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27.Dd March 29, 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 "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
297.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
298.Pq Vt bool
299Set this to skip running
300.Dq Li "${MAKE} obj"
301during
302.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
303.It Va NO_MODULES
304.Pq Vt bool
305Set to not build modules with the kernel.
306.It Va PORTS_MODULES
307Set this to the list of ports you wish to rebuild every time the kernel
308is built.
309.It Va WITHOUT_MODULES
310.Pq Vt str
311Set to a list of modules to exclude from the build.
312This provides a
313somewhat easier way to exclude modules you are certain you will never
314need than specifying
315.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
316This is applied
317.Em after
318.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
319.El
320.Ss "BUILDING THE WORLD"
321The following list provides a name and short description for variables
322that are used during the world build:
323.Bl -tag -width Ar
324.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT
325.Pq Vt str
326The port address to use for the console if the boot blocks have
327been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
328.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
329.Pq Vt int
330The baud rate to use for the console if the boot blocks have
331been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
332.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_ALWAYS_SERIAL
333.Pq Vt bool
334Compile in the code into
335.Xr pxeboot 8
336that forces the use of a serial console.
337This is analogous to the
338.Fl h
339option in
340.Xr boot 8
341blocks.
342.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_PROBE_KEYBOARD
343.Pq Vt bool
344Compile in the code into
345.Xr pxeboot 8
346that probes the keyboard.
347If no keyboard is found, boot with the dual console configuration.
348This is analogous to the
349.Fl D
350option in
351.Xr boot 8
352blocks.
353.It Va ENABLE_SUID_K5SU
354.Pq Vt bool
355Set this if you wish to use the ksu utility.
356Otherwise, it will be
357installed without the set-user-ID bit set.
358.It Va ENABLE_SUID_NEWGRP
359.Pq Vt bool
360Set this to install
361.Xr newgrp 1
362with the set-user-ID bit set.
363Otherwise,
364.Xr newgrp 1
365will not be able to change users' groups.
366.It Va LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
367.Pq Vt bool
368By default the
369.Xr pxeboot 8
370loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.
371Defining this and recompiling
372.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot
373will cause it to retrieve the kernel via TFTP.
374This allows
375.Xr pxeboot 8
376to load a custom BOOTP diskless kernel yet
377still mount the server's
378.Pa /
379rather than load the server's kernel.
380.It Va LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
381.Pq Vt bool
382Defining this and recompiling
383.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/i386
384will add
385.Xr dcons 4
386console driver to
387.Xr loader 8
388and allow access over FireWire(IEEE1394) using
389.Xr dconschat 8 .
390Currently, only i386 and amd64 are supported.
391.It Va MALLOC_PRODUCTION
392.Pq Vt bool
393Set this to disable assertions and statistics gathering in
394.Xr malloc 3 .
395It also defaults the A and J runtime options to off.
396Disabled by default on -CURRENT.
397.It Va MODULES_WITH_WORLD
398.Pq Vt bool
399Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
400.It Va NO_CLEAN
401.Pq Vt bool
402Set this to disable cleaning during
403.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
404This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
405.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
406.Pq Vt bool
407Set this to run
408.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
409instead of
410.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
411.It Va WITH_MANCOMPRESS
412.Pq Vt defined
413Set to install manual pages compressed.
414.It Va WITHOUT_MANCOMPRESS
415.Pq Vt defined
416Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
417.It Va NO_SHARE
418.Pq Vt bool
419Set to not build in the
420.Pa share
421subdir.
422.It Va NO_SHARED
423.Pq Vt bool
424Set to build
425.Pa /bin
426and
427.Pa /sbin
428statically linked, this can be bad.
429If set, every utility that uses
430.Pa bsd.prog.mk
431will be linked statically.
432.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
433.Pq Vt bool
434Build
435.Xr ppp 8
436without support for network address translation (NAT).
437.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
438.Pq Vt bool
439Set to build
440.Xr ppp 8
441without support for Netgraph.
442.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
443.Pq Vt bool
444Set to build
445.Xr ppp 8
446without support for RADIUS.
447.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
448.Pq Vt bool
449Set to disable the installation of
450.Xr ppp 8
451as a set-user-ID root program.
452.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
453.Pq Vt str
454Additional
455.Pa .mc
456files which should be built into
457.Pa .cf
458files at build time.
459The value should include the full path to the
460.Pa .mc
461file(s), e.g.,
462.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc ,
463.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
464.It Va SENDMAIL_ALIASES
465.Pq Vt str
466List of
467.Xr aliases 5
468files to rebuild when using
469.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
470The default value is
471.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
472.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
473.Pq Vt str
474Flags to pass to the compile command when building
475.Xr sendmail 8 .
476The
477.Va SENDMAIL_*
478flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
479.Bd -literal -offset indent
480SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
481SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
482SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
483.Ed
484.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
485.Pq Vt str
486Override the default location for the
487.Xr m4 1
488configuration files used to build a
489.Pa .cf
490file from a
491.Pa .mc
492file.
493.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
494.Pq Vt str
495Extra dependencies to add when building
496.Xr sendmail 8 .
497.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
498.Pq Vt str
499Flags to add to the end of the
500.Xr ld 1
501command when building
502.Xr sendmail 8 .
503.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
504.Pq Vt str
505Flags to pass to the
506.Xr ld 1
507command when building
508.Xr sendmail 8 .
509.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
510.Pq Vt str
511Flags passed to
512.Xr m4 1
513when building a
514.Pa .cf
515file from a
516.Pa .mc
517file.
518.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
519.Pq Vt str
520Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
521.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
522The default value is 0640.
523.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_SRC
524.Pq Vt str
525Additional maps to rebuild when using
526.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
527The
528.Pa access ,
529.Pa bitdomain ,
530.Pa domaintable ,
531.Pa genericstable ,
532.Pa mailertable ,
533.Pa uucpdomain ,
534and
535.Pa virtusertable
536maps are always rebuilt if they exist.
537.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_TYPE
538.Pq Vt str
539Database map type to use when generating map database files using
540.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
541The default value is hash.
542The alternative is btree.
543.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
544.Pq Vt str
545The default
546.Xr m4 1
547configuration file to use at install time.
548The value should include the full path to the
549.Pa .mc
550file, e.g.,
551.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
552Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
553.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
554Note that
555.Va SENDMAIL_CF
556is now deprecated.
557.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
558.Pq Vt bool
559If set, install
560.Xr sendmail 8
561as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
562and do not install
563.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
564Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
565.Pa /etc/mail/README
566should be followed instead if at all possible.
567.It Va SENDMAIL_START_SCRIPT
568.Pq Vt str
569The script used by
570.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile
571to start, stop, and restart
572.Xr sendmail 8 .
573The default value is
574.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
575This value should match the
576.Dq Li mta_start_script
577setting in
578.Xr rc.conf 5 .
579.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
580.Pq Vt str
581The default
582.Xr m4 1
583configuration file for mail submission
584to use at install time.
585The value should include the full path to the
586.Pa .mc
587file, e.g.,
588.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
589Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
590.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
591.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
592.Pq Vt int
593.Xr top 1
594uses a hash table for the user names.
595The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
596The table size should be a prime number
597approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
598.Pa /etc/passwd .
599The default number is 20011.
600.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
601.Pq Vt int
602Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
603levels to a lower one.
604.Xr cc 1
605.Fl O2
606and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
607times.
608The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
609.El
610.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
611The following list provides a name and short description for variables
612that are used when building documentation.
613.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
614.It Va DISTDIR
615.Pq Vt str
616Where distfiles are kept.
617Normally, this is
618.Pa distfiles
619in
620.Va PORTSDIR .
621.It Va DOC_LANG
622.Pq Vt str
623The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
624.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
625.Pq Vt str
626The default format for system documentation, depends on your
627printer.
628This can be set to
629.Dq Li ascii
630for simple printers, or
631.Dq Li ps
632for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
633filter, or both.
634.El
635.Ss "BUILDING PORTS"
636Several make variables can be set that affect the building of ports.
637These variables and their effects are documented in
638.Xr ports 7 ,
639.Pa ${PORTSDIR}/Mk/*
640and the
641.Fx
642Porter's Handbook.
643.Sh FILES
644.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
645.It Pa /etc/make.conf
646.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
647.It Pa /usr/ports/Makefile
648.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
649.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
650.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
651.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
652.El
653.Sh SEE ALSO
654.Xr cc 1 ,
655.Xr install 1 ,
656.Xr make 1 ,
657.Xr src.conf 5 ,
658.Xr environ 7 ,
659.Xr ports 7 ,
660.Xr sendmail 8
661.Sh HISTORY
662The
663.Nm
664file appeared sometime before
665.Fx 4.0 .
666.Sh AUTHORS
667This
668manual page was written by
669.An Mike W. Meyer Aq Mt mwm@mired.org .
670.Sh CAVEATS
671Note, that
672.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
673and
674.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
675are environment variables and should not be set in
676.Nm
677or as command line arguments to
678.Xr make 1 ,
679but in make's environment.
680.Sh BUGS
681This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
682the options currently available for use in
683.Nm .
684Please check the
685.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
686file for the latest options which are available.
687