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27.Dd January 28, 2017
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 .
42These directories may be initially empty or non-existent until updated with
43.Xr svn 1
44or
45.Xr portsnap 8 .
46Directory
47.Pa /usr/src
48contains the
49.Dq "base system"
50sources, which is loosely defined as the things required to rebuild
51the system to a useful state.
52Directory
53.Pa /usr/doc
54contains the source for the system documentation, excluding the manual
55pages.
56Directory
57.Pa /usr/ports
58contains a tree that provides a consistent interface for building and
59installing third party applications.
60For more information about the ports build process, see
61.Xr ports 7 .
62.Pp
63The
64.Xr make 1
65command is used in each of these directories to build and install the
66things in that directory.
67Issuing the
68.Xr make 1
69command in any directory or
70subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the
71same command in all subdirectories of that directory.
72With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built.
73.Pp
74A source tree is allowed to be read-only.
75As described in
76.Xr make 1 ,
77objects are usually built in a separate object directory hierarchy
78specified by the environment variable
79.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX ,
80or under
81.Pa /usr/obj
82if variable
83.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
84is not set.
85For a given source directory, its canonical object directory
86would be
87.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
88if
89.Xr make 1
90variable
91.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
92is set, or
93.Pa /usr/obj${.CURDIR}
94if this variable is not set.
95Cross-builds set the object directory as described in the
96documentation for the
97.Cm buildworld
98target below.
99.Pp
100The build may be controlled by defining
101.Xr make 1
102variables described in the
103.Sx ENVIRONMENT
104section below, and by the variables documented in
105.Xr make.conf 5 .
106.Pp
107The following list provides the names and actions for the targets
108supported by the build system:
109.Bl -tag -width ".Cm cleandepend"
110.It Cm analyze
111Run Clang static analyzer against all objects and present output on stdout.
112.It Cm check
113Run tests for a given subdirectory.
114The default directory used is
115.Pa ${.OBJDIR} ,
116but the check directory can be changed with
117.Pa ${CHECKDIR} .
118.It Cm checkworld
119Run the
120.Fx
121test suite on installed world.
122.It Cm clean
123Remove any files created during the build process.
124.It Cm cleandepend
125Remove the
126.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE}*
127files generated by prior
128.Dq Li "make"
129and
130.Dq Li "make depend"
131steps.
132.It Cm cleandir
133Remove the canonical object directory if it exists, or perform
134actions equivalent to
135.Dq Li "make clean cleandepend"
136if it does not.
137This target will also remove an
138.Pa obj
139link in
140.Pa ${.CURDIR}
141if that exists.
142.Pp
143It is advisable to run
144.Dq Li "make cleandir"
145twice: the first invocation will remove the canonical object directory
146and the second one will clean up
147.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
148.It Cm depend
149Generate a list of build dependencies in file
150.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE} .
151Per-object dependencies are generated at build time and stored in
152.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE}.${OBJ} .
153.It Cm install
154Install the results of the build to the appropriate location in the
155installation directory hierarchy specified in variable
156.Va DESTDIR .
157.It Cm obj
158Create the canonical object directory associated with the current
159directory.
160.It Cm objlink
161Create a symbolic link to the canonical object directory in
162.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
163.It Cm tags
164Generate a tags file using the program specified in the
165.Xr make 1
166variable
167.Va CTAGS .
168The build system supports
169.Xr ctags 1
170and
171.Nm "GNU Global" .
172.El
173.Pp
174The other supported targets under directory
175.Pa /usr/src
176are:
177.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributeworld"
178.It Cm buildenv
179Spawn an interactive shell with environment variables set up for
180cross-building the system.
181The target architecture needs to be specified with
182.Xr make 1
183variables
184.Va TARGET_ARCH
185and
186.Va TARGET .
187.Pp
188This target is only useful after a complete cross-toolchain including
189the compiler, linker, assembler, headers and libraries has been
190built; see the
191.Cm toolchain
192target below.
193.It Cm buildworld
194Build everything but the kernel, configure files in
195.Pa etc ,
196and
197.Pa release .
198The object directory can be changed from the default
199.Pa /usr/obj
200by setting the
201.Pa MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
202.Xr make 1
203variable.
204The actual build location prefix used is
205.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
206for native builds, and
207.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${TARGET}${.CURDIR}
208for cross builds and native builds with variable
209.Va CROSS_BUILD_TESTING
210set.
211.It Cm cleanworld
212Attempt to clean up targets built by a preceding
213.Cm buildworld
214step.
215.It Cm distributeworld
216Distribute everything compiled by a preceding
217.Cm buildworld
218step.
219Files are placed in the directory hierarchy specified by
220.Xr make 1
221variable
222.Va DISTDIR .
223This target is used while building a release; see
224.Xr release 7 .
225.It Cm packageworld
226Archive the results of
227.Cm distributeworld ,
228placing the results in
229.Va DISTDIR .
230This target is used while building a release; see
231.Xr release 7 .
232.It Cm installworld
233Install everything built by a preceding
234.Cm buildworld
235step into the directory hierarchy pointed to by
236.Xr make 1
237variable
238.Va DESTDIR .
239.Pp
240If installing onto an NFS file system and running
241.Xr make 1
242with the
243.Fl j
244option, make sure that
245.Xr rpc.lockd 8
246is running on both client and server.
247See
248.Xr rc.conf 5
249on how to make it start at boot time.
250.It Cm toolchain
251Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
252For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
253.It Cm universe
254For each architecture,
255execute a
256.Cm buildworld
257followed by a
258.Cm buildkernel
259for all kernels for that architecture,
260including
261.Pa LINT .
262This command takes a long time.
263.It Cm update
264Get updated sources as configured in
265.Xr make.conf 5 .
266.It Cm targets
267Print a list of supported
268.Va TARGET
269/
270.Va TARGET_ARCH
271pairs for world and kernel targets.
272.It Cm tinderbox
273Execute the same targets as
274.Cm universe .
275In addition print a summary of all failed targets at the end and
276exit with an error if there were any.
277.It Cm toolchains
278Create a build toolchain for each architecture supported by the build system.
279.El
280.Pp
281Kernel specific build targets in
282.Pa /usr/src
283are:
284.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributekernel"
285.It Cm buildkernel
286Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
287The object directory can be changed from the default
288.Pa /usr/obj
289by setting the
290.Pa MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
291.Xr make 1
292variable.
293.It Cm installkernel
294Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
295.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
296renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
297.Pa kernel.old
298if it contained the currently running kernel.
299The target directory under
300.Pa ${DESTDIR}
301may be modified using the
302.Va INSTKERNNAME
303and
304.Va KODIR
305.Xr make 1
306variables.
307.It Cm distributekernel
308Install the kernel to the directory
309.Pa ${DISTDIR}/kernel/boot/kernel .
310This target is used while building a release; see
311.Xr release 7 .
312.It Cm packagekernel
313Archive the results of
314.Cm distributekernel ,
315placing the results in
316.Va DISTDIR .
317This target is used while building a release; see
318.Xr release 7 .
319.It Cm kernel
320Equivalent to
321.Cm buildkernel
322followed by
323.Cm installkernel
324.It Cm kernel-toolchain
325Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
326Use this if you did not do a
327.Cm buildworld
328first.
329.It Cm reinstallkernel
330Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
331of the target directory.
332As with the
333.Cm installkernel
334target, the target directory can be specified using the
335.Xr make 1
336variable
337.Va INSTKERNNAME .
338.El
339.Pp
340Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
341denoted by variable
342.Va DESTDIR
343include:
344.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
345.It Cm check-old
346Print a list of old files and directories in the system.
347.It Cm delete-old
348Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
349When
350.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
351is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
352non-interactive.
353The variables
354.Va DESTDIR ,
355.Va TARGET_ARCH
356and
357.Va TARGET
358should be set as with
359.Dq Li "make installworld" .
360.It Cm delete-old-libs
361Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
362This target should only be used if no third party software uses these
363libraries.
364When
365.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
366is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
367non-interactive.
368The variables
369.Va DESTDIR ,
370.Va TARGET_ARCH
371and
372.Va TARGET
373should be set as with
374.Dq Li "make installworld" .
375.El
376.Sh ENVIRONMENT
377Variables that influence all builds include:
378.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
379.It Va DEBUG_FLAGS
380Defines a set of debugging flags that will be used to build all userland
381binaries under
382.Pa /usr/src .
383When
384.Va DEBUG_FLAGS
385is defined, the
386.Cm install
387and
388.Cm installworld
389targets install binaries from the current
390.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
391without stripping,
392so that debugging information is retained in the installed binaries.
393.It Va DESTDIR
394The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
395If not set,
396.Va DESTDIR
397defaults to the empty string.
398.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
399Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
400Defaults to
401.Pa /usr/obj
402if not defined.
403This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
404.Pa /etc/make.conf
405or the command line.
406.It Va NO_WERROR
407If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
408even if the makefile says otherwise.
409.It Va WITH_CTF
410If defined, the build process will run the DTrace CTF conversion
411tools on built objects.
412.El
413.Pp
414Additionally, builds in
415.Pa /usr/src
416are influenced by the following
417.Xr make 1
418variables:
419.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
420.It Va KERNCONF
421Overrides which kernel to build and install for the various kernel
422make targets.
423It defaults to
424.Cm GENERIC .
425.It Va KERNFAST
426If set, the build target
427.Cm buildkernel
428defaults to setting
429.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
430.Va NO_KERNELCONFIG ,
431and
432.Va NO_KERNELOBJ .
433When set to a value other than
434.Cm 1
435then
436.Va KERNCONF
437is set to the value of
438.Va KERNFAST .
439.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
440If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
441the root of the source tree to build as part of the
442.Cm everything
443target.
444.It Va LOCAL_ITOOLS
445If set, this variable supplies a list of additional tools that are used by the
446.Cm installworld
447and
448.Cm distributeworld
449targets.
450.It Va LOCAL_LIB_DIRS
451If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
452the root of the source tree to build as part of the
453.Cm libraries
454target.
455.It Va LOCAL_MTREE
456If set, this variable supplies a list of additional mtrees relative to the
457root of the source tree to use as part of the
458.Cm hierarchy
459target.
460.It Va LOCAL_TOOL_DIRS
461If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
462the root of the source tree to build as part of the
463.Cm build-tools
464target.
465.It Va LOCAL_XTOOL_DIRS
466If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
467the root of the source tree to build as part of the
468.Cm cross-tools
469target.
470.It Va PORTS_MODULES
471A list of ports with kernel modules that should be built and installed
472as part of the
473.Cm buildkernel
474and
475.Cm installkernel
476process.
477.Bd -literal -offset indent
478make PORTS_MODULES=emulators/kqemu-kmod kernel
479.Ed
480.It Va STRIPBIN
481Command to use at install time when stripping binaries.
482Be sure to add any additional tools required to run
483.Va STRIPBIN
484to the
485.Va LOCAL_ITOOLS
486.Xr make 1
487variable before running the
488.Cm distributeworld
489or
490.Cm installworld
491targets.
492See
493.Xr install 1
494for more details.
495.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
496Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
497sub-directory named in this variable.
498If combined with
499.Cm buildworld
500then all libraries and includes, and some of the build tools will still build
501as well.
502When combined with
503.Cm buildworld
504it is necesarry to override
505.Va LOCAL_LIB_DIRS
506with any custom directories containing libraries.
507This allows building a subset of the system in the same way as
508.Cm buildworld
509does using its sysroot handling.
510This variable can also be useful when debugging failed builds.
511.Bd -literal -offset indent
512make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
513.Ed
514.It Va TARGET
515The target hardware platform.
516This is analogous to the
517.Dq Nm uname Fl m
518output.
519This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
520For example, cross-building for ARM64 machines requires
521.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li aarch64
522and
523.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li arm64 .
524If not set,
525.Va TARGET
526defaults to the current hardware platform.
527.It Va TARGET_ARCH
528The target machine processor architecture.
529This is analogous to the
530.Dq Nm uname Fl p
531output.
532Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
533If not set,
534.Va TARGET_ARCH
535defaults to the current machine architecture, unless
536.Va TARGET
537is also set, in which case it defaults to the appropriate
538value for that platform.
539Typically, one only needs to set
540.Va TARGET .
541.El
542.Pp
543Builds under directory
544.Pa /usr/src
545are also influenced by defining one or more of the following symbols,
546using the
547.Fl D
548option of
549.Xr make 1 :
550.Bl -tag -width ".Va -DNO_KERNELCONFIG"
551.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
552If set, the build targets that clean parts of the object tree use the
553equivalent of
554.Dq make clean
555instead of
556.Dq make cleandir .
557.It Va NO_CLEAN
558If set, no object tree files are cleaned at all.
559This is the default when
560.Va WITH_META_MODE
561is used with
562.Xr filemon 4
563loaded.
564See
565.Xr src.conf 5
566for more details.
567Setting
568.Va NO_CLEAN
569implies
570.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
571so when
572.Va NO_CLEAN
573is set no kernel objects are cleaned either.
574.It Va NO_CTF
575If set, the build process does not run the DTrace CTF conversion tools
576on built objects.
577.It Va NO_SHARE
578If set, the build does not descend into the
579.Pa /usr/src/share
580subdirectory (i.e., manual pages, locale data files, timezone data files and
581other
582.Pa /usr/src/share
583files will not be rebuild from their sources).
584.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
585If set, the build process does not run
586.Dq make clean
587as part of the
588.Cm buildkernel
589target.
590.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
591If set, the build process does not run
592.Xr config 8
593as part of the
594.Cm buildkernel
595target.
596.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
597If set, the build process does not run
598.Dq make obj
599as part of the
600.Cm buildkernel
601target.
602.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
603If set, the update process does not update the source of the
604.Fx
605documentation as part of the
606.Dq make update
607target.
608.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
609If set, the update process does not update the Ports tree as part of the
610.Dq make update
611target.
612.It Va NO_WWWUPDATE
613If set, the update process does not update the www tree as part of the
614.Dq make update
615target.
616.El
617.Pp
618Builds under directory
619.Pa /usr/doc
620are influenced by the following
621.Xr make 1
622variables:
623.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
624.It Va DOC_LANG
625If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
626specified as its content.
627The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
628.El
629.Pp
630Builds using the
631.Cm universe
632target are influenced by the following
633.Xr make 1
634variables:
635.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS"
636.It Va JFLAG
637Pass the value of this variable to each
638.Xr make 1
639invocation used to build worlds and kernels.
640This can be used to enable multiple jobs within a single architecture's build
641while still building each architecture serially.
642.It Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS
643Only build kernels for each supported architecture.
644.It Va MAKE_JUST_WORLDS
645Only build worlds for each supported architecture.
646.It Va UNIVERSE_TARGET
647Execute the specified
648.Xr make 1
649target for each supported architecture instead of the default action of
650building a world and one or more kernels.
651.El
652.Sh FILES
653.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
654.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
655.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
656.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
657.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
658.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
659.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
660.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
661.El
662.Sh EXAMPLES
663For an
664.Dq approved
665method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
666.Sx COMMON ITEMS
667section in
668.Pa src/UPDATING .
669.Pp
670The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
671system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
672.Bd -literal -offset indent
673cd /usr/src
674make TARGET=sparc64 buildworld
675make TARGET=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
676.Ed
677.Sh SEE ALSO
678.Xr cc 1 ,
679.Xr install 1 ,
680.Xr make 1 ,
681.Xr svn 1 ,
682.Xr make.conf 5 ,
683.Xr src.conf 5 ,
684.Xr ports 7 ,
685.Xr release 7 ,
686.Xr config 8 ,
687.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
688.Xr portsnap 8 ,
689.Xr reboot 8 ,
690.Xr shutdown 8 ,
691.Xr tests 7
692.Sh AUTHORS
693.An Mike W. Meyer Aq Mt mwm@mired.org
694