UPDATING revision 1.261
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.261 2015/04/04 12:15:38 martin 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
14Sections are marked with "^^^^^".  After the section on "Recent changes"
15are several sections containing more general information.
16
17See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
18
19Recent changes:
20^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21
2220150404:
23	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
24	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
25	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
26	src/usr.bin/xlint.
27
2820150310:
29	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
30	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
31	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
32
3320141026:
34	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
35	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
36	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
37	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
38	and let cvs restore it on next update.
39
4020140721:
41	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
42	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
43
44	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
45	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
46
47	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
48
4920140530:
50	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
51	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
52
5320140131:
54	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
55	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
56	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
57
5820131227:
59	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
60	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
61	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
62	   statements to avoid being exposed.
63	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
64	   to make clean in libc
65
6620131129:
67	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
68	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
69
7020131128:
71	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
72	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
73
7420130605:
75	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
76	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
77
7820130605:
79	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
80	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
81	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
82
8320130531:
84	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
85	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
86		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
87	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
88
8920130530:
90	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
91	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
92
9320130301:
94	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
95	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
96
9720120726:
98	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
99	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
100	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
101	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
102	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
103
10420120507:
105	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
106	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
107	for the next weekly run to fix it.
108
10920120319:
110	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
111	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
112	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
113	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
114	mk.conf.
115
11620120216:
117	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
118	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
119	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
120	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
121	the next run of weekly will fix it.
122
12320111227:
124	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
125	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
126	bump has been reverted.
127
12820111125:
129	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
130	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
131	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
132	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
133
13420111119:
135	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
136	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
137	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
138	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
139	replace your rndctl executable too.
140
14120111001:
142	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
143	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
144	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
145	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
146
14720110817:
148	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
149	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
150
15120110806:
152	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
153	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
154
15520110805:
156	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
157	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
158	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
159	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
160
16120110803:
162	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
163	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
164	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
165	is now a directory.
166
16720110410:
168	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
169	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
170	tools/gcc by hand.
171
17220110328:
173	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
174	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
175	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
176	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
177	directory.
178
17920110121:
180	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
181	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
182	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
183	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
184
18520101217:
186	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
187	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
188	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
189
19020101125:
191	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
192	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
193	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
194	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
195	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
196	so building gcc will end up printing:
197	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
198	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
199	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
200
20120101119:
202	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
203	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
204	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
205	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
206
20720100604:
208	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
209	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
210	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
211	trees by hand.
212
21320100522:
214	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
215	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
216	build problems with xsrc.
217
21820100522:
219	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
220	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
221
22220100520:
223	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
224	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
225
22620100222:
227	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
228	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
229	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
230	your object directories.
231
23220100204:
233	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
234	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
235	from the system when upgrading.
236	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
237	and destination directories.
238
23920091101:
240        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
241        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
242        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
243        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
244
24520091001:
246	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
247	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
248
24920091001:
250	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
251	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
252	it is in, and retry your build.
253
25420090718:
255	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
256	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
257	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
258	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
259
26020090709:
261	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
262	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
263
26420090616:
265	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
266	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
267	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
268	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
269	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
270
27120090501:
272	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
273	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
274	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
275	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
276	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
277	objects and start again.
278
27920090325:
280	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
281	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
282
28320090126:
284	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
285	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
286	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
287
28820090202:
289	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
290	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
291	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
292
29320090110:
294	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
295	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
296	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
297	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
298	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
299	   before installing.
300	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
301	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
302	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
303	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
304	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
305	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
306	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
307	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
308	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
309	   that depend on it.
310	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
311	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
312	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
313	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
314	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
315	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
316	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
317	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
318	   files manually.
319	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
320	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
321	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
322	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
323	   the file.
324	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
325	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
326	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
327	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
328
32920081219:
330	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
331	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
332	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
333	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
334	kernels.
335
33620081205:
337	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
338	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
339	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
340
34120081122:
342	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
343	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
344	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
345	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
346
347	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
348
349	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
350	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
351
352	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
353	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
354	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
355
35620080827:
357	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
358	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
359	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
360	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
361	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
362	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
363
36420080813:
365	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
366	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
367
36820080802:
369	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
370	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
371	for -current.
372
373	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
374	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
375	be recompiled.
376
377	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
378
379	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
380	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
381
38220080731:
383	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
384	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
385	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
386	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
387	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
388	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
389	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
390
39120080721:
392	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
393	isn't defined.
394
39520080531:
396	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
397	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
398	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
399	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
400
401	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
402	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
403	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
404
405	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
406
40720080503:
408	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
409
41020080521:
411	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
412	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
413	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
414	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
415	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
416	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
417
41820080303:
419	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
420
42120080126:
422	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
423	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
424	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
425	avoid using the old assembly stub.
426
42720071209:
428	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
429	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
430	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
431
43220071115:
433	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
434	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
435	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
436	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
437	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
438
43920071028:
440	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
441	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
442	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
443	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
444	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
445	for more details.
446
44720070913:
448	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
449	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
450	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
451	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
452	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
453	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
454	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
455	and userland are from after 20070913.
456
45720070703:
458	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
459	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
460	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
461	re-installation of tools.
462
46320070422:
464	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
465	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
466	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
467	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
468	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
469	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
470	that has such links.
471	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
472	the emulated root.
473
47420070412:
475	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
476	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
477	example.
478
47920070319:
480        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
481        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
482        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
483	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
484	rebuild of object files that might have been built
485	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
486	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
487
48820070210:
489        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
490          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
491              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
492        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
493
49420070209:
495        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
496        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
497        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
498        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
499        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
500        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
501        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
502        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
503	is the only threaded application in the base system.
504
50520061214:
506	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
507	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
508	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
509		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
510		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
511		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
512		as the installation images in distrib/
513	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
514	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
515
51620061108:
517	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
518	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
519	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
520	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
521
52220061009:
523	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
524	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
525
52620060814:
527	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
528	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
529	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
530	few years should cope.
531
53220060703:
533	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
534	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
535	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
536
53720060627:
538	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
539	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
540	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
541	errors will result.
542
543Hints for a more successful build:
544^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
545    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
546	This will automatically build the tools in the
547	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
548	   new build products from interfering with the running
549	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
550	   other advice in this file.
551    Build a new kernel first:
552	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
553	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
554	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
555    Use object directories:
556	This helps to keep stale object
557	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
558	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
559	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
560	   same source tree for multiple machines.
561	   To use object directories with build.sh:
562	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
563	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
564	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
565	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
566	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
567	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
568	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
569	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
570    Build to a DESTDIR:
571	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
572	   from interfering with the new build.
573	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
574	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
575	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
576	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
577	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
578		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
579		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
580		(See critical utils, below.)
581    Build often:
582	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
583	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
584	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
585	this problem.
586
587What to do if things don't work:
588^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
589When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
590should be done.
591    1)	make includes
592	This should be done automatically by make build.
593    2)  cd share/mk && make install
594	Again, automatically done by make build.
595
596Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
597^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
598To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
599something like the following:
600    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
601    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
602	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
603    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
604	make cleandir
605	rm ...all obj directories...
606	make cleandir			# yes, again
607	make obj
608	make depend && make
609
610Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
611^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
612If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
613ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
614(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
615for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
616
617---cut here---
618#!/bin/sh
619. /etc/mk.conf
620
621if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
622    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
623fi
624if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
625    echo Unable to find sources
626    exit 1
627fi
628find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
629
630if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
631    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
632fi
633if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
634    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
635fi
636
637cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
638
639---cut here---
640
641Critical utilities:
642^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
643	usr.bin/compile_et
644	usr.bin/make
645	usr.bin/yacc
646	usr.bin/lex
647	usr.bin/xlint
648	usr.bin/config
649
650Other problems and possible solutions:
651^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
652Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
653Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
654	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
655	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
656	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
657
658Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
659	cd share/mk && make install
660
661Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
662Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
663
664Symptom:
665Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
666
667Symptom:
668Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
669
670Symptom:
671Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
672
673Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
674Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
675	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
676	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
677	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
678
679Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
680	pointer type
681Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
682
683Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
684Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
685
686Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
687Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
688
689Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
690Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
691
692Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
693Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
694
695Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
696Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
697
698Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
699	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
700Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
701
702Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
703	No such file or directory.
704Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
705	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
706	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
707	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
708	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
709Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
710	and try the update again.
711