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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 ${a}
96
97the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
98way the V7 make behaved.
99
100It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
101multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier to split up
102the programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from
103making the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new
104version of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle
105multiple architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.
106(Imake doesn't count.)
107
108The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
109for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
110the Makefile.
111
112The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
113the tree where the file gets installed.
114
115The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
116the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
117object.
118
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120
121The following variables are common:
122
123ACFLAGS.${SRC}
124		Flags dependent on source file name.
125CFLAGS.${SRC}
126		Flags dependent on source file name.
127CFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
128		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
129CFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
130		Architectural flags added to CFLAGS.
131CFLAGS_NO_SIMD	Add this to CFLAGS for programs that don't want any SIMD
132		instructions generated. It is setup in bsd.cpu.mk to an
133		appropriate value for the compiler and target.
134CXXFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
135		Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
136CXXFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
137		Architectural flags added to CXXFLAGS.
138CXXFLAGS.${SRC}
139		Flags dependent on source file name.
140COMPILER_FEATURES
141		A list of features that the compiler supports. Zero or
142		more of:
143			c++11	Supports full C++ 11 standard.
144
145COMPILER_TYPE	Type of compiler, either clang or gcc, though other
146		values are possible. Don't assume != clang == gcc.
147
148COMPILER_VERSION
149		A numeric constant equal to:
150		     major * 10000 + minor * 100 + tiny
151		for the compiler's self-reported version.
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154
155The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
156environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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159
160The include file <bsd.arch.inc.mk> includes other Makefiles for specific
161architectures, if they exist. It will include the first of the following
162files that it finds: Makefile.${MACHINE}, Makefile.${MACHINE_ARCH},
163Makefile.${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
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166
167The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
168links.
169
170It has three targets:
171
172	all-man:
173		build manual pages.
174	maninstall:
175		install the manual pages and their links.
176	manlint:
177		verify the validity of manual pages.
178
179It sets/uses the following variables:
180
181MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
182
183MANGRP		Manual group.
184
185MANOWN		Manual owner.
186
187MANMODE		Manual mode.
188
189MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
190		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
191
192MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
193
194MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
195		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
196		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are hard-linked.
197
198The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
199it exists.
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202
203The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
204manual pages and binaries.
205
206It has no targets.
207
208It sets/uses the following variables:
209
210BINGRP		Binary group.
211
212BINOWN		Binary owner.
213
214BINMODE		Binary mode.
215
216MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
217
218MANGRP		Manual group.
219
220MANOWN		Manual owner.
221
222MANMODE		Manual mode.
223
224This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
225they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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228
229The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
230more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
231of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
232
233It has seven targets:
234
235	all:
236		build the program and its manual page
237	clean:
238		remove the program and any object files.
239	cleandir:
240		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
241		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
242	depend:
243		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
244		them in the file .depend.
245	install:
246		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
247		does not itself define the target install, the targets
248		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
249		actions immediately before and after the install target
250		is executed.
251	lint:
252		run lint on the source files
253	tags:
254		create a tags file for the source files.
255
256It sets/uses the following variables:
257
258BINGRP		Binary group.
259
260BINOWN		Binary owner.
261
262BINMODE		Binary mode.
263
264CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
265CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
266		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
267
268CFLAGS		Flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
269
270FILES		A list of non-executable files.
271		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
272		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
273		further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>.
274
275LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
276		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
277		libraries, use:
278
279			LDADD=-lutil -lcompat
280
281LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
282		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
283		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
284
285LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags. Passed to the loader via CC,
286		since that's used to link programs as well, so loader
287		specific flags need to be prefixed with -Wl, to work.
288
289LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
290		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
291		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
292		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
293
294			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
295
296MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable
297		is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
298
299PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
300		is built.
301
302PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
303		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
304		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
305		of PROG if PROG is also set.
306
307PROGS		When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
308PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
309		individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
310		syntax should be used.  For example:
311
312		PROGS=		foo bar
313		SRCS.foo=	foo_src.c
314		LDADD.foo=	-lutil
315		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
316
317		The supported variables are:
318		- BINDIR
319		- BINGRP
320		- BINMODE
321		- BINOWN
322		- CFLAGS
323		- CXXFLAGS
324		- DEBUG_FLAGS
325		- DPADD
326		- DPSRCS
327		- LDADD
328		- LDFLAGS
329		- LIBADD
330		- LINKS
331		- MAN
332		- MLINKS
333		- NO_WERROR
334		- PROGNAME
335		- SRCS
336		- STRIP
337		- WARNS
338
339PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
340		different from ${PROG}.
341
342SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
343		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
344		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
345
346DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
347		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
348		utility libraries use:
349
350			DPADD=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
351
352		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
353		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
354		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
355		converting to upper case.
356
357		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
358		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
359		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
360		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
361		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
362		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
363		shared libraries should be only on the library version
364		numbers.
365
366STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
367		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
368		own install script so that the entire system can be made
369		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
370
371SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
372		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
373		subdirectories.
374
375SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
376		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
377		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
378		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
379
380The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
381if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
382
383Some simple examples:
384
385To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
386
387	PROG=	foo
388
389	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
390
391To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
392
393	MAN=	foo.2
394
395If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
396
397	MAN=
398
399If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
400
401	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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404
405The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
406subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
407cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
408listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
409and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
410command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
411SUBDIRS.
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414
415The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
416the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
417install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
418with the current needs of the BSD tree.
419
420It sets/uses the following variables:
421
422LIB		The name of the library to build.  Both a shared and static
423		library will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a
424		static library.
425
426LIB_CXX		The name of the library to build. It also causes
427		<bsd.lib.mk> to link the library with the
428		standard C++ library.  LIB_CXX overrides the value
429		of LIB if LIB is also set.  Both a shared and static library
430		will be built.  NO_PIC can be set to only build a static
431		library.
432
433LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
434
435LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
436
437LIBGRP		Library group.
438
439LIBOWN		Library owner.
440
441LIBMODE		Library mode.
442
443LDADD		Additional loader objects.
444
445LIBADD		Additional libraries.  This is for base system libraries
446		and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
447		Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
448
449MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
450
451SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
452		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
453		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
454		versions of make.)
455
456SHLIB		Like LIB but only builds a shared library.
457
458SHLIB_CXX	Like LIB_CXX but only builds a shared library.
459
460SHLIB_LDSCRIPT	Template file to generate shared library linker script.
461		Unless used, a simple symlink is created to the real
462		shared object.
463
464LIBRARIES_ONLY	Do not build or install files other than the library.
465
466The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
467if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
468
469It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
470built by default.
471
472Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
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475
476The include file <bsd.test.mk> handles building one or more test programs
477intended to be used in the FreeBSD Test Suite under /usr/tests/.
478
479It has seven targets:
480
481	all:
482		build the test programs.
483	check:
484		runs the test programs from CHECKDIR with kyua test.
485
486		The beforecheck and aftercheck targets will be invoked, if
487		defined, to execute commands before and after the realcheck
488		target has been executed, respectively.
489
490		The devel/kyua package must be installed before invoking this
491		target.
492
493		See CHECKDIR for more details.
494	clean:
495		remove the test programs and any object files.
496	cleandir:
497		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
498		well as .depend and tags.
499	depend:
500		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
501		them in the file .depend.
502	install:
503                install the test programs and their data files; if the
504                Makefile does not itself define the target install, the
505                targets beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used
506                to cause actions immediately before and after the
507                install target is executed.
508	lint:
509		run lint on the source files.
510	tags:
511		create a tags file for the source files.
512
513It sets/uses the following variables, among many others:
514
515TESTSBASE	Installation prefix for tests. Defaults to /usr/tests
516
517TESTSDIR	Path to the installed tests.  Must be a subdirectory of
518		TESTSBASE and the subpath should match the relative
519		location of the tests within the src tree.
520
521		The value of TESTSDIR defaults to
522		${TESTSBASE}/${RELDIR:H} , e.g. /usr/tests/bin/ls when
523		included from bin/ls/tests .
524
525CHECKDIR	The directory that 'make check' executes tests from.
526
527		The value of CHECKDIR defaults to .OBJDIR.
528
529KYUAFILE	If 'auto' (the default), generate a Kyuafile out of the
530		test programs defined in the Makefile.  If 'yes', then a
531		manually-crafted Kyuafile must be supplied with the
532		sources.  If 'no', no Kyuafile is installed (useful for
533		subdirectories providing helper programs or data files
534		only).
535
536LOCALBASE	The --prefix for the kyua package.
537
538		The value of LOCALBASE defaults to /usr/local .
539
540ATF_TESTS_C	The names of the ATF C test programs to build.
541
542ATF_TESTS_CXX	The names of the ATF C++ test programs to build.
543
544ATF_TESTS_SH	The names of the ATF sh test programs to build.
545
546PLAIN_TESTS_C	The names of the plain (legacy) programs to build.
547
548PLAIN_TESTS_CXX	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
549
550PLAIN_TESTS_SH	The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
551
552TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER
553		Path to the Perl interpreter to be used for
554		TAP-compliant test programs that are written in Perl.
555		Refer to TAP_TESTS_PERL for details.
556
557TAP_TESTS_C	The names of the TAP-compliant C test programs to build.
558
559TAP_TESTS_CXX	The names of the TAP-compliant C++ test programs to
560		build.
561
562TAP_TESTS_PERL	The names of the TAP-compliant Perl test programs to
563		build.  The corresponding source files should end with
564		the .pl extension; the test program is marked as
565		requiring Perl; and TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER is used in the
566		built scripts as the interpreter of choice.
567
568TAP_TESTS_SH	The names of the TAP-compliant sh test programs to
569		build.
570
571TESTS_SUBDIRS	List of subdirectories containing tests into which to
572		recurse.  Differs from SUBDIR in that these directories
573		get registered into the automatically-generated
574		Kyuafile (if any).
575
576NOT_FOR_TEST_SUITE
577		If defined, none of the built test programs get
578		installed under /usr/tests/ and no Kyuafile is
579		automatically generated.  Should not be used within the
580		FreeBSD source tree but is provided for the benefit of
581		third-parties.
582
583The actual building of the test programs is performed by <bsd.prog.mk>.
584Please see the documentation above for this other file for additional
585details on the behavior of <bsd.test.mk>.
586