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27.Dd October 1, 2006
28.Dt BUILD 7
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm build
32.Nd information on how to build the system
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The sources for the
35.Fx
36system and its applications are contained in three different directories,
37normally
38.Pa /usr/src ,
39.Pa /usr/doc ,
40and
41.Pa /usr/ports .
42Directory
43.Pa /usr/src
44contains the
45.Dq "base system"
46sources, which is loosely defined as the things required to rebuild
47the system to a useful state.
48Directory
49.Pa /usr/doc
50contains the source for the system documentation, excluding the manual
51pages.
52Directory
53.Pa /usr/ports
54contains a tree that provides a consistent interface for building and
55installing third party applications.
56For more information about the ports build process, see
57.Xr ports 7 .
58.Pp
59The
60.Xr make 1
61command is used in each of these directories to build and install the
62things in that directory.
63Issuing the
64.Xr make 1
65command in any directory or
66subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the
67same command in all subdirectories of that directory.
68With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built.
69.Pp
70A source tree is allowed to be read-only.
71As described in
72.Xr make 1 ,
73objects are usually built in a separate object directory hierarchy
74specified by the environment variable
75.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX ,
76or under
77.Pa /usr/obj
78if variable
79.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
80is not set.
81For a given source directory, its canonical object directory
82would be
83.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
84if
85.Xr make 1
86variable
87.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
88is set, or
89.Pa /usr/obj${.CURDIR}
90if this variable is not set.
91Cross-builds set the object directory as described in the
92documentation for the
93.Cm buildworld
94target below.
95.Pp
96The build may be controlled by defining
97.Xr make 1
98variables described in the
99.Sx ENVIRONMENT
100section below, and by the variables documented in
101.Xr make.conf 5 .
102.Pp
103The following list provides the names and actions for the targets
104supported by the build system:
105.Bl -tag -width ".Cm cleandepend"
106.It Cm clean
107Remove any files created during the build process.
108.It Cm cleandepend
109Remove the file
110.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE}
111generated by a prior
112.Dq Li "make depend"
113step.
114.It Cm cleandir
115Remove the canonical object directory if it exists, or perform
116actions equivalent to
117.Dq Li "make clean cleandepend"
118if it does not.
119This target will also remove an
120.Pa obj
121link in
122.Pa ${.CURDIR}
123if that exists.
124.Pp
125It is advisable to run
126.Dq Li "make cleandir"
127twice: the first invocation will remove the canonical object directory
128and the second one will clean up
129.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
130.It Cm depend
131Generate a list of build dependencies in file
132.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE} .
133.It Cm install
134Install the results of the build to the appropriate location in the
135installation directory hierarchy specified in variable
136.Va DESTDIR .
137.It Cm obj
138Create the canonical object directory associated with the current
139directory.
140.It Cm objlink
141Create a symbolic link to the canonical object directory in
142.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
143.It Cm tags
144Generate a tags file using the program specified in the
145.Xr make 1
146variable
147.Va CTAGS .
148The build system supports
149.Xr ctags 1
150and
151.Nm "GNU Global" .
152.El
153.Pp
154The other supported targets under directory
155.Pa /usr/src
156are:
157.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributeworld"
158.It Cm buildenv
159Spawn an interactive shell with environment variables set up for
160cross-building the system.
161The target architecture needs to be specified with
162.Xr make 1
163variables
164.Va TARGET_ARCH
165and
166.Va TARGET .
167.Pp
168This target is only useful after a complete cross-toolchain including
169the compiler, linker, assembler, headers and libraries has been
170built; see the
171.Cm toolchain
172target below.
173.It Cm buildworld
174Build everything but the kernel, configure files in
175.Pa etc ,
176and
177.Pa release .
178The actual build location prefix used is
179.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
180for native builds, and
181.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${TARGET}${.CURDIR}
182for cross builds and native builds with variable
183.Va CROSS_BUILD_TESTING
184set.
185.It Cm cleanworld
186Attempt to clean up targets built by a preceding
187.Cm buildworld
188step.
189.It Cm distributeworld
190Distribute everything compiled by a preceding
191.Cm buildworld
192step.
193Files are placed in the directory hierarchy specified by
194.Xr make 1
195variable
196.Va DISTDIR .
197This target is used while building a release; see
198.Xr release 7 .
199.It Cm installworld
200Install everything built by a preceding
201.Cm buildworld
202step into the directory hierarchy pointed to by
203.Xr make 1
204variable
205.Va DESTDIR .
206.Pp
207If installing onto an NFS file system and running
208.Xr make 1
209with the
210.Fl j
211option, make sure that
212.Xr rpc.lockd 8
213is running on both client and server.
214See
215.Xr rc.conf 5
216on how to make it start at boot time.
217.It Cm toolchain
218Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
219For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
220.It Cm universe
221Execute a
222.Cm buildworld
223and
224.Cm buildkernel
225for all kernels including
226.Pa LINT ,
227for each architecture supported by the build system.
228This command takes a long time.
229.It Cm update
230Get updated sources as configured in
231.Xr make.conf 5 .
232.El
233.Pp
234Kernel specific build targets in
235.Pa /usr/src
236are:
237.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reinstallkernel"
238.It Cm buildkernel
239Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
240.It Cm installkernel
241Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
242.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
243renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
244.Pa kernel.old
245if it contained the currently running kernel.
246The target directory under
247.Pa ${DESTDIR}
248may be modified using the
249.Va INSTKERNNAME
250and
251.Va KODIR
252.Xr make 1
253variables.
254.It Cm kernel
255Equivalent to
256.Cm buildkernel
257followed by
258.Cm installkernel
259.It Cm kernel-toolchain
260Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
261Use this if you did not do a
262.Cm buildworld
263first.
264.It Cm reinstallkernel
265Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
266of the target directory.
267As with the
268.Cm installkernel
269target, the target directory can be specified using the
270.Xr make 1
271variable
272.Va INSTKERNNAME .
273.El
274.Pp
275Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
276denoted by variable
277.Va DESTDIR
278include:
279.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
280.It Cm check-old
281Print a list of old files and directories in the system.
282.It Cm delete-old
283Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
284When
285.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
286is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
287non-interactive.
288The variables
289.Va DESTDIR ,
290.Va TARGET_ARCH
291and
292.Va TARGET
293should be set as with
294.Dq Li "make installworld" .
295.It Cm delete-old-libs
296Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
297This target should only be used if no 3rd party software uses these
298libraries.
299When
300.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
301is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
302non-interactive.
303The variables
304.Va DESTDIR ,
305.Va TARGET_ARCH
306and
307.Va TARGET
308should be set as with
309.Dq Li "make installworld" .
310.El
311.Sh ENVIRONMENT
312Variables that influence all builds include:
313.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
314.It Va DESTDIR
315The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
316If not set,
317.Va DESTDIR
318defaults to the empty string.
319.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
320Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
321Defaults to
322.Pa /usr/obj
323if not defined.
324This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
325.Pa /etc/make.conf
326or the command line.
327.It Va NO_WERROR
328If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
329even if the makefile says otherwise.
330.El
331.Pp
332Additionally, builds in
333.Pa /usr/src
334are influenced by the following
335.Xr make 1
336variables:
337.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
338.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
339If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to
340build, relative to the root of the source tree.
341.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
342Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
343sub-directory named in this variable.
344This variable is useful when debugging failed builds.
345.Bd -literal -offset indent
346make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
347.Ed
348.It Va TARGET
349The target hardware platform.
350This is analogous to the
351.Dq Nm uname Fl m
352output.
353This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
354For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
355.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
356and
357.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
358If not set,
359.Va TARGET
360defaults to the current hardware platform.
361.It Va TARGET_ARCH
362The target machine processor architecture.
363This is analogous to the
364.Dq Nm uname Fl p
365output.
366Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
367If not set,
368.Va TARGET_ARCH
369defaults to the current machine architecture, unless
370.Va TARGET
371is also set, in which case it defaults to the appropriate
372value for that platform.
373.El
374.Pp
375Builds under directory
376.Pa /usr/doc
377are influenced by the following
378.Xr make 1
379variables:
380.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
381.It Va DOC_LANG
382If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
383specified as its content.
384The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
385.El
386.Sh FILES
387.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
388.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
389.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
390.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
391.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
392.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
393.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
394.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
395.El
396.Sh EXAMPLES
397For an
398.Dq approved
399method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
400.Sx COMMON ITEMS
401section in
402.Pa src/UPDATING .
403.Pp
404The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
405system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
406.Bd -literal -offset indent
407cd /usr/src
408make TARGET=sparc64 buildworld
409make TARGET=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
410.Ed
411.Sh SEE ALSO
412.Xr cc 1 ,
413.Xr install 1 ,
414.Xr make 1 ,
415.Xr make.conf 5 ,
416.Xr src.conf 5 ,
417.Xr ports 7 ,
418.Xr release 7 ,
419.Xr config 8 ,
420.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
421.Xr reboot 8 ,
422.Xr shutdown 8
423.Sh AUTHORS
424.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
425