UPDATING revision 1.293
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.293 2018/04/15 17:22:03 jakllsch 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
2220180414:
23	Existing binutils was migrated to binutils.old.  Manual
24	removal of tools/binutils objects directory may be required
25	to fix tools build failure.
26
2720180311:
28	bdftopcf was updated and may need cleaning in the
29	src/external/mit/xorg/tools/bdftopcf subdirectory if there are
30	link errors.
31
3220180212:
33	between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build.
34	any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by
35	a clean destdir and objdir.  Full cleandir and destdir deletion
36	is recommended if build failures occur.
37
3820171225:
39	removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
40	associated files from the libc build object directory (including
41	the .depend files) - a command like:
42		cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
43	For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
44	you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
45	compat ones (the above command will do that).
46
4720171010:
48	a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
49	means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
50	to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
51
5220170822:
53	a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
54	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
55	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
56	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
57
5820170816:
59	a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
60	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
61	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
62	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
63
6420170402:
65	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
66	update builds from the previous version. Remove your
67	external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
68
6920170211:
70	a new terminfo database has been imported.
71	The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
72	an updated tic tool is required.
73	If you build.sh, don't use -u
74
7520170207:
76	various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
77	Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
78	if it exists) or do a clean build.
79	(This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
80	human intervention, but isn't.)
81
8220170104:
83	xinput build options have changed.
84	Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
85	if you build.sh -u
86
8720170103:
88	a new version of flex has been imported.
89	Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
90	if you build.sh -u
91
9220161014:
93	a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
94	Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl) 
95	if you build.sh -u
96
9720161009:
98	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
99	build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
100	pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
101
10220160914:
103	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
104	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
105	and a clean objdir.
106
10720160527:
108	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
109	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
110
11120160418:
112	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
113	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
114	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
115
11620160410:
117	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
118	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
119	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
120	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
121	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
122
123	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
124	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
125	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
126
127	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
128	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
129	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
130	position-independent executables:
131
132		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
133
13420160401:
135	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
136	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
137	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
138
13920160306:
140	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
141	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
142	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
143	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
144	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
145	before updating your toolchain.
146
14720160125:
148	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
149	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
150	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
151	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
152	An easy way to do this is:
153	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
154
15520150818:
156	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
157	again.
158
15920150413:
160	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
161	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
162	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
163
16420150404:
165	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
166	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
167	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
168	src/usr.bin/xlint.
169
17020150310:
171	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
172	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
173	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
174
17520141026:
176	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
177	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
178	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
179	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
180	and let cvs restore it on next update.
181
18220140721:
183	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
184	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
185
186	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
187	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
188
189	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
190
19120140530:
192	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
193	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
194
19520140131:
196	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
197	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
198	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
199
20020131227:
201	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
202	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
203	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
204	   statements to avoid being exposed.
205	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
206	   to make clean in libc
207
20820131129:
209	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
210	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
211
21220131128:
213	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
214	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
215
21620130605:
217	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
218	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
219
22020130605:
221	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
222	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
223	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
224
22520130531:
226	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
227	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
228		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
229	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
230
23120130530:
232	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
233	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
234
23520130301:
236	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
237	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
238
23920120726:
240	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
241	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
242	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
243	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
244	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
245
24620120507:
247	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
248	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
249	for the next weekly run to fix it.
250
25120120319:
252	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
253	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
254	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
255	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
256	mk.conf.
257
25820120216:
259	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
260	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
261	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
262	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
263	the next run of weekly will fix it.
264
26520111227:
266	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
267	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
268	bump has been reverted.
269
27020111125:
271	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
272	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
273	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
274	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
275
27620111119:
277	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
278	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
279	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
280	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
281	replace your rndctl executable too.
282
28320111001:
284	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
285	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
286	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
287	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
288
28920110817:
290	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
291	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
292
29320110806:
294	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
295	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
296
29720110805:
298	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
299	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
300	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
301	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
302
30320110803:
304	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
305	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
306	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
307	is now a directory.
308
30920110410:
310	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
311	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
312	tools/gcc by hand.
313
31420110328:
315	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
316	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
317	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
318	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
319	directory.
320
32120110121:
322	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
323	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
324	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
325	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
326
32720101217:
328	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
329	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
330	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
331
33220101125:
333	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
334	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
335	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
336	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
337	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
338	so building gcc will end up printing:
339	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
340	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
341	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
342
34320101119:
344	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
345	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
346	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
347	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
348
34920100604:
350	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
351	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
352	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
353	trees by hand.
354
35520100522:
356	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
357	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
358	build problems with xsrc.
359
36020100522:
361	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
362	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
363
36420100520:
365	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
366	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
367
36820100222:
369	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
370	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
371	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
372	your object directories.
373
37420100204:
375	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
376	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
377	from the system when upgrading.
378	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
379	and destination directories.
380
38120091101:
382        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
383        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
384        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
385        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
386
38720091001:
388	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
389	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
390
39120091001:
392	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
393	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
394	it is in, and retry your build.
395
39620090718:
397	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
398	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
399	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
400	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
401
40220090709:
403	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
404	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
405
40620090616:
407	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
408	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
409	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
410	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
411	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
412
41320090501:
414	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
415	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
416	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
417	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
418	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
419	objects and start again.
420
42120090325:
422	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
423	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
424
42520090126:
426	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
427	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
428	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
429
43020090202:
431	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
432	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
433	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
434
43520090110:
436	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
437	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
438	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
439	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
440	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
441	   before installing.
442	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
443	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
444	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
445	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
446	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
447	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
448	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
449	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
450	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
451	   that depend on it.
452	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
453	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
454	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
455	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
456	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
457	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
458	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
459	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
460	   files manually.
461	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
462	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
463	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
464	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
465	   the file.
466	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
467	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
468	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
469	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
470
47120081219:
472	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
473	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
474	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
475	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
476	kernels.
477
47820081205:
479	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
480	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
481	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
482
48320081122:
484	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
485	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
486	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
487	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
488
489	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
490
491	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
492	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
493
494	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
495	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
496	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
497
49820080827:
499	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
500	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
501	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
502	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
503	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
504	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
505
50620080813:
507	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
508	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
509
51020080802:
511	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
512	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
513	for -current.
514
515	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
516	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
517	be recompiled.
518
519	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
520
521	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
522	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
523
52420080731:
525	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
526	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
527	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
528	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
529	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
530	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
531	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
532
53320080721:
534	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
535	isn't defined.
536
53720080531:
538	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
539	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
540	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
541	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
542
543	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
544	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
545	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
546
547	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
548
54920080503:
550	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
551
55220080521:
553	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
554	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
555	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
556	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
557	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
558	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
559
56020080303:
561	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
562
56320080126:
564	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
565	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
566	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
567	avoid using the old assembly stub.
568
56920071209:
570	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
571	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
572	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
573
57420071115:
575	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
576	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
577	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
578	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
579	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
580
58120071028:
582	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
583	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
584	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
585	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
586	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
587	for more details.
588
58920070913:
590	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
591	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
592	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
593	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
594	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
595	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
596	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
597	and userland are from after 20070913.
598
59920070703:
600	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
601	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
602	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
603	re-installation of tools.
604
60520070422:
606	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
607	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
608	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
609	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
610	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
611	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
612	that has such links.
613	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
614	the emulated root.
615
61620070412:
617	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
618	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
619	example.
620
62120070319:
622        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
623        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
624        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
625	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
626	rebuild of object files that might have been built
627	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
628	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
629
63020070210:
631        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
632          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
633              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
634        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
635
63620070209:
637        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
638        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
639        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
640        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
641        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
642        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
643        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
644        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
645	is the only threaded application in the base system.
646
64720061214:
648	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
649	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
650	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
651		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
652		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
653		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
654		as the installation images in distrib/
655	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
656	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
657
65820061108:
659	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
660	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
661	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
662	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
663
66420061009:
665	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
666	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
667
66820060814:
669	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
670	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
671	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
672	few years should cope.
673
67420060703:
675	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
676	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
677	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
678
67920060627:
680	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
681	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
682	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
683	errors will result.
684
685Hints for a more successful build:
686^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
687    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
688	This will automatically build the tools in the
689	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
690	   new build products from interfering with the running
691	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
692	   other advice in this file.
693    Build a new kernel first:
694	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
695	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
696	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
697    Use object directories:
698	This helps to keep stale object
699	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
700	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
701	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
702	   same source tree for multiple machines.
703	   To use object directories with build.sh:
704	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
705	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
706	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
707	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
708	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
709	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
710	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
711	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
712    Build to a DESTDIR:
713	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
714	   from interfering with the new build.
715	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
716	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
717	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
718	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
719	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
720		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
721		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
722		(See critical utils, below.)
723    Build often:
724	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
725	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
726	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
727	this problem.
728
729What to do if things don't work:
730^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
731When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
732should be done.
733    1)	make includes
734	This should be done automatically by make build.
735    2)  cd share/mk && make install
736	Again, automatically done by make build.
737
738Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
739^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
740To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
741something like the following:
742    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
743    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
744	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
745    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
746	make cleandir
747	rm ...all obj directories...
748	make cleandir			# yes, again
749	make obj
750	make depend && make
751
752Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
753^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
754If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
755ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
756(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
757for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
758
759---cut here---
760#!/bin/sh
761. /etc/mk.conf
762
763if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
764    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
765fi
766if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
767    echo Unable to find sources
768    exit 1
769fi
770find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
771
772if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
773    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
774fi
775if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
776    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
777fi
778
779cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
780
781---cut here---
782
783Critical utilities:
784^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
785	usr.bin/compile_et
786	usr.bin/make
787	usr.bin/yacc
788	usr.bin/lex
789	usr.bin/xlint
790	usr.bin/config
791
792Other problems and possible solutions:
793^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
794Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
795Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
796	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
797	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
798	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
799
800Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
801	cd share/mk && make install
802
803Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
804Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
805
806Symptom:
807Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
808
809Symptom:
810Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
811
812Symptom:
813Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
814
815Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
816Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
817	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
818	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
819	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
820
821Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
822	pointer type
823Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
824
825Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
826Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
827
828Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
829Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
830
831Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
832Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
833
834Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
835Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
836
837Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
838Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
839
840Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
841	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
842Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
843
844Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
845	No such file or directory.
846Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
847	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
848	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
849	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
850	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
851Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
852	and try the update again.
853