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27.Dd June 4, 2020
28.Dt BUILD 7
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm build
32.Nd information on how to build the system
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The source for the
35.Dx
36system and applications is located in
37.Pa /usr/src .
38This directory contains the
39.Dq "base system"
40sources, which is loosely defined as the things required to rebuild
41the system to a useful state.
42It also contains the source for the system documentation, including
43manual pages.
44Refer to
45.Xr development 7
46for more information on how to obtain the
47.Dx
48sources.
49.Pp
50Third party applications have to be built using the
51.Xr dports 7
52system.
53The file
54.Pa /usr/Makefile
55has targets for obtaining the dports tree.
56Typing
57.Li make
58in
59.Pa /usr
60gives specifics on how to obtain the tree for building packages.
61.Pp
62The
63.Xr make 1
64command is used in
65.Pa /usr/src
66to build and install the things in that directory.
67Issuing the
68.Xr make 1
69command in any directory or
70subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the
71same command in all subdirectories of that directory.
72With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built.
73The following list provides the names and actions for other targets:
74.Bl -tag -width ".Cm install"
75.It Cm clean
76Removes any files created during the build process.
77.It Cm install
78Installs the results of the build for this directory.
79.El
80.Pp
81The other
82.Pa /usr/src
83make targets are:
84.Bl -tag -width ".Cm installworld-force"
85.It Cm buildworld
86Rebuild everything but the kernel.
87.It Cm quickworld
88Same as
89.Cm buildworld ,
90but skip bootstrap, build and cross-build tool steps.
91This target can be used for incremental upgrades once a full build of the
92world has been done with
93.Cm buildworld .
94.It Cm realquickworld
95Same as
96.Cm quickworld ,
97but also skip the depend step.
98.It Cm crossworld
99Just do the bootstrap, build and cross-build steps.
100.It Cm installworld
101Install everything built by
102.Cm buildworld ,
103as well as the rescue tools and the initial ramdisk if they do not exist
104yet.
105.It Cm installworld-force
106Force an
107.Cm installworld .
108This will install to a temporary directory, then copy the main binaries
109and libraries with a static
110.Xr cpdup 1
111to
112.Ev DESTDIR
113and finally will issue a normal
114.Cm installworld
115and
116.Cm upgrade .
117It is a special case to be used on older systems as a last resort when
118the normal
119.Cm installworld
120doesn't work.
121.It Cm world
122.Cm buildworld +
123.Cm installworld
124.It Cm buildkernel
125Rebuild the kernel and the kernel-modules.
126.It Cm nativekernel
127Rebuild the kernel and the kernel-modules using native tools.
128.It Cm quickkernel
129Same as
130.Cm buildkernel ,
131but do not clean out the obj modules.
132This target can be used for incremental upgrades once a full
133build of the kernel has been done with
134.Cm buildkernel .
135.It Cm realquickkernel
136Same as
137.Cm quickkernel ,
138but also skip the depend step.
139.It Cm installkernel
140Install the kernel and the kernel-modules.
141.It Cm reinstallkernel
142Reinstall the kernel and the kernel-modules.
143.It Cm kernel
144.Cm buildkernel +
145.Cm installkernel
146.It Cm build-all
147.Cm buildworld +
148.Cm buildkernel
149.Pp
150The option -j hw.ncpu is added automatically to optimally utilize the system.
151.It Cm install-all
152.Cm installkernel +
153.Cm installworld +
154.Cm upgrade
155.It Cm preupgrade
156Perform certain upgrades that have to be done before
157.Cm installworld ,
158such as adding new users and groups.
159.Cm installworld
160will complain if they have not been done.
161.It Cm upgrade
162Upgrade the files in /etc and also setup the rest of the system for
163the version of
164.Dx
165just installed.
166.It Cm initrd
167Install the statically linked rescue tools and the initial ramdisk built by
168.Cm buildworld .
169.It Cm backupworld
170Manually archive binaries from installed world to location specified by
171.Ev WORLD_BACKUP .
172.It Cm backup-clean
173Delete archive created by
174.Cm backupworld .
175.It Cm backup-auto-clean
176Delete archive created automatically during
177.Cm installworld .
178.It Cm restoreworld
179Restore binaries from archive created by
180.Cm backupworld .
181.It Cm restoreworld-auto
182Restore binaries from archive created automatically during
183.Cm installworld .
184The archive location is specified by
185.Ev AUTO_BACKUP .
186.El
187.Sh ENVIRONMENT
188.Bl -tag -width ".Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX"
189.It Ev TARGET_ARCH , TARGET_PLATFORM
190The target machine processor architecture and hardware platform.
191These have to be set for cross-building.
192.Ev TARGET_ARCH
193is analogous to the
194.Dq Nm uname Fl p
195output.
196For the 64 bit
197.Tn AMD
198architecture known as AMD64, x86-64 or Intel 64, use:
199.Bd -literal -offset indent
200TARGET_ARCH=x86_64
201TARGET_PLATFORM=pc64
202.Ed
203.It Ev DESTDIR
204An existing directory to be the root of
205the hierarchy where the resulting binaries will be
206installed (the default is
207.Pa / ) .
208.It Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
209The directory hierarchy where the object files will be built (the default is
210.Pa /usr/obj ) .
211.It Ev __MAKE_CONF
212Used to override the path of
213.Xr make.conf 5
214(the default is
215.Pa /etc/make.conf ) .
216.It Ev KERNCONF
217The name of one or more kernel configurations from which kernels should
218be built (the default is
219.Li X86_64_GENERIC ) .
220.It Ev KERNCONFDIR
221The directory where the kernel configuration files are kept (the default is
222.Pa /usr/src/sys/config ) .
223.It Ev DESTLABEL
224Common suffix added to kernel and modules directory names, prefixed by
225a single dot.  For example,
226.Bd -literal -offset indent
227make DESTLABEL=test installkernel
228.Ed
229.Pp
230installs them as
231.Pa /boot/kernel.test/kernel
232and
233.Pa /boot/kernel.test ,
234respectively.
235.It Ev DESTKERNDIR
236Where to install the kernel and the modules (the default is
237.Pa /boot ) ,
238in the directory hierarchy specified by the environment variable
239.Ev DESTDIR .
240.It Ev DESTKERNNAME
241The name of the installed kernel file (the default is
242.Pa kernel ) ,
243under the directory specified by
244.Ev DESTKERNDIR .
245This overrides the effect of
246.Ev DESTLABEL .
247.It Ev DESTMODULESNAME
248The name of the directory to install the kernel modules (the default is
249.Pa modules ) ,
250under the directory specified by
251.Ev DESTKERNDIR .
252This overrides the effect of
253.Ev DESTLABEL .
254.It Ev WORLD_BACKUP
255Directory for manual backup of binaries of installed world (default:
256.Pa /var/backups/world_backup ) .
257.It Ev AUTO_BACKUP
258Directory for automatic backup of binaries of installed world (default:
259.Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX Ns /world_binaries/ Ns Ev DESTDIR ) .
260.It Ev NO_BACKUP
261When defined, the automatic backup feature of
262.Cm installworld
263is inhibited.
264.It Ev COPTFLAGS
265Overrides the default optimization flags for kernel and module compiles.
266.It Ev KCFLAGS
267Allows you to add additional compiler flags for kernel and module compiles.
268But use
269.Ev COPTFLAGS
270to specify any optimization overrides, as some modules may have to override
271it to enforce a lower optimization level.
272.El
273.Sh OTHER
274There are two other mechanisms that users should be aware of.  First,
275when you issue a
276.Cm installkernel
277.Dx
278will make a backup of the current kernel in
279.Pa /boot/kernel.old .
280Because people often do multiple installkernel operations, this backup
281kernel can also get lost in the noise.
282It is usually prudent to make a backup of the old kernel manually
283every once in a while when you know that it is a good kernel.  you can
284do this after issuing the
285.Cm installkernel
286by running the command:
287.Bd -literal -offset indent
288cpdup /boot/kernel.old /boot/kernel.bak
289.Ed
290.Pp
291The advantage of this is that no installation mechanism will overwrite
292your
293.Pa /boot/kernel.bak ,
294and in addition to that the loader's boot menu will check for its
295existence and present a menu option 'b' to allow you to boot from it.
296.Pp
297The second mechanism is related to the two-stage root mount.
298When using an encrypted root, the system will actually boot from a
299small initial ramdisk (a.k.a. initrd) image stored as
300.Pa /boot/kernel/initrd.img.gz .
301This image will handle the encrypted configuration, mount, and chroot
302to the real root.
303This image is also used as the rescue ramdisk boot menu option.
304This image is NOT updated automatically by
305.Cm installworld
306or
307.Cm installkernel .
308Instead, updating this image has to be done by running the manual command:
309.Bd -literal -offset indent
310make initrd
311.Ed
312.Pp
313It is usually a good idea to run this command after rebooting into the new
314world that you installed (so you know the world you installed is good).
315This command will update the initrd image in
316.Pa /boot/kernel
317and the rescue tools in
318.Pa /rescue .
319.Sh FILES
320.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/src/Makefile_upgrade.inc" -compact
321.It Pa /etc/make.conf
322.It Pa /etc/defaults/make.conf
323.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile
324.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile.inc1
325.It Pa /usr/src/Makefile_upgrade.inc
326.El
327.Sh EXAMPLES
328The
329.Dq approved
330method of updating your system from the latest sources is:
331.Bd -literal -offset indent
332make buildworld
333make buildkernel KERNCONF=FOO
334make installkernel KERNCONF=FOO
335make installworld
336make upgrade
337reboot
338make initrd
339.Ed
340.Pp
341The above mentioned build and install order enforces that the new kernel
342is installed before the new world.
343Sometimes it might be necessary to reboot the system between those two
344steps.
345In this case
346.Dq Nm make Cm installworld
347will tell you to do so.
348.Sh SEE ALSO
349.Xr cc 1 ,
350.Xr install 1 ,
351.Xr make 1 ,
352.Xr wmake 1 ,
353.Xr make.conf 5 ,
354.Xr development 7 ,
355.Xr dports 7 ,
356.Xr release 7 ,
357.Xr config 8 ,
358.Xr reboot 8 ,
359.Xr shutdown 8
360.Sh AUTHORS
361.An -nosplit
362.An Mike W. Meyer Aq Mt mwm@mired.org
363and
364.An Sascha Wildner Aq Mt swildner@gmail.com .
365