UPDATING revision 1.154
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.154 2006/12/14 20:15:32 he Exp $
2
3This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent
4changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for
5what to do if something doesn't work.
6
7For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD
8using build.sh, see the BUILDING file.
9
10Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before
11build.sh existed.  Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for
12working around specific problems with build.sh.
13
14See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
15
16Recent changes:
17^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
18
1920061214:
20	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
21	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
22	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
23		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
24		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
25		usr.bin/xinstall/, and libexec/ftpd/
26	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
27	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
28
2920061108:
30	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
31	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
32	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
33	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
34
3520061009:
36	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
37	available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
38
3920060814:
40	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
41	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
42	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
43	few years should cope.
44
4520060703:
46	MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
47	if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
48	to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
49
5020060627:
51	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
52	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
53	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
54	errors will result.
55
5620060526:
57	The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen 
58	(sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
59	load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
60	(like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
61	will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
62	with an error like:
63	    ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
64		non constant expression for load base
65	You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
66	and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
67	way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
68	that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
69	installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
70
7120060131:
72	the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
73	the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
74	you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
75	/usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
76	src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
77
7820050917:
79	arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
80	contains MI options previously enabled by default.
81	If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
82	arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
83	to get the previous configuration.
84
8520050830:
86	named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
87	postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
88	Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
89	this in their DESTDIR.
90
9120050825:
92	Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
93	attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
94	modified to emit the new data structures.
95	Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
96	configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
97
9820050531:
99	genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
100	tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
101	you can build a kernel again.
102
10320050520:
104	Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
105	xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
106
10720050417:
108	postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
109	of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
110	upgrade.
111
11220050325:
113	pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4).  Be sure
114	to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
115	configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
116	with wsconsctl.  Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
117	might even not hear any more beep.  Also, it is advised to attach both
118	devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
119	pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
120
12120050211:
122	Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
123	some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
124	cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
125	different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
126	make a build continue.
127
12820050109:
129	Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
130	/etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
131	for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
132	a password).
133
13420041229:
135	Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
136	being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
137	you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
138	the build.
139
14020041201:
141	Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
142	/dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
143	MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
144
14520041006:
146
147	A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
148	variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
149	will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
150	on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
151
152        ident /bin/sh | grep var
153
154	Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
155	before attempting a build.
156	
15720041001:
158	The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
159	dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
160	dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
161	before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
162	ftp-proxy are the victims).
163
16420040715:
165	The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
166	if sendmail should be started at boot time.  It checks the
167	contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
168	owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
169	to the mail infrastructure have been made.  If no changes
170	are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
171
172	Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
173
174	If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
175	local delivery, it is important that you also update your
176	sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
177	loopback interface.
178
17920040715:
180	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
181	kernel builds has been changed again.  The latest version
182	of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
183
18420040621:
185	Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
186	from a clean objdir under tools/*.
187
188	This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
189	to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
190
191	The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
192
19320040516:
194	The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
195	from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
196	Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
197	"make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
198
199	postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
200	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
201	detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
202	manually move these files yourself.
203
20420040426:
205	Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
206	been removed in favor of the newer layout.  This affects
207	consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
208	the dynamic discovery mechanism.  This is believed only to
209	be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
210	the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
211	built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
212	will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
213	2004/04/25.  If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
214	does not work, make sure that your revision of
215	src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
216	do the following:
217
218	cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
219	make USETOOLS=no includes
220	cd lib/libc
221	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
222	cd ../../sbin/sysctl
223	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
224
225	If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
226	identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
227	"unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that.  if that happens,
228	make sure to follow the above steps.
229
23020040425:
231	The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
232	are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
233	sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
234	invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
235	automated by those scripts.  Note that under certain circumstances,
236	affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
237	upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
238	encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
239	filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
240	possible.  For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
241
24220040418:
243	statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
244	installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
245	a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
246	build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
247	clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
248	anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
249	from the libc build directory.
250
25120040326:
252	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
253	has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
254	and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
255	to build it.
256
257	This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
258	building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
259
26020040318:
261	A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
262	provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
263	notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
264	ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
265	recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
266	(recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
267
26820040313:
269	On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
270	the old wsqms driver is now called qms.  Kernel config files
271	will need updating.  See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
272	for examples.
273
27420040125:
275	On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
276	needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
277	files.
278
27920040109:
280	Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
281	added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
282	when using those layouts.  If you have been using -current
283	since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
284	superblock mismatches.  To repair, make sure you have
285	an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
286	to complete the filesystem upgrade.  A message has
287	been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
288	See the following discussion for more information:
289	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
290
29120031203:
292	New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
293	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
294	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
295
29620031111:
297	A newer mkdep is needed.  Error noting that is
298		cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
299
30020031008:
301	/usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
302	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
303	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
304
30520031007:
306	A sign extension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
307	of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags.  This should only
308	affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
309	A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
310	should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
311	to the kernel which should discover and warn about it.  See
312	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
313
31420030906:
315	With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
316	code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
317	kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
318
31920030801:
320	With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
321	rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
322	/usr/lib/libdes* before building.
323
32420030703:
325	Texinfo was updated to 4.6.  To avoid failures when trying to
326	build the included texinfo files, do:
327
328	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
329	make MKINFO=no dependall install
330
33120030630:
332	Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
333		cd share/mk && make install
334		cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
335		make MKMAN=no dependall install
336	(untested).
337
33820030516:
339	Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
340	were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
341	mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
342	been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
343	export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
344	make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
345	file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
346	a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
347
34820030402:
349	The superblock layout for FFS was changed.  If you have 1.6
350	fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
351	with the first alternate, because they compare too many
352	fields (even ones that aren't useful).  If possible, upgrade
353	your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
354	None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
355
35620030324:
357	sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported.  Since sendmail is
358	now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
359	mode for most common activities, there is a new config
360	file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
361	The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
362	is named netbsd-msp.cf.  Upgrading your regular sendmail
363	configuration file is also strongly advised.
364
365	See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
366	the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
367	information.
368
36920030117:
370	Texinfo was updated to 4.3.  To avoid failures when trying to
371	build the included texinfo files, do:
372
373	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
374	make MKINFO=no dependall install
375
37620021223:
377	The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
378	"${DESTDIR}" from path names.
379	This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
380	For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
381	update tools/mtree, before running make build.
382
38320021219:
384	CVS repository layout was changed.  See the following for details
385	if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
386
387	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
388
38920021219:
390	install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
391	alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
392	of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
393
394	The build system was modified to take advantage of
395	this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
396	use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
397	reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
398
39920021130:
400	fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
401	If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
402	and rebuild libc:
403		make includes
404		make do-lib-libc
405	If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
406	before rebuilding the tools.
407
40820021126:
409	The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
410	including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
411	All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
412	/usr/include.
413
41420021121:
415	The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
416	(and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
417	split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
418	This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
419	new libraries are installed.  The process of rebuilding
420	libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
421	required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
422	do this.
423
424	An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
425	which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
426	their global constructors/destructors will not be invoked.
427
42820021121:
429	A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
430	corrected.
431
432	NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
433	default.  However, the assembler lacked support for marking
434	objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
435	compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
436	to the assembler.
437
438	Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
439	old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
440	incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
441
442	The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
443	a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
444	against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
445	markings.  ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
446	WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
447
448	The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
449	the libraries on the system.  The easiest way to do this for
450	system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
451	generally available on releng.NetBSD.org.  Any packages you
452	have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
453	if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
454
455	If you have questions about this matter, please contact
456	port-arm@NetBSD.org.
457
45820021011:
459	Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
460	Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
461	to be rebuilt.
462
46320021010:
464	The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
465	dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users
466	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
467	kernel.
468
46920021009:
470	A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
471	which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users
472	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
473	kernel.
474
47520021003:
476	Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
477	framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
478	before building a new kernel.
479
48020021001:
481	The i386mp branch has been merged.  To compile a kernel, users
482	will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
483	file.  Multiprocessor kernels will need
484	ioapic*		at mainbus? apid ?
485	options		MULTIPROCESSOR
486	options		COM_MPLOCK
487
48820020922:
489	MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
490	certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
491	linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
492	and /sbin are dynamically linked.
493	If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
494	you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
495	with:
496		make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
497
49820020917:
499	USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
500	    -	TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
501		there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
502		x86_64).
503	    -	EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
504		root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
505		enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
506		platforms.
507
50820020906:
509	gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
510	reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
511
51220020822:
513	Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
514	are now provided in /rescue.
515
516	To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
517	what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
518	from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
519
52020020820:
521	crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
522	is statically linked.
523
524	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
525
52620020605:
527	smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
528
529	Add the following into /etc/group:
530
531	smmsp:*:17:
532
533	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
534
535	smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
536
53720020515:
538	sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
539	will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivilegeSeparation=yes)
540
541	Add the following into /etc/group:
542
543	sshd:*:16:
544
545	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
546
547	sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
548	
549	Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
550	the build process).
551
55220020426:
553	NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
554
55520020426:
556	etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for 
557	configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
558	the problems identified.
559	This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
560	configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
561
56220020320:
563	<bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
564	Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
565
56620020319:
567	Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
568	on send(2) operation.  Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
569	newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
570
57120020311:
572	ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
573	if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
574	to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
575
57620020223:
577	Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
578	so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
579	the VAX assembly files.
580
58120020118:
582	ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
583	will break as mtree aborts early.
584
585	Add the following into /etc/group:
586
587	ntpd:*:15:
588
589	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
590
591	ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
592
59320011207:
594	If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
595	reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
596	toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
597
598	To fix:
599
600	Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
601	Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
602
603	gnu/lib/libgcc
604	gnu/lib/libstdc++
605
606	After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
607
60820011201:
609	In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
610	you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
611	point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
612	point is broken. 
613
614	To build:
615
616	remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
617	remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
618	against the new libgcc.a)
619
62020011128:
621	Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
622	the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
623	required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
624	to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
625	to build a new kernel.
626
62720011030:
628	libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
629	before building libc.
630
63120011029:
632	The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
633	see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
634	procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
635	build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
636	manual update log.
637
638	Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
639	BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
640	UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
641	by the new build system.
642
64320011028:
644	src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
645	symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
646	prevented this was corrected.
647
648	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
649	Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
650	for you.
651
65220011006:
653	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
654	absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
655	understand the format.
656
657	Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
658
65920011004:
660	Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
661	is suggested before running a snapshot build
662
66320010915:
664	The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
665	a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
666	files that still reference this file.
667
668	Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
669	directories.
670
67120010803:
672	grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
673	requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
674	building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
675	the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
676
67720010803: 
678	(i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
679	`fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
680	kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain, 
681	(i.e., build.sh -t) or 	(temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU" 
682	from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
683	See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
684	[updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
685
68620010731:
687	Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
688	this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
689	bootloaders.
690
69120010726:
692	Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
693	build the included texinfo files, do:
694
695	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
696	make MKINFO=no dependall install
697
69820010718:
699	Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
700	was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
701	make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
702	timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
703
704	The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
705	if you have a stale dependency.
706
707	Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
708	before starting your build.
709
71020010628:
711	A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
712	in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
713	bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
714
71520010226:
716	Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
717	will break as mtree aborts early.
718
719	To work around add by hand:
720
721	named:*:14:
722
723	to /etc/group and add:
724
725	named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
726
727	to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
728
729	Now a make build should progress.
730
73120010219:
732	get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
733	to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
734
735	Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
736			usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
737			  CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
738			usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
739			  building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
740
74120010204:
742	prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
743	particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
744	needs to be installed before make build.
745
74620010114:
747	introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
748	bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
749	anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
750	with make build.
751
75220010101:
753	bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
754	afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
755
75620001230:
757	New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
758	If you get make errors, 
759		(cd share/mk; make install)
760	Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
761
76220001019:
763	The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
764	major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
765	directory.
766
76720000929:
768	The following make directives are obsoleted.
769	MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA 
770	By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
771	built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
772	additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
773
774
775Hints for a more successful build:
776^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
777    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
778	This will automatically build the tools in the
779	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
780	   new build products from interfering with the running
781	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
782	   other advice in this file.
783    Build a new kernel first:
784	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
785	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
786	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
787    Use object directories:
788	This helps to keep stale object
789	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
790	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
791	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
792	   same source tree for multiple machines.
793	   To use object directories with build.sh:
794	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
795	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
796	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
797	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
798	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
799	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
800	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
801	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
802    Build to a DESTDIR:
803	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
804	   from interfering with the new build.
805	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
806	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
807	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
808	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
809	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
810		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
811		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
812		(See critical utils, below.)
813    Build often:
814	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
815	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
816	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
817	this problem.
818 
819What to do if things don't work:
820^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
821When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
822should be done.
823    1)	make includes
824	This should be done automatically by make build.
825    2)  cd share/mk && make install
826	Again, automatically done by make build.
827
828Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
829^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
830To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
831something like the following:
832    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
833    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
834	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
835    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
836	make cleandir
837	rm ...all obj directories...
838	make cleandir			# yes, again
839	make obj
840	make depend && make
841
842Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
843^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
844If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
845ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
846(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
847for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
848
849---cut here---
850#!/bin/sh
851. /etc/mk.conf
852
853if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
854    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
855fi
856if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
857    echo Unable to find sources
858    exit 1
859fi
860find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
861
862if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
863    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
864fi
865if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
866    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
867fi
868
869cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
870
871---cut here---
872
873Critical utilities:
874^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
875	usr.bin/compile_et
876	usr.bin/make
877	usr.bin/yacc
878	usr.bin/lex
879	usr.bin/xlint
880	usr.bin/config
881
882Other problems and possible solutions:
883^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
884Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
885Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
886	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
887	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
888	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
889
890Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
891	cd share/mk && make install
892
893Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
894Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
895
896Symptom:
897Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
898
899Symptom:
900Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
901
902Symptom:
903Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
904
905Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
906Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
907	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
908	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
909	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
910
911Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
912Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
913
914Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
915Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
916
917Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
918Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
919
920Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
921Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
922
923Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
924Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
925
926Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
927Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
928