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27.Dd September 29, 2011
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 packageworld
200Archive the results of
201.Cm distributeworld ,
202placing the results in
203.Va DISTDIR .
204This target is used while building a release; see
205.Xr release 7 .
206.It Cm installworld
207Install everything built by a preceding
208.Cm buildworld
209step into the directory hierarchy pointed to by
210.Xr make 1
211variable
212.Va DESTDIR .
213.Pp
214If installing onto an NFS file system and running
215.Xr make 1
216with the
217.Fl j
218option, make sure that
219.Xr rpc.lockd 8
220is running on both client and server.
221See
222.Xr rc.conf 5
223on how to make it start at boot time.
224.It Cm toolchain
225Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
226For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
227.It Cm universe
228For each architecture,
229execute a
230.Cm buildworld
231followed by a
232.Cm buildkernel
233for all kernels for that architecture,
234including
235.Pa LINT .
236This command takes a long time.
237.It Cm update
238Get updated sources as configured in
239.Xr make.conf 5 .
240.It Cm targets
241Print a list of supported
242.Va TARGET
243/
244.Va TARGET_ARCH
245pairs for world and kernel targets.
246.It Cm tinderbox
247Execute the same targets as
248.Cm universe .
249In addition print a summary of all failed targets at the end and
250exit with an error if there were any.
251.It Cm toolchains
252Create a build toolchain for each architecture supported by the build system.
253.El
254.Pp
255Kernel specific build targets in
256.Pa /usr/src
257are:
258.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributekernel"
259.It Cm buildkernel
260Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
261.It Cm installkernel
262Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
263.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
264renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
265.Pa kernel.old
266if it contained the currently running kernel.
267The target directory under
268.Pa ${DESTDIR}
269may be modified using the
270.Va INSTKERNNAME
271and
272.Va KODIR
273.Xr make 1
274variables.
275.It Cm distributekernel
276Install the kernel to the directory
277.Pa ${DISTDIR}/kernel/boot/kernel .
278This target is used while building a release; see
279.Xr release 7 .
280.It Cm packagekernel
281Archive the results of
282.Cm distributekernel ,
283placing the results in
284.Va DISTDIR .
285This target is used while building a release; see
286.Xr release 7 .
287.It Cm kernel
288Equivalent to
289.Cm buildkernel
290followed by
291.Cm installkernel
292.It Cm kernel-toolchain
293Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
294Use this if you did not do a
295.Cm buildworld
296first.
297.It Cm reinstallkernel
298Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
299of the target directory.
300As with the
301.Cm installkernel
302target, the target directory can be specified using the
303.Xr make 1
304variable
305.Va INSTKERNNAME .
306.El
307.Pp
308Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
309denoted by variable
310.Va DESTDIR
311include:
312.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
313.It Cm check-old
314Print a list of old files and directories in the system.
315.It Cm delete-old
316Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
317When
318.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
319is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
320non-interactive.
321The variables
322.Va DESTDIR ,
323.Va TARGET_ARCH
324and
325.Va TARGET
326should be set as with
327.Dq Li "make installworld" .
328.It Cm delete-old-libs
329Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
330This target should only be used if no 3rd party software uses these
331libraries.
332When
333.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
334is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
335non-interactive.
336The variables
337.Va DESTDIR ,
338.Va TARGET_ARCH
339and
340.Va TARGET
341should be set as with
342.Dq Li "make installworld" .
343.El
344.Sh ENVIRONMENT
345Variables that influence all builds include:
346.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
347.It Va DEBUG_FLAGS
348Defines a set of debugging flags that will be used to build all userland
349binaries under
350.Pa /usr/src .
351When
352.Va DEBUG_FLAGS
353is defined, the
354.Cm install
355and
356.Cm installworld
357targets install binaries from the current
358.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
359without stripping,
360so that debugging information is retained in the installed binaries.
361.It Va DESTDIR
362The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
363If not set,
364.Va DESTDIR
365defaults to the empty string.
366.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
367Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
368Defaults to
369.Pa /usr/obj
370if not defined.
371This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
372.Pa /etc/make.conf
373or the command line.
374.It Va NO_WERROR
375If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
376even if the makefile says otherwise.
377.It Va WITH_CTF
378If defined, the build process will run the DTrace CTF conversion
379tools on built objects.
380Please note that this WITH_ option is handled differently than all
381other WITH_ options (there is no
382.Va WITHOUT_CTF ,
383or corresponding
384.Va MK_CTF
385in the build system).
386.El
387.Pp
388Additionally, builds in
389.Pa /usr/src
390are influenced by the following
391.Xr make 1
392variables:
393.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
394.It Va KERNCONF
395Overrides which kernel to build and install for the various kernel
396make targets.
397It defaults to
398.Cm GENERIC .
399.It Va KERNFAST
400If set, the build target
401.Cm buildkernel
402defaults to setting
403.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
404.Va NO_KERNELCONFIG ,
405.Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
406and
407.Va NO_KERNELOBJ .
408When set to a value other than
409.Cm 1
410then
411.Va KERNCONF
412is set to the value of
413.Va KERNFAST .
414.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
415If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to
416build, relative to the root of the source tree.
417.It Va PORTS_MODULES
418A list of ports with kernel modules that should be built and installed
419as part of the
420.Cm buildkernel
421and
422.Cm installkernel
423process.
424.Bd -literal -offset indent
425make PORTS_MODULES=emulators/kqemu-kmod kernel
426.Ed
427.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
428Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
429sub-directory named in this variable.
430This variable is useful when debugging failed builds.
431.Bd -literal -offset indent
432make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
433.Ed
434.It Va TARGET
435The target hardware platform.
436This is analogous to the
437.Dq Nm uname Fl m
438output.
439This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
440For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
441.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
442and
443.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
444If not set,
445.Va TARGET
446defaults to the current hardware platform.
447.It Va TARGET_ARCH
448The target machine processor architecture.
449This is analogous to the
450.Dq Nm uname Fl p
451output.
452Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
453If not set,
454.Va TARGET_ARCH
455defaults to the current machine architecture, unless
456.Va TARGET
457is also set, in which case it defaults to the appropriate
458value for that platform.
459Typically, one only needs to set
460.Va TARGET .
461.El
462.Pp
463Builds under directory
464.Pa /usr/src
465are also influenced by defining one or more of the following symbols,
466using the
467.Fl D
468option of
469.Xr make 1 :
470.Bl -tag -width ".Va -DNO_KERNELDEPEND"
471.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
472If set, the build targets that clean parts of the object tree use the
473equivalent of
474.Dq make clean
475instead of
476.Dq make cleandir .
477.It Va NO_CLEAN
478If set, no object tree files are cleaned at all.
479Setting
480.Va NO_CLEAN
481implies
482.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
483so when
484.Va NO_CLEAN
485is set no kernel objects are cleaned either.
486.It Va NO_CTF
487If set, the build process does not run the DTrace CTF conversion tools
488on built objects.
489.It Va NO_SHARE
490If set, the build does not descend into the
491.Pa /usr/src/share
492subdirectory (i.e. manpages, locale data files, timezone data files and
493other
494.Pa /usr/src/share
495files will not be rebuild from their sources).
496.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
497If set, the build process does not run
498.Dq make clean
499as part of the
500.Cm buildkernel
501target.
502.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
503If set, the build process does not run
504.Xr config 8
505as part of the
506.Cm buildkernel
507target.
508.It Va NO_KERNELDEPEND
509If set, the build process does not run
510.Dq make depend
511as part of the
512.Cm buildkernel
513target.
514.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
515If set, the build process does not run
516.Dq make obj
517as part of the
518.Cm buildkernel
519target.
520.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
521If set, the update process does not update the source of the
522.Fx
523documentation as part of the
524.Dq make update
525target.
526.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
527If set, the update process does not update the Ports tree as part of the
528.Dq make update
529target.
530.It Va NO_WWWUPDATE
531If set, the update process does not update the www tree as part of the
532.Dq make update
533target.
534.El
535.Pp
536Builds under directory
537.Pa /usr/doc
538are influenced by the following
539.Xr make 1
540variables:
541.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
542.It Va DOC_LANG
543If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
544specified as its content.
545The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
546.El
547.Pp
548Builds using the
549.Cm universe
550target are influenced by the following
551.Xr make 1
552variables:
553.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS"
554.It Va JFLAG
555Pass the value of this variable to each
556.Xr make 1
557invocation used to build worlds and kernels.
558This can be used to enable multiple jobs within a single architecture's build
559while still building each architecture serially.
560.It Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS
561Only build kernels for each supported architecture.
562.It Va MAKE_JUST_WORLDS
563Only build worlds for each supported architecture.
564.It Va UNIVERSE_TARGET
565Execute the specified
566.Xr make 1
567target for each supported architecture instead of the default action of
568building a world and one or more kernels.
569.El
570.Sh FILES
571.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
572.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
573.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
574.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
575.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
576.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
577.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
578.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
579.El
580.Sh EXAMPLES
581For an
582.Dq approved
583method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
584.Sx COMMON ITEMS
585section in
586.Pa src/UPDATING .
587.Pp
588The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
589system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
590.Bd -literal -offset indent
591cd /usr/src
592make TARGET=sparc64 buildworld
593make TARGET=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
594.Ed
595.Sh SEE ALSO
596.Xr cc 1 ,
597.Xr install 1 ,
598.Xr make 1 ,
599.Xr make.conf 5 ,
600.Xr src.conf 5 ,
601.Xr ports 7 ,
602.Xr release 7 ,
603.Xr config 8 ,
604.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
605.Xr reboot 8 ,
606.Xr shutdown 8
607.Sh AUTHORS
608.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
609