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1#	@(#)bsd.README	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/2/94
2# $FreeBSD$
3
4This is the README file for the "include" files for the FreeBSD
5source tree.  The files are installed in /usr/share/mk, and are by
6convention, named with the suffix ".mk".  These files store several
7build options and should be handled with caution.
8
9Note, this file is not intended to replace reading through the .mk
10files for anything tricky.
11
12There are two main types of make include files.  One type is the generally
13usable make include files, such as bsd.prog.mk and bsd.lib.mk.  The other is
14the internal make include files, such as bsd.files.mk and bsd.man.mk, which
15can not/should not be used directly but are used by the other make include
16files.  In most cases it is only interesting to include bsd.prog.mk or
17bsd.lib.mk.
18
19bsd.arch.inc.mk		- includes arch-specific Makefile.$arch
20bsd.compiler.mk		- defined based on current compiler
21bsd.confs.mk		- install of configuration files
22bsd.cpu.mk		- sets CPU/arch-related variables (included from sys.mk)
23bsd.crunchgen.mk	- building crunched binaries using crunchgen(1)
24bsd.dep.mk		- handle Makefile dependencies
25bsd.doc.mk		- building troff system documents
26bsd.endian.mk		- TARGET_ENDIAN=1234(little) or 4321 (big) for target
27bsd.files.mk		- install of general purpose files
28bsd.incs.mk		- install of include files
29bsd.info.mk		- building GNU Info hypertext system (deprecated)
30bsd.init.mk		- initialization for the make include files
31bsd.kmod.mk		- building loadable kernel modules
32bsd.lib.mk		- support for building libraries
33bsd.libnames.mk		- define library names
34bsd.links.mk		- install of links (sym/hard)
35bsd.man.mk		- install of manual pages and their links
36bsd.nls.mk		- build and install of NLS catalogs
37bsd.obj.mk		- creating 'obj' directories and cleaning up
38bsd.own.mk		- define common variables
39bsd.port.mk		- building ports
40bsd.port.post.mk	- building ports
41bsd.port.pre.mk		- building ports
42bsd.port.subdir.mk	- targets for building subdirectories for ports
43bsd.prog.mk		- building programs from source files
44bsd.progs.mk		- build multiple programs from sources
45bsd.snmpmod.mk		- building modules for the SNMP daemon bsnmpd
46bsd.subdir.mk		- targets for building subdirectories
47bsd.sys.mk		- common settings used for building FreeBSD sources
48bsd.test.mk		- building test programs from source files
49sys.mk			- default rules for all makes
50
51This file does not document bsd.port*.mk.  They are documented in ports(7).
52
53See also make(1), mkdep(1), style.Makefile(5) and `PMake - A
54Tutorial', located in /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make.
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57
58Random things worth knowing about this document:
59
60If appropriate when documenting the variables the default value is
61indicated using square brackets e.g. [gzip].
62In some cases the default value depend on other values (e.g. system
63architecture).  In these cases the most common value is indicated.
64
65This document contains some simple examples of the usage of the BSD make
66include files.  For more examples look at the makefiles in the FreeBSD
67source tree.
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70
71RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
72
73The files are like C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
74you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
75used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
76
77One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
78of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
79this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
80values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
81the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
82
83	a:
84		echo a
85	a:
86		echo a number two
87
88the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
89variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
90
91	a=	foo
92	a=	bar
93
94	b:
95		echo ${a}
96
97the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
98way the V7 make behaved.
99
100It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
101multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier to split up
102the programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from
103making the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new
104version of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle
105multiple architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.
106(Imake doesn't count.)
107
108The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
109for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
110the Makefile.
111
112The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
113the tree where the file gets installed.
114
115The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
116the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
117object.
118
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120
121The following variables are common:
122
123CFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
124		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
125CFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
126		Architectural flags added to CFLAGS.
127CFLAGS_NO_SIMD	Add this to CFLAGS for programs that don't want any SIMD
128		instructions generated. It is setup in bsd.cpu.mk to an
129		appropriate value for the compiler and target.
130CXXFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
131		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
132CXXFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
133		Architectural flags added to CXXFLAGS.
134COMPILER_FEATURES
135		A list of features that the compiler supports. Zero or
136		more of:
137			c++11	Supports full C++ 11 standard.
138
139COMPILER_TYPE	Type of compiler, either clang or gcc, though other
140		values are possible. Don't assume != clang == gcc.
141
142COMPILER_VERSION
143		A numeric constant equal to:
144		     major * 10000 + minor * 100 + tiny
145		for the compiler's self-reported version.
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148
149The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
150environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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153
154The include file <bsd.arch.inc.mk> includes other Makefiles for specific
155architectures, if they exist. It will include the first of the following
156files that it finds: Makefile.${MACHINE}, Makefile.${MACHINE_ARCH},
157Makefile.${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
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160
161The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
162links.
163
164It has three targets:
165
166	all-man:
167		build manual pages.
168	maninstall:
169		install the manual pages and their links.
170	manlint:
171		verify the validity of manual pages.
172
173It sets/uses the following variables:
174
175MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
176
177MANGRP		Manual group.
178
179MANOWN		Manual owner.
180
181MANMODE		Manual mode.
182
183MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
184		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
185
186MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
187
188MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
189		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
190		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are hard-linked.
191
192The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
193it exists.
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196
197The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
198manual pages and binaries.
199
200It has no targets.
201
202It sets/uses the following variables:
203
204BINGRP		Binary group.
205
206BINOWN		Binary owner.
207
208BINMODE		Binary mode.
209
210MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
211
212MANGRP		Manual group.
213
214MANOWN		Manual owner.
215
216MANMODE		Manual mode.
217
218This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
219they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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222
223The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
224more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
225of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
226
227It has seven targets:
228
229	all:
230		build the program and its manual page
231	clean:
232		remove the program and any object files.
233	cleandir:
234		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
235		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
236	depend:
237		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
238		them in the file .depend.
239	install:
240		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
241		does not itself define the target install, the targets
242		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
243		actions immediately before and after the install target
244		is executed.
245	lint:
246		run lint on the source files
247	tags:
248		create a tags file for the source files.
249
250It sets/uses the following variables:
251
252BINGRP		Binary group.
253
254BINOWN		Binary owner.
255
256BINMODE		Binary mode.
257
258CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
259CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
260		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
261
262CFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
263
264FILES		A list of non-executable files.
265		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
266		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
267		further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>.
268
269LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
270		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
271		libraries, use:
272
273			LDADD=-lutil -lcompat
274
275LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
276		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
277		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
278
279LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags. Passed to the loader via CC,
280		since that's used to link programs as well, so loader
281		specific flags need to be prefixed with -Wl, to work.
282
283LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
284		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
285		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
286		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
287
288			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
289
290MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable
291		is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
292
293PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
294		is built.
295
296PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
297		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
298		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
299		of PROG if PROG is also set.
300
301PROGS		When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
302PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
303		individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
304		syntax should be used.  For example:
305
306		PROGS=		foo bar
307		SRCS.foo=	foo_src.c
308		LDADD.foo=	-lutil
309		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
310
311		The supported variables are BINDIR BINGRP BINMODE BINOWN
312		CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS DPSRCS LDADD
313		LDFLAGS LIBADD MAN MLINKS PROGNAME SRCS.
314
315PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
316		different from ${PROG}.
317
318SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
319		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
320		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
321
322DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
323		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
324		utility libraries use:
325
326			DPADD=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
327
328		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
329		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
330		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
331		converting to upper case.
332
333		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
334		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
335		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
336		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
337		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
338		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
339		shared libraries should be only on the library version
340		numbers.
341
342STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
343		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
344		own install script so that the entire system can be made
345		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
346
347SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
348		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
349		subdirectories.
350
351SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
352		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
353		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
354		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
355
356The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
357if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
358
359Some simple examples:
360
361To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
362
363	PROG=	foo
364
365	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
366
367To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
368
369	MAN=	foo.2
370
371If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
372
373	MAN=
374
375If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
376
377	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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380
381The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
382subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
383cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
384listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
385and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
386command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
387SUBDIRS.
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390
391The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
392the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
393install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
394with the current needs of the BSD tree.
395
396It sets/uses the following variables:
397
398LIB		The name of the library to build.
399
400LIB_CXX		The name of the library to build. It also causes
401		<bsd.lib.mk> to link the library with the
402		standard C++ library.  LIB_CXX overrides the value
403		of LIB if LIB is also set.
404
405LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
406
407LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
408
409LIBGRP		Library group.
410
411LIBOWN		Library owner.
412
413LIBMODE		Library mode.
414
415LDADD		Additional loader objects.
416
417LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
418		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
419		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
420
421MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
422
423SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
424		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
425		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
426		versions of make.)
427
428SHLIB_LDSCRIPT	Template file to generate shared library linker script.
429		Unless used, a simple symlink is created to the real
430		shared object.
431
432LIBRARIES_ONLY	Do not build or install files other than the library.
433
434The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
435if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
436
437It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
438built by default.
439
440Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
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443
444The include file <bsd.test.mk> handles building one or more test programs
445intended to be used in the FreeBSD Test Suite under /usr/tests/.
446
447It has seven targets:
448
449	all:
450		build the test programs.
451	clean:
452		remove the test programs and any object files.
453	cleandir:
454		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
455		well as .depend and tags.
456	depend:
457		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
458		them in the file .depend.
459	install:
460                install the test programs and their data files; if the
461                Makefile does not itself define the target install, the
462                targets beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used
463                to cause actions immediately before and after the
464                install target is executed.
465	lint:
466		run lint on the source files.
467	tags:
468		create a tags file for the source files.
469	test:
470		runs the test programs from the object directory; if the
471		Makefile does not itself define the target test, the
472		targets beforetest and aftertest may also be used to
473		cause actions immediately before and after the test
474		target is executed.
475
476It sets/uses the following variables, among many others:
477
478TESTSBASE	Installation prefix for tests. Defaults to /usr/tests
479
480TESTSDIR	Path to the installed tests.  Must be a subdirectory of
481		TESTSBASE and the subpath should match the relative
482		location of the tests within the src tree.
483
484		The value of TESTSDIR defaults to
485		${TESTSBASE}/${RELDIR:H} , e.g. /usr/tests/bin/ls when
486		included from bin/ls/tests .
487
488KYUAFILE	If 'auto' (the default), generate a Kyuafile out of the
489		test programs defined in the Makefile.  If 'yes', then a
490		manually-crafted Kyuafile must be supplied with the
491		sources.  If 'no', no Kyuafile is installed (useful for
492		subdirectories providing helper programs or data files
493		only).
494
495LOCALBASE	The --prefix for the kyua package.
496
497		The value of LOCALBASE defaults to /usr/local .
498
499ATF_TESTS_C	The names of the ATF C test programs to build.
500
501ATF_TESTS_CXX	The names of the ATF C++ test programs to build.
502
503ATF_TESTS_SH	The names of the ATF sh test programs to build.
504
505PLAIN_TESTS_C	The names of the plain (legacy) programs to build.
506
507PLAIN_TESTS_CXX	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
508
509PLAIN_TESTS_SH	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
510
511TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER
512		Path to the Perl interpreter to be used for
513		TAP-compliant test programs that are written in Perl.
514		Refer to TAP_TESTS_PERL for details.
515
516TAP_TESTS_C	The names of the TAP-compliant C test programs to build.
517
518TAP_TESTS_CXX	The names of the TAP-compliant C++ test programs to
519		build.
520
521TAP_TESTS_PERL	The names of the TAP-compliant Perl test programs to
522		build.  The corresponding source files should end with
523		the .pl extension; the test program is marked as
524		requiring Perl; and TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER is used in the
525		built scripts as the interpreter of choice.
526
527TAP_TESTS_SH	The names of the TAP-compliant sh test programs to
528		build.
529
530TESTS_SUBDIRS	List of subdirectories containing tests into which to
531		recurse.  Differs from SUBDIR in that these directories
532		get registered into the automatically-generated
533		Kyuafile (if any).
534
535NOT_FOR_TEST_SUITE
536		If defined, none of the built test programs get
537		installed under /usr/tests/ and no Kyuafile is
538		automatically generated.  Should not be used within the
539		FreeBSD source tree but is provided for the benefit of
540		third-parties.
541
542The actual building of the test programs is performed by <bsd.prog.mk>.
543Please see the documentation above for this other file for additional
544details on the behavior of <bsd.test.mk>.
545