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UPDATING revision 1.149
      1 $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.149 2006/07/04 00:40:43 christos 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 20060703:
     20 	MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
     21 	if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
     22 	to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
     23 
     24 20060627:
     25 	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
     26 	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
     27 	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
     28 	errors will result.
     29 
     30 20060526:
     31 	The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen 
     32 	(sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
     33 	load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
     34 	(like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
     35 	will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
     36 	with an error like:
     37 	    ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
     38 		non constant expression for load base
     39 	You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
     40 	and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
     41 	way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
     42 	that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
     43 	installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
     44 
     45 20060131:
     46 	the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
     47 	the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
     48 	you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
     49 	/usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
     50 	src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
     51 
     52 20050917:
     53 	arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
     54 	contains MI options previously enabled by default.
     55 	If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
     56 	arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
     57 	to get the previous configuration.
     58 
     59 20050830:
     60 	named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
     61 	postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
     62 	Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
     63 	this in their DESTDIR.
     64 
     65 20050825:
     66 	Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
     67 	attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
     68 	modified to emit the new data structures.
     69 	Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
     70 	configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
     71 
     72 20050531:
     73 	genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
     74 	tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
     75 	you can build a kernel again.
     76 
     77 20050520:
     78 	Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
     79 	xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
     80 
     81 20050417:
     82 	postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
     83 	of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
     84 	upgrade.
     85 
     86 20050325:
     87 	pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4).  Be sure
     88 	to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
     89 	configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
     90 	with wsconsctl.  Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
     91 	might even not hear any more beep.  Also, it is advised to attach both
     92 	devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
     93 	pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
     94 
     95 20050211:
     96 	Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
     97 	some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
     98 	cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
     99 	different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
    100 	make a build continue.
    101 
    102 20050109:
    103 	Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
    104 	/etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
    105 	for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
    106 	a password).
    107 
    108 20041229:
    109 	Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
    110 	being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
    111 	you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
    112 	the build.
    113 
    114 20041201:
    115 	Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
    116 	/dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
    117 	MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
    118 
    119 20041006:
    120 
    121 	A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
    122 	variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
    123 	will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
    124 	on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
    125 
    126         ident /bin/sh | grep var
    127 
    128 	Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
    129 	before attempting a build.
    130 	
    131 20041001:
    132 	The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
    133 	dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
    134 	dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
    135 	before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
    136 	ftp-proxy are the victims).
    137 
    138 20040715:
    139 	The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
    140 	if sendmail should be started at boot time.  It checks the
    141 	contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
    142 	owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
    143 	to the mail infrastructure have been made.  If no changes
    144 	are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
    145 
    146 	Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
    147 
    148 	If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
    149 	local delivery, it is important that you also update your
    150 	sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
    151 	loopback interface.
    152 
    153 20040715:
    154 	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
    155 	kernel builds has been changed again.  The latest version
    156 	of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
    157 
    158 20040621:
    159 	Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
    160 	from a clean objdir under tools/*.
    161 
    162 	This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
    163 	to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
    164 
    165 	The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
    166 
    167 20040516:
    168 	The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
    169 	from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
    170 	Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
    171 	"make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
    172 
    173 	postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
    174 	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
    175 	detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
    176 	manually move these files yourself.
    177 
    178 20040426:
    179 	Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
    180 	been removed in favor of the newer layout.  This affects
    181 	consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
    182 	the dynamic discovery mechanism.  This is believed only to
    183 	be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
    184 	the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
    185 	built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
    186 	will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
    187 	2004/04/25.  If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
    188 	does not work, make sure that your revision of
    189 	src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
    190 	do the following:
    191 
    192 	cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
    193 	make USETOOLS=no includes
    194 	cd lib/libc
    195 	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
    196 	cd ../../sbin/sysctl
    197 	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
    198 
    199 	If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
    200 	identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
    201 	"unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that.  if that happens,
    202 	make sure to follow the above steps.
    203 
    204 20040425:
    205 	The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
    206 	are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
    207 	sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
    208 	invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
    209 	automated by those scripts.  Note that under certain circumstances,
    210 	affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
    211 	upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
    212 	encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
    213 	filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
    214 	possible.  For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
    215 
    216 20040418:
    217 	statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
    218 	installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
    219 	a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
    220 	build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
    221 	clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
    222 	anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
    223 	from the libc build directory.
    224 
    225 20040326:
    226 	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
    227 	has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
    228 	and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
    229 	to build it.
    230 
    231 	This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
    232 	building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
    233 
    234 20040318:
    235 	A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
    236 	provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
    237 	notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
    238 	ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
    239 	recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
    240 	(recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
    241 
    242 20040313:
    243 	On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
    244 	the old wsqms driver is now called qms.  Kernel config files
    245 	will need updating.  See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
    246 	for examples.
    247 
    248 20040125:
    249 	On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
    250 	needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
    251 	files.
    252 
    253 20040109:
    254 	Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
    255 	added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
    256 	when using those layouts.  If you have been using -current
    257 	since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
    258 	superblock mismatches.  To repair, make sure you have
    259 	an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
    260 	to complete the filesystem upgrade.  A message has
    261 	been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
    262 	See the following discussion for more information:
    263 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
    264 
    265 20031203:
    266 	New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
    267 	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
    268 	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
    269 
    270 20031111:
    271 	A newer mkdep is needed.  Error noting that is
    272 		cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
    273 
    274 20031008:
    275 	/usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
    276 	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
    277 	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
    278 
    279 20031007:
    280 	A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
    281 	of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags.  This should only
    282 	affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
    283 	A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
    284 	should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
    285 	to the kernel which should discover and warn about it.  See
    286 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
    287 
    288 20030906:
    289 	With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
    290 	code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
    291 	kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
    292 
    293 20030801:
    294 	With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
    295 	rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
    296 	/usr/lib/libdes* before building.
    297 
    298 20030703:
    299 	Texinfo was updated to 4.6.  To avoid failures when trying to
    300 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    301 
    302 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    303 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    304 
    305 20030630:
    306 	Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
    307 		cd share/mk && make install
    308 		cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
    309 		make MKMAN=no dependall install
    310 	(untested).
    311 
    312 20030516:
    313 	Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
    314 	were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
    315 	mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
    316 	been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
    317 	export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
    318 	make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
    319 	file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
    320 	a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
    321 
    322 20030402:
    323 	The superblock layout for FFS was changed.  If you have 1.6
    324 	fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
    325 	with the first alternate, because they compare too many
    326 	fields (even ones that aren't useful).  If possible, upgrade
    327 	your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
    328 	None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
    329 
    330 20030324:
    331 	sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported.  Since sendmail is
    332 	now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
    333 	mode for most common activities, there is a new config
    334 	file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
    335 	The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
    336 	is named netbsd-msp.cf.  Upgrading your regular sendmail
    337 	configuration file is also strongly advised.
    338 
    339 	See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
    340 	the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
    341 	information.
    342 
    343 20030117:
    344 	Texinfo was updated to 4.3.  To avoid failures when trying to
    345 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    346 
    347 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    348 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    349 
    350 20021223:
    351 	The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
    352 	"${DESTDIR}" from path names.
    353 	This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
    354 	For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
    355 	update tools/mtree, before running make build.
    356 
    357 20021219:
    358 	CVS repository layout was changed.  See the following for details
    359 	if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
    360 
    361 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
    362 
    363 20021219:
    364 	install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
    365 	alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
    366 	of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
    367 
    368 	The build system was modified to take advantage of
    369 	this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
    370 	use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
    371 	reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
    372 
    373 20021130:
    374 	fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
    375 	If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
    376 	and rebuild libc:
    377 		make includes
    378 		make do-lib-libc
    379 	If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
    380 	before rebuilding the tools.
    381 
    382 20021126:
    383 	The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
    384 	including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
    385 	All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
    386 	/usr/include.
    387 
    388 20021121:
    389 	The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
    390 	(and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
    391 	split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
    392 	This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
    393 	new libraries are installed.  The process of rebuilding
    394 	libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
    395 	required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
    396 	do this.
    397 
    398 	An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
    399 	which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
    400 	their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
    401 
    402 20021121:
    403 	A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
    404 	corrected.
    405 
    406 	NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
    407 	default.  However, the assembler lacked support for marking
    408 	objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
    409 	compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
    410 	to the assembler.
    411 
    412 	Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
    413 	old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
    414 	incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
    415 
    416 	The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
    417 	a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
    418 	against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
    419 	markings.  ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
    420 	WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
    421 
    422 	The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
    423 	the libraries on the system.  The easiest way to do this for
    424 	system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
    425 	generally available on releng.NetBSD.org.  Any packages you
    426 	have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
    427 	if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
    428 
    429 	If you have questions about this matter, please contact
    430 	port-arm (a] NetBSD.org.
    431 
    432 20021011:
    433 	Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
    434 	Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
    435 	to be rebuilt.
    436 
    437 20021010:
    438 	The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
    439 	dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users
    440 	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
    441 	kernel.
    442 
    443 20021009:
    444 	A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
    445 	which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users
    446 	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
    447 	kernel.
    448 
    449 20021003:
    450 	Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
    451 	framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
    452 	before building a new kernel.
    453 
    454 20021001:
    455 	The i386mp branch has been merged.  To compile a kernel, users
    456 	will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
    457 	file.  Multiprocessor kernels will need
    458 	ioapic*		at mainbus? apid ?
    459 	options		MULTIPROCESSOR
    460 	options		COM_MPLOCK
    461 
    462 20020922:
    463 	MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
    464 	certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
    465 	linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
    466 	and /sbin are dynamically linked.
    467 	If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
    468 	you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
    469 	with:
    470 		make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
    471 
    472 20020917:
    473 	USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
    474 	    -	TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
    475 		there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
    476 		x86_64).
    477 	    -	EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
    478 		root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
    479 		enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
    480 		platforms.
    481 
    482 20020906:
    483 	gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
    484 	reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
    485 
    486 20020822:
    487 	Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
    488 	are now provided in /rescue.
    489 
    490 	To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
    491 	what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
    492 	from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
    493 
    494 20020820:
    495 	crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
    496 	is statically linked.
    497 
    498 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
    499 
    500 20020605:
    501 	smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
    502 
    503 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    504 
    505 	smmsp:*:17:
    506 
    507 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    508 
    509 	smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
    510 
    511 20020515:
    512 	sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
    513 	will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
    514 
    515 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    516 
    517 	sshd:*:16:
    518 
    519 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    520 
    521 	sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
    522 	
    523 	Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
    524 	the build process).
    525 
    526 20020426:
    527 	NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
    528 
    529 20020426:
    530 	etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for 
    531 	configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
    532 	the problems identified.
    533 	This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
    534 	configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
    535 
    536 20020320:
    537 	<bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
    538 	Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
    539 
    540 20020319:
    541 	Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
    542 	on send(2) operation.  Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
    543 	newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
    544 
    545 20020311:
    546 	ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
    547 	if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
    548 	to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
    549 
    550 20020223:
    551 	Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
    552 	so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
    553 	the VAX assembly files.
    554 
    555 20020118:
    556 	ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
    557 	will break as mtree aborts early.
    558 
    559 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    560 
    561 	ntpd:*:15:
    562 
    563 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    564 
    565 	ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
    566 
    567 20011207:
    568 	If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
    569 	reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
    570 	toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
    571 
    572 	To fix:
    573 
    574 	Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
    575 	Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
    576 
    577 	gnu/lib/libgcc
    578 	gnu/lib/libstdc++
    579 
    580 	After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
    581 
    582 20011201:
    583 	In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
    584 	you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
    585 	point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
    586 	point is broken. 
    587 
    588 	To build:
    589 
    590 	remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
    591 	remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
    592 	against the new libgcc.a)
    593 
    594 20011128:
    595 	Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
    596 	the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
    597 	required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
    598 	to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
    599 	to build a new kernel.
    600 
    601 20011030:
    602 	libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
    603 	before building libc.
    604 
    605 20011029:
    606 	The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
    607 	see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
    608 	procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
    609 	build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
    610 	manual update log.
    611 
    612 	Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
    613 	BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
    614 	UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
    615 	by the new build system.
    616 
    617 20011028:
    618 	src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
    619 	symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
    620 	prevented this was corrected.
    621 
    622 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
    623 	Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
    624 	for you.
    625 
    626 20011006:
    627 	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
    628 	absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
    629 	understand the format.
    630 
    631 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
    632 
    633 20011004:
    634 	Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
    635 	is suggested before running a snapshot build
    636 
    637 20010915:
    638 	The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
    639 	a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
    640 	files that still reference this file.
    641 
    642 	Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
    643 	directories.
    644 
    645 20010803:
    646 	grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
    647 	requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
    648 	building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
    649 	the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
    650 
    651 20010803: 
    652 	(i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
    653 	`fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
    654 	kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain, 
    655 	(i.e., build.sh -t) or 	(temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU" 
    656 	from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
    657 	See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
    658 	[updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
    659 
    660 20010731:
    661 	Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
    662 	this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
    663 	bootloaders.
    664 
    665 20010726:
    666 	Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
    667 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    668 
    669 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    670 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    671 
    672 20010718:
    673 	Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
    674 	was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
    675 	make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
    676 	timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
    677 
    678 	The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
    679 	if you have a stale dependency.
    680 
    681 	Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
    682 	before starting your build.
    683 
    684 20010628:
    685 	A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
    686 	in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
    687 	bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
    688 
    689 20010226:
    690 	Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
    691 	will break as mtree aborts early.
    692 
    693 	To work around add by hand:
    694 
    695 	named:*:14:
    696 
    697 	to /etc/group and add:
    698 
    699 	named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
    700 
    701 	to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
    702 
    703 	Now a make build should progress.
    704 
    705 20010219:
    706 	get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
    707 	to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
    708 
    709 	Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
    710 			usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
    711 			  CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
    712 			usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
    713 			  building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
    714 
    715 20010204:
    716 	prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
    717 	particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
    718 	needs to be installed before make build.
    719 
    720 20010114:
    721 	introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
    722 	bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
    723 	anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
    724 	with make build.
    725 
    726 20010101:
    727 	bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
    728 	afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
    729 
    730 20001230:
    731 	New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
    732 	If you get make errors, 
    733 		(cd share/mk; make install)
    734 	Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
    735 
    736 20001019:
    737 	The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
    738 	major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
    739 	directory.
    740 
    741 20000929:
    742 	The following make directives are obsoleted.
    743 	MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA 
    744 	By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
    745 	built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
    746 	additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
    747 
    748 
    749 Hints for a more successful build:
    750 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    751     Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
    752 	This will automatically build the tools in the
    753 	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
    754 	   new build products from interfering with the running
    755 	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
    756 	   other advice in this file.
    757     Build a new kernel first:
    758 	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
    759 	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
    760 	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
    761     Use object directories:
    762 	This helps to keep stale object
    763 	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
    764 	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
    765 	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
    766 	   same source tree for multiple machines.
    767 	   To use object directories with build.sh:
    768 	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
    769 	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
    770 	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
    771 	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
    772 	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
    773 	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
    774 	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
    775 	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
    776     Build to a DESTDIR:
    777 	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
    778 	   from interfering with the new build.
    779 	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
    780 	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
    781 	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
    782 	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
    783 	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
    784 		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
    785 		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
    786 		(See critical utils, below.)
    787     Build often:
    788 	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
    789 	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
    790 	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
    791 	this problem.
    792  
    793 What to do if things don't work:
    794 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    795 When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
    796 should be done.
    797     1)	make includes
    798 	This should be done automatically by make build.
    799     2)  cd share/mk && make install
    800 	Again, automatically done by make build.
    801 
    802 Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
    803 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    804 To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
    805 something like the following:
    806     1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
    807     2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
    808 	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
    809     3)  cd ...path/to/util...
    810 	make cleandir
    811 	rm ...all obj directories...
    812 	make cleandir			# yes, again
    813 	make obj
    814 	make depend && make
    815 
    816 Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
    817 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    818 If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
    819 ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
    820 (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
    821 for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
    822 
    823 ---cut here---
    824 #!/bin/sh
    825 . /etc/mk.conf
    826 
    827 if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
    828     NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
    829 fi
    830 if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
    831     echo Unable to find sources
    832     exit 1
    833 fi
    834 find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
    835 
    836 if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
    837     BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
    838 fi
    839 if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
    840     rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
    841 fi
    842 
    843 cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
    844 
    845 ---cut here---
    846 
    847 Critical utilities:
    848 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    849 	usr.bin/compile_et
    850 	usr.bin/make
    851 	usr.bin/yacc
    852 	usr.bin/lex
    853 	usr.bin/xlint
    854 	usr.bin/config
    855 
    856 Other problems and possible solutions:
    857 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    858 Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
    859 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
    860 	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
    861 	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
    862 	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
    863 
    864 Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
    865 	cd share/mk && make install
    866 
    867 Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
    868 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
    869 
    870 Symptom:
    871 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
    872 
    873 Symptom:
    874 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
    875 
    876 Symptom:
    877 Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
    878 
    879 Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
    880 Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
    881 	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
    882 	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
    883 	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
    884 
    885 Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    886 Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
    887 
    888 Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
    889 Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
    890 
    891 Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
    892 Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
    893 
    894 Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
    895 Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
    896 
    897 Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
    898 Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
    899 
    900 Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
    901 Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
    902