Re: Building NetBSD 11 Release from Source Fails on Linux/MacOS

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

En Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 02:26:27PM +0000, Helge Pfeiffer escribió:
 
> Therefore, I believe there is something wrong with the cross-build chain, I guess I stumbled on a bug.
> My questions are:
> 
> a) Is there somebody on the mailing list who can build NetBSD 11 from source on a host OS that is not NetBSD or FreeBSD?
> b) What am i supposed to do now? 
>    - Shall I send a bug report?
>    - If yes, to where shall I send it?
>    - If yes, what of the above information shall I include in it? 
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance!

Hello Helge,

I have tried in a Debian Trixie 13.7 system and it compiles ok. Sorry, by mistake I issued -j12 but my
system is only -j8:



===> Tools built to /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64
===> build.sh ended:      Wed Nov  4 17:20:00 CET 2026
===> Summary of results:
	 build.sh command:    ./build.sh -U -u -j12 -m amd64 -a x86_64 -O ./obj tools
	 build.sh started:    Wed Nov  4 17:09:51 CET 2026
	 NetBSD version:      11.1
	 MACHINE:             amd64
	 MACHINE_ARCH:        x86_64
	 Build platform:      Linux 6.12.113+deb13-amd64 x86_64
	 HOST_SH:             /usr/bin/sh
	 No $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake, needs building.
	 Bootstrapping nbmake
	 share/mk MAKECONF:   /etc/mk.conf
	 MAKECONF file:       /etc/mk.conf (File not found)
	 TOOLDIR path:        /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64
	 DESTDIR path:        /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/destdir.amd64
	 RELEASEDIR path:     /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/releasedir
	 Created /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64/bin/nbmake
	 Updated makewrapper: /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64/bin/nbmake-amd64
	 Tools built to /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64
	 build.sh ended:      Wed Nov  4 17:20:00 CET 2026
===> .

real	10m9,572s
user	37m51,621s
sys	2m37,310s




===> Successful make release
===> build.sh ended:      Wed Nov  4 19:11:23 CET 2026
===> Summary of results:
	 build.sh command:    ./build.sh -U -u -j8 -m amd64 -a x86_64 -O ./obj release
	 build.sh started:    Wed Nov  4 17:20:52 CET 2026
	 NetBSD version:      11.1
	 MACHINE:             amd64
	 MACHINE_ARCH:        x86_64
	 Build platform:      Linux 6.12.113+deb13-amd64 x86_64
	 HOST_SH:             /usr/bin/sh
	 share/mk MAKECONF:   /etc/mk.conf
	 MAKECONF file:       /etc/mk.conf (File not found)
	 TOOLDIR path:        /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64
	 DESTDIR path:        /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/destdir.amd64
	 RELEASEDIR path:     /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/releasedir
	 Updated makewrapper: /home/ramiro/NetBSD/usr/netbsd-11-src/./obj/tooldir.Linux-6.12.113+deb13-amd64-x86_64/bin/nbmake-amd64
	 Successful make release
	 build.sh ended:      Wed Nov  4 19:11:23 CET 2026
===> .

real	110m31,057s
user	667m15,092s
sys	57m6,756s


Regards
Ramiro.