Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/UPDATING,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.196 retrieving revision 1.203 diff -u -p -r1.196 -r1.203 --- src/UPDATING 2009/05/27 18:02:57 1.196 +++ src/UPDATING 2009/11/02 01:09:21 1.203 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.196 2009/05/27 18:02:57 dholland Exp $ +$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.203 2009/11/02 01:09:21 dyoung Exp $ This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for @@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile. Recent changes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +20091101: + After updating, it may be make the 'cleandir' target in + src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a 'build.sh + -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. + +20091001: + An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb + symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir + it is in, and retry your build. + +20090718: + libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry + point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a) + may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o. + (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().) + +20090709: + Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again + without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg. + +20090616: + Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for + src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not + work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc + subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to + be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz. + 20090501: Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people @@ -113,6 +140,20 @@ Recent changes: MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild. +20080802: + A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has + been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility + for -current. + + Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using + libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to + be recompiled. + + One way to find affected pkgsrc packages: + + $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO + $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO + 20080731: WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels @@ -189,9 +230,10 @@ Recent changes: and userland are from after 20070913. 20070703: - nbinstall has been renamed as it calls the target specific and - the logic to pass down STRIP from mk been removed. This forces - a re-installation of tools. + nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It + calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass + down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a + re-installation of tools. 20070422: The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root