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27.Dd April 14, 2016
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 .
42These directories may be initially empty or non-existent until updated with
43.Xr svn 1
44or
45.Xr portsnap 8 .
46Directory
47.Pa /usr/src
48contains the
49.Dq "base system"
50sources, which is loosely defined as the things required to rebuild
51the system to a useful state.
52Directory
53.Pa /usr/doc
54contains the source for the system documentation, excluding the manual
55pages.
56Directory
57.Pa /usr/ports
58contains a tree that provides a consistent interface for building and
59installing third party applications.
60For more information about the ports build process, see
61.Xr ports 7 .
62.Pp
63The
64.Xr make 1
65command is used in each of these directories to build and install the
66things in that directory.
67Issuing the
68.Xr make 1
69command in any directory or
70subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the
71same command in all subdirectories of that directory.
72With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built.
73.Pp
74A source tree is allowed to be read-only.
75As described in
76.Xr make 1 ,
77objects are usually built in a separate object directory hierarchy
78specified by the environment variable
79.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX ,
80or under
81.Pa /usr/obj
82if variable
83.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
84is not set.
85For a given source directory, its canonical object directory
86would be
87.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
88if
89.Xr make 1
90variable
91.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
92is set, or
93.Pa /usr/obj${.CURDIR}
94if this variable is not set.
95Cross-builds set the object directory as described in the
96documentation for the
97.Cm buildworld
98target below.
99.Pp
100The build may be controlled by defining
101.Xr make 1
102variables described in the
103.Sx ENVIRONMENT
104section below, and by the variables documented in
105.Xr make.conf 5 .
106.Pp
107The following list provides the names and actions for the targets
108supported by the build system:
109.Bl -tag -width ".Cm cleandepend"
110.It Cm analyze
111Run Clang static analyzer against all objects and present output on stdout.
112.It Cm check
113Run tests for a given subdirectory.
114The default directory used is
115.Pa ${.OBJDIR} ,
116but the check directory can be changed with
117.Pa ${CHECKDIR} .
118.It Cm checkworld
119Run the
120.Fx
121test suite on installed world.
122.It Cm clean
123Remove any files created during the build process.
124.It Cm cleandepend
125Remove the
126.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE}*
127files generated by prior
128.Dq Li "make"
129and
130.Dq Li "make depend"
131steps.
132.It Cm cleandir
133Remove the canonical object directory if it exists, or perform
134actions equivalent to
135.Dq Li "make clean cleandepend"
136if it does not.
137This target will also remove an
138.Pa obj
139link in
140.Pa ${.CURDIR}
141if that exists.
142.Pp
143It is advisable to run
144.Dq Li "make cleandir"
145twice: the first invocation will remove the canonical object directory
146and the second one will clean up
147.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
148.It Cm depend
149Generate a list of build dependencies in file
150.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE} .
151Per-object dependencies are generated at build time and stored in
152.Pa ${.OBJDIR}/${DEPENDFILE}.${OBJ} .
153.It Cm install
154Install the results of the build to the appropriate location in the
155installation directory hierarchy specified in variable
156.Va DESTDIR .
157.It Cm obj
158Create the canonical object directory associated with the current
159directory.
160.It Cm objlink
161Create a symbolic link to the canonical object directory in
162.Pa ${.CURDIR} .
163.It Cm tags
164Generate a tags file using the program specified in the
165.Xr make 1
166variable
167.Va CTAGS .
168The build system supports
169.Xr ctags 1
170and
171.Nm "GNU Global" .
172.El
173.Pp
174The other supported targets under directory
175.Pa /usr/src
176are:
177.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributeworld"
178.It Cm buildenv
179Spawn an interactive shell with environment variables set up for
180cross-building the system.
181The target architecture needs to be specified with
182.Xr make 1
183variables
184.Va TARGET_ARCH
185and
186.Va TARGET .
187.Pp
188This target is only useful after a complete cross-toolchain including
189the compiler, linker, assembler, headers and libraries has been
190built; see the
191.Cm toolchain
192target below.
193.It Cm buildworld
194Build everything but the kernel, configure files in
195.Pa etc ,
196and
197.Pa release .
198The actual build location prefix used is
199.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
200for native builds, and
201.Pa ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${TARGET}${.CURDIR}
202for cross builds and native builds with variable
203.Va CROSS_BUILD_TESTING
204set.
205.It Cm cleanworld
206Attempt to clean up targets built by a preceding
207.Cm buildworld
208step.
209.It Cm distributeworld
210Distribute everything compiled by a preceding
211.Cm buildworld
212step.
213Files are placed in the directory hierarchy specified by
214.Xr make 1
215variable
216.Va DISTDIR .
217This target is used while building a release; see
218.Xr release 7 .
219.It Cm packageworld
220Archive the results of
221.Cm distributeworld ,
222placing the results in
223.Va DISTDIR .
224This target is used while building a release; see
225.Xr release 7 .
226.It Cm installworld
227Install everything built by a preceding
228.Cm buildworld
229step into the directory hierarchy pointed to by
230.Xr make 1
231variable
232.Va DESTDIR .
233.Pp
234If installing onto an NFS file system and running
235.Xr make 1
236with the
237.Fl j
238option, make sure that
239.Xr rpc.lockd 8
240is running on both client and server.
241See
242.Xr rc.conf 5
243on how to make it start at boot time.
244.It Cm toolchain
245Create the build toolchain needed to build the rest of the system.
246For cross-architecture builds, this step creates a cross-toolchain.
247.It Cm universe
248For each architecture,
249execute a
250.Cm buildworld
251followed by a
252.Cm buildkernel
253for all kernels for that architecture,
254including
255.Pa LINT .
256This command takes a long time.
257.It Cm update
258Get updated sources as configured in
259.Xr make.conf 5 .
260.It Cm targets
261Print a list of supported
262.Va TARGET
263/
264.Va TARGET_ARCH
265pairs for world and kernel targets.
266.It Cm tinderbox
267Execute the same targets as
268.Cm universe .
269In addition print a summary of all failed targets at the end and
270exit with an error if there were any.
271.It Cm toolchains
272Create a build toolchain for each architecture supported by the build system.
273.El
274.Pp
275Kernel specific build targets in
276.Pa /usr/src
277are:
278.Bl -tag -width ".Cm distributekernel"
279.It Cm buildkernel
280Rebuild the kernel and the kernel modules.
281.It Cm installkernel
282Install the kernel and the kernel modules to directory
283.Pa ${DESTDIR}/boot/kernel ,
284renaming any pre-existing directory with this name to
285.Pa kernel.old
286if it contained the currently running kernel.
287The target directory under
288.Pa ${DESTDIR}
289may be modified using the
290.Va INSTKERNNAME
291and
292.Va KODIR
293.Xr make 1
294variables.
295.It Cm distributekernel
296Install the kernel to the directory
297.Pa ${DISTDIR}/kernel/boot/kernel .
298This target is used while building a release; see
299.Xr release 7 .
300.It Cm packagekernel
301Archive the results of
302.Cm distributekernel ,
303placing the results in
304.Va DISTDIR .
305This target is used while building a release; see
306.Xr release 7 .
307.It Cm kernel
308Equivalent to
309.Cm buildkernel
310followed by
311.Cm installkernel
312.It Cm kernel-toolchain
313Rebuild the tools needed for kernel compilation.
314Use this if you did not do a
315.Cm buildworld
316first.
317.It Cm reinstallkernel
318Reinstall the kernel and the kernel modules, overwriting the contents
319of the target directory.
320As with the
321.Cm installkernel
322target, the target directory can be specified using the
323.Xr make 1
324variable
325.Va INSTKERNNAME .
326.El
327.Pp
328Convenience targets for cleaning up the install destination directory
329denoted by variable
330.Va DESTDIR
331include:
332.Bl -tag -width ".Cm delete-old-libs"
333.It Cm check-old
334Print a list of old files and directories in the system.
335.It Cm delete-old
336Delete obsolete base system files and directories interactively.
337When
338.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
339is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
340non-interactive.
341The variables
342.Va DESTDIR ,
343.Va TARGET_ARCH
344and
345.Va TARGET
346should be set as with
347.Dq Li "make installworld" .
348.It Cm delete-old-libs
349Delete obsolete base system libraries interactively.
350This target should only be used if no 3rd party software uses these
351libraries.
352When
353.Li -DBATCH_DELETE_OLD_FILES
354is specified at the command line, the delete operation will be
355non-interactive.
356The variables
357.Va DESTDIR ,
358.Va TARGET_ARCH
359and
360.Va TARGET
361should be set as with
362.Dq Li "make installworld" .
363.El
364.Sh ENVIRONMENT
365Variables that influence all builds include:
366.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
367.It Va DEBUG_FLAGS
368Defines a set of debugging flags that will be used to build all userland
369binaries under
370.Pa /usr/src .
371When
372.Va DEBUG_FLAGS
373is defined, the
374.Cm install
375and
376.Cm installworld
377targets install binaries from the current
378.Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
379without stripping,
380so that debugging information is retained in the installed binaries.
381.It Va DESTDIR
382The directory hierarchy prefix where built objects will be installed.
383If not set,
384.Va DESTDIR
385defaults to the empty string.
386.It Va MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
387Defines the prefix for directory names in the tree of built objects.
388Defaults to
389.Pa /usr/obj
390if not defined.
391This variable should only be set in the environment and not via
392.Pa /etc/make.conf
393or the command line.
394.It Va NO_WERROR
395If defined, compiler warnings will not cause the build to halt,
396even if the makefile says otherwise.
397.It Va WITH_CTF
398If defined, the build process will run the DTrace CTF conversion
399tools on built objects.
400.El
401.Pp
402Additionally, builds in
403.Pa /usr/src
404are influenced by the following
405.Xr make 1
406variables:
407.Bl -tag -width ".Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE"
408.It Va KERNCONF
409Overrides which kernel to build and install for the various kernel
410make targets.
411It defaults to
412.Cm GENERIC .
413.It Va KERNFAST
414If set, the build target
415.Cm buildkernel
416defaults to setting
417.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
418.Va NO_KERNELCONFIG ,
419and
420.Va NO_KERNELOBJ .
421When set to a value other than
422.Cm 1
423then
424.Va KERNCONF
425is set to the value of
426.Va KERNFAST .
427.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
428If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
429the root of the source tree to build as part of the
430.Cm everything
431target.
432.It Va LOCAL_ITOOLS
433If set, this variable supplies a list of additional tools that are used by the
434.Cm installworld
435and
436.Cm distributeworld
437targets.
438.It Va LOCAL_LIB_DIRS
439If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
440the root of the source tree to build as part of the
441.Cm libraries
442target.
443.It Va LOCAL_MTREE
444If set, this variable supplies a list of additional mtrees relative to the
445root of the source tree to use as part of the
446.Cm hierarchy
447target.
448.It Va LOCAL_TOOL_DIRS
449If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories relative to
450the root of the source tree to build as part of the
451.Cm build-tools
452target.
453.It Va PORTS_MODULES
454A list of ports with kernel modules that should be built and installed
455as part of the
456.Cm buildkernel
457and
458.Cm installkernel
459process.
460.Bd -literal -offset indent
461make PORTS_MODULES=emulators/kqemu-kmod kernel
462.Ed
463.It Va STRIPBIN
464Command to use at install time when stripping binaries.
465Be sure to add any additional tools required to run
466.Va STRIPBIN
467to the
468.Va LOCAL_ITOOLS
469.Xr make 1
470variable before running the
471.Cm distributeworld
472or
473.Cm installworld
474targets.
475See
476.Xr install 1
477for more details.
478.It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
479Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the
480sub-directory named in this variable.
481If combined with
482.Cm buildworld
483then all libraries and includes, and some of the build tools will still build
484as well.
485When combined with
486.Cm buildworld
487it is necesarry to override
488.Va LOCAL_LIB_DIRS
489with any custom directories containing libraries.
490This allows building a subset of the system in the same way as
491.Cm buildworld
492does using its sysroot handling.
493This variable can also be useful when debugging failed builds.
494.Bd -literal -offset indent
495make some-target SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=foo/bar
496.Ed
497.It Va TARGET
498The target hardware platform.
499This is analogous to the
500.Dq Nm uname Fl m
501output.
502This is necessary to cross-build some target architectures.
503For example, cross-building for PC98 machines requires
504.Va TARGET_ARCH Ns = Ns Li i386
505and
506.Va TARGET Ns = Ns Li pc98 .
507If not set,
508.Va TARGET
509defaults to the current hardware platform.
510.It Va TARGET_ARCH
511The target machine processor architecture.
512This is analogous to the
513.Dq Nm uname Fl p
514output.
515Set this to cross-build for a different architecture.
516If not set,
517.Va TARGET_ARCH
518defaults to the current machine architecture, unless
519.Va TARGET
520is also set, in which case it defaults to the appropriate
521value for that platform.
522Typically, one only needs to set
523.Va TARGET .
524.El
525.Pp
526Builds under directory
527.Pa /usr/src
528are also influenced by defining one or more of the following symbols,
529using the
530.Fl D
531option of
532.Xr make 1 :
533.Bl -tag -width ".Va -DNO_KERNELCONFIG"
534.It Va NO_CLEANDIR
535If set, the build targets that clean parts of the object tree use the
536equivalent of
537.Dq make clean
538instead of
539.Dq make cleandir .
540.It Va NO_CLEAN
541If set, no object tree files are cleaned at all.
542This is the default when
543.Va WITH_META_MODE
544is used with
545.Xr filemon 4
546loaded.
547See
548.Xr src.conf 5
549for more details.
550Setting
551.Va NO_CLEAN
552implies
553.Va NO_KERNELCLEAN ,
554so when
555.Va NO_CLEAN
556is set no kernel objects are cleaned either.
557.It Va NO_CTF
558If set, the build process does not run the DTrace CTF conversion tools
559on built objects.
560.It Va NO_SHARE
561If set, the build does not descend into the
562.Pa /usr/src/share
563subdirectory (i.e., manpages, locale data files, timezone data files and
564other
565.Pa /usr/src/share
566files will not be rebuild from their sources).
567.It Va NO_KERNELCLEAN
568If set, the build process does not run
569.Dq make clean
570as part of the
571.Cm buildkernel
572target.
573.It Va NO_KERNELCONFIG
574If set, the build process does not run
575.Xr config 8
576as part of the
577.Cm buildkernel
578target.
579.It Va NO_KERNELOBJ
580If set, the build process does not run
581.Dq make obj
582as part of the
583.Cm buildkernel
584target.
585.It Va NO_DOCUPDATE
586If set, the update process does not update the source of the
587.Fx
588documentation as part of the
589.Dq make update
590target.
591.It Va NO_PORTSUPDATE
592If set, the update process does not update the Ports tree as part of the
593.Dq make update
594target.
595.It Va NO_WWWUPDATE
596If set, the update process does not update the www tree as part of the
597.Dq make update
598target.
599.El
600.Pp
601Builds under directory
602.Pa /usr/doc
603are influenced by the following
604.Xr make 1
605variables:
606.Bl -tag -width ".Va DOC_LANG"
607.It Va DOC_LANG
608If set, restricts the documentation build to the language subdirectories
609specified as its content.
610The default action is to build documentation for all languages.
611.El
612.Pp
613Builds using the
614.Cm universe
615target are influenced by the following
616.Xr make 1
617variables:
618.Bl -tag -width ".Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS"
619.It Va JFLAG
620Pass the value of this variable to each
621.Xr make 1
622invocation used to build worlds and kernels.
623This can be used to enable multiple jobs within a single architecture's build
624while still building each architecture serially.
625.It Va MAKE_JUST_KERNELS
626Only build kernels for each supported architecture.
627.It Va MAKE_JUST_WORLDS
628Only build worlds for each supported architecture.
629.It Va UNIVERSE_TARGET
630Execute the specified
631.Xr make 1
632target for each supported architecture instead of the default action of
633building a world and one or more kernels.
634.El
635.Sh FILES
636.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf" -compact
637.It Pa /usr/doc/Makefile
638.It Pa /usr/doc/share/mk/doc.project.mk
639.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
640.It Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
641.It Pa /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf
642.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
643.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
644.El
645.Sh EXAMPLES
646For an
647.Dq approved
648method of updating your system from the latest sources, please see the
649.Sx COMMON ITEMS
650section in
651.Pa src/UPDATING .
652.Pp
653The following sequence of commands can be used to cross-build the
654system for the sparc64 architecture on an i386 host:
655.Bd -literal -offset indent
656cd /usr/src
657make TARGET=sparc64 buildworld
658make TARGET=sparc64 DESTDIR=/clients/sparc64 installworld
659.Ed
660.Sh SEE ALSO
661.Xr cc 1 ,
662.Xr install 1 ,
663.Xr make 1 ,
664.Xr svn 1 ,
665.Xr make.conf 5 ,
666.Xr src.conf 5 ,
667.Xr ports 7 ,
668.Xr release 7 ,
669.Xr config 8 ,
670.Xr mergemaster 8 ,
671.Xr portsnap 8 ,
672.Xr reboot 8 ,
673.Xr shutdown 8 ,
674.Xr tests 7
675.Sh AUTHORS
676.An Mike W. Meyer Aq Mt mwm@mired.org
677