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1.59    ! lukem       1: $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.58 2002/04/26 15:54:41 lukem Exp $
1.1       abs         2:
                      3: This file is intended to be a brief introduction to the build
                      4: process and a reference on what to do if something doesn't work.
                      5:
                      6: For a more detailed description see Makefile.
                      7:
                      8: Recent changes:
                      9: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.59    ! lukem      10:
        !            11: 20020426:
        !            12:        etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
        !            13:        configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
        !            14:        the problems identified.
        !            15:        This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
        !            16:        configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
1.56      lukem      17:
                     18: 20020320:
                     19:        <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for it's "-a cmd" support.
1.57      itojun     20:        build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
1.56      lukem      21:
1.55      itojun     22: 20020319:
                     23:        raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
                     24:        on send(2) operation.  be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
                     25:        newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
                     26:
1.54      itojun     27: 20020311:
                     28:        ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
                     29:        if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
                     30:        to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
                     31:
                     32: 20020223:
1.53      matt       33:        Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
                     34:        so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
                     35:        the VAX assembly files.
                     36:
1.50      itojun     37: 20020118:
                     38:
                     39:        ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
                     40:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                     41:
                     42:        Add the following into /etc/group:
                     43:
                     44:        ntpd:*:15:
                     45:
                     46:        and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
                     47:
                     48:        ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
                     49:
1.49      jmc        50: 20011207:
                     51:
                     52:        If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
                     53:        reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
                     54:        toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
                     55:
                     56:        To fix:
                     57:
                     58:        Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
                     59:        Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
                     60:
                     61:        gnu/lib/libgcc
1.51      pooka      62:        gnu/lib/libstdc++
1.49      jmc        63:
                     64:        After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
                     65:
1.47      jmc        66: 20011201:
                     67:        In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
                     68:        you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
1.52      wiz        69:        point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
1.47      jmc        70:        point is broken.
                     71:
                     72:        To build:
                     73:
                     74:        remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
                     75:        remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
1.48      jmc        76:        against the new libgcc.a)
1.47      jmc        77:
1.46      thorpej    78: 20011128:
                     79:        Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
                     80:        the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
                     81:        required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
                     82:        to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
                     83:        to build a new kernel.
                     84:
1.45      yamt       85: 20011030:
                     86:        libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
                     87:        before building libc.
1.43      mason      88:
1.44      tv         89: 20011029:
                     90:        The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
                     91:        see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
                     92:        procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
                     93:        build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
                     94:        manual update log.
                     95:
                     96:        Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
                     97:        BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
                     98:        UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
                     99:        by the new build system.
1.42      perry     100:
                    101: 20011028:
                    102:        src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
                    103:        symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
                    104:        prevented this was corrected.
                    105:
                    106:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
                    107:        Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
                    108:        for you.
1.40      lukem     109:
                    110: 20011006:
                    111:        /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
                    112:        absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
                    113:        understand the format.
                    114:
                    115:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
1.39      jmc       116:
                    117: 20011004:
                    118:        Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
                    119:        is suggested before running a snapshot build
1.36      tv        120:
1.35      thorpej   121: 20010915:
                    122:        The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
                    123:        a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
                    124:        files that still reference this file.
                    125:
                    126:        Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
                    127:        directories.
1.31      enami     128:
                    129: 20010803:
                    130:        grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
                    131:        requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
                    132:        building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
                    133:        the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
1.30      enami     134:
                    135: 20010803:
1.41      wiz       136:        (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
                    137:         `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
1.52      wiz       138:        kernel successfully, you need to build and install new gas
1.41      wiz       139:        (gnu/usr.bin/gas.new), or (temporarily) comment out
                    140:        "options I686_CPU" from your kernel configuration until you
                    141:        rebuilt your userland (and got a new gas).
1.29      bjh21     142:
                    143: 20010731:
                    144:        Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
                    145:        this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
                    146:        bootloaders.
1.27      assar     147:
                    148: 20010726:
                    149:        Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
1.28      assar     150:        build the included texinfo files, do:
                    151:
                    152:        cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
                    153:        make MKINFO=no dependall install
1.25      thorpej   154:
                    155: 20010718:
                    156:        Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
                    157:        was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
                    158:        make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
                    159:        timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
                    160:
                    161:        The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
                    162:        if you have a stale dependency.
                    163:
                    164:        Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
                    165:        before starting your build.
1.26      thorpej   166:
                    167: 20010628:
                    168:        A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
                    169:        in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
                    170:        bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
1.21      jmc       171:
                    172: 20010226:
1.22      jmc       173:        Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
1.21      jmc       174:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                    175:
                    176:        To work around add by hand:
                    177:
                    178:        named:*:14:
                    179:
1.22      jmc       180:        to /etc/group and add:
                    181:
                    182:        named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
                    183:
                    184:        to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
                    185:
                    186:        Now a make build should progress.
1.18      jmc       187:
                    188: 20010219:
1.52      wiz       189:        get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
1.20      jmc       190:         to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
1.18      jmc       191:
                    192:         Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
1.19      cgd       193:                        usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
                    194:                          CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
1.20      jmc       195:                        usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
                    196:                          building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
1.15      christos  197:
                    198: 20010204:
                    199:        prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
                    200:        particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
                    201:        needs to be installed before make build.
1.10      christos  202:
                    203: 20010114:
                    204:        introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
                    205:        bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
1.23      tron      206:        anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
1.10      christos  207:        with make build.
1.9       sommerfe  208:
                    209: 20010101:
                    210:        bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
                    211:        afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
1.8       sommerfe  212:
                    213: 20001230:
                    214:        New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
                    215:        If you get make errors,
                    216:                (cd share/mk; make install)
                    217:        Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
1.6       ad        218:
                    219: 20001019:
1.7       ad        220:        The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
1.6       ad        221:        major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
                    222:        directory.
1.1       abs       223:
1.4       itojun    224: 20000929:
                    225:        The following make directives are obsoleted.
                    226:        MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
                    227:        By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
1.16      wiz       228:        built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
1.4       itojun    229:        additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
1.1       abs       230:
                    231:
                    232: Hints for a more successful build:
                    233: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.2       mrg       234:     Build a new kernel first:
                    235:        This makes sure that any new system calls or features
                    236:           expected by the new userland will be present.  This
                    237:           helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
1.1       abs       238:     Use object directories:
                    239:        This helps to keep stale object
                    240:           files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
                    241:           about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
                    242:           a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
                    243:           same source tree for multiple machines.
                    244:           To use object directories:
                    245:            a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
1.2       mrg       246:            b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
                    247:            c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
1.1       abs       248:            d) cd /usr/src ; make build
1.2       mrg       249:           Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
                    250:           in obj.$MACHINE directory.
1.1       abs       251:     Build to a DESTDIR:
                    252:        This helps to keep old
                    253:           installed files (especially libraries) from interfering
                    254:           with the new build.
                    255:           To build to a DESTDIR, set the DESTDIR environment
1.2       mrg       256:           variable before running make build.  It should be set to
                    257:           the pathname of an initially empty directory.
1.1       abs       258:           Problems: you might need to update critical utilities
                    259:                without using DESTDIR since nothing is executed
                    260:                from what is installed in DESTDIR.
                    261:                (See critical utils, below)
                    262:     Build often:
                    263:        This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
                    264:        on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
                    265:        date functionality.
                    266:
                    267: What to do if things don't work:
                    268: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    269: When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
                    270: should be done.
                    271:     1) make includes
                    272:        This should be done automatically by make build.
                    273:     2)  cd share/mk && make install
                    274:        Again, automatically done by make build.
                    275:
                    276: Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
                    277: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    278: To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
                    279: something like the following:
                    280:     1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
                    281:     2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
                    282:        utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
                    283:     3)  cd ...path/to/util...
                    284:        make cleandir
                    285:        rm ...all obj directories...
                    286:        make cleandir                   # yes, again
                    287:        make obj
                    288:        make depend && make
                    289:
                    290: Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
                    291: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    292: If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
1.2       mrg       293: ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
                    294: (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
                    295: for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
1.1       abs       296:
                    297: ---cut here---
                    298: #!/bin/sh
                    299: . /etc/mk.conf
                    300:
1.58      lukem     301: if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
                    302:     NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
1.1       abs       303: fi
1.58      lukem     304: if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
1.1       abs       305:     echo Unable to find sources
                    306:     exit 1
                    307: fi
1.58      lukem     308: find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
1.1       abs       309:
                    310: if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    311:     BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
                    312: fi
                    313: if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    314:     rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
                    315: fi
                    316:
1.58      lukem     317: cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
1.1       abs       318:
                    319: ---cut here---
                    320:
                    321: Critical utilities:
                    322: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    323:        gnu/usr.bin/egcs
1.3       itojun    324:        usr.bin/compile_et
1.1       abs       325:        usr.bin/make
                    326:        usr.bin/yacc
                    327:        usr.bin/lex
1.11      lukem     328:        usr.bin/xlint
1.2       mrg       329:        usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       330:
1.34      simonb    331: Other problems and possible solutions:
1.1       abs       332: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    333: Symptom:Unreasonable compiler errors.
                    334: Fix:   Rebuild gnu/usr.bin/egcs
                    335:
                    336: Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
1.17      erh       337: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/make:
                    338:        cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
                    339:         Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
                    340:        cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
                    341:
1.1       abs       342: Fix:   Make sure .mk files are up to date.
                    343:        cd share/mk && make install
1.2       mrg       344:
                    345: Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
                    346: Fix:   Rebuild usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       347:
                    348: Symptom:
                    349: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
                    350:
                    351: Symptom:
                    352: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/lex
                    353:
                    354: Symptom:
                    355: Fix:   rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
1.4       itojun    356:
                    357: Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
                    358: Fix:   Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
                    359:        make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
                    360:        (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
                    361:        may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
1.5       wiz       362:
                    363: Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
                    364: Fix:   Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
1.12      itojun    365:
                    366: Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
                    367: Fix:   Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
1.13      dogcow    368:
                    369: Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13'
                    370: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
                    371:
1.19      cgd       372: Symptom:usr.sbin/config fails to build.
                    373: Fix:   Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
1.13      dogcow    374:
1.19      cgd       375: Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
                    376: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
1.24      abs       377:
                    378: Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
                    379: Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint

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