bsd.README revision 1.50
1#	$NetBSD: bsd.README,v 1.50 1999/07/13 17:58:42 thorpej Exp $
2#	@(#)bsd.README	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/2/94
3
4This is the README file for the new make "include" files for the BSD
5source tree.  The files are installed in /usr/share/mk, and are, by
6convention, named with the suffix ".mk".
7
8Note, this file is not intended to replace reading through the .mk
9files for anything tricky.
10
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12
13RANDOM THINGS WORTH KNOWING:
14
15The files are simply C-style #include files, and pretty much behave like
16you'd expect.  The syntax is slightly different in that a single '.' is
17used instead of the hash mark, i.e. ".include <bsd.prog.mk>".
18
19One difference that will save you lots of debugging time is that inclusion
20of the file is normally done at the *end* of the Makefile.  The reason for
21this is because .mk files often modify variables and behavior based on the
22values of variables set in the Makefile.  To make this work, remember that
23the FIRST target found is the target that is used, i.e. if the Makefile has:
24
25	a:
26		echo a
27	a:
28		echo a number two
29
30the command "make a" will echo "a".  To make things confusing, the SECOND
31variable assignment is the overriding one, i.e. if the Makefile has:
32
33	a=	foo
34	a=	bar
35
36	b:
37		echo ${a}
38
39the command "make b" will echo "bar".  This is for compatibility with the
40way the V7 make behaved.
41
42It's fairly difficult to make the BSD .mk files work when you're building
43multiple programs in a single directory.  It's a lot easier split up the
44programs than to deal with the problem.  Most of the agony comes from making
45the "obj" directory stuff work right, not because we switched to a new version
46of make.  So, don't get mad at us, figure out a better way to handle multiple
47architectures so we can quit using the symbolic link stuff.  (Imake doesn't
48count.)
49
50The file .depend in the source directory is expected to contain dependencies
51for the source files.  This file is read automatically by make after reading
52the Makefile.
53
54The variable DESTDIR works as before.  It's not set anywhere but will change
55the tree where the file gets installed.
56
57The profiled libraries are no longer built in a different directory than
58the regular libraries.  A new suffix, ".po", is used to denote a profiled
59object, and ".so" denotes a shared (position-independent) object.
60
61The following variables that control how things are made/installed that
62are not set by default. These should not be set by Makefiles; they're for
63the user to define in MAKECONF (see bsd.own.mk, below) or on the make(1)
64command line:
65
66BUILD 		If defined, 'make install' checks that the targets in the
67		source directories are up-to-date and remakes them if they
68                are out of date, instead of blindly trying to install
69                out of date or non-existant targets.
70
71UPDATE 		If defined, 'make install' only installs targets that are
72		more recently modified in the source directories that their
73		installed counterparts.
74
75MKCATPAGES	If "no", don't build or install the catman pages.
76
77MKDOC		If "no", don't build or install the documentation.
78
79MKINFO		If "no", don't build or install Info documentation from
80		Texinfo source files.
81
82MKLINT		If "no", don't build or install the lint libraries.
83
84MKMAN		If "no", don't build or install the man or catman pages.
85		Also acts as "MKCATPAGES=no"
86
87MKNLS		If "no", don't build or install the NLS files.
88
89MKOBJ		If "no", don't create objdirs.
90
91MKPIC		If "no", don't build or install shared libraries.
92
93MKPICINSTALL	If "no", don't install the *_pic.a libraries.
94
95MKPROFILE	If "no", don't build or install the profiling libraries.
96
97MKSHARE		If "no", act as "MKCATPAGES=no MKDOC=no MKINFO=no MKMAN=no
98		MKNLS=no".  I.e, don't build catman pages, documentation,
99		Info documentation, man pages, NLS files, ...
100
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102
103The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
104environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
105
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107
108The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
109links.
110
111It has a two targets:
112
113	maninstall:
114		Install the manual page sources and their links.
115	catinstall:
116		Install the preformatted manual pages and their links.
117
118It sets/uses the following variables:
119
120MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
121
122MANGRP		Manual group.
123
124MANOWN		Manual owner.
125
126MANMODE		Manual mode.
127
128MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
129		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
130
131MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
132
133MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .9 suffix).  The
134		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
135		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
136
137The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
138it exists.
139
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141
142The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains source tree configuration parameters,
143such as the owners, groups, etc. for both manual pages and binaries, and
144a few global "feature configuration" parameters.
145
146It has no targets.
147
148To get system-specific configuration parameters, bsd.own.mk will try to
149include the file specified by the "MAKECONF" variable.  If MAKECONF is not
150set, or no such file exists, the system make configuration file, /etc/mk.conf
151is included.  These files may define any of the variables described below.
152
153bsd.own.mk sets the following variables, if they are not already defined
154(defaults are in brackets):
155
156BSDSRCDIR	The real path to the system sources, so that 'make obj'
157		will work correctly. [/usr/src]
158
159BSDOBJDIR	The real path to the system 'obj' tree, so that 'make obj'
160		will work correctly. [/usr/obj]
161
162BINGRP		Binary group. [wheel]
163
164BINOWN		Binary owner. [root]
165
166BINMODE		Binary mode. [555]
167
168NONBINMODE	Mode for non-executable files. [444]
169
170MANDIR		Base path for manual installation. [/usr/share/man/cat]
171
172MANGRP		Manual group. [wheel]
173
174MANOWN		Manual owner. [root]
175
176MANMODE		Manual mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
177
178MANINSTALL	Manual installation type: maninstall, catinstall, or both
179
180LIBDIR		Base path for library installation. [/usr/lib]
181
182LINTLIBDIR	Base path for lint(1) library installation. [/usr/libdata/lint]
183
184LIBGRP		Library group. [${BINGRP}]
185
186LIBOWN		Library owner. [${BINOWN}]
187
188LIBMODE		Library mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
189
190DOCDIR		Base path for system documentation (e.g. PSD, USD, etc.)
191	        installation. [/usr/share/doc]
192
193DOCGRP		Documentation group. [wheel]
194
195DOCOWN		Documentation owner. [root]
196
197DOCMODE		Documentation mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
198
199NLSDIR		Base path for National Language Support files installation.
200		[/usr/share/nls]
201
202NLSGRP		National Language Support files group. [wheel]
203
204NLSOWN		National Language Support files owner. [root]
205
206NLSMODE		National Language Support files mode. [${NONBINMODE}]
207
208STRIPFLAG	The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
209		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
210		own install script so that the entire system can be made
211		stripped/not-stripped using a single knob. [-s]
212
213COPY		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
214		to be copied rather than moved.  This is to be used when
215		building our own install script so that the entire system
216		can either be installed with copies, or with moves using
217		a single knob. [-c]
218
219Additionally, the following variables may be set by bsd.own.mk or in a
220make configuration file to modify the behaviour of the system build
221process (default values are in brackets along with comments, if set by
222bsd.own.mk):
223
224CRYPTOBASE	Select which cryptography code base to use when building
225		cryptography support into the system.  See the
226		bsd.crypto.mk section for more information.
227
228EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM
229		Forces CRYPTOBASE to the value "none" for compatibility
230		with older NetBSD build environments.  See the bsd.crypto.mk
231		section for more information.
232
233SKEY		Compile in support for S/key authentication. [yes, set
234		unconditionally]
235
236KERBEROS	Compile in support for Kerberos 4 authentication.
237
238KERBEROS5	Compile in support for Kerberos 5 authentication.
239
240MANZ		Compress manual pages at installation time.
241
242SYS_INCLUDE	Copy or symlink kernel include files into /usr/include.
243		Possible values are "symlinks" or "copies" (which is
244		the same as the variable being unset).
245
246NOPROFILE	Do not build profiled versions of system libraries
247
248NOPIC		Do not build PIC versions of system libraries, and
249		do not build shared libraries.  [set if ${MACHINE_ARCH}
250		is "sparc64", unset otherwise.]
251
252NOLINT		Do not build lint libraries.
253
254OBJECT_FMT	Object file format. [set to "ELF" on architectures that
255		use ELF -- currently if ${MACHINE_ARCH} is "alpha",
256		"mipsel", "mipseb", "powerpc", "sparc", "sparc64",
257		and "i386", or set to "a.out" on other architectures].
258
259
260bsd.own.mk is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
261they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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264
265The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
266more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
267of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
268
269It has eight targets:
270
271	all:
272		build the program and its manual page
273	clean:
274		remove the program, any object files and the files a.out,
275		Errs, errs, mklog, and ${PROG}.core.
276	cleandir:
277		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
278		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
279		`distclean' is a synonym for `cleandir'.
280	depend:
281		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
282		them in the file .depend.
283	includes:
284		install any header files.
285	install:
286		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
287		does not itself define the target install, the targets
288		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
289		actions immediately before and after the install target
290		is executed.
291	lint:
292		run lint on the source files
293	tags:
294		create a tags file for the source files.
295
296It sets/uses the following variables:
297
298BINGRP		Binary group.
299
300BINOWN		Binary owner.
301
302BINMODE		Binary mode.
303
304CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove for the clean and cleandir targets.
305
306COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
307
308CPPFLAGS	Additional flags to the C pre-processor
309
310LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
311		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
312		libraries, use:
313
314			LDADD+=-lutil -lcompat
315
316LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
317
318LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
319		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
320		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
321		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
322
323			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
324
325SYMLINKS	The list of symbolic links; should be full pathnames.
326                Syntax is identical to LINKS. Note that DESTDIR is not
327		automatically included in the link.
328
329MAN		Manual pages (should end in .1 - .9).  If no MAN variable is
330		defined, "MAN=${PROG}.1" is assumed.
331
332PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
333		is built.
334
335PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
336		different from ${PROG}.
337
338SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If SRCS is not
339		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c.
340
341DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
342		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
343		utility libraries use:
344
345			DPADD+=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
346
347		The following libraries are predefined for DPADD:
348
349		LIBCRT0?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/crt0.o
350		LIBC?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libc.a
351		LIBC_PIC?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libc_pic.a
352		LIBCOMPAT?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcompat.a
353		LIBCRYPT?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcrypt.a
354		LIBCURSES?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcurses.a
355		LIBDBM?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libdbm.a
356		LIBDES?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libdes.a
357		LIBEDIT?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libedit.a
358		LIBGCC?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libgcc.a
359		LIBGNUMALLOC?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libgnumalloc.a
360		LIBIPSEC?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libipsec.a
361		LIBKDB?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libkdb.a
362		LIBKRB?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libkrb.a
363		LIBKVM?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libkvm.a
364		LIBL?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libl.a
365		LIBM?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libm.a
366		LIBMP?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libmp.a
367		LIBNTP?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libntp.a
368		LIBPC?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libpc.a
369		LIBPCAP?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libpcap.a
370		LIBPLOT?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libplot.a
371		LIBPOSIX?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libposix.a
372		LIBRESOLV?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libresolv.a
373		LIBRPCSVC?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/librpcsvc.a
374		LIBSKEY?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libskey.a
375		LIBTERMCAP?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libtermcap.a
376		LIBTELNET?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libtelnet.a
377		LIBUTIL?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libutil.a
378		LIBWRAP?=	${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libwrap.a
379		LIBY?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/liby.a
380		LIBZ?=		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libz.a
381
382
383SHAREDSTRINGS	If defined, a new .c.o rule is used that results in shared
384		strings, using xstr(1). Note that this will not work with
385		parallel makes.
386
387STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
388		to be stripped.
389
390SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
391		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
392		subdirectories.
393
394SCRIPTS		A list of interpreter scripts [file.{sh,csh,pl,awk,...}].
395		These are installed exactly like programs.
396
397SCRIPTSNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
398		different from ${SCRIPTS}. These can be further specialized
399		by setting SCRIPTSNAME_<script>.
400
401FILES		A list of files to install. The installation is controlled
402		by the FILESNAME, FILESOWN, FILESGRP, FILESMODE, FILESDIR
403		variables that can be further specialized by FILES<VAR>_<file>
404
405The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
406if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
407
408Some simple examples:
409
410To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
411
412	PROG=	foo
413
414	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
415
416To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
417
418	MAN=	foo.2
419
420If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
421
422	NOMAN=	noman
423
424If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
425
426	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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429
430The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
431subdirectories.  It has the same eight targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, 
432clean, cleandir, depend, includes, install, lint, and tags.  For all of
433the directories listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory 
434will be visited and the target made.  There is also a default target which
435allows the command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in
436the variable SUBDIRS.
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439
440The include file <bsd.links.mk> handles the LINKS and SYMLINKS variables
441and is included from from bsd.lib.mk and bsd.prog.mk.
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445The include file <bsd.files.mk> handles the FILES variables and is included
446from bsd.lib.mk and bsd.prog.mk.
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449
450The include file <bsd.inc.mk> defines the includes target and uses two
451variables:
452
453INCS	The list of include files
454
455INCSDIR	The location to install the include files.
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458
459The include file <bsd.kinc.mk> defines the many targets (includes,
460subdirectories, etc.), and is used by kernel makefiles to handle
461include file installation.  It is intended to be included alone, by
462kernel Makefiles.  Please see bsd.kinc.mk for more details, and keep
463the documentation in that file up to date.
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466
467The include file <bsd.info.mk> is used to generate and install GNU Info
468documentation from respective Texinfo source files.  It defines three
469implicit targets (.txi.info, .texi.info, and .texinfo.info), and uses the
470following variables:
471
472TEXINFO		List of Texinfo source files.  Info documentation will
473		consist of single files with the extension replaced by
474		.info.
475
476INFOFLAGS	Flags to pass to makeinfo.  []
477
478INSTALL_INFO	Name of install-info program.  [install-info]
479
480MAKEINFO	Name of makeinfo program.  [makeinfo]
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483
484The include file <bsd.sys.mk> is used by <bsd.prog.mk> and
485<bsd.lib.mk>.  It contains overrides that are used when building
486the NetBSD source tree.  For instance, if "PARALLEL" is defined by
487the program/library Makefile, it includes a set of rules for lex and
488yacc that allow multiple lex and yacc targets to be built in parallel.
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491
492The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
493the same eight targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
494includes, install, lint, and tags.  Additionally, it has a checkver target
495which checks for installed shared object libraries whose version is greater
496that the version of the source. It has a limited number of suffixes,
497consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
498
499It sets/uses the following variables:
500
501LIB		The name of the library to build.
502
503LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
504
505LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
506
507LIBGRP		Library group.
508
509LIBOWN		Library owner.
510
511LIBMODE		Library mode.
512
513LDADD		Additional loader objects.
514
515MAN		The manual pages to be installed (use a .1 - .9 suffix).
516
517MKLINKLIB	If "no", act as "MKPICINSTALL=no MKPROFILE=no".
518		Also:
519			- don't install the .a libraries
520			- don't install _pic.a libraries on PIC systems
521			- don't build .a libraries on PIC systems
522			- don't install the .so symlink on ELF systems
523		I.e, only install the shared library (and the .so.major
524		symlink on ELF).
525
526NOCHECKVER_<library>
527NOCHECKVER	If set, disables checking for installed shared object
528		libraries with versions greater than the source.  A
529		particular library name, without the "lib" prefix, may
530		be appended to the variable name to disable the check for
531		only that library.
532
533SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
534		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
535		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
536		versions of make.)
537
538The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
539if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
540
541It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
542built by default.
543
544Libraries are ranlib'd when made.
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547
548The include file <bsd.crypto.mk> contains variables related to building
549cryptography support into the system.
550
551It has no targets.
552
553In order to get system-specific crypto configuration parameters,
554bsd.crypto.mk will include <bsd.own.mk>, which in turn will include
555the configuration file specified by the "MAKECONF" variable.  See
556the <bsd.own.mk> section for more information.
557
558bsd.crypto.mk requires the "SRCTOP" variable to be defined before
559inclusion.  This variable contains the relative path to the top of
560the source tree, with no trailing '/'.
561
562The variable "CRYPTOBASE" may be set by the user to select which
563cryptography code base will be used when building the system.  If
564CRYPTOBASE is set to "none", no cryptography support will be built
565into the system.  CRYPTOBASE should be set to the name of the crypto
566sub-tree in the SRCTOP directory.  If CRYPTOBASE is not set,
567bsd.crypto.mk will use the following algorithm to set the variable:
568
569	.if exists(${SRCTOP}/crypto-us)
570		CRYPTOBASE=crypto-us
571	.elif exists(${SRCTOP}/crypto-intl)
572		CRYPTOBASE=crypto-intl
573	.else
574		undef CRYPTOBASE
575	.endif
576
577Note that it is legal for the user to set CRYPTOBASE to a relative
578path outside of the source directory.  For example:
579
580	CRYPTOPATH= ../cryptosrc-intl/crypto-intl
581
582If CRYPTOBASE is set and not set to "none", bsd.crypto.mk will use
583CRYPTOBASE to set the "CRYPTOPATH" variable.  CRYPTOPATH is set to
584the value "${SRCTOP}/${CRYPTOBASE}".
585
586Once CRYPTOPATH is set by bsd.crypto.mk, it checks to see if the
587path actually exists.  If it does not exist, the variable is undefined.
588Program and library Makefiles may key off the definition of CRYPTOPATH
589to determine if cryptography support is to be included in that program.
590For example, a typical program Makefile should do the following:
591
592	SRCTOP= ../..
593	.include <bsd.crypto.mk>
594
595	PROG= login
596	SRCS= login.c
597	.
598	.
599	.
600	.if defined(CRYPTOPATH)
601	.include "${CRYPTOPATH}/usr.bin/login/Makefile.frag"
602	.endif
603
604The Makefile.frag included will now influence the build of the login(1)
605program, specifying additional source files, libraries, and CPP flags.
606
607The "EXPORTABLE_SYSTEM" variable, if set, causes CRYPTOBASE to be set
608to "none".  This is for compatibilty with older NetBSD build environments.
609
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