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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.gcc80.mk	- handle GCC 8.0 specific CPU flags & variables
22bsd.cpu.mk		- handle CPU flags & variables
23bsd.crunchgen.mk	- building crunched binaries using crunchgen(1)
24bsd.dep.mk		- handle Makefile dependencies
25bsd.doc.mk		- building troff system documents
26bsd.files.mk		- install of general purpose files
27bsd.hostlib.mk		-
28bsd.hostprog.mk		-
29bsd.incs.mk		- install of include files
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.prog.mk		- building programs from source files
40bsd.subdir.mk		- targets for building subdirectories
41bsd.sys.mk		- common settings used for building DragonFly sources
42sys.mk			- default rules for all makes
43
44
45See also make(1), mkdep(1) and `PMake - A Tutorial',
46located in /usr/src/share/doc/psd/12.make.
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49
50Random things worth knowing about this document:
51
52If appropriate when documenting the variables the default value is
53indicated using square brackets e.g. [gzip].
54In some cases the default value depend on other values (e.g. system
55architecture).  In these cases the most common value is indicated.
56
57This document contains some simple examples of the usage of the BSD make
58include files.  For more examples look at the makefiles in the DragonFly
59source tree.
60
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62
63RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
64
65The files are like C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
66you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
67used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
68
69One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
70of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
71this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
72values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
73the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
74
75	a:
76		echo a
77	a:
78		echo a number two
79
80the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
81variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
82
83	a=	foo
84	a=	bar
85
86	b:
87		echo ${a}
88
89the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
90way the V7 make behaved.
91
92It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
93multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier split up the
94programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from making
95the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switch to a new version
96of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle multiple
97architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.  (Imake doesn't
98count.)
99
100The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
101for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
102the Makefile.
103
104The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
105the tree where the file gets installed.
106
107The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
108the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
109object.
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112
113The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
114environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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117
118The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
119links.
120
121It has three targets:
122
123	all-man:
124		build manual pages.
125	maninstall:
126		install the manual pages and their links.
127	manlint:
128		verify the validity of manual pages.
129
130It sets/uses the following variables:
131
132MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
133
134MANGRP		Manual group.
135
136MANOWN		Manual owner.
137
138MANMODE		Manual mode.
139
140MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
141		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
142
143MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
144
145MANINSTALLFLAGS	Additional flags to pass to install(1).
146
147MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
148		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
149		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
150
151The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
152it exists.
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155
156The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
157manual pages and binaries.
158
159It has no targets.
160
161It sets/uses the following variables:
162
163BINGRP		Binary group.
164
165BINOWN		Binary owner.
166
167BINMODE		Binary mode.
168
169STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
170		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
171		own install script so that the entire system can be made
172		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob.
173
174MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
175
176MANGRP		Manual group.
177
178MANOWN		Manual owner.
179
180MANMODE		Manual mode.
181
182This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
183they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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186
187The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
188more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
189of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
190
191It has seven targets:
192
193	all:
194		build the program and its manual page
195	clean:
196		remove the program and any object files.
197	cleandir:
198		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
199		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
200	depend:
201		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
202		them in the file .depend.
203	install:
204		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
205		does not itself define the target install, the targets
206		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
207		actions immediately before and after the install target
208		is executed.
209	lint:
210		run lint on the source files
211	tags:
212		create a tags file for the source files.
213
214It sets/uses the following variables:
215
216BINGRP		Binary group.
217
218BINOWN		Binary owner.
219
220BINMODE		Binary mode.
221
222CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove and
223CLEANDIRS	additional directories to remove during clean and cleandir
224		targets.  "rm -f" and "rm -rf" used respectively.
225
226COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
227
228FILES		A list of non-executable files.
229		The installation is controlled by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN,
230		FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR variables that can be
231		further specialized by <VAR>_<file>.
232
233LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
234		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
235		libraries, use:
236
237			LDFILES=-lutil -lcompat
238
239LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
240
241LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
242		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
243		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
244		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
245
246			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
247
248MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable
249		is defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
250
251PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
252		is built.
253
254PROG_CXX	If defined, the name of the program to build.  Also
255		causes <bsd.prog.mk> to link the program with the
256		standard C++ library.  PROG_CXX overrides the value
257		of PROG if PROG is also set.
258
259PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
260		different from ${PROG}.
261
262SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
263		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c or, if PROG_CXX is
264		defined, ${PROG_CXX}.cc.
265
266DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
267		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
268		utility libraries use:
269
270			DPADD=	${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
271
272		There is a predefined identifier for each (non-profiled,
273		non-shared) library and object.  Library file names are
274		transformed to identifiers by removing the extension and
275		converting to upper case.
276
277		There are no special identifiers for profiled or shared
278		libraries or objects.  The identifiers for the standard
279		libraries are used in DPADD.  This works correctly iff all
280		the libraries are built at the same time.  Unfortunately,
281		it causes unnecessary relinks to shared libraries when
282		only the static libraries have changed.  Dependencies on
283		shared libraries should be only on the library version
284		numbers.
285
286STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
287		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
288		own install script so that the entire system can be made
289		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob.
290
291SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
292		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
293		subdirectories.
294
295SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
296		The installation is controlled by the SCRIPTSNAME, SCRIPTSOWN,
297		SCRIPTSGRP, SCRIPTSMODE, SCRIPTSDIR variables that can be
298		further specialized by SCRIPTS<VAR>_<script>.
299
300The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
301if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
302
303Some simple examples:
304
305To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
306
307	PROG=	foo
308
309	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
310
311To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
312
313	MAN=	foo.2
314
315If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
316
317	NOMAN=	noman
318
319If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
320
321	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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324
325The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
326subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
327cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
328listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
329and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
330command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
331SUBDIRS.
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334
335The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
336the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
337install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
338with the current needs of the BSD tree.
339
340It sets/uses the following variables:
341
342LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
343
344LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
345
346LIBGRP		Library group.
347
348LIBOWN		Library owner.
349
350LIBMODE		Library mode.
351
352LDADD		Additional loader objects.
353
354MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
355
356SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
357		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
358		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
359		versions of make.)
360
361The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
362if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
363
364It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
365built by default.
366
367Libraries are ranlib'd before installation.
368