Changes in Makefile

704db3fe9840ee3e51b080b7c35defd1a74c0c2d - Source upgrade doc: etcupdate no longer needs -B

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:54:12 +0200

Source upgrade doc: etcupdate no longer needs -BNote: We confusingly have the instructions to build the system in thebuild manual, the UPDATING file, and the Makefile. These will get outof sync and will be harmful when they do.Fixes: ddf6fad0295a ("etcupdate: Make nobuild the default")Reviewed by: jhbDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57644 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

c170a96dbeeb3b0d36456d21beee6c551957a456 - universe: emit warning instead of error for bad/missing KERNCONF

Thu, 21 May 2026 16:08:32 +0200

universe: emit warning instead of error for bad/missing KERNCONFWhen doing a large `make universe` build with multiple KERNCONFS,it should not be an error when a particular target has a missingKERNCONF.In this example,```$ make universe TARGETS='arm64 riscv' KERNCONFS='QEMU VIRT'```Currently, arm64 does not have a QEMU conf, and riscvdoes not have a VIRT conf. However, this command should stillsucceed instead of failing with the following message:```make[2]: /usr/src/Makefile:767: Target architecture for riscv/conf/VIRT unknown. config(8) likely too old. in .for loop from /usr/src/Makefile:761 with kernel = VIRT in make[2] in directory "/usr/src"make[2]: stopped making "universe_kernels" in /usr/src```Since the opposite is true, we should build whatever confs are availablefrom the requested list of KERNCONFS, while making sure to stillemit warnings along the way.Reviewed by: impApproved by: lwhsu (mentor), emaste (mentor)MFC after: 3 daysDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55571 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

02ef0b6d76e9717b8e3182dd706e23fd2702701d - universe: allow moving build logs to UNIVERSE_LOGDIR

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:05:53 +0200

universe: allow moving build logs to UNIVERSE_LOGDIRThis allows `make universe` or `make tinderbox`to build from a read-only src tree.Reviewed by: ziaee, imp, delphijApproved by: lwhsu (mentor), emaste (mentor)MFC after: 3 daysDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55566 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

f73101fabc74255d70f4e7ce0e71f0f6655c51ea - universe: Bump default GCC version to 15

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:32:58 +0100

universe: Bump default GCC version to 15Reviewed by: lwhsu, emasteDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55085 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

94d1731e73ccb97df5fc5928bb584cabb8e37f1f - Makefile*: remove powerpcspe

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 04:57:23 +0100

Makefile*: remove powerpcspeAs reported on the freebsd-announce mailing list[1] FreeBSD iscontinuing to retire 32-bit support. Remove powerpcspe from buildinfrastructure.[1] https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2024-February/000117.htmlSigned-off-by: Minsoo Choo Reviewed by: jhibbits, emastePull request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1914 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

d2f1c8e0d1bebab9fba32d69d261abc101f368ba - Makefile: Update doxygen requirements

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:11:11 +0100

Makefile: Update doxygen requirementsMFC after: 3 daysReviewed by: imp, ziaeeSigned-off-by: Minsoo Choo Closes: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1869 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

f7dc7d7af3683836fcca68018a678b242d2e2620 - Makefile: Force DISTDIR=/ for (update-)packages

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:22:32 +0200

Makefile: Force DISTDIR=/ for (update-)packagesThe make(1) variable DISTDIR is used by both ports and src with adifferent meaning. Some users may set DISTDIR in /etc/make.conffor ports, which previously worked fine when building src sincethe src targets which used this variable were not very commonlyused (mainly, make distributeworld).Unfortunately, with pkgbase becoming the default, this is no longertrue since make (update-)packages invokes make stageworld, which issensitive to DISTDIR, and these users find that their build now fails.A correct fix for this probably requires renaming one or both ofthe DISTDIR variables, but for now, work around the problem bysetting DISTDIR=/ for the user-facing pkgbase targets, packagesand update-package. Since setting DISTDIR doesn't work for thesetargets anyway, this should not break any existing configurations.MFC after: 1 weekPR: 290010Reported by: Oleh Vinichenko Reviewed by: imp, baptSponsored by: https://www.patreon.com/bsdivyDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52929 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

dfc9da6248491072e31f924f5ae6b6238603089a - Makefile: Fix ordering for (update-)packages

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:43:15 +0200

Makefile: Fix ordering for (update-)packagesThe (update-)packages targets require buildworld and buildkernel torun first. Add some .ORDER statements to ensure this happens.This fixes 'make -j8 buildworld buildkernel packages'.PR: 289969Reported by: yasuMFC after: 3 daysReviewed by: yasu, emasteSponsored by: https://www.patreon.com/bsdivyDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52877 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

4a3fb7547e6bbae48e6535f22752486769df7272 - powerpc: Disconnect 32-bit powerpc from make universe

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:01:09 +0200

powerpc: Disconnect 32-bit powerpc from make universeWorld and kernels for 32-bit powerpc can still be built using thebuildworld and buildkernel targets.Reviewed by: impDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51194 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

1b06e0b889f82046bd2ed6acb54fed00313b0b90 - Revert "src/Makefile: log real/user/system time for build targets"

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:39:26 +0200

Revert "src/Makefile: log real/user/system time for build targets"This broke `make makeman` by unconditionally adding output to all toplevel targets. Lacking an obvious and trivial workaround, it makessense to back it out and rethink.This reverts commit afa70490ee779646fa0e936801cb28795580bf01.PR: 287274Reviewed by: markjDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51119 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

afa70490ee779646fa0e936801cb28795580bf01 - src/Makefile: log real/user/system time for build targets

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:48:55 +0200

src/Makefile: log real/user/system time for build targetsFor some of our build targets such as buildworld, buildkernel etc. we logthe real time in seconds how long the build runs. Now we log the user andsystem time as well in milliseconds for most build targets.Example output:make buildworld[....]>>> Time spent on target buildworld: real 2286.42 user 62870.84 sys 2294.22PR: 287274 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

d4c81623accede21c756b97e255367bdb664d1e6 - universe: Update the default GCC toolchain to GCC 14

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:51:53 +0100

universe: Update the default GCC toolchain to GCC 14Reviewed by: imp, emasteDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49160 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

697fd8476ea7025e3c79d57669d04ff3274a6e38 - Makefile: Fix several issues with bmake upgrade

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:17:09 +0100

Makefile: Fix several issues with bmake upgradeFirstly, if NEED_MAKE_UPGRADE isn't set, we shouldn't use whateverbootstrapped bmake happens to be lying around. We're not going to re-runthe bmake target, so won't make sure it's up-to-date, and thus it couldbe some ancient unsupported version. We can still, however, optimisesetting SUB_MAKE when the file exists, so long as it's guarded byNEED_MAKE_UPGRADE.Secondly, make kernel-toolchain should also bootstrap bmake if needed,since it's supposed to be the subset of buildworld needed for building akernel.Finally, if there is a stale bootstrapped bmake lying around that isn'tneeded, delete it, since it will only cause confusion, and as far as Ican tell nothing else will clean it up, not even cleandir twice. So asto ensure nobody's doing anything crazy with MYMAKE that would cause usto delete something unexpected, or that would change behaviour by nolonger checking exists(${MYMAKE}) and using that regardless of versionchecks, emit an error if the definition in use is not our own.Reviewed by: emaste, sjg, impDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48708 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

550137eab24ab6bdf05bfbb986927004b9f2f34e - universe: Permit requesting a specific version of GCC

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 04:49:59 +0100

universe: Permit requesting a specific version of GCCIf USE_GCC_TOOLCHAINS is set to a value matching the pattern 'gcc*',use that as the GCC version. For example, USE_GCC_TOOLCHAINS=gcc16would use amd64-gcc16 for amd64, etc. If the variable is set to avalue that doesn't match that pattern, use the default version.Reviewed by: imp, emasteDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48418 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

7818c2d37c2c600fc9ad6f2a0951e50dd21b17c8 - armv6: Remove support for building armv6

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:28:35 +0200

armv6: Remove support for building armv6With it planned that armv7 will be the only 32-bit kernel when 15.0 isreleased remove support for armv6.Remove the top level build infrastructure. It was already removed fromuniverse, this just stops it from being built directly.Reviewed by: mmel, emasteSponsored by: Arm LtdDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45634 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

52e41d1a5bd92ca1849a0f445915a4c6d63334e0 - Update example from gcc6 to gcc13

Thu, 09 May 2024 16:16:15 +0200

Update example from gcc6 to gcc13We only "support" gcc12 and gcc13 for cross building, for some value of"support". Update the example from gcc6 to gcc13.Sponsored by: Netflix List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

49a3780aeac3e6f53a3be8e3ce5210c28a205c2a - build: Order kernel-toolchain and buildkernel targets

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:46:58 +0100

build: Order kernel-toolchain and buildkernel targetsMFC after: 1 week List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

a5ff900535e24e3a3cd02287d733e1d1e5e9583a - pkgbase: Create two new rules for creating repo

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:52:03 +0100

pkgbase: Create two new rules for creating repoThis adds two new rules named create-packages-kernel-repo andcreate-packages-world-repo.The goal of those rules is to create the {kernel,world} packages andafter that the repository.It helps a lot for developing with pkgbase by adding the dev machinerepository created by those rules on top of the official pkgbase one.Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43623Reviewed by: bapt, emasteSponsored by: Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

883a1b00fd13dbc0e63ae49cdf73f88ee389d52a - Makefile: Deorbit fmake support

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:17:21 +0100

Makefile: Deorbit fmake supportfmake has been out of the tree for 10 years / 5 major releases now. Theneed to bootstrap from it has been gone for at least 6 if not 8years. While we may still need to bootstrap bmake, we don't need to doit from fmake, so only retail the infrastructure to update from bmake tobmake. Retain, for now, the WANT_MAKE_VERSION stuff, though we're alwaysup to date when building from supported and quasi-supported platforms.Also remove all the checks to see if .PARSEDIR is defined. It is alwaysdefined and was an early, fail-safe way to tell fmake from bmake duringthe transition.Adjust comments that refer to old fmake and remove those no longerrelevant.Sponsored by: NetflixReviewed by: brooksPull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/980 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile

99b8c0c35b0fcc633649209621243d678a13542a - pkgbase: create source package

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:19:39 +0100

pkgbase: create source packageFreeBSD-src for all the sources but the kernelFreeBSD-src-sys just for the kernelMFC After: 3 daysReviewed by: manuDifferential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42651 List of files: /freebsd/Makefile