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27.Dd January 23, 2009
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 KERNCONF
339Overrides which kernel to build and install for the various kernel
340make targets.
341It defaults to
342.Cm GENERIC .
343.It Va KERNFAST
344If set, the build target
345.Cm buildkernel
346defaults to setting
347.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
348.Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
349and
350.Va NO_KERNELDEPEND .
351When set to a value other than
352.Cm 1
353then
354.Va KERNCONF
355is set to the value of
356.Va KERNFAST .
357.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
358If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to
359build, relative to the root of the source tree.
360.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
361Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
362sub-directory named in this variable.
363This variable is useful when debugging failed builds.
364.Bd -literal -offset indent
365make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
366.Ed
367.It Va TARGET
368The target hardware platform.
369This is analogous to the
370.Dq Nm uname Fl m
371output.
372This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
373For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
374.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
375and
376.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
377If not set,
378.Va TARGET
379defaults to the current hardware platform.
380.It Va TARGET_ARCH
381The target machine processor architecture.
382This is analogous to the
383.Dq Nm uname Fl p
384output.
385Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
386If not set,
387.Va TARGET_ARCH
388defaults to the current machine architecture, unless
389.Va TARGET
390is also set, in which case it defaults to the appropriate
391value for that platform.
392Typically, one only needs to set
393.Va TARGET .
394.El
395.Pp
396Builds under directory
397.Pa /usr/src
398are also influenced by defining one or more the following symbols,
399using the
400.Fl D
401option of
402.Xr make 1 :
403.Bl -tag -width ".Va -DNO_KERNELDEPEND"
404.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
405If set, the build targets that clean parts of the object tree use the
406equivalent of
407.Dq make clean
408instead of
409.Dq make cleandir .
410.It Va NO_CLEAN
411If set, no object tree files are cleaned at all.
412Setting
413.Va NO_CLEAN
414implies
415.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
416so when
417.Va NO_CLEAN
418is set no kernel objects are cleaned either.
419.It Va NO_CTF
420If set, the build process does not run the DTrace CTF conversion tools
421on built objects.
422.It Va NO_SHARE
423If set, the build does not descend into the
424.Pa /usr/src/share
425subdirectory (i.e. manpages, locale data files, timezone data files and
426other
427.Pa /usr/src/share
428files will not be rebuild from their sources).
429.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
430If set, the build process does not run
431.Dq make clean
432as part of the
433.Cm buildkernel
434target.
435.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
436If set, the build process does not run
437.Xr config 8
438as part of the
439.Cm buildkernel
440target.
441.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
442If set, the build process does not run
443.Dq make depend
444as part of the
445.Cm buildkernel
446target.
447.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
448If set, the update process does not update the source of the
449.Fx
450documentation as part of the
451.Dq make update
452target.
453.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
454If set, the update process does not update the Ports tree as part of the
455.Dq make update
456target.
457.El
458.Pp
459Builds under directory
460.Pa /usr/doc
461are influenced by the following
462.Xr make 1
463variables:
464.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
465.It Va DOC_LANG
466If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
467specified as its content.
468The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
469.El
470.Sh FILES
471.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
472.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
473.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
474.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
475.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
476.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
477.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
478.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
479.El
480.Sh EXAMPLES
481For an
482.Dq approved
483method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
484.Sx COMMON ITEMS
485section in
486.Pa src/UPDATING .
487.Pp
488The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
489system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
490.Bd -literal -offset indent
491cd /usr/src
492make TARGET=sparc64 buildworld
493make TARGET=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
494.Ed
495.Sh SEE ALSO
496.Xr cc 1 ,
497.Xr install 1 ,
498.Xr make 1 ,
499.Xr make.conf 5 ,
500.Xr src.conf 5 ,
501.Xr ports 7 ,
502.Xr release 7 ,
503.Xr config 8 ,
504.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
505.Xr reboot 8 ,
506.Xr shutdown 8
507.Sh AUTHORS
508.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
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