UPDATING revision 1.291 1 1.291 mrg $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.291 2018/02/13 04:36:00 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 1.291 mrg 20180212:
23 1.291 mrg between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build.
24 1.291 mrg any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by
25 1.291 mrg a clean destdir and objdir. Full cleandir and destdir deletion
26 1.291 mrg is recommended if build failures occur.
27 1.291 mrg
28 1.288 martin 20171225:
29 1.288 martin removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
30 1.288 martin associated files from the libc build object directory (including
31 1.289 christos the .depend files) - a command like:
32 1.288 martin cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
33 1.289 christos For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
34 1.289 christos you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
35 1.290 martin compat ones (the above command will do that).
36 1.288 martin
37 1.287 kre 20171010:
38 1.287 kre a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
39 1.287 kre means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
40 1.287 kre to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
41 1.287 kre
42 1.286 mrg 20170822:
43 1.286 mrg a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
44 1.286 mrg will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
45 1.286 mrg in the tools and the native section. Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
46 1.286 mrg and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
47 1.286 mrg
48 1.285 mrg 20170816:
49 1.285 mrg a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
50 1.285 mrg will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
51 1.285 mrg in the tools and the native section. Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
52 1.285 mrg and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
53 1.285 mrg
54 1.284 martin 20170402:
55 1.284 martin a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
56 1.284 martin update builds from the previous version. Remove your
57 1.284 martin external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
58 1.284 martin
59 1.281 roy 20170211:
60 1.281 roy a new terminfo database has been imported.
61 1.281 roy The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
62 1.281 roy an updated tic tool is required.
63 1.281 roy If you build.sh, don't use -u
64 1.281 roy
65 1.280 kre 20170207:
66 1.278 kre various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
67 1.279 kre Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
68 1.279 kre if it exists) or do a clean build.
69 1.279 kre (This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
70 1.279 kre human intervention, but isn't.)
71 1.278 kre
72 1.277 martin 20170104:
73 1.277 martin xinput build options have changed.
74 1.277 martin Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
75 1.277 martin if you build.sh -u
76 1.277 martin
77 1.276 martin 20170103:
78 1.276 martin a new version of flex has been imported.
79 1.276 martin Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
80 1.276 martin if you build.sh -u
81 1.276 martin
82 1.275 spz 20161014:
83 1.275 spz a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
84 1.275 spz Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl)
85 1.275 spz if you build.sh -u
86 1.275 spz
87 1.274 martin 20161009:
88 1.274 martin a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
89 1.274 martin build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
90 1.274 martin pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
91 1.274 martin
92 1.273 mrg 20160914:
93 1.273 mrg i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
94 1.273 mrg ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
95 1.273 mrg and a clean objdir.
96 1.273 mrg
97 1.272 dholland 20160527:
98 1.272 dholland i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
99 1.272 dholland been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
100 1.272 dholland
101 1.270 christos 20160418:
102 1.270 christos libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
103 1.271 christos some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
104 1.271 christos might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
105 1.270 christos
106 1.268 riastrad 20160410:
107 1.268 riastrad amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
108 1.268 riastrad PIE has been enabled for amd64. PIE, or position-independent
109 1.268 riastrad executables, means all code, including executables and not just
110 1.268 riastrad shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
111 1.268 riastrad relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
112 1.268 riastrad
113 1.268 riastrad The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
114 1.268 riastrad linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
115 1.268 riastrad hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
116 1.268 riastrad
117 1.268 riastrad Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
118 1.268 riastrad fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
119 1.268 riastrad position-independent code with position-dependent code in
120 1.268 riastrad position-independent executables:
121 1.268 riastrad
122 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
123 1.268 riastrad
124 1.267 mrg 20160401:
125 1.267 mrg Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
126 1.269 dholland Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
127 1.269 dholland in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
128 1.267 mrg
129 1.266 aymeric 20160306:
130 1.265 aymeric NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
131 1.265 aymeric Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
132 1.265 aymeric non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
133 1.265 aymeric while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
134 1.265 aymeric In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
135 1.265 aymeric before updating your toolchain.
136 1.265 aymeric
137 1.264 martin 20160125:
138 1.264 martin Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
139 1.264 martin When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
140 1.264 martin object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
141 1.264 martin needed directories in destdir will not be created.
142 1.264 martin An easy way to do this is:
143 1.264 martin cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
144 1.264 martin
145 1.263 dholland 20150818:
146 1.263 dholland New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
147 1.263 dholland again.
148 1.263 dholland
149 1.262 christos 20150413:
150 1.262 christos New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
151 1.262 christos in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
152 1.262 christos also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
153 1.262 christos
154 1.261 martin 20150404:
155 1.261 martin Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
156 1.261 martin sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
157 1.261 martin do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
158 1.261 martin src/usr.bin/xlint.
159 1.261 martin
160 1.260 skrll 20150310:
161 1.260 skrll Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
162 1.260 skrll the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
163 1.260 skrll external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
164 1.260 skrll
165 1.258 martin 20141026:
166 1.259 msaitoh A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
167 1.258 martin in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
168 1.258 martin during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
169 1.258 martin directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
170 1.258 martin and let cvs restore it on next update.
171 1.258 martin
172 1.256 apb 20140721:
173 1.256 apb The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
174 1.256 apb and then deleted in the CVS repository. If you get errors like
175 1.256 apb
176 1.256 apb cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
177 1.256 apb /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
178 1.256 apb
179 1.256 apb then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
180 1.256 apb
181 1.255 joerg 20140530:
182 1.255 joerg ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
183 1.255 joerg rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
184 1.255 joerg
185 1.251 martin 20140131:
186 1.253 joerg The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
187 1.254 skrll advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
188 1.253 joerg of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
189 1.251 martin
190 1.250 christos 20131227:
191 1.250 christos 1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
192 1.250 christos attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
193 1.250 christos mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
194 1.250 christos statements to avoid being exposed.
195 1.250 christos 2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
196 1.250 christos to make clean in libc
197 1.250 christos
198 1.249 mrg 20131129:
199 1.249 mrg The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
200 1.249 mrg cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
201 1.249 mrg
202 1.248 mrg 20131128:
203 1.248 mrg The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
204 1.248 mrg tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
205 1.248 mrg
206 1.246 martin 20130605:
207 1.247 spz The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
208 1.247 spz to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
209 1.247 spz
210 1.247 spz 20130605:
211 1.246 martin Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
212 1.246 martin header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
213 1.246 martin please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
214 1.246 martin
215 1.245 mrg 20130531:
216 1.245 mrg The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
217 1.245 mrg in the obj tree. Make sure to ensure any like this:
218 1.245 mrg nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
219 1.245 mrg is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
220 1.245 mrg
221 1.244 mrg 20130530:
222 1.244 mrg Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
223 1.244 mrg Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
224 1.244 mrg
225 1.242 christos 20130301:
226 1.242 christos The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
227 1.243 christos prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
228 1.242 christos
229 1.238 dholland 20120726:
230 1.241 wiz The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
231 1.241 wiz directory and DESTDIR. *Even non-update builds require cleaning
232 1.240 dholland DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
233 1.241 wiz some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
234 1.240 dholland cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
235 1.238 dholland
236 1.237 wiz 20120507:
237 1.241 wiz The database schema for makemandb was changed. You will
238 1.237 wiz need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
239 1.237 wiz for the next weekly run to fix it.
240 1.237 wiz
241 1.236 bsh 20120319:
242 1.236 bsh sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
243 1.236 bsh size of db_symtab automatically. You need to update dbsym in
244 1.236 bsh your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE. If
245 1.236 bsh you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
246 1.236 bsh mk.conf.
247 1.236 bsh
248 1.235 joerg 20120216:
249 1.241 wiz Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO. Update builds will fail
250 1.241 wiz unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually. If you built between 20120207
251 1.239 dholland and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
252 1.241 wiz /var/db/man.db index for apropos. Running makemandb -f or
253 1.235 joerg the next run of weekly will fix it.
254 1.233 joerg
255 1.232 christos 20111227:
256 1.232 christos If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
257 1.232 christos /usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
258 1.232 christos bump has been reverted.
259 1.232 christos
260 1.231 tls 20111125:
261 1.231 tls The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
262 1.231 tls means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
263 1.231 tls configuration files. The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
264 1.231 tls removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
265 1.231 tls
266 1.230 tls 20111119:
267 1.230 tls A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
268 1.230 tls utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
269 1.230 tls bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
270 1.230 tls non-backwards-compatible way. If you replace your kernel,
271 1.230 tls replace your rndctl executable too.
272 1.241 wiz
273 1.229 jym 20111001:
274 1.229 jym the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
275 1.229 jym changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
276 1.241 wiz one. So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
277 1.229 jym quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
278 1.229 jym
279 1.228 mrg 20110817:
280 1.228 mrg sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
281 1.228 mrg DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
282 1.228 mrg
283 1.227 riastrad 20110806:
284 1.227 riastrad i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
285 1.227 riastrad objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
286 1.227 riastrad
287 1.226 mrg 20110805:
288 1.226 mrg The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
289 1.226 mrg the tree to be cleaned. Best to delete both objdir and
290 1.226 mrg DESTDIR before running this update. So far, only the
291 1.226 mrg sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
292 1.226 mrg
293 1.225 matt 20110803:
294 1.241 wiz The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed. To do an
295 1.225 matt update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
296 1.225 matt for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
297 1.225 matt is now a directory.
298 1.225 matt
299 1.223 joerg 20110410:
300 1.241 wiz The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed. To do an
301 1.224 dholland update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
302 1.224 dholland tools/gcc by hand.
303 1.223 joerg
304 1.222 plunky 20110328:
305 1.222 plunky Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
306 1.241 wiz ordering issues with "make all". It may be necessary to remove
307 1.222 plunky the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
308 1.222 plunky if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
309 1.222 plunky directory.
310 1.222 plunky
311 1.220 joerg 20110121:
312 1.221 lukem Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp. This can break
313 1.220 joerg the build of individual parts of the tree. This is handled
314 1.220 joerg correctly by build.sh. Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
315 1.220 joerg and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
316 1.218 joerg
317 1.217 jruoho 20101217:
318 1.217 jruoho The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
319 1.241 wiz by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
320 1.217 jruoho group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
321 1.217 jruoho
322 1.216 christos 20101125:
323 1.216 christos The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
324 1.241 wiz variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c
325 1.241 wiz assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an
326 1.216 christos old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
327 1.216 christos break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
328 1.216 christos so building gcc will end up printing:
329 1.216 christos checking dependency style of gcc... none
330 1.216 christos configure: error: no usable dependency style found
331 1.216 christos Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
332 1.138 lukem
333 1.215 mrg 20101119:
334 1.215 mrg Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
335 1.215 mrg or run-time problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
336 1.215 mrg have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
337 1.215 mrg versions between xorg-server and drivers.
338 1.215 mrg
339 1.213 jmmv 20100604:
340 1.213 jmmv The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
341 1.213 jmmv unless they are rebuilt. If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
342 1.213 jmmv you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
343 1.213 jmmv trees by hand.
344 1.213 jmmv
345 1.211 tnozaki 20100522:
346 1.212 mrg Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
347 1.212 mrg problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
348 1.212 mrg build problems with xsrc.
349 1.212 mrg
350 1.212 mrg 20100522:
351 1.211 tnozaki private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
352 1.214 dholland include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
353 1.211 tnozaki
354 1.210 christos 20100520:
355 1.241 wiz The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please
356 1.210 christos remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
357 1.210 christos
358 1.209 njoly 20100222:
359 1.209 njoly The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
360 1.209 njoly .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
361 1.209 njoly libXX.so. All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
362 1.209 njoly your object directories.
363 1.209 njoly
364 1.208 roy 20100204:
365 1.208 roy The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
366 1.208 roy but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
367 1.208 roy from the system when upgrading.
368 1.208 roy As such, you will need to remove them from your object
369 1.208 roy and destination directories.
370 1.208 roy
371 1.203 dyoung 20091101:
372 1.205 dholland After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
373 1.205 dholland target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
374 1.205 dholland 'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. Ditto
375 1.205 dholland src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
376 1.203 dyoung
377 1.202 mrg 20091001:
378 1.206 dholland On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
379 1.206 dholland before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
380 1.206 dholland
381 1.206 dholland 20091001:
382 1.202 mrg An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
383 1.202 mrg symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir
384 1.202 mrg it is in, and retry your build.
385 1.202 mrg
386 1.201 dsl 20090718:
387 1.201 dsl libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
388 1.241 wiz point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
389 1.201 dsl may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
390 1.201 dsl (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
391 1.201 dsl
392 1.198 mrg 20090709:
393 1.198 mrg Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again
394 1.198 mrg without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
395 1.198 mrg
396 1.197 mrg 20090616:
397 1.197 mrg Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for
398 1.197 mrg src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not
399 1.197 mrg work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
400 1.197 mrg subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
401 1.197 mrg be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
402 1.197 mrg
403 1.195 perry 20090501:
404 1.195 perry Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
405 1.195 perry can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
406 1.241 wiz who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you
407 1.195 perry note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
408 1.195 perry failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
409 1.195 perry objects and start again.
410 1.195 perry
411 1.194 mrg 20090325:
412 1.194 mrg The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain. This requires
413 1.194 mrg cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
414 1.194 mrg
415 1.192 skrll 20090126:
416 1.241 wiz The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You
417 1.207 mbalmer need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
418 1.207 mbalmer to avoid using the old assembly stub.
419 1.192 skrll
420 1.191 joerg 20090202:
421 1.191 joerg pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
422 1.191 joerg detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
423 1.191 joerg ``pkg_admin rebuild''.
424 1.191 joerg
425 1.184 christos 20090110:
426 1.241 wiz time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:
427 1.241 wiz 1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.
428 1.188 christos This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
429 1.188 christos conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
430 1.184 christos 2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
431 1.184 christos before installing.
432 1.184 christos 3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
433 1.241 wiz your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers
434 1.184 christos are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
435 1.184 christos and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
436 1.241 wiz libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once
437 1.184 christos the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
438 1.184 christos 4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
439 1.189 hubertf rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
440 1.189 hubertf Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
441 1.189 hubertf that depend on it.
442 1.186 christos 5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
443 1.186 christos will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
444 1.190 apb 6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
445 1.190 apb lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
446 1.241 wiz for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after
447 1.190 apb upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during
448 1.190 apb boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
449 1.190 apb newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
450 1.190 apb files manually.
451 1.190 apb 7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
452 1.190 apb accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
453 1.190 apb removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
454 1.190 apb /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
455 1.190 apb the file.
456 1.196 dholland 8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
457 1.241 wiz disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are
458 1.196 dholland using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
459 1.196 dholland rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
460 1.185 jmcneill
461 1.183 pgoyette 20081219:
462 1.183 pgoyette config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
463 1.183 pgoyette swapnetbsd.o - has changed format. You need to rebuild config
464 1.183 pgoyette (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
465 1.183 pgoyette config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
466 1.183 pgoyette kernels.
467 1.183 pgoyette
468 1.181 cube 20081205:
469 1.181 cube If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
470 1.181 cube /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
471 1.181 cube set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
472 1.178 lukem
473 1.179 tsutsui 20081122:
474 1.182 tsutsui On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
475 1.180 wiz file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
476 1.180 wiz Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
477 1.179 tsutsui following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
478 1.179 tsutsui
479 1.179 tsutsui - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
480 1.179 tsutsui
481 1.179 tsutsui - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
482 1.180 wiz for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
483 1.179 tsutsui
484 1.180 wiz If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
485 1.180 wiz the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
486 1.180 wiz file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
487 1.179 tsutsui
488 1.178 lukem 20080827:
489 1.178 lukem If you built and installed a libc from sources between
490 1.178 lukem 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
491 1.178 lukem which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
492 1.178 lukem Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
493 1.180 wiz needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
494 1.178 lukem $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
495 1.178 lukem
496 1.177 christos 20080813:
497 1.177 christos MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
498 1.241 wiz about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
499 1.177 christos
500 1.200 dholland 20080802:
501 1.200 dholland A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
502 1.241 wiz been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
503 1.200 dholland for -current.
504 1.200 dholland
505 1.200 dholland Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
506 1.200 dholland libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
507 1.200 dholland be recompiled.
508 1.200 dholland
509 1.200 dholland One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
510 1.200 dholland
511 1.200 dholland $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
512 1.200 dholland $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
513 1.200 dholland
514 1.175 simonb 20080731:
515 1.175 simonb WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
516 1.175 simonb time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
517 1.175 simonb and userland (fsck_ffs in particular). Please make sure you
518 1.175 simonb don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
519 1.176 simonb especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem. WAPBL
520 1.176 simonb also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format. You
521 1.176 simonb can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
522 1.175 simonb
523 1.174 lukem 20080721:
524 1.174 lukem Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
525 1.174 lukem isn't defined.
526 1.174 lukem
527 1.173 freza 20080531:
528 1.241 wiz The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
529 1.241 wiz from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8)
530 1.173 freza utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
531 1.241 wiz won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands:
532 1.173 freza
533 1.173 freza $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
534 1.173 freza $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
535 1.173 freza $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
536 1.173 freza
537 1.173 freza leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
538 1.173 freza
539 1.172 lukem 20080503:
540 1.172 lukem The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
541 1.172 lukem
542 1.171 he 20080521:
543 1.171 he For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
544 1.171 he succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
545 1.171 he ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist. A fix for this
546 1.171 he problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
547 1.171 he If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
548 1.171 he remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
549 1.171 he
550 1.174 lukem 20080303:
551 1.174 lukem Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
552 1.174 lukem
553 1.170 christos 20080126:
554 1.170 christos The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
555 1.241 wiz stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to
556 1.170 christos 'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
557 1.170 christos avoid using the old assembly stub.
558 1.170 christos
559 1.168 joerg 20071209:
560 1.241 wiz The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you
561 1.168 joerg get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
562 1.169 wiz configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
563 1.168 joerg
564 1.166 xtraeme 20071115:
565 1.166 xtraeme The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
566 1.166 xtraeme argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
567 1.241 wiz anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
568 1.241 wiz rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel
569 1.167 wiz configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
570 1.166 xtraeme
571 1.165 jmmv 20071028:
572 1.165 jmmv The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
573 1.165 jmmv You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
574 1.165 jmmv to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
575 1.165 jmmv now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
576 1.165 jmmv entries for the wscons driver. See the GENERIC configuration file
577 1.165 jmmv for more details.
578 1.165 jmmv
579 1.164 gdt 20070913:
580 1.164 gdt A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
581 1.164 gdt enumerate interfaces was fixed. The bug began to cause
582 1.164 gdt problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
583 1.164 gdt implementation was repaired. From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
584 1.164 gdt could not enumerate interfaces. (These are noted because
585 1.164 gdt normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
586 1.164 gdt sufficient to avoid this problem.) Ensure that both kernel
587 1.164 gdt and userland are from after 20070913.
588 1.164 gdt
589 1.163 joerg 20070703:
590 1.241 wiz nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It
591 1.199 dholland calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
592 1.199 dholland down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a
593 1.199 dholland re-installation of tools.
594 1.163 joerg
595 1.161 dsl 20070422:
596 1.161 dsl The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
597 1.161 dsl has been changed. Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
598 1.161 dsl to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
599 1.241 wiz root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
600 1.167 wiz root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
601 1.161 dsl start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
602 1.161 dsl that has such links.
603 1.161 dsl This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
604 1.161 dsl the emulated root.
605 1.161 dsl
606 1.160 jmcneill 20070412:
607 1.241 wiz The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc
608 1.241 wiz instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
609 1.160 jmcneill example.
610 1.160 jmcneill
611 1.159 gdt 20070319:
612 1.159 gdt src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
613 1.159 gdt on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings. If you
614 1.159 gdt updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
615 1.159 gdt cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
616 1.159 gdt rebuild of object files that might have been built
617 1.159 gdt incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
618 1.159 gdt src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
619 1.159 gdt
620 1.241 wiz 20070210:
621 1.158 dbj src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
622 1.158 dbj find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
623 1.158 dbj | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
624 1.158 dbj will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
625 1.158 dbj
626 1.157 apb 20070209:
627 1.157 apb The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
628 1.157 apb was merged to NetBSD-current. If you boot with a new
629 1.157 apb kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
630 1.157 apb library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7). If you boot with
631 1.157 apb an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
632 1.157 apb (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6). Provided you keep the kernel and
633 1.157 apb the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
634 1.157 apb continue to work with an old or new kernel. Note that named(8)
635 1.157 apb is the only threaded application in the base system.
636 1.157 apb
637 1.154 he 20061214:
638 1.154 he Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
639 1.154 he from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
640 1.154 he will need to do a "make cleandir" in
641 1.154 he tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
642 1.154 he bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
643 1.156 he usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
644 1.156 he as the installation images in distrib/
645 1.154 he in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
646 1.154 he file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
647 1.154 he
648 1.152 christos 20061108:
649 1.152 christos The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
650 1.152 christos changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
651 1.241 wiz does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
652 1.152 christos make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
653 1.152 christos
654 1.151 rpaulo 20061009:
655 1.151 rpaulo The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
656 1.241 wiz available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
657 1.151 rpaulo
658 1.150 bjh21 20060814:
659 1.150 bjh21 The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
660 1.150 bjh21 withdrawn. Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead. See the GENERIC
661 1.150 bjh21 kernel configuration for an example. X servers from the last
662 1.150 bjh21 few years should cope.
663 1.150 bjh21
664 1.149 christos 20060703:
665 1.241 wiz MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
666 1.241 wiz if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
667 1.241 wiz to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
668 1.149 christos
669 1.148 dogcow 20060627:
670 1.148 dogcow socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
671 1.148 dogcow For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
672 1.148 dogcow your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
673 1.148 dogcow errors will result.
674 1.148 dogcow
675 1.1 abs Hints for a more successful build:
676 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
677 1.123 jmc Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
678 1.132 jmmv This will automatically build the tools in the
679 1.123 jmc correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
680 1.123 jmc new build products from interfering with the running
681 1.123 jmc system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
682 1.123 jmc other advice in this file.
683 1.2 mrg Build a new kernel first:
684 1.2 mrg This makes sure that any new system calls or features
685 1.2 mrg expected by the new userland will be present. This
686 1.2 mrg helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
687 1.1 abs Use object directories:
688 1.1 abs This helps to keep stale object
689 1.1 abs files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
690 1.1 abs about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
691 1.1 abs a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
692 1.1 abs same source tree for multiple machines.
693 1.123 jmc To use object directories with build.sh:
694 1.123 jmc a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
695 1.123 jmc To use object directories without using build.sh:
696 1.1 abs a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
697 1.2 mrg b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
698 1.2 mrg c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
699 1.1 abs d) cd /usr/src ; make build
700 1.2 mrg Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
701 1.2 mrg in obj.$MACHINE directory.
702 1.1 abs Build to a DESTDIR:
703 1.123 jmc This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
704 1.123 jmc from interfering with the new build.
705 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
706 1.123 jmc To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
707 1.123 jmc environment variable before running make build. It should be
708 1.123 jmc set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
709 1.123 jmc Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
710 1.123 jmc update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
711 1.123 jmc nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
712 1.123 jmc (See critical utils, below.)
713 1.1 abs Build often:
714 1.1 abs This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
715 1.1 abs on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
716 1.123 jmc date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
717 1.123 jmc this problem.
718 1.241 wiz
719 1.1 abs What to do if things don't work:
720 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
721 1.230 tls When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
722 1.1 abs should be done.
723 1.1 abs 1) make includes
724 1.1 abs This should be done automatically by make build.
725 1.1 abs 2) cd share/mk && make install
726 1.1 abs Again, automatically done by make build.
727 1.1 abs
728 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
729 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
730 1.1 abs To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
731 1.1 abs something like the following:
732 1.1 abs 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
733 1.1 abs 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
734 1.1 abs utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
735 1.1 abs 3) cd ...path/to/util...
736 1.1 abs make cleandir
737 1.1 abs rm ...all obj directories...
738 1.1 abs make cleandir # yes, again
739 1.1 abs make obj
740 1.1 abs make depend && make
741 1.1 abs
742 1.1 abs Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
743 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
744 1.1 abs If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
745 1.2 mrg ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
746 1.2 mrg (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
747 1.2 mrg for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
748 1.1 abs
749 1.1 abs ---cut here---
750 1.1 abs #!/bin/sh
751 1.1 abs . /etc/mk.conf
752 1.1 abs
753 1.58 lukem if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
754 1.58 lukem NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
755 1.1 abs fi
756 1.58 lukem if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
757 1.1 abs echo Unable to find sources
758 1.1 abs exit 1
759 1.1 abs fi
760 1.58 lukem find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
761 1.1 abs
762 1.1 abs if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
763 1.1 abs BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
764 1.1 abs fi
765 1.1 abs if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
766 1.1 abs rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
767 1.1 abs fi
768 1.1 abs
769 1.58 lukem cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
770 1.1 abs
771 1.1 abs ---cut here---
772 1.1 abs
773 1.1 abs Critical utilities:
774 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
775 1.3 itojun usr.bin/compile_et
776 1.1 abs usr.bin/make
777 1.1 abs usr.bin/yacc
778 1.1 abs usr.bin/lex
779 1.11 lukem usr.bin/xlint
780 1.142 drochner usr.bin/config
781 1.1 abs
782 1.34 simonb Other problems and possible solutions:
783 1.1 abs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
784 1.1 abs Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
785 1.17 erh Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
786 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
787 1.111 simonb Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
788 1.17 erh cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
789 1.17 erh
790 1.1 abs Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
791 1.1 abs cd share/mk && make install
792 1.2 mrg
793 1.2 mrg Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
794 1.142 drochner Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
795 1.1 abs
796 1.1 abs Symptom:
797 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
798 1.1 abs
799 1.1 abs Symptom:
800 1.1 abs Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
801 1.1 abs
802 1.1 abs Symptom:
803 1.1 abs Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
804 1.4 itojun
805 1.4 itojun Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
806 1.4 itojun Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
807 1.4 itojun make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
808 1.4 itojun (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
809 1.4 itojun may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
810 1.5 wiz
811 1.207 mbalmer Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
812 1.207 mbalmer pointer type
813 1.5 wiz Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
814 1.12 itojun
815 1.12 itojun Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
816 1.12 itojun Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
817 1.13 dogcow
818 1.86 kleink Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
819 1.13 dogcow Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
820 1.13 dogcow
821 1.142 drochner Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
822 1.19 cgd Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
823 1.13 dogcow
824 1.19 cgd Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
825 1.19 cgd Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
826 1.24 abs
827 1.24 abs Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
828 1.24 abs Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
829 1.223 joerg
830 1.223 joerg Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
831 1.223 joerg (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
832 1.223 joerg Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
833 1.257 apb
834 1.257 apb Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
835 1.257 apb No such file or directory.
836 1.257 apb Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
837 1.257 apb deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
838 1.257 apb that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree
839 1.257 apb contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
840 1.257 apb server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
841 1.257 apb Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
842 1.257 apb and try the update again.
843