20170122: MINIX 3 did not import NetBSD's passwd.conf file, which makes the userland fall back by default to the old, broken UNIX password hashing algorithm. Among other problems, it truncates passwords to the first eight characters. Please install /etc/passwd.conf and reset your passwords with passwd. 20160702: Some tools are required to generate the locale resources which are embedded into libintl, which is why you need to run the following: for t in gencat locale mkcsmapper mkesdb mklocale do make -C /usr/src/usr.bin/${t} all install done Then the usual "make build". 20150623: In order to use the new Unix98 PTYs, and to ensure that the test set continues to pass, please add the following line to your /etc/fstab: "none /dev/pts ptyfs rw,rslabel=ptyfs 0 0" 20140801: As the ABI went under heavy changes it is not possible to do a source upgrade (make build) between: commit 7ebdb97a28234e0181f93a8b786331dda507482 Date: Sun Feb 16 20:08:20 2014 +0000 and commit f1deff716ea30b28693c16f8e48ba1a369e2e922 Date: Thu Jul 31 18:36:24 2014 +0200 WARNING: Attempting to do so will break your system beyond repair, and require a full reinstallation. You have been warned.