UPDATING revision 1.273
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.273 2016/09/15 07:49:08 mrg 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
2220160914:
23	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
24	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
25	and a clean objdir.
26
2720160527:
28	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
29	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
30
3120160418:
32	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
33	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
34	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
35
3620160410:
37	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
38	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
39	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
40	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
41	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
42
43	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
44	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
45	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
46
47	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
48	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
49	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
50	position-independent executables:
51
52		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
53
5420160401:
55	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
56	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
57	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
58
5920160306:
60	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
61	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
62	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
63	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
64	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
65	before updating your toolchain.
66
6720160125:
68	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
69	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
70	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
71	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
72	An easy way to do this is:
73	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
74
7520150818:
76	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
77	again.
78
7920150413:
80	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
81	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
82	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
83
8420150404:
85	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
86	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
87	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
88	src/usr.bin/xlint.
89
9020150310:
91	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
92	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
93	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
94
9520141026:
96	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
97	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
98	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
99	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
100	and let cvs restore it on next update.
101
10220140721:
103	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
104	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
105
106	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
107	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
108
109	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
110
11120140530:
112	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
113	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
114
11520140131:
116	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
117	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
118	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
119
12020131227:
121	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
122	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
123	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
124	   statements to avoid being exposed.
125	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
126	   to make clean in libc
127
12820131129:
129	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
130	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
131
13220131128:
133	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
134	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
135
13620130605:
137	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
138	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
139
14020130605:
141	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
142	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
143	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
144
14520130531:
146	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
147	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
148		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
149	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
150
15120130530:
152	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
153	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
154
15520130301:
156	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
157	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
158
15920120726:
160	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
161	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
162	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
163	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
164	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
165
16620120507:
167	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
168	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
169	for the next weekly run to fix it.
170
17120120319:
172	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
173	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
174	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
175	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
176	mk.conf.
177
17820120216:
179	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
180	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
181	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
182	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
183	the next run of weekly will fix it.
184
18520111227:
186	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
187	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
188	bump has been reverted.
189
19020111125:
191	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
192	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
193	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
194	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
195
19620111119:
197	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
198	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
199	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
200	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
201	replace your rndctl executable too.
202
20320111001:
204	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
205	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
206	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
207	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
208
20920110817:
210	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
211	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
212
21320110806:
214	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
215	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
216
21720110805:
218	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
219	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
220	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
221	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
222
22320110803:
224	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
225	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
226	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
227	is now a directory.
228
22920110410:
230	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
231	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
232	tools/gcc by hand.
233
23420110328:
235	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
236	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
237	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
238	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
239	directory.
240
24120110121:
242	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
243	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
244	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
245	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
246
24720101217:
248	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
249	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
250	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
251
25220101125:
253	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
254	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
255	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
256	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
257	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
258	so building gcc will end up printing:
259	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
260	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
261	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
262
26320101119:
264	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
265	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
266	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
267	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
268
26920100604:
270	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
271	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
272	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
273	trees by hand.
274
27520100522:
276	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
277	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
278	build problems with xsrc.
279
28020100522:
281	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
282	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
283
28420100520:
285	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
286	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
287
28820100222:
289	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
290	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
291	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
292	your object directories.
293
29420100204:
295	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
296	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
297	from the system when upgrading.
298	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
299	and destination directories.
300
30120091101:
302        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
303        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
304        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
305        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
306
30720091001:
308	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
309	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
310
31120091001:
312	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
313	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
314	it is in, and retry your build.
315
31620090718:
317	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
318	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
319	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
320	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
321
32220090709:
323	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
324	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
325
32620090616:
327	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
328	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
329	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
330	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
331	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
332
33320090501:
334	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
335	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
336	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
337	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
338	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
339	objects and start again.
340
34120090325:
342	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
343	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
344
34520090126:
346	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
347	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
348	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
349
35020090202:
351	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
352	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
353	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
354
35520090110:
356	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
357	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
358	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
359	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
360	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
361	   before installing.
362	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
363	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
364	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
365	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
366	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
367	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
368	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
369	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
370	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
371	   that depend on it.
372	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
373	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
374	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
375	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
376	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
377	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
378	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
379	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
380	   files manually.
381	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
382	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
383	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
384	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
385	   the file.
386	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
387	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
388	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
389	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
390
39120081219:
392	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
393	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
394	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
395	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
396	kernels.
397
39820081205:
399	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
400	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
401	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
402
40320081122:
404	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
405	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
406	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
407	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
408
409	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
410
411	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
412	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
413
414	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
415	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
416	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
417
41820080827:
419	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
420	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
421	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
422	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
423	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
424	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
425
42620080813:
427	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
428	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
429
43020080802:
431	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
432	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
433	for -current.
434
435	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
436	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
437	be recompiled.
438
439	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
440
441	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
442	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
443
44420080731:
445	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
446	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
447	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
448	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
449	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
450	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
451	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
452
45320080721:
454	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
455	isn't defined.
456
45720080531:
458	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
459	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
460	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
461	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
462
463	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
464	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
465	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
466
467	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
468
46920080503:
470	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
471
47220080521:
473	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
474	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
475	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
476	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
477	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
478	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
479
48020080303:
481	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
482
48320080126:
484	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
485	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
486	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
487	avoid using the old assembly stub.
488
48920071209:
490	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
491	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
492	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
493
49420071115:
495	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
496	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
497	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
498	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
499	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
500
50120071028:
502	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
503	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
504	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
505	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
506	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
507	for more details.
508
50920070913:
510	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
511	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
512	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
513	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
514	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
515	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
516	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
517	and userland are from after 20070913.
518
51920070703:
520	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
521	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
522	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
523	re-installation of tools.
524
52520070422:
526	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
527	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
528	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
529	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
530	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
531	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
532	that has such links.
533	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
534	the emulated root.
535
53620070412:
537	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
538	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
539	example.
540
54120070319:
542        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
543        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
544        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
545	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
546	rebuild of object files that might have been built
547	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
548	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
549
55020070210:
551        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
552          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
553              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
554        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
555
55620070209:
557        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
558        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
559        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
560        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
561        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
562        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
563        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
564        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
565	is the only threaded application in the base system.
566
56720061214:
568	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
569	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
570	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
571		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
572		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
573		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
574		as the installation images in distrib/
575	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
576	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
577
57820061108:
579	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
580	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
581	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
582	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
583
58420061009:
585	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
586	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
587
58820060814:
589	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
590	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
591	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
592	few years should cope.
593
59420060703:
595	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
596	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
597	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
598
59920060627:
600	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
601	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
602	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
603	errors will result.
604
605Hints for a more successful build:
606^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
607    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
608	This will automatically build the tools in the
609	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
610	   new build products from interfering with the running
611	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
612	   other advice in this file.
613    Build a new kernel first:
614	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
615	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
616	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
617    Use object directories:
618	This helps to keep stale object
619	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
620	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
621	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
622	   same source tree for multiple machines.
623	   To use object directories with build.sh:
624	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
625	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
626	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
627	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
628	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
629	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
630	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
631	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
632    Build to a DESTDIR:
633	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
634	   from interfering with the new build.
635	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
636	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
637	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
638	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
639	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
640		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
641		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
642		(See critical utils, below.)
643    Build often:
644	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
645	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
646	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
647	this problem.
648
649What to do if things don't work:
650^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
651When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
652should be done.
653    1)	make includes
654	This should be done automatically by make build.
655    2)  cd share/mk && make install
656	Again, automatically done by make build.
657
658Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
659^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
660To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
661something like the following:
662    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
663    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
664	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
665    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
666	make cleandir
667	rm ...all obj directories...
668	make cleandir			# yes, again
669	make obj
670	make depend && make
671
672Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
673^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
674If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
675ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
676(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
677for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
678
679---cut here---
680#!/bin/sh
681. /etc/mk.conf
682
683if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
684    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
685fi
686if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
687    echo Unable to find sources
688    exit 1
689fi
690find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
691
692if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
693    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
694fi
695if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
696    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
697fi
698
699cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
700
701---cut here---
702
703Critical utilities:
704^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
705	usr.bin/compile_et
706	usr.bin/make
707	usr.bin/yacc
708	usr.bin/lex
709	usr.bin/xlint
710	usr.bin/config
711
712Other problems and possible solutions:
713^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
714Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
715Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
716	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
717	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
718	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
719
720Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
721	cd share/mk && make install
722
723Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
724Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
725
726Symptom:
727Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
728
729Symptom:
730Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
731
732Symptom:
733Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
734
735Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
736Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
737	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
738	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
739	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
740
741Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
742	pointer type
743Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
744
745Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
746Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
747
748Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
749Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
750
751Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
752Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
753
754Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
755Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
756
757Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
758Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
759
760Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
761	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
762Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
763
764Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
765	No such file or directory.
766Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
767	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
768	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
769	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
770	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
771Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
772	and try the update again.
773