BUILDING revision 1.90
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 (For building from out-of-date systems or 33 on a non-native host, see the build.sh shell script.) 34 35 UPDATING Special notes for updating from an earlier revision of 36 NetBSD.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 extsrc/ ``Reachover'' build structure for externally added programs 78 and libraries; the source is in EXTSRCSRCDIR. 79 80 Build tree layout 81 The NetBSD build tree is described in hier(7), and the release layout is 82 described in release(7). 83 84 CONFIGURATION 85 Environment variables 86 Several environment variables control the behaviour of NetBSD builds. 87 88 HOST_SH Path name to a POSIX-compliant shell. If this is not 89 set explicitly, then the default is set using heuris- 90 tics dependent on the host platform, or from the shell 91 under which build.sh is executed (if that can be deter- 92 mined), or using the first copy of sh found in PATH. 93 If the host system's /bin/sh is not POSIX-compliant, we 94 suggest that you build using commands like 95 96 HOST_SH=/path/to/working/shell 97 export HOST_SH 98 ${HOST_SH} build.sh [options] 99 100 HOST_CC Path name to C compiler used to create the toolchain. 101 102 HOST_CXX Path name to C++ compiler used to create the toolchain. 103 104 MACHINE Machine type, e.g., ``macppc''. 105 106 MACHINE_ARCH Machine architecture, e.g., ``powerpc''. 107 108 MAKE Path name to invoke make(1) as. 109 110 MAKEFLAGS Flags to invoke make(1) with. 111 112 MAKEOBJDIR Directory to use as the .OBJDIR for the current direc- 113 tory. The value is subjected to variable expansion by 114 make(1). Typical usage is to set this variable to a 115 value involving the use of `${.CURDIR:S...}' or 116 `${.CURDIR:C...}', to derive the value of .OBJDIR from 117 the value of .CURDIR. Used only if MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX is 118 not defined. MAKEOBJDIR can be provided only in the 119 environment or via the -O flag of build.sh; it cannot 120 usefully be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or 121 ${MAKECONF}. 122 123 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Top level directory of the object directory tree. The 124 value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1). 125 build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory 126 if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh, 127 then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the 128 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist. If the 129 value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE- 130 FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current 131 directory. The current directory may be read only. 132 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ- 133 ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully 134 be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or 135 ${MAKECONF}. 136 137 "make" variables 138 Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds. Unless other- 139 wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ- 140 ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF. 141 142 BUILDID Identifier for the build. The identifier will be appended to 143 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1) 144 configuration file in order to set additional build parame- 145 ters, such as compiler flags. 146 147 BUILDSEED GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code. This vari- 148 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran- 149 dom-seed flag with this value. By default, it is set to 150 NetBSD-(majorversion). Using a fixed value causes C++ bina- 151 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result- 152 ing in identical (reproducible) builds. Additional informa- 153 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed. 154 155 DESTDIR Directory to contain the built NetBSD system. If set, spe- 156 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent 157 their default use of the host system's /usr/include, 158 /usr/lib, and so forth. This pathname must be an absolute 159 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character. (For 160 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to 161 an empty string, not to ``/''). The directory must reside on 162 a file system which supports long file names and hard links. 163 164 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other- 165 wise. 166 167 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in 168 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode. 169 170 EXTSRCSRCDIR 171 Directory containing sources of externally added programs 172 and libraries. If specified, must be an absolute path. 173 174 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../extsrc, if that exists; otherwise 175 /usr/extsrc. 176 177 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. Only settable in 178 the process environment. 179 180 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf'' 181 182 MAKEVERBOSE 183 Level of verbosity of status messages. Supported values: 184 185 0 No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1) 186 are shown. 187 188 1 Brief messages are shown describing what is being done, 189 but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis- 190 played. 191 192 2 Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a 193 `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are 194 displayed. 195 196 3 In addition to the above, all commands performed by 197 make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily 198 have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the 199 relevant makefile. 200 201 4 In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1) 202 are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag. 203 204 Default: 2 205 206 MKCATPAGES Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether prefor- 207 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build. 208 209 Default: ``yes'' 210 211 MKCRYPTO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether crypto- 212 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the 213 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography. 214 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password 215 encryption system, crypt(3). 216 217 Default: ``yes'' 218 219 MKDOC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether system 220 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be 221 installed during a build. 222 223 Default: ``yes'' 224 225 MKEXTSRC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether extsrc is 226 built from EXTSRCSRCDIR. 227 228 Default: ``no'' 229 230 MKHTML Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether prefor- 231 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed 232 233 Default: ``yes'' 234 235 MKHOSTOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set to ``yes'', then for 236 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name, 237 release, and architecture of the host operating system will 238 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by 239 ``make obj''. (This allows multiple host systems to compile 240 NetBSD for a single target.) If set to ``no'', then programs 241 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object 242 directory names as programs built to be run on the target. 243 244 Default: ``no'' 245 246 MKINFO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether GNU Info 247 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation 248 tools, will be created and installed during a build. 249 250 Default: ``yes'' 251 252 MKLINT Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether lint(1) 253 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during 254 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into 255 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint. 256 257 Default: ``yes'' 258 259 MKMAN Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether manual 260 pages will be installed during a build. 261 262 Default: ``yes'' 263 264 MKNLS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether Native 265 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and 266 installed during a build. 267 268 Default: ``yes'' 269 270 MKOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether object 271 directories will be created when running ``make obj''. If 272 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside 273 the regular source tree. 274 275 Default: ``yes'' 276 277 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may 278 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1). 279 280 MKPIC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether shared 281 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a 282 build. If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be 283 statically linked. 284 285 Default: Platform dependent. As of this writing, all plat- 286 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''. 287 288 MKPICINSTALL 289 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether the ar(1) 290 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared 291 libraries, are installed during a build. 292 293 Default: ``yes'' 294 295 MKPROFILE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether profiled 296 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a 297 build. 298 299 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE 300 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled 301 code. 302 303 MKSHARE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether files 304 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and 305 installed during a build. If set to ``no'', then all of 306 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to 307 ``no'' unconditionally. 308 309 Default: ``yes'' 310 311 MKSTRIPIDENT 312 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether program 313 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS 314 IDs for use with ident(1). 315 316 Default: ``no'' 317 318 MKSUBPIXEL Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. For X builds, decides if 319 subpixel rendering code in FreeType is turned on. Turned off 320 by default because of patent issues. 321 322 Default: ``no'' 323 324 MKTTINTERP Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. For X builds, decides if 325 the TrueType bytecode interpreter is turned on. See 326 http://www.freetype.org/patents.html for details. 327 328 Default: ``no'' 329 330 MKUNPRIVED Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether an 331 unprivileged install will occur. The user, group, permis- 332 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed 333 items; instead the information will be appended to a file 334 called METALOG in DESTDIR. The contents of METALOG are used 335 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure 336 that the appropriate file ownership is stored. 337 338 Default: ``no'' 339 340 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all 341 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare 342 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase 343 if the destination files are up-to-date. This also has 344 implications on full builds (see next subsection). 345 346 Default: ``no'' 347 348 MKX11 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether X11 is 349 built from X11SRCDIR. 350 351 Default: ``no'' 352 353 TOOLDIR Directory to hold the host tools, once built. If specified, 354 must be an absolute path. This directory should be unique to 355 a given host system and NetBSD source tree. (However, multi- 356 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent 357 files have unique names.) If unset, a default based on the 358 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in 359 the .OBJDIR of src. 360 361 Default: Unset. 362 363 USETOOLS Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be 364 used as part of a build in progress. Must be set to ``yes'' 365 if cross-compiling. 366 367 yes Use the tools from TOOLDIR. 368 369 no Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build 370 native compilation tool components that are version- 371 specific for that tool. 372 373 never Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building 374 native tool components. This is similar to the tradi- 375 tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that 376 the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in 377 order to build the tree successfully. This may cause 378 build or runtime problems when building the whole 379 NetBSD source tree. 380 381 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''. 382 383 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside 384 the NetBSD source tree. 385 386 X11SRCDIR Directory containing the X11R6 source. If specified, must be 387 an absolute path. The main X11R6 source is found in 388 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc. 389 390 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise 391 /usr/xsrc. 392 393 X11FLAVOUR The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or 394 ``XFree86''. 395 396 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64 397 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else. 398 399 "make" variables for full builds 400 These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect 401 manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code. 402 403 INSTALLWORLDDIR Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install 404 to. If specified, must be an absolute path. 405 406 Default: ``/'' 407 408 MKOBJDIRS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether 409 object directories will be created automatically (via a 410 ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build. 411 412 Default: ``no'' 413 414 If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''. This may be 415 set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option. 416 417 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set, then in addi- 418 tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above, 419 this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make 420 cleandir'' is avoided). 421 422 Default: ``no'' 423 424 If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u 425 option. 426 427 NBUILDJOBS Now obsolete. Use the make(1) option -j, instead. See 428 below. 429 430 Default: Unset. 431 432 NOCLEANDIR If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full 433 build. This has the effect of allowing only changed 434 files in a source tree to be recompiled. This can speed 435 up builds when updating only a few files in the tree. 436 437 Default: Unset. 438 439 See also MKUPDATE. 440 441 NODISTRIBDIRS If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full 442 build. This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful 443 on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or 444 where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have 445 not changed. 446 447 Default: Unset. 448 449 NOINCLUDES If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full 450 build. This has the effect of preventing make(1) from 451 thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply 452 because the system include files have changed. However, 453 this option should not be used when updating the entire 454 NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use 455 MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case. 456 457 Default: Unset. 458 459 RELEASEDIR If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7) 460 layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''. 461 If specified, must be an absolute path. 462 463 Default: Unset. 464 465 Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in 466 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode. 467 468 BUILDING 469 "make" command line options 470 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the 471 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here. 472 473 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should 474 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to 475 enforce build ordering. 476 477 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system Make- 478 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building any 479 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the 480 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree. This is set auto- 481 matically when building from the top level, or when using 482 build.sh. 483 484 -n Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not 485 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to 486 take place. 487 488 -V var Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any 489 targets. 490 491 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci- 492 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration 493 file, or the system Makefile segments. 494 495 "make" targets 496 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of 497 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used 498 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and 499 ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context. 500 501 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation. 502 503 clean Remove program and library object code files. 504 505 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation, 506 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other 507 files known to be created at build time. 508 509 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed 510 information about the dependencies of source code on header 511 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a 512 dependency changes. 513 514 dependall Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''. 515 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes 516 read the source files in their entirety. 517 518 distclean Synonym for cleandir. 519 520 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed 521 before any system libraries or programs can be built. 522 523 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR. 524 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, 525 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied 526 configuration data from being overwritten. 527 528 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and 529 generate system-installed lint libraries. 530 531 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead 532 of building directly in the source tree. 533 534 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1) 535 and vi(1) text editors. 536 537 "make" targets for the top level 538 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source 539 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree. 540 541 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This 542 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites 543 will be built in the proper order. 544 545 distribution Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution 546 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including 547 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and 548 DESTDIR/var. 549 550 buildworld As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that 551 DESTDIR is not the root directory. 552 553 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR, 554 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that 555 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil- 556 ing. 557 558 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list 559 of distribution sets to be installed. By default, all sets 560 except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in 561 INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified. 562 563 Note: Before performing this operation with 564 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you 565 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this 566 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to 567 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use 568 postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly 569 to fix them). 570 571 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into 572 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run 573 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 574 not install all of the required files. 575 576 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into 577 RELEASEDIR/source/sets. 578 579 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into 580 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run 581 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does 582 not install all of the required files. 583 584 release Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution 585 media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and 586 then package the system into a standard release layout as 587 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be 588 set (see above). 589 590 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 591 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have 592 a layout as described in release(7). 593 594 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 595 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa- 596 tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a 597 NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that 598 may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation. 599 600 Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be 601 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent. 602 603 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 604 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc- 605 tory by ``make release''. These smaller images usually 606 contain the same tools as the larger images in 607 RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such 608 as the distribution sets. 609 610 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 611 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util- 612 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 613 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 614 615 iso-image-source 616 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the 617 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have 618 a layout as described in release(7). It will have top 619 level directories for the machine type and source. 620 621 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and 622 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa- 623 tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a 624 NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that 625 may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation. 626 627 Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR 628 must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva- 629 lent. 630 631 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in 632 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc- 633 tory by ``make release''. These smaller images usually 634 contain the same tools as the larger images in 635 RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such 636 as the distribution sets. 637 638 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of 639 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util- 640 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be 641 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. 642 643 regression-tests 644 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the 645 directory ``regress''. Runs those compiled regression 646 tests on the local host. Note that most tests are now man- 647 aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run 648 those as well but currently does not. 649 650 The "build.sh" script 651 This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire 652 NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many 653 that are not POSIX compliant. Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is 654 unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be 655 a usable alternative. 656 657 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system 658 should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''. This way, 659 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys- 660 tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program. 661 662 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are 663 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list 664 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are 665 noted where applicable. 666 667 The following operations are supported by build.sh: 668 669 build Build the system as per ``make build''. Before the main 670 part of the build commences, this command runs the obj 671 operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make 672 cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools 673 operation. 674 675 distribution Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''. 676 This command first runs the build operation. 677 678 release Build a full release as per ``make release''. This command 679 first runs the distribution operation. 680 681 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is auto- 682 matically performed for any of the other operations. 683 684 cleandir Perform ``make cleandir''. 685 686 obj Perform ``make obj''. 687 688 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This com- 689 mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in 690 the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec- 691 tively) are given. 692 693 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make 694 installworld''. Note that files that are part of the 695 ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed. 696 697 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a 698 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf 699 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file 700 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which 701 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be 702 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically 703 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory. 704 705 This command does not imply the tools command; run the 706 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools 707 already exist and are up to date. 708 709 This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in 710 question first unless the -u option is given. 711 712 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them 713 into DESTDIR. 714 715 releasekernel=kconf 716 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by 717 kernel=kconf into 718 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as 719 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter- 720 mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf. 721 722 sets Perform ``make sets''. 723 724 sourcesets Perform ``make sourcesets''. 725 726 syspkgs Perform ``make syspkgs''. 727 728 iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''. 729 730 iso-image-source 731 Perform ``make iso-image-source''. 732 733 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh 734 operations described above: 735 736 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch. 737 738 -B buildid 739 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the 740 build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so 741 that the resulting name is of the form 742 ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''. 743 744 -C cdextras 745 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa- 746 rated list of files or directories that will be added to the 747 CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or 748 ``iso-image-source'' operations. Files will be added to the 749 root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied 750 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be 751 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths 752 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single 753 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths. 754 755 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is speci- 756 fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being 757 used. 758 759 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and 760 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for 761 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build- 762 ing as a non-root user. 763 764 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing 765 when you use this option. 766 767 -h Print a help message. 768 769 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to 770 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running 771 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com- 772 plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed. 773 774 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num- 775 ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. Use 776 lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth. 777 778 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See ``-O 779 -obj'' for more information. 780 781 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of 782 ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under 783 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib, 784 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth. 785 786 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 787 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the restric- 788 tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a 789 ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi- 790 cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela- 791 tive path. If the directory does not already exist, build.sh 792 will create it. 793 794 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases 795 listed below. This will also override any value of 796 MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced 797 from mach, unless -a is specified. All cross builds require 798 -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE 799 will be detected and used automatically. 800 801 Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH. The 802 following special cases for the mach argument are defined to 803 set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH: 804 805 mach MACHINE MACHINE_ARCH 806 evbarm evbarm (not set) 807 evbarm-eb evbarm armeb 808 evbarm-el evbarm arm 809 evbmips evbmips (not set) 810 evbmips-eb evbmips mipseb 811 evbmips-el evbmips mipsel 812 evbsh3 evbsh3 (not set) 813 evbsh3-eb evbsh3 sh3eb 814 evbsh3-el evbsh3 sh3el 815 sbmips sbmips (not set) 816 sbmips-eb sbmips mipseb 817 sbmips-el sbmips mipsel 818 819 -N noiselevel 820 Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting 821 MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel. 822 823 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do 824 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to ``make 825 -n''. 826 827 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will 828 place the built object files under obj. Unsets 829 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX. 830 831 For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build- 832 time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin, 833 and so forth. 834 835 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an 836 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the restric- 837 tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a 838 ``$'' (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not 839 already exist, build.sh will create it. 840 841 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be 842 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default 843 object directory will be chosen according to rules in 844 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended 845 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced 846 by the values of several variables and by the location of the 847 source directory. 848 849 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''. Otherwise, it will be 850 automatically set to ``yes''. This default is opposite to the 851 behaviour when not using build.sh. 852 853 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is 854 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 855 being used. 856 857 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building 858 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting 859 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory. 860 861 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be 862 necessary. 863 864 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is spec- 865 ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being 866 used. If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if 867 the source files for make(1) have changed. 868 869 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes. 870 871 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes. 872 873 -V var=[value] 874 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is 875 propagated to the nbmake wrapper. 876 877 -w wrapper 878 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca- 879 tion, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to 880 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. Note that wrapper is 881 the full name of the file, not just a directory name. If a 882 relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute 883 path before being used. 884 885 -X x11src 886 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is 887 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 888 being used. 889 890 -x Set MKX11=yes. 891 892 -Y extsrcsrc 893 Set the value of EXTSRCSRCDIR to extsrcsrc. If a relative path is 894 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before 895 being used. 896 897 -y Set MKEXTSRC=yes. 898 899 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated 900 to the nbmake wrapper. 901 902 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script 903 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script 904 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building 905 subtrees on a cross-compile host. 906 907 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call 908 the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev- 909 eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR. 910 nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari- 911 ables specified with -Z. 912 913 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called 914 with an absolute path. 915 916 EXAMPLES 917 1. % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC 918 919 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and 920 build a new GENERIC kernel. 921 922 2. % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution 923 924 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR 925 directory that build.sh selects (and will display). 926 927 3. # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/ 928 929 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2. 930 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis- 931 sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files 932 as they're copied to /. 933 934 4. % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release 935 936 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and 937 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display). 938 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that 939 if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion 940 of the release build. 941 942 OBSOLETE VARIABLES 943 NBUILDJOBS Use the make(1) option -j instead. 944 945 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN 946 The new toolchain is now the default. To disable, use 947 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes. 948 949 SEE ALSO 950 make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8), 951 pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools 952 953 HISTORY 954 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as 955 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that. 956 957 NetBSD May 1, 2009 NetBSD 958
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