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22.\" Author: James da Silva, Systems Design and Analysis Group
23.\"			   Computer Science Department
24.\"			   University of Maryland at College Park
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27.Dd December 23, 2005
28.Dt CRUNCHGEN 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm crunchgen
32.Nd generates build environment for a crunched binary
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Bk -words
35.Nm
36.Op Fl foql
37.Op Fl h Ar makefile-header-name
38.Op Fl m Ar makefile-name
39.Op Fl p Ar obj-prefix
40.Op Fl c Ar c-file-name
41.Op Fl e Ar exec-file-name
42.Op Ar conf-file
43.Ek
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45A crunched binary is a program made up of many other programs linked
46together into a single executable.
47The crunched binary
48.Fn main
49function determines which component program to run by the contents of
50.Va argv[0] .
51The main reason to crunch programs together is for fitting
52as many programs as possible onto an installation or system recovery
53floppy.
54.Pp
55The
56.Nm
57utility reads in the specifications in
58.Ar conf-file
59for a crunched binary, and generates a
60.Pa Makefile
61and accompanying
62top-level C source file that when built creates the crunched executable
63file from the component programs.
64For each component program,
65.Nm
66can optionally attempt to determine the object (.o) files that make up
67the program from its source directory
68.Pa Makefile .
69This information is cached between runs.
70The
71.Nm
72utility uses the companion program
73.Xr crunchide 1
74to eliminate link-time conflicts between the component programs by
75hiding all unnecessary symbols.
76.Pp
77The
78.Nm
79utility places specific requirements on package
80.Pa Makefile Ns s
81which make it unsuitable for use with
82.No non- Ns Bx
83sources.
84In particular, the
85.Pa Makefile
86must contain the target
87.Ic depend ,
88and it must define all object files in the variable
89.Va OBJS .
90In some cases, you can use a fake
91.Pa Makefile :
92before looking for
93.Pa Makefile
94in the source directory
95.Pa foo ,
96.Nm
97looks for the file
98.Pa Makefile.foo
99in the current directory.
100.Pp
101After
102.Nm
103is run, the crunched binary can be built by running
104.Dq Li make -f <conf-name>.mk .
105The component programs' object files must already be built.
106An
107.Ic objs
108target, included in the output makefile, will
109run
110.Xr make 1
111in each component program's source dir to build the object
112files for the user.
113This is not done automatically since in release
114engineering circumstances it is generally not desirable to be
115modifying objects in other directories.
116.Pp
117The options are as follows:
118.Bl -tag -width indent
119.It Fl c Ar c-file-name
120Set output C file name to
121.Ar c-file-name .
122The default name is
123.Pa <conf-name>.c .
124.It Fl e Ar exec-file-name
125Set crunched binary executable file name to
126.Ar exec-file-name .
127The default name is
128.Pa <conf-name> .
129.It Fl f
130Flush cache.
131Forces the recalculation of cached parameters.
132.It Fl l
133List names.
134Lists the names this binary will respond to.
135.It Fl h Ar makefile-header-name
136Set the name of a file to be included at the beginning of the
137.Pa Makefile Ns s
138generated by
139.Nm .
140This is useful to define some make variables such as
141.Va RELEASE_CRUNCH
142or similar, which might affect the behavior of
143.Xr make 1
144and are annoying to pass through environment variables.
145.It Fl m Ar makefile-name
146Set output
147.Pa Makefile
148name to
149.Ar makefile-name .
150The default name is
151.Pa <conf-name>.mk .
152.It Fl o
153Add
154.Dq Li make obj
155rules to each program make target.
156.It Fl p Ar obj-prefix
157Set the pathname to be prepended to the
158.Ic srcdir
159when computing the
160.Ic objdir .
161If this option is not present, then the prefix used
162is the content of the
163.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
164environment variable, or
165.Pa /usr/obj .
166.It Fl q
167Quiet operation.
168Status messages are suppressed.
169.El
170.Sh CRUNCHGEN CONFIGURATION FILE COMMANDS
171The
172.Nm
173utility reads specifications from the
174.Ar conf-file
175that describe the components of the crunched binary.
176In its simplest
177use, the component program names are merely listed along with the
178top-level source directories in which their sources can be found.
179The
180.Nm
181utility then calculates (via the source makefiles) and caches the
182list of object files and their locations.
183For more specialized
184situations, the user can specify by hand all the parameters that
185.Nm
186needs.
187.Pp
188The
189.Ar conf-file
190commands are as follows:
191.Bl -tag -width indent
192.It Ic srcdirs Ar dirname ...
193A list of source trees in which the source directories of the
194component programs can be found.
195These dirs are searched using the
196.Bx
197.Dq Pa <source-dir>/<progname>/
198convention.
199Multiple
200.Ic srcdirs
201lines can be specified.
202The directories are searched in the order they are given.
203.It Ic progs Ar progname ...
204A list of programs that make up the crunched binary.
205Multiple
206.Ic progs
207lines can be specified.
208.It Ic libs Ar libspec ...
209A list of library specifications to be included in the crunched binary link.
210Multiple
211.Ic libs
212lines can be specified.
213.It Ic libs_so Ar libspec ...
214A list of library specifications to be dynamically linked in the
215crunched binary.
216These libraries will need to be made available via the run-time link-editor
217.Xr rtld 1
218when the component program that requires them is executed from
219the crunched binary.
220Multiple
221.Ic libs_so
222lines can be specified.
223The
224.Ic libs_so
225directive overrides a library specified gratuitously on a
226.Ic libs
227line.
228.It Ic buildopts Ar buildopts ...
229A list of build options to be added to every make target.
230.It Ic ln Ar progname linkname
231Causes the crunched binary to invoke
232.Ar progname
233whenever
234.Ar linkname
235appears in
236.Va argv[0] .
237This allows programs that change their behavior when
238run under different names to operate correctly.
239.El
240.Pp
241To handle specialized situations, such as when the source is not
242available or not built via a conventional
243.Pa Makefile ,
244the following
245.Ic special
246commands can be used to set
247.Nm
248parameters for a component program.
249.Bl -tag -width indent
250.It Ic special Ar progname Ic srcdir Ar pathname
251Set the source directory for
252.Ar progname .
253This is normally calculated by searching the specified
254.Ic srcdirs
255for a directory named
256.Ar progname .
257.It Ic special Ar progname Ic objdir Ar pathname
258Set the
259.Pa obj
260directory for
261.Ar progname .
262The
263.Pa obj
264directory is normally calculated by looking for a directory
265whose name is that of the source directory prepended by
266one of the following components, in order of priority:
267the
268.Fl p
269argument passed to the command line; or,
270the value of the
271.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
272environment variable, or
273.Pa /usr/obj .
274If the directory is not found, the
275.Ic srcdir
276itself becomes the
277.Ic objdir .
278.It Ic special Ar progname Ic buildopts Ar buildopts
279Define a set of build options that should be added to
280.Xr make 1
281targets in addition to those specified using
282.Ic buildopts
283when processing
284.Ar progname .
285.It Ic special Ar progname Ic objs Ar object-file-name ...
286Set the list of object files for program
287.Ar progname .
288This is normally calculated by constructing a temporary makefile that includes
289.Dq Ic srcdir Ns / Ns Pa Makefile
290and outputs the value of
291.Va $(OBJS) .
292.It Ic special Ar progname Ic objpaths Ar full-pathname-to-object-file ...
293Sets the pathnames of the object files for program
294.Ar progname .
295This is normally calculated by prepending the
296.Ic objdir
297pathname to each file in the
298.Ic objs
299list.
300.It Ic special Ar progname Ic objvar Ar variable_name
301Sets the name of the
302.Xr make 1
303variable which holds the list of
304object files for program
305.Ar progname .
306This is normally
307.Va OBJS
308but some
309.Pa Makefile Ns s
310might like to use other conventions or
311prepend the program's name to the variable, e.g.\&
312.Va SSHD_OBJS .
313.It Ic special Ar progname Ic lib Ar library-name ...
314Specifies libraries to be linked with object files to produce
315.Ar progname Ns Pa .lo .
316This can be useful with libraries which redefine routines in
317the standard libraries, or poorly written libraries which
318reference symbols in the object files.
319.It Ic special Ar progname Ic keep Ar symbol-name ...
320Add specified list of symbols to the keep list for program
321.Ar progname .
322An underscore
323.Pq Ql _
324is prepended to each symbol and it becomes the argument to a
325.Fl k
326option for the
327.Xr crunchide 1
328phase.
329This option is to be used as a last resort as its use can cause a
330symbol conflict, however in certain instances it may be the only way to
331have a symbol resolve.
332.It Ic special Ar progname Ic ident Ar identifier
333Set the
334.Pa Makefile Ns / Ns Tn C
335identifier for
336.Ar progname .
337This is normally generated from a
338.Ar progname ,
339mapping
340.Ql -
341to
342.Ql _
343and ignoring all other non-identifier characters.
344This leads to programs named
345.Qq Li foo.bar
346and
347.Qq Li foobar
348to map to the same identifier.
349.El
350.Pp
351Only the
352.Ic objpaths
353parameter is actually needed by
354.Nm ,
355but it is calculated from
356.Ic objdir
357and
358.Ic objs ,
359which are in turn calculated from
360.Ic srcdir ,
361so is sometimes convenient to specify the earlier parameters and let
362.Nm
363calculate forward from there if it can.
364.Pp
365The makefile produced by
366.Nm
367contains an optional
368.Ic objs
369target that will build the object files for each component program by
370running
371.Xr make 1
372inside that program's source directory.
373For this to work the
374.Ic srcdir
375and
376.Ic objs
377parameters must also be valid.
378If they are not valid for a particular program, that
379program is skipped in the
380.Ic objs
381target.
382.Sh EXAMPLES
383Here is an example
384.Nm
385input conf file, named
386.Dq Pa kcopy.conf :
387.Bd -literal -offset indent
388srcdirs /usr/src/bin /usr/src/sbin
389
390progs test cp echo sh fsck halt init mount umount myinstall
391progs anotherprog
392ln test [       # test can be invoked via [
393ln sh -sh       # init invokes the shell with "-sh" in argv[0]
394
395special myprog objpaths /homes/leroy/src/myinstall.o # no sources
396
397special anotherprog -DNO_FOO WITHOUT_BAR=YES
398
399libs -lutil -lcrypt
400.Ed
401.Pp
402This conf file specifies a small crunched binary consisting of some
403basic system utilities plus a homegrown install program
404.Dq Pa myinstall ,
405for which no source directory is specified, but its object file is
406specified directly with the
407.Ic special
408line.
409.Pp
410Additionally when
411.Dq Pa anotherprog
412is built the arguments
413.Pp
414.Dl -DNO_FOO WITHOUT_BAR=YES
415.Pp
416are added to all build targets.
417.Pp
418The crunched binary
419.Dq Pa kcopy
420can be built as follows:
421.Bd -literal -offset indent
422% crunchgen -m Makefile kcopy.conf    # gen Makefile and kcopy.c
423% make objs             # build the component programs' .o files
424% make                  # build the crunched binary kcopy
425% kcopy sh              # test that this invokes a sh shell
426$			# it works!
427.Ed
428.Pp
429At this point the binary
430.Dq Pa kcopy
431can be copied onto an install floppy
432and hard-linked to the names of the component programs.
433.Pp
434Note that if the
435.Ic libs_so
436command had been used, copies of the libraries so named
437would also need to be copied to the install floppy.
438.Sh SEE ALSO
439.Xr crunchide 1 ,
440.Xr make 1 ,
441.Xr rtld 1
442.Sh AUTHORS
443.An -nosplit
444The
445.Nm
446utility was written by
447.An James da Silva Aq Mt jds@cs.umd.edu .
448.Pp
449Copyright (c) 1994 University of Maryland.
450All Rights Reserved.
451.Pp
452The
453.Ic libs_so
454keyword was added in 2005 by
455.An Adrian Steinmann Aq Mt ast@marabu.ch
456and
457.An Ceri Davies Aq Mt ceri@FreeBSD.org .
458.Sh CAVEATS
459While
460.Nm
461takes care to eliminate link conflicts between the component programs
462of a crunched binary, conflicts are still possible between the
463libraries that are linked in.
464Some shuffling in the order of
465libraries may be required, and in some rare cases two libraries may
466have an unresolvable conflict and thus cannot be crunched together.
467.Pp
468Some versions of the
469.Bx
470build environment do not by default build the
471intermediate object file for single-source file programs.
472The
473.Dq Li make objs
474must then be used to get those object files built, or
475some other arrangements made.
476