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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  (For building from out-of-date systems or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 or commands executed by make(1)
    169                       are shown.
    170 
    171                  1    Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
    172                       but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
    173                       played.
    174 
    175                  2    Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
    176                       `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
    177                       displayed.
    178 
    179                  3    In addition to the above, all commands performed by
    180                       make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
    181                       have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
    182                       relevant makefile.
    183 
    184                  4    In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
    185                       are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
    186 
    187                  Default: 2
    188 
    189      MKCATPAGES  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
    190                  matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
    191 
    192                  Default: ``yes''
    193 
    194      MKCRYPTO    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether crypto-
    195                  graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
    196                  benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
    197                  Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
    198                  encryption system, crypt(3).
    199 
    200                  Default: ``yes''
    201 
    202      MKDOC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether system
    203                  documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
    204                  installed during a build.
    205 
    206                  Default: ``yes''
    207 
    208      MKHTML      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether prefor-
    209                  matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
    210 
    211                  Default: ``yes''
    212 
    213      MKHOSTOBJ   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set to ``yes'', then for
    214                  programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
    215                  release, and architecture of the host operating system will
    216                  be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
    217                  ``make obj''.  (This allows multiple host systems to compile
    218                  NetBSD for a single target.)  If set to ``no'', then programs
    219                  built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
    220                  directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
    221 
    222                  Default: ``no''
    223 
    224      MKINFO      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether GNU Info
    225                  files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
    226                  tools, will be created and installed during a build.
    227 
    228                  Default: ``yes''
    229 
    230      MKLINT      Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether lint(1)
    231                  will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
    232                  the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
    233                  DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
    234 
    235                  Default: ``yes''
    236 
    237      MKMAN       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether manual
    238                  pages will be installed during a build.
    239 
    240                  Default: ``yes''
    241 
    242      MKNLS       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether Native
    243                  Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
    244                  installed during a build.
    245 
    246                  Default: ``yes''
    247 
    248      MKOBJ       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether object
    249                  directories will be created when running ``make obj''.  If
    250                  set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
    251                  the regular source tree.
    252 
    253                  Default: ``yes''
    254 
    255                  Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
    256                  cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
    257 
    258      MKPIC       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether shared
    259                  objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
    260                  build.  If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
    261                  statically linked.
    262 
    263                  Default: Platform dependent.  As of this writing, all plat-
    264                  forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
    265 
    266      MKPICINSTALL
    267                  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether the ar(1)
    268                  format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
    269                  libraries, are installed during a build.
    270 
    271                  Default: ``yes''
    272 
    273      MKPROFILE   Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether profiled
    274                  libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
    275                  build.
    276 
    277                  Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
    278                  by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
    279                  code.
    280 
    281      MKSHARE     Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether files
    282                  destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
    283                  installed during a build.  If set to ``no'', then all of
    284                  MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
    285                  ``no'' unconditionally.
    286 
    287                  Default: ``yes''
    288 
    289      MKSTRIPIDENT
    290                  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether program
    291                  binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
    292                  IDs for use with ident(1).
    293 
    294                  Default: ``no''
    295 
    296      MKTTINTERP  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  For X builds, decides if
    297                  the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on.  See
    298                  http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details.
    299 
    300                  Default: ``no''
    301 
    302      MKUNPRIVED  Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether an
    303                  unprivileged install will occur.  The user, group, permis-
    304                  sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
    305                  items; instead the information will be appended to a file
    306                  called METALOG in DESTDIR.  The contents of METALOG are used
    307                  during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
    308                  that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
    309 
    310                  Default: ``no''
    311 
    312      MKUPDATE    Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether all
    313                  install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
    314                  file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
    315                  if the destination files are up-to-date.  This also has
    316                  implications on full builds (see next subsection).
    317 
    318                  Default: ``no''
    319 
    320      MKX11       Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether X11 is
    321                  built from X11SRCDIR.
    322 
    323                  Default: ``no''
    324 
    325      TOOLDIR     Directory to hold the host tools, once built.  If specified,
    326                  must be an absolute path.  This directory should be unique to
    327                  a given host system and NetBSD source tree.  (However, multi-
    328                  ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
    329                  files have unique names.)  If unset, a default based on the
    330                  uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
    331                  the .OBJDIR of src.
    332 
    333                  Default: Unset.
    334 
    335      USETOOLS    Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
    336                  used as part of a build in progress.  Must be set to ``yes''
    337                  if cross-compiling.
    338 
    339                  yes    Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
    340 
    341                  no     Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
    342                         native compilation tool components that are version-
    343                         specific for that tool.
    344 
    345                  never  Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
    346                         native tool components.  This is similar to the tradi-
    347                         tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
    348                         the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
    349                         order to build the tree successfully.  This may cause
    350                         build or runtime problems when building the whole
    351                         NetBSD source tree.
    352 
    353                  Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
    354 
    355                  USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
    356                  the NetBSD source tree.
    357 
    358      X11SRCDIR   Directory containing the X11R6 source.  If specified, must be
    359                  an absolute path.  The main X11R6 source is found in
    360                  X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
    361 
    362                  Default: ``/usr/xsrc''
    363 
    364      X11FLAVOUR  The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
    365                  ``XFree86''.
    366 
    367                  Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark, sparc and
    368                  sparc64 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
    369 
    370    "make" variables for full builds
    371      These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
    372      manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
    373 
    374      INSTALLWORLDDIR  Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
    375                       to.  If specified, must be an absolute path.
    376 
    377                       Default: ``/''
    378 
    379      MKOBJDIRS        Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  Indicates whether
    380                       object directories will be created automatically (via a
    381                       ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
    382 
    383                       Default: ``no''
    384 
    385                       If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''.  This may be
    386                       set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
    387 
    388      MKUPDATE         Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''.  If set, then in addi-
    389                       tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
    390                       this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
    391                       cleandir'' is avoided).
    392 
    393                       Default: ``no''
    394 
    395                       If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
    396                       option.
    397 
    398      NBUILDJOBS       Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.  See
    399                       below.
    400 
    401                       Default: Unset.
    402 
    403      NOCLEANDIR       If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
    404                       build.  This has the effect of allowing only changed
    405                       files in a source tree to be recompiled.  This can speed
    406                       up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
    407 
    408                       Default: Unset.
    409 
    410                       See also MKUPDATE.
    411 
    412      NODISTRIBDIRS    If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
    413                       build.  This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
    414                       on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
    415                       where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
    416                       not changed.
    417 
    418                       Default: Unset.
    419 
    420      NOINCLUDES       If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
    421                       build.  This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
    422                       thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
    423                       because the system include files have changed.  However,
    424                       this option should not be used when updating the entire
    425                       NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
    426                       MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
    427 
    428                       Default: Unset.
    429 
    430      RELEASEDIR       If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
    431                       layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
    432                       If specified, must be an absolute path.
    433 
    434                       Default: Unset.
    435 
    436                       Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
    437                       the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
    438 
    439 BUILDING
    440    "make" command line options
    441      This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
    442      options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
    443 
    444      -j njob    Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel.  Makefiles should
    445                 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
    446                 enforce build ordering.
    447 
    448      -m dir     Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
    449                 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files.  When building any
    450                 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
    451                 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree.  This is set auto-
    452                 matically when building from the top level, or when using
    453                 build.sh.
    454 
    455      -n         Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
    456                 actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
    457                 take place.
    458 
    459      -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
    460                 targets.
    461 
    462      var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
    463                 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
    464                 file, or the system Makefile segments.
    465 
    466    "make" targets
    467      These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
    468      the NetBSD source code.  It is recommended that none of these be used
    469      from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
    470      ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
    471 
    472      all        Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
    473 
    474      clean      Remove program and library object code files.
    475 
    476      cleandir   Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
    477                 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
    478                 files known to be created at build time.
    479 
    480      depend     Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
    481                 information about the dependencies of source code on header
    482                 files.  Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
    483                 dependency changes.
    484 
    485      dependall  Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
    486                 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
    487                 read the source files in their entirety.
    488 
    489      distclean  Synonym for cleandir.
    490 
    491      includes   Build and install system header files.  Typically needed
    492                 before any system libraries or programs can be built.
    493 
    494      install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
    495                 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
    496                 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
    497                 configuration data from being overwritten.
    498 
    499      lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
    500                 generate system-installed lint libraries.
    501 
    502      obj        Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
    503                 of building directly in the source tree.
    504 
    505      tags       Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
    506                 and vi(1) text editors.
    507 
    508    "make" targets for the top level
    509      Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
    510      level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
    511 
    512      build         Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel).  This
    513                    orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
    514                    will be built in the proper order.
    515 
    516      distribution  Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
    517                    (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
    518                    files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
    519                    DESTDIR/var.
    520 
    521      buildworld    As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
    522                    DESTDIR is not the root directory.
    523 
    524      installworld  Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
    525                    which defaults to the root directory.  Ensures that
    526                    INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
    527                    ing.
    528 
    529                    The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
    530                    of distribution sets to be installed.  By default, all sets
    531                    except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
    532                    INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
    533 
    534                    Note: Before performing this operation with
    535                    INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
    536                    upgrade your kernel and reboot.  After performing this
    537                    operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
    538                    update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
    539                    postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
    540                    to fix them).
    541 
    542      sets          Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
    543                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets.  Should be run
    544                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    545                    not install all of the required files.
    546 
    547      sourcesets    Create source sets of the source tree into
    548                    RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
    549 
    550      syspkgs       Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
    551                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs.  Should be run
    552                    after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
    553                    not install all of the required files.
    554 
    555      release       Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
    556                    media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
    557                    then package the system into a standard release layout as
    558                    described by release(7).  This requires that RELEASEDIR be
    559                    set (see above).
    560 
    561      iso-image     Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    562                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    563                    a layout as described in release(7).
    564 
    565                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    566                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    567                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    568                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    569                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    570 
    571                    Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
    572                    populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
    573 
    574                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    575                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    576                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    577                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    578                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    579                    as the distribution sets.
    580 
    581                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    582                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    583                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    584                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    585 
    586      iso-image-source
    587                    Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
    588                    RELEASEDIR/iso directory.  The CD-ROM file system will have
    589                    a layout as described in release(7).  It will have top
    590                    level directories for the machine type and source.
    591 
    592                    For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
    593                    will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
    594                    tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
    595                    NetBSD system.  Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
    596                    may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
    597 
    598                    Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
    599                    must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
    600                    lent.
    601 
    602                    Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
    603                    the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
    604                    tory by ``make release''.  These smaller images usually
    605                    contain the same tools as the larger images in
    606                    RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
    607                    as the distribution sets.
    608 
    609                    Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
    610                    creating CD-ROM images.  This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
    611                    ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
    612                    installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
    613 
    614      regression-tests
    615                    Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
    616                    directory ``regress''.  Runs those compiled regression
    617                    tests on the local host.  Note that most tests are now man-
    618                    aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
    619                    those as well but currently does not.
    620 
    621    The "build.sh" script
    622      This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
    623      NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
    624      that are not POSIX compliant.  Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
    625      unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
    626      a usable alternative.
    627 
    628      All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
    629      should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''.  This way,
    630      the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
    631      tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
    632 
    633      When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
    634      set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process.  In the list
    635      of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
    636      noted where applicable.
    637 
    638      The following operations are supported by build.sh:
    639 
    640      build         Build the system as per ``make build''.  Before the main
    641                    part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
    642                    operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
    643                    cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
    644                    operation.
    645 
    646      distribution  Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
    647                    This command first runs the build operation.
    648 
    649      release       Build a full release as per ``make release''.  This command
    650                    first runs the distribution operation.
    651 
    652      makewrapper   Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper.  This operation is auto-
    653                    matically performed for any of the other operations.
    654 
    655      cleandir      Perform ``make cleandir''.
    656 
    657      obj           Perform ``make obj''.
    658 
    659      tools         Build and install the host tools from src/tools.  This com-
    660                    mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
    661                    the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
    662                    tively) are given.
    663 
    664      install=idir  Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
    665                    installworld''.  Note that files that are part of the
    666                    ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
    667 
    668      kernel=kconf  Build a new kernel.  The kconf argument is the name of a
    669                    configuration file suitable for use by config(1).  If kconf
    670                    does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
    671                    is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
    672                    is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf.  The new kernel will be
    673                    built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
    674                    sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
    675 
    676                    This command does not imply the tools command; run the
    677                    tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
    678                    already exist and are up to date.
    679 
    680                    This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
    681                    question first unless the -u option is given.
    682 
    683      releasekernel=kconf
    684                    Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
    685                    kernel=kconf into
    686                    RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
    687                    netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
    688                    mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
    689 
    690      sets          Perform ``make sets''.
    691 
    692      sourcesets    Perform ``make sourcesets''.
    693 
    694      syspkgs       Perform ``make syspkgs''.
    695 
    696      iso-image     Perform ``make iso-image''.
    697 
    698      iso-image-source
    699                    Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
    700 
    701      The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
    702      operations described above:
    703 
    704      -a arch   Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
    705 
    706      -B buildid
    707                Set the value of BUILDID to buildid.  This will also append the
    708                build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
    709                that the resulting name is of the form
    710                ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
    711 
    712      -C cdextras
    713                Set the value of CDEXTRA to cdextras which is a space-separated
    714                list of files or directories which will be added in order to
    715                the CD-ROM image when used in conjunction with ``iso-image'' or
    716                ``iso-image-source''.  Files will be added to the root of the
    717                CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied recursively.
    718                If relative paths are specified, they will be converted to
    719                absolute paths before being used.
    720 
    721      -D dest   Set the value of DESTDIR to dest.  If a relative path is speci-
    722                fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    723                used.
    724 
    725      -E        Set `expert' mode.  This overrides various sanity checks, and
    726                allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
    727                builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
    728                ing as a non-root user.
    729 
    730                Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
    731                when you use this option.
    732 
    733      -h        Print a help message.
    734 
    735      -j njob   Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
    736                make(1).  If you see failures for reasons other than running
    737                out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
    738                plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
    739 
    740                To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
    741                ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended.  Use
    742                lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
    743 
    744      -M obj    Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj.  For instance, if the source
    745                directory is /usr/src, a setting of ``-M /usr/obj'' will place
    746                build-time files under /usr/obj/usr/src/bin,
    747                /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
    748                If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
    749                absolute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIR.  See ``-O
    750                -obj'' for more information.
    751 
    752      -m mach   Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
    753                listed below.  This will also override any value of
    754                MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
    755                from mach, unless -a is specified.  All cross builds require
    756                -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
    757                will be detected and used automatically.
    758 
    759                Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH.  The
    760                following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
    761                set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
    762 
    763                      mach          MACHINE    MACHINE_ARCH
    764                      evbarm        evbarm     (not set)
    765                      evbarm-eb     evbarm     armeb
    766                      evbarm-el     evbarm     arm
    767                      evbmips       evbmips    (not set)
    768                      evbmips-eb    evbmips    mipseb
    769                      evbmips-el    evbmips    mipsel
    770                      evbsh3        evbsh3     (not set)
    771                      evbsh3-eb     evbsh3     sh3eb
    772                      evbsh3-el     evbsh3     sh3el
    773                      sbmips        sbmips     (not set)
    774                      sbmips-eb     sbmips     mipseb
    775                      sbmips-el     sbmips     mipsel
    776 
    777      -N noiselevel
    778                Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
    779                MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
    780 
    781      -n        Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
    782                not make any changes.  This is similar in concept to ``make
    783                -n''.
    784 
    785      -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
    786                place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
    787                ting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
    788                /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, and so forth.  If
    789                a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an abso-
    790                lute path before being used.  Unsets MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
    791 
    792                In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
    793                specified.  If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
    794                object directory will be chosen according to rules in
    795                <bsd.obj.mk>.  Relying on this default is not recommended
    796                because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
    797                by the values of several variables and by the location of the
    798                source directory.
    799 
    800      -o        Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''.  Otherwise, it will be
    801                automatically set to ``yes''.  This default is opposite to the
    802                behaviour when not using build.sh.
    803 
    804      -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  If a relative path is
    805                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    806                being used.
    807 
    808      -r        Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
    809                (provides a clean starting point).  This will skip deleting
    810                DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
    811 
    812      -S seed   Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed.  This should rarely be
    813                necessary.
    814 
    815      -T tools  Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools.  If a relative path is spec-
    816                ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
    817                used.  If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
    818                the source files for make(1) have changed.
    819 
    820      -U        Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
    821 
    822      -u        Set MKUPDATE=yes.
    823 
    824      -V var=[value]
    825                Set the environment variable var to an optional value.  This is
    826                propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
    827 
    828      -w wrapper
    829                Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
    830                tion, specified by wrapper.  This allows, for instance, to
    831                place the wrapper in PATH automatically.  Note that wrapper is
    832                the full name of the file, not just a directory name.  If a
    833                relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
    834                path before being used.
    835 
    836      -X x11src
    837                Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src.  If a relative path is
    838                specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
    839                being used.
    840 
    841      -x        Set MKX11=yes.
    842 
    843      -Z var    Unset ("zap") the environment variable var.  This is propagated
    844                to the nbmake wrapper.
    845 
    846    The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
    847      If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
    848      will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
    849      subtrees on a cross-compile host.
    850 
    851      nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
    852      the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
    853      eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
    854      nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
    855      ables specified with -Z.
    856 
    857      This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
    858      with an absolute path.
    859 
    860 EXAMPLES
    861      1.   % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
    862 
    863           Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
    864           build a new GENERIC kernel.
    865 
    866      2.   % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
    867 
    868           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
    869           directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
    870 
    871      3.   # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
    872 
    873           As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
    874           Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
    875           sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
    876           as they're copied to /.
    877 
    878      4.   % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
    879 
    880           Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
    881           RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
    882           MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
    883           if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
    884           of the release build.
    885 
    886 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
    887      NBUILDJOBS  Use the make(1) option -j instead.
    888 
    889      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
    890                  The new toolchain is now the default.  To disable, use
    891                  TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
    892 
    893 SEE ALSO
    894      make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
    895      pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
    896 
    897 HISTORY
    898      The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
    899      USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
    900 
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