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2# $FreeBSD: src/share/mk/bsd.README,v 1.25 2003/05/17 18:03:05 trhodes Exp $
3
4This is the README file for the "include" files for the DragonFly
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.cpu.custom.mk	- handle CPU flags for custom compilers
20bsd.cpu.gcc47.mk	- handle GCC 4.7 specific CPU flags & variables
21bsd.cpu.gcc50.mk	- handle GCC 5.0 specific CPU flags & variables
22bsd.cpu.gcc80.mk	- handle GCC 8.0 specific CPU flags & variables
23bsd.cpu.mk		- handle CPU flags & variables
24bsd.crunchgen.mk	- building crunched binaries using crunchgen(1)
25bsd.dep.mk		- handle Makefile dependencies
26bsd.doc.mk		- building troff system documents
27bsd.files.mk		- install of general purpose files
28bsd.hostlib.mk		-
29bsd.hostprog.mk		-
30bsd.incs.mk		- install of include files
31bsd.init.mk		- initialization for the make include files
32bsd.kmod.mk		- building loadable kernel modules
33bsd.lib.mk		- support for building libraries
34bsd.libnames.mk		- define library names
35bsd.links.mk		- install of links (sym/hard)
36bsd.man.mk		- install of manual pages and their links
37bsd.nls.mk		- build and install of NLS catalogs
38bsd.obj.mk		- creating 'obj' directories and cleaning up
39bsd.own.mk		- define common variables
40bsd.patch.mk		-
41bsd.prog.mk		- building programs from source files
42bsd.subdir.mk		- targets for building subdirectories
43bsd.sys.mk		- common settings used for building DragonFly sources
44sys.mk			- default rules for all makes
45
46
47See also make(1), mkdep(1) and `PMake - A Tutorial',
48located in /usr/src/share/doc/psd/12.make.
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51
52Random things worth knowing about this document:
53
54If appropriate when documenting the variables the default value is
55indicated using square brackets e.g. [gzip].
56In some cases the default value depend on other values (e.g. system
57architecture).  In these cases the most common value is indicated.
58
59This document contains some simple examples of the usage of the BSD make
60include files.  For more examples look at the makefiles in the DragonFly
61source tree.
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64
65RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
66
67The files are like C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
68you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
69used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
70
71One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
72of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
73this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
74values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
75the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
76
77	a:
78		echo a
79	a:
80		echo a number two
81
82the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
83variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
84
85	a=	foo
86	a=	bar
87
88	b:
89		echo ${a}
90
91the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
92way the V7 make behaved.
93
94It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
95multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier split up the
96programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from making
97the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new version
98of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle multiple
99architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.  (Imake doesn't
100count.)
101
102The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
103for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
104the Makefile.
105
106The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
107the tree where the file gets installed.
108
109The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
110the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
111object.
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114
115The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
116environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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119
120The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
121links.
122
123It has three targets:
124
125	all-man:
126		build manual pages.
127	maninstall:
128		install the manual pages and their links.
129	manlint:
130		verify the validity of manual pages.
131
132It sets/uses the following variables:
133
134MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
135
136MANGRP		Manual group.
137
138MANOWN		Manual owner.
139
140MANMODE		Manual mode.
141
142MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
143		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
144
145MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
146
147MANINSTALLFLAGS	Additional flags to pass to install(1).
148
149MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
150		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
151		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
152
153The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
154it exists.
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157
158The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
159manual pages and binaries.
160
161It has no targets.
162
163It sets/uses the following variables:
164
165BINGRP		Binary group.
166
167BINOWN		Binary owner.
168
169BINMODE		Binary mode.
170
171STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
172		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
173		own install script so that the entire system can be made
174		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob.
175
176MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
177
178MANGRP		Manual group.
179
180MANOWN		Manual owner.
181
182MANMODE		Manual mode.
183
184This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
185they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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188
189The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
190more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
191of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
192
193It has seven targets:
194
195	all:
196		build the program and its manual page
197	clean:
198		remove the program and any object files.
199	cleandir:
200		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
201		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
202	depend:
203		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
204		them in the file .depend.
205	install:
206		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
207		does not itself define the target install, the targets
208		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
209		actions immediately before and after the install target
210		is executed.
211	lint:
212		run lint on the source files
213	tags:
214		create a tags file for the source files.
215
216It sets/uses the following variables:
217
218BINGRP		Binary group.
219
220BINOWN		Binary owner.
221
222BINMODE		Binary mode.
223
224CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
225CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
226		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
227
228COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
229
230FILES		A list of non-executable files.
231		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
232		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
233		further specialized by <VAR>_<file>.
234
235LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
236		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
237		libraries, use:
238
239			LDFILES=-lutil -lcompat
240
241LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
242
243LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
244		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
245		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
246		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
247
248			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
249
250MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable
251		is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
252
253PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
254		is built.
255
256PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
257		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
258		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
259		of PROG if PROG is also set.
260
261PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
262		different from ${PROG}.
263
264SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
265		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
266		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
267
268DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
269		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
270		utility libraries use:
271
272			DPADD=	${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
273
274		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
275		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
276		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
277		converting to upper case.
278
279		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
280		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
281		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
282		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
283		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
284		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
285		shared libraries should be only on the library version
286		numbers.
287
288STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
289		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
290		own install script so that the entire system can be made
291		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob.
292
293SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
294		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
295		subdirectories.
296
297SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
298		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
299		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
300		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
301
302The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
303if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
304
305Some simple examples:
306
307To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
308
309	PROG=	foo
310
311	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
312
313To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
314
315	MAN=	foo.2
316
317If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
318
319	NOMAN=	noman
320
321If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
322
323	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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326
327The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
328subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
329cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
330listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
331and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
332command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
333SUBDIRS.
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336
337The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
338the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
339install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
340with the current needs of the BSD tree.
341
342It sets/uses the following variables:
343
344LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
345
346LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
347
348LIBGRP		Library group.
349
350LIBOWN		Library owner.
351
352LIBMODE		Library mode.
353
354LDADD		Additional loader objects.
355
356MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
357
358SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
359		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
360		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
361		versions of make.)
362
363The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
364if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
365
366It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
367built by default.
368
369Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
370