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27.Dd March 20, 2006
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, make sure that
208.Xr rpc.lockd 8
209is running on both client and server.
210See
211.Xr rc.conf 5
212on how to make it start at boot time.
213.It Cm toolchain
214Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
215For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
216.It Cm universe
217Execute a
218.Cm buildworld
219and
220.Cm buildkernel
221for all kernels including
222.Pa LINT ,
223for each architecture supported by the build system.
224This command takes a long time.
225.It Cm update
226Get updated sources as configured in
227.Xr make.conf 5 .
228.El
229.Pp
230Kernel specific build targets in
231.Pa /usr/src
232are:
233.Bl -tag -width ".Cm reinstallkernel"
234.It Cm buildkernel
235Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
236.It Cm installkernel
237Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
238.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
239renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
240.Pa kernel.old
241if it contained the currently running kernel.
242The target directory under
243.Pa ${DESTDIR}
244may be modified using the
245.Va INSTKERNNAME
246and
247.Va KODIR
248.Xr make 1
249variables.
250.It Cm kernel
251Equivalent to
252.Cm buildkernel
253followed by
254.Cm installkernel
255.It Cm kernel-toolchain
256Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
257Use this if you did not do a
258.Cm buildworld
259first.
260.It Cm reinstallkernel
261Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
262of the target directory.
263As with the
264.Cm installkernel
265target, the target directory can be specified using the
266.Xr make 1
267variable
268.Va INSTKERNNAME .
269.El
270.Pp
271Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
272denoted by variable
273.Va DESTDIR
274include:
275.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
276.It Cm check-old
277Print a list of old files and directores in the system.
278.It Cm delete-old
279Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
280When
281.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
282is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
283non-interactive.
284The variables
285.Va DESTDIR ,
286.Va TARGET_ARCH
287and
288.Va TARGET
289should be set as with
290.Dq Li "make installworld" .
291.It Cm delete-old-libs
292Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
293This target should only be used if no 3rd party software uses these
294libraries.
295When
296.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
297is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
298non-interactive.
299The variables
300.Va DESTDIR ,
301.Va TARGET_ARCH
302and
303.Va TARGET
304should be set as with
305.Dq Li "make installworld" .
306.El
307.Sh ENVIRONMENT
308Variables that influence all builds include:
309.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
310.It Va DESTDIR
311The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
312If not set,
313.Va DESTDIR
314defaults to the empty string.
315.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
316Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
317Defaults to
318.Pa /usr/obj
319if not defined.
320This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
321.Pa /etc/make.conf
322or the command line.
323.It Va NO_WERROR
324If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
325even if the makefile says otherwise.
326.El
327.Pp
328Additionally, builds in
329.Pa /usr/src
330are influenced by the following
331.Xr make 1
332variables:
333.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
334.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
335If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to
336build, relative to the root of the source tree.
337.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
338Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
339sub-directory named in this variable.
340This variable is useful when debugging failed builds.
341.Bd -literal -offset indent
342make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
343.Ed
344.It Va TARGET
345The target hardware platform.
346This is analogous to the
347.Dq Nm uname Fl m
348output.
349This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
350For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
351.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
352and
353.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
354If not set,
355.Va TARGET
356defaults to the current hardware platform.
357.It Va TARGET_ARCH
358The target machine processor architecture.
359This is analogous to the
360.Dq Nm uname Fl p
361output.
362Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
363If not set,
364.Va TARGET_ARCH
365defaults to the current machine architecture.
366.El
367.Pp
368Builds under directory
369.Pa /usr/doc
370are influenced by the following
371.Xr make 1
372variables:
373.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
374.It Va DOC_LANG
375If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
376specified as its content.
377The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
378.El
379.Sh FILES
380.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
381.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
382.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
383.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
384.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
385.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
386.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
387.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
388.El
389.Sh EXAMPLES
390For an
391.Dq approved
392method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
393.Sx COMMON ITEMS
394section in
395.Pa src/UPDATING .
396.Pp
397The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
398system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
399.Bd -literal -offset indent
400cd /usr/src
401make TARGET_ARCH=sparc64 buildworld
402make TARGET_ARCH=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
403.Ed
404.Sh SEE ALSO
405.Xr cc 1 ,
406.Xr install 1 ,
407.Xr make 1 ,
408.Xr make.conf 5 ,
409.Xr src.conf 5 ,
410.Xr ports 7 ,
411.Xr release 7 ,
412.Xr config 8 ,
413.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
414.Xr reboot 8 ,
415.Xr shutdown 8
416.Sh AUTHORS
417.An Mike W. Meyer Aq mwm@mired.org .
418