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