UPDATING revision 1.147 1 1.147 christos $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.147 2006/06/02 19:08:00 christos 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 1.147 christos The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen
21 1.147 christos (sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
22 1.146 pavel load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
23 1.146 pavel (like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
24 1.147 christos will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
25 1.147 christos with an error like:
26 1.147 christos ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
27 1.147 christos non constant expression for load base
28 1.147 christos You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
29 1.147 christos and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
30 1.147 christos way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
31 1.147 christos that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
32 1.147 christos installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
33 1.147 christos
34 1.145 martin 20060131:
35 1.145 martin the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
36 1.145 martin the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
37 1.145 martin you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
38 1.145 martin /usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
39 1.145 martin src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
40 1.145 martin
41 1.144 yamt 20050917:
42 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
43 1.144 yamt contains MI options previously enabled by default.
44 1.144 yamt If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
45 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
46 1.144 yamt to get the previous configuration.
47 1.144 yamt
48 1.143 lukem 20050830:
49 1.143 lukem named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
50 1.143 lukem postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
51 1.143 lukem Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
52 1.143 lukem this in their DESTDIR.
53 1.143 lukem
54 1.142 drochner 20050825:
55 1.142 drochner Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
56 1.142 drochner attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
57 1.142 drochner modified to emit the new data structures.
58 1.142 drochner Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
59 1.142 drochner configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
60 1.142 drochner
61 1.139 christos 20050531:
62 1.141 augustss genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
63 1.141 augustss tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
64 1.139 christos you can build a kernel again.
65 1.139 christos
66 1.140 yamt 20050520:
67 1.140 yamt Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
68 1.140 yamt xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
69 1.140 yamt
70 1.138 lukem 20050417:
71 1.138 lukem postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
72 1.138 lukem of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
73 1.138 lukem upgrade.
74 1.138 lukem
75 1.136 cube 20050325:
76 1.136 cube pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4). Be sure
77 1.136 cube to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
78 1.136 cube configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
79 1.137 cube with wsconsctl. Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
80 1.137 cube might even not hear any more beep. Also, it is advised to attach both
81 1.137 cube devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
82 1.137 cube pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
83 1.136 cube
84 1.135 jmc 20050211:
85 1.135 jmc Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
86 1.135 jmc some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
87 1.135 jmc cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
88 1.135 jmc different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
89 1.135 jmc make a build continue.
90 1.135 jmc
91 1.134 christos 20050109:
92 1.134 christos Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
93 1.134 christos /etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
94 1.134 christos for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
95 1.134 christos a password).
96 1.134 christos
97 1.133 christos 20041229:
98 1.133 christos Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
99 1.133 christos being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
100 1.133 christos you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
101 1.133 christos the build.
102 1.133 christos
103 1.130 christos 20041201:
104 1.130 christos Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
105 1.130 christos /dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
106 1.131 wiz MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
107 1.99 mrg
108 1.129 jmc 20041006:
109 1.129 jmc
110 1.129 jmc A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
111 1.129 jmc variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
112 1.129 jmc will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
113 1.129 jmc on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
114 1.129 jmc
115 1.129 jmc ident /bin/sh | grep var
116 1.129 jmc
117 1.129 jmc Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
118 1.129 jmc before attempting a build.
119 1.129 jmc
120 1.127 christos 20041001:
121 1.127 christos The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
122 1.127 christos dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
123 1.127 christos dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
124 1.128 he before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
125 1.128 he ftp-proxy are the victims).
126 1.127 christos
127 1.125 atatat 20040715:
128 1.125 atatat The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
129 1.125 atatat if sendmail should be started at boot time. It checks the
130 1.125 atatat contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
131 1.125 atatat owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
132 1.125 atatat to the mail infrastructure have been made. If no changes
133 1.125 atatat are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
134 1.125 atatat
135 1.125 atatat Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
136 1.125 atatat
137 1.125 atatat If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
138 1.125 atatat local delivery, it is important that you also update your
139 1.125 atatat sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
140 1.125 atatat loopback interface.
141 1.125 atatat
142 1.125 atatat 20040715:
143 1.125 atatat The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
144 1.125 atatat kernel builds has been changed again. The latest version
145 1.125 atatat of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
146 1.125 atatat
147 1.124 jmc 20040621:
148 1.124 jmc Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
149 1.124 jmc from a clean objdir under tools/*.
150 1.124 jmc
151 1.124 jmc This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
152 1.125 atatat to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
153 1.124 jmc
154 1.124 jmc The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
155 1.124 jmc
156 1.121 lukem 20040516:
157 1.121 lukem The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
158 1.121 lukem from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
159 1.121 lukem Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
160 1.121 lukem "make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
161 1.121 lukem
162 1.126 lukem postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
163 1.126 lukem /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
164 1.126 lukem detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
165 1.126 lukem manually move these files yourself.
166 1.126 lukem
167 1.119 atatat 20040426:
168 1.119 atatat Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
169 1.119 atatat been removed in favor of the newer layout. This affects
170 1.119 atatat consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
171 1.119 atatat the dynamic discovery mechanism. This is believed only to
172 1.119 atatat be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
173 1.119 atatat the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
174 1.119 atatat built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
175 1.119 atatat will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
176 1.119 atatat 2004/04/25. If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
177 1.119 atatat does not work, make sure that your revision of
178 1.120 atatat src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
179 1.120 atatat do the following:
180 1.119 atatat
181 1.120 atatat cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
182 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no includes
183 1.120 atatat cd lib/libc
184 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
185 1.120 atatat cd ../../sbin/sysctl
186 1.119 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
187 1.119 atatat
188 1.122 itojun If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
189 1.122 itojun identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
190 1.122 itojun "unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that. if that happens,
191 1.122 itojun make sure to follow the above steps.
192 1.122 itojun
193 1.118 dbj 20040425:
194 1.118 dbj The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
195 1.118 dbj are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
196 1.118 dbj sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
197 1.118 dbj invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
198 1.118 dbj automated by those scripts. Note that under certain circumstances,
199 1.118 dbj affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
200 1.118 dbj upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
201 1.118 dbj encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
202 1.118 dbj filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
203 1.118 dbj possible. For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
204 1.118 dbj
205 1.115 christos 20040418:
206 1.121 lukem statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
207 1.115 christos installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
208 1.115 christos a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
209 1.115 christos build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
210 1.115 christos clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
211 1.116 christos anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
212 1.116 christos from the libc build directory.
213 1.115 christos
214 1.114 jmc 20040326:
215 1.114 jmc The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
216 1.117 jmc has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
217 1.114 jmc and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
218 1.114 jmc to build it.
219 1.114 jmc
220 1.114 jmc This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
221 1.114 jmc building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
222 1.114 jmc
223 1.113 dan 20040318:
224 1.113 dan A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
225 1.113 dan provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
226 1.113 dan notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
227 1.113 dan ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
228 1.113 dan recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
229 1.113 dan (recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
230 1.113 dan
231 1.108 bjh21 20040313:
232 1.108 bjh21 On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
233 1.108 bjh21 the old wsqms driver is now called qms. Kernel config files
234 1.108 bjh21 will need updating. See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
235 1.108 bjh21 for examples.
236 1.108 bjh21
237 1.106 bjh21 20040125:
238 1.106 bjh21 On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
239 1.106 bjh21 needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
240 1.106 bjh21 files.
241 1.105 bjh21
242 1.102 dbj 20040109:
243 1.102 dbj Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
244 1.102 dbj added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
245 1.102 dbj when using those layouts. If you have been using -current
246 1.102 dbj since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
247 1.110 dbj superblock mismatches. To repair, make sure you have
248 1.111 simonb an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
249 1.109 dbj to complete the filesystem upgrade. A message has
250 1.111 simonb been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
251 1.111 simonb See the following discussion for more information:
252 1.112 keihan http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
253 1.102 dbj
254 1.99 mrg 20031203:
255 1.100 keihan New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
256 1.99 mrg It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
257 1.99 mrg the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
258 1.98 wiz
259 1.98 wiz 20031111:
260 1.98 wiz A newer mkdep is needed. Error noting that is
261 1.98 wiz cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
262 1.97 lukem
263 1.97 lukem 20031008:
264 1.97 lukem /usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
265 1.97 lukem It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
266 1.97 lukem the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
267 1.96 christos
268 1.109 dbj 20031007:
269 1.111 simonb A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
270 1.111 simonb of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags. This should only
271 1.111 simonb affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
272 1.109 dbj A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
273 1.111 simonb should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
274 1.111 simonb to the kernel which should discover and warn about it. See
275 1.111 simonb http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
276 1.109 dbj
277 1.96 christos 20030906:
278 1.96 christos With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
279 1.96 christos code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
280 1.96 christos kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
281 1.94 christos
282 1.94 christos 20030801:
283 1.95 wiz With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
284 1.94 christos rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
285 1.95 wiz /usr/lib/libdes* before building.
286 1.92 wiz
287 1.92 wiz 20030703:
288 1.92 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.6. To avoid failures when trying to
289 1.92 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
290 1.92 wiz
291 1.92 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
292 1.92 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
293 1.90 wiz
294 1.90 wiz 20030630:
295 1.101 junyoung Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
296 1.91 wiz cd share/mk && make install
297 1.90 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
298 1.90 wiz make MKMAN=no dependall install
299 1.90 wiz (untested).
300 1.89 christos
301 1.89 christos 20030516:
302 1.89 christos Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
303 1.89 christos were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
304 1.89 christos mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
305 1.89 christos been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
306 1.89 christos export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
307 1.89 christos make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
308 1.89 christos file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
309 1.89 christos a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
310 1.87 bjh21
311 1.87 bjh21 20030402:
312 1.87 bjh21 The superblock layout for FFS was changed. If you have 1.6
313 1.87 bjh21 fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
314 1.87 bjh21 with the first alternate, because they compare too many
315 1.87 bjh21 fields (even ones that aren't useful). If possible, upgrade
316 1.87 bjh21 your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
317 1.87 bjh21 None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
318 1.85 atatat
319 1.85 atatat 20030324:
320 1.85 atatat sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported. Since sendmail is
321 1.85 atatat now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
322 1.85 atatat mode for most common activities, there is a new config
323 1.85 atatat file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
324 1.85 atatat The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
325 1.85 atatat is named netbsd-msp.cf. Upgrading your regular sendmail
326 1.85 atatat configuration file is also strongly advised.
327 1.85 atatat
328 1.85 atatat See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
329 1.85 atatat the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
330 1.85 atatat information.
331 1.82 wiz
332 1.82 wiz 20030117:
333 1.82 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.3. To avoid failures when trying to
334 1.82 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
335 1.82 wiz
336 1.82 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
337 1.82 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
338 1.81 lukem
339 1.81 lukem 20021223:
340 1.81 lukem The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
341 1.81 lukem "${DESTDIR}" from path names.
342 1.81 lukem This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
343 1.81 lukem For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
344 1.81 lukem update tools/mtree, before running make build.
345 1.88 itojun
346 1.88 itojun 20021219:
347 1.88 itojun CVS repository layout was changed. See the following for details
348 1.88 itojun if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
349 1.88 itojun
350 1.93 salo http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
351 1.80 lukem
352 1.80 lukem 20021219:
353 1.80 lukem install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
354 1.80 lukem alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
355 1.80 lukem of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
356 1.80 lukem
357 1.80 lukem The build system was modified to take advantage of
358 1.80 lukem this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
359 1.83 kei use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
360 1.80 lukem reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
361 1.78 lukem
362 1.78 lukem 20021130:
363 1.78 lukem fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
364 1.78 lukem If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
365 1.78 lukem and rebuild libc:
366 1.78 lukem make includes
367 1.78 lukem make do-lib-libc
368 1.78 lukem If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
369 1.78 lukem before rebuilding the tools.
370 1.77 lukem
371 1.77 lukem 20021126:
372 1.77 lukem The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
373 1.77 lukem including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
374 1.77 lukem All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
375 1.77 lukem /usr/include.
376 1.76 thorpej
377 1.76 thorpej 20021121:
378 1.76 thorpej The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
379 1.76 thorpej (and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
380 1.76 thorpej split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
381 1.76 thorpej This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
382 1.76 thorpej new libraries are installed. The process of rebuilding
383 1.76 thorpej libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
384 1.76 thorpej required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
385 1.76 thorpej do this.
386 1.76 thorpej
387 1.76 thorpej An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
388 1.76 thorpej which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
389 1.76 thorpej their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
390 1.75 thorpej
391 1.75 thorpej 20021121:
392 1.75 thorpej A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
393 1.75 thorpej corrected.
394 1.75 thorpej
395 1.75 thorpej NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
396 1.75 thorpej default. However, the assembler lacked support for marking
397 1.75 thorpej objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
398 1.79 wiz compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
399 1.75 thorpej to the assembler.
400 1.75 thorpej
401 1.75 thorpej Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
402 1.75 thorpej old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
403 1.75 thorpej incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
404 1.75 thorpej
405 1.75 thorpej The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
406 1.75 thorpej a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
407 1.75 thorpej against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
408 1.75 thorpej markings. ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
409 1.75 thorpej WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
410 1.75 thorpej
411 1.75 thorpej The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
412 1.75 thorpej the libraries on the system. The easiest way to do this for
413 1.79 wiz system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
414 1.93 salo generally available on releng.NetBSD.org. Any packages you
415 1.75 thorpej have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
416 1.75 thorpej if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
417 1.75 thorpej
418 1.75 thorpej If you have questions about this matter, please contact
419 1.93 salo port-arm (a] NetBSD.org.
420 1.73 provos
421 1.73 provos 20021011:
422 1.73 provos Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
423 1.73 provos Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
424 1.79 wiz to be rebuilt.
425 1.72 thorpej
426 1.72 thorpej 20021010:
427 1.72 thorpej The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
428 1.72 thorpej dependencies on attributes, as well as other options. Users
429 1.72 thorpej must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
430 1.72 thorpej kernel.
431 1.70 thorpej
432 1.70 thorpej 20021009:
433 1.70 thorpej A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
434 1.70 thorpej which is now used by the SCSI configuration description. Users
435 1.71 wiz must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
436 1.70 thorpej kernel.
437 1.69 thorpej
438 1.69 thorpej 20021003:
439 1.69 thorpej Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
440 1.69 thorpej framework. Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
441 1.69 thorpej before building a new kernel.
442 1.74 jschauma
443 1.74 jschauma 20021001:
444 1.74 jschauma The i386mp branch has been merged. To compile a kernel, users
445 1.74 jschauma will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
446 1.74 jschauma file. Multiprocessor kernels will need
447 1.74 jschauma ioapic* at mainbus? apid ?
448 1.74 jschauma options MULTIPROCESSOR
449 1.74 jschauma options COM_MPLOCK
450 1.68 lukem
451 1.68 lukem 20020922:
452 1.68 lukem MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
453 1.68 lukem certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
454 1.68 lukem linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
455 1.68 lukem and /sbin are dynamically linked.
456 1.68 lukem If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
457 1.68 lukem you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
458 1.68 lukem with:
459 1.68 lukem make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
460 1.67 lukem
461 1.67 lukem 20020917:
462 1.67 lukem USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
463 1.67 lukem - TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
464 1.67 lukem there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
465 1.67 lukem x86_64).
466 1.67 lukem - EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
467 1.79 wiz root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu). This
468 1.67 lukem enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
469 1.67 lukem platforms.
470 1.66 gehenna
471 1.66 gehenna 20020906:
472 1.66 gehenna gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
473 1.79 wiz reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
474 1.65 lukem
475 1.65 lukem 20020822:
476 1.65 lukem Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
477 1.65 lukem are now provided in /rescue.
478 1.65 lukem
479 1.65 lukem To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
480 1.65 lukem what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
481 1.65 lukem from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
482 1.65 lukem
483 1.65 lukem 20020820:
484 1.65 lukem crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
485 1.65 lukem is statically linked.
486 1.65 lukem
487 1.65 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
488 1.84 grant
489 1.84 grant 20020605:
490 1.84 grant smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
491 1.84 grant
492 1.84 grant Add the following into /etc/group:
493 1.84 grant
494 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:
495 1.84 grant
496 1.84 grant and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
497 1.84 grant
498 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
499 1.61 itojun
500 1.61 itojun 20020515:
501 1.61 itojun sshd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in, or sshd
502 1.61 itojun will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
503 1.61 itojun
504 1.61 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
505 1.61 itojun
506 1.61 itojun sshd:*:16:
507 1.61 itojun
508 1.61 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
509 1.61 itojun
510 1.63 enami sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
511 1.61 itojun
512 1.79 wiz Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
513 1.79 wiz the build process).
514 1.60 sommerfe
515 1.60 sommerfe 20020426:
516 1.60 sommerfe NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
517 1.59 lukem
518 1.59 lukem 20020426:
519 1.59 lukem etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
520 1.59 lukem configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
521 1.59 lukem the problems identified.
522 1.59 lukem This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
523 1.59 lukem configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
524 1.56 lukem
525 1.56 lukem 20020320:
526 1.79 wiz <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
527 1.79 wiz Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
528 1.56 lukem
529 1.55 itojun 20020319:
530 1.79 wiz Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
531 1.79 wiz on send(2) operation. Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
532 1.55 itojun newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
533 1.55 itojun
534 1.54 itojun 20020311:
535 1.54 itojun ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh. Beware
536 1.54 itojun if you restart your machine from remote. Note that sshd.conf needs
537 1.54 itojun to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
538 1.54 itojun
539 1.54 itojun 20020223:
540 1.53 matt Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
541 1.53 matt so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
542 1.53 matt the VAX assembly files.
543 1.53 matt
544 1.50 itojun 20020118:
545 1.50 itojun ntpd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in or builds
546 1.50 itojun will break as mtree aborts early.
547 1.50 itojun
548 1.50 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
549 1.50 itojun
550 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:
551 1.50 itojun
552 1.50 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
553 1.50 itojun
554 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
555 1.50 itojun
556 1.49 jmc 20011207:
557 1.49 jmc If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
558 1.49 jmc reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
559 1.49 jmc toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
560 1.49 jmc
561 1.49 jmc To fix:
562 1.49 jmc
563 1.49 jmc Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
564 1.49 jmc Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
565 1.49 jmc
566 1.49 jmc gnu/lib/libgcc
567 1.51 pooka gnu/lib/libstdc++
568 1.49 jmc
569 1.49 jmc After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
570 1.49 jmc
571 1.47 jmc 20011201:
572 1.47 jmc In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
573 1.47 jmc you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
574 1.52 wiz point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
575 1.47 jmc point is broken.
576 1.47 jmc
577 1.47 jmc To build:
578 1.47 jmc
579 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
580 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
581 1.48 jmc against the new libgcc.a)
582 1.47 jmc
583 1.46 thorpej 20011128:
584 1.46 thorpej Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
585 1.46 thorpej the various "files" files. Bug fixes to config(8) are
586 1.46 thorpej required in order for this to work properly. Make sure
587 1.46 thorpej to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
588 1.46 thorpej to build a new kernel.
589 1.46 thorpej
590 1.45 yamt 20011030:
591 1.45 yamt libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
592 1.45 yamt before building libc.
593 1.43 mason
594 1.44 tv 20011029:
595 1.44 tv The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
596 1.44 tv see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
597 1.44 tv procedure in great detail. BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
598 1.44 tv build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
599 1.44 tv manual update log.
600 1.44 tv
601 1.44 tv Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
602 1.44 tv BUILDING document for caveats. Generally, BUILDING supersedes
603 1.44 tv UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
604 1.44 tv by the new build system.
605 1.42 perry
606 1.42 perry 20011028:
607 1.42 perry src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
608 1.42 perry symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
609 1.42 perry prevented this was corrected.
610 1.42 perry
611 1.42 perry Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
612 1.42 perry Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
613 1.42 perry for you.
614 1.40 lukem
615 1.40 lukem 20011006:
616 1.40 lukem /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
617 1.40 lukem absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
618 1.40 lukem understand the format.
619 1.40 lukem
620 1.40 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
621 1.39 jmc
622 1.39 jmc 20011004:
623 1.39 jmc Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
624 1.39 jmc is suggested before running a snapshot build
625 1.36 tv
626 1.35 thorpej 20010915:
627 1.35 thorpej The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
628 1.35 thorpej a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h. There may be stale .depend
629 1.35 thorpej files that still reference this file.
630 1.35 thorpej
631 1.35 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
632 1.35 thorpej directories.
633 1.31 enami
634 1.31 enami 20010803:
635 1.31 enami grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo. Since it
636 1.31 enami requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
637 1.31 enami building gnu/usr.bin/grep. To install new texinfo, please follow
638 1.31 enami the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
639 1.30 enami
640 1.64 sommerfe 20010803:
641 1.41 wiz (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
642 1.111 simonb `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand. To build the
643 1.64 sommerfe kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,
644 1.64 sommerfe (i.e., build.sh -t) or (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"
645 1.64 sommerfe from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
646 1.64 sommerfe See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
647 1.64 sommerfe [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
648 1.29 bjh21
649 1.29 bjh21 20010731:
650 1.29 bjh21 Bootloader update on ELF platforms. DDB in kernels from before
651 1.29 bjh21 this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
652 1.29 bjh21 bootloaders.
653 1.27 assar
654 1.27 assar 20010726:
655 1.27 assar Texinfo was updated to 4.0. To avoid failures when trying to
656 1.28 assar build the included texinfo files, do:
657 1.28 assar
658 1.28 assar cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
659 1.28 assar make MKINFO=no dependall install
660 1.25 thorpej
661 1.25 thorpej 20010718:
662 1.25 thorpej Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0. The way this
663 1.25 thorpej was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
664 1.25 thorpej make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
665 1.25 thorpej timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
666 1.25 thorpej
667 1.25 thorpej The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
668 1.25 thorpej if you have a stale dependency.
669 1.25 thorpej
670 1.25 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
671 1.25 thorpej before starting your build.
672 1.26 thorpej
673 1.26 thorpej 20010628:
674 1.26 thorpej A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
675 1.26 thorpej in lint(1). If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
676 1.26 thorpej bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
677 1.21 jmc
678 1.21 jmc 20010226:
679 1.22 jmc Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
680 1.21 jmc will break as mtree aborts early.
681 1.21 jmc
682 1.21 jmc To work around add by hand:
683 1.21 jmc
684 1.21 jmc named:*:14:
685 1.21 jmc
686 1.22 jmc to /etc/group and add:
687 1.22 jmc
688 1.22 jmc named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
689 1.22 jmc
690 1.22 jmc to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
691 1.22 jmc
692 1.22 jmc Now a make build should progress.
693 1.18 jmc
694 1.18 jmc 20010219:
695 1.52 wiz get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
696 1.111 simonb to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
697 1.18 jmc
698 1.111 simonb Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
699 1.19 cgd usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
700 1.19 cgd CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
701 1.20 jmc usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
702 1.111 simonb building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
703 1.15 christos
704 1.15 christos 20010204:
705 1.15 christos prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
706 1.15 christos particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
707 1.15 christos needs to be installed before make build.
708 1.10 christos
709 1.10 christos 20010114:
710 1.10 christos introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
711 1.10 christos bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
712 1.23 tron anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
713 1.10 christos with make build.
714 1.9 sommerfe
715 1.9 sommerfe 20010101:
716 1.9 sommerfe bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
717 1.9 sommerfe afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
718 1.8 sommerfe
719 1.8 sommerfe 20001230:
720 1.8 sommerfe New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
721 1.8 sommerfe If you get make errors,
722 1.8 sommerfe (cd share/mk; make install)
723 1.8 sommerfe Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
724 1.6 ad
725 1.6 ad 20001019:
726 1.7 ad The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
727 1.6 ad major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
728 1.6 ad directory.
729 1.1 abs
730 1.4 itojun 20000929:
731 1.4 itojun The following make directives are obsoleted.
732 1.4 itojun MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
733 1.4 itojun By default, RSA is built into libcrypto. IDEA and RC5 will not be
734 1.16 wiz built into libcrypto. By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
735 1.4 itojun additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
736 1.1 abs
737 1.1 abs
738 1.1 abs Hints for a more successful build:
739 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
740 1.123 jmc Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
741 1.132 jmmv This will automatically build the tools in the
742 1.123 jmc correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
743 1.123 jmc new build products from interfering with the running
744 1.123 jmc system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
745 1.123 jmc other advice in this file.
746 1.2 mrg Build a new kernel first:
747 1.2 mrg This makes sure that any new system calls or features
748 1.2 mrg expected by the new userland will be present. This
749 1.2 mrg helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
750 1.1 abs Use object directories:
751 1.1 abs This helps to keep stale object
752 1.1 abs files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
753 1.1 abs about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
754 1.1 abs a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
755 1.1 abs same source tree for multiple machines.
756 1.123 jmc To use object directories with build.sh:
757 1.123 jmc a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
758 1.123 jmc To use object directories without using build.sh:
759 1.1 abs a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
760 1.2 mrg b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
761 1.2 mrg c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
762 1.1 abs d) cd /usr/src ; make build
763 1.2 mrg Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
764 1.2 mrg in obj.$MACHINE directory.
765 1.1 abs Build to a DESTDIR:
766 1.123 jmc This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
767 1.123 jmc from interfering with the new build.
768 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
769 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
770 1.123 jmc environment variable before running make build. It should be
771 1.123 jmc set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
772 1.123 jmc Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
773 1.123 jmc update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
774 1.123 jmc nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
775 1.123 jmc (See critical utils, below.)
776 1.1 abs Build often:
777 1.1 abs This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
778 1.1 abs on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
779 1.123 jmc date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
780 1.123 jmc this problem.
781 1.1 abs
782 1.1 abs What to do if things don't work:
783 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
784 1.1 abs When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
785 1.1 abs should be done.
786 1.1 abs 1) make includes
787 1.1 abs This should be done automatically by make build.
788 1.1 abs 2) cd share/mk && make install
789 1.1 abs Again, automatically done by make build.
790 1.1 abs
791 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
792 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
793 1.1 abs To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
794 1.1 abs something like the following:
795 1.1 abs 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
796 1.1 abs 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
797 1.1 abs utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
798 1.1 abs 3) cd ...path/to/util...
799 1.1 abs make cleandir
800 1.1 abs rm ...all obj directories...
801 1.1 abs make cleandir # yes, again
802 1.1 abs make obj
803 1.1 abs make depend && make
804 1.1 abs
805 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
806 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
807 1.1 abs If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
808 1.2 mrg ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
809 1.2 mrg (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
810 1.2 mrg for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
811 1.1 abs
812 1.1 abs ---cut here---
813 1.1 abs #!/bin/sh
814 1.1 abs . /etc/mk.conf
815 1.1 abs
816 1.58 lukem if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
817 1.58 lukem NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
818 1.1 abs fi
819 1.58 lukem if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
820 1.1 abs echo Unable to find sources
821 1.1 abs exit 1
822 1.1 abs fi
823 1.58 lukem find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
824 1.1 abs
825 1.1 abs if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
826 1.1 abs BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
827 1.1 abs fi
828 1.1 abs if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
829 1.1 abs rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
830 1.1 abs fi
831 1.1 abs
832 1.58 lukem cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
833 1.1 abs
834 1.1 abs ---cut here---
835 1.1 abs
836 1.1 abs Critical utilities:
837 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
838 1.3 itojun usr.bin/compile_et
839 1.1 abs usr.bin/make
840 1.1 abs usr.bin/yacc
841 1.1 abs usr.bin/lex
842 1.11 lukem usr.bin/xlint
843 1.142 drochner usr.bin/config
844 1.1 abs
845 1.34 simonb Other problems and possible solutions:
846 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
847 1.1 abs Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
848 1.17 erh Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
849 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
850 1.111 simonb Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
851 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
852 1.17 erh
853 1.1 abs Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
854 1.1 abs cd share/mk && make install
855 1.2 mrg
856 1.2 mrg Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
857 1.142 drochner Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
858 1.1 abs
859 1.1 abs Symptom:
860 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
861 1.1 abs
862 1.1 abs Symptom:
863 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
864 1.1 abs
865 1.1 abs Symptom:
866 1.1 abs Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
867 1.4 itojun
868 1.4 itojun Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
869 1.4 itojun Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
870 1.4 itojun make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
871 1.4 itojun (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
872 1.4 itojun may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
873 1.5 wiz
874 1.5 wiz Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
875 1.5 wiz Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
876 1.12 itojun
877 1.12 itojun Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
878 1.12 itojun Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
879 1.13 dogcow
880 1.86 kleink Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
881 1.13 dogcow Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
882 1.13 dogcow
883 1.142 drochner Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
884 1.19 cgd Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
885 1.13 dogcow
886 1.19 cgd Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
887 1.19 cgd Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
888 1.24 abs
889 1.24 abs Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
890 1.24 abs Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
891