UPDATING revision 1.324
1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.324 2021/11/20 16:18:18 martin 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
14Sections are marked with "^^^^^".  After the section on "Recent changes"
15are several sections containing more general information.
16
17See also: BUILDING, build.sh, Makefile.
18
19Recent changes:
20^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21
2220211116:
23	Changes in the xorg build require clean obj dirs for external/mit/xorg
24	(or a full clealn/non-update build).
25
2620211112:
27	Device tree sources were updated for evbarm.  Some device nodes
28	(in particular, ld(4) devices on the ROCKPro64) will be renumbered.
29
3020211014:
31	MKPIE default for aarch64 has changed, a clean build is required.
32
3320210917:
34	Changed MNT_ACLS to default to POSIX1e ACLs instead of NFSv4
35	ACLs, to be compatible with FreeBSD. If you are using NFSv4 ACLs
36	and have "acls" in /etc/fstab you'll need to change it to "nfs4acls".
37
3820210711:
39	Updated GMP sources may require cleaning in tools/gmp and/or in
40	external/lgpl3/gmp/lib, particularly if GCC itself does not build.
41
4220210417:
43	GCC 10 was enabled for several platforms.  If builds fail in either
44	tools/gcc or external/gpl/gcc, first try cleaning those objects and
45	removing the $DESTDIR/usr/include/g++ subdirectory.
46
4720201230:
48	lint1/ops.c is no longer autogenerated.  If this makes the build
49	fail, clean $OBJDIR/tools/*lint* and $OBJDIR/usr.bin/*xlint*.
50
5120201016:
52	MIPS kernel modules have been disabled until they work.  This will
53	turn up in extra files in the DESTDIR, which should be cleaned.
54
5520200925:
56	GNU MPC and MPFR have been updated.  At least MPFR needs cleaning
57	in both the tools and external dirs.
58
5920200912:
60	GCC 9 has arrived for Arm and x86 platforms, and will be coming
61	for several more, as will binutils 2.34.  Clean as required.
62
6320200907:
64	GCC 9 is coming, and binutils has been updated for MIPS.  This
65	probably requires cleaning the tools/binutils.
66
6720200811:
68	GCC updates may require cleaning the objdir.  This may occur
69	due to GCC 7.5 update, GCC 8.4 move to gcc.old, or the upcoming
70	GCC 9 upgrade.
71
7220200614:
73	blacklist* has been renamed to blocklist*. postinstall(8)
74	should handle the migration
75
7620200601:
77	Due to a mistake in LIBISPRIVATE handling, .so libraries were
78	created in the build directories and need cleaning.
79
8020200311:
81	GCC 8 ports will need cleaning in src/tools/gcc and
82	src/external/gpl3/gcc due to GCC 8.4 update.
83
8420191118:
85	More architectures were switched to gcc8:
86	    i386, ia64 powerpc64, sparc, sparc64, arm
87	The same comments as in 20191022 apply.
88
8920191112:
90	The LLVM update requires a clean rebuild for all architectures using
91	LLVM during the tools build phase (i386, amd64, aarch64).
92
9320191022:
94	Ports amd64 and aarch64 switched to GCC 8.3 by default.
95	In-place ("expert mode", build.sh -E) builds are not supported
96	when going from a GCC 7 userland to GCC 8. Do a regular
97	build to a different DESTDIR (or preferably: build.sh -U) at least
98	once and install sets, or download comp.{tar.xz,tgz} from the
99	daily builds and install that before doing the next in-place build.
100
10120191001:
102	GCC 8.3 was imported.  Builds of src/tools/gcc may fail if
103	old builds with GCC 7 output now uses GCC 8.  Clean this
104	directory, and also clean src/external/gpl3/gcc.
105
10620190903:
107	Files with names that coincide with existing files' names on
108	case-insensitive file systems were inadvertently committed, for
109	radeon GPU firmware.  We cannot mark these as obsolete for
110	postinstall to fix, so if you updated src since 2019-08-26, and
111	ran build.sh distribution or ran build.sh release, you must
112	manually delete the following files in your DESTDIR (which is
113	usually $OBJDIR/destir.$ARCH), or from / if you have installed
114	them:
115
116		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_ce.bin
117		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_mc.bin
118		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_me.bin
119		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_mec.bin
120		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_pfp.bin
121		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_rlc.bin
122		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_sdma.bin
123		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_smc.bin
124		/libdata/firmware/radeon/bonaire_uvd.bin
125		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_ce.bin
126		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_mc.bin
127		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_me.bin
128		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_pfp.bin
129		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_rlc.bin
130		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hainan_smc.bin
131		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_ce.bin
132		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_mc.bin
133		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_me.bin
134		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_mec.bin
135		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_pfp.bin
136		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_rlc.bin
137		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_sdma.bin
138		/libdata/firmware/radeon/hawaii_smc.bin
139		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_ce.bin
140		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_me.bin
141		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_mec.bin
142		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_pfp.bin
143		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_rlc.bin
144		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kabini_sdma.bin
145		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_ce.bin
146		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_me.bin
147		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_mec.bin
148		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_mec2.bin
149		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_pfp.bin
150		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_rlc.bin
151		/libdata/firmware/radeon/kaveri_sdma.bin
152		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_ce.bin
153		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_me.bin
154		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_mec.bin
155		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_pfp.bin
156		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_rlc.bin
157		/libdata/firmware/radeon/mullins_sdma.bin
158		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_ce.bin
159		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_mc.bin
160		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_me.bin
161		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_pfp.bin
162		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_rlc.bin
163		/libdata/firmware/radeon/oland_smc.bin
164		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_ce.bin
165		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_mc.bin
166		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_me.bin
167		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_pfp.bin
168		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_rlc.bin
169		/libdata/firmware/radeon/pitcairn_smc.bin
170		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_ce.bin
171		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_mc.bin
172		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_me.bin
173		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_pfp.bin
174		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_rlc.bin
175		/libdata/firmware/radeon/tahiti_smc.bin
176		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_ce.bin
177		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_mc.bin
178		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_me.bin
179		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_pfp.bin
180		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_rlc.bin
181		/libdata/firmware/radeon/verde_smc.bin
182
183	We will re-import these radeon firmware images another way
184	later.
185
18620190727:
187	The uefi bootloader has gained tftp support and needs a clean
188	build. If you do update builds, manually clean its object
189	directory by something like:
190	cd sys/arch/i386/stand/efiboot && make clean
191
19220190723:
193	The jemalloc allocator in libc is now build without extended
194	debugging (for performance reasons). In update builds make sure
195	to rebuild it completly, by removing all affected object files,
196	including compat builds, something like:
197	cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name jemalloc|xargs rm -rf
198
19920190207:
200	GCC 7 switched for many ports.  Update builds are likely to fail.
201
20220180924:
203	A newer OpenSSL version has been imported. If you are doing
204	update builds, make sure to remove all old obj dirs, like:
205	cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name openssl | xargs rm -rf
206
20720180717:
208	On aarch64 int64_t and related types have changed from long long
209	to long. This requires recompiling all C++ binaries.
210
21120180713:
212	On amd64 and i386 static binaries are now build position
213	independend. This requires recompilation of all object
214	files used to create the crunched /rescue binary.
215	Clean the rescue directory in your obj directory before
216	doing an update build, otherwise linking will fail.
217
21820180414:
219	Existing binutils was migrated to binutils.old.  Manual
220	removal of tools/binutils objects directory may be required
221	to fix tools build failure.
222
22320180311:
224	bdftopcf was updated and may need cleaning in the
225	src/external/mit/xorg/tools/bdftopcf subdirectory if there are
226	link errors.
227
22820180212:
229	between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build.
230	any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by
231	a clean destdir and objdir.  Full cleandir and destdir deletion
232	is recommended if build failures occur.
233
23420171225:
235	removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all
236	associated files from the libc build object directory (including
237	the .depend files) - a command like:
238		cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf
239	For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets,
240	you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the
241	compat ones (the above command will do that).
242
24320171010:
244	a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl
245	means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need
246	to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u.
247
24820170822:
249	a new version of GMP has been imported and probably
250	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
251	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
252	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
253
25420170816:
255	a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably
256	will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both
257	in the tools and the native section.  Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR
258	and MPC objdirs or build once without -u.
259
26020170402:
261	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support
262	update builds from the previous version. Remove your
263	external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u.
264
26520170211:
266	a new terminfo database has been imported.
267	The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and
268	an updated tic tool is required.
269	If you build.sh, don't use -u
270
27120170207:
272	various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed
273	Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib
274	if it exists) or do a clean build.
275	(This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without
276	human intervention, but isn't.)
277
27820170104:
279	xinput build options have changed.
280	Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput)
281	if you build.sh -u
282
28320170103:
284	a new version of flex has been imported.
285	Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex)
286	if you build.sh -u
287
28820161014:
289	a new version of OpenSSL has been imported.
290	Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl) 
291	if you build.sh -u
292
29320161009:
294	a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed
295	build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires
296	pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir.
297
29820160914:
299	i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k
300	ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir
301	and a clean objdir.
302
30320160527:
304	i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has
305	been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info)
306
30720160418:
308	libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since
309	some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there
310	might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat".
311
31220160410:
313	amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that
314	PIE has been enabled for amd64.  PIE, or position-independent
315	executables, means all code, including executables and not just
316	shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be
317	relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization.
318
319	The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and
320	linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies,
321	hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding.
322
323	Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely
324	fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix
325	position-independent code with position-dependent code in
326	position-independent executables:
327
328		.../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
329
33020160401:
331	Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir".
332	Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if
333	in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc.
334
33520160306:
336	NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat.
337	Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on
338	non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced
339	while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h.
340	In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools
341	before updating your toolchain.
342
34320160125:
344	Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures.
345	When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree
346	object directory before starting the build - otherwise the
347	needed directories in destdir will not be created.
348	An easy way to do this is:
349	   cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir
350
35120150818:
352	New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica
353	again.
354
35520150413:
356	New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc
357	in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and
358	also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica.
359
36020150404:
361	Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make
362	sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually
363	do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and
364	src/usr.bin/xlint.
365
36620150310:
367	Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of
368	the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in
369	external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed
370
37120141026:
372	A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption
373	in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update
374	during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the
375	directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely
376	and let cvs restore it on next update.
377
37820140721:
379	The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created
380	and then deleted in the CVS repository.  If you get errors like
381
382	cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory
383	/cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
384
385	then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again.
386
38720140530:
388	ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires
389	rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build.
390
39120140131:
392	The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly
393	advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s)
394	of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned.
395
39620131227:
397	1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification
398	   attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable
399	   mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict
400	   statements to avoid being exposed.
401	2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need
402	   to make clean in libc
403
40420131129:
405	The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without
406	cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below.
407
40820131128:
409	The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their
410	tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates.
411
41220130605:
413	The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed
414	to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed).
415
41620130605:
417	Previous freetype installations erroneously installed private
418	header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR,
419	please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/.
420
42120130531:
422	The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being
423	in the obj tree.  Make sure to ensure any like this:
424		nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop
425	is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree.
426
42720130530:
428	Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around.
429	Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds.
430
43120130301:
432	The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso
433	prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump}
434
43520120726:
436	The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build
437	directory and DESTDIR.  *Even non-update builds require cleaning
438	DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in
439	some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that
440	cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash.
441
44220120507:
443	The database schema for makemandb was changed.  You will
444	need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait
445	for the next weekly run to fix it.
446
44720120319:
448	sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the
449	size of db_symtab automatically.  You need to update dbsym in
450	your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE.  If
451	you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your
452	mk.conf.
453
45420120216:
455	Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO.  Update builds will fail
456	unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually.  If you built between 20120207
457	and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable
458	/var/db/man.db index for apropos.  Running makemandb -f or
459	the next run of weekly will fix it.
460
46120111227:
462	If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove
463	/usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the
464	bump has been reverted.
465
46620111125:
467	The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which
468	means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel
469	configuration files.  The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be
470	removed from any custom kernel config files users may have.
471
47220111119:
473	A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8)
474	utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64
475	bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a
476	non-backwards-compatible way.  If you replace your kernel,
477	replace your rndctl executable too.
478
47920111001:
480	the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been
481	changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old
482	one.  So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently:
483	quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib.
484
48520110817:
486	sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or
487	DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
488
48920110806:
490	i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any
491	objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating.
492
49320110805:
494	The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of
495	the tree to be cleaned.  Best to delete both objdir and
496	DESTDIR before running this update.  So far, only the
497	sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed.
498
49920110803:
500	The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed.  To do an
501	update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR
502	for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there
503	is now a directory.
504
50520110410:
506	The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed.  To do an
507	update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and
508	tools/gcc by hand.
509
51020110328:
511	Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix
512	ordering issues with "make all".  It may be necessary to remove
513	the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86
514	if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a
515	directory.
516
51720110121:
518	Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp.  This can break
519	the build of individual parts of the tree.  This is handled
520	correctly by build.sh.  Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk
521	and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed.
522
52320101217:
524	The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2)
525	by default.  It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and
526	group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups.
527
52820101125:
529	The latest changes to setenv(3) dissallow setting environment
530	variables with names that contain '='.  Revision 1.18 of env.c
531	assumed that this was allowed.  Installing a new libc with an
532	old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to
533	break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding,
534	so building gcc will end up printing:
535	    checking dependency style of gcc... none
536	    configure: error: no usable dependency style found
537	Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env.
538
53920101119:
540	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build
541	or run-time problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you
542	have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched
543	versions between xorg-server and drivers.
544
54520100604:
546	The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail
547	unless they are rebuilt.  If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes,
548	you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/
549	trees by hand.
550
55120100522:
552	Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build
553	problems.  Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any
554	build problems with xsrc.
555
55620100522:
557	private section of <ctype.h> was split, and now mklocale(1)
558	include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale.
559
56020100520:
561	The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed.  Please
562	remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR.
563
56420100222:
565	The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to
566	.pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names
567	libXX.so.  All now stale regular .so files can be removed from
568	your object directories.
569
57020100204:
571	The termcap database has been removed from the sources,
572	but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed
573	from the system when upgrading.
574	As such, you will need to remove them from your object
575	and destination directories.
576
57720091101:
578        After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir'
579        target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a
580        'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'.  Ditto
581        src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/.
582
58320091001:
584	On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils)
585	before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S.
586
58720091001:
588	An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb
589	symlink, failing the build.  Delete the link, and the subdir
590	it is in, and retry your build.
591
59220090718:
593	libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry
594	point for index().  Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a)
595	may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o.
596	(Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().)
597
59820090709:
599	Native Xorg was upgraded again.  Builds will probably fail again
600	without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg.
601
60220090616:
603	Native Xorg was upgraded.  Builds will need a clean objdir for
604	src/external/mit/xorg.  Upgrading a system from sets will not
605	work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc
606	subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to
607	be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz.
608
60920090501:
610	Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this
611	can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people
612	who fail to clean out their tools objects properly.  If you
613	note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a
614	failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools
615	objects and start again.
616
61720090325:
618	The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain.  This requires
619	cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them.
620
62120090126:
622	The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type.  You
623	need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory
624	to avoid using the old assembly stub.
625
62620090202:
627	pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict
628	detection.  It is recommended to rebuild the cache with
629	``pkg_admin rebuild''.
630
63120090110:
632	time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities.  To upgrade:
633	1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it.  Build and install.
634	   This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is
635	   conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c.
636	2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work
637	   before installing.
638	3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and
639	   your build breaks in the middle, don't despair.  Make sure headers
640	   are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc
641	   and libutil, install them and then continue building all the
642	   libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them.  Once
643	   the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build.
644	4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings,
645	   rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries.
646	   Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages
647	   that depend on it.
648	5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file
649	   will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible.
650	6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see
651	   lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic
652	   for utmp.  You are better off removing the old files after
653	   upgrading.  The automated clearing of /var/run during
654	   boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by
655	   newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the
656	   files manually.
657	7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see
658	   accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be
659	   removed.  The automatic rotation of the accounting file by
660	   /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove
661	   the file.
662	8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on
663	   disk will break or need attention.  Most notably: if you are
664	   using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases,
665	   rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore.
666
66720081219:
668	config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates -
669	swapnetbsd.o - has changed format.  You need to rebuild config
670	(done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun
671	config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those
672	kernels.
673
67420081205:
675	If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and
676	/etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc
677	set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds.
678
67920081122:
680	On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including
681	file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules.
682	Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the
683	following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel:
684
685	- build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules
686
687	- install the latest bootloader, which will load a module
688	  for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically
689
690	If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of
691	the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary
692	file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file.
693
69420080827:
695	If you built and installed a libc from sources between
696	2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3)
697	which results in false errors reported by lint(1).
698	Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is
699	needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.:
700	  $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install)
701
70220080813:
703	MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know
704	about .go files.  You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild.
705
70620080802:
707	A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has
708	been fixed.  Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility
709	for -current.
710
711	Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using
712	libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to
713	be recompiled.
714
715	One way to find affected pkgsrc packages:
716
717	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
718	  $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO
719
72020080731:
721	WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this
722	time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels
723	and userland (fsck_ffs in particular).  Please make sure you
724	don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland,
725	especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem.  WAPBL
726	also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format.  You
727	can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format.
728
72920080721:
730	Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR
731	isn't defined.
732
73320080531:
734	The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed
735	from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129.  The drvctl(8)
736	utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries
737	won't work correctly.  The following sequence of commands:
738
739	  $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes)
740	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean)
741	  $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all)
742
743	leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory.
744
74520080503:
746	The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE.
747
74820080521:
749	For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to
750	succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that
751	${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist.  A fix for this
752	problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9.
753	If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file,
754	remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build.
755
75620080303:
757	Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0.
758
75920080126:
760	The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly
761	stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub.  You need to
762	'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to
763	avoid using the old assembly stub.
764
76520071209:
766	The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments.  If you
767	get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel
768	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
769
77020071115:
771	The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port
772	argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid
773	anymore.  The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port
774	rather than the EC address port.  Please update your kernel
775	configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details.
776
77720071028:
778	The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port.
779	You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have
780	to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the
781	now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct
782	entries for the wscons driver.  See the GENERIC configuration file
783	for more details.
784
78520070913:
786	A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to
787	enumerate interfaces was fixed.  The bug began to cause
788	problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF
789	implementation was repaired.  From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon
790	could not enumerate interfaces.  (These are noted because
791	normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not
792	sufficient to avoid this problem.)  Ensure that both kernel
793	and userland are from after 20070913.
794
79520070703:
796	nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install.  It
797	calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass
798	down STRIP from make has been removed.  This requires a
799	re-installation of tools.
800
80120070422:
802	The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root
803	has been changed.  Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back
804	to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation
805	root.  One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated
806	root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they
807	start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install
808	that has such links.
809	This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside
810	the emulated root.
811
81220070412:
813	The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed.  Use macekbc
814	instead.  See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an
815	example.
816
81720070319:
818        src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so
819        on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings.  If you
820        updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch
821	cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a
822	rebuild of object files that might have been built
823	incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least
824	src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130.
825
82620070210:
827        src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed.
828          find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \
829              | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm
830        will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt
831
83220070209:
833        The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch
834        was merged to NetBSD-current.  If you boot with a new
835        kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread
836        library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7).  If you boot with
837        an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library
838        (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6).  Provided you keep the kernel and
839        the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should
840        continue to work with an old or new kernel.  Note that named(8)
841	is the only threaded application in the base system.
842
84320061214:
844	Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string()
845	from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds
846	will need to do a "make cleandir" in
847		tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/,
848		bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/,
849		usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well
850		as the installation images in distrib/
851	in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header
852	file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed.
853
85420061108:
855	The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been
856	changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and
857	does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared.  You'll need to
858	make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler.
859
86020061009:
861	The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer
862	available.  Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead.
863
86420060814:
865	The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been
866	withdrawn.  Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead.  See the GENERIC
867	kernel configuration for an example.  X servers from the last
868	few years should cope.
869
87020060703:
871	MPACPI is no more.  We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI
872	if we have an ACPI kernel.  The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed
873	to ACPI_SCANPCI.  Thanks to work from fvdl.
874
87520060627:
876	socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned.
877	For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that
878	your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call'
879	errors will result.
880
881Hints for a more successful build:
882^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
883    Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
884	This will automatically build the tools in the
885	   correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
886	   new build products from interfering with the running
887	   system.  This will allow you to ignore most of the
888	   other advice in this file.
889    Build a new kernel first:
890	This makes sure that any new system calls or features
891	   expected by the new userland will be present.  This
892	   helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
893    Use object directories:
894	This helps to keep stale object
895	   files from polluting the build if a Makefile "forgets"
896	   about one.  It also makes it easier to clean up after
897	   a build.  It's also necessary if you want to use the
898	   same source tree for multiple machines.
899	   To use object directories with build.sh:
900	    a) invoke build.sh with the "-M" or "-O" options.
901	   To use object directories without using build.sh:
902	    a) cd /usr/src ; make cleandir
903	    b) Add "OBJMACHINE=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
904	    c) Add "MKOBJDIRS=yes" to /etc/mk.conf
905	    d) cd /usr/src ; make build
906	   Note that running "make obj" in a directory will create
907	   in obj.$MACHINE directory.
908    Build to a DESTDIR:
909	This helps to keep old installed files (especially libraries)
910	   from interfering with the new build.
911	   To build to a DESTDIR with build.sh, use the "-D" option.
912	   To build to a DESTDIR without using build.sh, set the DESTDIR
913	   environment variable before running make build.  It should be
914	   set to the pathname of an initially empty directory.
915	   Problems: if you do not use build.sh, you might need to
916		update critical utilities without using DESTDIR since
917		nothing is executed from what is installed in DESTDIR.
918		(See critical utils, below.)
919    Build often:
920	This keeps critical utilities current enough to not choke
921	on any other part of the source tree that depends on up to
922	date functionality.  If you use build.sh, you should not have
923	this problem.
924
925What to do if things don't work:
926^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
927When things don't work there are usually a few things that commonly
928should be done.
929    1)	make includes
930	This should be done automatically by make build.
931    2)  cd share/mk && make install
932	Again, automatically done by make build.
933
934Failsafe rebuild of a small part of the tree:
935^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
936To make sure you rebuild something correctly you want to do
937something like the following:
938    1)  Make sure the includes and .mk files are up to date.
939    2)  Make sure any program used to build the particular
940	utility is up to date.  (yacc, lex, etc...)
941    3)  cd ...path/to/util...
942	make cleandir
943	rm ...all obj directories...
944	make cleandir			# yes, again
945	make obj
946	make depend && make
947
948Failsafe rebuild of the entire tree:
949^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
950If you really want to make sure the source tree is clean and
951ready for a build try the following.  Note that sourcing /etc/mk.conf
952(a make(1) Makefile) in this manner is not right, and will not work
953for anyone who uses any make(1) features in /etc/mk.conf.
954
955---cut here---
956#!/bin/sh
957. /etc/mk.conf
958
959if [ -z $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
960    NETBSDSRCDIR=/usr/src
961fi
962if [ \! -d $NETBSDSRCDIR ] ; then
963    echo Unable to find sources
964    exit 1
965fi
966find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name obj.\* -o -name obj -exec rm \{\} \;
967
968if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
969    BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
970fi
971if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
972    rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
973fi
974
975cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
976
977---cut here---
978
979Critical utilities:
980^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
981	usr.bin/compile_et
982	usr.bin/make
983	usr.bin/yacc
984	usr.bin/lex
985	usr.bin/xlint
986	usr.bin/config
987
988Other problems and possible solutions:
989^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
990Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
991Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/make:
992	cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
993	Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
994	cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin
995
996Fix:	Make sure .mk files are up to date.
997	cd share/mk && make install
998
999Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
1000Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/config
1001
1002Symptom:
1003Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/yacc
1004
1005Symptom:
1006Fix:	Rebuild usr.bin/lex
1007
1008Symptom:
1009Fix:	rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a
1010
1011Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
1012Fix:	Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
1013	make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
1014	(If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
1015	may remain.  The command tries to clean everything up)
1016
1017Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
1018	pointer type
1019Fix:	Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
1020
1021Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
1022Fix:	Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
1023
1024Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
1025Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
1026
1027Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
1028Fix:	Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
1029
1030Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
1031Fix:    Rebuild and install lib/libc
1032
1033Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option
1034Fix:    May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint
1035
1036Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
1037	(e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
1038Fix:    Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
1039
1040Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
1041	No such file or directory.
1042Cause:	If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
1043	deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
1044	that bypass the normal cvs access controls.  If your cvs working tree
1045	contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
1046	server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
1047Fix:	Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
1048	and try the update again.
1049