UPDATING revision 1.265 1 $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.265 2016/02/29 22:49:11 aymeric 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 Sections are marked with "^^^^^". After the section on "Recent changes"
15 are several sections containing more general information.
16
17 See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
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19 Recent changes:
20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21
22 20160229:
23 NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
24 Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
25 non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
26 while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
27 In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
28 before updating your toolchain.
29
30 20160125:
31 Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
32 When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
33 object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
34 needed directories in destdir will not be created.
35 An easy way to do this is:
36 cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
37
38 20150818:
39 New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
40 again.
41
42 20150413:
43 New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
44 in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
45 also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
46
47 20150404:
48 Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
49 sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
50 do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
51 src/usr.bin/xlint.
52
53 20150310:
54 Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
55 the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
56 external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
57
58 20141026:
59 A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
60 in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
61 during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
62 directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
63 and let cvs restore it on next update.
64
65 20140721:
66 The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
67 and then deleted in the CVS repository. If you get errors like
68
69 cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
70 /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
71
72 then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
73
74 20140530:
75 ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
76 rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
77
78 20140131:
79 The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
80 advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
81 of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
82
83 20131227:
84 1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
85 attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
86 mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
87 statements to avoid being exposed.
88 2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
89 to make clean in libc
90
91 20131129:
92 The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
93 cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
94
95 20131128:
96 The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
97 tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
98
99 20130605:
100 The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
101 to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
102
103 20130605:
104 Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
105 header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
106 please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
107
108 20130531:
109 The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
110 in the obj tree. Make sure to ensure any like this:
111 nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
112 is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
113
114 20130530:
115 Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
116 Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
117
118 20130301:
119 The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
120 prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
121
122 20120726:
123 The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
124 directory and DESTDIR. *Even non-update builds require cleaning
125 DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
126 some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
127 cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
128
129 20120507:
130 The database schema for makemandb was changed. You will
131 need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
132 for the next weekly run to fix it.
133
134 20120319:
135 sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
136 size of db_symtab automatically. You need to update dbsym in
137 your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE. If
138 you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
139 mk.conf.
140
141 20120216:
142 Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO. Update builds will fail
143 unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually. If you built between 20120207
144 and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
145 /var/db/man.db index for apropos. Running makemandb -f or
146 the next run of weekly will fix it.
147
148 20111227:
149 If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
150 /usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
151 bump has been reverted.
152
153 20111125:
154 The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
155 means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
156 configuration files. The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
157 removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
158
159 20111119:
160 A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
161 utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
162 bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
163 non-backwards-compatible way. If you replace your kernel,
164 replace your rndctl executable too.
165
166 20111001:
167 the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
168 changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
169 one. So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
170 quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
171
172 20110817:
173 sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
174 DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
175
176 20110806:
177 i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
178 objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
179
180 20110805:
181 The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
182 the tree to be cleaned. Best to delete both objdir and
183 DESTDIR before running this update. So far, only the
184 sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
185
186 20110803:
187 The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed. To do an
188 update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
189 for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
190 is now a directory.
191
192 20110410:
193 The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed. To do an
194 update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
195 tools/gcc by hand.
196
197 20110328:
198 Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
199 ordering issues with "make all". It may be necessary to remove
200 the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
201 if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
202 directory.
203
204 20110121:
205 Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp. This can break
206 the build of individual parts of the tree. This is handled
207 correctly by build.sh. Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
208 and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
209
210 20101217:
211 The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
212 by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
213 group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
214
215 20101125:
216 The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
217 variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c
218 assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an
219 old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
220 break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
221 so building gcc will end up printing:
222 checking dependency style of gcc... none
223 configure: error: no usable dependency style found
224 Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
225
226 20101119:
227 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
228 or run-time problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
229 have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
230 versions between xorg-server and drivers.
231
232 20100604:
233 The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
234 unless they are rebuilt. If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
235 you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
236 trees by hand.
237
238 20100522:
239 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
240 problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
241 build problems with xsrc.
242
243 20100522:
244 private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
245 include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
246
247 20100520:
248 The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please
249 remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
250
251 20100222:
252 The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
253 .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
254 libXX.so. All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
255 your object directories.
256
257 20100204:
258 The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
259 but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
260 from the system when upgrading.
261 As such, you will need to remove them from your object
262 and destination directories.
263
264 20091101:
265 After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
266 target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
267 'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. Ditto
268 src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
269
270 20091001:
271 On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
272 before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
273
274 20091001:
275 An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
276 symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir
277 it is in, and retry your build.
278
279 20090718:
280 libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
281 point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
282 may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
283 (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
284
285 20090709:
286 Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again
287 without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
288
289 20090616:
290 Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for
291 src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not
292 work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
293 subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
294 be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
295
296 20090501:
297 Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
298 can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
299 who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you
300 note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
301 failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
302 objects and start again.
303
304 20090325:
305 The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain. This requires
306 cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
307
308 20090126:
309 The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You
310 need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
311 to avoid using the old assembly stub.
312
313 20090202:
314 pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
315 detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
316 ``pkg_admin rebuild''.
317
318 20090110:
319 time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:
320 1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.
321 This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
322 conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
323 2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
324 before installing.
325 3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
326 your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers
327 are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
328 and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
329 libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once
330 the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
331 4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
332 rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
333 Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
334 that depend on it.
335 5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
336 will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
337 6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
338 lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
339 for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after
340 upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during
341 boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
342 newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
343 files manually.
344 7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
345 accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
346 removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
347 /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
348 the file.
349 8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
350 disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are
351 using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
352 rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
353
354 20081219:
355 config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
356 swapnetbsd.o - has changed format. You need to rebuild config
357 (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
358 config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
359 kernels.
360
361 20081205:
362 If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
363 /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
364 set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
365
366 20081122:
367 On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
368 file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
369 Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
370 following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
371
372 - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
373
374 - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
375 for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
376
377 If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
378 the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
379 file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
380
381 20080827:
382 If you built and installed a libc from sources between
383 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
384 which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
385 Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
386 needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
387 $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
388
389 20080813:
390 MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
391 about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
392
393 20080802:
394 A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
395 been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
396 for -current.
397
398 Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
399 libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
400 be recompiled.
401
402 One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
403
404 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
405 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
406
407 20080731:
408 WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
409 time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
410 and userland (fsck_ffs in particular). Please make sure you
411 don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
412 especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem. WAPBL
413 also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format. You
414 can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
415
416 20080721:
417 Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
418 isn't defined.
419
420 20080531:
421 The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
422 from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8)
423 utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
424 won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands:
425
426 $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
427 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
428 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
429
430 leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
431
432 20080503:
433 The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
434
435 20080521:
436 For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
437 succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
438 ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist. A fix for this
439 problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
440 If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
441 remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
442
443 20080303:
444 Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
445
446 20080126:
447 The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
448 stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to
449 'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
450 avoid using the old assembly stub.
451
452 20071209:
453 The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you
454 get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
455 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
456
457 20071115:
458 The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
459 argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
460 anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
461 rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel
462 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
463
464 20071028:
465 The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
466 You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
467 to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
468 now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
469 entries for the wscons driver. See the GENERIC configuration file
470 for more details.
471
472 20070913:
473 A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
474 enumerate interfaces was fixed. The bug began to cause
475 problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
476 implementation was repaired. From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
477 could not enumerate interfaces. (These are noted because
478 normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
479 sufficient to avoid this problem.) Ensure that both kernel
480 and userland are from after 20070913.
481
482 20070703:
483 nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It
484 calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
485 down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a
486 re-installation of tools.
487
488 20070422:
489 The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
490 has been changed. Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
491 to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
492 root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
493 root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
494 start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
495 that has such links.
496 This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
497 the emulated root.
498
499 20070412:
500 The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc
501 instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
502 example.
503
504 20070319:
505 src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
506 on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings. If you
507 updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
508 cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
509 rebuild of object files that might have been built
510 incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
511 src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
512
513 20070210:
514 src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
515 find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
516 | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
517 will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
518
519 20070209:
520 The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
521 was merged to NetBSD-current. If you boot with a new
522 kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
523 library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7). If you boot with
524 an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
525 (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6). Provided you keep the kernel and
526 the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
527 continue to work with an old or new kernel. Note that named(8)
528 is the only threaded application in the base system.
529
530 20061214:
531 Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
532 from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
533 will need to do a "make cleandir" in
534 tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
535 bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
536 usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
537 as the installation images in distrib/
538 in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
539 file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
540
541 20061108:
542 The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
543 changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
544 does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
545 make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
546
547 20061009:
548 The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
549 available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
550
551 20060814:
552 The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
553 withdrawn. Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead. See the GENERIC
554 kernel configuration for an example. X servers from the last
555 few years should cope.
556
557 20060703:
558 MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
559 if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
560 to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
561
562 20060627:
563 socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
564 For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
565 your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
566 errors will result.
567
568 Hints for a more successful build:
569 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
570 Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
571 This will automatically build the tools in the
572 correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
573 new build products from interfering with the running
574 system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
575 other advice in this file.
576 Build a new kernel first:
577 This makes sure that any new system calls or features
578 expected by the new userland will be present. This
579 helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
580 Use object directories:
581 This helps to keep stale object
582 files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
583 about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
584 a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
585 same source tree for multiple machines.
586 To use object directories with build.sh:
587 a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
588 To use object directories without using build.sh:
589 a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
590 b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
591 c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
592 d) cd /usr/src ; make build
593 Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
594 in obj.$MACHINE directory.
595 Build to a DESTDIR:
596 This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
597 from interfering with the new build.
598 To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
599 To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
600 environment variable before running make build. It should be
601 set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
602 Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
603 update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
604 nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
605 (See critical utils, below.)
606 Build often:
607 This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
608 on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
609 date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
610 this problem.
611
612 What to do if things don't work:
613 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
614 When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
615 should be done.
616 1) make includes
617 This should be done automatically by make build.
618 2) cd share/mk && make install
619 Again, automatically done by make build.
620
621 Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
622 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
623 To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
624 something like the following:
625 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
626 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
627 utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
628 3) cd ...path/to/util...
629 make cleandir
630 rm ...all obj directories...
631 make cleandir # yes, again
632 make obj
633 make depend && make
634
635 Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
636 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
637 If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
638 ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
639 (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
640 for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
641
642 ---cut here---
643 #!/bin/sh
644 . /etc/mk.conf
645
646 if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
647 NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
648 fi
649 if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
650 echo Unable to find sources
651 exit 1
652 fi
653 find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
654
655 if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
656 BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
657 fi
658 if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
659 rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
660 fi
661
662 cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
663
664 ---cut here---
665
666 Critical utilities:
667 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
668 usr.bin/compile_et
669 usr.bin/make
670 usr.bin/yacc
671 usr.bin/lex
672 usr.bin/xlint
673 usr.bin/config
674
675 Other problems and possible solutions:
676 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
677 Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
678 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
679 cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
680 Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
681 cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
682
683 Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
684 cd share/mk && make install
685
686 Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
687 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
688
689 Symptom:
690 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
691
692 Symptom:
693 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
694
695 Symptom:
696 Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
697
698 Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
699 Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
700 make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
701 (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
702 may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
703
704 Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
705 pointer type
706 Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
707
708 Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
709 Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
710
711 Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
712 Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
713
714 Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
715 Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
716
717 Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
718 Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
719
720 Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
721 Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
722
723 Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
724 (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
725 Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
726
727 Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
728 No such file or directory.
729 Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
730 deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
731 that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree
732 contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
733 server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
734 Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
735 and try the update again.
736