UPDATING revision 1.289
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.289 2017/12/26 20:04:03 christos 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
2220171225:
23	removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
24	associated files from the libc build object directory (including
25	the .depend files) - a command like:
26		cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
27	For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
28	you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
29	compat one.
30
3120171010:
32	a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
33	means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
34	to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
35
3620170822:
37	a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
38	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
39	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
40	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
41
4220170816:
43	a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
44	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
45	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
46	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
47
4820170402:
49	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
50	update builds from the previous version. Remove your
51	external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
52
5320170211:
54	a new terminfo database has been imported.
55	The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
56	an updated tic tool is required.
57	If you build.sh, don't use -u
58
5920170207:
60	various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
61	Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
62	if it exists) or do a clean build.
63	(This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
64	human intervention, but isn't.)
65
6620170104:
67	xinput build options have changed.
68	Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
69	if you build.sh -u
70
7120170103:
72	a new version of flex has been imported.
73	Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
74	if you build.sh -u
75
7620161014:
77	a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
78	Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl) 
79	if you build.sh -u
80
8120161009:
82	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
83	build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
84	pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
85
8620160914:
87	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
88	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
89	and a clean objdir.
90
9120160527:
92	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
93	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
94
9520160418:
96	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
97	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
98	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
99
10020160410:
101	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
102	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
103	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
104	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
105	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
106
107	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
108	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
109	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
110
111	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
112	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
113	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
114	position-independent executables:
115
116		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
117
11820160401:
119	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
120	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
121	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
122
12320160306:
124	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
125	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
126	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
127	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
128	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
129	before updating your toolchain.
130
13120160125:
132	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
133	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
134	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
135	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
136	An easy way to do this is:
137	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
138
13920150818:
140	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
141	again.
142
14320150413:
144	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
145	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
146	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
147
14820150404:
149	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
150	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
151	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
152	src/usr.bin/xlint.
153
15420150310:
155	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
156	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
157	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
158
15920141026:
160	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
161	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
162	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
163	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
164	and let cvs restore it on next update.
165
16620140721:
167	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
168	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
169
170	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
171	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
172
173	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
174
17520140530:
176	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
177	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
178
17920140131:
180	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
181	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
182	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
183
18420131227:
185	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
186	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
187	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
188	   statements to avoid being exposed.
189	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
190	   to make clean in libc
191
19220131129:
193	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
194	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
195
19620131128:
197	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
198	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
199
20020130605:
201	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
202	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
203
20420130605:
205	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
206	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
207	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
208
20920130531:
210	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
211	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
212		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
213	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
214
21520130530:
216	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
217	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
218
21920130301:
220	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
221	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
222
22320120726:
224	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
225	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
226	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
227	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
228	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
229
23020120507:
231	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
232	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
233	for the next weekly run to fix it.
234
23520120319:
236	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
237	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
238	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
239	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
240	mk.conf.
241
24220120216:
243	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
244	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
245	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
246	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
247	the next run of weekly will fix it.
248
24920111227:
250	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
251	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
252	bump has been reverted.
253
25420111125:
255	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
256	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
257	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
258	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
259
26020111119:
261	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
262	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
263	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
264	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
265	replace your rndctl executable too.
266
26720111001:
268	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
269	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
270	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
271	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
272
27320110817:
274	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
275	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
276
27720110806:
278	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
279	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
280
28120110805:
282	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
283	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
284	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
285	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
286
28720110803:
288	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
289	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
290	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
291	is now a directory.
292
29320110410:
294	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
295	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
296	tools/gcc by hand.
297
29820110328:
299	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
300	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
301	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
302	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
303	directory.
304
30520110121:
306	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
307	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
308	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
309	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
310
31120101217:
312	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
313	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
314	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
315
31620101125:
317	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
318	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
319	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
320	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
321	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
322	so building gcc will end up printing:
323	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
324	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
325	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
326
32720101119:
328	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
329	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
330	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
331	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
332
33320100604:
334	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
335	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
336	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
337	trees by hand.
338
33920100522:
340	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
341	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
342	build problems with xsrc.
343
34420100522:
345	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
346	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
347
34820100520:
349	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
350	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
351
35220100222:
353	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
354	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
355	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
356	your object directories.
357
35820100204:
359	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
360	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
361	from the system when upgrading.
362	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
363	and destination directories.
364
36520091101:
366        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
367        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
368        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
369        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
370
37120091001:
372	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
373	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
374
37520091001:
376	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
377	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
378	it is in, and retry your build.
379
38020090718:
381	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
382	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
383	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
384	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
385
38620090709:
387	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
388	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
389
39020090616:
391	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
392	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
393	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
394	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
395	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
396
39720090501:
398	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
399	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
400	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
401	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
402	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
403	objects and start again.
404
40520090325:
406	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
407	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
408
40920090126:
410	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
411	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
412	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
413
41420090202:
415	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
416	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
417	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
418
41920090110:
420	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
421	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
422	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
423	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
424	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
425	   before installing.
426	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
427	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
428	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
429	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
430	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
431	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
432	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
433	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
434	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
435	   that depend on it.
436	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
437	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
438	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
439	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
440	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
441	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
442	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
443	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
444	   files manually.
445	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
446	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
447	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
448	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
449	   the file.
450	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
451	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
452	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
453	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
454
45520081219:
456	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
457	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
458	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
459	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
460	kernels.
461
46220081205:
463	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
464	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
465	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
466
46720081122:
468	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
469	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
470	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
471	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
472
473	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
474
475	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
476	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
477
478	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
479	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
480	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
481
48220080827:
483	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
484	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
485	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
486	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
487	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
488	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
489
49020080813:
491	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
492	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
493
49420080802:
495	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
496	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
497	for -current.
498
499	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
500	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
501	be recompiled.
502
503	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
504
505	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
506	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
507
50820080731:
509	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
510	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
511	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
512	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
513	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
514	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
515	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
516
51720080721:
518	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
519	isn't defined.
520
52120080531:
522	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
523	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
524	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
525	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
526
527	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
528	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
529	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
530
531	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
532
53320080503:
534	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
535
53620080521:
537	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
538	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
539	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
540	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
541	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
542	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
543
54420080303:
545	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
546
54720080126:
548	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
549	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
550	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
551	avoid using the old assembly stub.
552
55320071209:
554	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
555	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
556	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
557
55820071115:
559	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
560	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
561	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
562	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
563	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
564
56520071028:
566	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
567	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
568	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
569	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
570	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
571	for more details.
572
57320070913:
574	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
575	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
576	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
577	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
578	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
579	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
580	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
581	and userland are from after 20070913.
582
58320070703:
584	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
585	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
586	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
587	re-installation of tools.
588
58920070422:
590	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
591	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
592	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
593	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
594	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
595	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
596	that has such links.
597	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
598	the emulated root.
599
60020070412:
601	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
602	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
603	example.
604
60520070319:
606        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
607        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
608        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
609	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
610	rebuild of object files that might have been built
611	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
612	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
613
61420070210:
615        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
616          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
617              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
618        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
619
62020070209:
621        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
622        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
623        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
624        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
625        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
626        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
627        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
628        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
629	is the only threaded application in the base system.
630
63120061214:
632	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
633	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
634	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
635		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
636		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
637		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
638		as the installation images in distrib/
639	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
640	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
641
64220061108:
643	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
644	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
645	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
646	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
647
64820061009:
649	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
650	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
651
65220060814:
653	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
654	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
655	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
656	few years should cope.
657
65820060703:
659	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
660	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
661	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
662
66320060627:
664	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
665	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
666	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
667	errors will result.
668
669Hints for a more successful build:
670^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
671    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
672	This will automatically build the tools in the
673	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
674	   new build products from interfering with the running
675	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
676	   other advice in this file.
677    Build a new kernel first:
678	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
679	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
680	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
681    Use object directories:
682	This helps to keep stale object
683	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
684	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
685	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
686	   same source tree for multiple machines.
687	   To use object directories with build.sh:
688	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
689	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
690	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
691	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
692	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
693	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
694	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
695	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
696    Build to a DESTDIR:
697	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
698	   from interfering with the new build.
699	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
700	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
701	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
702	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
703	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
704		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
705		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
706		(See critical utils, below.)
707    Build often:
708	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
709	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
710	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
711	this problem.
712
713What to do if things don't work:
714^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
715When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
716should be done.
717    1)	make includes
718	This should be done automatically by make build.
719    2)  cd share/mk && make install
720	Again, automatically done by make build.
721
722Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
723^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
724To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
725something like the following:
726    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
727    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
728	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
729    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
730	make cleandir
731	rm ...all obj directories...
732	make cleandir			# yes, again
733	make obj
734	make depend && make
735
736Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
737^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
738If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
739ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
740(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
741for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
742
743---cut here---
744#!/bin/sh
745. /etc/mk.conf
746
747if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
748    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
749fi
750if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
751    echo Unable to find sources
752    exit 1
753fi
754find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
755
756if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
757    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
758fi
759if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
760    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
761fi
762
763cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
764
765---cut here---
766
767Critical utilities:
768^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
769	usr.bin/compile_et
770	usr.bin/make
771	usr.bin/yacc
772	usr.bin/lex
773	usr.bin/xlint
774	usr.bin/config
775
776Other problems and possible solutions:
777^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
778Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
779Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
780	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
781	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
782	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
783
784Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
785	cd share/mk && make install
786
787Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
788Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
789
790Symptom:
791Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
792
793Symptom:
794Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
795
796Symptom:
797Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
798
799Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
800Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
801	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
802	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
803	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
804
805Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
806	pointer type
807Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
808
809Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
810Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
811
812Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
813Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
814
815Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
816Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
817
818Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
819Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
820
821Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
822Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
823
824Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
825	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
826Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
827
828Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
829	No such file or directory.
830Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
831	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
832	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
833	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
834	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
835Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
836	and try the update again.
837