UPDATING revision 1.148 1 1.148 dogcow $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.148 2006/06/27 21:14:11 dogcow 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 1.148 dogcow 20060627:
20 1.148 dogcow socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
21 1.148 dogcow For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
22 1.148 dogcow your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
23 1.148 dogcow errors will result.
24 1.148 dogcow
25 1.146 pavel 20060526:
26 1.147 christos The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen
27 1.147 christos (sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
28 1.146 pavel load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
29 1.146 pavel (like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
30 1.147 christos will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
31 1.147 christos with an error like:
32 1.147 christos ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
33 1.147 christos non constant expression for load base
34 1.147 christos You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
35 1.147 christos and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
36 1.147 christos way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
37 1.147 christos that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
38 1.147 christos installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
39 1.147 christos
40 1.145 martin 20060131:
41 1.145 martin the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
42 1.145 martin the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
43 1.145 martin you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
44 1.145 martin /usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
45 1.145 martin src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
46 1.145 martin
47 1.144 yamt 20050917:
48 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
49 1.144 yamt contains MI options previously enabled by default.
50 1.144 yamt If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
51 1.144 yamt arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
52 1.144 yamt to get the previous configuration.
53 1.144 yamt
54 1.143 lukem 20050830:
55 1.143 lukem named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
56 1.143 lukem postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
57 1.143 lukem Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
58 1.143 lukem this in their DESTDIR.
59 1.143 lukem
60 1.142 drochner 20050825:
61 1.142 drochner Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
62 1.142 drochner attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
63 1.142 drochner modified to emit the new data structures.
64 1.142 drochner Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
65 1.142 drochner configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
66 1.142 drochner
67 1.139 christos 20050531:
68 1.141 augustss genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
69 1.141 augustss tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
70 1.139 christos you can build a kernel again.
71 1.139 christos
72 1.140 yamt 20050520:
73 1.140 yamt Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
74 1.140 yamt xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
75 1.140 yamt
76 1.138 lukem 20050417:
77 1.138 lukem postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
78 1.138 lukem of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
79 1.138 lukem upgrade.
80 1.138 lukem
81 1.136 cube 20050325:
82 1.136 cube pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4). Be sure
83 1.136 cube to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
84 1.136 cube configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
85 1.137 cube with wsconsctl. Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
86 1.137 cube might even not hear any more beep. Also, it is advised to attach both
87 1.137 cube devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
88 1.137 cube pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
89 1.136 cube
90 1.135 jmc 20050211:
91 1.135 jmc Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
92 1.135 jmc some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
93 1.135 jmc cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
94 1.135 jmc different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
95 1.135 jmc make a build continue.
96 1.135 jmc
97 1.134 christos 20050109:
98 1.134 christos Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
99 1.134 christos /etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
100 1.134 christos for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
101 1.134 christos a password).
102 1.134 christos
103 1.133 christos 20041229:
104 1.133 christos Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
105 1.133 christos being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
106 1.133 christos you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
107 1.133 christos the build.
108 1.133 christos
109 1.130 christos 20041201:
110 1.130 christos Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
111 1.130 christos /dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
112 1.131 wiz MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
113 1.99 mrg
114 1.129 jmc 20041006:
115 1.129 jmc
116 1.129 jmc A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
117 1.129 jmc variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
118 1.129 jmc will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
119 1.129 jmc on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
120 1.129 jmc
121 1.129 jmc ident /bin/sh | grep var
122 1.129 jmc
123 1.129 jmc Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
124 1.129 jmc before attempting a build.
125 1.129 jmc
126 1.127 christos 20041001:
127 1.127 christos The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
128 1.127 christos dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
129 1.127 christos dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
130 1.128 he before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
131 1.128 he ftp-proxy are the victims).
132 1.127 christos
133 1.125 atatat 20040715:
134 1.125 atatat The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
135 1.125 atatat if sendmail should be started at boot time. It checks the
136 1.125 atatat contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
137 1.125 atatat owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
138 1.125 atatat to the mail infrastructure have been made. If no changes
139 1.125 atatat are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
140 1.125 atatat
141 1.125 atatat Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
142 1.125 atatat
143 1.125 atatat If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
144 1.125 atatat local delivery, it is important that you also update your
145 1.125 atatat sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
146 1.125 atatat loopback interface.
147 1.125 atatat
148 1.125 atatat 20040715:
149 1.125 atatat The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
150 1.125 atatat kernel builds has been changed again. The latest version
151 1.125 atatat of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
152 1.125 atatat
153 1.124 jmc 20040621:
154 1.124 jmc Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
155 1.124 jmc from a clean objdir under tools/*.
156 1.124 jmc
157 1.124 jmc This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
158 1.125 atatat to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
159 1.124 jmc
160 1.124 jmc The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
161 1.124 jmc
162 1.121 lukem 20040516:
163 1.121 lukem The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
164 1.121 lukem from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
165 1.121 lukem Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
166 1.121 lukem "make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
167 1.121 lukem
168 1.126 lukem postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
169 1.126 lukem /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
170 1.126 lukem detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
171 1.126 lukem manually move these files yourself.
172 1.126 lukem
173 1.119 atatat 20040426:
174 1.119 atatat Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
175 1.119 atatat been removed in favor of the newer layout. This affects
176 1.119 atatat consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
177 1.119 atatat the dynamic discovery mechanism. This is believed only to
178 1.119 atatat be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
179 1.119 atatat the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
180 1.119 atatat built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
181 1.119 atatat will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
182 1.119 atatat 2004/04/25. If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
183 1.119 atatat does not work, make sure that your revision of
184 1.120 atatat src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
185 1.120 atatat do the following:
186 1.119 atatat
187 1.120 atatat cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
188 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no includes
189 1.120 atatat cd lib/libc
190 1.120 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
191 1.120 atatat cd ../../sbin/sysctl
192 1.119 atatat make USETOOLS=no dependall install
193 1.119 atatat
194 1.122 itojun If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
195 1.122 itojun identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
196 1.122 itojun "unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that. if that happens,
197 1.122 itojun make sure to follow the above steps.
198 1.122 itojun
199 1.118 dbj 20040425:
200 1.118 dbj The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
201 1.118 dbj are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
202 1.118 dbj sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
203 1.118 dbj invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
204 1.118 dbj automated by those scripts. Note that under certain circumstances,
205 1.118 dbj affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
206 1.118 dbj upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
207 1.118 dbj encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
208 1.118 dbj filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
209 1.118 dbj possible. For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
210 1.118 dbj
211 1.115 christos 20040418:
212 1.121 lukem statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
213 1.115 christos installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
214 1.115 christos a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
215 1.115 christos build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
216 1.115 christos clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
217 1.116 christos anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
218 1.116 christos from the libc build directory.
219 1.115 christos
220 1.114 jmc 20040326:
221 1.114 jmc The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
222 1.117 jmc has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
223 1.114 jmc and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
224 1.114 jmc to build it.
225 1.114 jmc
226 1.114 jmc This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
227 1.114 jmc building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
228 1.114 jmc
229 1.113 dan 20040318:
230 1.113 dan A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
231 1.113 dan provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
232 1.113 dan notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
233 1.113 dan ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
234 1.113 dan recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
235 1.113 dan (recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
236 1.113 dan
237 1.108 bjh21 20040313:
238 1.108 bjh21 On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
239 1.108 bjh21 the old wsqms driver is now called qms. Kernel config files
240 1.108 bjh21 will need updating. See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
241 1.108 bjh21 for examples.
242 1.108 bjh21
243 1.106 bjh21 20040125:
244 1.106 bjh21 On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
245 1.106 bjh21 needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
246 1.106 bjh21 files.
247 1.105 bjh21
248 1.102 dbj 20040109:
249 1.102 dbj Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
250 1.102 dbj added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
251 1.102 dbj when using those layouts. If you have been using -current
252 1.102 dbj since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
253 1.110 dbj superblock mismatches. To repair, make sure you have
254 1.111 simonb an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
255 1.109 dbj to complete the filesystem upgrade. A message has
256 1.111 simonb been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
257 1.111 simonb See the following discussion for more information:
258 1.112 keihan http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
259 1.102 dbj
260 1.99 mrg 20031203:
261 1.100 keihan New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
262 1.99 mrg It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
263 1.99 mrg the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
264 1.98 wiz
265 1.98 wiz 20031111:
266 1.98 wiz A newer mkdep is needed. Error noting that is
267 1.98 wiz cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
268 1.97 lukem
269 1.97 lukem 20031008:
270 1.97 lukem /usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
271 1.97 lukem It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
272 1.97 lukem the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
273 1.96 christos
274 1.109 dbj 20031007:
275 1.111 simonb A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
276 1.111 simonb of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags. This should only
277 1.111 simonb affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
278 1.109 dbj A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
279 1.111 simonb should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
280 1.111 simonb to the kernel which should discover and warn about it. See
281 1.111 simonb http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
282 1.109 dbj
283 1.96 christos 20030906:
284 1.96 christos With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
285 1.96 christos code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
286 1.96 christos kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
287 1.94 christos
288 1.94 christos 20030801:
289 1.95 wiz With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
290 1.94 christos rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
291 1.95 wiz /usr/lib/libdes* before building.
292 1.92 wiz
293 1.92 wiz 20030703:
294 1.92 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.6. To avoid failures when trying to
295 1.92 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
296 1.92 wiz
297 1.92 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
298 1.92 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
299 1.90 wiz
300 1.90 wiz 20030630:
301 1.101 junyoung Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
302 1.91 wiz cd share/mk && make install
303 1.90 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
304 1.90 wiz make MKMAN=no dependall install
305 1.90 wiz (untested).
306 1.89 christos
307 1.89 christos 20030516:
308 1.89 christos Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
309 1.89 christos were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
310 1.89 christos mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
311 1.89 christos been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
312 1.89 christos export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
313 1.89 christos make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
314 1.89 christos file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
315 1.89 christos a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
316 1.87 bjh21
317 1.87 bjh21 20030402:
318 1.87 bjh21 The superblock layout for FFS was changed. If you have 1.6
319 1.87 bjh21 fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
320 1.87 bjh21 with the first alternate, because they compare too many
321 1.87 bjh21 fields (even ones that aren't useful). If possible, upgrade
322 1.87 bjh21 your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
323 1.87 bjh21 None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
324 1.85 atatat
325 1.85 atatat 20030324:
326 1.85 atatat sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported. Since sendmail is
327 1.85 atatat now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
328 1.85 atatat mode for most common activities, there is a new config
329 1.85 atatat file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
330 1.85 atatat The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
331 1.85 atatat is named netbsd-msp.cf. Upgrading your regular sendmail
332 1.85 atatat configuration file is also strongly advised.
333 1.85 atatat
334 1.85 atatat See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
335 1.85 atatat the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
336 1.85 atatat information.
337 1.82 wiz
338 1.82 wiz 20030117:
339 1.82 wiz Texinfo was updated to 4.3. To avoid failures when trying to
340 1.82 wiz build the included texinfo files, do:
341 1.82 wiz
342 1.82 wiz cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
343 1.82 wiz make MKINFO=no dependall install
344 1.81 lukem
345 1.81 lukem 20021223:
346 1.81 lukem The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
347 1.81 lukem "${DESTDIR}" from path names.
348 1.81 lukem This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
349 1.81 lukem For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
350 1.81 lukem update tools/mtree, before running make build.
351 1.88 itojun
352 1.88 itojun 20021219:
353 1.88 itojun CVS repository layout was changed. See the following for details
354 1.88 itojun if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
355 1.88 itojun
356 1.93 salo http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
357 1.80 lukem
358 1.80 lukem 20021219:
359 1.80 lukem install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
360 1.80 lukem alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
361 1.80 lukem of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
362 1.80 lukem
363 1.80 lukem The build system was modified to take advantage of
364 1.80 lukem this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
365 1.83 kei use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
366 1.80 lukem reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
367 1.78 lukem
368 1.78 lukem 20021130:
369 1.78 lukem fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
370 1.78 lukem If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
371 1.78 lukem and rebuild libc:
372 1.78 lukem make includes
373 1.78 lukem make do-lib-libc
374 1.78 lukem If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
375 1.78 lukem before rebuilding the tools.
376 1.77 lukem
377 1.77 lukem 20021126:
378 1.77 lukem The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
379 1.77 lukem including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
380 1.77 lukem All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
381 1.77 lukem /usr/include.
382 1.76 thorpej
383 1.76 thorpej 20021121:
384 1.76 thorpej The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
385 1.76 thorpej (and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
386 1.76 thorpej split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
387 1.76 thorpej This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
388 1.76 thorpej new libraries are installed. The process of rebuilding
389 1.76 thorpej libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
390 1.76 thorpej required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
391 1.76 thorpej do this.
392 1.76 thorpej
393 1.76 thorpej An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
394 1.76 thorpej which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
395 1.76 thorpej their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
396 1.75 thorpej
397 1.75 thorpej 20021121:
398 1.75 thorpej A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
399 1.75 thorpej corrected.
400 1.75 thorpej
401 1.75 thorpej NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
402 1.75 thorpej default. However, the assembler lacked support for marking
403 1.75 thorpej objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
404 1.79 wiz compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
405 1.75 thorpej to the assembler.
406 1.75 thorpej
407 1.75 thorpej Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
408 1.75 thorpej old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
409 1.75 thorpej incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
410 1.75 thorpej
411 1.75 thorpej The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
412 1.75 thorpej a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
413 1.75 thorpej against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
414 1.75 thorpej markings. ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
415 1.75 thorpej WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
416 1.75 thorpej
417 1.75 thorpej The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
418 1.75 thorpej the libraries on the system. The easiest way to do this for
419 1.79 wiz system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
420 1.93 salo generally available on releng.NetBSD.org. Any packages you
421 1.75 thorpej have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
422 1.75 thorpej if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
423 1.75 thorpej
424 1.75 thorpej If you have questions about this matter, please contact
425 1.93 salo port-arm (a] NetBSD.org.
426 1.73 provos
427 1.73 provos 20021011:
428 1.73 provos Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
429 1.73 provos Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
430 1.79 wiz to be rebuilt.
431 1.72 thorpej
432 1.72 thorpej 20021010:
433 1.72 thorpej The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
434 1.72 thorpej dependencies on attributes, as well as other options. Users
435 1.72 thorpej must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
436 1.72 thorpej kernel.
437 1.70 thorpej
438 1.70 thorpej 20021009:
439 1.70 thorpej A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
440 1.70 thorpej which is now used by the SCSI configuration description. Users
441 1.71 wiz must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
442 1.70 thorpej kernel.
443 1.69 thorpej
444 1.69 thorpej 20021003:
445 1.69 thorpej Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
446 1.69 thorpej framework. Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
447 1.69 thorpej before building a new kernel.
448 1.74 jschauma
449 1.74 jschauma 20021001:
450 1.74 jschauma The i386mp branch has been merged. To compile a kernel, users
451 1.74 jschauma will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
452 1.74 jschauma file. Multiprocessor kernels will need
453 1.74 jschauma ioapic* at mainbus? apid ?
454 1.74 jschauma options MULTIPROCESSOR
455 1.74 jschauma options COM_MPLOCK
456 1.68 lukem
457 1.68 lukem 20020922:
458 1.68 lukem MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
459 1.68 lukem certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
460 1.68 lukem linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
461 1.68 lukem and /sbin are dynamically linked.
462 1.68 lukem If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
463 1.68 lukem you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
464 1.68 lukem with:
465 1.68 lukem make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
466 1.67 lukem
467 1.67 lukem 20020917:
468 1.67 lukem USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
469 1.67 lukem - TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
470 1.67 lukem there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
471 1.67 lukem x86_64).
472 1.67 lukem - EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
473 1.79 wiz root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu). This
474 1.67 lukem enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
475 1.67 lukem platforms.
476 1.66 gehenna
477 1.66 gehenna 20020906:
478 1.66 gehenna gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
479 1.79 wiz reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
480 1.65 lukem
481 1.65 lukem 20020822:
482 1.65 lukem Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
483 1.65 lukem are now provided in /rescue.
484 1.65 lukem
485 1.65 lukem To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
486 1.65 lukem what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
487 1.65 lukem from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
488 1.65 lukem
489 1.65 lukem 20020820:
490 1.65 lukem crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
491 1.65 lukem is statically linked.
492 1.65 lukem
493 1.65 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
494 1.84 grant
495 1.84 grant 20020605:
496 1.84 grant smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
497 1.84 grant
498 1.84 grant Add the following into /etc/group:
499 1.84 grant
500 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:
501 1.84 grant
502 1.84 grant and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
503 1.84 grant
504 1.84 grant smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
505 1.61 itojun
506 1.61 itojun 20020515:
507 1.61 itojun sshd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in, or sshd
508 1.61 itojun will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
509 1.61 itojun
510 1.61 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
511 1.61 itojun
512 1.61 itojun sshd:*:16:
513 1.61 itojun
514 1.61 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
515 1.61 itojun
516 1.63 enami sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
517 1.61 itojun
518 1.79 wiz Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
519 1.79 wiz the build process).
520 1.60 sommerfe
521 1.60 sommerfe 20020426:
522 1.60 sommerfe NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
523 1.59 lukem
524 1.59 lukem 20020426:
525 1.59 lukem etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
526 1.59 lukem configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
527 1.59 lukem the problems identified.
528 1.59 lukem This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
529 1.59 lukem configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
530 1.56 lukem
531 1.56 lukem 20020320:
532 1.79 wiz <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
533 1.79 wiz Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
534 1.56 lukem
535 1.55 itojun 20020319:
536 1.79 wiz Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
537 1.79 wiz on send(2) operation. Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
538 1.55 itojun newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
539 1.55 itojun
540 1.54 itojun 20020311:
541 1.54 itojun ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh. Beware
542 1.54 itojun if you restart your machine from remote. Note that sshd.conf needs
543 1.54 itojun to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
544 1.54 itojun
545 1.54 itojun 20020223:
546 1.53 matt Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
547 1.53 matt so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
548 1.53 matt the VAX assembly files.
549 1.53 matt
550 1.50 itojun 20020118:
551 1.50 itojun ntpd user/group has been added. Need to hand add this in or builds
552 1.50 itojun will break as mtree aborts early.
553 1.50 itojun
554 1.50 itojun Add the following into /etc/group:
555 1.50 itojun
556 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:
557 1.50 itojun
558 1.50 itojun and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
559 1.50 itojun
560 1.50 itojun ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
561 1.50 itojun
562 1.49 jmc 20011207:
563 1.49 jmc If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
564 1.49 jmc reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
565 1.49 jmc toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
566 1.49 jmc
567 1.49 jmc To fix:
568 1.49 jmc
569 1.49 jmc Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
570 1.49 jmc Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
571 1.49 jmc
572 1.49 jmc gnu/lib/libgcc
573 1.51 pooka gnu/lib/libstdc++
574 1.49 jmc
575 1.49 jmc After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
576 1.49 jmc
577 1.47 jmc 20011201:
578 1.47 jmc In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
579 1.47 jmc you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
580 1.52 wiz point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
581 1.47 jmc point is broken.
582 1.47 jmc
583 1.47 jmc To build:
584 1.47 jmc
585 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
586 1.47 jmc remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
587 1.48 jmc against the new libgcc.a)
588 1.47 jmc
589 1.46 thorpej 20011128:
590 1.46 thorpej Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
591 1.46 thorpej the various "files" files. Bug fixes to config(8) are
592 1.46 thorpej required in order for this to work properly. Make sure
593 1.46 thorpej to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
594 1.46 thorpej to build a new kernel.
595 1.46 thorpej
596 1.45 yamt 20011030:
597 1.45 yamt libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
598 1.45 yamt before building libc.
599 1.43 mason
600 1.44 tv 20011029:
601 1.44 tv The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
602 1.44 tv see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
603 1.44 tv procedure in great detail. BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
604 1.44 tv build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
605 1.44 tv manual update log.
606 1.44 tv
607 1.44 tv Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
608 1.44 tv BUILDING document for caveats. Generally, BUILDING supersedes
609 1.44 tv UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
610 1.44 tv by the new build system.
611 1.42 perry
612 1.42 perry 20011028:
613 1.42 perry src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
614 1.42 perry symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
615 1.42 perry prevented this was corrected.
616 1.42 perry
617 1.42 perry Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
618 1.42 perry Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
619 1.42 perry for you.
620 1.40 lukem
621 1.40 lukem 20011006:
622 1.40 lukem /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
623 1.40 lukem absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
624 1.40 lukem understand the format.
625 1.40 lukem
626 1.40 lukem Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
627 1.39 jmc
628 1.39 jmc 20011004:
629 1.39 jmc Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
630 1.39 jmc is suggested before running a snapshot build
631 1.36 tv
632 1.35 thorpej 20010915:
633 1.35 thorpej The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
634 1.35 thorpej a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h. There may be stale .depend
635 1.35 thorpej files that still reference this file.
636 1.35 thorpej
637 1.35 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
638 1.35 thorpej directories.
639 1.31 enami
640 1.31 enami 20010803:
641 1.31 enami grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo. Since it
642 1.31 enami requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
643 1.31 enami building gnu/usr.bin/grep. To install new texinfo, please follow
644 1.31 enami the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
645 1.30 enami
646 1.64 sommerfe 20010803:
647 1.41 wiz (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
648 1.111 simonb `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand. To build the
649 1.64 sommerfe kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,
650 1.64 sommerfe (i.e., build.sh -t) or (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"
651 1.64 sommerfe from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
652 1.64 sommerfe See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
653 1.64 sommerfe [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
654 1.29 bjh21
655 1.29 bjh21 20010731:
656 1.29 bjh21 Bootloader update on ELF platforms. DDB in kernels from before
657 1.29 bjh21 this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
658 1.29 bjh21 bootloaders.
659 1.27 assar
660 1.27 assar 20010726:
661 1.27 assar Texinfo was updated to 4.0. To avoid failures when trying to
662 1.28 assar build the included texinfo files, do:
663 1.28 assar
664 1.28 assar cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
665 1.28 assar make MKINFO=no dependall install
666 1.25 thorpej
667 1.25 thorpej 20010718:
668 1.25 thorpej Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0. The way this
669 1.25 thorpej was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
670 1.25 thorpej make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
671 1.25 thorpej timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
672 1.25 thorpej
673 1.25 thorpej The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
674 1.25 thorpej if you have a stale dependency.
675 1.25 thorpej
676 1.25 thorpej Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
677 1.25 thorpej before starting your build.
678 1.26 thorpej
679 1.26 thorpej 20010628:
680 1.26 thorpej A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
681 1.26 thorpej in lint(1). If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
682 1.26 thorpej bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
683 1.21 jmc
684 1.21 jmc 20010226:
685 1.22 jmc Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
686 1.21 jmc will break as mtree aborts early.
687 1.21 jmc
688 1.21 jmc To work around add by hand:
689 1.21 jmc
690 1.21 jmc named:*:14:
691 1.21 jmc
692 1.22 jmc to /etc/group and add:
693 1.22 jmc
694 1.22 jmc named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
695 1.22 jmc
696 1.22 jmc to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
697 1.22 jmc
698 1.22 jmc Now a make build should progress.
699 1.18 jmc
700 1.18 jmc 20010219:
701 1.52 wiz get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
702 1.111 simonb to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
703 1.18 jmc
704 1.111 simonb Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
705 1.19 cgd usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
706 1.19 cgd CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
707 1.20 jmc usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
708 1.111 simonb building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
709 1.15 christos
710 1.15 christos 20010204:
711 1.15 christos prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
712 1.15 christos particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
713 1.15 christos needs to be installed before make build.
714 1.10 christos
715 1.10 christos 20010114:
716 1.10 christos introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
717 1.10 christos bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
718 1.23 tron anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
719 1.10 christos with make build.
720 1.9 sommerfe
721 1.9 sommerfe 20010101:
722 1.9 sommerfe bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
723 1.9 sommerfe afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
724 1.8 sommerfe
725 1.8 sommerfe 20001230:
726 1.8 sommerfe New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
727 1.8 sommerfe If you get make errors,
728 1.8 sommerfe (cd share/mk; make install)
729 1.8 sommerfe Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
730 1.6 ad
731 1.6 ad 20001019:
732 1.7 ad The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
733 1.6 ad major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
734 1.6 ad directory.
735 1.1 abs
736 1.4 itojun 20000929:
737 1.4 itojun The following make directives are obsoleted.
738 1.4 itojun MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
739 1.4 itojun By default, RSA is built into libcrypto. IDEA and RC5 will not be
740 1.16 wiz built into libcrypto. By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
741 1.4 itojun additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
742 1.1 abs
743 1.1 abs
744 1.1 abs Hints for a more successful build:
745 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
746 1.123 jmc Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
747 1.132 jmmv This will automatically build the tools in the
748 1.123 jmc correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
749 1.123 jmc new build products from interfering with the running
750 1.123 jmc system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
751 1.123 jmc other advice in this file.
752 1.2 mrg Build a new kernel first:
753 1.2 mrg This makes sure that any new system calls or features
754 1.2 mrg expected by the new userland will be present. This
755 1.2 mrg helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
756 1.1 abs Use object directories:
757 1.1 abs This helps to keep stale object
758 1.1 abs files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
759 1.1 abs about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
760 1.1 abs a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
761 1.1 abs same source tree for multiple machines.
762 1.123 jmc To use object directories with build.sh:
763 1.123 jmc a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
764 1.123 jmc To use object directories without using build.sh:
765 1.1 abs a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
766 1.2 mrg b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
767 1.2 mrg c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
768 1.1 abs d) cd /usr/src ; make build
769 1.2 mrg Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
770 1.2 mrg in obj.$MACHINE directory.
771 1.1 abs Build to a DESTDIR:
772 1.123 jmc This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
773 1.123 jmc from interfering with the new build.
774 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
775 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
776 1.123 jmc environment variable before running make build. It should be
777 1.123 jmc set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
778 1.123 jmc Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
779 1.123 jmc update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
780 1.123 jmc nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
781 1.123 jmc (See critical utils, below.)
782 1.1 abs Build often:
783 1.1 abs This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
784 1.1 abs on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
785 1.123 jmc date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
786 1.123 jmc this problem.
787 1.1 abs
788 1.1 abs What to do if things don't work:
789 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
790 1.1 abs When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
791 1.1 abs should be done.
792 1.1 abs 1) make includes
793 1.1 abs This should be done automatically by make build.
794 1.1 abs 2) cd share/mk && make install
795 1.1 abs Again, automatically done by make build.
796 1.1 abs
797 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
798 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
799 1.1 abs To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
800 1.1 abs something like the following:
801 1.1 abs 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
802 1.1 abs 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
803 1.1 abs utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
804 1.1 abs 3) cd ...path/to/util...
805 1.1 abs make cleandir
806 1.1 abs rm ...all obj directories...
807 1.1 abs make cleandir # yes, again
808 1.1 abs make obj
809 1.1 abs make depend && make
810 1.1 abs
811 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
812 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
813 1.1 abs If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
814 1.2 mrg ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
815 1.2 mrg (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
816 1.2 mrg for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
817 1.1 abs
818 1.1 abs ---cut here---
819 1.1 abs #!/bin/sh
820 1.1 abs . /etc/mk.conf
821 1.1 abs
822 1.58 lukem if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
823 1.58 lukem NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
824 1.1 abs fi
825 1.58 lukem if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
826 1.1 abs echo Unable to find sources
827 1.1 abs exit 1
828 1.1 abs fi
829 1.58 lukem find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
830 1.1 abs
831 1.1 abs if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
832 1.1 abs BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
833 1.1 abs fi
834 1.1 abs if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
835 1.1 abs rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
836 1.1 abs fi
837 1.1 abs
838 1.58 lukem cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
839 1.1 abs
840 1.1 abs ---cut here---
841 1.1 abs
842 1.1 abs Critical utilities:
843 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
844 1.3 itojun usr.bin/compile_et
845 1.1 abs usr.bin/make
846 1.1 abs usr.bin/yacc
847 1.1 abs usr.bin/lex
848 1.11 lukem usr.bin/xlint
849 1.142 drochner usr.bin/config
850 1.1 abs
851 1.34 simonb Other problems and possible solutions:
852 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
853 1.1 abs Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
854 1.17 erh Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
855 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
856 1.111 simonb Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
857 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
858 1.17 erh
859 1.1 abs Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
860 1.1 abs cd share/mk && make install
861 1.2 mrg
862 1.2 mrg Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
863 1.142 drochner Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
864 1.1 abs
865 1.1 abs Symptom:
866 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
867 1.1 abs
868 1.1 abs Symptom:
869 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
870 1.1 abs
871 1.1 abs Symptom:
872 1.1 abs Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
873 1.4 itojun
874 1.4 itojun Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
875 1.4 itojun Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
876 1.4 itojun make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
877 1.4 itojun (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
878 1.4 itojun may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
879 1.5 wiz
880 1.5 wiz Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
881 1.5 wiz Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
882 1.12 itojun
883 1.12 itojun Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
884 1.12 itojun Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
885 1.13 dogcow
886 1.86 kleink Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
887 1.13 dogcow Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
888 1.13 dogcow
889 1.142 drochner Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
890 1.19 cgd Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
891 1.13 dogcow
892 1.19 cgd Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
893 1.19 cgd Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
894 1.24 abs
895 1.24 abs Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
896 1.24 abs Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
897