BUILDING revision 1.91 1 BUILDING(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual BUILDING(8)
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3 NAME
4 BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code.
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 (For building from out-of-date systems or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, including mk.conf or
118 ${MAKECONF}.
119
120 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Top level directory of the object directory tree. The
121 value is subjected to variable expansion by make(1).
122 build.sh will create the ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory
123 if necessary, but if make(1) is used without build.sh,
124 then rules in <bsd.obj.mk> will abort the build if the
125 ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX} directory does not exist. If the
126 value is defined and valid, then ${MAKEOBJDIRPRE-
127 FIX}/${.CURDIR} is used as the .OBJDIR for the current
128 directory. The current directory may be read only.
129 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can be provided only in the environ-
130 ment or via the -M flag of build.sh; it cannot usefully
131 be set inside a Makefile, including mk.conf or
132 ${MAKECONF}.
133
134 "make" variables
135 Several variables control the behavior of NetBSD builds. Unless other-
136 wise specified, these variables may be set in either the process environ-
137 ment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
138
139 BUILDID Identifier for the build. The identifier will be appended to
140 object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
141 configuration file in order to set additional build parame-
142 ters, such as compiler flags.
143
144 BUILDSEED GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code. This vari-
145 able seeds the gcc random number generator using the -fran-
146 dom-seed flag with this value. By default, it is set to
147 NetBSD-(majorversion). Using a fixed value causes C++ bina-
148 ries to be the same when built from the same sources, result-
149 ing in identical (reproducible) builds. Additional informa-
150 tion is available in the GCC documentation of -frandom-seed.
151
152 DESTDIR Directory to contain the built NetBSD system. If set, spe-
153 cial options are passed to the compilation tools to prevent
154 their default use of the host system's /usr/include,
155 /usr/lib, and so forth. This pathname must be an absolute
156 path, and should not end with a slash (/) character. (For
157 installation into the system's root directory, set DESTDIR to
158 an empty string, not to ``/''). The directory must reside on
159 a file system which supports long file names and hard links.
160
161 Default: Empty string if USETOOLS is ``yes''; unset other-
162 wise.
163
164 Note: build.sh will provide a default of destdir.MACHINE (in
165 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
166
167 MAKECONF The name of the make(1) configuration file. Only settable in
168 the process environment.
169
170 Default: ``/etc/mk.conf''
171
172 MAKEVERBOSE
173 Level of verbosity of status messages. Supported values:
174
175 0 No descriptive messages or commands executed by make(1)
176 are shown.
177
178 1 Brief messages are shown describing what is being done,
179 but the actual commands executed by make(1) are not dis-
180 played.
181
182 2 Descriptive messages are shown as above (prefixed with a
183 `#'), and ordinary commands performed by make(1) are
184 displayed.
185
186 3 In addition to the above, all commands performed by
187 make(1) are displayed, even if they would ordinarily
188 have been hidden through use of the ``@'' prefix in the
189 relevant makefile.
190
191 4 In addition to the above, commands executed by make(1)
192 are traced through use of the sh(1) ``-x'' flag.
193
194 Default: 2
195
196 MKCATPAGES Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether prefor-
197 matted plaintext manual pages will be created during a build.
198
199 Default: ``yes''
200
201 MKCRYPTO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether crypto-
202 graphic code will be included in a build; provided for the
203 benefit of countries that do not allow strong cryptography.
204 Will not affect use of the standard low-security password
205 encryption system, crypt(3).
206
207 Default: ``yes''
208
209 MKDOC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether system
210 documentation destined for DESTDIR/usr/share/doc will be
211 installed during a build.
212
213 Default: ``yes''
214
215 MKHTML Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether prefor-
216 matted HTML manual pages will be built and installed
217
218 Default: ``yes''
219
220 MKHOSTOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set to ``yes'', then for
221 programs intended to be run on the compile host, the name,
222 release, and architecture of the host operating system will
223 be suffixed to the name of the object directory created by
224 ``make obj''. (This allows multiple host systems to compile
225 NetBSD for a single target.) If set to ``no'', then programs
226 built to be run on the compile host will use the same object
227 directory names as programs built to be run on the target.
228
229 Default: ``no''
230
231 MKINFO Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether GNU Info
232 files, used for the documentation for most of the compilation
233 tools, will be created and installed during a build.
234
235 Default: ``yes''
236
237 MKLINT Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether lint(1)
238 will be run against portions of the NetBSD source code during
239 the build, and whether lint libraries will be installed into
240 DESTDIR/usr/libdata/lint.
241
242 Default: ``yes''
243
244 MKMAN Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether manual
245 pages will be installed during a build.
246
247 Default: ``yes''
248
249 MKNLS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether Native
250 Language System locale zone files will be compiled and
251 installed during a build.
252
253 Default: ``yes''
254
255 MKOBJ Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether object
256 directories will be created when running ``make obj''. If
257 set to ``no'', then all built files will be located inside
258 the regular source tree.
259
260 Default: ``yes''
261
262 Note that setting MKOBJ to ``no'' is not recommended and may
263 cause problems when updating the tree with cvs(1).
264
265 MKPIC Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether shared
266 objects and libraries will be created and installed during a
267 build. If set to ``no'', the entire built system will be
268 statically linked.
269
270 Default: Platform dependent. As of this writing, all plat-
271 forms except sh3 default to ``yes''.
272
273 MKPICINSTALL
274 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether the ar(1)
275 format libraries (lib*_pic.a), used to generate shared
276 libraries, are installed during a build.
277
278 Default: ``yes''
279
280 MKPROFILE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether profiled
281 libraries (lib*_p.a) will be built and installed during a
282 build.
283
284 Default: ``yes''; however, some platforms turn off MKPROFILE
285 by default at times due to toolchain problems with profiled
286 code.
287
288 MKSHARE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether files
289 destined to reside in DESTDIR/usr/share will be built and
290 installed during a build. If set to ``no'', then all of
291 MKCATPAGES, MKDOC, MKINFO, MKMAN, and MKNLS will be set to
292 ``no'' unconditionally.
293
294 Default: ``yes''
295
296 MKSTRIPIDENT
297 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether program
298 binaries and shared libraries should be built to include RCS
299 IDs for use with ident(1).
300
301 Default: ``no''
302
303 MKUNPRIVED Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether an
304 unprivileged install will occur. The user, group, permis-
305 sions, and file flags, will not be set on the installed
306 items; instead the information will be appended to a file
307 called METALOG in DESTDIR. The contents of METALOG are used
308 during the generation of the distribution tar files to ensure
309 that the appropriate file ownership is stored.
310
311 Default: ``no''
312
313 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether all
314 install operations intended to write to DESTDIR will compare
315 file timestamps before installing, and skip the install phase
316 if the destination files are up-to-date. This also has
317 implications on full builds (see next subsection).
318
319 Default: ``no''
320
321 MKX11 Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether X11 is
322 built from X11SRCDIR.
323
324 Default: ``no''
325
326 TOOLDIR Directory to hold the host tools, once built. If specified,
327 must be an absolute path. This directory should be unique to
328 a given host system and NetBSD source tree. (However, multi-
329 ple targets may share the same TOOLDIR; the target-dependent
330 files have unique names.) If unset, a default based on the
331 uname(1) information of the host platform will be created in
332 the .OBJDIR of src.
333
334 Default: Unset.
335
336 USETOOLS Indicates whether the tools specified by TOOLDIR should be
337 used as part of a build in progress. Must be set to ``yes''
338 if cross-compiling.
339
340 yes Use the tools from TOOLDIR.
341
342 no Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, but refuse to build
343 native compilation tool components that are version-
344 specific for that tool.
345
346 never Do not use the tools from TOOLDIR, even when building
347 native tool components. This is similar to the tradi-
348 tional NetBSD build method, but does not verify that
349 the compilation tools in use are up-to-date enough in
350 order to build the tree successfully. This may cause
351 build or runtime problems when building the whole
352 NetBSD source tree.
353
354 Default: ``yes'', unless TOOLCHAIN_MISSING is set to ``yes''.
355
356 USETOOLS is also set to ``no'' when using <bsd.*.mk> outside
357 the NetBSD source tree.
358
359 X11SRCDIR Directory containing the X11R6 source. If specified, must be
360 an absolute path. The main X11R6 source is found in
361 X11SRCDIR/xfree/xc.
362
363 Default: NETBSDRCDIR/../xsrc, if that exists; otherwise
364 /usr/xsrc.
365
366 X11FLAVOUR The style of X11 cross-built, set to either ``Xorg'' or
367 ``XFree86''.
368
369 Default: ``Xorg'' on amd64, i386, macppc, shark and sparc64
370 platforms, ``XFree86'' on everything else.
371
372 "make" variables for full builds
373 These variables only affect the top level ``Makefile'' and do not affect
374 manually building subtrees of the NetBSD source code.
375
376 INSTALLWORLDDIR Location for the ``make installworld'' target to install
377 to. If specified, must be an absolute path.
378
379 Default: ``/''
380
381 MKOBJDIRS Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. Indicates whether
382 object directories will be created automatically (via a
383 ``make obj'' pass) at the start of a build.
384
385 Default: ``no''
386
387 If using build.sh, the default is ``yes''. This may be
388 set back to ``no'' by giving build.sh the -o option.
389
390 MKUPDATE Can be set to ``yes'' or ``no''. If set, then in addi-
391 tion to the effects described for MKUPDATE=yes above,
392 this implies the effects of NOCLEANDIR (i.e., ``make
393 cleandir'' is avoided).
394
395 Default: ``no''
396
397 If using build.sh, this may be set by giving the -u
398 option.
399
400 NBUILDJOBS Now obsolete. Use the make(1) option -j, instead. See
401 below.
402
403 Default: Unset.
404
405 NOCLEANDIR If set, avoids the ``make cleandir'' phase of a full
406 build. This has the effect of allowing only changed
407 files in a source tree to be recompiled. This can speed
408 up builds when updating only a few files in the tree.
409
410 Default: Unset.
411
412 See also MKUPDATE.
413
414 NODISTRIBDIRS If set, avoids the ``make distrib-dirs'' phase of a full
415 build. This skips running mtree(8) on DESTDIR, useful
416 on systems where building as an unprivileged user, or
417 where it is known that the system-wide mtree files have
418 not changed.
419
420 Default: Unset.
421
422 NOINCLUDES If set, avoids the ``make includes'' phase of a full
423 build. This has the effect of preventing make(1) from
424 thinking that some programs are out-of-date simply
425 because the system include files have changed. However,
426 this option should not be used when updating the entire
427 NetBSD source tree arbitrarily; it is suggested to use
428 MKUPDATE=yes instead in that case.
429
430 Default: Unset.
431
432 RELEASEDIR If set, specifies the directory to which a release(7)
433 layout will be written at the end of a ``make release''.
434 If specified, must be an absolute path.
435
436 Default: Unset.
437
438 Note: build.sh will provide a default of releasedir (in
439 the top-level .OBJDIR) unless run in `expert' mode.
440
441 BUILDING
442 "make" command line options
443 This is not a summary of all the options available to make(1); only the
444 options used most frequently with NetBSD builds are listed here.
445
446 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel. Makefiles should
447 use .WAIT or have explicit dependencies as necessary to
448 enforce build ordering.
449
450 -m dir Specify the default directory for searching for system Make-
451 file segments, mainly the <bsd.*.mk> files. When building any
452 full NetBSD source tree, this should be set to the
453 ``share/mk'' directory in the source tree. This is set auto-
454 matically when building from the top level, or when using
455 build.sh.
456
457 -n Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
458 actually execute them. This will still cause recursion to
459 take place.
460
461 -V var Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var. Does not build any
462 targets.
463
464 var=value Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
465 fied by the process environment, the MAKECONF configuration
466 file, or the system Makefile segments.
467
468 "make" targets
469 These default targets may be built by running make(1) in any subtree of
470 the NetBSD source code. It is recommended that none of these be used
471 from the top level Makefile; as a specific exception, ``make obj'' and
472 ``make cleandir'' are useful in that context.
473
474 all Build programs, libraries, and preformatted documentation.
475
476 clean Remove program and library object code files.
477
478 cleandir Same as clean, but also remove preformatted documentation,
479 dependency files generated by ``make depend'', and any other
480 files known to be created at build time.
481
482 depend Create dependency files (.depend) containing more detailed
483 information about the dependencies of source code on header
484 files. Allows programs to be recompiled automatically when a
485 dependency changes.
486
487 dependall Does a ``make depend'' immediately followed by a ``make all''.
488 This improves cache locality of the build since both passes
489 read the source files in their entirety.
490
491 distclean Synonym for cleandir.
492
493 includes Build and install system header files. Typically needed
494 before any system libraries or programs can be built.
495
496 install Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
497 Few files will be installed to DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc,
498 DESTDIR/root or DESTDIR/var in order to prevent user supplied
499 configuration data from being overwritten.
500
501 lint Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
502 generate system-installed lint libraries.
503
504 obj Create object directories to be used for built files, instead
505 of building directly in the source tree.
506
507 tags Create ctags(1) searchable function lists usable by the ex(1)
508 and vi(1) text editors.
509
510 "make" targets for the top level
511 Additional make(1) targets are usable specifically from the top source
512 level to facilitate building the entire NetBSD source tree.
513
514 build Build the entire NetBSD system (except the kernel). This
515 orders portions of the source tree such that prerequisites
516 will be built in the proper order.
517
518 distribution Do a ``make build'', and then install a full distribution
519 (which does not include a kernel) into DESTDIR, including
520 files in DESTDIR/dev, DESTDIR/etc, DESTDIR/root and
521 DESTDIR/var.
522
523 buildworld As per ``make distribution'', except that it ensures that
524 DESTDIR is not the root directory.
525
526 installworld Install the distribution from DESTDIR to INSTALLWORLDDIR,
527 which defaults to the root directory. Ensures that
528 INSTALLWORLDDIR is not the root directory if cross compil-
529 ing.
530
531 The INSTALLSETS environment variable may be set to a list
532 of distribution sets to be installed. By default, all sets
533 except ``etc'' and ``xetc'' are installed, so most files in
534 INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc will not be installed or modified.
535
536 Note: Before performing this operation with
537 INSTALLWORLDDIR=/, it is highly recommended that you
538 upgrade your kernel and reboot. After performing this
539 operation, it is recommended that you use etcupdate(8) to
540 update files in INSTALLWORLDDIR/etc and that you use
541 postinstall(8) to check for inconsistencies (and possibly
542 to fix them).
543
544 sets Create distribution sets from DESTDIR into
545 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/sets. Should be run
546 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
547 not install all of the required files.
548
549 sourcesets Create source sets of the source tree into
550 RELEASEDIR/source/sets.
551
552 syspkgs Create syspkgs from DESTDIR into
553 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/syspkgs. Should be run
554 after ``make distribution'', as ``make build'' alone does
555 not install all of the required files.
556
557 release Do a ``make distribution'', build kernels, distribution
558 media, and install sets (this as per ``make sets''), and
559 then package the system into a standard release layout as
560 described by release(7). This requires that RELEASEDIR be
561 set (see above).
562
563 iso-image Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
564 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have
565 a layout as described in release(7).
566
567 For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and
568 will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa-
569 tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a
570 NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that
571 may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation.
572
573 Before ``make iso-image'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR must be
574 populated by ``make release'' or equivalent.
575
576 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
577 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
578 tory by ``make release''. These smaller images usually
579 contain the same tools as the larger images in
580 RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
581 as the distribution sets.
582
583 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
584 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
585 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
586 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
587
588 iso-image-source
589 Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the
590 RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have
591 a layout as described in release(7). It will have top
592 level directories for the machine type and source.
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-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR
601 must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva-
602 lent.
603
604 Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in
605 the RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/installation/cdrom direc-
606 tory by ``make release''. These smaller images usually
607 contain the same tools as the larger images in
608 RELEASEDIR/iso, but do not contain additional content such
609 as the distribution sets.
610
611 Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of
612 creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util-
613 ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be
614 installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools.
615
616 regression-tests
617 Can only be run after building the regression tests in the
618 directory ``regress''. Runs those compiled regression
619 tests on the local host. Note that most tests are now man-
620 aged instead using atf(7); this target should probably run
621 those as well but currently does not.
622
623 The "build.sh" script
624 This script file is a Bourne shell script designed to build the entire
625 NetBSD system on any host with a Bourne shell in /bin/sh, including many
626 that are not POSIX compliant. Note that if a host system's /bin/sh is
627 unusually old and broken, the Korn Shell (/bin/ksh), if available, may be
628 a usable alternative.
629
630 All cross-compile builds, and most native builds, of the entire system
631 should make use of build.sh rather than just running ``make''. This way,
632 the make(1) program will be bootstrapped properly, in case the host sys-
633 tem has an older or incompatible ``make'' program.
634
635 When compiling the entire system via build.sh, many make(1) variables are
636 set for you in order to help encapsulate the build process. In the list
637 of options below, variables that are automatically set by build.sh are
638 noted where applicable.
639
640 The following operations are supported by build.sh:
641
642 build Build the system as per ``make build''. Before the main
643 part of the build commences, this command runs the obj
644 operation (unless the -o option is given), ``make
645 cleandir'' (unless the -u option is given), and the tools
646 operation.
647
648 distribution Build a full distribution as per ``make distribution''.
649 This command first runs the build operation.
650
651 release Build a full release as per ``make release''. This command
652 first runs the distribution operation.
653
654 makewrapper Create the nbmake-MACHINE wrapper. This operation is auto-
655 matically performed for any of the other operations.
656
657 cleandir Perform ``make cleandir''.
658
659 obj Perform ``make obj''.
660
661 tools Build and install the host tools from src/tools. This com-
662 mand will first run ``make obj'' and ``make cleandir'' in
663 the tools subdirectory unless the -o or -u options (respec-
664 tively) are given.
665
666 install=idir Install the contents of DESTDIR to idir, using ``make
667 installworld''. Note that files that are part of the
668 ``etc'' or ``xetc'' sets will not be installed.
669
670 kernel=kconf Build a new kernel. The kconf argument is the name of a
671 configuration file suitable for use by config(1). If kconf
672 does not contain any `/' characters, the configuration file
673 is expected to be found in the KERNCONFDIR directory, which
674 is typically sys/arch/MACHINE/conf. The new kernel will be
675 built in a subdirectory of KERNOBJDIR, which is typically
676 sys/arch/MACHINE/compile or an associated object directory.
677
678 This command does not imply the tools command; run the
679 tools command first unless it is certain that the tools
680 already exist and are up to date.
681
682 This command will run ``make cleandir'' on the kernel in
683 question first unless the -u option is given.
684
685 modules This command will build kernel modules and install them
686 into DESTDIR.
687
688 releasekernel=kconf
689 Install a gzip(1)ed copy of the kernel previously built by
690 kernel=kconf into
691 RELEASEDIR/RELEASEMACHINEDIR/binary/kernel, usually as
692 netbsd-kconf.gz, although the ``netbsd'' prefix is deter-
693 mined from the ``config'' directives in kconf.
694
695 sets Perform ``make sets''.
696
697 sourcesets Perform ``make sourcesets''.
698
699 syspkgs Perform ``make syspkgs''.
700
701 iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''.
702
703 iso-image-source
704 Perform ``make iso-image-source''.
705
706 The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh
707 operations described above:
708
709 -a arch Set the value of MACHINE_ARCH to arch.
710
711 -B buildid
712 Set the value of BUILDID to buildid. This will also append the
713 build identifier to the name of the ``make'' wrapper script so
714 that the resulting name is of the form
715 ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''.
716
717 -C cdextras
718 Append cdextras to the CDEXTRA variable, which is a space-sepa-
719 rated list of files or directories that will be added to the
720 CD-ROM image that may be create by the ``iso-image'' or
721 ``iso-image-source'' operations. Files will be added to the
722 root of the CD-ROM image, whereas directories will be copied
723 recursively. If relative paths are specified, they will be
724 converted to absolute paths before being used. Multiple paths
725 may be specified via multiple -C options, or via a single
726 option whose argument contains multiple space-separated paths.
727
728 -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is speci-
729 fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
730 used.
731
732 -E Set `expert' mode. This overrides various sanity checks, and
733 allows: DESTDIR does not have to be set to a non-root path for
734 builds, and MKUNPRIVED=yes does not have to be set when build-
735 ing as a non-root user.
736
737 Note: It is highly recommended that you know what you are doing
738 when you use this option.
739
740 -h Print a help message.
741
742 -j njob Run up to njob make(1) subjobs in parallel; passed through to
743 make(1). If you see failures for reasons other than running
744 out of memory while using build.sh with -j, please save com-
745 plete build logs so the failures can be analyzed.
746
747 To achieve the fastest builds, -j values between (1 + the num-
748 ber of CPUs) and (2 * the number of CPUs) are recommended. Use
749 lower values on machines with limited memory or I/O bandwidth.
750
751 -M obj Set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to obj. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. See ``-O
752 -obj'' for more information.
753
754 For instance, if the source directory is /usr/src, a setting of
755 ``-M /usr/obj'' will place build-time files under
756 /usr/obj/usr/src/bin, /usr/obj/usr/src/lib,
757 /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin, and so forth.
758
759 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
760 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the restric-
761 tion that the argument to the -M option must not begin with a
762 ``$'' (dollar sign) character; otherwise it would be too diffi-
763 cult to determine whether the value is an absolute or a rela-
764 tive path. If the directory does not already exist, build.sh
765 will create it.
766
767 -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases
768 listed below. This will also override any value of
769 MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced
770 from mach, unless -a is specified. All cross builds require
771 -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE
772 will be detected and used automatically.
773
774 Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH. The
775 following special cases for the mach argument are defined to
776 set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH:
777
778 mach MACHINE MACHINE_ARCH
779 evbarm evbarm (not set)
780 evbarm-eb evbarm armeb
781 evbarm-el evbarm arm
782 evbmips evbmips (not set)
783 evbmips-eb evbmips mipseb
784 evbmips-el evbmips mipsel
785 evbsh3 evbsh3 (not set)
786 evbsh3-eb evbsh3 sh3eb
787 evbsh3-el evbsh3 sh3el
788 sbmips sbmips (not set)
789 sbmips-eb sbmips mipseb
790 sbmips-el sbmips mipsel
791
792 -N noiselevel
793 Set the ``noisyness'' level of the build, by setting
794 MAKEVERBOSE to noiselevel.
795
796 -n Show the commands that would be executed by build.sh, but do
797 not make any changes. This is similar in concept to ``make
798 -n''.
799
800 -O obj Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
801 place the built object files under obj. Unsets
802 MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
803
804 For instance, a setting of ``-O /usr/obj'' will place build-
805 time files under /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, /usr/obj/usr.bin,
806 and so forth.
807
808 If a relative path is specified, it will be converted to an
809 absolute path before being used. build.sh imposes the restric-
810 tion that the argument to the -O option must not contain a
811 ``$'' (dollar sign) character. If the directory does not
812 already exist, build.sh will create it.
813
814 In normal use, exactly one of the -M or -O options should be
815 specified. If neither -M nor -O is specified, then a default
816 object directory will be chosen according to rules in
817 <bsd.obj.mk>. Relying on this default is not recommended
818 because it is determined by complex rules that are influenced
819 by the values of several variables and by the location of the
820 source directory.
821
822 -o Set the value of MKOBJDIRS to ``no''. Otherwise, it will be
823 automatically set to ``yes''. This default is opposite to the
824 behaviour when not using build.sh.
825
826 -R rel Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel. If a relative path is
827 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
828 being used.
829
830 -r Remove the contents of DESTDIR and TOOLDIR before building
831 (provides a clean starting point). This will skip deleting
832 DESTDIR if building on a native system to the root directory.
833
834 -S seed Change the value of BUILDSEED to seed. This should rarely be
835 necessary.
836
837 -T tools Set the value of TOOLDIR to tools. If a relative path is spec-
838 ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being
839 used. If set, the bootstrap ``make'' will only be rebuilt if
840 the source files for make(1) have changed.
841
842 -U Set MKUNPRIVED=yes.
843
844 -u Set MKUPDATE=yes.
845
846 -V var=[value]
847 Set the environment variable var to an optional value. This is
848 propagated to the nbmake wrapper.
849
850 -w wrapper
851 Create the nbmake wrapper script (see below) in a custom loca-
852 tion, specified by wrapper. This allows, for instance, to
853 place the wrapper in PATH automatically. Note that wrapper is
854 the full name of the file, not just a directory name. If a
855 relative path is specified, it will be converted to an absolute
856 path before being used.
857
858 -X x11src
859 Set the value of X11SRCDIR to x11src. If a relative path is
860 specified, it will be converted to an absolute path before
861 being used.
862
863 -x Set MKX11=yes.
864
865 -Z var Unset ("zap") the environment variable var. This is propagated
866 to the nbmake wrapper.
867
868 The "nbmake-MACHINE" wrapper script
869 If using the build.sh script to build NetBSD, a nbmake-MACHINE script
870 will be created in TOOLDIR/bin upon the first build to assist in building
871 subtrees on a cross-compile host.
872
873 nbmake-MACHINE can be invoked in lieu of make(1), and will instead call
874 the up-to-date version of ``nbmake'' installed into TOOLDIR/bin with sev-
875 eral key variables pre-set, including MACHINE, MACHINE_ARCH, and TOOLDIR.
876 nbmake-MACHINE will also set variables specified with -V, and unset vari-
877 ables specified with -Z.
878
879 This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
880 with an absolute path.
881
882 EXAMPLES
883 1. % ./build.sh [options] tools kernel=GENERIC
884
885 Build a new toolchain, and use the new toolchain to configure and
886 build a new GENERIC kernel.
887
888 2. % ./build.sh [options] -U distribution
889
890 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
891 directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
892
893 3. # ./build.sh [options] -U install=/
894
895 As root, install to / the distribution that was built by example 2.
896 Even though this is run as root, -U is required so that the permis-
897 sions stored in DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files
898 as they're copied to /.
899
900 4. % ./build.sh [options] -U -u release
901
902 Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to DESTDIR and
903 RELEASEDIR directories that build.sh selects (and will display).
904 MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the ``make cleandir'', so that
905 if this is run after example 2, it doesn't need to redo that portion
906 of the release build.
907
908 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
909 NBUILDJOBS Use the make(1) option -j instead.
910
911 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
912 The new toolchain is now the default. To disable, use
913 TOOLCHAIN_MISSING=yes.
914
915 SEE ALSO
916 make(1), hier(7), release(7), etcupdate(8), postinstall(8), sysinst(8),
917 pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools
918
919 HISTORY
920 The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
921 USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
922
923 NetBSD May 1, 2009 NetBSD
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