Building the system

Table of Contents

26. Obtaining sources by CVS

26.1. Getting CVS

26.2. Preparing directories

26.3. Fetching userland and kernel sources

26.4. Fetching pkgsrc

26.5. Saving some cvs options

27. Crosscompiling NetBSD with build.sh

27.1. Building the crosscompiler

27.2. Configuring the kernel manually

27.3. Crosscompiling the kernel manually

27.4. Crosscompiling the kernel with build.sh

27.5. Crosscompiling the userland

27.6. Crosscompiling the X Window System

27.7. Changing build behaviour

27.7.1. Changing the Destination Directory

27.7.2. Static Builds

27.7.3. Using build.sh options

27.7.4. make(1) variables used during build

28. Compiling the kernel

28.1. Installing the kernel sources

28.2. Requirements and procedure

28.3. Creating the kernel configuration file

28.4. Configuring the kernel manually

28.5. Generating dependencies and recompiling manually

28.6. Using build.sh

28.7. If something went wrong

29. Console drivers

29.1. wscons

29.1.1. Virtual consoles

29.1.2. 50 lines text mode with wscons

29.1.3. Keyboard mappings

29.1.4. Cut&paste on the console with wsmoused

29.1.5. Enable scrollback on the console

29.2. pccons

30. The package collection

30.1. Installing the package collection

30.2. Updating the package collection

30.3. Example: installing a program from source

30.3.1. Downloading the sources

30.3.2. Compiling and installing

30.4. Example: installing a binary package

30.5. Package management commands

30.6. Quick Start Packaging Guide

30.6.1. Tools

30.6.2. Getting Started

30.6.3. Filling in the Rest

30.6.4. Checking with pkglint

30.6.5. Running and Checking Build/Installs

30.6.6. Submitting a Package Using send-pr

30.6.7. Final Notes