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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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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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 ${a}
96
97the command "make b" will echo "bar". This is for compatibility with the
98way the V7 make behaved.
99
100It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
101multiple programs in a single directory. It's a lot easier to split up
102the programs than to deal with the problem. Most of the agony comes from
103making the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new
104version of make. So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle
105multiple architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.
106(Imake doesn't count.)
107
108The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
109for the source files. This file is read automatically by make after reading
110the Makefile.
111
112The variable DESTDIR works as before. It's not set anywhere but will change
113the tree where the file gets installed.
114
115The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
116the regular libraries. A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
117object.
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121The following variables are common:
122
123CFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
124 Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
125CFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
126 Architectural flags added to CFLAGS.
127CFLAGS_NO_SIMD Add this to CFLAGS for programs that don't want any SIMD
128 instructions generated. It is setup in bsd.cpu.mk to an
129 appropriate value for the compiler and target.
130CXXFLAGS.${COMPILER_TYPE}
131 Flags dependent on compiler added to CXXFLAGS.
132CXXFLAGS.${MACHINE_ARCH}
133 Architectural flags added to CXXFLAGS.
134COMPILER_FEATURES
135 A list of features that the compiler supports. Zero or
136 more of:
137 c++11 Supports full C++ 11 standard.
138
139COMPILER_TYPE Type of compiler, either clang or gcc, though other
140 values are possible. Don't assume != clang == gcc.
141
142COMPILER_VERSION
143 A numeric constant equal to:
144 major * 10000 + minor * 100 + tiny
145 for the compiler's self-reported version.
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149The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
150environment or otherwise. You probably don't want to touch this file.
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154The include file <bsd.arch.inc.mk> includes other Makefiles for specific
155architectures, if they exist. It will include the first of the following
156files that it finds: Makefile.${MACHINE}, Makefile.${MACHINE_ARCH},
157Makefile.${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
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160
161The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
162links.
163
164It has three targets:
165
166 all-man:
167 build manual pages.
168 maninstall:
169 install the manual pages and their links.
170 manlint:
171 verify the validity of manual pages.
172
173It sets/uses the following variables:
174
175MANDIR Base path for manual installation.
176
177MANGRP Manual group.
178
179MANOWN Manual owner.
180
181MANMODE Manual mode.
182
183MANSUBDIR Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
184 or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
185
186MAN The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
187
188MLINKS List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix). The
189 linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
190 and there may be multiple pairs. The files are hard-linked.
191
192The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
193it exists.
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197The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
198manual pages and binaries.
199
200It has no targets.
201
202It sets/uses the following variables:
203
204BINGRP Binary group.
205
206BINOWN Binary owner.
207
208BINMODE Binary mode.
209
210MANDIR Base path for manual installation.
211
212MANGRP Manual group.
213
214MANOWN Manual owner.
215
216MANMODE Manual mode.
217
218This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
219they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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222
223The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
224more source files, along with their manual pages. It has a limited number
225of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
226
227It has seven targets:
228
229 all:
230 build the program and its manual page
231 clean:
232 remove the program and any object files.
233 cleandir:
234 remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
235 well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
236 depend:
237 make the dependencies for the source files, and store
238 them in the file .depend.
239 install:
240 install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
241 does not itself define the target install, the targets
242 beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
243 actions immediately before and after the install target
244 is executed.
245 lint:
246 run lint on the source files
247 tags:
248 create a tags file for the source files.
249
250It sets/uses the following variables:
251
252BINGRP Binary group.
253
254BINOWN Binary owner.
255
256BINMODE Binary mode.
257
258CLEANFILES Additional files to remove and
259CLEANDIRS additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
260 targets. "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
261
262CFLAGS Flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
263
264FILES A list of non-executable files.
265 The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
266 FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
267 further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>.
268
269LDADD Additional loader objects. Usually used for libraries.
270 For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
271 libraries, use:
272
273 LDADD=-lutil -lcompat
274
275LIBADD Additional libraries. This is for base system libraries
276 and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
277 Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
278
279LDFLAGS Additional loader flags. Passed to the loader via CC,
280 since that's used to link programs as well, so loader
281 specific flags need to be prefixed with -Wl, to work.
282
283LINKS The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
284 linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
285 file. The files are hard-linked. For example, to link
286 /bin/test and /bin/[, use:
287
288 LINKS= ${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
289
290MAN Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9). If no MAN variable
291 is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
292
293PROG The name of the program to build. If not supplied, nothing
294 is built.
295
296PROG_CXX If defined, the name of the program to build. Also
297 causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
298 standard C++ library. PROG_CXX overrides the value
299 of PROG if PROG is also set.
300
301PROGS When used with <bsd.progs.mk>, allow building multiple
302PROGS_CXX PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile. To define
303 individual variables for each program the VAR.prog
304 syntax should be used. For example:
305
306 PROGS= foo bar
307 SRCS.foo= foo_src.c
308 LDADD.foo= -lutil
309 SRCS.bar= bar_src.c
310
311 The supported variables are BINDIR BINGRP BINMODE BINOWN
312 CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS DPSRCS LDADD
313 LDFLAGS LIBADD MAN MLINKS PROGNAME SRCS.
314
315PROGNAME The name that the above program will be installed as, if
316 different from ${PROG}.
317
318SRCS List of source files to build the program. If SRCS is not
319 defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
320 defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
321
322DPADD Additional dependencies for the program. Usually used for
323 libraries. For example, to depend on the compatibility and
324 utility libraries use:
325
326 DPADD=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
327
328 There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
329 non-shared) library and object. Library file names are
330 transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
331 converting to upper case.
332
333 There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
334 libraries or objects. The identifiers for the standard
335 libraries are used in DPADD. This works correctly iff all
336 the libraries are built at the same time. Unfortunately,
337 it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
338 only the static libraries have changed. Dependencies on
339 shared libraries should be only on the library version
340 numbers.
341
342STRIP The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
343 to be stripped. This is to be used when building your
344 own install script so that the entire system can be made
345 stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
346
347SUBDIR A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
348 Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
349 subdirectories.
350
351SCRIPTS A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
352 The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
353 SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
354 further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
355
356The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
357if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
358
359Some simple examples:
360
361To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
362
363 PROG= foo
364
365 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
366
367To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
368
369 MAN= foo.2
370
371If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
372
373 MAN=
374
375If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
376
377 SRCS= a.c b.c c.c d.c
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381The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
382subdirectories. It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
383cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags. For all of the directories
384listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
385and the target made. There is also a default target which allows the
386command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
387SUBDIRS.
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391The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries. It has
392the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
393install, lint, and tags. It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
394with the current needs of the BSD tree.
395
396It sets/uses the following variables:
397
398LIB The name of the library to build.
399
400LIB_CXX The name of the library to build. It also causes
401 <bsd.lib.mk> to link the library with the
402 standard C++ library. LIB_CXX overrides the value
403 of LIB if LIB is also set.
404
405LIBDIR Target directory for libraries.
406
407LINTLIBDIR Target directory for lint libraries.
408
409LIBGRP Library group.
410
411LIBOWN Library owner.
412
413LIBMODE Library mode.
414
415LDADD Additional loader objects.
416
417LIBADD Additional libraries. This is for base system libraries
418 and is only valid inside of the /usr/src tree.
419 Rather than use LDADD=-lname use LIBADD=name.
420
421MAN The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
422
423SRCS List of source files to build the library. Suffix types
424 .s, .c, and .f are supported. Note, .s files are preferred
425 to .c files of the same name. (This is not the default for
426 versions of make.)
427
428SHLIB_LDSCRIPT Template file to generate shared library linker script.
429 Unless used, a simple symlink is created to the real
430 shared object.
431
432LIBRARIES_ONLY Do not build or install files other than the library.
433
434The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
435if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
436
437It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
438built by default.
439
440Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
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444The include file <bsd.test.mk> handles building one or more test programs
445intended to be used in the FreeBSD Test Suite under /usr/tests/.
446
447It has seven targets:
448
449 all:
450 build the test programs.
451 clean:
452 remove the test programs and any object files.
453 cleandir:
454 remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
455 well as .depend and tags.
456 depend:
457 make the dependencies for the source files, and store
458 them in the file .depend.
459 install:
460 install the test programs and their data files; if the
461 Makefile does not itself define the target install, the
462 targets beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used
463 to cause actions immediately before and after the
464 install target is executed.
465 lint:
466 run lint on the source files.
467 tags:
468 create a tags file for the source files.
469 test:
470 runs the test programs from the object directory; if the
471 Makefile does not itself define the target test, the
472 targets beforetest and aftertest may also be used to
473 cause actions immediately before and after the test
474 target is executed.
475
476It sets/uses the following variables, among many others:
477
478TESTSBASE Installation prefix for tests. Defaults to /usr/tests
479
480TESTSDIR Path to the installed tests. Must be a subdirectory of
481 TESTSBASE and the subpath should match the relative
482 location of the tests within the src tree.
483
484 The value of TESTSDIR defaults to
485 ${TESTSBASE}/${RELDIR:H} , e.g. /usr/tests/bin/ls when
486 included from bin/ls/tests .
487
488KYUAFILE If 'auto' (the default), generate a Kyuafile out of the
489 test programs defined in the Makefile. If 'yes', then a
490 manually-crafted Kyuafile must be supplied with the
491 sources. If 'no', no Kyuafile is installed (useful for
492 subdirectories providing helper programs or data files
493 only).
494
495LOCALBASE The --prefix for the kyua package.
496
497 The value of LOCALBASE defaults to /usr/local .
498
499ATF_TESTS_C The names of the ATF C test programs to build.
500
501ATF_TESTS_CXX The names of the ATF C++ test programs to build.
502
503ATF_TESTS_SH The names of the ATF sh test programs to build.
504
505PLAIN_TESTS_C The names of the plain (legacy) programs to build.
506
507PLAIN_TESTS_CXX The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
508
509PLAIN_TESTS_SH The names of the plain (legacy) test programs to build.
510
511TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER
512 Path to the Perl interpreter to be used for
513 TAP-compliant test programs that are written in Perl.
514 Refer to TAP_TESTS_PERL for details.
515
516TAP_TESTS_C The names of the TAP-compliant C test programs to build.
517
518TAP_TESTS_CXX The names of the TAP-compliant C++ test programs to
519 build.
520
521TAP_TESTS_PERL The names of the TAP-compliant Perl test programs to
522 build. The corresponding source files should end with
523 the .pl extension; the test program is marked as
524 requiring Perl; and TAP_PERL_INTERPRETER is used in the
525 built scripts as the interpreter of choice.
526
527TAP_TESTS_SH The names of the TAP-compliant sh test programs to
528 build.
529
530TESTS_SUBDIRS List of subdirectories containing tests into which to
531 recurse. Differs from SUBDIR in that these directories
532 get registered into the automatically-generated
533 Kyuafile (if any).
534
535NOT_FOR_TEST_SUITE
536 If defined, none of the built test programs get
537 installed under /usr/tests/ and no Kyuafile is
538 automatically generated. Should not be used within the
539 FreeBSD source tree but is provided for the benefit of
540 third-parties.
541
542The actual building of the test programs is performed by <bsd.prog.mk>.
543Please see the documentation above for this other file for additional
544details on the behavior of <bsd.test.mk>.
545