UPDATING revision 1.267 1 $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.267 2016/04/03 06:16:02 mrg 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.
18
19 Recent changes:
20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21
22 20160401:
23 Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
24
25 20160306:
26 NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
27 Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
28 non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
29 while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
30 In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
31 before updating your toolchain.
32
33 20160125:
34 Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
35 When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
36 object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
37 needed directories in destdir will not be created.
38 An easy way to do this is:
39 cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
40
41 20150818:
42 New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
43 again.
44
45 20150413:
46 New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
47 in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
48 also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
49
50 20150404:
51 Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
52 sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
53 do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
54 src/usr.bin/xlint.
55
56 20150310:
57 Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
58 the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
59 external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
60
61 20141026:
62 A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
63 in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
64 during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
65 directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
66 and let cvs restore it on next update.
67
68 20140721:
69 The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
70 and then deleted in the CVS repository. If you get errors like
71
72 cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
73 /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
74
75 then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
76
77 20140530:
78 ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
79 rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
80
81 20140131:
82 The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
83 advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
84 of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
85
86 20131227:
87 1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
88 attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
89 mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
90 statements to avoid being exposed.
91 2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
92 to make clean in libc
93
94 20131129:
95 The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
96 cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
97
98 20131128:
99 The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
100 tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
101
102 20130605:
103 The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
104 to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
105
106 20130605:
107 Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
108 header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
109 please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
110
111 20130531:
112 The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
113 in the obj tree. Make sure to ensure any like this:
114 nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
115 is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
116
117 20130530:
118 Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
119 Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
120
121 20130301:
122 The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
123 prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
124
125 20120726:
126 The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
127 directory and DESTDIR. *Even non-update builds require cleaning
128 DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
129 some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
130 cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
131
132 20120507:
133 The database schema for makemandb was changed. You will
134 need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
135 for the next weekly run to fix it.
136
137 20120319:
138 sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
139 size of db_symtab automatically. You need to update dbsym in
140 your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE. If
141 you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
142 mk.conf.
143
144 20120216:
145 Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO. Update builds will fail
146 unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually. If you built between 20120207
147 and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
148 /var/db/man.db index for apropos. Running makemandb -f or
149 the next run of weekly will fix it.
150
151 20111227:
152 If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
153 /usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
154 bump has been reverted.
155
156 20111125:
157 The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
158 means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
159 configuration files. The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
160 removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
161
162 20111119:
163 A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
164 utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
165 bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
166 non-backwards-compatible way. If you replace your kernel,
167 replace your rndctl executable too.
168
169 20111001:
170 the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
171 changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
172 one. So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
173 quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
174
175 20110817:
176 sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
177 DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
178
179 20110806:
180 i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
181 objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
182
183 20110805:
184 The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
185 the tree to be cleaned. Best to delete both objdir and
186 DESTDIR before running this update. So far, only the
187 sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
188
189 20110803:
190 The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed. To do an
191 update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
192 for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
193 is now a directory.
194
195 20110410:
196 The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed. To do an
197 update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
198 tools/gcc by hand.
199
200 20110328:
201 Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
202 ordering issues with "make all". It may be necessary to remove
203 the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
204 if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
205 directory.
206
207 20110121:
208 Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp. This can break
209 the build of individual parts of the tree. This is handled
210 correctly by build.sh. Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
211 and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
212
213 20101217:
214 The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
215 by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
216 group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
217
218 20101125:
219 The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
220 variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c
221 assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an
222 old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
223 break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
224 so building gcc will end up printing:
225 checking dependency style of gcc... none
226 configure: error: no usable dependency style found
227 Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
228
229 20101119:
230 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
231 or run-time problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
232 have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
233 versions between xorg-server and drivers.
234
235 20100604:
236 The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
237 unless they are rebuilt. If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
238 you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
239 trees by hand.
240
241 20100522:
242 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
243 problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
244 build problems with xsrc.
245
246 20100522:
247 private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
248 include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
249
250 20100520:
251 The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please
252 remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
253
254 20100222:
255 The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
256 .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
257 libXX.so. All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
258 your object directories.
259
260 20100204:
261 The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
262 but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
263 from the system when upgrading.
264 As such, you will need to remove them from your object
265 and destination directories.
266
267 20091101:
268 After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
269 target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
270 'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. Ditto
271 src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
272
273 20091001:
274 On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
275 before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
276
277 20091001:
278 An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
279 symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir
280 it is in, and retry your build.
281
282 20090718:
283 libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
284 point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
285 may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
286 (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
287
288 20090709:
289 Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again
290 without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
291
292 20090616:
293 Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for
294 src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not
295 work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
296 subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
297 be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
298
299 20090501:
300 Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
301 can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
302 who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you
303 note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
304 failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
305 objects and start again.
306
307 20090325:
308 The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain. This requires
309 cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
310
311 20090126:
312 The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You
313 need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
314 to avoid using the old assembly stub.
315
316 20090202:
317 pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
318 detection. It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
319 ``pkg_admin rebuild''.
320
321 20090110:
322 time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:
323 1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.
324 This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
325 conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
326 2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
327 before installing.
328 3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
329 your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers
330 are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
331 and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
332 libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once
333 the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
334 4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
335 rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
336 Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
337 that depend on it.
338 5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
339 will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
340 6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
341 lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
342 for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after
343 upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during
344 boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
345 newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
346 files manually.
347 7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
348 accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
349 removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
350 /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
351 the file.
352 8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
353 disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are
354 using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
355 rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
356
357 20081219:
358 config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
359 swapnetbsd.o - has changed format. You need to rebuild config
360 (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
361 config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
362 kernels.
363
364 20081205:
365 If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
366 /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
367 set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
368
369 20081122:
370 On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
371 file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
372 Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
373 following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
374
375 - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
376
377 - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
378 for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
379
380 If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
381 the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
382 file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
383
384 20080827:
385 If you built and installed a libc from sources between
386 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
387 which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
388 Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
389 needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
390 $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
391
392 20080813:
393 MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
394 about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
395
396 20080802:
397 A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
398 been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
399 for -current.
400
401 Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
402 libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
403 be recompiled.
404
405 One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
406
407 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
408 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
409
410 20080731:
411 WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
412 time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
413 and userland (fsck_ffs in particular). Please make sure you
414 don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
415 especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem. WAPBL
416 also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format. You
417 can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
418
419 20080721:
420 Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
421 isn't defined.
422
423 20080531:
424 The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
425 from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8)
426 utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
427 won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands:
428
429 $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
430 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
431 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
432
433 leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
434
435 20080503:
436 The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
437
438 20080521:
439 For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
440 succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
441 ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist. A fix for this
442 problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
443 If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
444 remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
445
446 20080303:
447 Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
448
449 20080126:
450 The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
451 stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to
452 'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
453 avoid using the old assembly stub.
454
455 20071209:
456 The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you
457 get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
458 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
459
460 20071115:
461 The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
462 argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
463 anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
464 rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel
465 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
466
467 20071028:
468 The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
469 You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
470 to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
471 now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
472 entries for the wscons driver. See the GENERIC configuration file
473 for more details.
474
475 20070913:
476 A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
477 enumerate interfaces was fixed. The bug began to cause
478 problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
479 implementation was repaired. From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
480 could not enumerate interfaces. (These are noted because
481 normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
482 sufficient to avoid this problem.) Ensure that both kernel
483 and userland are from after 20070913.
484
485 20070703:
486 nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It
487 calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
488 down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a
489 re-installation of tools.
490
491 20070422:
492 The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
493 has been changed. Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
494 to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
495 root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
496 root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
497 start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
498 that has such links.
499 This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
500 the emulated root.
501
502 20070412:
503 The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc
504 instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
505 example.
506
507 20070319:
508 src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
509 on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings. If you
510 updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
511 cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
512 rebuild of object files that might have been built
513 incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
514 src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
515
516 20070210:
517 src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
518 find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
519 | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
520 will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
521
522 20070209:
523 The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
524 was merged to NetBSD-current. If you boot with a new
525 kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
526 library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7). If you boot with
527 an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
528 (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6). Provided you keep the kernel and
529 the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
530 continue to work with an old or new kernel. Note that named(8)
531 is the only threaded application in the base system.
532
533 20061214:
534 Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
535 from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
536 will need to do a "make cleandir" in
537 tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
538 bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
539 usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
540 as the installation images in distrib/
541 in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
542 file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
543
544 20061108:
545 The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
546 changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
547 does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
548 make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
549
550 20061009:
551 The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
552 available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
553
554 20060814:
555 The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
556 withdrawn. Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead. See the GENERIC
557 kernel configuration for an example. X servers from the last
558 few years should cope.
559
560 20060703:
561 MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
562 if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
563 to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
564
565 20060627:
566 socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
567 For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
568 your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
569 errors will result.
570
571 Hints for a more successful build:
572 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
573 Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
574 This will automatically build the tools in the
575 correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
576 new build products from interfering with the running
577 system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
578 other advice in this file.
579 Build a new kernel first:
580 This makes sure that any new system calls or features
581 expected by the new userland will be present. This
582 helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
583 Use object directories:
584 This helps to keep stale object
585 files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
586 about one. It also makes it easier to clean up after
587 a build. It's also necessary if you want to use the
588 same source tree for multiple machines.
589 To use object directories with build.sh:
590 a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
591 To use object directories without using build.sh:
592 a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
593 b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
594 c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
595 d) cd /usr/src ; make build
596 Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
597 in obj.$MACHINE directory.
598 Build to a DESTDIR:
599 This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
600 from interfering with the new build.
601 To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
602 To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
603 environment variable before running make build. It should be
604 set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
605 Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
606 update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
607 nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
608 (See critical utils, below.)
609 Build often:
610 This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
611 on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
612 date functionality. If you use build.sh, you should not have
613 this problem.
614
615 What to do if things don't work:
616 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
617 When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
618 should be done.
619 1) make includes
620 This should be done automatically by make build.
621 2) cd share/mk && make install
622 Again, automatically done by make build.
623
624 Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
625 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
626 To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
627 something like the following:
628 1) Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
629 2) Make sure any program used to build the particular
630 utility is up to date. (yacc, lex, etc...)
631 3) cd ...path/to/util...
632 make cleandir
633 rm ...all obj directories...
634 make cleandir # yes, again
635 make obj
636 make depend && make
637
638 Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
639 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
640 If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
641 ready for a build try the following. Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
642 (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
643 for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
644
645 ---cut here---
646 #!/bin/sh
647 . /etc/mk.conf
648
649 if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
650 NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
651 fi
652 if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
653 echo Unable to find sources
654 exit 1
655 fi
656 find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
657
658 if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
659 BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
660 fi
661 if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
662 rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
663 fi
664
665 cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
666
667 ---cut here---
668
669 Critical utilities:
670 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
671 usr.bin/compile_et
672 usr.bin/make
673 usr.bin/yacc
674 usr.bin/lex
675 usr.bin/xlint
676 usr.bin/config
677
678 Other problems and possible solutions:
679 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
680 Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
681 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
682 cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
683 Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
684 cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
685
686 Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
687 cd share/mk && make install
688
689 Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
690 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
691
692 Symptom:
693 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
694
695 Symptom:
696 Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex
697
698 Symptom:
699 Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
700
701 Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
702 Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
703 make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
704 (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
705 may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
706
707 Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
708 pointer type
709 Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
710
711 Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
712 Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
713
714 Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
715 Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
716
717 Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
718 Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
719
720 Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
721 Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
722
723 Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
724 Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
725
726 Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
727 (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
728 Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
729
730 Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
731 No such file or directory.
732 Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
733 deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
734 that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree
735 contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
736 server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
737 Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
738 and try the update again.
739