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1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.347 2024/04/11 06:20:29 nia Exp $ 1$NetBSD: UPDATING,v 1.348 2024/04/20 14:06:47 rillig Exp $
2 2
3This file (UPDATING) is intended to be a brief reference to recent 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 4changes that might cause problems in the build process, and a guide for
5what to do if something doesn't work. 5what to do if something doesn't work.
6 6
7For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD 7For a more detailed description of the recommended way to build NetBSD
8using build.sh, see the BUILDING file. 8using build.sh, see the BUILDING file.
9 9
10Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before 10Note that much of the advice in this UPDATING file was written before
11build.sh existed. Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for 11build.sh existed. Nevertheless, the advice here may be useful for
12working around specific problems with build.sh. 12working around specific problems with build.sh.
13 13
14Sections are marked with "^^^^^". After the section on "Recent changes" 14Sections are marked with "^^^^^". After the section on "Recent changes"
@@ -174,30 +174,26 @@ Recent changes: @@ -174,30 +174,26 @@ Recent changes:
174 Changed MNT_ACLS to default to POSIX1e ACLs instead of NFSv4 174 Changed MNT_ACLS to default to POSIX1e ACLs instead of NFSv4
175 ACLs, to be compatible with FreeBSD. If you are using NFSv4 ACLs 175 ACLs, to be compatible with FreeBSD. If you are using NFSv4 ACLs
176 and have "acls" in /etc/fstab you'll need to change it to "nfs4acls". 176 and have "acls" in /etc/fstab you'll need to change it to "nfs4acls".
177 177
17820210711: 17820210711:
179 Updated GMP sources may require cleaning in tools/gmp and/or in 179 Updated GMP sources may require cleaning in tools/gmp and/or in
180 external/lgpl3/gmp/lib, particularly if GCC itself does not build. 180 external/lgpl3/gmp/lib, particularly if GCC itself does not build.
181 181
18220210417: 18220210417:
183 GCC 10 was enabled for several platforms. If builds fail in either 183 GCC 10 was enabled for several platforms. If builds fail in either
184 tools/gcc or external/gpl/gcc, first try cleaning those objects and 184 tools/gcc or external/gpl/gcc, first try cleaning those objects and
185 removing the $DESTDIR/usr/include/g++ subdirectory. 185 removing the $DESTDIR/usr/include/g++ subdirectory.
186 186
18720201230: 
188 lint1/ops.c is no longer autogenerated. If this makes the build 
189 fail, clean $OBJDIR/tools/*lint* and $OBJDIR/usr.bin/*xlint*. 
190 
19120201016: 18720201016:
192 MIPS kernel modules have been disabled until they work. This will 188 MIPS kernel modules have been disabled until they work. This will
193 turn up in extra files in the DESTDIR, which should be cleaned. 189 turn up in extra files in the DESTDIR, which should be cleaned.
194 190
19520200925: 19120200925:
196 GNU MPC and MPFR have been updated. At least MPFR needs cleaning 192 GNU MPC and MPFR have been updated. At least MPFR needs cleaning
197 in both the tools and external dirs. 193 in both the tools and external dirs.
198 194
19920200912: 19520200912:
200 GCC 9 has arrived for Arm and x86 platforms, and will be coming 196 GCC 9 has arrived for Arm and x86 platforms, and will be coming
201 for several more, as will binutils 2.34. Clean as required. 197 for several more, as will binutils 2.34. Clean as required.
202 198
20320200907: 19920200907:
@@ -329,705 +325,26 @@ Recent changes: @@ -329,705 +325,26 @@ Recent changes:
329 directory by something like: 325 directory by something like:
330 cd sys/arch/i386/stand/efiboot && make clean 326 cd sys/arch/i386/stand/efiboot && make clean
331 327
33220190723: 32820190723:
333 The jemalloc allocator in libc is now built without extended 329 The jemalloc allocator in libc is now built without extended
334 debugging (for performance reasons). In update builds make sure 330 debugging (for performance reasons). In update builds make sure
335 to rebuild it completely, by removing all affected object files, 331 to rebuild it completely, by removing all affected object files,
336 including compat builds, something like: 332 including compat builds, something like:
337 cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name jemalloc|xargs rm -rf 333 cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name jemalloc|xargs rm -rf
338 334
33920190207: 33520190207:
340 GCC 7 switched for many ports. Update builds are likely to fail. 336 GCC 7 switched for many ports. Update builds are likely to fail.
341 337
34220180924: 
343 A newer OpenSSL version has been imported. If you are doing 
344 update builds, make sure to remove all old obj dirs, like: 
345 cd /usr/obj && find . -type d -name openssl | xargs rm -rf 
346 
34720180717: 
348 On aarch64 int64_t and related types have changed from long long 
349 to long. This requires recompiling all C++ binaries. 
350 
35120180713: 
352 On amd64 and i386 static binaries are now build position 
353 independent. This requires recompilation of all object 
354 files used to create the crunched /rescue binary. 
355 Clean the rescue directory in your obj directory before 
356 doing an update build, otherwise linking will fail. 
357 
35820180414: 
359 Existing binutils was migrated to binutils.old. Manual 
360 removal of tools/binutils objects directory may be required 
361 to fix tools build failure. 
362 
36320180311: 
364 bdftopcf was updated and may need cleaning in the 
365 src/external/mit/xorg/tools/bdftopcf subdirectory if there are 
366 link errors. 
367 
36820180212: 
369 between OpenSSL and GCC updates, many things may fail to build. 
370 any failure that looks like GCC or openssl is best handled by 
371 a clean destdir and objdir. Full cleandir and destdir deletion 
372 is recommended if build failures occur. 
373 
37420171225: 
375 removal of the vadvise syscall requires manual removal of all 
376 associated files from the libc build object directory (including 
377 the .depend files) - a command like: 
378 cd $OBJ && find . -type d -name libc | xargs rm -rf 
379 For architectures that support multiple "compat" binary targets, 
380 you'll need to cleanup both the regular libc directory and the 
381 compat ones (the above command will do that). 
382 
38320171010: 
384 a change to the build structure of external/bsd/acpica/bin/iasl 
385 means that its objdir (or *.d and .depend at least) might need 
386 to be manually removed - or a build done once without -u. 
387 
38820170822: 
389 a new version of GMP has been imported and probably 
390 will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both 
391 in the tools and the native section. Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR 
392 and MPC objdirs or build once without -u. 
393 
39420170816: 
395 a new version of MPFR and MPC have been imported and probably 
396 will break parts of builds related to themselves or GCC, both 
397 in the tools and the native section. Remove all GCC, GMP, MPFR 
398 and MPC objdirs or build once without -u. 
399 
40020170402: 
401 a new version of dhcpcd has been imported, which does not support 
402 update builds from the previous version. Remove your 
403 external/bsd/dhcpcd object dir or build once without -u. 
404 
40520170211: 
406 a new terminfo database has been imported. 
407 The structure of it has changed slightly from prior versions and 
408 an updated tic tool is required. 
409 If you build.sh, don't use -u 
410 
41120170207: 
412 various arch dependent libc/exect.S files were removed 
413 Either remove the obj directories (lib/libc and compat/amd64/i386/lib 
414 if it exists) or do a clean build. 
415 (This is a bug in the make system, it should be corrected without 
416 human intervention, but isn't.) 
417 
41820170104: 
419 xinput build options have changed. 
420 Remove the obj directory (external/mit/xorg/bin/xinput) 
421 if you build.sh -u 
422 
42320170103: 
424 a new version of flex has been imported. 
425 Remove the file from obj (external/bsd/flex) 
426 if you build.sh -u 
427 
42820161014: 
429 a new version of OpenSSL has been imported. 
430 Remove the files from obj (crypto/external/bsd/openssl)  
431 if you build.sh -u 
432 
43320161009: 
434 a new version of dhcpcd has been imported with slightly changed 
435 build infrastructure. When doing a build.sh -u this requires 
436 pruning the external/bsd/dhcpcd objdir. 
437 
43820160914: 
439 i386, amd64, shark, ofppc and macppc have joined shark and x68k 
440 ports in using xorg-server 1.18. This requires a clean destdir 
441 and a clean objdir. 
442 
44320160527: 
444 i386 needs a full cleandir or objdir deletion because PIE has 
445 been enabled. (see the amd64 entry two down for further info) 
446 
44720160418: 
448 libedit needs manual removal of all autogenerated files since 
449 some of them are not autogenerated anymore. Remember that there 
450 might be two copies of libedit if your platform builds "compat". 
451 
45220160410: 
453 amd64 needs full "make cleandir" or deletion of objdir now that 
454 PIE has been enabled for amd64. PIE, or position-independent 
455 executables, means all code, including executables and not just 
456 shared libraries, is position-independent and hence able to be 
457 relocated by ASLR, address space layout randomization. 
458 
459 The change was made in Makefile variables for compiler and 
460 linker flags, for which make(1) does not record dependencies, 
461 hence it is unable to detect that all .o files need rebuilding. 
462 
463 Partial rebuilds with some modified source files will likely 
464 fail when linking executables, since the linker refuses to mix 
465 position-independent code with position-dependent code in 
466 position-independent executables: 
467 
468 .../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld: foo.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `...' cannot be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC 
469 
47020160401: 
471 Ports switching to GCC 5.3 will need a full "make cleandir". 
472 Some people have found that cleandir is not sufficient, so if 
473 in doubt delete the entire object directory tree for gcc. 
474 
47520160306: 
476 NetBSD's regexp implementation is now part of libnbcompat. 
477 Nblex, nbm4, nbpax, nbsed use it and they may crash on 
478 non-NetBSD hosts if linked with stale object files produced 
479 while they included a non-NetBSD regex.h. 
480 In any case, you should "make cleandir" at least these tools 
481 before updating your toolchain. 
482 
48320160125: 
484 Dtrace has been enabled by default on some architectures. 
485 When doing an update build, make sure to clean the etc/mtree 
486 object directory before starting the build - otherwise the 
487 needed directories in destdir will not be created. 
488 An easy way to do this is: 
489 cd src/etc/mtree && $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-$arch cleandir 
490 
49120150818: 
492 New acpica requires "make cleandir" in src/external/bsd/acpica 
493 again. 
494 
49520150413: 
496 New acpica requires "make cleandir" and reinstalling yacc 
497 in /usr/src/external/bsd/byacc and /usr/src/tools/yacc and 
498 also "make cleandir" in /usr/src/external/bsd/acpica. 
499 
50020150404: 
501 Lint changes require a full rebuild of the tool, so make 
502 sure to build without -u option to build.sh, or manually 
503 do a make cleandir in src/tools/lint1 and 
504 src/usr.bin/xlint. 
505 
50620150310: 
507 Improvements to openssl for arm mean that update builds of 
508 the openssl libraries will fail. A make cleandir in 
509 external/bsd/openssl/lib is needed 
510 
51120141026: 
512 A mishap during the import of pppd may cause your corruption 
513 in your cvs directory if you happened to do a cvs update 
514 during a short period of time. To fix, just remove the 
515 directory src/external/bsd/ppp/dist/pppd completely 
516 and let cvs restore it on next update. 
517 
51820140721: 
519 The src/external/mit/lua/src directory was accidentally created 
520 and then deleted in the CVS repository. If you get errors like 
521 
522 cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory 
523 /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory 
524 
525 then delete your local copy of that directory tree and try again. 
526 
52720140530: 
528 ARM eABI switched to DWARF based exception handling. This requires 
529 rebuilding all C++ code. It is strongly advised to do a clean build. 
530 
53120140131: 
532 The new compiler_rt/libc integration moved a few things. It is strongly 
533 advised to do a clean build. At least lib/libc, the compat version(s) 
534 of libc, libkern, rump and the kernels need to be cleaned. 
535 
53620131227: 
537 1. The new ntpd runs in a restricted mode to prevent amplification 
538 attacks. If you need ntpdc to work you need to explicitly enable 
539 mode7 in your config file. Make sure you put the necessary restrict 
540 statements to avoid being exposed. 
541 2. strncat has moved from lib/libc to common/lib/libc; you might need 
542 to make clean in libc 
543 
54420131129: 
545 The GMP sources were updated, and builds will likely fail without 
546 cleaning their build trees for both tools and in-tree, like below. 
547 
54820131128: 
549 The MPC and MPFR sources were updated, and builds may require their 
550 tools and in-tree directories cleaned for successful updates. 
551 
55220130605: 
553 The kernel option FAST_IPSEC no longer exists, it's been renamed 
554 to IPSEC (and the older IPSEC version removed). 
555 
55620130605: 
557 Previous freetype installations erroneously installed private 
558 header files. If you are building against a non-empty $DESTDIR, 
559 please remove ${DESTDIR}//usr/X11R7/include/freetype2/freetype/. 
560 
56120130531: 
562 The xdm update may cause build failure due to xdm.man being 
563 in the obj tree. Make sure to ensure any like this: 
564 nbmake: nbmake: don't know how to make xdm.man. Stop 
565 is fixed by deleting the xdm.man in the obj tree. 
566 
56720130530: 
568 Updates of many xsrc packages will leave old .pc files around. 
569 Best to clean out the xsrc objdir entirely before rebuilds. 
570 
57120130301: 
572 The removal of netiso requires manual removal of /usr/include/netiso 
573 prior to the build and make cleandir in /usr/src/usr.bin/{ktruss,kdump} 
574 
57520120726: 
576 The update of OpenSSL requires cleaning both the OpenSSL build 
577 directory and DESTDIR. *Even non-update builds require cleaning 
578 DESTDIR.* Builds done without taking these steps may fail, or in 
579 some cases may succeed and install broken OpenSSL libraries that 
580 cause third-party software to link incorrectly and/or crash. 
581 
58220120507: 
583 The database schema for makemandb was changed. You will 
584 need to update the database using 'makemandb -f' or wait 
585 for the next weekly run to fix it. 
586 
58720120319: 
588 sys/conf/Makefile.kern.inc has been modified to adjust the 
589 size of db_symtab automatically. You need to update dbsym in 
590 your $TOOLDIR to build kernels with options SYMTAB_SPACE. If 
591 you don't want this behavior, add AUTO_SYMTAB_SPACE=no to your 
592 mk.conf. 
593 
59420120216: 
595 Default for MKCATPAGES changed to NO. Update builds will fail 
596 unless DESTDIR is cleaned manually. If you built between 20120207 
597 and 20120216, daily and weekly could have created an unreadable 
598 /var/db/man.db index for apropos. Running makemandb -f or 
599 the next run of weekly will fix it. 
600 
60120111227: 
602 If you built between 20111225 and 20111227 you need to remove 
603 /usr/lib/libpam.so.4* and /usr/lib/security/*.so.4, since the 
604 bump has been reverted. 
605 
60620111125: 
607 The "rnd" pseudodevice has been added to sys/conf/std, which 
608 means it should no longer be explicitly listed in kernel 
609 configuration files. The line "pseudo-device rnd" should be 
610 removed from any custom kernel config files users may have. 
611 
61220111119: 
613 A problem with the datastructures used by the rndctl(8) 
614 utility (pointers in datastructures in an array, making 32->64 
615 bit compatibility very painful) has been fixed in a 
616 non-backwards-compatible way. If you replace your kernel, 
617 replace your rndctl executable too. 
618 
61920111001: 
620 the prop_*_send_syscall() functions from proplib(3) have been 
621 changed and their new version is not backward compatible with the old 
622 one. So ensure that all consumers of these functions (currently: 
623 quota2 code and its tests) are updated together with the new lib. 
624 
62520110817: 
626 sparc has been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any objdir or 
627 DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating. 
628 
62920110806: 
630 i386 and amd64 have been changed to use GCC 4.5.3, so any 
631 objdir or DESTDIR for them should be deleted before updating. 
632 
63320110805: 
634 The update to GCC 4.5.3 requires a non-trivial portion of 
635 the tree to be cleaned. Best to delete both objdir and 
636 DESTDIR before running this update. So far, only the 
637 sparc64, mips and powerpc platforms have changed. 
638 
63920110803: 
640 The layout of external/public-domain/xz has changed. To do an 
641 update build you will have to remove the contents of the OBJDIR 
642 for external/public-domain/xz/bin by hand as the xz entry there 
643 is now a directory. 
644 
64520110410: 
646 The configuration of src/tools/gcc has changed. To do an 
647 update build you have to clean both tools/binutils and 
648 tools/gcc by hand. 
649 
65020110328: 
651 Building the Xorg binary was moved into a subdirectory to fix 
652 ordering issues with "make all". It may be necessary to remove 
653 the OBJDIR for external/mit/xorg/server/xorg-server/hw/xfree86 
654 if your update build fails, as the "Xorg" entry there is now a 
655 directory. 
656 
65720110121: 
658 Assembler files no longer use -traditional-cpp. This can break 
659 the build of individual parts of the tree. This is handled 
660 correctly by build.sh. Manual builds have to update /usr/share/mk 
661 and re-run config(1) for any kernel configurations as needed. 
662 
66320101217: 
664 The tcpdump(8) program was changed to drop privileges and chroot(2) 
665 by default. It may be necessary to manually update passwd(5) and 
666 group(5) in order to make the program work with existing setups. 
667 
66820101125: 
669 The latest changes to setenv(3) disallow setting environment 
670 variables with names that contain '='. Revision 1.18 of env.c 
671 assumed that this was allowed. Installing a new libc with an 
672 old copy of /usr/bin/env causes env x=1 printenv | grep x= to 
673 break which affects the autoconf tests for dependency finding, 
674 so building gcc will end up printing: 
675 checking dependency style of gcc... none 
676 configure: error: no usable dependency style found 
677 Fix it by rebuilding and re-installing env. 
678 
67920101119: 
680 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ may cause various build 
681 or run-time problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you 
682 have any build problems with xsrc, or problems with mismatched 
683 versions between xorg-server and drivers. 
684 
68520100604: 
686 The update of ATF to 0.9 causes old tests written in shell to fail 
687 unless they are rebuilt. If you are building with MKUPDATE=yes, 
688 you need to clean the src/external/bsd/atf/tests/ and the src/tests/ 
689 trees by hand. 
690 
69120100522: 
692 Recent Xorg updates in xsrc/external/mit/ will cause various build 
693 problems. Delete your entire DESTDIR and OBJDIR if you have any 
694 build problems with xsrc. 
695 
69620100522: 
697 private section of <ctype.h> was split, and now mklocale(1) 
698 include ctype_local.h, so you have to make cleandir in tools/mklocale. 
699 
70020100520: 
701 The location of the xkb compiled descriptions has changed. Please 
702 remove usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled from your $DESTDIR. 
703 
70420100222: 
705 The shared objects file extension has been changed from .so to 
706 .pico, in order to avoid conflicts with shared libraries names 
707 libXX.so. All now stale regular .so files can be removed from 
708 your object directories. 
709 
71020100204: 
711 The termcap database has been removed from the sources, 
712 but has not been marked obsolete so it is not removed 
713 from the system when upgrading. 
714 As such, you will need to remove them from your object 
715 and destination directories. 
716 
71720091101: 
718 After updating, it may be necessary to make the 'cleandir' 
719 target in src/tools/yacc/ and in src/usr.bin/yacc/ before a 
720 'build.sh -u tools' or 'build.sh -u distribution'. Ditto 
721 src/tools/lex/ and src/usr.bin/lex/. 
722 
72320091001: 
724 On amd64 you must rebuild tools (to get the new binutils) 
725 before building a kernel, or the build fails on cpufunc.S. 
726 
72720091001: 
728 An error will create a ./usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/xkb 
729 symlink, failing the build. Delete the link, and the subdir 
730 it is in, and retry your build. 
731 
73220090718: 
733 libc build changed so that strchr() provides the extra entry 
734 point for index(). Update build of libc.a (and libc_pic.a) 
735 may fail because the archive contains the unwanted index.o. 
736 (Similarly for strrchr() and rindex().) 
737 
73820090709: 
739 Native Xorg was upgraded again. Builds will probably fail again 
740 without a clean objdir, at least for src/external/mit/xorg. 
741 
74220090616: 
743 Native Xorg was upgraded. Builds will need a clean objdir for 
744 src/external/mit/xorg. Upgrading a system from sets will not 
745 work properly yet as the /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc 
746 subdirectory has been changed into a file, and this needs to 
747 be manually "rm -r"'ed before installing xbase.tgz. 
748 
74920090501: 
750 Several new functions were added to string.h/libc, and this 
751 can cause autoconf problems during the tool build for people 
752 who fail to clean out their tools objects properly. If you 
753 note messages about stpcpy, stpncpy or strnlen accompanying a 
754 failure during the tool build, clean out all your tools 
755 objects and start again. 
756 
75720090325: 
758 The i386 port was switched to i486 default toolchain. This requires 
759 cleaning your src/tools directory and $TOOLDIR and rebuilding them. 
760 
76120090126: 
762 The __posix_fadvise50 system call changed assembly stub type. You 
763 need to 'rm -f __posix_fadvise50.*' in the libc build directory 
764 to avoid using the old assembly stub. 
765 
76620090202: 
767 pkg_install now depends on the pkgdb cache for automatic conflict 
768 detection. It is recommended to rebuild the cache with 
769 ``pkg_admin rebuild''. 
770 
77120090110: 
772 time_t and dev_t have been bumped to 64 bit quantities. To upgrade: 
773 1. Make sure your kernel has COMPAT_50 in it. Build and install. 
774 This is needed even in the MODULAR kernel because there is 
775 conditionally compiled code in rtsock.c. 
776 2. make sure build.sh completes and the binaries in a chroot work 
777 before installing. 
778 3. If you don't use build.sh and you build directly to root, and 
779 your build breaks in the middle, don't despair. Make sure headers 
780 are installed properly, and start building libraries first libc 
781 and libutil, install them and then continue building all the 
782 libraries in src/lib and src/gnu/lib and install them. Once 
783 the new libraries are installed, you can restart the build. 
784 4. If you compile packages and you notice link time warnings, 
785 rebuild the required packages to update their shared libraries. 
786 Any package you rebuild will require rebuilding all the packages 
787 that depend on it. 
788 5. Next time you run pwd_mkdb with the new binary, the file 
789 will be upgraded and it will not be backwards compatible. 
790 6. The utmpx/wtmpx files (/var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx, see 
791 lastlogx(5)) have been versioned, and there is a heuristic 
792 for utmp. You are better off removing the old files after 
793 upgrading. The automated clearing of /var/run during 
794 boot, and the automated rotating of files in /var/log by 
795 newsyslog(8), may mean that you do not have to remove the 
796 files manually. 
797 7. The optional accounting file (/var/account/acct, see 
798 accton(8)) has not been versioned, and will need to be 
799 removed. The automatic rotation of the accounting file by 
800 /etc/daily limits the bad consequences of failure to remove 
801 the file. 
802 8. Application software that writes time_t to binary files on 
803 disk will break or need attention. Most notably: if you are 
804 using PostgreSQL < 8.4, you need to dump your databases, 
805 rebuild PostgreSQL with the new time_t, then restore. 
806 
80720081219: 
808 config(1) has been updated, and one of the files it creates - 
809 swapnetbsd.o - has changed format. You need to rebuild config 
810 (done automatically by build.sh) and then you need to rerun 
811 config on all kernel configuration files before rebuilding those 
812 kernels. 
813 
81420081205: 
815 If you build with MKX11=no, you should remove /etc/rc.d/xdm and 
816 /etc/rc.d/xfs from DESTDIR because those files were moved to the xetc 
817 set and will appear as extra files for MKX11=no update builds. 
818 
81920081122: 
820 On i386, various kernel options(4) in GENERIC including 
821 file systems have been disabled and moved into kernel modules. 
822 Before trying a new GENERIC kernel, you have to prepare the 
823 following files as well as a new GENERIC kernel: 
824 
825 - build and install kernel modules from src/sys/modules 
826 
827 - install the latest bootloader, which will load a module 
828 for the file system from which the kernel is loaded automatically 
829 
830 If you have to load your kernel from a file system which is not of 
831 the same type as the root file system, you have to load the necessary 
832 file system module manually on the boot prompt or in the boot.cfg file. 
833 
83420080827: 
835 If you built and installed a libc from sources between 
836 2008/08/20 and 2008/08/26 you got a broken strtouq(3) 
837 which results in false errors reported by lint(1). 
838 Since this breaks the libc build itself, manual help is 
839 needed -- lint must be disabled temporarily, e.g.: 
840 $ (cd lib/libc && make MKLINT=no dependall install) 
841 
84220080813: 
843 MKDEBUG build was broken because the .depend files did not know 
844 about .go files. You need to remove all .depend files and rebuild. 
845 
84620080802: 
847 A regression in binary compatibility for pthread_mutex_t has 
848 been fixed. Unfortunately, the price is breaking compatibility 
849 for -current. 
850 
851 Threaded programs (using libpthread) and C++ programs (using 
852 libstdc++) compiled after 20070907 and before 20080802 need to 
853 be recompiled. 
854 
855 One way to find affected pkgsrc packages: 
856 
857 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libpthread /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO 
858 $ grep REQUIRES=/usr/lib/libstdc++ /var/db/pkg/*/+BUILD_INFO 
859 
86020080731: 
861 WAPBL (metadata journaling support) has been added, but at this 
862 time isn't backwards compatible with pre-WAPBL aware kernels 
863 and userland (fsck_ffs in particular). Please make sure you 
864 don't use a journaled filesystem with an older kernel/userland, 
865 especially an uncleanly mounted journaled filesystem. WAPBL 
866 also requires the super block to be in the UFS2 format. You 
867 can use fsck_ffs -c 4 to update the superblock format. 
868 
86920080721: 
870 Assembler warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0 and $NOGCCERROR 
871 isn't defined. 
872 
87320080531: 
874 The ioctl number of DRVSUSPENDDEV command on /dev/drvctl changed 
875 from 125 (conflicted with DRVCTLCOMMAND) to 129. The drvctl(8) 
876 utility needs to be rebuilt and reinstalled as older binaries 
877 won't work correctly. The following sequence of commands: 
878 
879 $ (cd sys/sys/ && nbmake-$arch includes) 
880 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch clean) 
881 $ (cd sbin/drvctl/ && nbmake-$arch all) 
882 
883 leaves new drvctl utility in sbin/drvctl build directory. 
884 
88520080503: 
886 The <bsd.lib.mk> variable MKPRIVATELIB was renamed to LIBISPRIVATE. 
887 
88820080521: 
889 For a while, unprivileged UPDATE builds would fail to 
890 succeed at the checkflist stage, complaining that 
891 ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>/ did not exist. A fix for this 
892 problem was committed to share/mk/bsd.kmodule.mk, revision 1.9. 
893 If you already hit this problem, update the .mk file, 
894 remove ${DESTDIR}/stand/<arch>, and re-run the build. 
895 
89620080303: 
897 Linker warnings are now fatal if $WARNS>0. 
898 
89920080126: 
900 The posix_fadvise system call has been changed from an assembly 
901 stub, to a c file that calls an assembly stub. You need to 
902 'rm -f posix_fadvise.* .depend' in the libc build directory to 
903 avoid using the old assembly stub. 
904 
90520071209: 
906 The acpiec(4) driver has been split into two attachments. If you 
907 get ACPI errors before the attachment, please update your kernel 
908 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details. 
909 
91020071115: 
911 The it(4) driver has been renamed to itesio(4) and the old port 
912 argument specified in the kernel configuration file is not valid 
913 anymore. The itesio(4) driver now uses the Super I/O address port 
914 rather than the EC address port. Please update your kernel 
915 configuration file appropriately or see GENERIC for more details. 
916 
91720071028: 
918 The pccons(4) driver has been removed from the NetBSD/shark port. 
919 You need to update any custom kernel configuration file you have 
920 to remove any references to pccons (which includes removing the 
921 now useless XSERVER option) and replace them with the correct 
922 entries for the wscons driver. See the GENERIC configuration file 
923 for more details. 
924 
92520070913: 
926 A latent bug in dhclient/dhcpd that caused it to be unable to 
927 enumerate interfaces was fixed. The bug began to cause 
928 problems after 20070911 when the kernel's SIOCGIFCONF 
929 implementation was repaired. From 20070529 to 20070911 racoon 
930 could not enumerate interfaces. (These are noted because 
931 normal kernel/userspace version matching hygiene is not 
932 sufficient to avoid this problem.) Ensure that both kernel 
933 and userland are from after 20070913. 
934 
93520070703: 
936 nbinstall has been renamed ${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}-install. It 
937 calls the target-specific strip program, and the logic to pass 
938 down STRIP from make has been removed. This requires a 
939 re-installation of tools. 
940 
94120070422: 
942 The way OS emulations lookup filenames inside the emulation root 
943 has been changed. Rather than modify the pathname (and copy back 
944 to userspace) namei() and lookup() directly check the emulation 
945 root. One side effect is that absolute symlinks inside the emulated 
946 root file system will be relative to that file system - unless they 
947 start /../ this is useful when the emulated root is a real install 
948 that has such links. 
949 This might affect symlinks that have been added to reference outside 
950 the emulated root. 
951 
95220070412: 
953 The pckbc driver on sgimips IP32 has been removed. Use macekbc 
954 instead. See the GENERIC32_IP3x kernel configuration for an 
955 example. 
956 
95720070319: 
958 src/lib/libc/Makefile revision 1.129 broke libc and ld.elf_so 
959 on many platforms due to incorrect flags settings. If you 
960 updated and built after about 20070315, do "nbmake-$arch 
961 cleandir" in src/lib/libc and src/libexec/ld.elf_so to force a 
962 rebuild of object files that might have been built 
963 incorrectly, and ensure that you have at least 
964 src/lib/libc/Makefile 1.130. 
965 
96620070210: 
967 src/sys/sys/{sa.h,savar.h} were removed. 
968 find ${OBJDIR} \( -name .depend -o -name '*.d' \) -print \ 
969 | xargs egrep -l '/sa.h|/savar.h' | xargs rm 
970 will allow dependencies on those files to get get rebuilt 
971 
97220070209: 
973 The threading model was changed when the newlock2 branch 
974 was merged to NetBSD-current. If you boot with a new 
975 kernel (version 4.99.10), then you also need a new pthread 
976 library (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.7). If you boot with 
977 an old kernel, then you need the old pthread library 
978 (/usr/lib/libpthread.so.0.6). Provided you keep the kernel and 
979 the pthread library in sync, old threaded applications should 
980 continue to work with an old or new kernel. Note that named(8) 
981 is the only threaded application in the base system. 
982 
98320061214: 
984 Following the move of string_to_flags() and flags_to_string() 
985 from the bin/ls/ sources to libutil, users doing UPDATE builds 
986 will need to do a "make cleandir" in 
987 tools/mtree/, tools/makefs/, tools/binstall/, tools/pax/, 
988 bin/pax/, bin/ls/, usr.sbin/mtree/, usr.sbin/makefs/, 
989 usr.bin/xinstall/, libexec/ftpd/, rescue/, as well 
990 as the installation images in distrib/ 
991 in order to excise stale references to the old stat_flags.h header 
992 file in the ls sources -- stat_flags.h has been removed. 
993 
99420061108: 
995 The configure script used in the src/tools/gcc compiler has been 
996 changed to indicate that our libc has ssp support built-in and 
997 does not depend on -lssp and -lssp-nonshared. You'll need to 
998 make clean in src/tools/gcc first to rebuild the compiler. 
999 
100020061009: 
1001 The sysctl variables net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.newreno are no longer 
1002 available. Use net.inet{,6}.tcp{,6}.congctl.selected instead. 
1003 
100420060814: 
1005 The vt, vidcconsole, kbd, and rpckbd drivers on acorn32 have been 
1006 withdrawn. Use vidcvideo and pckbd instead. See the GENERIC 
1007 kernel configuration for an example. X servers from the last 
1008 few years should cope. 
1009 
101020060703: 
1011 MPACPI is no more. We always configure PCI interrupts using ACPI 
1012 if we have an ACPI kernel. The option MPACPI_SCANPCI has been renamed 
1013 to ACPI_SCANPCI. Thanks to work from fvdl. 
1014 
101520060627: 
1016 socket(2) has changed, and its system call has been versioned. 
1017 For userlands with the old version of socket(2), make sure that 
1018 your kernel has 'options COMPAT_30' set, or else 'bad system call' 
1019 errors will result. 
1020 
1021Hints for a more successful build: 338Hints for a more successful build:
1022^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 339^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1023 Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode": 340 Use build.sh, but do not use its "expert mode":
1024 This will automatically build the tools in the 341 This will automatically build the tools in the
1025 correct order, and it will keep the tools and the 342 correct order, and it will keep the tools and the
1026 new build products from interfering with the running 343 new build products from interfering with the running
1027 system. This will allow you to ignore most of the 344 system. This will allow you to ignore most of the
1028 other advice in this file. 345 other advice in this file.
1029 Build a new kernel first: 346 Build a new kernel first:
1030 This makes sure that any new system calls or features 347 This makes sure that any new system calls or features
1031 expected by the new userland will be present. This 348 expected by the new userland will be present. This
1032 helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading. 349 helps to avoid critical errors when upgrading.
1033 Use object directories: 350 Use object directories:
@@ -1108,81 +425,69 @@ find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name o @@ -1108,81 +425,69 @@ find $NETBSDSRCDIR -name \*.o -o -name o
1108if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then 425if [ -z $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
1109 BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj 426 BSDOBJDIR=/usr/obj
1110fi 427fi
1111if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then 428if [ -d $BSDOBJDIR ] ; then
1112 rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR 429 rm -rf $BSDOBJDIR
1113fi 430fi
1114 431
1115cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir 432cd $NETBSDSRCDIR && make cleandir
1116 433
1117---cut here--- 434---cut here---
1118 435
1119Critical utilities: 436Critical utilities:
1120^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 437^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1121 usr.bin/compile_et 
1122 usr.bin/make 438 usr.bin/make
1123 usr.bin/yacc 439 usr.bin/yacc
1124 usr.bin/lex 440 usr.bin/lex
1125 usr.bin/xlint 441 usr.bin/xlint
1126 usr.bin/config 442 usr.bin/config
1127 443
1128Other problems and possible solutions: 444Other problems and possible solutions:
1129^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 445^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1130Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile. 446Symptom:Complaints involving a Makefile.
1131Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make: 447Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/make:
1132 cd usr.bin/make && make && make install 448 cd usr.bin/make && make && make install
1133 Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work: 449 Or, a failsafe method if that doesn't work:
1134 cd usr.bin/make && cc *.c */*.c -I . -o make && mv make /usr/bin 450 cd usr.bin/make && cc -DMAKE_NATIVE *.c -I. -o make \
 451 && install make /usr/bin
1135 452
1136Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date. 453Fix: Make sure .mk files are up to date.
1137 cd share/mk && make install 454 cd share/mk && make install
1138 455
1139Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC. 456Symptom:Kernel `config' fails to configure any kernel, including GENERIC.
1140Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config 457Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/config
1141 458
1142Symptom: 
1143Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/yacc 
1144 
1145Symptom: 
1146Fix: Rebuild usr.bin/lex 
1147 
1148Symptom: 
1149Fix: rm /usr/lib/libbfd.a 
1150 
1151Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation 459Symptom:Obsolete intermediate files are used during compilation
1152Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question. 460Fix: Try the following sequence of commands in the directory in question.
1153 make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj 461 make cleandir; rm `make print-objdir`; make cleandir; make obj
1154 (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files 462 (If you built the tree without "make obj" in the past, obsolete files
1155 may remain. The command tries to clean everything up) 463 may remain. The command tries to clean everything up)
1156 464
1157Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible 465Symptom:.../sysinst/run.c:xx: warning: initialization from incompatible
1158 pointer type 466 pointer type
1159Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc 467Fix: Rebuild and install usr.bin/menuc
1160 468
1161Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype 469Symptom:mklocale not found during build in share/locale/ctype
1162Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale 470Fix: Build and install usr.bin/mklocale
1163 471
1164Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13' 472Symptom:undefined reference to `__assert13' or `__unsetenv13'
1165Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc 473Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
1166 474
1167Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build. 475Symptom:usr.bin/config fails to build.
1168Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile. 476Fix: Try building with -DMAKE_BOOTSTRAP added to CFLAGS in Makefile.
1169 477
1170Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname' 478Symptom:undefined reference to `getprogname' or `setprogname'
1171Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc 479Fix: Rebuild and install lib/libc
1172 480
1173Symptom:lint does not understand the '-X' option 
1174Fix: May need to build & install libs with NOLINT=1 before rebuilding lint 
1175 
1176Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable 481Symptom:Update build fails in src/tools/gcc complaining that a variable
1177 (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run. 482 (e.g. CPPFLAGS) has changed since the previous run.
1178Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build. 483Fix: Run "nbmake-${ARCH} clean" in src/tools/gcc or do a clean build.
1179 484
1180Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...: 485Symptom:cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory /cvsroot/src/...:
1181 No such file or directory. 486 No such file or directory.
1182Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes 487Cause: If a directory is created by mistake, then it is sometimes
1183 deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands 488 deleted from the CVS repository using administrative commands
1184 that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree 489 that bypass the normal cvs access controls. If your cvs working tree
1185 contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the 490 contains references to a directory that has been deleted on the
1186 server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error. 491 server in this way, then "cvs update" reports this error.
1187Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree 492Fix: Recursively delete the affected directory from your working tree
1188 and try the update again. 493 and try the update again.