) have changed.
    807 
    808      -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
    809 
    810      -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
    811 
    812      -V var=[value]
    813                Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
    814                propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
    815 
    816      -w wrapper
    817                Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
    818                tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
    819                place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
    820                the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
    821                relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
    822                path before being used.
    823 
    824      -X x11src
    825                Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
    826                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    827                being used.
    828 
    829      -x        Set MKX11=yes.
    830 
    831      -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
    832                to the nbmake wrapper.
    833 
    834    The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
    835      If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
    836      will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
    837      subtrees on a cross-compile host.
    838 
    839      nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
    840      the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
    841      eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
    842      nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
    843      ables specified with -Z.
    844 
    845      This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
    846      with an absolute path.
    847 
    848 EXAMPLES
    849      1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
    850 
    851           Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
    852           build a new GENERIC kernel.
    853 
    854      2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
    855 
    856           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
    857           directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
    858 
    859      3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
    860 
    861           As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
    862           Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
    863           sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
    864           as they're copied to /.
    865 
    866      4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
    867 
    868           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
    869           RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
    870           MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
    871           if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
    872           of the release build.
    873 
    874 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
    875      NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
    876 
    877      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
    878                  The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
    879                  TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
    880 
    881 SEE ALSO
    882      make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
    883      pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
    884 
    885 HISTORY
    886      The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
    887      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
    888 
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