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UPDATING revision 1.151
      1 $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.151 2006/10/09 18:57:30 rpaulo 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 20061009:
     20 	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
     21 	available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
     22 
     23 20060814:
     24 	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
     25 	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
     26 	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
     27 	few years should cope.
     28 
     29 20060703:
     30 	MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
     31 	if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
     32 	to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
     33 
     34 20060627:
     35 	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
     36 	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
     37 	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
     38 	errors will result.
     39 
     40 20060526:
     41 	The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen 
     42 	(sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
     43 	load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
     44 	(like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
     45 	will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
     46 	with an error like:
     47 	    ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
     48 		non constant expression for load base
     49 	You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
     50 	and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
     51 	way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
     52 	that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
     53 	installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
     54 
     55 20060131:
     56 	the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
     57 	the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
     58 	you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
     59 	/usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
     60 	src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
     61 
     62 20050917:
     63 	arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
     64 	contains MI options previously enabled by default.
     65 	If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
     66 	arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
     67 	to get the previous configuration.
     68 
     69 20050830:
     70 	named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
     71 	postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
     72 	Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
     73 	this in their DESTDIR.
     74 
     75 20050825:
     76 	Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
     77 	attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
     78 	modified to emit the new data structures.
     79 	Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
     80 	configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
     81 
     82 20050531:
     83 	genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
     84 	tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
     85 	you can build a kernel again.
     86 
     87 20050520:
     88 	Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
     89 	xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
     90 
     91 20050417:
     92 	postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
     93 	of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
     94 	upgrade.
     95 
     96 20050325:
     97 	pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4).  Be sure
     98 	to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
     99 	configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
    100 	with wsconsctl.  Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
    101 	might even not hear any more beep.  Also, it is advised to attach both
    102 	devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
    103 	pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
    104 
    105 20050211:
    106 	Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
    107 	some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
    108 	cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
    109 	different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
    110 	make a build continue.
    111 
    112 20050109:
    113 	Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
    114 	/etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
    115 	for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
    116 	a password).
    117 
    118 20041229:
    119 	Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
    120 	being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
    121 	you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
    122 	the build.
    123 
    124 20041201:
    125 	Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
    126 	/dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
    127 	MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
    128 
    129 20041006:
    130 
    131 	A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
    132 	variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
    133 	will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
    134 	on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
    135 
    136         ident /bin/sh | grep var
    137 
    138 	Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
    139 	before attempting a build.
    140 	
    141 20041001:
    142 	The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
    143 	dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
    144 	dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
    145 	before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
    146 	ftp-proxy are the victims).
    147 
    148 20040715:
    149 	The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
    150 	if sendmail should be started at boot time.  It checks the
    151 	contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
    152 	owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
    153 	to the mail infrastructure have been made.  If no changes
    154 	are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
    155 
    156 	Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
    157 
    158 	If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
    159 	local delivery, it is important that you also update your
    160 	sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
    161 	loopback interface.
    162 
    163 20040715:
    164 	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
    165 	kernel builds has been changed again.  The latest version
    166 	of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
    167 
    168 20040621:
    169 	Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
    170 	from a clean objdir under tools/*.
    171 
    172 	This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
    173 	to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
    174 
    175 	The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
    176 
    177 20040516:
    178 	The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
    179 	from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
    180 	Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
    181 	"make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
    182 
    183 	postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
    184 	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
    185 	detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
    186 	manually move these files yourself.
    187 
    188 20040426:
    189 	Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
    190 	been removed in favor of the newer layout.  This affects
    191 	consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
    192 	the dynamic discovery mechanism.  This is believed only to
    193 	be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
    194 	the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
    195 	built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
    196 	will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
    197 	2004/04/25.  If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
    198 	does not work, make sure that your revision of
    199 	src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
    200 	do the following:
    201 
    202 	cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
    203 	make USETOOLS=no includes
    204 	cd lib/libc
    205 	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
    206 	cd ../../sbin/sysctl
    207 	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
    208 
    209 	If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
    210 	identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
    211 	"unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that.  if that happens,
    212 	make sure to follow the above steps.
    213 
    214 20040425:
    215 	The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
    216 	are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
    217 	sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
    218 	invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
    219 	automated by those scripts.  Note that under certain circumstances,
    220 	affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
    221 	upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
    222 	encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
    223 	filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
    224 	possible.  For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
    225 
    226 20040418:
    227 	statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
    228 	installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
    229 	a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
    230 	build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
    231 	clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
    232 	anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
    233 	from the libc build directory.
    234 
    235 20040326:
    236 	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
    237 	has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
    238 	and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
    239 	to build it.
    240 
    241 	This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
    242 	building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
    243 
    244 20040318:
    245 	A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
    246 	provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
    247 	notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
    248 	ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
    249 	recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
    250 	(recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
    251 
    252 20040313:
    253 	On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
    254 	the old wsqms driver is now called qms.  Kernel config files
    255 	will need updating.  See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
    256 	for examples.
    257 
    258 20040125:
    259 	On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
    260 	needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
    261 	files.
    262 
    263 20040109:
    264 	Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
    265 	added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
    266 	when using those layouts.  If you have been using -current
    267 	since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
    268 	superblock mismatches.  To repair, make sure you have
    269 	an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
    270 	to complete the filesystem upgrade.  A message has
    271 	been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
    272 	See the following discussion for more information:
    273 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
    274 
    275 20031203:
    276 	New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
    277 	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
    278 	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
    279 
    280 20031111:
    281 	A newer mkdep is needed.  Error noting that is
    282 		cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
    283 
    284 20031008:
    285 	/usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
    286 	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
    287 	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
    288 
    289 20031007:
    290 	A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
    291 	of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags.  This should only
    292 	affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
    293 	A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
    294 	should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
    295 	to the kernel which should discover and warn about it.  See
    296 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
    297 
    298 20030906:
    299 	With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
    300 	code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
    301 	kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
    302 
    303 20030801:
    304 	With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
    305 	rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
    306 	/usr/lib/libdes* before building.
    307 
    308 20030703:
    309 	Texinfo was updated to 4.6.  To avoid failures when trying to
    310 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    311 
    312 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    313 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    314 
    315 20030630:
    316 	Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
    317 		cd share/mk && make install
    318 		cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
    319 		make MKMAN=no dependall install
    320 	(untested).
    321 
    322 20030516:
    323 	Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
    324 	were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
    325 	mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
    326 	been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
    327 	export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
    328 	make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
    329 	file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
    330 	a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
    331 
    332 20030402:
    333 	The superblock layout for FFS was changed.  If you have 1.6
    334 	fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
    335 	with the first alternate, because they compare too many
    336 	fields (even ones that aren't useful).  If possible, upgrade
    337 	your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
    338 	None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
    339 
    340 20030324:
    341 	sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported.  Since sendmail is
    342 	now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
    343 	mode for most common activities, there is a new config
    344 	file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
    345 	The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
    346 	is named netbsd-msp.cf.  Upgrading your regular sendmail
    347 	configuration file is also strongly advised.
    348 
    349 	See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
    350 	the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
    351 	information.
    352 
    353 20030117:
    354 	Texinfo was updated to 4.3.  To avoid failures when trying to
    355 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    356 
    357 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    358 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    359 
    360 20021223:
    361 	The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
    362 	"${DESTDIR}" from path names.
    363 	This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
    364 	For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
    365 	update tools/mtree, before running make build.
    366 
    367 20021219:
    368 	CVS repository layout was changed.  See the following for details
    369 	if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
    370 
    371 	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
    372 
    373 20021219:
    374 	install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
    375 	alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
    376 	of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
    377 
    378 	The build system was modified to take advantage of
    379 	this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
    380 	use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
    381 	reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
    382 
    383 20021130:
    384 	fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
    385 	If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
    386 	and rebuild libc:
    387 		make includes
    388 		make do-lib-libc
    389 	If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
    390 	before rebuilding the tools.
    391 
    392 20021126:
    393 	The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
    394 	including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
    395 	All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
    396 	/usr/include.
    397 
    398 20021121:
    399 	The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
    400 	(and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
    401 	split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
    402 	This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
    403 	new libraries are installed.  The process of rebuilding
    404 	libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
    405 	required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
    406 	do this.
    407 
    408 	An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
    409 	which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
    410 	their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
    411 
    412 20021121:
    413 	A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
    414 	corrected.
    415 
    416 	NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
    417 	default.  However, the assembler lacked support for marking
    418 	objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
    419 	compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
    420 	to the assembler.
    421 
    422 	Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
    423 	old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
    424 	incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
    425 
    426 	The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
    427 	a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
    428 	against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
    429 	markings.  ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
    430 	WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
    431 
    432 	The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
    433 	the libraries on the system.  The easiest way to do this for
    434 	system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
    435 	generally available on releng.NetBSD.org.  Any packages you
    436 	have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
    437 	if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
    438 
    439 	If you have questions about this matter, please contact
    440 	port-arm (a] NetBSD.org.
    441 
    442 20021011:
    443 	Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
    444 	Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
    445 	to be rebuilt.
    446 
    447 20021010:
    448 	The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
    449 	dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users
    450 	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
    451 	kernel.
    452 
    453 20021009:
    454 	A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
    455 	which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users
    456 	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
    457 	kernel.
    458 
    459 20021003:
    460 	Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
    461 	framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
    462 	before building a new kernel.
    463 
    464 20021001:
    465 	The i386mp branch has been merged.  To compile a kernel, users
    466 	will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
    467 	file.  Multiprocessor kernels will need
    468 	ioapic*		at mainbus? apid ?
    469 	options		MULTIPROCESSOR
    470 	options		COM_MPLOCK
    471 
    472 20020922:
    473 	MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
    474 	certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
    475 	linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
    476 	and /sbin are dynamically linked.
    477 	If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
    478 	you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
    479 	with:
    480 		make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
    481 
    482 20020917:
    483 	USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
    484 	    -	TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
    485 		there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
    486 		x86_64).
    487 	    -	EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
    488 		root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
    489 		enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
    490 		platforms.
    491 
    492 20020906:
    493 	gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
    494 	reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
    495 
    496 20020822:
    497 	Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
    498 	are now provided in /rescue.
    499 
    500 	To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
    501 	what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
    502 	from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
    503 
    504 20020820:
    505 	crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
    506 	is statically linked.
    507 
    508 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
    509 
    510 20020605:
    511 	smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
    512 
    513 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    514 
    515 	smmsp:*:17:
    516 
    517 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    518 
    519 	smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
    520 
    521 20020515:
    522 	sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
    523 	will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
    524 
    525 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    526 
    527 	sshd:*:16:
    528 
    529 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    530 
    531 	sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
    532 	
    533 	Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
    534 	the build process).
    535 
    536 20020426:
    537 	NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
    538 
    539 20020426:
    540 	etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for 
    541 	configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
    542 	the problems identified.
    543 	This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
    544 	configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
    545 
    546 20020320:
    547 	<bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
    548 	Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
    549 
    550 20020319:
    551 	Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
    552 	on send(2) operation.  Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
    553 	newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
    554 
    555 20020311:
    556 	ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
    557 	if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
    558 	to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
    559 
    560 20020223:
    561 	Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
    562 	so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
    563 	the VAX assembly files.
    564 
    565 20020118:
    566 	ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
    567 	will break as mtree aborts early.
    568 
    569 	Add the following into /etc/group:
    570 
    571 	ntpd:*:15:
    572 
    573 	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
    574 
    575 	ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
    576 
    577 20011207:
    578 	If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
    579 	reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
    580 	toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
    581 
    582 	To fix:
    583 
    584 	Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
    585 	Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
    586 
    587 	gnu/lib/libgcc
    588 	gnu/lib/libstdc++
    589 
    590 	After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
    591 
    592 20011201:
    593 	In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
    594 	you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
    595 	point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
    596 	point is broken. 
    597 
    598 	To build:
    599 
    600 	remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
    601 	remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
    602 	against the new libgcc.a)
    603 
    604 20011128:
    605 	Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
    606 	the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
    607 	required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
    608 	to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
    609 	to build a new kernel.
    610 
    611 20011030:
    612 	libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
    613 	before building libc.
    614 
    615 20011029:
    616 	The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
    617 	see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
    618 	procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
    619 	build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
    620 	manual update log.
    621 
    622 	Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
    623 	BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
    624 	UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
    625 	by the new build system.
    626 
    627 20011028:
    628 	src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
    629 	symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
    630 	prevented this was corrected.
    631 
    632 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
    633 	Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
    634 	for you.
    635 
    636 20011006:
    637 	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
    638 	absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
    639 	understand the format.
    640 
    641 	Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
    642 
    643 20011004:
    644 	Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
    645 	is suggested before running a snapshot build
    646 
    647 20010915:
    648 	The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
    649 	a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
    650 	files that still reference this file.
    651 
    652 	Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
    653 	directories.
    654 
    655 20010803:
    656 	grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
    657 	requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
    658 	building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
    659 	the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
    660 
    661 20010803: 
    662 	(i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
    663 	`fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
    664 	kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain, 
    665 	(i.e., build.sh -t) or 	(temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU" 
    666 	from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
    667 	See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
    668 	[updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
    669 
    670 20010731:
    671 	Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
    672 	this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
    673 	bootloaders.
    674 
    675 20010726:
    676 	Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
    677 	build the included texinfo files, do:
    678 
    679 	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
    680 	make MKINFO=no dependall install
    681 
    682 20010718:
    683 	Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
    684 	was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
    685 	make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
    686 	timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
    687 
    688 	The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
    689 	if you have a stale dependency.
    690 
    691 	Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
    692 	before starting your build.
    693 
    694 20010628:
    695 	A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
    696 	in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
    697 	bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
    698 
    699 20010226:
    700 	Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
    701 	will break as mtree aborts early.
    702 
    703 	To work around add by hand:
    704 
    705 	named:*:14:
    706 
    707 	to /etc/group and add:
    708 
    709 	named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
    710 
    711 	to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
    712 
    713 	Now a make build should progress.
    714 
    715 20010219:
    716 	get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
    717 	to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
    718 
    719 	Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
    720 			usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
    721 			  CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
    722 			usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
    723 			  building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
    724 
    725 20010204:
    726 	prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
    727 	particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
    728 	needs to be installed before make build.
    729 
    730 20010114:
    731 	introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
    732 	bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
    733 	anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
    734 	with make build.
    735 
    736 20010101:
    737 	bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
    738 	afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
    739 
    740 20001230:
    741 	New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
    742 	If you get make errors, 
    743 		(cd share/mk; make install)
    744 	Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
    745 
    746 20001019:
    747 	The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
    748 	major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
    749 	directory.
    750 
    751 20000929:
    752 	The following make directives are obsoleted.
    753 	MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA 
    754 	By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
    755 	built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
    756 	additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
    757 
    758 
    759 Hints for a more successful build:
    760 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    761     Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
    762 	This will automatically build the tools in the
    763 	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
    764 	   new build products from interfering with the running
    765 	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
    766 	   other advice in this file.
    767     Build a new kernel first:
    768 	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
    769 	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
    770 	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
    771     Use object directories:
    772 	This helps to keep stale object
    773 	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
    774 	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
    775 	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
    776 	   same source tree for multiple machines.
    777 	   To use object directories with build.sh:
    778 	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
    779 	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
    780 	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
    781 	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
    782 	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
    783 	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
    784 	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
    785 	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
    786     Build to a DESTDIR:
    787 	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
    788 	   from interfering with the new build.
    789 	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
    790 	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
    791 	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
    792 	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
    793 	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
    794 		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
    795 		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
    796 		(See critical utils, below.)
    797     Build often:
    798 	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
    799 	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
    800 	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
    801 	this problem.
    802  
    803 What to do if things don't work:
    804 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    805 When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
    806 should be done.
    807     1)	make includes
    808 	This should be done automatically by make build.
    809     2)  cd share/mk && make install
    810 	Again, automatically done by make build.
    811 
    812 Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
    813 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    814 To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
    815 something like the following:
    816     1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
    817     2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
    818 	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
    819     3)  cd ...path/to/util...
    820 	make cleandir
    821 	rm ...all obj directories...
    822 	make cleandir			# yes, again
    823 	make obj
    824 	make depend && make
    825 
    826 Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
    827 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    828 If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
    829 ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
    830 (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
    831 for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
    832 
    833 ---cut here---
    834 #!/bin/sh
    835 . /etc/mk.conf
    836 
    837 if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
    838     NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
    839 fi
    840 if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
    841     echo Unable to find sources
    842     exit 1
    843 fi
    844 find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
    845 
    846 if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
    847     BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
    848 fi
    849 if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
    850     rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
    851 fi
    852 
    853 cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
    854 
    855 ---cut here---
    856 
    857 Critical utilities:
    858 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    859 	usr.bin/compile_et
    860 	usr.bin/make
    861 	usr.bin/yacc
    862 	usr.bin/lex
    863 	usr.bin/xlint
    864 	usr.bin/config
    865 
    866 Other problems and possible solutions:
    867 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    868 Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
    869 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
    870 	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
    871 	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
    872 	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
    873 
    874 Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
    875 	cd share/mk && make install
    876 
    877 Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
    878 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
    879 
    880 Symptom:
    881 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
    882 
    883 Symptom:
    884 Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
    885 
    886 Symptom:
    887 Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
    888 
    889 Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
    890 Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
    891 	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
    892 	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
    893 	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
    894 
    895 Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    896 Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
    897 
    898 Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
    899 Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
    900 
    901 Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
    902 Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
    903 
    904 Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
    905 Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
    906 
    907 Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
    908 Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
    909 
    910 Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
    911 Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
    912