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3
4XXX This document is seriously out of date, it is currenly being revised.
5
6This is the README file for the new make "include" files for the BSD
7source tree. The files are installed in /usr/share/mk, and are, by
8convention, named with the suffix ".mk".
9
10bsd.dep.mk		- handle Makefile dependencies
11bsd.doc.mk		- building troff system documents
12bsd.info.mk		- building GNU Info hypertext system
13bsd.kern.mk		- define warning flags for compiling the kernel
14bsd.kmod.mk		- building loadable kernel modules
15bsd.lib.mk		- support for building libraries
16bsd.libnames.mk		- define library names
17bsd.man.mk		- installing manual pages and their links
18bsd.obj.mk		- creating 'obj' directories and cleaning up
19bsd.own.mk		- define common variables
20bsd.port.mk		- building ports
21bsd.port.subdir.mk	- targets for building subdirectories for ports
22bsd.prog.mk		- building programs from source files
23bsd.sgml.mk		- building SGML documents
24bsd.subdir.mk		- targets for building subdirectories
25
26
27Note, this file is not intended to replace reading through the .mk
28files for anything tricky.
29
30See also make(1), mkdep(1) and `PMake - A Tutorial',
31located in /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make.
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34
35RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
36
37The files are simply C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
38you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
39used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
40
41One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
42of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
43this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
44values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
45the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
46
47	a:
48		echo a
49	a:
50		echo a number two
51
52the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
53variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
54
55	a=	foo
56	a=	bar
57
58	b:
59		echo ${a}
60
61the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
62way the V7 make behaved.
63
64It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
65multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier split up the
66programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from making
67the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new version
68of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle multiple
69architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.  (Imake doesn't
70count.)
71
72The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
73for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
74the Makefile.
75
76The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
77the tree where the file gets installed.
78
79The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
80the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
81object.
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84
85The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
86environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
87
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89
90The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
91links.
92
93It has a single target:
94
95	maninstall:
96		Install the manual pages and their links.
97
98It sets/uses the following variables:
99
100MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
101
102MANGRP		Manual group.
103
104MANOWN		Manual owner.
105
106MANMODE		Manual mode.
107
108MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
109		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
110
111MAN1 ... MAN8	The manual pages to be installed (use a .0 suffix).
112
113MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .8 suffix).  The
114		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
115		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
116
117The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes the include file <bsd.inc.mk>.
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120
121The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
122manual pages and binaries.
123
124It has no targets.
125
126It sets/uses the following variables:
127
128BINGRP		Binary group.
129
130BINOWN		Binary owner.
131
132BINMODE		Binary mode.
133
134STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
135		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
136		own install script so that the entire system can be made
137		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
138
139MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
140
141MANGRP		Manual group.
142
143MANOWN		Manual owner.
144
145MANMODE		Manual mode.
146
147This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
148they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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151
152The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
153more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
154of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
155
156It has seven targets:
157
158	all:
159		build the program and its manual page
160	clean:
161		remove the program, any object files and the files a.out,
162		Errs, errs, mklog, and ${PROG}.core.
163	cleandir:
164		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
165		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
166	depend:
167		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
168		them in the file .depend.
169	install:
170		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
171		does not itself define the target install, the targets
172		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
173		actions immediately before and after the install target
174		is executed.
175	lint:
176		run lint on the source files
177	tags:
178		create a tags file for the source files.
179
180It sets/uses the following variables:
181
182BINGRP		Binary group.
183
184BINOWN		Binary owner.
185
186BINMODE		Binary mode.
187
188CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
189CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
190		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
191
192COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
193
194HIDEGAME	If HIDEGAME is defined, the binary is installed in
195		/usr/games/hide, and a symbolic link is created to
196		/usr/games/dm.
197
198LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
199		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
200		libraries, use:
201
202			LDFILES=-lutil -lcompat
203
204LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
205
206LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
207		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
208		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
209		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
210
211			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
212
213MAN1...MAN8	Manual pages (should end in .0).  If no MAN variable is
214		defined, "MAN1=${PROG}.0" is assumed.
215
216PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
217		is built.
218
219SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If PROG is not
220		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c.
221
222DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
223		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
224		utility libraries use:
225
226			SRCLIB=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
227
228		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
229		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
230		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
231		converting to upper case.
232
233		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
234		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
235		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
236		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
237		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
238		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
239		shared libraries should be only on the library version
240		numbers.
241
242STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
243		to be stripped.
244
245SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
246		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
247		subdirectories.
248
249The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the include files <bsd.inc.mk>
250and <bsd.man.mk>.
251
252Some simple examples:
253
254To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
255
256	PROG=	foo
257
258	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
259
260To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
261
262	MAN2=	foo.0
263
264If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
265
266	NOMAN=	noman
267
268If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
269
270	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
271
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273
274The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
275subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
276cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
277listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
278and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
279command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
280SUBDIRS.
281
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283
284The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
285the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
286install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
287with the current needs of the BSD tree.
288
289It sets/uses the following variables:
290
291LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
292
293LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
294
295LIBGRP		Library group.
296
297LIBOWN		Library owner.
298
299LIBMODE		Library mode.
300
301LDADD		Additional loader objects.
302
303MAN1 ... MAN8	The manual pages to be installed (use a .0 suffix).
304
305SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
306		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
307		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
308		versions of make.)
309
310The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the include files <bsd.inc.mk>
311and <bsd.man.mk>.
312
313It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
314built by default.
315
316Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
317