UPDATING revision 1.273 1 1.273 mrg $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.273 2016/09/15 07:49:08 mrg 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 1.257 apb Sections are marked with "^^^^^". After the section on "Recent changes"
15 1.257 apb are several sections containing more general information.
16 1.257 apb
17 1.123 jmc See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
18 1.1 abs
19 1.1 abs Recent changes:
20 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21 1.230 tls
22 1.273 mrg 20160914:
23 1.273 mrg i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
24 1.273 mrg ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
25 1.273 mrg and a clean objdir.
26 1.273 mrg
27 1.272 dholland 20160527:
28 1.272 dholland i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
29 1.272 dholland been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
30 1.272 dholland
31 1.270 christos 20160418:
32 1.270 christos libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
33 1.271 christos some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
34 1.271 christos might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
35 1.270 christos
36 1.268 riastrad 20160410:
37 1.268 riastrad amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
38 1.268 riastrad PIE has been enabled for amd64. PIE, or position-independent
39 1.268 riastrad executables, means all code, including executables and not just
40 1.268 riastrad shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
41 1.268 riastrad relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
42 1.268 riastrad
43 1.268 riastrad The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
44 1.268 riastrad linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
45 1.268 riastrad hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
46 1.268 riastrad
47 1.268 riastrad Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
48 1.268 riastrad fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
49 1.268 riastrad position-independent code with position-dependent code in
50 1.268 riastrad position-independent executables:
51 1.268 riastrad
52 1.268 riastrad .../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
53 1.268 riastrad
54 1.267 mrg 20160401:
55 1.267 mrg Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
56 1.269 dholland Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
57 1.269 dholland in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
58 1.267 mrg
59 1.266 aymeric 20160306:
60 1.265 aymeric NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
61 1.265 aymeric Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
62 1.265 aymeric non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
63 1.265 aymeric while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
64 1.265 aymeric In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
65 1.265 aymeric before updating your toolchain.
66 1.265 aymeric
67 1.264 martin 20160125:
68 1.264 martin Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
69 1.264 martin When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
70 1.264 martin object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
71 1.264 martin needed directories in destdir will not be created.
72 1.264 martin An easy way to do this is:
73 1.264 martin cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
74 1.264 martin
75 1.263 dholland 20150818:
76 1.263 dholland New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
77 1.263 dholland again.
78 1.263 dholland
79 1.262 christos 20150413:
80 1.262 christos New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
81 1.262 christos in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
82 1.262 christos also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
83 1.262 christos
84 1.261 martin 20150404:
85 1.261 martin Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
86 1.261 martin sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
87 1.261 martin do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
88 1.261 martin src/usr.bin/xlint.
89 1.261 martin
90 1.260 skrll 20150310:
91 1.260 skrll Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
92 1.260 skrll the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
93 1.260 skrll external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
94 1.260 skrll
95 1.258 martin 20141026:
96 1.259 msaitoh A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
97 1.258 martin in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
98 1.258 martin during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
99 1.258 martin directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
100 1.258 martin and let cvs restore it on next update.
101 1.258 martin
102 1.256 apb 20140721:
103 1.256 apb The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
104 1.256 apb and then deleted in the CVS repository. If you get errors like
105 1.256 apb
106 1.256 apb cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
107 1.256 apb /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
108 1.256 apb
109 1.256 apb then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
110 1.256 apb
111 1.255 joerg 20140530:
112 1.255 joerg ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
113 1.255 joerg rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
114 1.255 joerg
115 1.251 martin 20140131:
116 1.253 joerg The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
117 1.254 skrll advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
118 1.253 joerg of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
119 1.251 martin
120 1.250 christos 20131227:
121 1.250 christos 1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
122 1.250 christos attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
123 1.250 christos mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
124 1.250 christos statements to avoid being exposed.
125 1.250 christos 2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
126 1.250 christos to make clean in libc
127 1.250 christos
128 1.249 mrg 20131129:
129 1.249 mrg The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
130 1.249 mrg cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
131 1.249 mrg
132 1.248 mrg 20131128:
133 1.248 mrg The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
134 1.248 mrg tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
135 1.248 mrg
136 1.246 martin 20130605:
137 1.247 spz The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
138 1.247 spz to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
139 1.247 spz
140 1.247 spz 20130605:
141 1.246 martin Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
142 1.246 martin header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
143 1.246 martin please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
144 1.246 martin
145 1.245 mrg 20130531:
146 1.245 mrg The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
147 1.245 mrg in the obj tree. Make sure to ensure any like this:
148 1.245 mrg nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
149 1.245 mrg is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
150 1.245 mrg
151 1.244 mrg 20130530:
152 1.244 mrg Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
153 1.244 mrg Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
154 1.244 mrg
155 1.242 christos 20130301:
156 1.242 christos The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
157 1.243 christos prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
158 1.242 christos
159 1.238 dholland 20120726:
160 1.241 wiz The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
161 1.241 wiz directory and DESTDIR. *Even non-update builds require cleaning
162 1.240 dholland DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
163 1.241 wiz some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
164 1.240 dholland cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
165 1.238 dholland
166 1.237 wiz 20120507:
167 1.241 wiz The database schema for makemandb was changed. You will
168 1.237 wiz need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
169 1.237 wiz for the next weekly run to fix it.
170 1.237 wiz
171 1.236 bsh 20120319:
172 1.236 bsh sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
173 1.236 bsh size of db_symtab automatically. You need to update dbsym in
174 1.236 bsh your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE. If
175 1.236 bsh you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
176 1.236 bsh mk.conf.
177 1.236 bsh
178 1.235 joerg 20120216:
179 1.241 wiz Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO. Update builds will fail
180 1.241 wiz unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually. If you built between 20120207
181 1.239 dholland and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
182 1.241 wiz /var/db/man.db index for apropos. Running makemandb -f or
183 1.235 joerg the next run of weekly will fix it.
184 1.233 joerg
185 1.232 christos 20111227:
186 1.232 christos If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
187 1.232 christos /usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
188 1.232 christos bump has been reverted.
189 1.232 christos
190 1.231 tls 20111125:
191 1.231 tls The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
192 1.231 tls means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
193 1.231 tls configuration files. The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
194 1.231 tls removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
195 1.231 tls
196 1.230 tls 20111119:
197 1.230 tls A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
198 1.230 tls utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
199 1.230 tls bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
200 1.230 tls non-backwards-compatible way. If you replace your kernel,
201 1.230 tls replace your rndctl executable too.
202 1.241 wiz
203 1.229 jym 20111001:
204 1.229 jym the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
205 1.229 jym changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
206 1.241 wiz one. So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
207 1.229 jym quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
208 1.229 jym
209 1.228 mrg 20110817:
210 1.228 mrg sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
211 1.228 mrg DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
212 1.228 mrg
213 1.227 riastrad 20110806:
214 1.227 riastrad i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
215 1.227 riastrad objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
216 1.227 riastrad
217 1.226 mrg 20110805:
218 1.226 mrg The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
219 1.226 mrg the tree to be cleaned. Best to delete both objdir and
220 1.226 mrg DESTDIR before running this update. So far, only the
221 1.226 mrg sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
222 1.226 mrg
223 1.225 matt 20110803:
224 1.241 wiz The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed. To do an
225 1.225 matt update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
226 1.225 matt for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
227 1.225 matt is now a directory.
228 1.225 matt
229 1.223 joerg 20110410:
230 1.241 wiz The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed. To do an
231 1.224 dholland update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
232 1.224 dholland tools/gcc by hand.
233 1.223 joerg
234 1.222 plunky 20110328:
235 1.222 plunky Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
236 1.241 wiz ordering issues with "make all". It may be necessary to remove
237 1.222 plunky the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
238 1.222 plunky if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
239 1.222 plunky directory.
240 1.222 plunky
241 1.220 joerg 20110121:
242 1.221 lukem Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp. This can break
243 1.220 joerg the build of individual parts of the tree. This is handled
244 1.220 joerg correctly by build.sh. Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
245 1.220 joerg and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
246 1.218 joerg
247 1.217 jruoho 20101217:
248 1.217 jruoho The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
249 1.241 wiz by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
250 1.217 jruoho group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
251 1.217 jruoho
252 1.216 christos 20101125:
253 1.216 christos The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
254 1.241 wiz variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c
255 1.241 wiz assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an
256 1.216 christos old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
257 1.216 christos break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
258 1.216 christos so building gcc will end up printing:
259 1.216 christos checking dependency style of gcc... none
260 1.216 christos configure: error: no usable dependency style found
261 1.216 christos Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
262 1.138 lukem
263 1.215 mrg 20101119:
264 1.215 mrg Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
265 1.215 mrg or run-time problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
266 1.215 mrg have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
267 1.215 mrg versions between xorg-server and drivers.
268 1.215 mrg
269 1.213 jmmv 20100604:
270 1.213 jmmv The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
271 1.213 jmmv unless they are rebuilt. If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
272 1.213 jmmv you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
273 1.213 jmmv trees by hand.
274 1.213 jmmv
275 1.211 tnozaki 20100522:
276 1.212 mrg Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
277 1.212 mrg problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
278 1.212 mrg build problems with xsrc.
279 1.212 mrg
280 1.212 mrg 20100522:
281 1.211 tnozaki private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
282 1.214 dholland include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
283 1.211 tnozaki
284 1.210 christos 20100520:
285 1.241 wiz The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please
286 1.210 christos remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
287 1.210 christos
288 1.209 njoly 20100222:
289 1.209 njoly The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
290 1.209 njoly .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
291 1.209 njoly libXX.so. All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
292 1.209 njoly your object directories.
293 1.209 njoly
294 1.208 roy 20100204:
295 1.208 roy The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
296 1.208 roy but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
297 1.208 roy from the system when upgrading.
298 1.208 roy As such, you will need to remove them from your object
299 1.208 roy and destination directories.
300 1.208 roy
301 1.203 dyoung 20091101:
302 1.205 dholland After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
303 1.205 dholland target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
304 1.205 dholland 'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. Ditto
305 1.205 dholland src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
306 1.203 dyoung
307 1.202 mrg 20091001:
308 1.206 dholland On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
309 1.206 dholland before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
310 1.206 dholland
311 1.206 dholland 20091001:
312 1.202 mrg An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
313 1.202 mrg symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir
314 1.202 mrg it is in, and retry your build.
315 1.202 mrg
316 1.201 dsl 20090718:
317 1.201 dsl libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
318 1.241 wiz point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
319 1.201 dsl may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
320 1.201 dsl (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
321 1.201 dsl
322 1.198 mrg 20090709:
323 1.198 mrg Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again
324 1.198 mrg without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
325 1.198 mrg
326 1.197 mrg 20090616:
327 1.197 mrg Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for
328 1.197 mrg src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not
329 1.197 mrg work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
330 1.197 mrg subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
331 1.197 mrg be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
332 1.197 mrg
333 1.195 perry 20090501:
334 1.195 perry Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
335 1.195 perry can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
336 1.241 wiz who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you
337 1.195 perry note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
338 1.195 perry failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
339 1.195 perry objects and start again.
340 1.195 perry
341 1.194 mrg 20090325:
342 1.194 mrg The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain. This requires
343 1.194 mrg cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
344 1.194 mrg
345 1.192 skrll 20090126:
346 1.241 wiz The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You
347 1.207 mbalmer need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
348 1.207 mbalmer to avoid using the old assembly stub.
349 1.192 skrll
350 1.191 joerg 20090202:
351 1.191 joerg pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
352 1.191 joerg detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
353 1.191 joerg ``pkg_admin rebuild''.
354 1.191 joerg
355 1.184 christos 20090110:
356 1.241 wiz time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:
357 1.241 wiz 1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.
358 1.188 christos This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
359 1.188 christos conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
360 1.184 christos 2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
361 1.184 christos before installing.
362 1.184 christos 3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
363 1.241 wiz your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers
364 1.184 christos are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
365 1.184 christos and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
366 1.241 wiz libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once
367 1.184 christos the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
368 1.184 christos 4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
369 1.189 hubertf rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
370 1.189 hubertf Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
371 1.189 hubertf that depend on it.
372 1.186 christos 5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
373 1.186 christos will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
374 1.190 apb 6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
375 1.190 apb lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
376 1.241 wiz for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after
377 1.190 apb upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during
378 1.190 apb boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
379 1.190 apb newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
380 1.190 apb files manually.
381 1.190 apb 7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
382 1.190 apb accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
383 1.190 apb removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
384 1.190 apb /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
385 1.190 apb the file.
386 1.196 dholland 8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
387 1.241 wiz disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are
388 1.196 dholland using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
389 1.196 dholland rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
390 1.185 jmcneill
391 1.183 pgoyette 20081219:
392 1.183 pgoyette config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
393 1.183 pgoyette swapnetbsd.o - has changed format. You need to rebuild config
394 1.183 pgoyette (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
395 1.183 pgoyette config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
396 1.183 pgoyette kernels.
397 1.183 pgoyette
398 1.181 cube 20081205:
399 1.181 cube If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
400 1.181 cube /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
401 1.181 cube set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
402 1.178 lukem
403 1.179 tsutsui 20081122:
404 1.182 tsutsui On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
405 1.180 wiz file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
406 1.180 wiz Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
407 1.179 tsutsui following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
408 1.179 tsutsui
409 1.179 tsutsui - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
410 1.179 tsutsui
411 1.179 tsutsui - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
412 1.180 wiz for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
413 1.179 tsutsui
414 1.180 wiz If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
415 1.180 wiz the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
416 1.180 wiz file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
417 1.179 tsutsui
418 1.178 lukem 20080827:
419 1.178 lukem If you built and installed a libc from sources between
420 1.178 lukem 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
421 1.178 lukem which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
422 1.178 lukem Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
423 1.180 wiz needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
424 1.178 lukem $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
425 1.178 lukem
426 1.177 christos 20080813:
427 1.177 christos MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
428 1.241 wiz about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
429 1.177 christos
430 1.200 dholland 20080802:
431 1.200 dholland A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
432 1.241 wiz been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
433 1.200 dholland for -current.
434 1.200 dholland
435 1.200 dholland Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
436 1.200 dholland libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
437 1.200 dholland be recompiled.
438 1.200 dholland
439 1.200 dholland One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
440 1.200 dholland
441 1.200 dholland $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
442 1.200 dholland $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
443 1.200 dholland
444 1.175 simonb 20080731:
445 1.175 simonb WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
446 1.175 simonb time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
447 1.175 simonb and userland (fsck_ffs in particular). Please make sure you
448 1.175 simonb don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
449 1.176 simonb especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem. WAPBL
450 1.176 simonb also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format. You
451 1.176 simonb can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
452 1.175 simonb
453 1.174 lukem 20080721:
454 1.174 lukem Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
455 1.174 lukem isn't defined.
456 1.174 lukem
457 1.173 freza 20080531:
458 1.241 wiz The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
459 1.241 wiz from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8)
460 1.173 freza utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
461 1.241 wiz won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands:
462 1.173 freza
463 1.173 freza $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
464 1.173 freza $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
465 1.173 freza $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
466 1.173 freza
467 1.173 freza leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
468 1.173 freza
469 1.172 lukem 20080503:
470 1.172 lukem The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
471 1.172 lukem
472 1.171 he 20080521:
473 1.171 he For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
474 1.171 he succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
475 1.171 he ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist. A fix for this
476 1.171 he problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
477 1.171 he If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
478 1.171 he remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
479 1.171 he
480 1.174 lukem 20080303:
481 1.174 lukem Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
482 1.174 lukem
483 1.170 christos 20080126:
484 1.170 christos The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
485 1.241 wiz stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to
486 1.170 christos 'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
487 1.170 christos avoid using the old assembly stub.
488 1.170 christos
489 1.168 joerg 20071209:
490 1.241 wiz The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you
491 1.168 joerg get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
492 1.169 wiz configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
493 1.168 joerg
494 1.166 xtraeme 20071115:
495 1.166 xtraeme The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
496 1.166 xtraeme argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
497 1.241 wiz anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
498 1.241 wiz rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel
499 1.167 wiz configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
500 1.166 xtraeme
501 1.165 jmmv 20071028:
502 1.165 jmmv The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
503 1.165 jmmv You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
504 1.165 jmmv to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
505 1.165 jmmv now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
506 1.165 jmmv entries for the wscons driver. See the GENERIC configuration file
507 1.165 jmmv for more details.
508 1.165 jmmv
509 1.164 gdt 20070913:
510 1.164 gdt A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
511 1.164 gdt enumerate interfaces was fixed. The bug began to cause
512 1.164 gdt problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
513 1.164 gdt implementation was repaired. From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
514 1.164 gdt could not enumerate interfaces. (These are noted because
515 1.164 gdt normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
516 1.164 gdt sufficient to avoid this problem.) Ensure that both kernel
517 1.164 gdt and userland are from after 20070913.
518 1.164 gdt
519 1.163 joerg 20070703:
520 1.241 wiz nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It
521 1.199 dholland calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
522 1.199 dholland down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a
523 1.199 dholland re-installation of tools.
524 1.163 joerg
525 1.161 dsl 20070422:
526 1.161 dsl The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
527 1.161 dsl has been changed. Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
528 1.161 dsl to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
529 1.241 wiz root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
530 1.167 wiz root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
531 1.161 dsl start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
532 1.161 dsl that has such links.
533 1.161 dsl This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
534 1.161 dsl the emulated root.
535 1.161 dsl
536 1.160 jmcneill 20070412:
537 1.241 wiz The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc
538 1.241 wiz instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
539 1.160 jmcneill example.
540 1.160 jmcneill
541 1.159 gdt 20070319:
542 1.159 gdt src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
543 1.159 gdt on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings. If you
544 1.159 gdt updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
545 1.159 gdt cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
546 1.159 gdt rebuild of object files that might have been built
547 1.159 gdt incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
548 1.159 gdt src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
549 1.159 gdt
550 1.241 wiz 20070210:
551 1.158 dbj src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
552 1.158 dbj find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
553 1.158 dbj | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
554 1.158 dbj will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
555 1.158 dbj
556 1.157 apb 20070209:
557 1.157 apb The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
558 1.157 apb was merged to NetBSD-current. If you boot with a new
559 1.157 apb kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
560 1.157 apb library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7). If you boot with
561 1.157 apb an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
562 1.157 apb (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6). Provided you keep the kernel and
563 1.157 apb the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
564 1.157 apb continue to work with an old or new kernel. Note that named(8)
565 1.157 apb is the only threaded application in the base system.
566 1.157 apb
567 1.154 he 20061214:
568 1.154 he Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
569 1.154 he from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
570 1.154 he will need to do a "make cleandir" in
571 1.154 he tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
572 1.154 he bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
573 1.156 he usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
574 1.156 he as the installation images in distrib/
575 1.154 he in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
576 1.154 he file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
577 1.154 he
578 1.152 christos 20061108:
579 1.152 christos The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
580 1.152 christos changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
581 1.241 wiz does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
582 1.152 christos make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
583 1.152 christos
584 1.151 rpaulo 20061009:
585 1.151 rpaulo The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
586 1.241 wiz available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
587 1.151 rpaulo
588 1.150 bjh21 20060814:
589 1.150 bjh21 The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
590 1.150 bjh21 withdrawn. Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead. See the GENERIC
591 1.150 bjh21 kernel configuration for an example. X servers from the last
592 1.150 bjh21 few years should cope.
593 1.150 bjh21
594 1.149 christos 20060703:
595 1.241 wiz MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
596 1.241 wiz if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
597 1.241 wiz to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
598 1.149 christos
599 1.148 dogcow 20060627:
600 1.148 dogcow socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
601 1.148 dogcow For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
602 1.148 dogcow your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
603 1.148 dogcow errors will result.
604 1.148 dogcow
605 1.1 abs Hints for a more successful build:
606 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
607 1.123 jmc Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
608 1.132 jmmv This will automatically build the tools in the
609 1.123 jmc correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
610 1.123 jmc new build products from interfering with the running
611 1.123 jmc system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
612 1.123 jmc other advice in this file.
613 1.2 mrg Build a new kernel first:
614 1.2 mrg This makes sure that any new system calls or features
615 1.2 mrg expected by the new userland will be present. This
616 1.2 mrg helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
617 1.1 abs Use object directories:
618 1.1 abs This helps to keep stale object
619 1.1 abs files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
620 1.1 abs about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
621 1.1 abs a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
622 1.1 abs same source tree for multiple machines.
623 1.123 jmc To use object directories with build.sh:
624 1.123 jmc a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
625 1.123 jmc To use object directories without using build.sh:
626 1.1 abs a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
627 1.2 mrg b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
628 1.2 mrg c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
629 1.1 abs d) cd /usr/src ; make build
630 1.2 mrg Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
631 1.2 mrg in obj.$MACHINE directory.
632 1.1 abs Build to a DESTDIR:
633 1.123 jmc This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
634 1.123 jmc from interfering with the new build.
635 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
636 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
637 1.123 jmc environment variable before running make build. It should be
638 1.123 jmc set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
639 1.123 jmc Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
640 1.123 jmc update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
641 1.123 jmc nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
642 1.123 jmc (See critical utils, below.)
643 1.1 abs Build often:
644 1.1 abs This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
645 1.1 abs on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
646 1.123 jmc date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
647 1.123 jmc this problem.
648 1.241 wiz
649 1.1 abs What to do if things don't work:
650 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
651 1.230 tls When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
652 1.1 abs should be done.
653 1.1 abs 1) make includes
654 1.1 abs This should be done automatically by make build.
655 1.1 abs 2) cd share/mk && make install
656 1.1 abs Again, automatically done by make build.
657 1.1 abs
658 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
659 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
660 1.1 abs To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
661 1.1 abs something like the following:
662 1.1 abs 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
663 1.1 abs 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
664 1.1 abs utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
665 1.1 abs 3) cd ...path/to/util...
666 1.1 abs make cleandir
667 1.1 abs rm ...all obj directories...
668 1.1 abs make cleandir # yes, again
669 1.1 abs make obj
670 1.1 abs make depend && make
671 1.1 abs
672 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
673 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
674 1.1 abs If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
675 1.2 mrg ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
676 1.2 mrg (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
677 1.2 mrg for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
678 1.1 abs
679 1.1 abs ---cut here---
680 1.1 abs #!/bin/sh
681 1.1 abs . /etc/mk.conf
682 1.1 abs
683 1.58 lukem if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
684 1.58 lukem NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
685 1.1 abs fi
686 1.58 lukem if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
687 1.1 abs echo Unable to find sources
688 1.1 abs exit 1
689 1.1 abs fi
690 1.58 lukem find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
691 1.1 abs
692 1.1 abs if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
693 1.1 abs BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
694 1.1 abs fi
695 1.1 abs if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
696 1.1 abs rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
697 1.1 abs fi
698 1.1 abs
699 1.58 lukem cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
700 1.1 abs
701 1.1 abs ---cut here---
702 1.1 abs
703 1.1 abs Critical utilities:
704 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
705 1.3 itojun usr.bin/compile_et
706 1.1 abs usr.bin/make
707 1.1 abs usr.bin/yacc
708 1.1 abs usr.bin/lex
709 1.11 lukem usr.bin/xlint
710 1.142 drochner usr.bin/config
711 1.1 abs
712 1.34 simonb Other problems and possible solutions:
713 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
714 1.1 abs Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
715 1.17 erh Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
716 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
717 1.111 simonb Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
718 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
719 1.17 erh
720 1.1 abs Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
721 1.1 abs cd share/mk && make install
722 1.2 mrg
723 1.2 mrg Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
724 1.142 drochner Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
725 1.1 abs
726 1.1 abs Symptom:
727 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
728 1.1 abs
729 1.1 abs Symptom:
730 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
731 1.1 abs
732 1.1 abs Symptom:
733 1.1 abs Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
734 1.4 itojun
735 1.4 itojun Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
736 1.4 itojun Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
737 1.4 itojun make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
738 1.4 itojun (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
739 1.4 itojun may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
740 1.5 wiz
741 1.207 mbalmer Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
742 1.207 mbalmer pointer type
743 1.5 wiz Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
744 1.12 itojun
745 1.12 itojun Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
746 1.12 itojun Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
747 1.13 dogcow
748 1.86 kleink Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
749 1.13 dogcow Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
750 1.13 dogcow
751 1.142 drochner Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
752 1.19 cgd Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
753 1.13 dogcow
754 1.19 cgd Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
755 1.19 cgd Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
756 1.24 abs
757 1.24 abs Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
758 1.24 abs Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
759 1.223 joerg
760 1.223 joerg Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
761 1.223 joerg (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
762 1.223 joerg Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
763 1.257 apb
764 1.257 apb Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
765 1.257 apb No such file or directory.
766 1.257 apb Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
767 1.257 apb deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
768 1.257 apb that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree
769 1.257 apb contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
770 1.257 apb server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
771 1.257 apb Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
772 1.257 apb and try the update again.
773