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1.72    ! thorpej     1: $NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.71 2002/10/09 21:20:20 wiz 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: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.72    ! thorpej    10:
        !            11: 20021010:
        !            12:        The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
        !            13:        dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users
        !            14:        must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
        !            15:        kernel.
1.70      thorpej    16:
                     17: 20021009:
                     18:        A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
                     19:        which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users
1.71      wiz        20:        must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
1.70      thorpej    21:        kernel.
1.69      thorpej    22:
                     23: 20021003:
                     24:        Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
                     25:        framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
                     26:        before building a new kernel.
1.68      lukem      27:
                     28: 20020922:
                     29:        MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
                     30:        certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
                     31:        linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
                     32:        and /sbin are dynamically linked.
                     33:        If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
                     34:        you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
                     35:        with:
                     36:                make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
1.67      lukem      37:
                     38: 20020917:
                     39:        USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
                     40:            -   TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
                     41:                there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
                     42:                x86_64).
                     43:            -   EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
                     44:                root ofan external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
                     45:                enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
                     46:                platforms.
1.66      gehenna    47:
                     48: 20020906:
                     49:        gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
                     50:        reinstall usr.sbin/config before build the kernel.
1.65      lukem      51:
                     52: 20020822:
                     53:        Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
                     54:        are now provided in /rescue.
                     55:
                     56:        To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
                     57:        what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
                     58:        from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
                     59:
                     60: 20020820:
                     61:        crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
                     62:        is statically linked.
                     63:
                     64:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
1.61      itojun     65:
                     66: 20020515:
                     67:        sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
                     68:        will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
                     69:
                     70:        Add the following into /etc/group:
                     71:
                     72:        sshd:*:16:
                     73:
                     74:        and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
                     75:
1.63      enami      76:        sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
1.61      itojun     77:
1.62      jdolecek   78:        also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as a part of
1.61      itojun     79:        build process).
1.60      sommerfe   80:
                     81: 20020426:
                     82:        NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
1.59      lukem      83:
                     84: 20020426:
                     85:        etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for
                     86:        configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
                     87:        the problems identified.
                     88:        This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
                     89:        configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
1.56      lukem      90:
                     91: 20020320:
                     92:        <bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for it's "-a cmd" support.
1.57      itojun     93:        build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
1.56      lukem      94:
1.55      itojun     95: 20020319:
                     96:        raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
                     97:        on send(2) operation.  be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
                     98:        newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
                     99:
1.54      itojun    100: 20020311:
                    101:        ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
                    102:        if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
                    103:        to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
                    104:
                    105: 20020223:
1.53      matt      106:        Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
                    107:        so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
                    108:        the VAX assembly files.
                    109:
1.50      itojun    110: 20020118:
                    111:
                    112:        ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
                    113:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                    114:
                    115:        Add the following into /etc/group:
                    116:
                    117:        ntpd:*:15:
                    118:
                    119:        and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
                    120:
                    121:        ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
                    122:
1.49      jmc       123: 20011207:
                    124:
                    125:        If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
                    126:        reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
                    127:        toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
                    128:
                    129:        To fix:
                    130:
                    131:        Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
                    132:        Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
                    133:
                    134:        gnu/lib/libgcc
1.51      pooka     135:        gnu/lib/libstdc++
1.49      jmc       136:
                    137:        After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
                    138:
1.47      jmc       139: 20011201:
                    140:        In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
                    141:        you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
1.52      wiz       142:        point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
1.47      jmc       143:        point is broken.
                    144:
                    145:        To build:
                    146:
                    147:        remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
                    148:        remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
1.48      jmc       149:        against the new libgcc.a)
1.47      jmc       150:
1.46      thorpej   151: 20011128:
                    152:        Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
                    153:        the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
                    154:        required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
                    155:        to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
                    156:        to build a new kernel.
                    157:
1.45      yamt      158: 20011030:
                    159:        libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
                    160:        before building libc.
1.43      mason     161:
1.44      tv        162: 20011029:
                    163:        The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
                    164:        see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
                    165:        procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
                    166:        build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
                    167:        manual update log.
                    168:
                    169:        Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
                    170:        BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
                    171:        UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
                    172:        by the new build system.
1.42      perry     173:
                    174: 20011028:
                    175:        src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
                    176:        symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
                    177:        prevented this was corrected.
                    178:
                    179:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
                    180:        Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
                    181:        for you.
1.40      lukem     182:
                    183: 20011006:
                    184:        /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
                    185:        absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
                    186:        understand the format.
                    187:
                    188:        Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
1.39      jmc       189:
                    190: 20011004:
                    191:        Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
                    192:        is suggested before running a snapshot build
1.36      tv        193:
1.35      thorpej   194: 20010915:
                    195:        The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
                    196:        a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
                    197:        files that still reference this file.
                    198:
                    199:        Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
                    200:        directories.
1.31      enami     201:
                    202: 20010803:
                    203:        grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
                    204:        requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
                    205:        building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
                    206:        the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
1.30      enami     207:
1.64      sommerfe  208: 20010803:
1.41      wiz       209:        (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
                    210:         `fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
1.64      sommerfe  211:        kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain,
                    212:        (i.e., build.sh -t) or  (temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU"
                    213:        from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
                    214:        See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
                    215:        [updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
1.29      bjh21     216:
                    217: 20010731:
                    218:        Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
                    219:        this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
                    220:        bootloaders.
1.27      assar     221:
                    222: 20010726:
                    223:        Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
1.28      assar     224:        build the included texinfo files, do:
                    225:
                    226:        cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
                    227:        make MKINFO=no dependall install
1.25      thorpej   228:
                    229: 20010718:
                    230:        Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
                    231:        was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
                    232:        make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
                    233:        timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
                    234:
                    235:        The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
                    236:        if you have a stale dependency.
                    237:
                    238:        Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
                    239:        before starting your build.
1.26      thorpej   240:
                    241: 20010628:
                    242:        A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
                    243:        in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
                    244:        bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
1.21      jmc       245:
                    246: 20010226:
1.22      jmc       247:        Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
1.21      jmc       248:        will break as mtree aborts early.
                    249:
                    250:        To work around add by hand:
                    251:
                    252:        named:*:14:
                    253:
1.22      jmc       254:        to /etc/group and add:
                    255:
                    256:        named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
                    257:
                    258:        to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
                    259:
                    260:        Now a make build should progress.
1.18      jmc       261:
                    262: 20010219:
1.52      wiz       263:        get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
1.20      jmc       264:         to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
1.18      jmc       265:
                    266:         Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
1.19      cgd       267:                        usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
                    268:                          CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
1.20      jmc       269:                        usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
                    270:                          building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
1.15      christos  271:
                    272: 20010204:
                    273:        prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
                    274:        particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
                    275:        needs to be installed before make build.
1.10      christos  276:
                    277: 20010114:
                    278:        introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
                    279:        bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
1.23      tron      280:        anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
1.10      christos  281:        with make build.
1.9       sommerfe  282:
                    283: 20010101:
                    284:        bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
                    285:        afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
1.8       sommerfe  286:
                    287: 20001230:
                    288:        New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
                    289:        If you get make errors,
                    290:                (cd share/mk; make install)
                    291:        Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
1.6       ad        292:
                    293: 20001019:
1.7       ad        294:        The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
1.6       ad        295:        major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
                    296:        directory.
1.1       abs       297:
1.4       itojun    298: 20000929:
                    299:        The following make directives are obsoleted.
                    300:        MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA
                    301:        By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
1.16      wiz       302:        built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
1.4       itojun    303:        additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
1.1       abs       304:
                    305:
                    306: Hints for a more successful build:
                    307: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.2       mrg       308:     Build a new kernel first:
                    309:        This makes sure that any new system calls or features
                    310:           expected by the new userland will be present.  This
                    311:           helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
1.1       abs       312:     Use object directories:
                    313:        This helps to keep stale object
                    314:           files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
                    315:           about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
                    316:           a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
                    317:           same source tree for multiple machines.
                    318:           To use object directories:
                    319:            a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
1.2       mrg       320:            b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
                    321:            c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
1.1       abs       322:            d) cd /usr/src ; make build
1.2       mrg       323:           Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
                    324:           in obj.$MACHINE directory.
1.1       abs       325:     Build to a DESTDIR:
                    326:        This helps to keep old
                    327:           installed files (especially libraries) from interfering
                    328:           with the new build.
                    329:           To build to a DESTDIR, set the DESTDIR environment
1.2       mrg       330:           variable before running make build.  It should be set to
                    331:           the pathname of an initially empty directory.
1.1       abs       332:           Problems: you might need to update critical utilities
                    333:                without using DESTDIR since nothing is executed
                    334:                from what is installed in DESTDIR.
                    335:                (See critical utils, below)
                    336:     Build often:
                    337:        This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
                    338:        on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
                    339:        date functionality.
                    340:
                    341: What to do if things don't work:
                    342: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    343: When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
                    344: should be done.
                    345:     1) make includes
                    346:        This should be done automatically by make build.
                    347:     2)  cd share/mk && make install
                    348:        Again, automatically done by make build.
                    349:
                    350: Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
                    351: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    352: To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
                    353: something like the following:
                    354:     1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
                    355:     2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
                    356:        utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
                    357:     3)  cd ...path/to/util...
                    358:        make cleandir
                    359:        rm ...all obj directories...
                    360:        make cleandir                   # yes, again
                    361:        make obj
                    362:        make depend && make
                    363:
                    364: Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
                    365: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    366: If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
1.2       mrg       367: ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
                    368: (a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
                    369: for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
1.1       abs       370:
                    371: ---cut here---
                    372: #!/bin/sh
                    373: . /etc/mk.conf
                    374:
1.58      lukem     375: if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
                    376:     NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
1.1       abs       377: fi
1.58      lukem     378: if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
1.1       abs       379:     echo Unable to find sources
                    380:     exit 1
                    381: fi
1.58      lukem     382: find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
1.1       abs       383:
                    384: if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    385:     BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
                    386: fi
                    387: if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
                    388:     rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
                    389: fi
                    390:
1.58      lukem     391: cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
1.1       abs       392:
                    393: ---cut here---
                    394:
                    395: Critical utilities:
                    396: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    397:        gnu/usr.bin/egcs
1.3       itojun    398:        usr.bin/compile_et
1.1       abs       399:        usr.bin/make
                    400:        usr.bin/yacc
                    401:        usr.bin/lex
1.11      lukem     402:        usr.bin/xlint
1.2       mrg       403:        usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       404:
1.34      simonb    405: Other problems and possible solutions:
1.1       abs       406: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    407: Symptom:Unreasonable compiler errors.
                    408: Fix:   Rebuild gnu/usr.bin/egcs
                    409:
                    410: Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
1.17      erh       411: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/make:
                    412:        cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
                    413:         Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
                    414:        cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
                    415:
1.1       abs       416: Fix:   Make sure .mk files are up to date.
                    417:        cd share/mk && make install
1.2       mrg       418:
                    419: Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
                    420: Fix:   Rebuild usr.sbin/config
1.1       abs       421:
                    422: Symptom:
                    423: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
                    424:
                    425: Symptom:
                    426: Fix:   Rebuild usr.bin/lex
                    427:
                    428: Symptom:
                    429: Fix:   rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
1.4       itojun    430:
                    431: Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
                    432: Fix:   Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
                    433:        make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
                    434:        (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
                    435:        may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
1.5       wiz       436:
                    437: Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
                    438: Fix:   Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
1.12      itojun    439:
                    440: Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
                    441: Fix:   Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
1.13      dogcow    442:
                    443: Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13'
                    444: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
                    445:
1.19      cgd       446: Symptom:usr.sbin/config fails to build.
                    447: Fix:   Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
1.13      dogcow    448:
1.19      cgd       449: Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
                    450: Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
1.24      abs       451:
                    452: Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
                    453: Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint

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