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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd March 15, 2002
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 world
88.Cm buildworld
89+
90.Cm installworld .
91.It Cm buildkernel
92Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
93.It Cm installkernel
94Install the kernel and the kernel modules.
95.It Cm reinstallkernel
96Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules.
97.It Cm most
98Build user commands, no libraries or include files.
99.It Cm installmost
100Install user commands, no libraries or include files.
101.El
102.Pp
103For more information about the ports build process, see
104.Xr ports 7 .
105.Sh ENVIRONMENT
106.Bl -tag -width ".Va TARGET_ARCH"
107.It Va TARGET_ARCH
108The target machine processor architecture.
109This is analogous to the
110.Dq Nm uname Fl p
111output.
112Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
113.It Va TARGET
114The target hardware platform.
115This is analogous to the
116.Dq Nm uname Fl m
117output.
118This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
119For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
120.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
121and
122.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
123.It Va NO_WERROR
124If defined, warnings will not cause the build to halt, even if the
125makefile says otherwise.
126.It Va DESTDIR
127The directory hierarchy where the resulting binaries will be
128installed.
129.El
130.Sh FILES
131.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
132.It Pa /etc/make.conf
133.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
134.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
135.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
136.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
137.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
138.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
139.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
140.El
141.Sh EXAMPLES
142The
143.Dq approved
144method of updating your system from the latest sources is:
145.Bd -literal -offset indent
146make buildworld
147make buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO
148make installkernel KERNCONF=FOO
149make installworld
150mergemaster
151.Ed
152.Pp
153.Dq Li FOO
154must be replaced with the name of the kernel configuration file from which
155the kernel should be built.
156Alternatively, the
157.Va KERNCONF
158variable in
159.Pa /etc/make.conf
160can be set to the name of the kernel to build;
161in this case the
162.Va KERNCONF Ns = Ns Li FOO
163part of the
164.Cm buildkernel
165and
166.Cm installkernel
167commands can be omitted.
168.Pp
169After running these commands a system reboot is required,
170otherwise many programs which have been rebuilt
171(such as
172.Xr ps 1 ,
173.Xr top 1 ,
174etc.\&)
175may not work with the old kernel which is still running.
176.Pp
177The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
178system for the Alpha architecture on an i386 host:
179.Bd -literal -offset indent
180cd /usr/src
181make TARGET_ARCH=alpha buildworld
182make TARGET_ARCH=alpha DESTDIR=/clients/axp installworld
183.Ed
184.Sh SEE ALSO
185.Xr cc 1 ,
186.Xr install 1 ,
187.Xr make 1 ,
188.Xr make.conf 5 ,
189.Xr ports 7 ,
190.Xr release 7 ,
191.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
192.Xr reboot 8 ,
193.Xr shutdown 8
194.Sh AUTHORS
195.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
196