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Diff for /src/UPDATING between version 1.28 and 1.44

version 1.28, 2001/07/26 08:51:17

version 1.44, 2001/10/29 19:57:38

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Recent changes:

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20011029:

The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or

see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build

procedure in great detail. BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN

build process, are intended in the long run to replace this

manual update log.

Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the

BUILDING document for caveats. Generally, BUILDING supersedes

UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of

by the new build system.

20011028:

src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle

symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that

prevented this was corrected.

Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall

Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work

for you.

20011006:

/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of

absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't

understand the format.

Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree

20011004:

Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating

is suggested before running a snapshot build

20010915:

The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed

a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h. There may be stale .depend

files that still reference this file.

Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected

directories.

20010803:

grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo. Since it

requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before

building gnu/usr.bin/grep. To install new texinfo, please follow

the instruction described in 20010726 entry.

20010803:

(i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like

`fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand. To build the

kernel successfuly, you need to build and install new gas

(gnu/usr.bin/gas.new), or (temporarily) comment out

"options I686_CPU" from your kernel configuration until you

rebuilt your userland (and got a new gas).

20010731:

Bootloader update on ELF platforms. DDB in kernels from before

this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer

bootloaders.

20010726:

Texinfo was updated to 4.0. To avoid failures when trying to

build the included texinfo files, do:

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make MKINFO=no dependall install

20010718:

Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0. The way this

was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means

make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the

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before starting your build.

20010628:

A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug

in lint(1). If you get a warning/error about a non-portable

bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.

20010226:

Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds

will break as mtree aborts early.

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built into libcrypto. By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build

additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.

20000623:

MKCRYPTO and friends added to share/mk/bsd.own.mk.

'cd share/mk ; make install' needed before make build.

Hints for a more successful build:

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usr.bin/xlint

usr.sbin/config