UPDATING revision 1.297
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.297 2018/07/17 19:13:53 joerg 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
2220180717:
23	On aarch64 int64_t and related types have changed from long long
24	to long. This requires recompiling all C++ binaries.
25
2620180713:
27	On amd64 and i386 static binaries are now build position
28	independend. This requires recompilation of all object
29	files used to create the crunched /rescue binary.
30	Clean the rescue directory in your obj directory before
31	doing an update build, otherwise linking will fail.
32
3320180414:
34	Existing binutils was migrated to binutils.old.  Manual
35	removal of tools/binutils objects directory may be required
36	to fix tools build failure.
37
3820180311:
39	bdftopcf was updated and may need cleaning in the
40	src/external/mit/xorg/tools/bdftopcf subdirectory if there are
41	link errors.
42
4320180212:
44	between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build.
45	any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by
46	a clean destdir and objdir.  Full cleandir and destdir deletion
47	is recommended if build failures occur.
48
4920171225:
50	removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
51	associated files from the libc build object directory (including
52	the .depend files) - a command like:
53		cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
54	For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
55	you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
56	compat ones (the above command will do that).
57
5820171010:
59	a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
60	means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
61	to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
62
6320170822:
64	a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
65	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
66	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
67	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
68
6920170816:
70	a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
71	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
72	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
73	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
74
7520170402:
76	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
77	update builds from the previous version. Remove your
78	external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
79
8020170211:
81	a new terminfo database has been imported.
82	The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
83	an updated tic tool is required.
84	If you build.sh, don't use -u
85
8620170207:
87	various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
88	Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
89	if it exists) or do a clean build.
90	(This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
91	human intervention, but isn't.)
92
9320170104:
94	xinput build options have changed.
95	Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
96	if you build.sh -u
97
9820170103:
99	a new version of flex has been imported.
100	Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
101	if you build.sh -u
102
10320161014:
104	a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
105	Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl) 
106	if you build.sh -u
107
10820161009:
109	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
110	build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
111	pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
112
11320160914:
114	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
115	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
116	and a clean objdir.
117
11820160527:
119	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
120	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
121
12220160418:
123	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
124	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
125	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
126
12720160410:
128	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
129	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
130	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
131	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
132	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
133
134	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
135	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
136	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
137
138	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
139	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
140	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
141	position-independent executables:
142
143		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
144
14520160401:
146	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
147	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
148	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
149
15020160306:
151	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
152	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
153	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
154	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
155	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
156	before updating your toolchain.
157
15820160125:
159	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
160	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
161	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
162	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
163	An easy way to do this is:
164	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
165
16620150818:
167	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
168	again.
169
17020150413:
171	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
172	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
173	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
174
17520150404:
176	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
177	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
178	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
179	src/usr.bin/xlint.
180
18120150310:
182	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
183	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
184	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
185
18620141026:
187	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
188	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
189	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
190	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
191	and let cvs restore it on next update.
192
19320140721:
194	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
195	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
196
197	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
198	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
199
200	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
201
20220140530:
203	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
204	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
205
20620140131:
207	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
208	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
209	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
210
21120131227:
212	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
213	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
214	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
215	   statements to avoid being exposed.
216	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
217	   to make clean in libc
218
21920131129:
220	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
221	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
222
22320131128:
224	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
225	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
226
22720130605:
228	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
229	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
230
23120130605:
232	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
233	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
234	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
235
23620130531:
237	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
238	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
239		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
240	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
241
24220130530:
243	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
244	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
245
24620130301:
247	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
248	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
249
25020120726:
251	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
252	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
253	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
254	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
255	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
256
25720120507:
258	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
259	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
260	for the next weekly run to fix it.
261
26220120319:
263	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
264	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
265	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
266	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
267	mk.conf.
268
26920120216:
270	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
271	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
272	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
273	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
274	the next run of weekly will fix it.
275
27620111227:
277	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
278	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
279	bump has been reverted.
280
28120111125:
282	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
283	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
284	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
285	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
286
28720111119:
288	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
289	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
290	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
291	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
292	replace your rndctl executable too.
293
29420111001:
295	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
296	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
297	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
298	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
299
30020110817:
301	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
302	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
303
30420110806:
305	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
306	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
307
30820110805:
309	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
310	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
311	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
312	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
313
31420110803:
315	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
316	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
317	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
318	is now a directory.
319
32020110410:
321	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
322	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
323	tools/gcc by hand.
324
32520110328:
326	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
327	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
328	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
329	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
330	directory.
331
33220110121:
333	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
334	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
335	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
336	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
337
33820101217:
339	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
340	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
341	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
342
34320101125:
344	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
345	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
346	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
347	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
348	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
349	so building gcc will end up printing:
350	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
351	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
352	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
353
35420101119:
355	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
356	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
357	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
358	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
359
36020100604:
361	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
362	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
363	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
364	trees by hand.
365
36620100522:
367	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
368	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
369	build problems with xsrc.
370
37120100522:
372	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
373	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
374
37520100520:
376	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
377	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
378
37920100222:
380	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
381	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
382	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
383	your object directories.
384
38520100204:
386	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
387	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
388	from the system when upgrading.
389	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
390	and destination directories.
391
39220091101:
393        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
394        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
395        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
396        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
397
39820091001:
399	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
400	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
401
40220091001:
403	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
404	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
405	it is in, and retry your build.
406
40720090718:
408	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
409	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
410	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
411	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
412
41320090709:
414	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
415	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
416
41720090616:
418	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
419	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
420	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
421	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
422	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
423
42420090501:
425	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
426	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
427	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
428	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
429	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
430	objects and start again.
431
43220090325:
433	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
434	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
435
43620090126:
437	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
438	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
439	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
440
44120090202:
442	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
443	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
444	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
445
44620090110:
447	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
448	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
449	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
450	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
451	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
452	   before installing.
453	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
454	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
455	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
456	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
457	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
458	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
459	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
460	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
461	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
462	   that depend on it.
463	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
464	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
465	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
466	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
467	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
468	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
469	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
470	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
471	   files manually.
472	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
473	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
474	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
475	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
476	   the file.
477	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
478	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
479	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
480	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
481
48220081219:
483	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
484	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
485	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
486	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
487	kernels.
488
48920081205:
490	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
491	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
492	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
493
49420081122:
495	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
496	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
497	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
498	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
499
500	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
501
502	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
503	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
504
505	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
506	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
507	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
508
50920080827:
510	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
511	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
512	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
513	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
514	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
515	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
516
51720080813:
518	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
519	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
520
52120080802:
522	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
523	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
524	for -current.
525
526	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
527	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
528	be recompiled.
529
530	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
531
532	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
533	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
534
53520080731:
536	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
537	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
538	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
539	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
540	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
541	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
542	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
543
54420080721:
545	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
546	isn't defined.
547
54820080531:
549	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
550	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
551	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
552	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
553
554	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
555	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
556	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
557
558	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
559
56020080503:
561	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
562
56320080521:
564	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
565	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
566	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
567	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
568	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
569	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
570
57120080303:
572	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
573
57420080126:
575	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
576	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
577	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
578	avoid using the old assembly stub.
579
58020071209:
581	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
582	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
583	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
584
58520071115:
586	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
587	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
588	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
589	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
590	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
591
59220071028:
593	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
594	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
595	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
596	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
597	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
598	for more details.
599
60020070913:
601	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
602	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
603	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
604	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
605	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
606	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
607	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
608	and userland are from after 20070913.
609
61020070703:
611	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
612	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
613	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
614	re-installation of tools.
615
61620070422:
617	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
618	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
619	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
620	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
621	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
622	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
623	that has such links.
624	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
625	the emulated root.
626
62720070412:
628	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
629	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
630	example.
631
63220070319:
633        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
634        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
635        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
636	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
637	rebuild of object files that might have been built
638	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
639	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
640
64120070210:
642        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
643          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
644              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
645        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
646
64720070209:
648        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
649        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
650        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
651        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
652        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
653        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
654        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
655        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
656	is the only threaded application in the base system.
657
65820061214:
659	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
660	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
661	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
662		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
663		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
664		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
665		as the installation images in distrib/
666	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
667	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
668
66920061108:
670	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
671	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
672	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
673	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
674
67520061009:
676	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
677	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
678
67920060814:
680	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
681	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
682	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
683	few years should cope.
684
68520060703:
686	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
687	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
688	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
689
69020060627:
691	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
692	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
693	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
694	errors will result.
695
696Hints for a more successful build:
697^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
698    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
699	This will automatically build the tools in the
700	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
701	   new build products from interfering with the running
702	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
703	   other advice in this file.
704    Build a new kernel first:
705	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
706	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
707	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
708    Use object directories:
709	This helps to keep stale object
710	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
711	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
712	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
713	   same source tree for multiple machines.
714	   To use object directories with build.sh:
715	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
716	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
717	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
718	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
719	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
720	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
721	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
722	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
723    Build to a DESTDIR:
724	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
725	   from interfering with the new build.
726	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
727	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
728	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
729	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
730	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
731		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
732		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
733		(See critical utils, below.)
734    Build often:
735	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
736	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
737	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
738	this problem.
739
740What to do if things don't work:
741^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
742When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
743should be done.
744    1)	make includes
745	This should be done automatically by make build.
746    2)  cd share/mk && make install
747	Again, automatically done by make build.
748
749Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
750^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
751To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
752something like the following:
753    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
754    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
755	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
756    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
757	make cleandir
758	rm ...all obj directories...
759	make cleandir			# yes, again
760	make obj
761	make depend && make
762
763Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
764^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
765If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
766ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
767(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
768for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
769
770---cut here---
771#!/bin/sh
772. /etc/mk.conf
773
774if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
775    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
776fi
777if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
778    echo Unable to find sources
779    exit 1
780fi
781find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
782
783if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
784    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
785fi
786if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
787    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
788fi
789
790cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
791
792---cut here---
793
794Critical utilities:
795^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
796	usr.bin/compile_et
797	usr.bin/make
798	usr.bin/yacc
799	usr.bin/lex
800	usr.bin/xlint
801	usr.bin/config
802
803Other problems and possible solutions:
804^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
805Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
806Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
807	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
808	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
809	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
810
811Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
812	cd share/mk && make install
813
814Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
815Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
816
817Symptom:
818Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
819
820Symptom:
821Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
822
823Symptom:
824Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
825
826Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
827Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
828	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
829	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
830	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
831
832Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
833	pointer type
834Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
835
836Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
837Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
838
839Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
840Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
841
842Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
843Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
844
845Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
846Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
847
848Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
849Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
850
851Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
852	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
853Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
854
855Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
856	No such file or directory.
857Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
858	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
859	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
860	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
861	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
862Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
863	and try the update again.
864