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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 ${a}
96
97the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
98way the V7 make behaved.
99
100It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
101multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier to split up
102the programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from
103making the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new
104version of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle
105multiple architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.
106(Imake doesn't count.)
107
108The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
109for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
110the Makefile.
111
112The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
113the tree where the file gets installed.
114
115The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
116the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
117object.
118
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120
121The following variables are common:
122
123AFLAGS.${SRC}
124		Flags dependent on source file name.
125ACFLAGS.${SRC}
126		Flags dependent on source file name.
127CFLAGS.${SRC}
128		Flags dependent on source file name.
129CFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
130		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
131CFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
132		Architectural flags added to CFLAGS.
133CFLAGS_NO_SIMD	Add this to CFLAGS for programs that don't want any SIMD
134		instructions generated. It is setup in bsd.cpu.mk to an
135		appropriate value for the compiler and target.
136CXXFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
137		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
138CXXFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
139		Architectural flags added to CXXFLAGS.
140CXXFLAGS.${SRC}
141		Flags dependent on source file name.
142COMPILER_FEATURES
143		A list of features that the compiler supports. Zero or
144		more of:
145			c++11	Supports full C++ 11 standard.
146
147COMPILER_TYPE	Type of compiler, either clang or gcc, though other
148		values are possible. Don't assume != clang == gcc.
149
150COMPILER_VERSION
151		A numeric constant equal to:
152		     major * 10000 + minor * 100 + tiny
153		for the compiler's self-reported version.
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156
157The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
158environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
159
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161
162The include file <bsd.arch.inc.mk> includes other Makefiles for specific
163architectures, if they exist. It will include the first of the following
164files that it finds: Makefile.${MACHINE}, Makefile.${MACHINE_ARCH},
165Makefile.${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
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168
169The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
170links.
171
172It has three targets:
173
174	all-man:
175		build manual pages.
176	maninstall:
177		install the manual pages and their links.
178	manlint:
179		verify the validity of manual pages.
180
181It sets/uses the following variables:
182
183MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
184
185MANGRP		Manual group.
186
187MANOWN		Manual owner.
188
189MANMODE		Manual mode.
190
191MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
192		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
193
194MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
195
196MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
197		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
198		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are hard-linked.
199
200The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
201it exists.
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204
205The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
206manual pages and binaries.
207
208It has no targets.
209
210It sets/uses the following variables:
211
212BINGRP		Binary group.
213
214BINOWN		Binary owner.
215
216BINMODE		Binary mode.
217
218MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
219
220MANGRP		Manual group.
221
222MANOWN		Manual owner.
223
224MANMODE		Manual mode.
225
226This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
227they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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230
231The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
232more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
233of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
234
235It has seven targets:
236
237	all:
238		build the program and its manual page
239	clean:
240		remove the program and any object files.
241	cleandir:
242		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
243		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
244	depend:
245		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
246		them in the file .depend.
247	install:
248		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
249		does not itself define the target install, the targets
250		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
251		actions immediately before and after the install target
252		is executed.
253	lint:
254		run lint on the source files
255	tags:
256		create a tags file for the source files.
257
258It sets/uses the following variables:
259
260AFLAGS		Flags to the assembler when assembling .s files.
261
262ACFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when preprocessing and
263		assembling .S files.
264
265BINGRP		Binary group.
266
267BINOWN		Binary owner.
268
269BINMODE		Binary mode.
270
271CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
272CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
273		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
274
275CFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
276
277FILES		A list of non-executable files.
278		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
279		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
280		further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>.
281
282LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
283		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
284		libraries, use:
285
286			LDADD=-lutil -lcompat
287
288LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
289		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
290		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
291
292LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags. Passed to the loader via CC,
293		since that's used to link programs as well, so loader
294		specific flags need to be prefixed with -Wl, to work.
295
296LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
297		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
298		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
299		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
300
301			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
302
303MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable
304		is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
305
306PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
307		is built.
308
309PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
310		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
311		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
312		of PROG if PROG is also set.
313
314PROGS		When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
315PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
316		individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
317		syntax should be used.  For example:
318
319		PROGS=		foo bar
320		SRCS.foo=	foo_src.c
321		LDADD.foo=	-lutil
322		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
323
324		The supported variables are:
325		- BINDIR
326		- BINGRP
327		- BINMODE
328		- BINOWN
329		- CFLAGS
330		- CXXFLAGS
331		- DEBUG_FLAGS
332		- DPADD
333		- DPSRCS
334		- INTERNALPROG (no installation)
335		- LDADD
336		- LDFLAGS
337		- LIBADD
338		- LINKS
339		- MAN
340		- MLINKS
341		- NO_WERROR
342		- PROGNAME
343		- SRCS
344		- STRIP
345		- WARNS
346
347PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
348		different from ${PROG}.
349
350SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
351		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
352		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
353
354DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
355		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
356		utility libraries use:
357
358			DPADD=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
359
360		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
361		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
362		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
363		converting to upper case.
364
365		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
366		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
367		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
368		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
369		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
370		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
371		shared libraries should be only on the library version
372		numbers.
373
374STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
375		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
376		own install script so that the entire system can be made
377		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
378
379SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
380		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
381		subdirectories.
382
383SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
384		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
385		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
386		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
387
388The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
389if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
390
391Some simple examples:
392
393To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
394
395	PROG=	foo
396
397	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
398
399To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
400
401	MAN=	foo.2
402
403If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
404
405	MAN=
406
407If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
408
409	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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413The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
414subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
415cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
416listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
417and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
418command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
419SUBDIRS.
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422
423The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
424the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
425install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
426with the current needs of the BSD tree.
427
428It sets/uses the following variables:
429
430LIB		The name of the library to build.  Both a shared and static
431		library will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a
432		static library.
433
434LIB_CXX		The name of the library to build. It also causes
435		<bsd.lib.mk> to link the library with the
436		standard C++ library.  LIB_CXX overrides the value
437		of LIB if LIB is also set.  Both a shared and static library
438		will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a static
439		library.
440
441LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
442
443LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
444
445LIBGRP		Library group.
446
447LIBOWN		Library owner.
448
449LIBMODE		Library mode.
450
451LDADD		Additional loader objects.
452
453LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
454		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
455		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
456
457MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
458
459SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
460		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
461		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
462		versions of make.)
463
464SHLIB		Like LIB but only builds a shared library.
465
466SHLIB_CXX	Like LIB_CXX but only builds a shared library.
467
468SHLIB_LDSCRIPT	Template file to generate shared library linker script.
469		Unless used, a simple symlink is created to the real
470		shared object.
471
472LIBRARIES_ONLY	Do not build or install files other than the library.
473
474The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
475if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
476
477It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
478built by default.
479
480Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
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483
484The include file <bsd.test.mk> handles building one or more test programs
485intended to be used in the FreeBSD Test Suite under /usr/tests/.
486
487It has seven targets:
488
489	all:
490		build the test programs.
491	check:
492		runs the test programs from CHECKDIR with kyua test.
493
494		The beforecheck and aftercheck targets will be invoked, if
495		defined, to execute commands before and after the realcheck
496		target has been executed, respectively.
497
498		The devel/kyua package must be installed before invoking this
499		target.
500
501		See CHECKDIR for more details.
502	clean:
503		remove the test programs and any object files.
504	cleandir:
505		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
506		well as .depend and tags.
507	depend:
508		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
509		them in the file .depend.
510	install:
511                install the test programs and their data files; if the
512                Makefile does not itself define the target install, the
513                targets beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used
514                to cause actions immediately before and after the
515                install target is executed.
516	lint:
517		run lint on the source files.
518	tags:
519		create a tags file for the source files.
520
521It sets/uses the following variables, among many others:
522
523TESTSBASE	Installation prefix for tests. Defaults to /usr/tests
524
525TESTSDIR	Path to the installed tests.  Must be a subdirectory of
526		TESTSBASE and the subpath should match the relative
527		location of the tests within the src tree.
528
529		The value of TESTSDIR defaults to
530		${TESTSBASE}/${RELDIR:H} , e.g. /usr/tests/bin/ls when
531		included from bin/ls/tests .
532
533CHECKDIR	The directory that 'make check' executes tests from.
534
535		The value of CHECKDIR defaults to .OBJDIR.
536
537KYUAFILE	If 'auto' (the default), generate a Kyuafile out of the
538		test programs defined in the Makefile.  If 'yes', then a
539		manually-crafted Kyuafile must be supplied with the
540		sources.  If 'no', no Kyuafile is installed (useful for
541		subdirectories providing helper programs or data files
542		only).
543
544LOCALBASE	The --prefix for the kyua package.
545
546		The value of LOCALBASE defaults to /usr/local .
547
548ATF_TESTS_C	The names of the ATF C test programs to build.
549
550ATF_TESTS_CXX	The names of the ATF C++ test programs to build.
551
552ATF_TESTS_SH	The names of the ATF sh test programs to build.
553
554PLAIN_TESTS_C	The names of the plain (legacy) programs to build.
555
556PLAIN_TESTS_CXX	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
557
558PLAIN_TESTS_SH	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
559
560TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER
561		Path to the Perl interpreter to be used for
562		TAP-compliant test programs that are written in Perl.
563		Refer to TAP_TESTS_PERL for details.
564
565TAP_TESTS_C	The names of the TAP-compliant C test programs to build.
566
567TAP_TESTS_CXX	The names of the TAP-compliant C++ test programs to
568		build.
569
570TAP_TESTS_PERL	The names of the TAP-compliant Perl test programs to
571		build.  The corresponding source files should end with
572		the .pl extension; the test program is marked as
573		requiring Perl; and TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER is used in the
574		built scripts as the interpreter of choice.
575
576TAP_TESTS_SH	The names of the TAP-compliant sh test programs to
577		build.
578
579TESTS_SUBDIRS	List of subdirectories containing tests into which to
580		recurse.  Differs from SUBDIR in that these directories
581		get registered into the automatically-generated
582		Kyuafile (if any).
583
584NOT_FOR_TEST_SUITE
585		If defined, none of the built test programs get
586		installed under /usr/tests/ and no Kyuafile is
587		automatically generated.  Should not be used within the
588		FreeBSD source tree but is provided for the benefit of
589		third-parties.
590
591The actual building of the test programs is performed by <bsd.prog.mk>.
592Please see the documentation above for this other file for additional
593details on the behavior of <bsd.test.mk>.
594