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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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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      MKSUBPIXEL  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
    285                  subpixel rendering code in FreeType is turned on.  Turned off
    286                  by default because of patent issues.
    287 
    288                  Default: ``no''
    289 
    290      MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
    291                  the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
    292                  http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
    293 
    294                  Default: ``no''
    295 
    296      MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
    297                  unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
    298                  sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
    299                  items; instead the information will be appended to a file
    300                  called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
    301                  during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
    302                  that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
    303 
    304                  Default: ``no''
    305 
    306      MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
    307                  install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
    308                  file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
    309                  if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
    310                  implications on full builds (see next subsection).
    311 
    312                  Default: ``no''
    313 
    314      MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
    315                  built from X11SRCDIR.
    316 
    317                  Default: ``no''
    318 
    319      TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
    320                  must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
    321                  a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
    322                  ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
    323                  files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
    324                  uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
    325                  the .OBJDIR of src.
    326 
    327                  Default: Unset.
    328 
    329      USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
    330                  used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
    331                  if cross-compiling.
    332 
    333                  yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
    334 
    335                  no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
    336                         native compilation tool components that are version-
    337                         specific for that tool.
    338 
    339                  never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
    340                         native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
    341                         tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
    342                         the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
    343                         order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
    344                         build or runtime problems when building the whole
    345                         NetBSD source tree.
    346 
    347                  Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
    348 
    349                  USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
    350                  the NetBSD source tree.
    351 
    352      X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
    353                  an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
    354                  X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
    355 
    356                  Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
    357 
    358      X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
    359                  ``XFree86''.
    360 
    361                  Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
    362                  platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
    363 
    364    "make" variables for full builds
    365      These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
    366      manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
    367 
    368      INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
    369                       to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
    370 
    371                       Default: ``/''
    372 
    373      MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
    374                       object directories will be created automatically (via a
    375                       ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
    376 
    377                       Default: ``no''
    378 
    379                       If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
    380                       set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
    381 
    382      MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
    383                       tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
    384                       this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
    385                       cleandir'' is avoided).
    386 
    387                       Default: ``no''
    388 
    389                       If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
    390                       option.
    391 
    392      NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
    393                       below.
    394 
    395                       Default: Unset.
    396 
    397      NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
    398                       build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
    399                       files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
    400                       up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
    401 
    402                       Default: Unset.
    403 
    404                       See also MKUPDATE.
    405 
    406      NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
    407                       build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
    408                       on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
    409                       where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
    410                       not changed.
    411 
    412                       Default: Unset.
    413 
    414      NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
    415                       build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
    416                       thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
    417                       because the system include files have changed.  However,
    418                       this option should not be used when updating the entire
    419                       NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
    420                       MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
    421 
    422                       Default: Unset.
    423 
    424      RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
    425                       layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
    426                       If specified, must be an absolute path.
    427 
    428                       Default: Unset.
    429 
    430                       Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
    431                       the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
    432 
    433 BUILDING
    434    "make" command line options
    435      This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
    436      options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
    437 
    438      -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
    439                 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
    440                 enforce build ordering.
    441 
    442      -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
    443                 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
    444                 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
    445                 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
    446                 matically when building from the top level, or when using
    447                 build.sh.
    448 
    449      -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
    450                 actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
    451                 take place.
    452 
    453      -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
    454                 targets.
    455 
    456      var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
    457                 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
    458                 file, or the system Makefile segments.
    459 
    460    "make" targets
    461      These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
    462      the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
    463      from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
    464      ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
    465 
    466      all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
    467 
    468      clean      Remove program and library object code files.
    469 
    470      cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
    471                 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
    472                 files known to be created at build time.
    473 
    474      depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
    475                 information about the dependencies of source code on header
    476                 files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
    477                 dependency changes.
    478 
    479      dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
    480                 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
    481                 read the source files in their entirety.
    482 
    483      distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
    484 
    485      includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
    486                 before any system libraries or programs can be built.
    487 
    488      install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
    489                 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
    490                 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
    491                 configuration data from being overwritten.
    492 
    493      lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
    494                 generate system-installed lint libraries.
    495 
    496      obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
    497                 of building directly in the source tree.
    498 
    499      tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
    500                 and vi(1) text editors.
    501 
    502    "make" targets for the top level
    503      Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
    504      level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
    505 
    506      build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
    507                    orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
    508                    will be built in the proper order.
    509 
    510      distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
    511                    (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
    512                    files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
    513                    DESTDIR/var.
    514 
    515      buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
    516                    DESTDIR is not the root directory.
    517 
    518      installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
    519                    which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
    520                    INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
    521                    ing.
    522 
    523                    The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
    524                    of distribution sets to be installed, separated by spaces.
    525                    By default, all sets except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are
    526                    extracted, so most files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not
    527                    be installed or modified.
    528 
    529                    Note: Before performing this operation with
    530                    INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
    531                    upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
    532                    operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
    533                    update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
    534                    postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
    535                    to fix them).
    536 
    537      sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
    538                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
    539                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    540                    not install all of the required files.
    541 
    542      sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
    543                    RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
    544 
    545      syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
    546                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
    547                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    548                    not install all of the required files.
    549 
    550      release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
    551                    media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
    552                    then package the system into a standard release layout as
    553                    described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
    554                    set (see above).
    555 
    556      iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    557                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    558                    a layout as described in release(7).
    559 
    560                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    561                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    562                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    563                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    564                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    565 
    566                    Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
    567                    populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
    568 
    569                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    570                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    571                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    572                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    573                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    574                    as the distribution sets.
    575 
    576                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    577                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    578                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    579                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    580 
    581      iso-image-source
    582                    Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    583                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    584                    a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
    585                    level directories for the machine type and source.
    586 
    587                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    588                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    589                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    590                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    591                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    592 
    593                    Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
    594                    must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
    595                    lent.
    596 
    597                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    598                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    599                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    600                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    601                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    602                    as the distribution sets.
    603 
    604                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    605                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    606                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    607                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    608 
    609      regression-tests
    610                    Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
    611                    directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
    612                    tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
    613                    aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
    614                    those as well but currently does not.
    615 
    616    The "build.sh" script
    617      This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
    618      NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
    619      that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
    620      unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
    621      a usable alternative.
    622 
    623      All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
    624      should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
    625      the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
    626      tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
    627 
    628      When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
    629      set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
    630      of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
    631      noted where applicable.
    632 
    633      The following operations are supported by build.sh:
    634 
    635      build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
    636                    part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
    637                    operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
    638                    cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
    639                    operation.
    640 
    641      distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
    642                    This command first runs the build operation.
    643 
    644      release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
    645                    first runs the distribution operation.
    646 
    647      makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
    648                    matically performed for any of the other operations.
    649 
    650      cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
    651 
    652      obj           Perform ``make obj''.
    653 
    654      tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
    655                    mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
    656                    the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
    657                    tively) are given.
    658 
    659      install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
    660                    installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
    661                    ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed, unless
    662                    overridden by the INSTALLSETS environment variable.
    663 
    664      kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
    665                    configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
    666                    does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
    667                    is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
    668                    is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
    669                    built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
    670                    sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
    671 
    672                    This command does not imply the tools command; run the
    673                    tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
    674                    already exist and are up to date.
    675 
    676                    This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
    677                    question first unless the -u option is given.
    678 
    679      releasekernel=kconf
    680                    Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
    681                    kernel=kconf into
    682                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
    683                    netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
    684                    mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
    685 
    686      sets          Perform ``make sets''.
    687 
    688      sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
    689 
    690      syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
    691 
    692      iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
    693 
    694      iso-image-source
    695                    Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
    696 
    697      The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
    698      operations described above:
    699 
    700      -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
    701 
    702      -B buildid
    703                Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
    704                build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
    705                that the resulting name is of the form
    706                ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
    707 
    708      -C cdextras
    709                Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
    710                list of files or directories which will be added in order to
    711                the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
    712                ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
    713                CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
    714                If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
    715                absolute paths before being used.
    716 
    717      -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
    718                fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    719                used.
    720 
    721      -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
    722                allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
    723                builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
    724                ing as a non-root user.
    725 
    726                Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
    727                when you use this option.
    728 
    729      -h        Print a help message.
    730 
    731      -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
    732                make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
    733                out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
    734                plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
    735 
    736                To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
    737                ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
    738                lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
    739 
    740      -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
    741                directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
    742                build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
    743                /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
    744                If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
    745                absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
    746                -obj'' for more information.
    747 
    748      -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
    749                listed below.  This will also override any value of
    750                MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
    751                from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
    752                -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
    753                will be detected and used automatically.
    754 
    755                Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
    756                following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
    757                set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
    758 
    759                      mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
    760                      evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
    761                      evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
    762                      evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
    763                      evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
    764                      evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
    765                      evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
    766                      evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
    767                      evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
    768                      evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
    769                      sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
    770                      sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
    771                      sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
    772 
    773      -N noiselevel
    774                Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
    775                MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
    776 
    777      -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
    778                not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
    779                -n''.
    780 
    781      -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
    782                place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
    783                ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
    784                /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
    785                a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
    786                lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
    787 
    788                In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
    789                specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
    790                object directory will be chosen according to rules in
    791                <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
    792                because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
    793                by the values of several variables and by the location of the
    794                source directory.
    795 
    796      -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
    797                automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
    798                behaviour when not using build.sh.
    799 
    800      -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
    801                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    802                being used.
    803 
    804      -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
    805                (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
    806                DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
    807 
    808      -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
    809                necessary.
    810 
    811      -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
    812                ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    813                used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
    814                the source files for make(1) have changed.
    815 
    816      -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
    817 
    818      -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
    819 
    820      -V var=[value]
    821                Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
    822                propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
    823 
    824      -w wrapper
    825                Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
    826                tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
    827                place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
    828                the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
    829                relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
    830                path before being used.
    831 
    832      -X x11src
    833                Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
    834                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    835                being used.
    836 
    837      -x        Set MKX11=yes.
    838 
    839      -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
    840                to the nbmake wrapper.
    841 
    842    The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
    843      If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
    844      will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
    845      subtrees on a cross-compile host.
    846 
    847      nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
    848      the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
    849      eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
    850      nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
    851      ables specified with -Z.
    852 
    853      This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
    854      with an absolute path.
    855 
    856 EXAMPLES
    857      1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
    858 
    859           Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
    860           build a new GENERIC kernel.
    861 
    862      2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
    863 
    864           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
    865           directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
    866 
    867      3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
    868 
    869           As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
    870           Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
    871           sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
    872           as they're copied to /.
    873 
    874      4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
    875 
    876           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
    877           RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
    878           MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
    879           if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
    880           of the release build.
    881 
    882 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
    883      NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
    884 
    885      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
    886                  The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
    887                  TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
    888 
    889 SEE ALSO
    890      make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
    891      pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
    892 
    893 HISTORY
    894      The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
    895      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
    896 
    897 NetBSD                            May 1, 2009                           NetBSD
    898