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27.Dd August 3, 2005
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 source for the
35.Fx
36system and applications are contained in three different directories,
37normally
38.Pa /usr/src ,
39.Pa /usr/doc ,
40and
41.Pa /usr/ports .
42.Pa /usr/src
43contains the
44.Dq "base system"
45sources, which is loosely defined as the things required to rebuild
46the system to a useful state.
47.Pa /usr/doc
48contains the source for the system documentation, excluding the manual
49pages.
50.Pa /usr/ports
51is a tree that provides a consistent interface for building and
52installing third party applications.
53.Pp
54The
55.Xr make 1
56command is used in each of these directories to build and install the
57things in that directory.
58Issuing the
59.Xr make 1
60command in any directory or
61subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the
62same command in all subdirectories of that directory.
63With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built.
64The following
65list provides the names and actions for other targets:
66.Bl -tag -width indent-two
67.It Cm clean
68Removes any files created during the build process.
69.It Cm install
70Installs the results of the build for this directory.
71.It Cm update
72Gets updated sources as configured in
73.Pa /etc/make.conf .
74.El
75.Pp
76The other
77.Pa /usr/src
78make targets are:
79.Bl -tag -width indent-two
80.It Cm buildworld
81Rebuild everything but the kernel, configure files in
82.Pa /etc ,
83and release.
84.It Cm installworld
85Install everything built by
86.Cm buildworld .
87.It Cm kernel-toolchain
88Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
89Use this if you did not do a buildworld first.
90.It Cm buildkernel
91Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
92.It Cm installkernel
93Install the kernel and the kernel modules.
94.It Cm reinstallkernel .
95Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules.
96.It Cm kernel
97Equivalent to
98.Cm buildkernel
99followed by
100.Cm installkernel
101.It Cm delete-old
102Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
103When -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES is specified at the command line,
104the delete operation will be non-interactive.
105The variables
106.Va DESTDIR , TARGET_ARCH
107and
108.Va TARGET
109should be set as with
110.Dq Li "make installworld" .
111.It Cm delete-old-libs
112Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
113This should only be used if no 3rd party software uses the libraries anymore.
114When -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES is specified at the command line,
115the delete operation will be non-interactive.
116The variables
117.Va DESTDIR , TARGET_ARCH
118and
119.Va TARGET
120should be set as with
121.Dq Li "make installworld" .
122.El
123.Pp
124For more information about the ports build process, see
125.Xr ports 7 .
126.Sh ENVIRONMENT
127.Bl -tag -width ".Va TARGET_ARCH"
128.It Va TARGET_ARCH
129The target machine processor architecture.
130This is analogous to the
131.Dq Nm uname Fl p
132output.
133Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
134.It Va TARGET
135The target hardware platform.
136This is analogous to the
137.Dq Nm uname Fl m
138output.
139This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
140For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
141.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
142and
143.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
144.It Va NO_WERROR
145If defined, warnings will not cause the build to halt, even if the
146makefile says otherwise.
147.It Va DESTDIR
148The directory hierarchy where the resulting binaries will be
149installed.
150.El
151.Sh FILES
152.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
153.It Pa /etc/make.conf
154.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
155.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
156.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
157.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
158.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
159.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
160.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
161.El
162.Sh EXAMPLES
163For an
164.Dq approved
165method of updating your system from the latest sources,
166please see the
167.Sx COMMON ITEMS
168section in
169.Pa src/UPDATING .
170.Pp
171The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
172system for the Alpha architecture on an i386 host:
173.Bd -literal -offset indent
174cd /usr/src
175make TARGET_ARCH=alpha buildworld
176make TARGET_ARCH=alpha DESTDIR=/clients/axp installworld
177.Ed
178.Sh SEE ALSO
179.Xr cc 1 ,
180.Xr install 1 ,
181.Xr make 1 ,
182.Xr make.conf 5 ,
183.Xr ports 7 ,
184.Xr release 7 ,
185.Xr config 8 ,
186.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
187.Xr reboot 8 ,
188.Xr shutdown 8
189.Sh AUTHORS
190.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
191