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1#	@(#)bsd.README	5.1 (Berkeley) 5/11/90
2
3This is the README file for the new make "include" files for the BSD
4source tree.  The files are installed in /usr/share/mk, and are, by
5convention, named with the suffix ".mk".  Each ".mk" file has a
6corresponding ".rd" file which is an explanation of the ".mk" file.
7
8Note, this file is not intended to replace reading through the .mk
9files for anything tricky.
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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 switch 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.
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62
63The include file <sys.mk> has the default rules for all makes, in the BSD
64environment or otherwise.  You probably don't want to touch this file.
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67
68The include file <bsd.man.mk> handles installing manual pages and their
69links.
70
71It has a single target:
72
73	maninstall:
74		Install the manual pages and their links.
75
76It sets/uses the following variables:
77
78MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
79
80MANGRP		Manual group.
81
82MANOWN		Manual owner.
83
84MANMODE		Manual mode.
85
86MANSUBDIR	Subdirectory under the manual page section, i.e. "/vax"
87		or "/tahoe" for machine specific manual pages.
88
89MAN1 ... MAN8	The manual pages to be installed (use a .0 suffix).
90
91MLINKS		List of manual page links (using a .1 - .8 suffix).  The
92		linked-to file must come first, the linked file second,
93		and there may be multiple pairs.  The files are soft-linked.
94
95The include file <bsd.man.mk> includes a file named "../Makefile.inc" if
96it exists.
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99
100The include file <bsd.own.mk> contains the owners, groups, etc. for both
101manual pages and binaries.
102
103It has no targets.
104
105It sets/uses the following variables:
106
107BINGRP		Binary group.
108
109BINOWN		Binary owner.
110
111BINMODE		Binary mode.
112
113STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
114		to be stripped.  This is to be used when building your
115		own install script so that the entire system can be made
116		stripped/not-stripped using a single nob.
117
118COPY		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
119		to be copied rather than moved.  This is to be used when
120		building our own install script so that the entire system
121		can either be installed with copies, or with moves using
122		a single nob.
123
124MANDIR		Base path for manual installation.
125
126MANGRP		Manual group.
127
128MANOWN		Manual owner.
129
130MANMODE		Manual mode.
131
132This file is generally useful when building your own Makefiles so that
133they use the same default owners etc. as the rest of the tree.
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136
137The include file <bsd.prog.mk> handles building programs from one or
138more source files, along with their manual pages.  It has a limited number
139of suffixes, consistent with the current needs of the BSD tree.
140
141It has seven targets:
142
143	all:
144		build the program and its manual page
145	clean:
146		remove the program, any object files and the files a.out,
147		Errs, errs, mklog, and core.
148	cleandir:
149		remove all of the files removed by the target clean, as
150		well as .depend, tags, and any manual pages.
151	depend:
152		make the dependencies for the source files, and store
153		them in the file .depend.
154	install:
155		install the program and its manual pages; if the Makefile
156		does not itself define the target install, the targets
157		beforeinstall and afterinstall may also be used to cause
158		actions immediately before and after the install target
159		is executed.
160	lint:
161		run lint on the source files
162	tags:
163		create a tags file for the source files.
164
165It sets/uses the following variables:
166
167BINGRP		Binary group.
168
169BINOWN		Binary owner.
170
171BINMODE		Binary mode.
172
173CLEANFILES	Additional files to remove for the clean and cleandir targets.
174
175COPTS		Additional flags to the compiler when creating C objects.
176
177HIDEGAME	If HIDEGAME is defined, the binary is installed in
178		/usr/games/hide, and a symbolic link is created to
179		/usr/games/dm.
180
181LDADD		Additional loader objects.  Usually used for libraries.
182		For example, to load with the compatibility and utility
183		libraries, use:
184
185			LDFILES=-lutil -lcompat
186
187LDFLAGS		Additional loader flags.
188
189LINKS		The list of binary links; should be full pathnames, the
190		linked-to file coming first, followed by the linked
191		file.  The files are hard-linked.  For example, to link
192		/bin/test and /bin/[, use:
193
194			LINKS=	${DESTDIR}/bin/test ${DESTDIR}/bin/[
195
196MAN1...MAN8	Manual pages (should end in .0).  If no MAN variable is
197		defined, "MAN1=${PROG}.0" is assumed.
198
199PROG		The name of the program to build.  If not supplied, nothing
200		is built.
201
202SRCS		List of source files to build the program.  If PROG is not
203		defined, it's assumed to be ${PROG}.c.
204
205DPADD		Additional dependencies for the program.  Usually used for
206		libraries.  For example, to depend on the compatibility and
207		utility libraries use:
208
209			SRCLIB=${LIBCOMPAT} ${LIBUTIL}
210
211		The following libraries are predefined for DPADD:
212
213			LIBC		/lib/libc.a
214			LIBCOMPAT	/usr/lib/libcompat.a
215			LIBCRYPT	/usr/lib/libcrypt.a
216			LIBCURSES	/usr/lib/libcurses.a
217			LIBDBM		/usr/lib/libdbm.a
218			LIBDES		/usr/lib/libdes.a
219			LIBL		/usr/lib/libl.a
220			LIBKDB		/usr/lib/libkdb.a
221			LIBKRB		/usr/lib/libkrb.a
222			LIBM		/usr/lib/libm.a
223			LIBMP		/usr/lib/libmp.a
224			LIBPC		/usr/lib/libpc.a
225			LIBPLOT		/usr/lib/libplot.a
226			LIBRPC		/usr/lib/sunrpc.a
227			LIBTERM		/usr/lib/libterm.a
228			LIBUTIL		/usr/lib/libutil.a
229
230SHAREDSTRINGS	If defined, a new .c.o rule is used that results in shared
231		strings, using xstr(1).
232
233STRIP		The flag passed to the install program to cause the binary
234		to be stripped.
235
236SUBDIR		A list of subdirectories that should be built as well.
237		Each of the targets will execute the same target in the
238		subdirectories.
239
240The include file <bsd.prog.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
241if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
242
243Some simple examples:
244
245To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.1, use:
246
247	PROG=	foo
248
249	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
250
251To build foo from foo.c with a manual page foo.2, add the line:
252
253	MAN2=	foo.0
254
255If foo does not have a manual page at all, add the line:
256
257	NOMAN=	noman
258
259If foo has multiple source files, add the line:
260
261	SRCS=	a.c b.c c.c d.c
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264
265The include file <bsd.subdir.mk> contains the default targets for building
266subdirectories.  It has the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean,
267cleandir, depend, install, lint, and tags.  For all of the directories
268listed in the variable SUBDIRS, the specified directory will be visited
269and the target made.  There is also a default target which allows the
270command "make subdir" where subdir is any directory listed in the variable
271SUBDIRS.
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274
275The include file <bsd.lib.mk> has support for building libraries.  It has
276the same seven targets as <bsd.prog.mk>: all, clean, cleandir, depend,
277install, lint, and tags.  It has a limited number of suffixes, consistent
278with the current needs of the BSD tree.
279
280It sets/uses the following variables:
281
282LIBDIR		Target directory for libraries.
283
284LINTLIBDIR	Target directory for lint libraries.
285
286LIBGRP		Library group.
287
288LIBOWN		Library owner.
289
290LIBMODE		Library mode.
291
292LDADD		Additional loader objects.
293
294MAN1 ... MAN8	The manual pages to be installed (use a .0 suffix).
295
296SRCS		List of source files to build the library.  Suffix types
297		.s, .c, and .f are supported.  Note, .s files are preferred
298		to .c files of the same name.  (This is not the default for
299		versions of make.)
300
301The include file <bsd.lib.mk> includes the file named "../Makefile.inc"
302if it exists, as well as the include file <bsd.man.mk>.
303
304It has rules for building profiled objects; profiled libraries are
305built by default.
306
307Libraries are ranlib'd when made.
308