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27.Dd December 5, 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 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.It Cm toolchain
207Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
208For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
209.It Cm universe
210Execute a
211.Cm buildworld
212and
213.Cm buildkernel
214for all kernels including
215.Pa LINT ,
216for each architecture supported by the build system.
217This command takes a long time.
218.It Cm update
219Get updated sources as configured in
220.Xr make.conf 5 .
221.El
222.Pp
223Kernel specific build targets in
224.Pa /usr/src
225are:
226.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reinstallkernel"
227.It Cm buildkernel
228Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
229.It Cm installkernel
230Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
231.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
232renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
233.Pa kernel.old
234if it contained the currently running kernel.
235The target directory under
236.Pa ${DESTDIR}
237may be modified using the
238.Va INSTKERNNAME
239and
240.Va KODIR
241.Xr make 1
242variables.
243.It Cm kernel
244Equivalent to
245.Cm buildkernel
246followed by
247.Cm installkernel
248.It Cm kernel-toolchain
249Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
250Use this if you did not do a
251.Cm buildworld
252first.
253.It Cm reinstallkernel
254Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
255of the target directory.
256As with the
257.Cm installkernel
258target, the target directory can be specified using the
259.Xr make 1
260variable
261.Va INSTKERNNAME .
262.El
263.Pp
264Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
265denoted by variable
266.Va DESTDIR
267include:
268.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
269.It Cm check-old
270Print a list of old files and directores in the system.
271.It Cm delete-old
272Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
273When
274.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
275is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
276non-interactive.
277The variables
278.Va DESTDIR ,
279.Va TARGET_ARCH
280and
281.Va TARGET
282should be set as with
283.Dq Li "make installworld" .
284.It Cm delete-old-libs
285Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
286This target should only be used if no 3rd party software uses these
287libraries.
288When
289.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
290is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
291non-interactive.
292The variables
293.Va DESTDIR ,
294.Va TARGET_ARCH
295and
296.Va TARGET
297should be set as with
298.Dq Li "make installworld" .
299.El
300.Sh ENVIRONMENT
301Variables that influence all builds include:
302.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
303.It Va DESTDIR
304The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
305If not set,
306.Va DESTDIR
307defaults to the empty string.
308.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
309Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
310Defaults to
311.Pa /usr/obj
312if not defined.
313This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
314.Pa /etc/make.conf
315or the command line.
316.It Va NO_WERROR
317If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
318even if the makefile says otherwise.
319.El
320.Pp
321Additionally, builds in
322.Pa /usr/src
323are influenced by the following
324.Xr make 1
325variables:
326.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
327.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
328If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to
329build, relative to the root of the source tree.
330.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
331Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
332sub-directory named in this variable.
333This variable is useful when debugging failed builds.
334.Bd -literal -offset indent
335make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
336.Ed
337.It Va TARGET
338The target hardware platform.
339This is analogous to the
340.Dq Nm uname Fl m
341output.
342This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
343For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
344.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
345and
346.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
347If not set,
348.Va TARGET
349defaults to the current hardware platform.
350.It Va TARGET_ARCH
351The target machine processor architecture.
352This is analogous to the
353.Dq Nm uname Fl p
354output.
355Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
356If not set,
357.Va TARGET_ARCH
358defaults to the current machine architecture.
359.El
360.Pp
361Builds under directory
362.Pa /usr/doc
363are influenced by the following
364.Xr make 1
365variables:
366.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
367.It Va DOC_LANG
368If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
369specified as its content.
370The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
371.El
372.Sh FILES
373.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
374.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
375.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
376.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
377.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
378.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
379.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
380.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
381.El
382.Sh EXAMPLES
383For an
384.Dq approved
385method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
386.Sx COMMON ITEMS
387section in
388.Pa src/UPDATING .
389.Pp
390The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
391system for the Alpha architecture on an i386 host:
392.Bd -literal -offset indent
393cd /usr/src
394make TARGET_ARCH=alpha buildworld
395make TARGET_ARCH=alpha DESTDIR=/clients/axp installworld
396.Ed
397.Sh SEE ALSO
398.Xr cc 1 ,
399.Xr install 1 ,
400.Xr make 1 ,
401.Xr make.conf 5 ,
402.Xr ports 7 ,
403.Xr release 7 ,
404.Xr config 8 ,
405.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
406.Xr reboot 8 ,
407.Xr shutdown 8
408.Sh AUTHORS
409.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
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