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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 ${a}
96
97the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
98way the V7 make behaved.
99
100It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
101multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier to split up
102the programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from
103making the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new
104version of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle
105multiple architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.
106(Imake doesn't count.)
107
108The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
109for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
110the Makefile.
111
112The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
113the tree where the file gets installed.
114
115The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
116the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
117object, and ".pico" denotes a position-independent relocatable object.
118
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120
121The following variables are common:
122
123AFLAGS.${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.${COMPILER_TYPE}
130		Flags dependent on compiler added to CFLAGS.
131CFLAGS.${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
183MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
184
185MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
186
187MANGRP		Manual group.
188
189MANMODE		Manual mode.
190
191MANOWN		Manual owner.
192
193MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
194		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
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
214BINMODE		Binary mode.
215
216BINOWN		Binary owner.
217
218MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
219
220MANGRP		Manual group.
221
222MANMODE		Manual mode.
223
224MANOWN		Manual owner.
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	tags:
254		create a tags file for the source files.
255
256It sets/uses the following variables:
257
258ACFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when preprocessing and
259		assembling .S files.
260
261AFLAGS		Flags to the assembler when assembling .s files.
262
263BINGRP		Binary group.
264
265BINMODE		Binary mode.
266
267BINOWN		Binary owner.
268
269CFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
270
271CLEANDIRS	Additional files (CLEANFILES) and directories (CLEANDIRS) to
272CLEANFILES	remove during clean and cleandir targets.  "rm -rf" and
273		"rm -f" are used, respectively.
274
275DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
276		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
277		utility libraries use:
278
279			DPADD=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
280
281		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
282		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
283		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
284		converting to upper case.
285
286		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
287		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
288		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
289		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
290		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
291		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
292		shared libraries should be only on the library version
293		numbers.
294
295FILES		A list of non-executable files.
296		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
297		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
298		further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>.
299
300LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
301		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
302		libraries, use:
303
304			LDADD=-lutil -lcompat
305
306LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags. Passed to the loader via CC,
307		since that's used to link programs as well, so loader
308		specific flags need to be prefixed with -Wl, to work.
309
310LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
311		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
312		Use LIBADD=name instead of LDADD=-lname.
313
314LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
315		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
316		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
317		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
318
319			LINKS=	/bin/test /bin/[
320
321MAN		Manual pages.  If no MAN variable is defined,
322		"MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed. See bsd.man.mk for more details.
323
324PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
325		is built.
326
327PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
328		different from ${PROG}.
329
330PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
331		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
332		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
333		of PROG if PROG is also set.
334
335PROGS		When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
336PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROG_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
337		individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
338		syntax should be used.  For example:
339
340		PROGS=		foo bar
341		SRCS.foo=	foo_src.c
342		LDADD.foo=	-lutil
343		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
344
345		The supported variables are:
346		- BINDIR
347		- BINGRP
348		- BINMODE
349		- BINOWN
350		- CFLAGS
351		- CXXFLAGS
352		- DEBUG_FLAGS
353		- DPADD
354		- DPSRCS
355		- INTERNALPROG (no installation)
356		- LDADD
357		- LDFLAGS
358		- LIBADD
359		- LINKS
360		- MAN
361		- MLINKS
362		- NO_WERROR
363		- PROGNAME
364		- SRCS
365		- STRIP
366		- WARNS
367
368SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
369		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
370		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
371		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
372
373SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
374		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
375		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
376
377STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
378		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
379		own install script so that the entire system can be made
380		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
381
382SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
383		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
384		subdirectories.
385
386The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
387if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
388
389Some simple examples:
390
391To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
392
393	PROG=	foo
394
395	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
396
397To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
398
399	MAN=	foo.2
400
401If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
402
403	MAN=
404
405If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
406
407	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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410
411The include file, <bsd.snmpmod.mk>, handles building MIB modules for bsnmpd
412from one or more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a
413limited number of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD
414tree.
415
416bsd.snmpmod.mk leverages bsd.lib.mk for building MIB modules and
417bsd.files.mk for installing MIB description and definition files.
418
419It implements the following additional targets:
420
421	smilint:
422		execute smilint on the MIBs defined by BMIBS.
423
424		The net-mgmt/libsmi package must be installed before
425		executing this target. The net-mgmt/net-snmp package
426		should be installed as well to reduce false positives
427		from smilint.
428
429It sets/uses the following variables:
430
431BMIBS		The MIB definitions to install.
432
433BMIBSDIR	The directory where the MIB definitions are installed.
434		This defaults to `${SHAREDIR}/snmp/mibs`.
435
436DEFS		The MIB description files to install.
437
438DEFSDIR		The directory where MIB description files are installed.
439		This defaults to `${SHAREDIR}/snmp/defs`.
440
441EXTRAMIBDEFS	Extra MIB description files to use as input when
442		generating ${MOD}_oid.h and ${MOD}_tree.[ch].
443
444EXTRAMIBSYMS	Extra MIB definition files used only for extracting
445		symbols.
446
447		EXTRAMIBSYMS are useful when resolving inter-module
448		dependencies and are useful with files containing only
449		enum-definitions.
450
451		See ${MOD}_oid.h for more details.
452
453LOCALBASE	The package root where smilint and the net-snmp
454		definitions can be found
455
456MOD		The bsnmpd module name.
457
458SMILINT		smilint binary to use with the smilint make target.
459
460SMILINT_FLAGS	flags to pass to smilint.
461
462SMIPATH		A colon-separated directory path where MIBs definitions
463		can be found. See "SMIPATH" in smi_config for more
464		details.
465
466XSYM		MIB names to extract symbols for. See ${MOD}_oid.h for
467		more details.
468
469It generates the following files:
470
471${MOD}_tree.c	A source file and header which programmatically describes
472${MOD}_tree.h	the MIB (type, OID name, ACCESS attributes, etc).
473
474		The files are generated via "gensnmptree -p".
475
476		See gensnmptree(1) for more details.
477
478${MOD}_oid.h	A header which programmatically describes the MIB root and
479		MIB tables.
480
481		The files are generated via "gensnmptree -e".
482
483		See gensnmptree(1) for more details.
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487The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
488subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
489cleandir, depend, install, and tags.  For all of the directories listed in the
490variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited and the target made.
491There is also a default target which allows the command "make subdir" where
492subdir is any directory listed in the variable SUBDIRS.
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495
496The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has the
497same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend, install, and
498tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of
499the BSD tree.
500
501It sets/uses the following variables:
502
503LDADD		Additional loader objects.
504
505LIB		The name of the library to build.  Both a shared and static
506		library will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a
507		static library.
508
509LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
510		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
511		Use LIBADD=name instead of LDADD=-lname.
512
513LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
514
515LIBGRP		Library group.
516
517LIBMODE		Library mode.
518
519LIBOWN		Library owner.
520
521LIBRARIES_ONLY	Do not build or install files other than the library.
522
523LIB_CXX		The name of the library to build. It also causes
524		<bsd.lib.mk> to link the library with the
525		standard C++ library.  LIB_CXX overrides the value
526		of LIB if LIB is also set.  Both a shared and static library
527		will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a static
528		library.
529
530MAN		The manual pages to be installed. See bsd.man.mk for more
531		details.
532
533SHLIB		Like LIB but only builds a shared library.
534
535SHLIB_CXX	Like LIB_CXX but only builds a shared library.
536
537SHLIB_LDSCRIPT	Template file to generate shared library linker script.
538		If not defined, a simple symlink is created to the real
539		shared object.
540
541SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
542		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
543		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
544		versions of make.)
545
546The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
547if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
548
549It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
550built by default.
551
552Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
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556The include file <bsd.test.mk> handles building one or more test programs
557intended to be used in the FreeBSD Test Suite under /usr/tests/.
558
559It has seven targets:
560
561	all:
562		build the test programs.
563	check:
564		runs the test programs with kyua test.
565
566		The beforecheck and aftercheck targets will be invoked, if
567		defined, to execute commands before and after the realcheck
568		target has been executed, respectively.
569
570		The devel/kyua package must be installed before invoking this
571		target.
572	clean:
573		remove the test programs and any object files.
574	cleandir:
575		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
576		well as .depend and tags.
577	depend:
578		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
579		them in the file .depend.
580	install:
581                install the test programs and their data files; if the
582                Makefile does not itself define the target install, the
583                targets beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used
584                to cause actions immediately before and after the
585                install target is executed.
586	tags:
587		create a tags file for the source files.
588
589It sets/uses the following variables, among many others:
590
591ATF_TESTS_C	The names of the ATF C test programs to build.
592
593ATF_TESTS_CXX	The names of the ATF C++ test programs to build.
594
595ATF_TESTS_SH	The names of the ATF sh test programs to build.
596
597KYUAFILE	If 'auto' (the default), generate a Kyuafile out of the
598		test programs defined in the Makefile.  If 'yes', then a
599		manually-crafted Kyuafile must be supplied with the
600		sources.  If 'no', no Kyuafile is installed (useful for
601		subdirectories providing helper programs or data files
602		only).
603
604LOCALBASE	The --prefix for the kyua package.
605
606		The value of LOCALBASE defaults to /usr/local .
607
608NOT_FOR_TEST_SUITE
609		If defined, none of the built test programs get
610		installed under /usr/tests/ and no Kyuafile is
611		automatically generated.  Should not be used within the
612		FreeBSD source tree but is provided for the benefit of
613		third-parties.
614
615PLAIN_TESTS_C	The names of the plain (legacy) programs to build.
616
617PLAIN_TESTS_CXX	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
618
619PLAIN_TESTS_SH	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
620
621TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER
622		Path to the Perl interpreter to be used for
623		TAP-compliant test programs that are written in Perl.
624		Refer to TAP_TESTS_PERL for details.
625
626TAP_TESTS_C	The names of the TAP-compliant C test programs to build.
627
628TAP_TESTS_CXX	The names of the TAP-compliant C++ test programs to
629		build.
630
631TAP_TESTS_PERL	The names of the TAP-compliant Perl test programs to
632		build.  The corresponding source files should end with
633		the .pl extension; the test program is marked as
634		requiring Perl; and TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER is used in the
635		built scripts as the interpreter of choice.
636
637TAP_TESTS_SH	The names of the TAP-compliant sh test programs to
638		build.
639
640TESTSBASE	Installation prefix for tests. Defaults to /usr/tests
641
642TESTSDIR	Path to the installed tests.  Must be a subdirectory of
643		TESTSBASE and the subpath should match the relative
644		location of the tests within the src tree.
645
646		The value of TESTSDIR defaults to
647		${TESTSBASE}/${RELDIR:H} , e.g. /usr/tests/bin/ls when
648		included from bin/ls/tests .
649
650TESTS_SUBDIRS	List of subdirectories containing tests into which to
651		recurse.  Differs from SUBDIR in that these directories
652		get registered into the automatically-generated
653		Kyuafile (if any).
654
655The actual building of the test programs is performed by <bsd.prog.mk>.
656Please see the documentation above for this other file for additional
657details on the behavior of <bsd.test.mk>.
658