UPDATING revision 1.306
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.306 2019/11/18 15:42:26 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
2220191118:
23	More architectures were switched to gcc8:
24	    i386, ia64 powerpc64, sparc, sparc64, arm
25	The same comments as in 20191022 apply.
26
2720191112:
28	The LLVM update requires a clean rebuild for all architectures using
29	LLVM during the tools build phase (i386, amd64, aarch64).
30
3120191022:
32	Ports amd64 and aarch64 switched to GCC 8.3 by default.
33	In-place ("expert mode", build.sh -E) builds are not supported
34	when going from a GCC 7 userland to GCC 8. Do a regular
35	build to a different DESTDIR (or preferably: build.sh -U) at least
36	once and install sets, or download comp.{tar.xz,tgz} from the
37	daily builds and install that before doing the next in-place build.
38
3920191001:
40	GCC 8.3 was imported.  Builds of src/tools/gcc may fail if
41	old builds with GCC 7 output now uses GCC 8.  Clean this
42	directory, and also clean src/external/gpl3/gcc.
43
4420190903:
45	Files with names that coincide with existing files' names on
46	case-insensitive file systems were inadvertently committed, for
47	radeon GPU firmware.  We cannot mark these as obsolete for
48	postinstall to fix, so if you updated src since 2019-08-26, and
49	ran build.sh distribution or ran build.sh release, you must
50	manually delete the following files in your DESTDIR (which is
51	usually $OBJDIR/destir.$ARCH), or from / if you have installed
52	them:
53
54		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_ce.bin
55		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_mc.bin
56		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_me.bin
57		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_mec.bin
58		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_pfp.bin
59		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_rlc.bin
60		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_sdma.bin
61		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_smc.bin
62		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_uvd.bin
63		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_ce.bin
64		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_mc.bin
65		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_me.bin
66		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_pfp.bin
67		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_rlc.bin
68		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_smc.bin
69		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_ce.bin
70		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_mc.bin
71		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_me.bin
72		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_mec.bin
73		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_pfp.bin
74		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_rlc.bin
75		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_sdma.bin
76		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_smc.bin
77		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_ce.bin
78		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_me.bin
79		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_mec.bin
80		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_pfp.bin
81		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_rlc.bin
82		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_sdma.bin
83		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_ce.bin
84		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_me.bin
85		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_mec.bin
86		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_mec2.bin
87		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_pfp.bin
88		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_rlc.bin
89		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_sdma.bin
90		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_ce.bin
91		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_me.bin
92		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_mec.bin
93		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_pfp.bin
94		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_rlc.bin
95		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_sdma.bin
96		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_ce.bin
97		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_mc.bin
98		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_me.bin
99		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_pfp.bin
100		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_rlc.bin
101		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_smc.bin
102		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_ce.bin
103		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_mc.bin
104		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_me.bin
105		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_pfp.bin
106		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_rlc.bin
107		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_smc.bin
108		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_ce.bin
109		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_mc.bin
110		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_me.bin
111		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_pfp.bin
112		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_rlc.bin
113		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_smc.bin
114		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_ce.bin
115		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_mc.bin
116		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_me.bin
117		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_pfp.bin
118		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_rlc.bin
119		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_smc.bin
120
121	We will re-import these radeon firmware images another way
122	later.
123
12420190727:
125	The uefi bootloader has gained tftp support and needs a clean
126	build. If you do update builds, manually clean its object
127	directory by something like:
128	cd sys/arch/i386/stand/efiboot && make clean
129
13020190723:
131	The jemalloc allocator in libc is now build without extended
132	debugging (for performance reasons). In update builds make sure
133	to rebuild it completly, by removing all affected object files,
134	including compat builds, something like:
135	cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name jemalloc|xargs rm -rf
136
13720190207:
138	GCC 7 switched for many ports.  Update builds are likely to fail.
139
14020180924:
141	A newer OpenSSL version has been imported. If you are doing
142	update builds, make sure to remove all old obj dirs, like:
143	cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name openssl | xargs rm -rf
144
14520180717:
146	On aarch64 int64_t and related types have changed from long long
147	to long. This requires recompiling all C++ binaries.
148
14920180713:
150	On amd64 and i386 static binaries are now build position
151	independend. This requires recompilation of all object
152	files used to create the crunched /rescue binary.
153	Clean the rescue directory in your obj directory before
154	doing an update build, otherwise linking will fail.
155
15620180414:
157	Existing binutils was migrated to binutils.old.  Manual
158	removal of tools/binutils objects directory may be required
159	to fix tools build failure.
160
16120180311:
162	bdftopcf was updated and may need cleaning in the
163	src/external/mit/xorg/tools/bdftopcf subdirectory if there are
164	link errors.
165
16620180212:
167	between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build.
168	any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by
169	a clean destdir and objdir.  Full cleandir and destdir deletion
170	is recommended if build failures occur.
171
17220171225:
173	removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
174	associated files from the libc build object directory (including
175	the .depend files) - a command like:
176		cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
177	For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
178	you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
179	compat ones (the above command will do that).
180
18120171010:
182	a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
183	means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
184	to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
185
18620170822:
187	a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
188	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
189	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
190	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
191
19220170816:
193	a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
194	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
195	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
196	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
197
19820170402:
199	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
200	update builds from the previous version. Remove your
201	external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
202
20320170211:
204	a new terminfo database has been imported.
205	The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
206	an updated tic tool is required.
207	If you build.sh, don't use -u
208
20920170207:
210	various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
211	Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
212	if it exists) or do a clean build.
213	(This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
214	human intervention, but isn't.)
215
21620170104:
217	xinput build options have changed.
218	Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
219	if you build.sh -u
220
22120170103:
222	a new version of flex has been imported.
223	Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
224	if you build.sh -u
225
22620161014:
227	a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
228	Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl) 
229	if you build.sh -u
230
23120161009:
232	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
233	build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
234	pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
235
23620160914:
237	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
238	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
239	and a clean objdir.
240
24120160527:
242	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
243	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
244
24520160418:
246	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
247	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
248	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
249
25020160410:
251	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
252	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
253	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
254	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
255	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
256
257	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
258	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
259	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
260
261	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
262	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
263	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
264	position-independent executables:
265
266		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
267
26820160401:
269	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
270	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
271	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
272
27320160306:
274	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
275	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
276	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
277	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
278	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
279	before updating your toolchain.
280
28120160125:
282	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
283	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
284	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
285	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
286	An easy way to do this is:
287	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
288
28920150818:
290	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
291	again.
292
29320150413:
294	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
295	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
296	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
297
29820150404:
299	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
300	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
301	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
302	src/usr.bin/xlint.
303
30420150310:
305	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
306	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
307	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
308
30920141026:
310	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
311	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
312	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
313	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
314	and let cvs restore it on next update.
315
31620140721:
317	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
318	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
319
320	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
321	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
322
323	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
324
32520140530:
326	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
327	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
328
32920140131:
330	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
331	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
332	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
333
33420131227:
335	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
336	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
337	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
338	   statements to avoid being exposed.
339	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
340	   to make clean in libc
341
34220131129:
343	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
344	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
345
34620131128:
347	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
348	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
349
35020130605:
351	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
352	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
353
35420130605:
355	Previous freetype installations eroneously installed private
356	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
357	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
358
35920130531:
360	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
361	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
362		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
363	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
364
36520130530:
366	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
367	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
368
36920130301:
370	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
371	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
372
37320120726:
374	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
375	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
376	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
377	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
378	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
379
38020120507:
381	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
382	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
383	for the next weekly run to fix it.
384
38520120319:
386	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
387	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
388	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
389	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
390	mk.conf.
391
39220120216:
393	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
394	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
395	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
396	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
397	the next run of weekly will fix it.
398
39920111227:
400	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
401	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
402	bump has been reverted.
403
40420111125:
405	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
406	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
407	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
408	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
409
41020111119:
411	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
412	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
413	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
414	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
415	replace your rndctl executable too.
416
41720111001:
418	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
419	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
420	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
421	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
422
42320110817:
424	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
425	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
426
42720110806:
428	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
429	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
430
43120110805:
432	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
433	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
434	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
435	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
436
43720110803:
438	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
439	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
440	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
441	is now a directory.
442
44320110410:
444	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
445	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
446	tools/gcc by hand.
447
44820110328:
449	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
450	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
451	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
452	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
453	directory.
454
45520110121:
456	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
457	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
458	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
459	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
460
46120101217:
462	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
463	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
464	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
465
46620101125:
467	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
468	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
469	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
470	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
471	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
472	so building gcc will end up printing:
473	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
474	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
475	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
476
47720101119:
478	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
479	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
480	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
481	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
482
48320100604:
484	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
485	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
486	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
487	trees by hand.
488
48920100522:
490	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
491	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
492	build problems with xsrc.
493
49420100522:
495	private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
496	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
497
49820100520:
499	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
500	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
501
50220100222:
503	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
504	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
505	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
506	your object directories.
507
50820100204:
509	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
510	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
511	from the system when upgrading.
512	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
513	and destination directories.
514
51520091101:
516        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
517        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
518        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
519        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
520
52120091001:
522	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
523	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
524
52520091001:
526	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
527	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
528	it is in, and retry your build.
529
53020090718:
531	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
532	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
533	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
534	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
535
53620090709:
537	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
538	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
539
54020090616:
541	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
542	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
543	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
544	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
545	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
546
54720090501:
548	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
549	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
550	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
551	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
552	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
553	objects and start again.
554
55520090325:
556	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
557	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
558
55920090126:
560	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
561	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
562	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
563
56420090202:
565	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
566	detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
567	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
568
56920090110:
570	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
571	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
572	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
573	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
574	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
575	   before installing.
576	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
577	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
578	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
579	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
580	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
581	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
582	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
583	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
584	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
585	   that depend on it.
586	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
587	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
588	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
589	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
590	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
591	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
592	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
593	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
594	   files manually.
595	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
596	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
597	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
598	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
599	   the file.
600	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
601	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
602	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
603	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
604
60520081219:
606	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
607	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
608	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
609	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
610	kernels.
611
61220081205:
613	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
614	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
615	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
616
61720081122:
618	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
619	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
620	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
621	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
622
623	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
624
625	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
626	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
627
628	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
629	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
630	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
631
63220080827:
633	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
634	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
635	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
636	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
637	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
638	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
639
64020080813:
641	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
642	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
643
64420080802:
645	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
646	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
647	for -current.
648
649	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
650	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
651	be recompiled.
652
653	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
654
655	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
656	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
657
65820080731:
659	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
660	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
661	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
662	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
663	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
664	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
665	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
666
66720080721:
668	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
669	isn't defined.
670
67120080531:
672	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
673	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
674	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
675	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
676
677	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
678	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
679	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
680
681	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
682
68320080503:
684	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
685
68620080521:
687	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
688	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
689	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
690	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
691	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
692	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
693
69420080303:
695	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
696
69720080126:
698	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
699	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
700	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
701	avoid using the old assembly stub.
702
70320071209:
704	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
705	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
706	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
707
70820071115:
709	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
710	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
711	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
712	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
713	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
714
71520071028:
716	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
717	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
718	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
719	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
720	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
721	for more details.
722
72320070913:
724	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
725	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
726	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
727	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
728	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
729	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
730	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
731	and userland are from after 20070913.
732
73320070703:
734	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
735	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
736	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
737	re-installation of tools.
738
73920070422:
740	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
741	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
742	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
743	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
744	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
745	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
746	that has such links.
747	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
748	the emulated root.
749
75020070412:
751	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
752	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
753	example.
754
75520070319:
756        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
757        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
758        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
759	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
760	rebuild of object files that might have been built
761	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
762	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
763
76420070210:
765        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
766          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
767              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
768        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
769
77020070209:
771        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
772        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
773        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
774        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
775        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
776        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
777        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
778        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
779	is the only threaded application in the base system.
780
78120061214:
782	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
783	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
784	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
785		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
786		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
787		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
788		as the installation images in distrib/
789	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
790	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
791
79220061108:
793	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
794	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
795	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
796	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
797
79820061009:
799	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
800	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
801
80220060814:
803	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
804	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
805	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
806	few years should cope.
807
80820060703:
809	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
810	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
811	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
812
81320060627:
814	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
815	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
816	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
817	errors will result.
818
819Hints for a more successful build:
820^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
821    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
822	This will automatically build the tools in the
823	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
824	   new build products from interfering with the running
825	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
826	   other advice in this file.
827    Build a new kernel first:
828	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
829	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
830	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
831    Use object directories:
832	This helps to keep stale object
833	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
834	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
835	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
836	   same source tree for multiple machines.
837	   To use object directories with build.sh:
838	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
839	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
840	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
841	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
842	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
843	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
844	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
845	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
846    Build to a DESTDIR:
847	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
848	   from interfering with the new build.
849	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
850	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
851	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
852	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
853	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
854		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
855		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
856		(See critical utils, below.)
857    Build often:
858	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
859	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
860	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
861	this problem.
862
863What to do if things don't work:
864^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
865When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
866should be done.
867    1)	make includes
868	This should be done automatically by make build.
869    2)  cd share/mk && make install
870	Again, automatically done by make build.
871
872Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
873^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
874To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
875something like the following:
876    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
877    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
878	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
879    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
880	make cleandir
881	rm ...all obj directories...
882	make cleandir			# yes, again
883	make obj
884	make depend && make
885
886Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
887^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
888If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
889ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
890(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
891for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
892
893---cut here---
894#!/bin/sh
895. /etc/mk.conf
896
897if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
898    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
899fi
900if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
901    echo Unable to find sources
902    exit 1
903fi
904find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
905
906if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
907    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
908fi
909if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
910    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
911fi
912
913cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
914
915---cut here---
916
917Critical utilities:
918^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
919	usr.bin/compile_et
920	usr.bin/make
921	usr.bin/yacc
922	usr.bin/lex
923	usr.bin/xlint
924	usr.bin/config
925
926Other problems and possible solutions:
927^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
928Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
929Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
930	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
931	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
932	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
933
934Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
935	cd share/mk && make install
936
937Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
938Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
939
940Symptom:
941Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
942
943Symptom:
944Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
945
946Symptom:
947Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
948
949Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
950Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
951	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
952	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
953	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
954
955Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
956	pointer type
957Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
958
959Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
960Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
961
962Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
963Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
964
965Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
966Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
967
968Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
969Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
970
971Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
972Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
973
974Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
975	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
976Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
977
978Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
979	No such file or directory.
980Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
981	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
982	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
983	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
984	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
985Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
986	and try the update again.
987