Part V. Building the system

Table of Contents

30. Obtaining the sources

30.1. Preparing directories

30.2. Terminology

30.3. Downloading tarballs

30.3.1. Downloading sources for a NetBSD release

30.3.2. Downloading sources for a NetBSD stable branch

30.3.3. Downloading sources for a NetBSD security/critical branch

30.3.4. Downloading sources for a NetBSD-current development branch

30.4. Fetching by CVS

30.4.1. Fetching a NetBSD release

30.4.2. Fetching a NetBSD stable branch

30.4.3. Fetching a NetBSD security/critical branch

30.4.4. Fetching the NetBSD-current development branch

30.4.5. Saving some cvs(1) options

31. Crosscompiling NetBSD with build.sh

31.1. Building the crosscompiler

31.2. Configuring the kernel manually

31.3. Crosscompiling the kernel manually

31.4. Crosscompiling the kernel with build.sh

31.5. Crosscompiling the userland

31.6. Crosscompiling the X Window System

31.7. Changing build behaviour

31.7.1. Changing the Destination Directory

31.7.2. Static Builds

31.7.3. Using build.sh options

31.7.4. make(1) variables used during build

32. Compiling the kernel

32.1. Requirements and procedure

32.2. Installing the kernel sources

32.3. Creating the kernel configuration file

32.4. Building the kernel manually

32.4.1. Configuring the kernel manually

32.4.2. Generating dependencies and recompiling manually

32.5. Building the kernel using build.sh

32.6. Installing the new kernel

32.7. If something went wrong

33. Updating an existing system from sources

33.1. Manual build and update procedure

33.1.1. Building a new userland

33.1.2. Building a new kernel

33.1.3. Installing the kernel and userland

33.1.4. Updating the system configuration files

33.1.5. Summary

33.2. Using sysinst

33.3. Using sysbuild and sysupgrade

33.3.1. Tweak: Building as non-root

33.3.2. Tweak: Setting up nightly builds

33.4. More details about the updating of configuration and startup files

33.4.1. Using etcupdate with source files

33.4.2. Using etcupdate with binary distribution sets

33.4.3. Using etcmanage instead of etcupdate

34. Building NetBSD installation media

34.1. Creating custom install or boot floppies for your architecture e.g. i386

34.2. Creating a custom install or boot CD with build.sh