Hi all, I have had success in my first NetBSD base system and kernel compiling for mi RaspberryPi4. Very happy with that. NetBSD Guide is a great document indeed. I only have found a few minor things that I want to mention, just in case it can be improved or if it is my lack of understanding.
In Chapter 32. Obtaining the sources, /usr/src and /usr/xsrc are created and changed their ownership to the normal username in order to be able to do the compilling action without root permission: # mkdir /usr/src # chown <carlo> /usr/src If you want the sources to the X Window System, you should prepare /usr/xsrc as well: # mkdir /usr/xsrc # chown <carlo> /usr/xsrc But once you start building the system: 35.1.1. Building a new userland The first step is to build the userland: $ cd /usr/src $ ./build.sh -O ../obj -T ../tools -U distribution it complains because /usr/obj and /usr/tools directories could not be created (or did not exist, I do not remember exactly). So I created them manually and chowned them to my username. I think that The Guide does not mention that. Another "issue": 35.1.4. Updating the system configuration files Updating your system's configuration files is done in two steps. First, postinstall(8) is used to check and fix things that can be easily automated. Afterwards, etcupdate(8) is used to merge the remaining configuration file changes. # /usr/sbin/postinstall -s /usr/src check # /usr/sbin/postinstall -s /usr/src fix # /usr/sbin/etcupdate -s /usr/src but when we go to the 35.1.5. Summary, it says only: 7. Update the system and configuration files;: # /usr/sbin/etcupdate -s /usr/src not mentioning the postinstall check and fix phase. Thanks so much. Ramiro.
