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 This file is intended to be a brief introduction to the build  This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent
 process and a reference on what to do if something doesn't work.  changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for
   what to do if something doesn't work.
   
   For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD
   using build.sh, see the BUILDING file.
   
   Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before
   build.sh existed.  Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for
   working around specific problems with build.sh.
   
 For a more detailed description see Makefile.  See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
   
 Recent changes:  Recent changes:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   20110121:
 20030630:          Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
         Groff was update to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do          the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
                 cd share/mk && make install          correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
                 cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff          and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
                 make MKMAN=no dependall install  
         (untested).  20101217:
           The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
 20030516:          by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
         Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines          group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
         were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when  
         mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already  20101125:
         been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks          The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
         export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,          variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c
         make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export          assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an
         file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.          old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
         a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.          break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
           so building gcc will end up printing:
 20030402:              checking dependency style of gcc... none
         The superblock layout for FFS was changed.  If you have 1.6              configure: error: no usable dependency style found
         fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch          Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
         with the first alternate, because they compare too many  
         fields (even ones that aren't useful).  If possible, upgrade  20101119:
         your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.          Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
         None of this signals actual filesystem damage.          or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
           have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
 20030324:          versions between xorg-server and drivers.
         sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported.  Since sendmail is  
         now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"  20100604:
         mode for most common activities, there is a new config          The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
         file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.          unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
         The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf          you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
         is named netbsd-msp.cf.  Upgrading your regular sendmail          trees by hand.
         configuration file is also strongly advised.  
   20100522:
         See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in          Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
         the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more          problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
         information.          build problems with xsrc.
   
 20030117:  20100522:
         Texinfo was updated to 4.3.  To avoid failures when trying to          private section of <ctype.h> was splitted, and now mklocale(1)
         build the included texinfo files, do:          include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
   
         cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo  20100520:
         make MKINFO=no dependall install          The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please
           remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
 20021223:  
         The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading  20100222:
         "${DESTDIR}" from path names.          The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
         This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.          .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
         For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and          libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
         update tools/mtree, before running make build.          your object directories.
   
 20021219:  20100204:
         CVS repository layout was changed.  See the following for details          The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
         if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.          but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
           from the system when upgrading.
         http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html          As such, you will need to remove them from your object
           and destination directories.
 20021219:  
         install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an  20091101:
         alternate location to look up users & groups (instead          After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
         of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).          target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
           'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
         The build system was modified to take advantage of          src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
         this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you  
         use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and  20091001:
         reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.          On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
           before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
 20021130:  
         fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.  20091001:
         If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes          An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
         and rebuild libc:          symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
                 make includes          it is in, and retry your build.
                 make do-lib-libc  
         If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"  20090718:
         before rebuilding the tools.          libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
           point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
 20021126:          may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
         The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,          (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
         including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.  
         All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into  20090709:
         /usr/include.          Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
           without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
 20021121:  
         The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o  20090616:
         (and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were          Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
         split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.          src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
         This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the          work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
         new libraries are installed.  The process of rebuilding          subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
         libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new          be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
         required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to  
         do this.  20090501:
           Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
         An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries          can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
         which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that          who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you
         their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.          note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
           failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
 20021121:          objects and start again.
         A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been  
         corrected.  20090325:
           The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
         NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by          cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
         default.  However, the assembler lacked support for marking  
         objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the  20090126:
         compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"          The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You
         to the assembler.          need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
           to avoid using the old assembly stub.
         Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider  
         old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be  20090202:
         incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.          pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
           detection.  It is recommented to rebuild the cache with
         The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile          ``pkg_admin rebuild''.
         a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program  
         against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"  20090110:
         markings.  ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES          time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade:
         WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.          1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install.
              This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
         The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of             conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
         the libraries on the system.  The easiest way to do this for          2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
         system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are             before installing.
         generally available on releng.netbsd.org.  Any packages you          3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
         have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled             your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers
         if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.             are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
              and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
         If you have questions about this matter, please contact             libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once
         port-arm@netbsd.org.             the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
           4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
 20021011:             rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
         Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.             Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
         Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace             that depend on it.
         to be rebuilt.          5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
              will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
 20021010:          6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
         The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register             lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
         dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users             for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after
         must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new             upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
         kernel.             boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
              newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
 20021009:             files manually.
         A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),          7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
         which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users             accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
         must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new             removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
         kernel.             /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
              the file.
 20021003:          8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
         Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration             disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are
         framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config             using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
         before building a new kernel.             rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
   
 20021001:  20081219:
         The i386mp branch has been merged.  To compile a kernel, users          config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
         will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration          swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
         file.  Multiprocessor kernels will need          (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
         ioapic*         at mainbus? apid ?          config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
         options         MULTIPROCESSOR          kernels.
         options         COM_MPLOCK  
   20081205:
 20020922:          If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
         MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that          /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
         certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared          set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
         linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin  
         and /sbin are dynamically linked.  20081122:
         If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that          On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
         you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,          file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
         with:          Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
                 make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so          following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
   
 20020917:          - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
         USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:  
             -   TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which          - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
                 there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,            for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
                 x86_64).  
             -   EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the          If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
                 root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This          the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
                 enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING          file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
                 platforms.  
   20080827:
 20020906:          If you built and installed a libc from sources between
         gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and          2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
         reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.          which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
           Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
 20020822:          needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
         Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)            $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
         are now provided in /rescue.  
   20080813:
         To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter          MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
         what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built          about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
         from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).  
   20080802:
 20020820:          A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
         crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program          been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
         is statically linked.          for -current.
   
         Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch          Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
           libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
 20020605:          be recompiled.
         smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.  
           One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
         Add the following into /etc/group:  
             $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
         smmsp:*:17:            $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
   
         and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):  20080731:
           WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
         smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin          time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
           and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
 20020515:          don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
         sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd          especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
         will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)          also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
           can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
         Add the following into /etc/group:  
   20080721:
         sshd:*:16:          Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
           isn't defined.
         and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):  
   20080531:
         sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin          The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
           from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8)
         Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of          utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
         the build process).          won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands:
   
 20020426:            $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
         NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.            $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
             $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
 20020426:  
         etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for          leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
         configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of  
         the problems identified.  20080503:
         This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's          The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
         configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).  
   20080521:
 20020320:          For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
         <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.          succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
         Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.          ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
           problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
 20020319:          If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
         Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len          remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
         on send(2) operation.  Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold  
         newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.  20080303:
           Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
 20020311:  
         ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware  20080126:
         if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs          The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
         to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).          stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to
           'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
 20020223:          avoid using the old assembly stub.
         Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas  
         so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all  20071209:
         the VAX assembly files.          The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you
           get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
 20020118:          configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
         ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds  
         will break as mtree aborts early.  20071115:
           The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
         Add the following into /etc/group:          argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
           anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
         ntpd:*:15:          rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel
           configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
         and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):  
   20071028:
         ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin          The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
           You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
 20011207:          to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
         If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting          now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
         reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native          entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
         toolchain has some broken C++ bits.          for more details.
   
         To fix:  20070913:
           A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
         Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)          enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
         Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)          problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
           implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
         gnu/lib/libgcc          could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
         gnu/lib/libstdc++          normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
           sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
         After this a snapshot will be able to be built.          and userland are from after 20070913.
   
 20011201:  20070703:
         In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If          nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It
         you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this          calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
         point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating          down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
         point is broken.          re-installation of tools.
   
         To build:  20070422:
           The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
         remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc          has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
         remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links          to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
         against the new libgcc.a)          root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
           root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
 20011128:          start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
         Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in          that has such links.
         the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are          This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
         required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure          the emulated root.
         to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting  
         to build a new kernel.  20070412:
           The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc
 20011030:          instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
         libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)          example.
         before building libc.  
   20070319:
 20011029:          src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
         The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or          on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
         see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build          updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
         procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN          cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
         build process, are intended in the long run to replace this          rebuild of object files that might have been built
         manual update log.          incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
           src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
         Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the  
         BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes  20070210:
         UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of          src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
         by the new build system.            find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
                 | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
 20011028:          will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
         src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle  
         symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that  20070209:
         prevented this was corrected.          The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
           was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
         Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall          kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
         Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work          library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
         for you.          an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
           (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
 20011006:          the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
         /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of          continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
         absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't          is the only threaded application in the base system.
         understand the format.  
   20061214:
         Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree          Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
           from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
 20011004:          will need to do a "make cleandir" in
         Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating                  tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
         is suggested before running a snapshot build                  bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
                   usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
 20010915:                  as the installation images in distrib/
         The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed          in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
         a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend          file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
         files that still reference this file.  
   20061108:
         Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected          The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
         directories.          changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
           does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to
 20010803:          make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
         grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it  
         requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before  20061009:
         building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow          The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
         the instruction described in 20010726 entry.          available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
   
 20010803:  20060814:
         (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like          The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
         `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the          withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
         kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,          kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
         (i.e., build.sh -t) or  (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"          few years should cope.
         from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.  
         See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.  20060703:
         [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]          MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
           if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
 20010731:          to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
         Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before  
         this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer  20060627:
         bootloaders.          socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
           For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
 20010726:          your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
         Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to          errors will result.
         build the included texinfo files, do:  
   
         cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo  
         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  
         timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").  
   
         The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV  
         if you have a stale dependency.  
   
         Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so  
         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.  
   
         To work around add by hand:  
   
         named:*:14:  
   
         to /etc/group and add:  
   
         named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin  
   
         to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).  
   
         Now a make build should progress.  
   
 20010219:  
         get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need  
         to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.  
   
         Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff  
                         usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to  
                           CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)  
                         usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if  
                           building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.  
   
 20010204:  
         prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in  
         particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc  
         needs to be installed before make build.  
   
 20010114:  
         introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to  
         bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing  
         anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed  
         with make build.  
   
 20010101:  
         bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused  
         afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.  
   
 20001230:  
         New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.  
         If you get make errors,  
                 (cd share/mk; make install)  
         Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.  
   
 20001019:  
         The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the  
         major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev  
         directory.  
   
 20000929:  
         The following make directives are obsoleted.  
         MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA  
         By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be  
         built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build  
         additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.  
   
   
 Hints for a more successful build:  Hints for a more successful build:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
       Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
           This will automatically build the tools in the
              correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
              new build products from interfering with the running
              system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
              other advice in this file.
     Build a new kernel first:      Build a new kernel first:
         This makes sure that any new system calls or features          This makes sure that any new system calls or features
            expected by the new userland will be present.  This             expected by the new userland will be present.  This
Line 464  Hints for a more successful build:
Line 397  Hints for a more successful build:
            about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after             about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
            a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the             a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
            same source tree for multiple machines.             same source tree for multiple machines.
            To use object directories:             To use object directories with build.sh:
               a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
              To use object directories without using build.sh:
             a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir              a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
             b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf              b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
             c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf              c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
Line 472  Hints for a more successful build:
Line 407  Hints for a more successful build:
            Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create             Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
            in obj.$MACHINE directory.             in obj.$MACHINE directory.
     Build to a DESTDIR:      Build to a DESTDIR:
         This helps to keep old          This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
            installed files (especially libraries) from interfering             from interfering with the new build.
            with the new build.             To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
            To build to a DESTDIR, set the DESTDIR environment             To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
            variable before running make build.  It should be set to             environment variable before running make build.  It should be
            the pathname of an initially empty directory.             set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
            Problems: you might need to update critical utilities             Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
                 without using DESTDIR since nothing is executed                  update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
                 from what is installed in DESTDIR.                  nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
                 (See critical utils, below)                  (See critical utils, below.)
     Build often:      Build often:
         This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke          This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
         on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to          on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
         date functionality.          date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
           this problem.
   
 What to do if things don't work:  What to do if things don't work:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 543  cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
Line 479  cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
   
 Critical utilities:  Critical utilities:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
         gnu/usr.bin/egcs  
         usr.bin/compile_et          usr.bin/compile_et
         usr.bin/make          usr.bin/make
         usr.bin/yacc          usr.bin/yacc
         usr.bin/lex          usr.bin/lex
         usr.bin/xlint          usr.bin/xlint
         usr.sbin/config          usr.bin/config
   
 Other problems and possible solutions:  Other problems and possible solutions:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Symptom:Unreasonable compiler errors.  
 Fix:    Rebuild gnu/usr.bin/egcs  
   
 Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.  Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
 Fix:    Rebuild usr.bin/make:  Fix:    Rebuild usr.bin/make:
         cd usr.bin/make && make && make install          cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
         Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:          Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
         cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin          cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
   
 Fix:    Make sure .mk files are up to date.  Fix:    Make sure .mk files are up to date.
         cd share/mk && make install          cd share/mk && make install
   
 Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.  Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
 Fix:    Rebuild usr.sbin/config  Fix:    Rebuild usr.bin/config
   
 Symptom:  Symptom:
 Fix:    Rebuild usr.bin/yacc  Fix:    Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
Line 583  Fix: Try the following sequence of comma
Line 515  Fix: Try the following sequence of comma
         (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files          (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
         may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)          may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
   
 Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type  Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
           pointer type
 Fix:    Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc  Fix:    Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
   
 Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype  Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
Line 592  Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
Line 525  Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
 Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'  Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
 Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc  Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
   
 Symptom:usr.sbin/config fails to build.  Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
 Fix:    Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.  Fix:    Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
   
 Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'  Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'

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