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27.Dd January 21, 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 CVS_UPDATE
181.Pq Vt bool
182Set this to use
183.Xr cvs 1
184to update your
185.Pa src , ports
186and
187.Pa doc
188trees with
189.Dq Li "make update" .
190.It Va CXXFLAGS
191.Pq Vt str
192Controls the compiler settings when compiling C++ code.
193.Va CXXFLAGS
194is initially set to the value of
195.Va CFLAGS .
196If you want to
197add to the
198.Va CXXFLAGS
199value, use
200.Dq Li +=
201instead of
202.Dq Li = .
203.It Va INSTALL
204.Pq Vt str
205the default install command.
206To install only files for which the target differs or does not exist, use
207.Bd -literal -offset indent
208INSTALL="install -C"
209.Ed
210Note that some makefiles (including those in
211.Pa /usr/share/mk )
212may hardcode options for the supplied install command.
213.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
214.Pq Vt str
215List any directories that should be entered when doing
216make's in
217.Pa /usr/src
218in this variable.
219.It Va MAKE_SHELL
220.Pq Vt str
221Controls the shell used internally by
222.Xr make 1
223to process the command scripts in makefiles.
224.Xr sh 1 ,
225.Xr ksh 1 ,
226and
227.Xr csh 1
228all currently supported.
229.Pp
230.Dl "MAKE_SHELL?=sh"
231.It Va MTREE_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS
232.Pq Vt str
233Set this to
234.Dq Fl L
235to cause
236.Xr mtree 8
237to follow symlinks.
238.It Va NO_CPU_CFLAGS
239.Pq Vt str
240Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
241from being automatically added to
242.Va CFLAGS
243during compile time.
244.It Va NO_CPU_COPTFLAGS
245.Pq Vt str
246Setting this variable will prevent CPU specific compiler flags
247from being automatically added to
248.Va COPTFLAGS
249during compile time.
250.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
251.Pq Vt bool
252Set this to not update the doc tree during
253.Dq Li "make update" .
254.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
255.Pq Vt bool
256Set this to not update the ports tree during
257.Dq Li "make update" .
258.It Va SUP
259.Pq Vt str
260The location of the
261.Xr csup 1
262or
263.Xr cvsup 1
264command for
265.Dq Li "make update" .
266.It Va SUPFILE
267.Pq Vt str
268The first
269.Ar supfile
270to use when doing a
271.Dq Li "make update" .
272For example,
273.Pa /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile .
274.It Va SUPFILE1
275.Pq Vt str
276The second
277.Ar supfile
278to use when doing a
279.Dq Li "make update" .
280.It Va SUPFILE2
281.Pq Vt str
282The third
283.Ar supfile
284to use when doing a
285.Dq Li "make update" .
286.It Va SUPFLAGS
287.Pq Vt str
288The flag for the
289.Xr sup 1
290command when doing
291.Dq Li "make update" .
292This defaults to
293.Op Fl g L Ar 2 .
294.It Va SUPHOST
295.Pq Vt str
296The hostname of the sup server to use when doing
297.Dq Li "make update" .
298.It Va SUP_UPDATE
299.Pq Vt bool
300Set this to use
301.Xr csup 1
302to update your
303.Pa src ,
304and
305.Pa ports
306trees with
307.Dq Li "make update" .
308This option is deprecated.
309Please use
310.Va SVN_UPDATE
311or
312.Xr freebsd-update 8 .
313.It Va SVN_UPDATE
314.Pq Vt bool
315Set this to use
316.Xr svn 1
317to update your
318.Pa src
319tree with
320.Dq Li "make update" .
321Note that since a subversion client is not included in the base system,
322you will need to set
323.Va SVN
324to the full path of a
325.Xr svn 1
326binary.
327.El
328.Ss "BUILDING THE KERNEL"
329The following list provides a name and short description for variables
330that are only used doing a kernel build:
331.Bl -tag -width Ar
332.It Va BOOTWAIT
333.Pq Vt int
334Controls the amount of time the kernel waits for a console keypress
335before booting the default kernel.
336The value is approximately milliseconds.
337Keypresses are accepted by the BIOS before booting from disk,
338making it possible to give custom boot parameters even when this is
339set to 0.
340.It Va COPTFLAGS
341.Pq Vt str
342Controls the compiler settings when building the
343kernel.
344Optimization levels above
345.Oo Fl O ( O2 , No ...\& ) Oc
346are not guaranteed to work.
347.It Va KERNCONF
348.Pq Vt str
349Controls which kernel configurations will be
350built by
351.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel"
352and installed by
353.Dq Li "${MAKE} installkernel" .
354For example,
355.Bd -literal -offset indent
356KERNCONF=MINE DEBUG GENERIC OTHERMACHINE
357.Ed
358.Pp
359will build the kernels specified by the config files
360.Pa MINE , DEBUG , GENERIC ,
361and
362.Pa OTHERMACHINE ,
363and install the kernel specified by the config file
364.Pa MINE .
365It defaults to
366.Pa GENERIC .
367.It Va MODULES_OVERRIDE
368.Pq Vt str
369Set to a list of modules to build instead of all of them.
370.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
371.Pq Vt bool
372Set this to skip running
373.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
374during
375.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
376.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
377.Pq Vt bool
378Set this to skip running
379.Xr config 8
380during
381.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
382.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
383.Pq Vt bool
384Set this to skip running
385.Dq Li "${MAKE} depend"
386during
387.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
388.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
389.Pq Vt bool
390Set this to skip running
391.Dq Li "${MAKE} obj"
392during
393.Dq Li "${MAKE} buildkernel" .
394.It Va NO_MODULES
395.Pq Vt bool
396Set to not build modules with the kernel.
397.It Va PORTS_MODULES
398Set this to the list of ports you wish to rebuild every time the kernel
399is built.
400.It Va WITHOUT_MODULES
401.Pq Vt str
402Set to a list of modules to exclude from the build.
403This provides a
404somewhat easier way to exclude modules you are certain you will never
405need than specifying
406.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
407This is applied
408.Em after
409.Va MODULES_OVERRIDE .
410.El
411.Ss "BUILDING THE WORLD"
412The following list provides a name and short description for variables
413that are used during the world build:
414.Bl -tag -width Ar
415.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_PORT
416.Pq Vt str
417The port address to use for the console if the boot blocks have
418been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
419.It Va BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
420.Pq Vt int
421The baud rate to use for the console if the boot blocks have
422been configured to use a serial console instead of the keyboard/video card.
423.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_ALWAYS_SERIAL
424.Pq Vt bool
425Compile in the code into
426.Xr pxeboot 8
427that forces the use of a serial console.
428This is analogous to the
429.Fl h
430option in
431.Xr boot 8
432blocks.
433.It Va BOOT_PXELDR_PROBE_KEYBOARD
434.Pq Vt bool
435Compile in the code into
436.Xr pxeboot 8
437that probes the keyboard.
438If no keyboard is found, boot with the dual console configuration.
439This is analogous to the
440.Fl D
441option in
442.Xr boot 8
443blocks.
444.It Va ENABLE_SUID_K5SU
445.Pq Vt bool
446Set this if you wish to use the ksu utility.
447Otherwise, it will be
448installed without the set-user-ID bit set.
449.It Va ENABLE_SUID_NEWGRP
450.Pq Vt bool
451Set this to install
452.Xr newgrp 1
453with the set-user-ID bit set.
454Otherwise,
455.Xr newgrp 1
456will not be able to change users' groups.
457.It Va LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT
458.Pq Vt bool
459By default the
460.Xr pxeboot 8
461loader retrieves the kernel via NFS.
462Defining this and recompiling
463.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot
464will cause it to retrieve the kernel via TFTP.
465This allows
466.Xr pxeboot 8
467to load a custom BOOTP diskless kernel yet
468still mount the server's
469.Pa /
470rather than load the server's kernel.
471.It Va LOADER_FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
472.Pq Vt bool
473Defining this and recompiling
474.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/i386
475will add
476.Xr dcons 4
477console driver to
478.Xr loader 8
479and allow access over FireWire(IEEE1394) using
480.Xr dconschat 8 .
481Currently, only i386 and amd64 are supported.
482.It Va MALLOC_PRODUCTION
483.Pq Vt bool
484Set this to disable assertions and statistics gathering in
485.Xr malloc 3 .
486It also defaults the A and J runtime options to off.
487Disabled by default on -CURRENT.
488.It Va MODULES_WITH_WORLD
489.Pq Vt bool
490Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
491.It Va NO_CLEAN
492.Pq Vt bool
493Set this to disable cleaning during
494.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
495This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
496.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
497.Pq Vt bool
498Set this to run
499.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
500instead of
501.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
502.It Va NO_MANCOMPRESS
503.Pq Vt bool
504Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
505.It Va NO_SHARE
506.Pq Vt bool
507Set to not build in the
508.Pa share
509subdir.
510.It Va NO_SHARED
511.Pq Vt bool
512Set to build
513.Pa /bin
514and
515.Pa /sbin
516statically linked, this can be bad.
517If set, every utility that uses
518.Pa bsd.prog.mk
519will be linked statically.
520.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
521.Pq Vt bool
522Build
523.Xr ppp 8
524without support for network address translation (NAT).
525.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
526.Pq Vt bool
527Set to build
528.Xr ppp 8
529without support for Netgraph.
530.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
531.Pq Vt bool
532Set to build
533.Xr ppp 8
534without support for RADIUS.
535.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
536.Pq Vt bool
537Set to disable the installation of
538.Xr ppp 8
539as a set-user-ID root program.
540.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
541.Pq Vt str
542Additional
543.Pa .mc
544files which should be built into
545.Pa .cf
546files at build time.
547The value should include the full path to the
548.Pa .mc
549file(s), e.g.,
550.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc ,
551.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
552.It Va SENDMAIL_ALIASES
553.Pq Vt str
554List of
555.Xr aliases 5
556files to rebuild when using
557.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
558The default value is
559.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
560.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
561.Pq Vt str
562Flags to pass to the compile command when building
563.Xr sendmail 8 .
564The
565.Va SENDMAIL_*
566flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
567.Bd -literal -offset indent
568SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
569SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
570SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
571.Ed
572.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
573.Pq Vt str
574Override the default location for the
575.Xr m4 1
576configuration files used to build a
577.Pa .cf
578file from a
579.Pa .mc
580file.
581.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
582.Pq Vt str
583Extra dependencies to add when building
584.Xr sendmail 8 .
585.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
586.Pq Vt str
587Flags to add to the end of the
588.Xr ld 1
589command when building
590.Xr sendmail 8 .
591.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
592.Pq Vt str
593Flags to pass to the
594.Xr ld 1
595command when building
596.Xr sendmail 8 .
597.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
598.Pq Vt str
599Flags passed to
600.Xr m4 1
601when building a
602.Pa .cf
603file from a
604.Pa .mc
605file.
606.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
607.Pq Vt str
608Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
609.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
610The default value is 0640.
611.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_SRC
612.Pq Vt str
613Additional maps to rebuild when using
614.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
615The
616.Pa access ,
617.Pa bitdomain ,
618.Pa domaintable ,
619.Pa genericstable ,
620.Pa mailertable ,
621.Pa uucpdomain ,
622and
623.Pa virtusertable
624maps are always rebuilt if they exist.
625.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_TYPE
626.Pq Vt str
627Database map type to use when generating map database files using
628.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
629The default value is hash.
630The alternative is btree.
631.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
632.Pq Vt str
633The default
634.Xr m4 1
635configuration file to use at install time.
636The value should include the full path to the
637.Pa .mc
638file, e.g.,
639.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
640Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
641.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
642Note that
643.Va SENDMAIL_CF
644is now deprecated.
645.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
646.Pq Vt bool
647If set, install
648.Xr sendmail 8
649as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
650and do not install
651.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
652Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
653.Pa /etc/mail/README
654should be followed instead if at all possible.
655.It Va SENDMAIL_START_SCRIPT
656.Pq Vt str
657The script used by
658.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile
659to start, stop, and restart
660.Xr sendmail 8 .
661The default value is
662.Pa /etc/rc.sendmail .
663This value should match the
664.Dq Li mta_start_script
665setting in
666.Xr rc.conf 5 .
667.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
668.Pq Vt str
669The default
670.Xr m4 1
671configuration file for mail submission
672to use at install time.
673The value should include the full path to the
674.Pa .mc
675file, e.g.,
676.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
677Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
678.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
679.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
680.Pq Vt int
681.Xr top 1
682uses a hash table for the user names.
683The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
684The table size should be a prime number
685approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
686.Pa /etc/passwd .
687The default number is 20011.
688.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
689.Pq Vt int
690Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
691levels to a lower one.
692.Xr cc 1
693.Fl O2
694and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
695times.
696The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
697.El
698.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
699The following list provides a name and short description for variables
700that are used when building documentation.
701.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
702.It Va DISTDIR
703.Pq Vt str
704Where distfiles are kept.
705Normally, this is
706.Pa distfiles
707in
708.Va PORTSDIR .
709.It Va DOC_LANG
710.Pq Vt str
711The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
712.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
713.Pq Vt str
714The default format for system documentation, depends on your
715printer.
716This can be set to
717.Dq Li ascii
718for simple printers, or
719.Dq Li ps
720for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
721filter, or both.
722.El
723.Sh FILES
724.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
725.It Pa /etc/make.conf
726.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
727.It Pa /usr/ports/Makefile
728.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
729.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
730.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
731.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
732.El
733.Sh SEE ALSO
734.Xr cc 1 ,
735.Xr install 1 ,
736.Xr make 1 ,
737.Xr src.conf 5 ,
738.Xr environ 7 ,
739.Xr ports 7 ,
740.Xr sendmail 8
741.Sh HISTORY
742The
743.Nm
744file appeared sometime before
745.Fx 4.0 .
746.Sh AUTHORS
747This
748manual page was written by
749.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
750.Sh CAVEATS
751Note, that
752.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
753and
754.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
755are environment variables and should not be set in
756.Nm
757but in make's environment.
758.Sh BUGS
759This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
760the options currently available for use in
761.Nm .
762Please check the
763.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
764file for the latest options which are available.
765