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27.Dd February 24, 2016
28.Dt MAKE.CONF 5
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm make.conf
32.Nd system build information
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The file
35.Nm
36contains system-wide settings that will apply to every build using
37.Xr make 1
38and the standard
39.Pa sys.mk
40file.
41This is achieved as follows:
42.Xr make 1
43processes the system makefile
44.Pa sys.mk
45before any other file by default, and
46.Pa sys.mk
47includes
48.Nm .
49.Pp
50The file
51.Nm
52uses the standard makefile syntax.
53However,
54.Nm
55should not specify any dependencies to
56.Xr make 1 .
57Instead,
58.Nm
59is to set
60.Xr make 1
61variables that control the actions of other makefiles.
62.Pp
63The default location of
64.Nm
65is
66.Pa /etc/make.conf ,
67though an alternative location can be specified in the
68.Xr make 1
69variable
70.Va __MAKE_CONF .
71You may need to override the location of
72.Nm
73if the system-wide settings are not suitable for a particular build.
74For instance, setting
75.Va __MAKE_CONF
76to
77.Pa /dev/null
78effectively resets all build controls to their defaults.
79.Pp
80The primary purpose of
81.Nm
82is to control the compilation of the
83.Fx
84sources, documentation, and ported applications,
85which are usually found in
86.Pa /usr/src ,
87.Pa /usr/doc ,
88and
89.Pa /usr/ports .
90As a rule, the system administrator creates
91.Nm
92when the values of certain control variables need to be changed
93from their defaults.
94.Pp
95The system build procedures occur in four broad areas:
96the world, the kernel, documentation and ports.
97Variables set in
98.Nm
99may be applicable in one, two, or all four of these areas.
100In addition, control variables can be specified
101for a particular build via the
102.Fl D
103option of
104.Xr make 1
105or in
106.Xr environ 7 .
107.Pp
108The following lists provide a name and short description for each
109variable you can use during the indicated builds.
110The values of
111variables flagged as
112.Vt bool
113are ignored; the variable being
114set at all (even to
115.Dq Li FALSE
116or
117.Dq Li NO )
118causes it to
119be treated as if it were set.
120.Pp
121The following list provides a name and short description for variables
122that are used for all builds, or are used by the
123.Pa makefiles
124for things other than builds.
125.Bl -tag -width Ar
126.It Va ALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE
127.Pq Vt bool
128Instructs the top-level makefile in the source tree (normally
129.Pa /usr/src )
130to always check if
131.Xr make 1
132is up-to-date.
133Normally this is only done for the world and buildworld targets to handle
134upgrades from older versions of
135.Fx .
136.It Va CFLAGS
137.Pq Vt str
138Controls the compiler setting when compiling C code.
139Optimization levels other than
140.Fl O
141and
142.Fl O2
143are not supported.
144.It Va CPUTYPE
145.Pq Vt str
146Controls which processor should be targeted for generated
147code.
148This controls processor-specific optimizations in
149certain code (currently only OpenSSL) as well as modifying
150the value of
151.Va CFLAGS
152and
153.Va COPTFLAGS
154to contain the appropriate optimization directive to
155.Xr cc 1 .
156The automatic setting of
157.Va CFLAGS
158may be overridden using the
159.Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
160variable.
161Refer to
162.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
163for a list of recognized
164.Va CPUTYPE
165options.
166.It Va CXXFLAGS
167.Pq Vt str
168Controls the compiler settings when compiling C++ code.
169.Va CXXFLAGS
170is initially set to the value of
171.Va CFLAGS .
172If you want to
173add to the
174.Va CXXFLAGS
175value, use
176.Dq Li +=
177instead of
178.Dq Li = .
179.It Va INSTALL
180.Pq Vt str
181the default install command.
182To install only files for which the target differs or does not exist, use
183.Bd -literal -offset indent
184INSTALL+= -C
185.Ed
186Note that some makefiles (including those in
187.Pa /usr/share/mk )
188may hardcode options for the supplied install command.
189.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
190.Pq Vt str
191List any directories that should be entered when doing
192make's in
193.Pa /usr/src
194in this variable.
195.It Va MAKE_SHELL
196.Pq Vt str
197Controls the shell used internally by
198.Xr make 1
199to process the command scripts in makefiles.
200.Xr sh 1 ,
201.Xr ksh 1 ,
202and
203.Xr csh 1
204all currently supported.
205.Pp
206.Dl "MAKE_SHELL?=sh"
207.It Va MTREE_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS
208.Pq Vt str
209Set this to
210.Dq Fl L
211to cause
212.Xr mtree 8
213to follow symlinks.
214.It Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
215.Pq Vt str
216Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
217from being automatically added to
218.Va CFLAGS
219during compile time.
220.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
221.Pq Vt bool
222Set this to not update the doc tree during
223.Dq Li "make update" .
224.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
225.Pq Vt bool
226Set this to not update the ports tree during
227.Dq Li "make update" .
228.It Va SVN_UPDATE
229.Pq Vt bool
230Set this to use
231.Xr svn 1
232to update your
233.Pa src
234tree with
235.Dq Li "make update" .
236Note that since a subversion client is not included in the base system,
237you will need to set
238.Va SVN
239to the full path of a
240.Xr svn 1
241binary.
242.El
243.Ss "BUILDING THE KERNEL"
244The following list provides a name and short description for variables
245that are only used doing a kernel build:
246.Bl -tag -width Ar
247.It Va BOOTWAIT
248.Pq Vt int
249Controls the amount of time the kernel waits for a console keypress
250before booting the default kernel.
251The value is approximately milliseconds.
252Keypresses are accepted by the BIOS before booting from disk,
253making it possible to give custom boot parameters even when this is
254set to 0.
255.It Va COPTFLAGS
256.Pq Vt str
257Controls the compiler settings when building the
258kernel.
259Optimization levels above
260.Oo Fl O ( O2 , No ...\& ) Oc
261are not guaranteed to work.
262.It Va KERNCONF
263.Pq Vt str
264Controls which kernel configurations will be
265built by
266.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel"
267and installed by
268.Dq Li "${MAKE} installkernel" .
269For example,
270.Bd -literal -offset indent
271KERNCONF=MINE DEBUG GENERIC OTHERMACHINE
272.Ed
273.Pp
274will build the kernels specified by the config files
275.Pa MINE , DEBUG , GENERIC ,
276and
277.Pa OTHERMACHINE ,
278and install the kernel specified by the config file
279.Pa MINE .
280It defaults to
281.Pa GENERIC .
282.It Va MODULES_OVERRIDE
283.Pq Vt str
284Set to a list of modules to build instead of all of them.
285.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
286.Pq Vt bool
287Set this to skip running
288.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
289during
290.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
291.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
292.Pq Vt bool
293Set this to skip running
294.Xr config 8
295during
296.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
297.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
298.Pq Vt bool
299Set this to skip running
300.Dq Li "${MAKE} depend"
301during
302.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
303.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
304.Pq Vt bool
305Set this to skip running
306.Dq Li "${MAKE} obj"
307during
308.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
309.It Va NO_MODULES
310.Pq Vt bool
311Set to not build modules with the kernel.
312.It Va PORTS_MODULES
313Set this to the list of ports you wish to rebuild every time the kernel
314is built.
315.It Va WITHOUT_MODULES
316.Pq Vt str
317Set to a list of modules to exclude from the build.
318This provides a
319somewhat easier way to exclude modules you are certain you will never
320need than specifying
321.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
322This is applied
323.Em after
324.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
325.El
326.Ss "BUILDING THE WORLD"
327The following list provides a name and short description for variables
328that are used during the world build:
329.Bl -tag -width Ar
330.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT
331.Pq Vt str
332The port address to use for the console if the boot blocks have
333been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
334.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
335.Pq Vt int
336The baud rate to use for the console if the boot blocks have
337been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
338.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_ALWAYS_SERIAL
339.Pq Vt bool
340Compile in the code into
341.Xr pxeboot 8
342that forces the use of a serial console.
343This is analogous to the
344.Fl h
345option in
346.Xr boot 8
347blocks.
348.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_PROBE_KEYBOARD
349.Pq Vt bool
350Compile in the code into
351.Xr pxeboot 8
352that probes the keyboard.
353If no keyboard is found, boot with the dual console configuration.
354This is analogous to the
355.Fl D
356option in
357.Xr boot 8
358blocks.
359.It Va ENABLE_SUID_K5SU
360.Pq Vt bool
361Set this if you wish to use the ksu utility.
362Otherwise, it will be
363installed without the set-user-ID bit set.
364.It Va ENABLE_SUID_NEWGRP
365.Pq Vt bool
366Set this to install
367.Xr newgrp 1
368with the set-user-ID bit set.
369Otherwise,
370.Xr newgrp 1
371will not be able to change users' groups.
372.It Va LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
373.Pq Vt bool
374By default the
375.Xr pxeboot 8
376loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.
377Defining this and recompiling
378.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot
379will cause it to retrieve the kernel via TFTP.
380This allows
381.Xr pxeboot 8
382to load a custom BOOTP diskless kernel yet
383still mount the server's
384.Pa /
385rather than load the server's kernel.
386.It Va LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
387.Pq Vt bool
388Defining this and recompiling
389.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/i386
390will add
391.Xr dcons 4
392console driver to
393.Xr loader 8
394and allow access over FireWire(IEEE1394) using
395.Xr dconschat 8 .
396Currently, only i386 and amd64 are supported.
397.It Va MALLOC_PRODUCTION
398.Pq Vt bool
399Set this to disable assertions and statistics gathering in
400.Xr malloc 3 .
401It also defaults the A and J runtime options to off.
402Disabled by default on -CURRENT.
403.It Va MODULES_WITH_WORLD
404.Pq Vt bool
405Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
406.It Va NO_CLEAN
407.Pq Vt bool
408Set this to disable cleaning during
409.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
410This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
411.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
412.Pq Vt bool
413Set this to run
414.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
415instead of
416.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
417.It Va WITH_MANCOMPRESS
418.Pq Vt defined
419Set to install manual pages compressed.
420.It Va WITHOUT_MANCOMPRESS
421.Pq Vt defined
422Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
423.It Va NO_SHARE
424.Pq Vt bool
425Set to not build in the
426.Pa share
427subdir.
428.It Va NO_SHARED
429.Pq Vt bool
430Set to build
431.Pa /bin
432and
433.Pa /sbin
434statically linked, this can be bad.
435If set, every utility that uses
436.Pa bsd.prog.mk
437will be linked statically.
438.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
439.Pq Vt bool
440Build
441.Xr ppp 8
442without support for network address translation (NAT).
443.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
444.Pq Vt bool
445Set to build
446.Xr ppp 8
447without support for Netgraph.
448.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
449.Pq Vt bool
450Set to build
451.Xr ppp 8
452without support for RADIUS.
453.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
454.Pq Vt bool
455Set to disable the installation of
456.Xr ppp 8
457as a set-user-ID root program.
458.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
459.Pq Vt str
460Additional
461.Pa .mc
462files which should be built into
463.Pa .cf
464files at build time.
465The value should include the full path to the
466.Pa .mc
467file(s), e.g.,
468.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc ,
469.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
470.It Va SENDMAIL_ALIASES
471.Pq Vt str
472List of
473.Xr aliases 5
474files to rebuild when using
475.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
476The default value is
477.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
478.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
479.Pq Vt str
480Flags to pass to the compile command when building
481.Xr sendmail 8 .
482The
483.Va SENDMAIL_*
484flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
485.Bd -literal -offset indent
486SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
487SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
488SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
489.Ed
490.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
491.Pq Vt str
492Override the default location for the
493.Xr m4 1
494configuration files used to build a
495.Pa .cf
496file from a
497.Pa .mc
498file.
499.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
500.Pq Vt str
501Extra dependencies to add when building
502.Xr sendmail 8 .
503.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
504.Pq Vt str
505Flags to add to the end of the
506.Xr ld 1
507command when building
508.Xr sendmail 8 .
509.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
510.Pq Vt str
511Flags to pass to the
512.Xr ld 1
513command when building
514.Xr sendmail 8 .
515.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
516.Pq Vt str
517Flags passed to
518.Xr m4 1
519when building a
520.Pa .cf
521file from a
522.Pa .mc
523file.
524.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
525.Pq Vt str
526Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
527.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
528The default value is 0640.
529.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_SRC
530.Pq Vt str
531Additional maps to rebuild when using
532.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
533The
534.Pa access ,
535.Pa bitdomain ,
536.Pa domaintable ,
537.Pa genericstable ,
538.Pa mailertable ,
539.Pa uucpdomain ,
540and
541.Pa virtusertable
542maps are always rebuilt if they exist.
543.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_TYPE
544.Pq Vt str
545Database map type to use when generating map database files using
546.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
547The default value is hash.
548The alternative is btree.
549.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
550.Pq Vt str
551The default
552.Xr m4 1
553configuration file to use at install time.
554The value should include the full path to the
555.Pa .mc
556file, e.g.,
557.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
558Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
559.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
560Note that
561.Va SENDMAIL_CF
562is now deprecated.
563.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
564.Pq Vt bool
565If set, install
566.Xr sendmail 8
567as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
568and do not install
569.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
570Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
571.Pa /etc/mail/README
572should be followed instead if at all possible.
573.It Va SENDMAIL_START_SCRIPT
574.Pq Vt str
575The script used by
576.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile
577to start, stop, and restart
578.Xr sendmail 8 .
579The default value is
580.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
581This value should match the
582.Dq Li mta_start_script
583setting in
584.Xr rc.conf 5 .
585.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
586.Pq Vt str
587The default
588.Xr m4 1
589configuration file for mail submission
590to use at install time.
591The value should include the full path to the
592.Pa .mc
593file, e.g.,
594.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
595Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
596.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
597.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
598.Pq Vt int
599.Xr top 1
600uses a hash table for the user names.
601The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
602The table size should be a prime number
603approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
604.Pa /etc/passwd .
605The default number is 20011.
606.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
607.Pq Vt int
608Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
609levels to a lower one.
610.Xr cc 1
611.Fl O2
612and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
613times.
614The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
615.El
616.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
617The following list provides a name and short description for variables
618that are used when building documentation.
619.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
620.It Va DISTDIR
621.Pq Vt str
622Where distfiles are kept.
623Normally, this is
624.Pa distfiles
625in
626.Va PORTSDIR .
627.It Va DOC_LANG
628.Pq Vt str
629The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
630.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
631.Pq Vt str
632The default format for system documentation, depends on your
633printer.
634This can be set to
635.Dq Li ascii
636for simple printers, or
637.Dq Li ps
638for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
639filter, or both.
640.El
641.Ss "BUILDING PORTS"
642Several make variables can be set that affect the building of ports.
643These variables and their effects are documented in
644.Xr ports 7 ,
645.Pa ${PORTSDIR}/Mk/*
646and the
647.Fx
648Porter's Handbook.
649.Sh FILES
650.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
651.It Pa /etc/make.conf
652.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
653.It Pa /usr/ports/Makefile
654.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
655.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
656.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
657.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
658.El
659.Sh SEE ALSO
660.Xr cc 1 ,
661.Xr install 1 ,
662.Xr make 1 ,
663.Xr src.conf 5 ,
664.Xr environ 7 ,
665.Xr ports 7 ,
666.Xr sendmail 8
667.Sh HISTORY
668The
669.Nm
670file appeared sometime before
671.Fx 4.0 .
672.Sh AUTHORS
673This
674manual page was written by
675.An Mike W. Meyer Aq Mt mwm@mired.org .
676.Sh CAVEATS
677Note, that
678.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
679and
680.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
681are environment variables and should not be set in
682.Nm
683or as command line arguments to
684.Xr make 1 ,
685but in make's environment.
686.Sh BUGS
687This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
688the options currently available for use in
689.Nm .
690Please check the
691.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
692file for the latest options which are available.
693