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27.Dd May 28, 2013
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.Va BDECFLAGS
145is provided as a set of
146.Xr cc 1
147settings suggested by
148.An "Bruce Evans" Aq bde@FreeBSD.org
149for developing and testing changes.
150They can be used, if set, by:
151.Bd -literal -offset indent
152CFLAGS+=${BDECFLAGS}
153.Ed
154.It Va CPUTYPE
155.Pq Vt str
156Controls which processor should be targeted for generated
157code.
158This controls processor-specific optimizations in
159certain code (currently only OpenSSL) as well as modifying
160the value of
161.Va CFLAGS
162and
163.Va COPTFLAGS
164to contain the appropriate optimization directive to
165.Xr cc 1 .
166The automatic setting of
167.Va CFLAGS
168and
169.Va COPTFLAGS
170may be overridden using the
171.Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
172and
173.Va NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS
174variables, respectively.
175Refer to
176.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
177for a list of recognized
178.Va CPUTYPE
179options.
180.It Va CXXFLAGS
181.Pq Vt str
182Controls the compiler settings when compiling C++ code.
183.Va CXXFLAGS
184is initially set to the value of
185.Va CFLAGS .
186If you want to
187add to the
188.Va CXXFLAGS
189value, use
190.Dq Li +=
191instead of
192.Dq Li = .
193.It Va INSTALL
194.Pq Vt str
195the default install command.
196To install only files for which the target differs or does not exist, use
197.Bd -literal -offset indent
198INSTALL+= -C
199.Ed
200Note that some makefiles (including those in
201.Pa /usr/share/mk )
202may hardcode options for the supplied install command.
203.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
204.Pq Vt str
205List any directories that should be entered when doing
206make's in
207.Pa /usr/src
208in this variable.
209.It Va MAKE_SHELL
210.Pq Vt str
211Controls the shell used internally by
212.Xr make 1
213to process the command scripts in makefiles.
214.Xr sh 1 ,
215.Xr ksh 1 ,
216and
217.Xr csh 1
218all currently supported.
219.Pp
220.Dl "MAKE_SHELL?=sh"
221.It Va MTREE_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS
222.Pq Vt str
223Set this to
224.Dq Fl L
225to cause
226.Xr mtree 8
227to follow symlinks.
228.It Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
229.Pq Vt str
230Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
231from being automatically added to
232.Va CFLAGS
233during compile time.
234.It Va NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS
235.Pq Vt str
236Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
237from being automatically added to
238.Va COPTFLAGS
239during compile time.
240.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
241.Pq Vt bool
242Set this to not update the doc tree during
243.Dq Li "make update" .
244.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
245.Pq Vt bool
246Set this to not update the ports tree during
247.Dq Li "make update" .
248.It Va SVN_UPDATE
249.Pq Vt bool
250Set this to use
251.Xr svn 1
252to update your
253.Pa src
254tree with
255.Dq Li "make update" .
256Note that since a subversion client is not included in the base system,
257you will need to set
258.Va SVN
259to the full path of a
260.Xr svn 1
261binary.
262.El
263.Ss "BUILDING THE KERNEL"
264The following list provides a name and short description for variables
265that are only used doing a kernel build:
266.Bl -tag -width Ar
267.It Va BOOTWAIT
268.Pq Vt int
269Controls the amount of time the kernel waits for a console keypress
270before booting the default kernel.
271The value is approximately milliseconds.
272Keypresses are accepted by the BIOS before booting from disk,
273making it possible to give custom boot parameters even when this is
274set to 0.
275.It Va COPTFLAGS
276.Pq Vt str
277Controls the compiler settings when building the
278kernel.
279Optimization levels above
280.Oo Fl O ( O2 , No ...\& ) Oc
281are not guaranteed to work.
282.It Va KERNCONF
283.Pq Vt str
284Controls which kernel configurations will be
285built by
286.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel"
287and installed by
288.Dq Li "${MAKE} installkernel" .
289For example,
290.Bd -literal -offset indent
291KERNCONF=MINE DEBUG GENERIC OTHERMACHINE
292.Ed
293.Pp
294will build the kernels specified by the config files
295.Pa MINE , DEBUG , GENERIC ,
296and
297.Pa OTHERMACHINE ,
298and install the kernel specified by the config file
299.Pa MINE .
300It defaults to
301.Pa GENERIC .
302.It Va MODULES_OVERRIDE
303.Pq Vt str
304Set to a list of modules to build instead of all of them.
305.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
306.Pq Vt bool
307Set this to skip running
308.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
309during
310.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
311.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
312.Pq Vt bool
313Set this to skip running
314.Xr config 8
315during
316.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
317.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
318.Pq Vt bool
319Set this to skip running
320.Dq Li "${MAKE} depend"
321during
322.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
323.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
324.Pq Vt bool
325Set this to skip running
326.Dq Li "${MAKE} obj"
327during
328.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
329.It Va NO_MODULES
330.Pq Vt bool
331Set to not build modules with the kernel.
332.It Va PORTS_MODULES
333Set this to the list of ports you wish to rebuild every time the kernel
334is built.
335.It Va WITHOUT_MODULES
336.Pq Vt str
337Set to a list of modules to exclude from the build.
338This provides a
339somewhat easier way to exclude modules you are certain you will never
340need than specifying
341.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
342This is applied
343.Em after
344.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
345.El
346.Ss "BUILDING THE WORLD"
347The following list provides a name and short description for variables
348that are used during the world build:
349.Bl -tag -width Ar
350.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT
351.Pq Vt str
352The port address to use for the console if the boot blocks have
353been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
354.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
355.Pq Vt int
356The baud rate to use for the console if the boot blocks have
357been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
358.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_ALWAYS_SERIAL
359.Pq Vt bool
360Compile in the code into
361.Xr pxeboot 8
362that forces the use of a serial console.
363This is analogous to the
364.Fl h
365option in
366.Xr boot 8
367blocks.
368.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_PROBE_KEYBOARD
369.Pq Vt bool
370Compile in the code into
371.Xr pxeboot 8
372that probes the keyboard.
373If no keyboard is found, boot with the dual console configuration.
374This is analogous to the
375.Fl D
376option in
377.Xr boot 8
378blocks.
379.It Va ENABLE_SUID_K5SU
380.Pq Vt bool
381Set this if you wish to use the ksu utility.
382Otherwise, it will be
383installed without the set-user-ID bit set.
384.It Va ENABLE_SUID_NEWGRP
385.Pq Vt bool
386Set this to install
387.Xr newgrp 1
388with the set-user-ID bit set.
389Otherwise,
390.Xr newgrp 1
391will not be able to change users' groups.
392.It Va LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
393.Pq Vt bool
394By default the
395.Xr pxeboot 8
396loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.
397Defining this and recompiling
398.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot
399will cause it to retrieve the kernel via TFTP.
400This allows
401.Xr pxeboot 8
402to load a custom BOOTP diskless kernel yet
403still mount the server's
404.Pa /
405rather than load the server's kernel.
406.It Va LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
407.Pq Vt bool
408Defining this and recompiling
409.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/i386
410will add
411.Xr dcons 4
412console driver to
413.Xr loader 8
414and allow access over FireWire(IEEE1394) using
415.Xr dconschat 8 .
416Currently, only i386 and amd64 are supported.
417.It Va MALLOC_PRODUCTION
418.Pq Vt bool
419Set this to disable assertions and statistics gathering in
420.Xr malloc 3 .
421It also defaults the A and J runtime options to off.
422Disabled by default on -CURRENT.
423.It Va MODULES_WITH_WORLD
424.Pq Vt bool
425Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
426.It Va NO_CLEAN
427.Pq Vt bool
428Set this to disable cleaning during
429.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
430This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
431.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
432.Pq Vt bool
433Set this to run
434.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
435instead of
436.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
437.It Va NO_MANCOMPRESS
438.Pq Vt bool
439Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
440.It Va NO_SHARE
441.Pq Vt bool
442Set to not build in the
443.Pa share
444subdir.
445.It Va NO_SHARED
446.Pq Vt bool
447Set to build
448.Pa /bin
449and
450.Pa /sbin
451statically linked, this can be bad.
452If set, every utility that uses
453.Pa bsd.prog.mk
454will be linked statically.
455.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
456.Pq Vt bool
457Build
458.Xr ppp 8
459without support for network address translation (NAT).
460.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
461.Pq Vt bool
462Set to build
463.Xr ppp 8
464without support for Netgraph.
465.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
466.Pq Vt bool
467Set to build
468.Xr ppp 8
469without support for RADIUS.
470.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
471.Pq Vt bool
472Set to disable the installation of
473.Xr ppp 8
474as a set-user-ID root program.
475.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
476.Pq Vt str
477Additional
478.Pa .mc
479files which should be built into
480.Pa .cf
481files at build time.
482The value should include the full path to the
483.Pa .mc
484file(s), e.g.,
485.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc ,
486.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
487.It Va SENDMAIL_ALIASES
488.Pq Vt str
489List of
490.Xr aliases 5
491files to rebuild when using
492.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
493The default value is
494.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
495.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
496.Pq Vt str
497Flags to pass to the compile command when building
498.Xr sendmail 8 .
499The
500.Va SENDMAIL_*
501flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
502.Bd -literal -offset indent
503SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
504SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
505SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
506.Ed
507.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
508.Pq Vt str
509Override the default location for the
510.Xr m4 1
511configuration files used to build a
512.Pa .cf
513file from a
514.Pa .mc
515file.
516.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
517.Pq Vt str
518Extra dependencies to add when building
519.Xr sendmail 8 .
520.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
521.Pq Vt str
522Flags to add to the end of the
523.Xr ld 1
524command when building
525.Xr sendmail 8 .
526.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
527.Pq Vt str
528Flags to pass to the
529.Xr ld 1
530command when building
531.Xr sendmail 8 .
532.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
533.Pq Vt str
534Flags passed to
535.Xr m4 1
536when building a
537.Pa .cf
538file from a
539.Pa .mc
540file.
541.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
542.Pq Vt str
543Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
544.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
545The default value is 0640.
546.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_SRC
547.Pq Vt str
548Additional maps to rebuild when using
549.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
550The
551.Pa access ,
552.Pa bitdomain ,
553.Pa domaintable ,
554.Pa genericstable ,
555.Pa mailertable ,
556.Pa uucpdomain ,
557and
558.Pa virtusertable
559maps are always rebuilt if they exist.
560.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_TYPE
561.Pq Vt str
562Database map type to use when generating map database files using
563.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
564The default value is hash.
565The alternative is btree.
566.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
567.Pq Vt str
568The default
569.Xr m4 1
570configuration file to use at install time.
571The value should include the full path to the
572.Pa .mc
573file, e.g.,
574.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
575Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
576.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
577Note that
578.Va SENDMAIL_CF
579is now deprecated.
580.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
581.Pq Vt bool
582If set, install
583.Xr sendmail 8
584as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
585and do not install
586.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
587Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
588.Pa /etc/mail/README
589should be followed instead if at all possible.
590.It Va SENDMAIL_START_SCRIPT
591.Pq Vt str
592The script used by
593.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile
594to start, stop, and restart
595.Xr sendmail 8 .
596The default value is
597.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
598This value should match the
599.Dq Li mta_start_script
600setting in
601.Xr rc.conf 5 .
602.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
603.Pq Vt str
604The default
605.Xr m4 1
606configuration file for mail submission
607to use at install time.
608The value should include the full path to the
609.Pa .mc
610file, e.g.,
611.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
612Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
613.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
614.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
615.Pq Vt int
616.Xr top 1
617uses a hash table for the user names.
618The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
619The table size should be a prime number
620approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
621.Pa /etc/passwd .
622The default number is 20011.
623.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
624.Pq Vt int
625Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
626levels to a lower one.
627.Xr cc 1
628.Fl O2
629and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
630times.
631The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
632.El
633.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
634The following list provides a name and short description for variables
635that are used when building documentation.
636.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
637.It Va DISTDIR
638.Pq Vt str
639Where distfiles are kept.
640Normally, this is
641.Pa distfiles
642in
643.Va PORTSDIR .
644.It Va DOC_LANG
645.Pq Vt str
646The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
647.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
648.Pq Vt str
649The default format for system documentation, depends on your
650printer.
651This can be set to
652.Dq Li ascii
653for simple printers, or
654.Dq Li ps
655for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
656filter, or both.
657.El
658.Sh FILES
659.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
660.It Pa /etc/make.conf
661.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
662.It Pa /usr/ports/Makefile
663.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
664.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
665.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
666.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
667.El
668.Sh SEE ALSO
669.Xr cc 1 ,
670.Xr install 1 ,
671.Xr make 1 ,
672.Xr src.conf 5 ,
673.Xr environ 7 ,
674.Xr ports 7 ,
675.Xr sendmail 8
676.Sh HISTORY
677The
678.Nm
679file appeared sometime before
680.Fx 4.0 .
681.Sh AUTHORS
682This
683manual page was written by
684.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
685.Sh CAVEATS
686Note, that
687.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
688and
689.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
690are environment variables and should not be set in
691.Nm
692but in make's environment.
693.Sh BUGS
694This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
695the options currently available for use in
696.Nm .
697Please check the
698.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
699file for the latest options which are available.
700