UPDATING revision 1.146 1 1.146 pavel $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.146 2006/06/02 19:01:00 pavel Exp $
2 1.1 abs
3 1.123 jmc This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent
4 1.123 jmc changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for
5 1.123 jmc what to do if something doesn't work.
6 1.1 abs
7 1.123 jmc For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD
8 1.123 jmc using build.sh, see the BUILDING file.
9 1.123 jmc
10 1.123 jmc Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before
11 1.123 jmc build.sh existed. Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for
12 1.123 jmc working around specific problems with build.sh.
13 1.123 jmc
14 1.123 jmc See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
15 1.1 abs
16 1.1 abs Recent changes:
17 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
18 1.138 lukem
19 1.146 pavel 20060526:
20 1.146 pavel the kernel links script for i386 and xen was changed to set the
21 1.146 pavel load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
22 1.146 pavel (like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
23 1.146 pavel will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug, and you will
24 1.146 pavel have to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile the
25 1.146 pavel linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest way is with a
26 1.146 pavel "build.sh tools" command, with any other options that you use
27 1.146 pavel normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is installed as
28 1.146 pavel ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
29 1.145 martin 20060131:
30 1.145 martin the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
31 1.145 martin the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
32 1.145 martin you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
33 1.145 martin /usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
34 1.145 martin src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
35 1.145 martin
36 1.144 yamt 20050917:
37 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
38 1.144 yamt contains MI options previously enabled by default.
39 1.144 yamt If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
40 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
41 1.144 yamt to get the previous configuration.
42 1.144 yamt
43 1.143 lukem 20050830:
44 1.143 lukem named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
45 1.143 lukem postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
46 1.143 lukem Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
47 1.143 lukem this in their DESTDIR.
48 1.143 lukem
49 1.142 drochner 20050825:
50 1.142 drochner Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
51 1.142 drochner attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
52 1.142 drochner modified to emit the new data structures.
53 1.142 drochner Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
54 1.142 drochner configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
55 1.142 drochner
56 1.139 christos 20050531:
57 1.141 augustss genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
58 1.141 augustss tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
59 1.139 christos you can build a kernel again.
60 1.139 christos
61 1.140 yamt 20050520:
62 1.140 yamt Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
63 1.140 yamt xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
64 1.140 yamt
65 1.138 lukem 20050417:
66 1.138 lukem postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
67 1.138 lukem of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
68 1.138 lukem upgrade.
69 1.138 lukem
70 1.136 cube 20050325:
71 1.136 cube pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4). Be sure
72 1.136 cube to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
73 1.136 cube configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
74 1.137 cube with wsconsctl. Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
75 1.137 cube might even not hear any more beep. Also, it is advised to attach both
76 1.137 cube devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
77 1.137 cube pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
78 1.136 cube
79 1.135 jmc 20050211:
80 1.135 jmc Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
81 1.135 jmc some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
82 1.135 jmc cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
83 1.135 jmc different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
84 1.135 jmc make a build continue.
85 1.135 jmc
86 1.134 christos 20050109:
87 1.134 christos Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
88 1.134 christos /etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
89 1.134 christos for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
90 1.134 christos a password).
91 1.134 christos
92 1.133 christos 20041229:
93 1.133 christos Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
94 1.133 christos being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
95 1.133 christos you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
96 1.133 christos the build.
97 1.133 christos
98 1.130 christos 20041201:
99 1.130 christos Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
100 1.130 christos /dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
101 1.131 wiz MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
102 1.99 mrg
103 1.129 jmc 20041006:
104 1.129 jmc
105 1.129 jmc A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
106 1.129 jmc variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
107 1.129 jmc will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
108 1.129 jmc on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
109 1.129 jmc
110 1.129 jmc ident /bin/sh | grep var
111 1.129 jmc
112 1.129 jmc Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
113 1.129 jmc before attempting a build.
114 1.129 jmc
115 1.127 christos 20041001:
116 1.127 christos The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
117 1.127 christos dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
118 1.127 christos dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
119 1.128 he before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
120 1.128 he ftp-proxy are the victims).
121 1.127 christos
122 1.125 atatat 20040715:
123 1.125 atatat The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
124 1.125 atatat if sendmail should be started at boot time. It checks the
125 1.125 atatat contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
126 1.125 atatat owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
127 1.125 atatat to the mail infrastructure have been made. If no changes
128 1.125 atatat are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
129 1.125 atatat
130 1.125 atatat Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
131 1.125 atatat
132 1.125 atatat If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
133 1.125 atatat local delivery, it is important that you also update your
134 1.125 atatat sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
135 1.125 atatat loopback interface.
136 1.125 atatat
137 1.125 atatat 20040715:
138 1.125 atatat The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
139 1.125 atatat kernel builds has been changed again. The latest version
140 1.125 atatat of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
141 1.125 atatat
142 1.124 jmc 20040621:
143 1.124 jmc Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
144 1.124 jmc from a clean objdir under tools/*.
145 1.124 jmc
146 1.124 jmc This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
147 1.125 atatat to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
148 1.124 jmc
149 1.124 jmc The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
150 1.124 jmc
151 1.121 lukem 20040516:
152 1.121 lukem The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
153 1.121 lukem from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
154 1.121 lukem Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
155 1.121 lukem "make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
156 1.121 lukem
157 1.126 lukem postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
158 1.126 lukem /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
159 1.126 lukem detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
160 1.126 lukem manually move these files yourself.
161 1.126 lukem
162 1.119 atatat 20040426:
163 1.119 atatat Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
164 1.119 atatat been removed in favor of the newer layout. This affects
165 1.119 atatat consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
166 1.119 atatat the dynamic discovery mechanism. This is believed only to
167 1.119 atatat be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
168 1.119 atatat the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
169 1.119 atatat built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
170 1.119 atatat will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
171 1.119 atatat 2004/04/25. If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
172 1.119 atatat does not work, make sure that your revision of
173 1.120 atatat src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
174 1.120 atatat do the following:
175 1.119 atatat
176 1.120 atatat cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
177 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no includes
178 1.120 atatat cd lib/libc
179 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
180 1.120 atatat cd ../../sbin/sysctl
181 1.119 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
182 1.119 atatat
183 1.122 itojun If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
184 1.122 itojun identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
185 1.122 itojun "unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that. if that happens,
186 1.122 itojun make sure to follow the above steps.
187 1.122 itojun
188 1.118 dbj 20040425:
189 1.118 dbj The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
190 1.118 dbj are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
191 1.118 dbj sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
192 1.118 dbj invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
193 1.118 dbj automated by those scripts. Note that under certain circumstances,
194 1.118 dbj affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
195 1.118 dbj upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
196 1.118 dbj encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
197 1.118 dbj filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
198 1.118 dbj possible. For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
199 1.118 dbj
200 1.115 christos 20040418:
201 1.121 lukem statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
202 1.115 christos installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
203 1.115 christos a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
204 1.115 christos build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
205 1.115 christos clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
206 1.116 christos anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
207 1.116 christos from the libc build directory.
208 1.115 christos
209 1.114 jmc 20040326:
210 1.114 jmc The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
211 1.117 jmc has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
212 1.114 jmc and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
213 1.114 jmc to build it.
214 1.114 jmc
215 1.114 jmc This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
216 1.114 jmc building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
217 1.114 jmc
218 1.113 dan 20040318:
219 1.113 dan A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
220 1.113 dan provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
221 1.113 dan notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
222 1.113 dan ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
223 1.113 dan recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
224 1.113 dan (recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
225 1.113 dan
226 1.108 bjh21 20040313:
227 1.108 bjh21 On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
228 1.108 bjh21 the old wsqms driver is now called qms. Kernel config files
229 1.108 bjh21 will need updating. See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
230 1.108 bjh21 for examples.
231 1.108 bjh21
232 1.106 bjh21 20040125:
233 1.106 bjh21 On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
234 1.106 bjh21 needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
235 1.106 bjh21 files.
236 1.105 bjh21
237 1.102 dbj 20040109:
238 1.102 dbj Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
239 1.102 dbj added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
240 1.102 dbj when using those layouts. If you have been using -current
241 1.102 dbj since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
242 1.110 dbj superblock mismatches. To repair, make sure you have
243 1.111 simonb an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
244 1.109 dbj to complete the filesystem upgrade. A message has
245 1.111 simonb been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
246 1.111 simonb See the following discussion for more information:
247 1.112 keihan http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
248 1.102 dbj
249 1.99 mrg 20031203:
250 1.100 keihan New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
251 1.99 mrg It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
252 1.99 mrg the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
253 1.98 wiz
254 1.98 wiz 20031111:
255 1.98 wiz A newer mkdep is needed. Error noting that is
256 1.98 wiz cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
257 1.97 lukem
258 1.97 lukem 20031008:
259 1.97 lukem /usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
260 1.97 lukem It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
261 1.97 lukem the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
262 1.96 christos
263 1.109 dbj 20031007:
264 1.111 simonb A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
265 1.111 simonb of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags. This should only
266 1.111 simonb affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
267 1.109 dbj A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
268 1.111 simonb should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
269 1.111 simonb to the kernel which should discover and warn about it. See
270 1.111 simonb http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
271 1.109 dbj
272 1.96 christos 20030906:
273 1.96 christos With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
274 1.96 christos code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
275 1.96 christos kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
276 1.94 christos
277 1.94 christos 20030801:
278 1.95 wiz With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
279 1.94 christos rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
280 1.95 wiz /usr/lib/libdes* before building.
281 1.92 wiz
282 1.92 wiz 20030703:
283 1.92 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.6. To avoid failures when trying to
284 1.92 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
285 1.92 wiz
286 1.92 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
287 1.92 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
288 1.90 wiz
289 1.90 wiz 20030630:
290 1.101 junyoung Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
291 1.91 wiz cd share/mk && make install
292 1.90 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
293 1.90 wiz make MKMAN=no dependall install
294 1.90 wiz (untested).
295 1.89 christos
296 1.89 christos 20030516:
297 1.89 christos Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
298 1.89 christos were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
299 1.89 christos mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
300 1.89 christos been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
301 1.89 christos export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
302 1.89 christos make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
303 1.89 christos file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
304 1.89 christos a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
305 1.87 bjh21
306 1.87 bjh21 20030402:
307 1.87 bjh21 The superblock layout for FFS was changed. If you have 1.6
308 1.87 bjh21 fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
309 1.87 bjh21 with the first alternate, because they compare too many
310 1.87 bjh21 fields (even ones that aren't useful). If possible, upgrade
311 1.87 bjh21 your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
312 1.87 bjh21 None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
313 1.85 atatat
314 1.85 atatat 20030324:
315 1.85 atatat sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported. Since sendmail is
316 1.85 atatat now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
317 1.85 atatat mode for most common activities, there is a new config
318 1.85 atatat file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
319 1.85 atatat The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
320 1.85 atatat is named netbsd-msp.cf. Upgrading your regular sendmail
321 1.85 atatat configuration file is also strongly advised.
322 1.85 atatat
323 1.85 atatat See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
324 1.85 atatat the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
325 1.85 atatat information.
326 1.82 wiz
327 1.82 wiz 20030117:
328 1.82 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.3. To avoid failures when trying to
329 1.82 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
330 1.82 wiz
331 1.82 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
332 1.82 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
333 1.81 lukem
334 1.81 lukem 20021223:
335 1.81 lukem The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
336 1.81 lukem "${DESTDIR}" from path names.
337 1.81 lukem This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
338 1.81 lukem For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
339 1.81 lukem update tools/mtree, before running make build.
340 1.88 itojun
341 1.88 itojun 20021219:
342 1.88 itojun CVS repository layout was changed. See the following for details
343 1.88 itojun if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
344 1.88 itojun
345 1.93 salo http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
346 1.80 lukem
347 1.80 lukem 20021219:
348 1.80 lukem install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
349 1.80 lukem alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
350 1.80 lukem of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
351 1.80 lukem
352 1.80 lukem The build system was modified to take advantage of
353 1.80 lukem this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
354 1.83 kei use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
355 1.80 lukem reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
356 1.78 lukem
357 1.78 lukem 20021130:
358 1.78 lukem fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
359 1.78 lukem If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
360 1.78 lukem and rebuild libc:
361 1.78 lukem make includes
362 1.78 lukem make do-lib-libc
363 1.78 lukem If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
364 1.78 lukem before rebuilding the tools.
365 1.77 lukem
366 1.77 lukem 20021126:
367 1.77 lukem The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
368 1.77 lukem including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
369 1.77 lukem All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
370 1.77 lukem /usr/include.
371 1.76 thorpej
372 1.76 thorpej 20021121:
373 1.76 thorpej The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
374 1.76 thorpej (and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
375 1.76 thorpej split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
376 1.76 thorpej This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
377 1.76 thorpej new libraries are installed. The process of rebuilding
378 1.76 thorpej libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
379 1.76 thorpej required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
380 1.76 thorpej do this.
381 1.76 thorpej
382 1.76 thorpej An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
383 1.76 thorpej which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
384 1.76 thorpej their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
385 1.75 thorpej
386 1.75 thorpej 20021121:
387 1.75 thorpej A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
388 1.75 thorpej corrected.
389 1.75 thorpej
390 1.75 thorpej NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
391 1.75 thorpej default. However, the assembler lacked support for marking
392 1.75 thorpej objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
393 1.79 wiz compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
394 1.75 thorpej to the assembler.
395 1.75 thorpej
396 1.75 thorpej Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
397 1.75 thorpej old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
398 1.75 thorpej incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
399 1.75 thorpej
400 1.75 thorpej The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
401 1.75 thorpej a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
402 1.75 thorpej against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
403 1.75 thorpej markings. ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
404 1.75 thorpej WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
405 1.75 thorpej
406 1.75 thorpej The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
407 1.75 thorpej the libraries on the system. The easiest way to do this for
408 1.79 wiz system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
409 1.93 salo generally available on releng.NetBSD.org. Any packages you
410 1.75 thorpej have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
411 1.75 thorpej if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
412 1.75 thorpej
413 1.75 thorpej If you have questions about this matter, please contact
414 1.93 salo port-arm (a] NetBSD.org.
415 1.73 provos
416 1.73 provos 20021011:
417 1.73 provos Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
418 1.73 provos Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
419 1.79 wiz to be rebuilt.
420 1.72 thorpej
421 1.72 thorpej 20021010:
422 1.72 thorpej The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
423 1.72 thorpej dependencies on attributes, as well as other options. Users
424 1.72 thorpej must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
425 1.72 thorpej kernel.
426 1.70 thorpej
427 1.70 thorpej 20021009:
428 1.70 thorpej A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
429 1.70 thorpej which is now used by the SCSI configuration description. Users
430 1.71 wiz must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
431 1.70 thorpej kernel.
432 1.69 thorpej
433 1.69 thorpej 20021003:
434 1.69 thorpej Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
435 1.69 thorpej framework. Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
436 1.69 thorpej before building a new kernel.
437 1.74 jschauma
438 1.74 jschauma 20021001:
439 1.74 jschauma The i386mp branch has been merged. To compile a kernel, users
440 1.74 jschauma will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
441 1.74 jschauma file. Multiprocessor kernels will need
442 1.74 jschauma ioapic* at mainbus? apid ?
443 1.74 jschauma options MULTIPROCESSOR
444 1.74 jschauma options COM_MPLOCK
445 1.68 lukem
446 1.68 lukem 20020922:
447 1.68 lukem MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
448 1.68 lukem certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
449 1.68 lukem linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
450 1.68 lukem and /sbin are dynamically linked.
451 1.68 lukem If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
452 1.68 lukem you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
453 1.68 lukem with:
454 1.68 lukem make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
455 1.67 lukem
456 1.67 lukem 20020917:
457 1.67 lukem USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
458 1.67 lukem - TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
459 1.67 lukem there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
460 1.67 lukem x86_64).
461 1.67 lukem - EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
462 1.79 wiz root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu). This
463 1.67 lukem enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
464 1.67 lukem platforms.
465 1.66 gehenna
466 1.66 gehenna 20020906:
467 1.66 gehenna gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
468 1.79 wiz reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
469 1.65 lukem
470 1.65 lukem 20020822:
471 1.65 lukem Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
472 1.65 lukem are now provided in /rescue.
473 1.65 lukem
474 1.65 lukem To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
475 1.65 lukem what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
476 1.65 lukem from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
477 1.65 lukem
478 1.65 lukem 20020820:
479 1.65 lukem crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
480 1.65 lukem is statically linked.
481 1.65 lukem
482 1.65 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
483 1.84 grant
484 1.84 grant 20020605:
485 1.84 grant smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
486 1.84 grant
487 1.84 grant Add the following into /etc/group:
488 1.84 grant
489 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:
490 1.84 grant
491 1.84 grant and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
492 1.84 grant
493 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
494 1.61 itojun
495 1.61 itojun 20020515:
496 1.61 itojun sshd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in, or sshd
497 1.61 itojun will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
498 1.61 itojun
499 1.61 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
500 1.61 itojun
501 1.61 itojun sshd:*:16:
502 1.61 itojun
503 1.61 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
504 1.61 itojun
505 1.63 enami sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
506 1.61 itojun
507 1.79 wiz Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
508 1.79 wiz the build process).
509 1.60 sommerfe
510 1.60 sommerfe 20020426:
511 1.60 sommerfe NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
512 1.59 lukem
513 1.59 lukem 20020426:
514 1.59 lukem etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
515 1.59 lukem configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
516 1.59 lukem the problems identified.
517 1.59 lukem This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
518 1.59 lukem configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
519 1.56 lukem
520 1.56 lukem 20020320:
521 1.79 wiz <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
522 1.79 wiz Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
523 1.56 lukem
524 1.55 itojun 20020319:
525 1.79 wiz Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
526 1.79 wiz on send(2) operation. Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
527 1.55 itojun newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
528 1.55 itojun
529 1.54 itojun 20020311:
530 1.54 itojun ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh. Beware
531 1.54 itojun if you restart your machine from remote. Note that sshd.conf needs
532 1.54 itojun to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
533 1.54 itojun
534 1.54 itojun 20020223:
535 1.53 matt Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
536 1.53 matt so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
537 1.53 matt the VAX assembly files.
538 1.53 matt
539 1.50 itojun 20020118:
540 1.50 itojun ntpd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in or builds
541 1.50 itojun will break as mtree aborts early.
542 1.50 itojun
543 1.50 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
544 1.50 itojun
545 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:
546 1.50 itojun
547 1.50 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
548 1.50 itojun
549 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
550 1.50 itojun
551 1.49 jmc 20011207:
552 1.49 jmc If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
553 1.49 jmc reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
554 1.49 jmc toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
555 1.49 jmc
556 1.49 jmc To fix:
557 1.49 jmc
558 1.49 jmc Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
559 1.49 jmc Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
560 1.49 jmc
561 1.49 jmc gnu/lib/libgcc
562 1.51 pooka gnu/lib/libstdc++
563 1.49 jmc
564 1.49 jmc After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
565 1.49 jmc
566 1.47 jmc 20011201:
567 1.47 jmc In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
568 1.47 jmc you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
569 1.52 wiz point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
570 1.47 jmc point is broken.
571 1.47 jmc
572 1.47 jmc To build:
573 1.47 jmc
574 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
575 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
576 1.48 jmc against the new libgcc.a)
577 1.47 jmc
578 1.46 thorpej 20011128:
579 1.46 thorpej Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
580 1.46 thorpej the various "files" files. Bug fixes to config(8) are
581 1.46 thorpej required in order for this to work properly. Make sure
582 1.46 thorpej to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
583 1.46 thorpej to build a new kernel.
584 1.46 thorpej
585 1.45 yamt 20011030:
586 1.45 yamt libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
587 1.45 yamt before building libc.
588 1.43 mason
589 1.44 tv 20011029:
590 1.44 tv The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
591 1.44 tv see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
592 1.44 tv procedure in great detail. BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
593 1.44 tv build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
594 1.44 tv manual update log.
595 1.44 tv
596 1.44 tv Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
597 1.44 tv BUILDING document for caveats. Generally, BUILDING supersedes
598 1.44 tv UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
599 1.44 tv by the new build system.
600 1.42 perry
601 1.42 perry 20011028:
602 1.42 perry src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
603 1.42 perry symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
604 1.42 perry prevented this was corrected.
605 1.42 perry
606 1.42 perry Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
607 1.42 perry Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
608 1.42 perry for you.
609 1.40 lukem
610 1.40 lukem 20011006:
611 1.40 lukem /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
612 1.40 lukem absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
613 1.40 lukem understand the format.
614 1.40 lukem
615 1.40 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
616 1.39 jmc
617 1.39 jmc 20011004:
618 1.39 jmc Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
619 1.39 jmc is suggested before running a snapshot build
620 1.36 tv
621 1.35 thorpej 20010915:
622 1.35 thorpej The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
623 1.35 thorpej a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h. There may be stale .depend
624 1.35 thorpej files that still reference this file.
625 1.35 thorpej
626 1.35 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
627 1.35 thorpej directories.
628 1.31 enami
629 1.31 enami 20010803:
630 1.31 enami grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo. Since it
631 1.31 enami requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
632 1.31 enami building gnu/usr.bin/grep. To install new texinfo, please follow
633 1.31 enami the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
634 1.30 enami
635 1.64 sommerfe 20010803:
636 1.41 wiz (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
637 1.111 simonb `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand. To build the
638 1.64 sommerfe kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,
639 1.64 sommerfe (i.e., build.sh -t) or (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"
640 1.64 sommerfe from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
641 1.64 sommerfe See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
642 1.64 sommerfe [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
643 1.29 bjh21
644 1.29 bjh21 20010731:
645 1.29 bjh21 Bootloader update on ELF platforms. DDB in kernels from before
646 1.29 bjh21 this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
647 1.29 bjh21 bootloaders.
648 1.27 assar
649 1.27 assar 20010726:
650 1.27 assar Texinfo was updated to 4.0. To avoid failures when trying to
651 1.28 assar build the included texinfo files, do:
652 1.28 assar
653 1.28 assar cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
654 1.28 assar make MKINFO=no dependall install
655 1.25 thorpej
656 1.25 thorpej 20010718:
657 1.25 thorpej Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0. The way this
658 1.25 thorpej was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
659 1.25 thorpej make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
660 1.25 thorpej timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
661 1.25 thorpej
662 1.25 thorpej The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
663 1.25 thorpej if you have a stale dependency.
664 1.25 thorpej
665 1.25 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
666 1.25 thorpej before starting your build.
667 1.26 thorpej
668 1.26 thorpej 20010628:
669 1.26 thorpej A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
670 1.26 thorpej in lint(1). If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
671 1.26 thorpej bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
672 1.21 jmc
673 1.21 jmc 20010226:
674 1.22 jmc Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
675 1.21 jmc will break as mtree aborts early.
676 1.21 jmc
677 1.21 jmc To work around add by hand:
678 1.21 jmc
679 1.21 jmc named:*:14:
680 1.21 jmc
681 1.22 jmc to /etc/group and add:
682 1.22 jmc
683 1.22 jmc named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
684 1.22 jmc
685 1.22 jmc to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
686 1.22 jmc
687 1.22 jmc Now a make build should progress.
688 1.18 jmc
689 1.18 jmc 20010219:
690 1.52 wiz get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
691 1.111 simonb to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
692 1.18 jmc
693 1.111 simonb Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
694 1.19 cgd usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
695 1.19 cgd CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
696 1.20 jmc usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
697 1.111 simonb building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
698 1.15 christos
699 1.15 christos 20010204:
700 1.15 christos prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
701 1.15 christos particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
702 1.15 christos needs to be installed before make build.
703 1.10 christos
704 1.10 christos 20010114:
705 1.10 christos introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
706 1.10 christos bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
707 1.23 tron anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
708 1.10 christos with make build.
709 1.9 sommerfe
710 1.9 sommerfe 20010101:
711 1.9 sommerfe bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
712 1.9 sommerfe afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
713 1.8 sommerfe
714 1.8 sommerfe 20001230:
715 1.8 sommerfe New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
716 1.8 sommerfe If you get make errors,
717 1.8 sommerfe (cd share/mk; make install)
718 1.8 sommerfe Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
719 1.6 ad
720 1.6 ad 20001019:
721 1.7 ad The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
722 1.6 ad major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
723 1.6 ad directory.
724 1.1 abs
725 1.4 itojun 20000929:
726 1.4 itojun The following make directives are obsoleted.
727 1.4 itojun MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
728 1.4 itojun By default, RSA is built into libcrypto. IDEA and RC5 will not be
729 1.16 wiz built into libcrypto. By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
730 1.4 itojun additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
731 1.1 abs
732 1.1 abs
733 1.1 abs Hints for a more successful build:
734 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
735 1.123 jmc Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
736 1.132 jmmv This will automatically build the tools in the
737 1.123 jmc correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
738 1.123 jmc new build products from interfering with the running
739 1.123 jmc system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
740 1.123 jmc other advice in this file.
741 1.2 mrg Build a new kernel first:
742 1.2 mrg This makes sure that any new system calls or features
743 1.2 mrg expected by the new userland will be present. This
744 1.2 mrg helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
745 1.1 abs Use object directories:
746 1.1 abs This helps to keep stale object
747 1.1 abs files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
748 1.1 abs about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
749 1.1 abs a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
750 1.1 abs same source tree for multiple machines.
751 1.123 jmc To use object directories with build.sh:
752 1.123 jmc a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
753 1.123 jmc To use object directories without using build.sh:
754 1.1 abs a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
755 1.2 mrg b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
756 1.2 mrg c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
757 1.1 abs d) cd /usr/src ; make build
758 1.2 mrg Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
759 1.2 mrg in obj.$MACHINE directory.
760 1.1 abs Build to a DESTDIR:
761 1.123 jmc This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
762 1.123 jmc from interfering with the new build.
763 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
764 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
765 1.123 jmc environment variable before running make build. It should be
766 1.123 jmc set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
767 1.123 jmc Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
768 1.123 jmc update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
769 1.123 jmc nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
770 1.123 jmc (See critical utils, below.)
771 1.1 abs Build often:
772 1.1 abs This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
773 1.1 abs on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
774 1.123 jmc date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
775 1.123 jmc this problem.
776 1.1 abs
777 1.1 abs What to do if things don't work:
778 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
779 1.1 abs When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
780 1.1 abs should be done.
781 1.1 abs 1) make includes
782 1.1 abs This should be done automatically by make build.
783 1.1 abs 2) cd share/mk && make install
784 1.1 abs Again, automatically done by make build.
785 1.1 abs
786 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
787 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
788 1.1 abs To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
789 1.1 abs something like the following:
790 1.1 abs 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
791 1.1 abs 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
792 1.1 abs utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
793 1.1 abs 3) cd ...path/to/util...
794 1.1 abs make cleandir
795 1.1 abs rm ...all obj directories...
796 1.1 abs make cleandir # yes, again
797 1.1 abs make obj
798 1.1 abs make depend && make
799 1.1 abs
800 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
801 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
802 1.1 abs If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
803 1.2 mrg ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
804 1.2 mrg (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
805 1.2 mrg for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
806 1.1 abs
807 1.1 abs ---cut here---
808 1.1 abs #!/bin/sh
809 1.1 abs . /etc/mk.conf
810 1.1 abs
811 1.58 lukem if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
812 1.58 lukem NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
813 1.1 abs fi
814 1.58 lukem if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
815 1.1 abs echo Unable to find sources
816 1.1 abs exit 1
817 1.1 abs fi
818 1.58 lukem find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
819 1.1 abs
820 1.1 abs if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
821 1.1 abs BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
822 1.1 abs fi
823 1.1 abs if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
824 1.1 abs rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
825 1.1 abs fi
826 1.1 abs
827 1.58 lukem cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
828 1.1 abs
829 1.1 abs ---cut here---
830 1.1 abs
831 1.1 abs Critical utilities:
832 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
833 1.3 itojun usr.bin/compile_et
834 1.1 abs usr.bin/make
835 1.1 abs usr.bin/yacc
836 1.1 abs usr.bin/lex
837 1.11 lukem usr.bin/xlint
838 1.142 drochner usr.bin/config
839 1.1 abs
840 1.34 simonb Other problems and possible solutions:
841 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
842 1.1 abs Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
843 1.17 erh Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
844 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
845 1.111 simonb Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
846 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
847 1.17 erh
848 1.1 abs Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
849 1.1 abs cd share/mk && make install
850 1.2 mrg
851 1.2 mrg Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
852 1.142 drochner Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
853 1.1 abs
854 1.1 abs Symptom:
855 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
856 1.1 abs
857 1.1 abs Symptom:
858 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
859 1.1 abs
860 1.1 abs Symptom:
861 1.1 abs Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
862 1.4 itojun
863 1.4 itojun Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
864 1.4 itojun Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
865 1.4 itojun make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
866 1.4 itojun (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
867 1.4 itojun may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
868 1.5 wiz
869 1.5 wiz Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
870 1.5 wiz Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
871 1.12 itojun
872 1.12 itojun Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
873 1.12 itojun Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
874 1.13 dogcow
875 1.86 kleink Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
876 1.13 dogcow Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
877 1.13 dogcow
878 1.142 drochner Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
879 1.19 cgd Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
880 1.13 dogcow
881 1.19 cgd Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
882 1.19 cgd Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
883 1.24 abs
884 1.24 abs Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
885 1.24 abs Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
886