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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 MODULES_WITH_WORLD
459.Pq Vt bool
460Set to build modules with the system instead of the kernel.
461.It Va NO_CLEAN
462.Pq Vt bool
463Set this to disable cleaning during
464.Dq Li "make buildworld" .
465This should not be set unless you know what you are doing.
466.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
467.Pq Vt bool
468Set this to run
469.Dq Li "${MAKE} clean"
470instead of
471.Dq Li "${MAKE} cleandir" .
472.It Va NO_MANCOMPRESS
473.Pq Vt bool
474Set to install manual pages uncompressed.
475.It Va NO_SHARE
476.Pq Vt bool
477Set to not build in the
478.Pa share
479subdir.
480.It Va NO_SHARED
481.Pq Vt bool
482Set to build
483.Pa /bin
484and
485.Pa /sbin
486statically linked, this can be bad.
487If set, every utility that uses
488.Pa bsd.prog.mk
489will be linked statically.
490.It Va PPP_NO_NAT
491.Pq Vt bool
492Build
493.Xr ppp 8
494without support for network address translation (NAT).
495.It Va PPP_NO_NETGRAPH
496.Pq Vt bool
497Set to build
498.Xr ppp 8
499without support for Netgraph.
500.It Va PPP_NO_RADIUS
501.Pq Vt bool
502Set to build
503.Xr ppp 8
504without support for RADIUS.
505.It Va PPP_NO_SUID
506.Pq Vt bool
507Set to disable the installation of
508.Xr ppp 8
509as a set-user-ID root program.
510.It Va SENDMAIL_ADDITIONAL_MC
511.Pq Vt str
512Additional
513.Pa .mc
514files which should be built into
515.Pa .cf
516files at build time.
517The value should include the full path to the
518.Pa .mc
519file(s), e.g.,
520.Pa /etc/mail/foo.mc
521.Pa /etc/mail/bar.mc .
522.It Va SENDMAIL_CFLAGS
523.Pq Vt str
524Flags to pass to the compile command when building
525.Xr sendmail 8 .
526The
527.Va SENDMAIL_*
528flags can be used to provide SASL support with setting such as:
529.Bd -literal -offset indent
530SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL
531SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
532SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl
533.Ed
534.It Va SENDMAIL_CF_DIR
535.Pq Vt str
536Override the default location for the
537.Xr m4 1
538configuration files used to build a
539.Pa .cf
540file from a
541.Pa .mc
542file.
543.It Va SENDMAIL_DPADD
544.Pq Vt str
545Extra dependencies to add when building
546.Xr sendmail 8 .
547.It Va SENDMAIL_LDADD
548.Pq Vt str
549Flags to add to the end of the
550.Xr ld 1
551command when building
552.Xr sendmail 8 .
553.It Va SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS
554.Pq Vt str
555Flags to pass to the
556.Xr ld 1
557command when building
558.Xr sendmail 8 .
559.It Va SENDMAIL_M4_FLAGS
560.Pq Vt str
561Flags passed to
562.Xr m4 1
563when building a
564.Pa .cf
565file from a
566.Pa .mc
567file.
568.It Va SENDMAIL_MAP_PERMS
569.Pq Vt str
570Mode to use when generating alias and map database files using
571.Pa /etc/mail/Makefile .
572The default value is 0640.
573.It Va SENDMAIL_MC
574.Pq Vt str
575The default
576.Xr m4 1
577configuration file to use at install time.
578The value should include the full path to the
579.Pa .mc
580file, e.g.,
581.Pa /etc/mail/myconfig.mc .
582Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
583.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
584Note that
585.Va SENDMAIL_CF
586is now deprecated.
587.It Va SENDMAIL_SET_USER_ID
588.Pq Vt bool
589If set, install
590.Xr sendmail 8
591as a set-user-ID root binary instead of a set-group-ID binary
592and do not install
593.Pa /etc/mail/submit.{cf,mc} .
594Use of this flag is not recommended and the alternative advice in
595.Pa /etc/mail/README
596should be followed instead if at all possible.
597.It Va SENDMAIL_SUBMIT_MC
598.Pq Vt str
599The default
600.Xr m4 1
601configuration file for mail submission
602to use at install time.
603The value should include the full path to the
604.Pa .mc
605file, e.g.,
606.Pa /etc/mail/mysubmit.mc .
607Use with caution as a make install will overwrite any existing
608.Pa /etc/mail/submit.cf .
609.It Va TOP_TABLE_SIZE
610.Pq Vt int
611.Xr top 1
612uses a hash table for the user names.
613The size of this hash can be tuned to match the number of local users.
614The table size should be a prime number
615approximately twice as large as the number of lines in
616.Pa /etc/passwd .
617The default number is 20011.
618.It Va WANT_FORCE_OPTIMIZATION_DOWNGRADE
619.Pq Vt int
620Causes the system compiler to be built such that it forces high optimization
621levels to a lower one.
622.Xr gcc 1
623.Fl O2
624and above is known to trigger known optimizer bugs at various
625times.
626The value assigned is the highest optimization value used.
627.El
628.Ss "BUILDING DOCUMENTATION"
629The following list provides a name and short description for variables
630that are used when building documentation.
631.Bl -tag -width ".Va PRINTERDEVICE"
632.It Va DISTDIR
633.Pq Vt str
634Where distfiles are kept.
635Normally, this is
636.Pa distfiles
637in
638.Va PORTSDIR .
639.It Va DOC_LANG
640.Pq Vt str
641The list of languages and encodings to build and install.
642.It Va PRINTERDEVICE
643.Pq Vt str
644The default format for system documentation, depends on your
645printer.
646This can be set to
647.Dq Li ascii
648for simple printers, or
649.Dq Li ps
650for postscript or graphics printers with a ghostscript
651filter, or both.
652.El
653.Sh FILES
654.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
655.It Pa /etc/make.conf
656.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
657.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
658.It Pa /usr/share/mk/sys.mk
659.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
660.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
661.El
662.Sh SEE ALSO
663.Xr gcc 1 ,
664.Xr install 1 ,
665.Xr make 1 ,
666.Xr src.conf 5 ,
667.Xr environ 7 ,
668.Xr ports 7 ,
669.Xr sendmail 8
670.Sh HISTORY
671The
672.Nm
673file appeared sometime before
674.Fx 4.0 .
675.Sh AUTHORS
676This
677manual page was written by
678.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
679.Sh BUGS
680This manual page may occasionally be out of date with respect to
681the options currently available for use in
682.Nm .
683Please check the
684.Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
685file for the latest options which are available.
686.Sh CAVEATS
687Note, that
688.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
689and
690.Ev MAKEOBJDIR
691are environment variables and should not be set in
692.Nm
693but in make's environment.
694