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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd August 13, 2004
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 buildkernel
88Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
89.It Cm installkernel
90Install the kernel and the kernel modules.
91.It Cm reinstallkernel
92Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules.
93.El
94.Pp
95For more information about the ports build process, see
96.Xr ports 7 .
97.Sh ENVIRONMENT
98.Bl -tag -width ".Va TARGET_ARCH"
99.It Va TARGET_ARCH
100The target machine processor architecture.
101This is analogous to the
102.Dq Nm uname Fl p
103output.
104Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
105.It Va TARGET
106The target hardware platform.
107This is analogous to the
108.Dq Nm uname Fl m
109output.
110This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
111For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
112.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
113and
114.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
115.It Va NO_WERROR
116If defined, warnings will not cause the build to halt, even if the
117makefile says otherwise.
118.It Va DESTDIR
119The directory hierarchy where the resulting binaries will be
120installed.
121.El
122.Sh FILES
123.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
124.It Pa /etc/make.conf
125.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
126.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
127.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
128.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
129.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
130.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
131.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
132.El
133.Sh EXAMPLES
134For an
135.Dq approved
136method of updating your system from the latest sources,
137please see the
138.Sx COMMON ITEMS
139section in
140.Pa src/UPDATING .
141.Pp
142The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
143system for the Alpha architecture on an i386 host:
144.Bd -literal -offset indent
145cd /usr/src
146make TARGET_ARCH=alpha buildworld
147make TARGET_ARCH=alpha DESTDIR=/clients/axp installworld
148.Ed
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr cc 1 ,
151.Xr install 1 ,
152.Xr make 1 ,
153.Xr make.conf 5 ,
154.Xr ports 7 ,
155.Xr release 7 ,
156.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
157.Xr reboot 8 ,
158.Xr shutdown 8
159.Sh AUTHORS
160.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
161