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1.69    ! thorpej     1: $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.68 2002/09/24 14:43:39 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: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.69    ! thorpej    10:
        !            11: 20021003:
        !            12:        Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
        !            13:        framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
        !            14:        before building a new kernel.
1.68      lukem      15:
                     16: 20020922:
                     17:        MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
                     18:        certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
                     19:        linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
                     20:        and /sbin are dynamically linked.
                     21:        If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
                     22:        you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
                     23:        with:
                     24:                make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
1.67      lukem      25:
                     26: 20020917:
                     27:        USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
                     28:            -   TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
                     29:                there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
                     30:                x86_64).
                     31:            -   EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
                     32:                root ofan external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
                     33:                enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
                     34:                platforms.
1.66      gehenna    35:
                     36: 20020906:
                     37:        gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
                     38:        reinstall usr.sbin/config before build the kernel.
1.65      lukem      39:
                     40: 20020822:
                     41:        Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
                     42:        are now provided in /rescue.
                     43:
                     44:        To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
                     45:        what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
                     46:        from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
                     47:
                     48: 20020820:
                     49:        crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
                     50:        is statically linked.
                     51:
                     52:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
1.61      itojun     53:
                     54: 20020515:
                     55:        sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
                     56:        will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
                     57:
                     58:        Add the following into /etc/group:
                     59:
                     60:        sshd:*:16:
                     61:
                     62:        and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
                     63:
1.63      enami      64:        sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
1.61      itojun     65:
1.62      jdolecek   66:        also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as a part of
1.61      itojun     67:        build process).
1.60      sommerfe   68:
                     69: 20020426:
                     70:        NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
1.59      lukem      71:
                     72: 20020426:
                     73:        etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
                     74:        configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
                     75:        the problems identified.
                     76:        This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
                     77:        configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
1.56      lukem      78:
                     79: 20020320:
                     80:        <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for it's "-a cmd" support.
1.57      itojun     81:        build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
1.56      lukem      82:
1.55      itojun     83: 20020319:
                     84:        raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
                     85:        on send(2) operation.  be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
                     86:        newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
                     87:
1.54      itojun     88: 20020311:
                     89:        ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
                     90:        if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
                     91:        to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
                     92:
                     93: 20020223:
1.53      matt       94:        Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
                     95:        so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
                     96:        the VAX assembly files.
                     97:
1.50      itojun     98: 20020118:
                     99:
                    100:        ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
                    101:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                    102:
                    103:        Add the following into /etc/group:
                    104:
                    105:        ntpd:*:15:
                    106:
                    107:        and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
                    108:
                    109:        ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
                    110:
1.49      jmc       111: 20011207:
                    112:
                    113:        If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
                    114:        reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
                    115:        toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
                    116:
                    117:        To fix:
                    118:
                    119:        Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
                    120:        Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
                    121:
                    122:        gnu/lib/libgcc
1.51      pooka     123:        gnu/lib/libstdc++
1.49      jmc       124:
                    125:        After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
                    126:
1.47      jmc       127: 20011201:
                    128:        In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
                    129:        you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
1.52      wiz       130:        point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
1.47      jmc       131:        point is broken.
                    132:
                    133:        To build:
                    134:
                    135:        remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
                    136:        remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
1.48      jmc       137:        against the new libgcc.a)
1.47      jmc       138:
1.46      thorpej   139: 20011128:
                    140:        Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
                    141:        the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
                    142:        required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
                    143:        to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
                    144:        to build a new kernel.
                    145:
1.45      yamt      146: 20011030:
                    147:        libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
                    148:        before building libc.
1.43      mason     149:
1.44      tv        150: 20011029:
                    151:        The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
                    152:        see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
                    153:        procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
                    154:        build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
                    155:        manual update log.
                    156:
                    157:        Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
                    158:        BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
                    159:        UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
                    160:        by the new build system.
1.42      perry     161:
                    162: 20011028:
                    163:        src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
                    164:        symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
                    165:        prevented this was corrected.
                    166:
                    167:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
                    168:        Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
                    169:        for you.
1.40      lukem     170:
                    171: 20011006:
                    172:        /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
                    173:        absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
                    174:        understand the format.
                    175:
                    176:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
1.39      jmc       177:
                    178: 20011004:
                    179:        Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
                    180:        is suggested before running a snapshot build
1.36      tv        181:
1.35      thorpej   182: 20010915:
                    183:        The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
                    184:        a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
                    185:        files that still reference this file.
                    186:
                    187:        Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
                    188:        directories.
1.31      enami     189:
                    190: 20010803:
                    191:        grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
                    192:        requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
                    193:        building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
                    194:        the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
1.30      enami     195:
1.64      sommerfe  196: 20010803:
1.41      wiz       197:        (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
                    198:         `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
1.64      sommerfe  199:        kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,
                    200:        (i.e., build.sh -t) or  (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"
                    201:        from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
                    202:        See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
                    203:        [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
1.29      bjh21     204:
                    205: 20010731:
                    206:        Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
                    207:        this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
                    208:        bootloaders.
1.27      assar     209:
                    210: 20010726:
                    211:        Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
1.28      assar     212:        build the included texinfo files, do:
                    213:
                    214:        cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
                    215:        make MKINFO=no dependall install
1.25      thorpej   216:
                    217: 20010718:
                    218:        Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
                    219:        was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
                    220:        make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
                    221:        timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
                    222:
                    223:        The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
                    224:        if you have a stale dependency.
                    225:
                    226:        Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
                    227:        before starting your build.
1.26      thorpej   228:
                    229: 20010628:
                    230:        A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
                    231:        in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
                    232:        bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
1.21      jmc       233:
                    234: 20010226:
1.22      jmc       235:        Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
1.21      jmc       236:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                    237:
                    238:        To work around add by hand:
                    239:
                    240:        named:*:14:
                    241:
1.22      jmc       242:        to /etc/group and add:
                    243:
                    244:        named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
                    245:
                    246:        to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
                    247:
                    248:        Now a make build should progress.
1.18      jmc       249:
                    250: 20010219:
1.52      wiz       251:        get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
1.20      jmc       252:         to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
1.18      jmc       253:
                    254:         Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
1.19      cgd       255:                        usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
                    256:                          CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
1.20      jmc       257:                        usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
                    258:                          building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
1.15      christos  259:
                    260: 20010204:
                    261:        prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
                    262:        particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
                    263:        needs to be installed before make build.
1.10      christos  264:
                    265: 20010114:
                    266:        introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
                    267:        bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
1.23      tron      268:        anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
1.10      christos  269:        with make build.
1.9       sommerfe  270:
                    271: 20010101:
                    272:        bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
                    273:        afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
1.8       sommerfe  274:
                    275: 20001230:
                    276:        New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
                    277:        If you get make errors,
                    278:                (cd share/mk; make install)
                    279:        Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
1.6       ad        280:
                    281: 20001019:
1.7       ad        282:        The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
1.6       ad        283:        major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
                    284:        directory.
1.1       abs       285:
1.4       itojun    286: 20000929:
                    287:        The following make directives are obsoleted.
                    288:        MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
                    289:        By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
1.16      wiz       290:        built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
1.4       itojun    291:        additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
1.1       abs       292:
                    293:
                    294: Hints for a more successful build:
                    295: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.2       mrg       296:     Build a new kernel first:
                    297:        This makes sure that any new system calls or features
                    298:           expected by the new userland will be present.  This
                    299:           helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
1.1       abs       300:     Use object directories:
                    301:        This helps to keep stale object
                    302:           files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
                    303:           about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
                    304:           a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
                    305:           same source tree for multiple machines.
                    306:           To use object directories:
                    307:            a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
1.2       mrg       308:            b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
                    309:            c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
1.1       abs       310:            d) cd /usr/src ; make build
1.2       mrg       311:           Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
                    312:           in obj.$MACHINE directory.
1.1       abs       313:     Build to a DESTDIR:
                    314:        This helps to keep old
                    315:           installed files (especially libraries) from interfering
                    316:           with the new build.
                    317:           To build to a DESTDIR, set the DESTDIR environment
1.2       mrg       318:           variable before running make build.  It should be set to
                    319:           the pathname of an initially empty directory.
1.1       abs       320:           Problems: you might need to update critical utilities
                    321:                without using DESTDIR since nothing is executed
                    322:                from what is installed in DESTDIR.
                    323:                (See critical utils, below)
                    324:     Build often:
                    325:        This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
                    326:        on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
                    327:        date functionality.
                    328:
                    329: What to do if things don't work:
                    330: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    331: When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
                    332: should be done.
                    333:     1) make includes
                    334:        This should be done automatically by make build.
                    335:     2)  cd share/mk && make install
                    336:        Again, automatically done by make build.
                    337:
                    338: Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
                    339: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    340: To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
                    341: something like the following:
                    342:     1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
                    343:     2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
                    344:        utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
                    345:     3)  cd ...path/to/util...
                    346:        make cleandir
                    347:        rm ...all obj directories...
                    348:        make cleandir                   # yes, again
                    349:        make obj
                    350:        make depend && make
                    351:
                    352: Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
                    353: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    354: If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
1.2       mrg       355: ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
                    356: (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
                    357: for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
1.1       abs       358:
                    359: ---cut here---
                    360: #!/bin/sh
                    361: . /etc/mk.conf
                    362:
1.58      lukem     363: if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
                    364:     NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
1.1       abs       365: fi
1.58      lukem     366: if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
1.1       abs       367:     echo Unable to find sources
                    368:     exit 1
                    369: fi
1.58      lukem     370: find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
1.1       abs       371:
                    372: if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    373:     BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
                    374: fi
                    375: if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    376:     rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
                    377: fi
                    378:
1.58      lukem     379: cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
1.1       abs       380:
                    381: ---cut here---
                    382:
                    383: Critical utilities:
                    384: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    385:        gnu/usr.bin/egcs
1.3       itojun    386:        usr.bin/compile_et
1.1       abs       387:        usr.bin/make
                    388:        usr.bin/yacc
                    389:        usr.bin/lex
1.11      lukem     390:        usr.bin/xlint
1.2       mrg       391:        usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       392:
1.34      simonb    393: Other problems and possible solutions:
1.1       abs       394: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    395: Symptom:Unreasonable compiler errors.
                    396: Fix:   Rebuild gnu/usr.bin/egcs
                    397:
                    398: Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
1.17      erh       399: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/make:
                    400:        cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
                    401:         Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
                    402:        cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
                    403:
1.1       abs       404: Fix:   Make sure .mk files are up to date.
                    405:        cd share/mk && make install
1.2       mrg       406:
                    407: Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
                    408: Fix:   Rebuild usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       409:
                    410: Symptom:
                    411: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
                    412:
                    413: Symptom:
                    414: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/lex
                    415:
                    416: Symptom:
                    417: Fix:   rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
1.4       itojun    418:
                    419: Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
                    420: Fix:   Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
                    421:        make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
                    422:        (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
                    423:        may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
1.5       wiz       424:
                    425: Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
                    426: Fix:   Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
1.12      itojun    427:
                    428: Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
                    429: Fix:   Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
1.13      dogcow    430:
                    431: Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13'
                    432: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
                    433:
1.19      cgd       434: Symptom:usr.sbin/config fails to build.
                    435: Fix:   Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
1.13      dogcow    436:
1.19      cgd       437: Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
                    438: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
1.24      abs       439:
                    440: Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
                    441: Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint

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