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27.Dd September 5, 2006
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 gcc 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.Pp
152.Bd -literal -offset indent
153CFLAGS+=${BDECFLAGS}
154.Ed
155.It Va CPUTYPE
156.Pq Vt str
157Controls which processor should be targeted for generated
158code.
159This controls processor-specific optimizations in
160certain code (currently only OpenSSL) as well as modifying
161the value of
162.Va CFLAGS
163and
164.Va COPTFLAGS
165to contain the appropriate optimization directive to
166.Xr gcc 1 .
167The automatic setting of
168.Va CFLAGS
169and
170.Va COPTFLAGS
171may be overridden using the
172.Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
173and
174.Va NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS
175variables, respectively.
176Refer to
177.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
178for a list of recognized
179.Va CPUTYPE
180options.
181.It Va CVS_UPDATE
182.Pq Vt bool
183Set this to use
184.Xr cvs 1
185to update your ports with
186.Dq Li "make update" .
187.It Va CXXFLAGS
188.Pq Vt str
189Controls the compiler settings when compiling C++ code.
190.Va CXXFLAGS
191is initially set to the value of
192.Va CFLAGS .
193If you want to
194add to the
195.Va CXXFLAGS
196value, use
197.Dq Li +=
198instead of
199.Dq Li = .
200.It Va DOCSUPFILE
201.Pq Vt str
202The documentation
203.Ar supfile
204to use when doing a
205.Dq Li "make update" .
206This defaults to
207.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc\-supfile .
208.It Va INSTALL
209.Pq Vt str
210the default install command.
211To install only files for which the target differs or does not exist, use
212.Bd -literal -offset indent
213INSTALL="install -C"
214.Ed
215Note that some makefiles (including those in
216.Pa /usr/share/mk )
217may hardcode options for the supplied install command.
218.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
219.Pq Vt str
220List any directories that should be entered when doing
221make's in
222.Pa /usr/src
223in this variable.
224.It Va MAKE_SHELL
225.Pq Vt str
226Controls the shell used internally by
227.Xr make 1
228to process the command scripts in makefiles.
229.Xr sh 1 ,
230.Xr ksh 1 ,
231and
232.Xr csh 1
233all currently supported.
234.Pp
235.Dl "MAKE_SHELL?=sh"
236.It Va MTREE_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS
237.Pq Vt str
238Set this to
239.Dq Fl L
240to cause
241.Xr mtree 8
242to follow symlinks.
243.It Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
244.Pq Vt str
245Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
246from being automatically added to
247.Va CFLAGS
248during compile time.
249.It Va NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS
250.Pq Vt str
251Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
252from being automatically added to
253.Va COPTFLAGS
254during compile time.
255.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
256.Pq Vt bool
257Set this to not update the doc tree during
258.Dq Li "make update" .
259.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
260.Pq Vt bool
261Set this to not update the ports tree during
262.Dq Li "make update" .
263.It Va PORTSSUPFILE
264.Pq Vt str
265The ports
266.Ar supfile
267to use when doing a
268.Dq Li "make update" .
269This defaults to
270.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports\-supfile .
271.It Va SUP
272.Pq Vt str
273The location of the
274.Xr csup 1
275or
276.Xr cvsup 1
277command for
278.Dq Li "make update" .
279.It Va SUPFILE
280.Pq Vt str
281The first
282.Ar supfile
283to use when doing a
284.Dq Li "make update" .
285This defaults to
286.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard\-supfile .
287.It Va SUPFILE1
288.Pq Vt str
289The second
290.Ar supfile
291to use when doing a
292.Dq Li "make update" .
293This defaults to
294.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure\-supfile .
295.It Va SUPFILE2
296.Pq Vt str
297The third
298.Ar supfile
299to use when doing a
300.Dq Li "make update" .
301This defaults to
302.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/secure\-supfile .
303.It Va SUPFLAGS
304.Pq Vt str
305The flag for the
306.Xr sup 1
307command when doing
308.Dq Li "make update" .
309This defaults to
310.Op Fl g L Ar 2 .
311.It Va SUPHOST
312.Pq Vt str
313The hostname of the sup server to use when doing
314.Dq Li "make update" .
315.It Va SUP_UPDATE
316.Pq Vt bool
317Set this to use
318.Xr cvsup 1
319to update your ports with
320.Dq Li "make update" .
321.El
322.Ss "BUILDING THE KERNEL"
323The following list provides a name and short description for variables
324that are only used doing a kernel build:
325.Bl -tag -width Ar
326.It Va BOOTWAIT
327.Pq Vt int
328Controls the amount of time the kernel waits for a console keypress
329before booting the default kernel.
330The value is approximately milliseconds.
331Keypresses are accepted by the BIOS before booting from disk,
332making it possible to give custom boot parameters even when this is
333set to 0.
334.It Va COPTFLAGS
335.Pq Vt str
336Controls the compiler settings when building the
337kernel.
338Optimization levels above
339.Oo Fl O ( O2 , No ...\& ) Oc
340are not guaranteed to work.
341.It Va KERNCONF
342.Pq Vt str
343Controls which kernel configurations will be
344built by
345.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel"
346and installed by
347.Dq Li "${MAKE} installkernel" .
348For example,
349.Bd -literal -offset indent
350KERNCONF=MINE DEBUG GENERIC OTHERMACHINE
351.Ed
352.Pp
353will build the kernels specified by the config files
354.Pa MINE , DEBUG , GENERIC ,
355and
356.Pa OTHERMACHINE ,
357and install the kernel specified by the config file
358.Pa MINE .
359It defaults to
360.Pa GENERIC .
361.It Va MODULES_OVERRIDE
362.Pq Vt str
363Set to a list of modules to build instead of all of them.
364.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
365.Pq Vt bool
366Set this to skip running
367.Xr config 8
368during
369.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
370.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
371.Pq Vt bool
372Set this to skip running
373.Dq Li "${MAKE} depend"
374during
375.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
376.It Va NO_MODULES
377.Pq Vt bool
378Set to not build modules with the kernel.
379.It Va PORTS_MODULES
380Set this to the list of ports you wish to rebuild every time the kernel
381is built.
382.It Va WITHOUT_MODULES
383.Pq Vt str
384Set to a list of modules to exclude from the build.
385This provides a
386somewhat easier way to exclude modules you are certain you will never
387need than specifying
388.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
389This is applied
390.Em after
391.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
392.El
393.Ss "BUILDING THE WORLD"
394The following list provides a name and short description for variables
395that are used during the world build:
396.Bl -tag -width Ar
397.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT
398.Pq Vt str
399The port address to use for the console if the boot blocks have
400been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
401.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
402.Pq Vt int
403The baud rate to use for the console if the boot blocks have
404been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
405.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_ALWAYS_SERIAL
406.Pq Vt bool
407Compile in the code into
408.Xr pxeboot 8
409that forces the use of a serial console.
410This is analogous to the
411.Fl h
412option in
413.Xr boot 8
414blocks.
415.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_PROBE_KEYBOARD
416.Pq Vt bool
417Compile in the code into
418.Xr pxeboot 8
419that probes the keyboard.
420If no keyboard is found, boot with the dual console configuration.
421This is analogous to the
422.Fl D
423option in
424.Xr boot 8
425blocks.
426.It Va ENABLE_SUID_K5SU
427.Pq Vt bool
428Set this if you wish to use the ksu utility.
429Otherwise, it will be
430installed without the set-user-ID bit set.
431.It Va ENABLE_SUID_NEWGRP
432.Pq Vt bool
433Set this to install
434.Xr newgrp 1
435with the set-user-ID bit set.
436Otherwise,
437.Xr newgrp 1
438will not be able to change users' groups.
439.It Va ENABLE_SUID_SSH
440.Pq Vt bool
441Set this to install
442.Xr ssh 1
443with the set-user-ID bit turned on.
444.It Va LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
445.Pq Vt bool
446By default the
447.Xr pxeboot 8
448loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.
449Defining this and recompiling
450.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot
451will cause it to retrieve the kernel via TFTP.
452This allows
453.Xr pxeboot 8
454to load a custom BOOTP diskless kernel yet
455still mount the server's
456.Pa /
457rather than load the server's kernel.
458.It Va LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
459.Pq Vt bool
460Defining this and recompiling
461.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/i386
462will add
463.Xr dcons 4
464console driver to
465.Xr loader 8
466and allow access over FireWire(IEEE1394) using
467.Xr dconschat 8 .
468Currently, only i386 and amd64 are supported.
469.It Va MODULES_WITH_WORLD
470.Pq Vt bool
471Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
472.It Va NO_CLEAN
473.Pq Vt bool
474Set this to disable cleaning during
475.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
476This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
477.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
478.Pq Vt bool
479Set this to run
480.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
481instead of
482.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
483.It Va NO_MANCOMPRESS
484.Pq Vt bool
485Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
486.It Va NO_SHARE
487.Pq Vt bool
488Set to not build in the
489.Pa share
490subdir.
491.It Va NO_SHARED
492.Pq Vt bool
493Set to build
494.Pa /bin
495and
496.Pa /sbin
497statically linked, this can be bad.
498If set, every utility that uses
499.Pa bsd.prog.mk
500will be linked statically.
501.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
502.Pq Vt bool
503Build
504.Xr ppp 8
505without support for network address translation (NAT).
506.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
507.Pq Vt bool
508Set to build
509.Xr ppp 8
510without support for Netgraph.
511.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
512.Pq Vt bool
513Set to build
514.Xr ppp 8
515without support for RADIUS.
516.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
517.Pq Vt bool
518Set to disable the installation of
519.Xr ppp 8
520as a set-user-ID root program.
521.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
522.Pq Vt str
523Additional
524.Pa .mc
525files which should be built into
526.Pa .cf
527files at build time.
528The value should include the full path to the
529.Pa .mc
530file(s), e.g.,
531.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc
532.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
533.It Va SENDMAIL_ALIASES
534.Pq Vt str
535List of
536.Xr aliases 5
537files to rebuild when using
538.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
539The default value is
540.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
541.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
542.Pq Vt str
543Flags to pass to the compile command when building
544.Xr sendmail 8 .
545The
546.Va SENDMAIL_*
547flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
548.Bd -literal -offset indent
549SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
550SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
551SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
552.Ed
553.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
554.Pq Vt str
555Override the default location for the
556.Xr m4 1
557configuration files used to build a
558.Pa .cf
559file from a
560.Pa .mc
561file.
562.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
563.Pq Vt str
564Extra dependencies to add when building
565.Xr sendmail 8 .
566.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
567.Pq Vt str
568Flags to add to the end of the
569.Xr ld 1
570command when building
571.Xr sendmail 8 .
572.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
573.Pq Vt str
574Flags to pass to the
575.Xr ld 1
576command when building
577.Xr sendmail 8 .
578.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
579.Pq Vt str
580Flags passed to
581.Xr m4 1
582when building a
583.Pa .cf
584file from a
585.Pa .mc
586file.
587.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
588.Pq Vt str
589Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
590.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
591The default value is 0640.
592.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_SRC
593.Pq Vt str
594Additional maps to rebuild when using
595.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
596The
597.Pa access ,
598.Pa bitdomain ,
599.Pa domaintable ,
600.Pa genericstable ,
601.Pa mailertable ,
602.Pa uucpdomain ,
603and
604.Pa virtusertable
605maps are always rebuilt if they exist.
606.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_TYPE
607.Pq Vt str
608Database map type to use when generating map database files using
609.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
610The default value is hash.
611The alternative is btree.
612.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
613.Pq Vt str
614The default
615.Xr m4 1
616configuration file to use at install time.
617The value should include the full path to the
618.Pa .mc
619file, e.g.,
620.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
621Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
622.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
623Note that
624.Va SENDMAIL_CF
625is now deprecated.
626.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
627.Pq Vt bool
628If set, install
629.Xr sendmail 8
630as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
631and do not install
632.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
633Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
634.Pa /etc/mail/README
635should be followed instead if at all possible.
636.It Va SENDMAIL_START_SCRIPT
637.Pq Vt str
638The script used by
639.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile
640to start, stop, and restart
641.Xr sendmail 8 .
642The default value is
643.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
644This value should match the
645.Dq Li mta_start_script
646setting in
647.Xr rc.conf 5 .
648.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
649.Pq Vt str
650The default
651.Xr m4 1
652configuration file for mail submission
653to use at install time.
654The value should include the full path to the
655.Pa .mc
656file, e.g.,
657.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
658Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
659.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
660.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
661.Pq Vt int
662.Xr top 1
663uses a hash table for the user names.
664The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
665The table size should be a prime number
666approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
667.Pa /etc/passwd .
668The default number is 20011.
669.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
670.Pq Vt int
671Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
672levels to a lower one.
673.Xr gcc 1
674.Fl O2
675and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
676times.
677The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
678.El
679.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
680The following list provides a name and short description for variables
681that are used when building documentation.
682.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
683.It Va DISTDIR
684.Pq Vt str
685Where distfiles are kept.
686Normally, this is
687.Pa distfiles
688in
689.Va PORTSDIR .
690.It Va DOC_LANG
691.Pq Vt str
692The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
693.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
694.Pq Vt str
695The default format for system documentation, depends on your
696printer.
697This can be set to
698.Dq Li ascii
699for simple printers, or
700.Dq Li ps
701for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
702filter, or both.
703.El
704.Sh FILES
705.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
706.It Pa /etc/make.conf
707.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
708.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
709.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
710.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
711.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
712.El
713.Sh SEE ALSO
714.Xr gcc 1 ,
715.Xr install 1 ,
716.Xr make 1 ,
717.Xr src.conf 5 ,
718.Xr environ 7 ,
719.Xr ports 7 ,
720.Xr sendmail 8
721.Sh HISTORY
722The
723.Nm
724file appeared sometime before
725.Fx 4.0 .
726.Sh AUTHORS
727This
728manual page was written by
729.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
730.Sh BUGS
731This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
732the options currently available for use in
733.Nm .
734Please check the
735.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
736file for the latest options which are available.
737.Sh CAVEATS
738Note, that
739.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
740and
741.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
742are environment variables and should not be set in
743.Nm
744but in make's environment.
745