UPDATING revision 1.151
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.151 2006/10/09 18:57:30 rpaulo Exp $
2
3This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent
4changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for
5what to do if something doesn't work.
6
7For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD
8using build.sh, see the BUILDING file.
9
10Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before
11build.sh existed.  Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for
12working around specific problems with build.sh.
13
14See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
15
16Recent changes:
17^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
18
1920061009:
20	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
21	available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
22
2320060814:
24	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
25	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
26	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
27	few years should cope.
28
2920060703:
30	MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
31	if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
32	to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl.
33
3420060627:
35	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
36	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
37	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
38	errors will result.
39
4020060526:
41	The kernel linker scripts for i386 and xen 
42	(sys/arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript*) were changed to set the
43	load address correctly, for the benefit of MULTIBOOT boot loaders
44	(like Grub). If you use a linker (ld) older than from 2006/04/17, it
45	will be unable to link the kernel because of a bug and ld will fail
46	with an error like:
47	    ../../../../arch/i386/conf/kern.ldscript:45 \
48		non constant expression for load base
49	You need to update at least src/gnu/dist/binutils/ld and recompile
50	and install the linker. If using the build.sh script, the easiest
51	way is with a "build.sh tools" command, with any other options
52	that you use normally. When using build.sh, the linker binary is
53	installed as ${TOOLDIR}/bin/i386--netbsdelf-ld.
54
5520060131:
56	the protocol between the sparc64 bootloader (ofwboot) and
57	the kernel was changed. Before installing a new kernel,
58	you need to update ofwboot. After a full build, just copy
59	/usr/mdec/ofwboot to /, or do a rebuild of
60	src/sys/arch/sparc/stand/ofwboot and install the result to /.
61
6220050917:
63	arch/*/conf/std.* was changed to include conf/std, which
64	contains MI options previously enabled by default.
65	If you have kernel config files which doesn't include
66	arch/*/conf/std.*, you need to edit them to include conf/std
67	to get the previous configuration.
68
6920050830:
70	named.conf was moved from /etc/namedb to /etc.
71	postinstall(8) migrates this during interactive use.
72	Users of MKUPDATE=yes will need to manually rectify
73	this in their DESTDIR.
74
7520050825:
76	Some data structures in sys/device.h, related to interface
77	attributes and locator names, were changed. config(1) was
78	modified to emit the new data structures.
79	Thus usr.bin/config must be updated (and run on the kernel
80	configuration file) before a new kernel can be built.
81
8220050531:
83	genassym.sh(8) was moved to genassym(1). You need to either build
84	tools first or install the version of genassym from /usr/bin before
85	you can build a kernel again.
86
8720050520:
88	Because a kernfs bug which xentools relies on was fixed,
89	xentools up to xentools20-2.0.3nb4 won't work with new kernel.
90
9120050417:
92	postinstall(8) was moved from /etc to /usr/sbin and made part
93	of the "base" set, to make it easier to invoke after an
94	upgrade.
95
9620050325:
97	pcppi(4) was separated in two devices, adding attimer(4).  Be sure
98	to add a config line for an attimer(4) device in your kernel
99	configuration, or you won't be able to set the pitch of the beep
100	with wsconsctl.  Depending on the default value for the pitch, you
101	might even not hear any more beep.  Also, it is advised to attach both
102	devices the same way (i.e., both on isa or both on acpi) or the
103	pcppi(4) device may fail to find the attimer(4) one.
104
10520050211:
106	Fixes to tools/Makefile.gnuhost may cause UPDATE=1 builds in
107	some of the cross tools to fail if they use configure. Some configure's
108	cache the environment passed in and notice the new environment is
109	different and abort. Doing a clean in tools/ should be enough to
110	make a build continue.
111
11220050109:
113	Since su is using pam by default now, make sure that you have
114	/etc/pam.d populated (postinstall will do that automatically
115	for you). Otherwise su will fail open (i.e. will not require
116	a password).
117
11820041229:
119	Make had a path resolution bug that manifested itself as not
120	being able to install openpam.3. This bug has been fixed, but
121	you might need to rebuild make manually first to get through
122	the build.
123
12420041201:
125	Userland programs have been changed to use /dev/bpf instead of
126	/dev/bpfX. You need to create that device by installing a new
127	MAKEDEV and running it, or mv /dev/bpf0 /dev/bpf && rm /dev/bpf[0-9]*
128
12920041006:
130
131	A bug was introduced into /bin/sh (var.c rev 1.35) which causes
132	variables to not export correctly to subshells in all cases. This
133	will cause builds to break if that version of /bin/sh is installed
134	on the system. The proper version of /bin/sh can be verified with:
135
136        ident /bin/sh | grep var
137
138	Any /bin/sh w. version 1.35 will not work and needs to be updated
139	before attempting a build.
140	
14120041001:
142	The ipfilter kernel sources moved from sys/netinet to
143	dist/sys/ipf/netinet. Due to the move some Makefile
144	dependencies are now dangling requiring a make cleandir
145	before they work again (kdump, ktruss, rescue, ipf, and
146	ftp-proxy are the victims).
147
14820040715:
149	The rc.d/sendmail script now uses a heuristic to determine
150	if sendmail should be started at boot time.  It checks the
151	contents of /etc/mailer.conf, /etc/mail/submit.cf, and the
152	owner and mode of the sendmail binary to see if any changes
153	to the mail infrastructure have been made.  If no changes
154	are detected, it will start an SMTP listener.
155
156	Setting sendmail=NO in /etc/rc.conf will override this.
157
158	If you are only using sendmail by default and only for
159	local delivery, it is important that you also update your
160	sendmail.cf so that the SMTP listener only listens on the
161	loopback interface.
162
16320040715:
164	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386
165	kernel builds has been changed again.  The latest version
166	of bsd.files.mk is no longer required.
167
16820040621:
169	Due to the recent rototill of tools/compat it's crucial one starts
170	from a clean objdir under tools/*.
171
172	This is mostly due to generated files (yacc and lex sources) needing
173	to be generated with new rules from bsd.hostprog.mk.
174
175	The safest course is to rm -rf all objects under tools before building.
176
17720040516:
178	The end-user modifiable X11 configuration has been moved
179	from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/<dir> to /etc/X11/<dir>.
180	Ensure that src and xsrc is up to date, and run
181	"make cleandir" in src/x11 before your next build.
182
183	postinstall currently doesn't migrate the files from
184	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/* to /etc/X11/* although it does
185	detect that this needs to occur, so you'll have to
186	manually move these files yourself.
187
18820040426:
189	Support for the original dynamic sysctl node structure has
190	been removed in favor of the newer layout.  This affects
191	consumers of the create and delete interface, as well as
192	the dynamic discovery mechanism.  This is believed only to
193	be the sysctl(8) binary itself, at this point in time, so
194	the only effect of this should be that a sysctl binary
195	built from sources dated between 2003/12/04 and 2004/03/24
196	will not work on a kernel built from sources dated after
197	2004/04/25.  If you need a new sysctl binary but build.sh
198	does not work, make sure that your revision of
199	src/sys/sys/sysctl.h is 1.112 (or later), and then the
200	do the following:
201
202	cd /usr/src (or wherever your source tree is)
203	make USETOOLS=no includes
204	cd lib/libc
205	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
206	cd ../../sbin/sysctl
207	make USETOOLS=no dependall install
208
209	If you are using older sysctl binary, GNU autoconf would fail to
210	identify your machine architecture, and tries to build binary for
211	"unknown-unknown-netbsd20F" or something like that.  if that happens,
212	make sure to follow the above steps.
213
21420040425:
215	The ffs superblock issues listed below under 20040109 and 20030402
216	are now automatically addressed by the /etc/rc.d/fixsb script or by
217	sysinst when it checks a a filesystem. The manual fsck_ffs -b16 -c4
218	invocation mentioned below will continue to work and is now
219	automated by those scripts.  Note that under certain circumstances,
220	affected filesystems upgraded to a -current kernel first before
221	upgrading their userland with the fixsb and fsck_ffs fixes may
222	encounter a 'freeing free inode' panic when writing to the affected
223	filesystem, so it is a good idea to repair the filesystem as soon as
224	possible.  For more details on the fixsb script, see pr install/25138.
225
22620040418:
227	statfs(2) and friends have been replaced with statvfs(2). Before
228	installing a newly build userland make sure that you are running
229	a newly built kernel with COMPAT_20 set. In addition your libc
230	build might not work (undefined SYS_statfs symbol) because make
231	clean does not know how to remove files it does not know about
232	anymore. Manually remove all generated .S sources and objects
233	from the libc build directory.
234
23520040326:
236	The method by which athhal-elf.o gets pulled into i386 kernel builds
237	has been changed. The file is now stored as a uuencoded file in CVS
238	and the generated Makefile will use the new .uue rules from bsd.file.mk
239	to build it.
240
241	This means you must have the latest bsd.files.mk installed when
242	building a kernel without USETOOLS=yes.
243
24420040318:
245	A bug in the cgd(4) blowfish code was corrected, without
246	provision of backwards compatibility, after several public
247	notices over several months. Users of cgd with blowfish cipher
248	ONLY must dump their data before updating their kernels, and
249	recreate cgd's and restore data using the new kernel. See
250	(recent message to current-users, URL when mail-index has updated)
251
25220040313:
253	On acorn32, the opms and qms drivers have been withdrawn, and
254	the old wsqms driver is now called qms.  Kernel config files
255	will need updating.  See the ones in sys/arch/acorn32/conf
256	for examples.
257
25820040125:
259	On acorn32, the beep and sysbeep devices are no longer
260	needed, and will need to be deleted from kernel configuration
261	files.
262
26320040109:
264	Compatibility for old ffs superblock layouts has been
265	added, and the restrictive fsck checks have been reenabled
266	when using those layouts.  If you have been using -current
267	since 20030402, you may find that fsck again signals fatal
268	superblock mismatches.  To repair, make sure you have
269	an updated fsck_ffs and then you can use fsck_ffs -b 16 -c 4
270	to complete the filesystem upgrade.  A message has
271	been added to the kernel which should detect this problem.
272	See the following discussion for more information:
273	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/current-users/2004/01/11/0022.html
274
27520031203:
276	New binutils builds may fail due to old dependencies.
277	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
278	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
279
28020031111:
281	A newer mkdep is needed.  Error noting that is
282		cc: Ambiguous abbreviation --
283
28420031008:
285	/usr/include/sys/disklabel_mbr.h was removed.
286	It's necessary to "make cleandir" to ensure that
287	the dependencies will be rebuilt correctly.
288
28920031007:
290	A sign exension bug was fixed which set all the high bits
291	of our newly expanded ffs fs_flags.  This should only
292	affect users who installed or upgraded in September of 2003.
293	A small utility program was posted to tech-kern which
294	should fix this problem, and a warning message was added
295	to the kernel which should discover and warn about it.  See
296	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2003/10/07/0005.html
297
29820030906:
299	With the addition of siginfo support the old signal trampoline
300	code has been deprecated to COMPAT_16. Make sure that your running
301	kernel has COMPAT_16 enabled before building userland.
302
30320030801:
304	With the new openssl, there is some header and library shuffling.
305	rm -f /usr/include/des.h /usr/include/kerberosIV/* /lib/libdes* \
306	/usr/lib/libdes* before building.
307
30820030703:
309	Texinfo was updated to 4.6.  To avoid failures when trying to
310	build the included texinfo files, do:
311
312	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
313	make MKINFO=no dependall install
314
31520030630:
316	Groff was updated to 1.19; it's probably necessary to do
317		cd share/mk && make install
318		cd src/gnu/usr.bin/groff
319		make MKMAN=no dependall install
320	(untested).
321
32220030516:
323	Due to bugs in the export handling code, invalid export lines
324	were accepted before and caused the kernel to panic when
325	mountd got restarted because it freed memory that had already
326	been freed. This has been fixed and the kernel checks
327	export addresses very strictly. If you upgrade your kernel,
328	make sure you also upgrade mountd, because if your export
329	file contains lines with an old inet4 address syntax (i.e.
330	a.b.c or a.b or a), they will get rejected by the new kernel.
331
33220030402:
333	The superblock layout for FFS was changed.  If you have 1.6
334	fsck binaries, they will signal a fatal superblock mismatch
335	with the first alternate, because they compare too many
336	fields (even ones that aren't useful).  If possible, upgrade
337	your fsck_ffs binary before using a new kernel.
338	None of this signals actual filesystem damage.
339
34020030324:
341	sendmail version 8.12.8 was imported.  Since sendmail is
342	now setgid to the smmsp group, and runs in "collection"
343	mode for most common activities, there is a new config
344	file called submit.cf that needs to live in /etc/mail.
345	The generic submit.cf sample in /usr/share/sendmail/cf
346	is named netbsd-msp.cf.  Upgrading your regular sendmail
347	configuration file is also strongly advised.
348
349	See the section named "MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM" in
350	the updated /usr/share/sendmail/README file for more
351	information.
352
35320030117:
354	Texinfo was updated to 4.3.  To avoid failures when trying to
355	build the included texinfo files, do:
356
357	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
358	make MKINFO=no dependall install
359
36020021223:
361	The METALOG format changed slightly, to remove the leading
362	"${DESTDIR}" from path names.
363	This only affects people building with UNPRIVED.
364	For complete safety, remove the DESTDIR entirely and
365	update tools/mtree, before running make build.
366
36720021219:
368	CVS repository layout was changed.  See the following for details
369	if you are using (anonymous) cvs to update your tree.
370
371	http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-announce/2002/12/19/0000.html
372
37320021219:
374	install(1) had a '-N dbdir' option added, to specify an
375	alternate location to look up users & groups (instead
376	of the host system passwd(5) and group(5) databases).
377
378	The build system was modified to take advantage of
379	this option (using ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/etc), so if you
380	use USETOOLS==no, you may have to rebuild and
381	reinstall usr.bin/xinstall first.
382
38320021130:
384	fparseln(3) moved from libutil to libc.
385	If building to DESTDIR=/, reinstall the includes
386	and rebuild libc:
387		make includes
388		make do-lib-libc
389	If using build.sh, "cd tools/compat && make clean"
390	before rebuilding the tools.
391
39220021126:
393	The mk.conf(5) variable SYS_INCLUDE has been deprecated,
394	including the optional "SYS_INCLUDE=symlinks" support.
395	All header files, including <sys/*.h> are copied into
396	/usr/include.
397
39820021121:
399	The C run-time support files crtbegin.o and crtend.o
400	(and their companions crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o) were
401	split up, with new crti.o and crtn.o files resulting.
402	This means that libtool needs to be rebuilt once the
403	new libraries are installed.  The process of rebuilding
404	libtool will cause it to automatically notice the new
405	required files, but it *must* be rebuilt in order to
406	do this.
407
408	An out-of-date libtool will result in shared libraries
409	which lack _init() and _fini() routines, which means that
410	their global contructors/destructors will not be invoked.
411
41220021121:
413	A bug related to how ARM ELF objects were tagged has been
414	corrected.
415
416	NetBSD ARM ELF uses the soft-VFP floating point model by
417	default.  However, the assembler lacked support for marking
418	objects as using the VFP floating point format, and the
419	compiler was not properly passing the flag indicating "soft-VFP"
420	to the assembler.
421
422	Unfortunately, this means that the linker will now consider
423	old (i.e. not marked "softvfp") NetBSD ARM ELF objects to be
424	incompatible with new (properly marked) objects.
425
426	The problem will only manifest itself if you attempt to compile
427	a new program using the fixed toolchain, and link that program
428	against old libraries which do not have the proper "softvfp"
429	markings.  ALL OF YOUR EXISTING BINARIES AND SHARED LIBRARIES
430	WILL CONTINUE TO WORK PROPERLY.
431
432	The only work-around for the problem is to recompile all of
433	the libraries on the system.  The easiest way to do this for
434	system libraries is to install a binary snapshot; they are
435	generally available on releng.NetBSD.org.  Any packages you
436	have installed which supply libraries will have to be recompiled
437	if you wish to link new programs against those libraries.
438
439	If you have questions about this matter, please contact
440	port-arm@NetBSD.org.
441
44220021011:
443	Systrace has been improved to support privilege elevation.
444	Updating the kernel requires the userland part of systrace
445	to be rebuilt.
446
44720021010:
448	The config(8) grammar was changed to allow options to register
449	dependencies on attributes, as well as other options.  Users
450	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
451	kernel.
452
45320021009:
454	A new attribute dependency syntax was introduced to config(8),
455	which is now used by the SCSI configuration description.  Users
456	must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config before building a new
457	kernel.
458
45920021003:
460	Several changes have been made to the autoconfiguration
461	framework.  Users must update and reinstall usr.sbin/config
462	before building a new kernel.
463
46420021001:
465	The i386mp branch has been merged.  To compile a kernel, users
466	will need to add the option 'cpu* at mainbus?' to their configuration
467	file.  Multiprocessor kernels will need
468	ioapic*		at mainbus? apid ?
469	options		MULTIPROCESSOR
470	options		COM_MPLOCK
471
47220020922:
473	MKDYNAMICROOT=yes enabled by default, which means that
474	certain shared libraries are installed into /lib, the shared
475	linker is installed into /libexec, and all programs in /bin
476	and /sbin are dynamically linked.
477	If you do not use "make build", you should ensure that
478	you have the libraries and shared linker in the new locations,
479	with:
480		make do-lib-csu do-lib-libc do-lib do-gnu-lib do-ld.elf_so
481
48220020917:
483	USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN has been replaced with:
484	    -	TOOLCHAIN_MISSING -- set to "yes" on platforms for which
485		there is no working in-tree toolchain (hppa, ns32k, sh5,
486		x86_64).
487	    -	EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN -- if defined by the user, points to the
488		root of an external toolchain (e.g. /usr/local/gnu).  This
489		enables the cross-build framework even for TOOLCHAIN_MISSING
490		platforms.
491
49220020906:
493	gehenna-devsw has been merged into the trunk. Need to update and
494	reinstall usr.sbin/config before building the kernel.
495
49620020822:
497	Crunched rescue tools (contents of /bin and /sbin, plus others)
498	are now provided in /rescue.
499
500	To ensure that these are built statically linked (no matter
501	what the setting of LDSTATIC is), use a crunchgen(1) built
502	from sources newer than 20020820 (see the next entry).
503
50420020820:
505	crunchgen(1) changed to ensure that the generated program
506	is statically linked.
507
508	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/crunch
509
51020020605:
511	smmsp user/group has been added for sendmail.
512
513	Add the following into /etc/group:
514
515	smmsp:*:17:
516
517	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
518
519	smmsp:*:17:17::0:0:Sendmail Message Submission Program:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
520
52120020515:
522	sshd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in, or sshd
523	will not let you log in (with default, or UsePrivlegeSeparation=yes)
524
525	Add the following into /etc/group:
526
527	sshd:*:16:
528
529	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
530
531	sshd:*:16:16::0:0:& pseudo-user:/var/chroot/sshd:/sbin/nologin
532	
533	Also /var/chroot/sshd directory needs to be present (digged as part of
534	the build process).
535
53620020426:
537	NBUILDJOBS obsoleted in favor of just using -j.
538
53920020426:
540	etc/postinstall added, which performs various checks for 
541	configuration file updates and changes, and can fix most of
542	the problems identified.
543	This should make it much easier to upgrade a system's
544	configuration from earlier systems (as far back as NetBSD 1.5).
545
54620020320:
547	<bsd.lib.mk> needs a new install(1) for its "-a cmd" support.
548	Build and install at usr.bin/xinstall before the build.
549
55020020319:
551	Raw IPv6 socket now makes strict checking for sa_family and sa_len
552	on send(2) operation.  Be sure to have sbin/rtsol and usr.sbin/rtsold
553	newer than November 2001 when you upgrade the kernel.
554
55520020311:
556	ssh configuration files were moved from /etc to /etc/ssh.  Beware
557	if you restart your machine from remote.  Note that sshd.conf needs
558	to be changed (due to the use of "/etc" inside).
559
56020020223:
561	Users of the VAX port will need to rebuild and install gas
562	so it deal with the now present register prefix used in all
563	the VAX assembly files.
564
56520020118:
566	ntpd user/group has been added.  Need to hand add this in or builds
567	will break as mtree aborts early.
568
569	Add the following into /etc/group:
570
571	ntpd:*:15:
572
573	and the following to /etc/master.passwd (via vipw):
574
575	ntpd:*:15:15::0:0:Ntpd pseudo-user:/var/chroot/ntpd:/sbin/nologin
576
57720011207:
578	If you're attempting to build a snapshot on sparc64 and are getting
579	reloc errors from the toolchain groff binary this means your native
580	toolchain has some broken C++ bits.
581
582	To fix:
583
584	Build a new toolchain (i.e. build.sh -t)
585	Use the new toolchain to build and install natively (i.e. /usr/lib)
586
587	gnu/lib/libgcc
588	gnu/lib/libstdc++
589
590	After this a snapshot will be able to be built.
591
59220011201:
593	In order for a sparc64 build to work you must have a working awk. If
594	you've built and installed a system with the new toolchain up to this
595	point you do not have a working awk as its ability to do floating
596	point is broken. 
597
598	To build:
599
600	remake and install gnu/lib/libgcc
601	remake and install gnu/usr.bin/gawk into /usr/bin (make sure it links
602	against the new libgcc.a)
603
60420011128:
605	Kernel config information was changed to use defflag in
606	the various "files" files.  Bug fixes to config(8) are
607	required in order for this to work properly.  Make sure
608	to build and install in usr.sbin/config before attempting
609	to build a new kernel.
610
61120011030:
612	libc/locale/wcstod.c now needs new lint(1). Update lint(1)
613	before building libc.
614
61520011029:
616	The new document BUILDING.mdoc (view with nroff | more, or
617	see pre-generated .txt and .html versions) describes the build
618	procedure in great detail.  BUILDING, and the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN
619	build process, are intended in the long run to replace this
620	manual update log.
621
622	Users building a USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system should read the
623	BUILDING document for caveats.  Generally, BUILDING supersedes
624	UPDATING for these systems, as tool updating is taken care of
625	by the new build system.
626
62720011028:
628	src/etc/Makefile now needs install to be able to handle
629	symlinks that point to nowhere. A bug in install that
630	prevented this was corrected.
631
632	Solution: update and reinstall usr.bin/xinstall
633	Better Solution: Use the new toolchain and it will just work
634	for you.
635
63620011006:
637	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist has been updated to take advantage of
638	absolute path support added to mtree(8). Older mtree(8)s don't
639	understand the format.
640
641	Solution: update and reinstall usr.sbin/mtree
642
64320011004:
644	Crunchgen has been updated to work via reach-over makefiles. Updating
645	is suggested before running a snapshot build
646
64720010915:
648	The new "ubcperf" code committed by Chuck Silvers removed
649	a header file, uvm/uvm_vnode.h.  There may be stale .depend
650	files that still reference this file.
651
652	Solution: "make cleandir && make dependall" in affected
653	directories.
654
65520010803:
656	grep.info is now built from grep.texi using makeinfo.  Since it
657	requires makeinfo v4.0, you need to install new texinfo before
658	building gnu/usr.bin/grep.  To install new texinfo, please follow
659	the instruction described in 20010726 entry.
660
66120010803: 
662	(i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like
663	`fxsave' which old gas doesn't understand.  To build the
664	kernel successfully, you need to build and install a new toolchain, 
665	(i.e., build.sh -t) or 	(temporarily) comment out "options I686_CPU" 
666	from your kernel configuration until you rebuild your userland.
667	See 20011029 above and BUILDING file in this directory for more information.
668	[updated 20020630 since i386 gas moved when USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN enabled]
669
67020010731:
671	Bootloader update on ELF platforms.  DDB in kernels from before
672	this will be unable to read symbol tables provided by newer
673	bootloaders.
674
67520010726:
676	Texinfo was updated to 4.0.  To avoid failures when trying to
677	build the included texinfo files, do:
678
679	cd src/gnu/usr.bin/texinfo
680	make MKINFO=no dependall install
681
68220010718:
683	Enabled correct .init/.fini processing in crt0.  The way this
684	was done was to change a -I directive to cc(1), which means
685	make(1) will have a stale dependency (it will be checking the
686	timestamp on the wrong "dot_init.h").
687
688	The symptom you will see is that new programs die with SIGSEGV
689	if you have a stale dependency.
690
691	Solution: "make cleandir" in both lib/csu and libexec/ld.elf_so
692	before starting your build.
693
69420010628:
695	A construct was added to uvm_page.h that uncovered a bug
696	in lint(1).  If you get a warning/error about a non-portable
697	bitfield, update your lint(1) before proceeding.
698
69920010226:
700	Added named user/group to system. Need to hand add this in or builds
701	will break as mtree aborts early.
702
703	To work around add by hand:
704
705	named:*:14:
706
707	to /etc/group and add:
708
709	named:*:14:14::0:0:Named pseudo-user:/var/named:/sbin/nologin
710
711	to master.passwd (use vipw for instance if doing by hand).
712
713	Now a make build should progress.
714
71520010219:
716	get/setprogname() added. Any hostprogs that may use this will need
717	to be bootstrapped manually until the host system is current.
718
719	Known problems: sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
720			usr.sbin/config (adding -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP to
721			  CFLAGS and rebuilding should work)
722			usr.sbin/mdsetimage - Build a static copy if
723			  building a snapshot before fully bootstrapped.
724
72520010204:
726	prepare the code to compile with stricter gcc flags. in
727	particular start eliminating redundant declarations. Yacc
728	needs to be installed before make build.
729
73020010114:
731	introduce .if commands(target) in make(1). You need to
732	bring everything up-to-date first, then without installing
733	anything make and install in usr.bin/make, then proceed
734	with make build.
735
73620010101:
737	bsd.subdir.mk committed 20001230 had a bug which caused
738	afterinstall targets to run too soon; update again.
739
74020001230:
741	New share/mk files needed to support .WAIT in SUBDIR variables.
742	If you get make errors, 
743		(cd share/mk; make install)
744	Also, PRINTOBJDIR has changed and is now used more heavily.
745
74620001019:
747	The `ca' device driver has been replaced by `ld'; although the
748	major and minor numbers haven't changed, you should update your /dev
749	directory.
750
75120000929:
752	The following make directives are obsoleted.
753	MKCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RSA NOCRYPTO_RC5 NOCRYPTO_IDEA 
754	By default, RSA is built into libcrypto.  IDEA and RC5 will not be
755	built into libcrypto.  By using MKCRYPTO_{RC5,IDEA}, you can build
756	additional library libcrypto_{idea,rc5}.
757
758
759Hints for a more successful build:
760^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
761    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
762	This will automatically build the tools in the
763	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
764	   new build products from interfering with the running
765	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
766	   other advice in this file.
767    Build a new kernel first:
768	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
769	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
770	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
771    Use object directories:
772	This helps to keep stale object
773	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
774	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
775	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
776	   same source tree for multiple machines.
777	   To use object directories with build.sh:
778	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
779	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
780	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
781	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
782	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
783	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
784	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
785	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
786    Build to a DESTDIR:
787	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
788	   from interfering with the new build.
789	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
790	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
791	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
792	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
793	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
794		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
795		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
796		(See critical utils, below.)
797    Build often:
798	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
799	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
800	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
801	this problem.
802 
803What to do if things don't work:
804^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
805When things don't work there is usually a few things that commonly
806should be done.
807    1)	make includes
808	This should be done automatically by make build.
809    2)  cd share/mk && make install
810	Again, automatically done by make build.
811
812Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
813^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
814To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
815something like the following:
816    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
817    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
818	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
819    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
820	make cleandir
821	rm ...all obj directories...
822	make cleandir			# yes, again
823	make obj
824	make depend && make
825
826Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
827^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
828If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
829ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
830(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
831for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
832
833---cut here---
834#!/bin/sh
835. /etc/mk.conf
836
837if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
838    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
839fi
840if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
841    echo Unable to find sources
842    exit 1
843fi
844find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
845
846if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
847    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
848fi
849if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
850    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
851fi
852
853cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
854
855---cut here---
856
857Critical utilities:
858^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
859	usr.bin/compile_et
860	usr.bin/make
861	usr.bin/yacc
862	usr.bin/lex
863	usr.bin/xlint
864	usr.bin/config
865
866Other problems and possible solutions:
867^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
868Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
869Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
870	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
871	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
872	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
873
874Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
875	cd share/mk && make install
876
877Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
878Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
879
880Symptom:
881Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
882
883Symptom:
884Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
885
886Symptom:
887Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
888
889Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
890Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
891	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
892	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
893	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
894
895Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
896Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
897
898Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
899Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
900
901Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
902Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
903
904Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
905Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
906
907Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
908Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
909
910Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
911Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
912