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27.Dd $Mdocdate: April 6 2009 $
28.Dt PORT-MODULES 5
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm port-modules
32.Nd format and conventions used in port modules
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Ox
36Ports framework is based on a gigantic makefile named
37.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 .
38.Pp
39In order to curb unwieldy growth, parts of the framework
40that are not always needed have been set apart in optional
41files called
42.Nm port modules ,
43which are retrieved as needed through the
44.Ev MODULES
45variable of
46.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 .
47.Pp
48Some of these modules correspond to basic mechanisms which are not
49always needed, such as GNU autoconf, or perl5.
50.Pp
51Other modules correspond to shortcuts for using some other ports as
52dependencies without needing to hardcode too much, such as libiconv or
53the qt ports.
54.Sh THE MODULES LOOK-UP MECHANISM
55The variable
56.Ev MODULES
57should contain a list of module names.
58Some core modules are a single word, all other modules should be
59${PKGPATH}.
60If the module is
61.Pa some/dir/portname ,
62the ports framework will look for a file named
63.Pa ${PORTSDIR}/some/dir/portname/portname.port.mk
64and include it.
65.Pp
66Most modules should conform to this syntax.
67The historic practice of having a redirection file directly under
68.Pa ${PORTSDIR}/infrastructure/mk
69is deprecated for new modules.
70.Pp
71Modules may refer to each other.
72The modules mechanism has specific recursion handling such that
73adding
74.Li MODULES += foo/bar
75to a module will work as expected.
76.Sh NAMING CONVENTIONS
77Since there is no actual scope in makefiles, everything defined within
78a module will be global to the ports framework, and thus may interfere
79with other ports.
80.Pp
81As far as possible, all variables and targets belonging to a module named
82.Pa some/dir/foo
83should be named
84.Ev MODFOO_*
85and
86.Ar modfoo_* .
87.Pp
88Following the same conventions as
89.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 ,
90internal variables and targets not intended for user consumption should be
91named
92.Ev _MODFOO_*
93and
94.Ar _modfoo_* .
95.Pp
96For instance, if a module wants some value to be available for the rest
97of the world, it should define
98.Ev MODFOO_VARNAME ,
99with a name matching the basic infrastructure as far as possible.
100That is, a port that defines specific dependencies will usually
101define
102.Ev MODFOO_WANTLIB ,
103.Ev MODFOO_LIB_DEPENDS ,
104and
105.Ev MODFOO_RUN_DEPENDS ,
106as appropriate.
107.Pp
108As an exception to the naming mechanism, some ports have several distinct
109versions in the ports tree, say
110.Pa x11/qt2 ,
111.Pa x11/qt3 ,
112and
113.Pa x11/qt4 .
114Instead of using the namespace
115.Ev MODQT2* ,
116variables will usually drop the version suffix and be simply called
117.Ev MODQT_*
118so that a port using the module can be switched from version to version
119without needing to change everything.
120.Pp
121It is highly desirable to define names in both namespaces for such ports,
122for example to define both
123.Ev MODQT3_LIB_DEPENDS
124and
125.Ev MODQT_LIB_DEPENDS .
126Normal client ports will use
127.Ev MODQT_LIB_DEPENDS ,
128but a port may exceptionally import both modules with
129.Li MODULES += x11/qt3 x11/qt4
130and differentiate between qt3 and qt4 needs with
131.Ev MODQT3_LIB_DEPENDS
132and
133.Ev MODQT4_LIB_DEPENDS .
134See
135.Pa print/poppler
136for an example.
137.Sh OVERRIDING TARGET BEHAVIOR
138The main framework contains several hooks that allow ports to override
139normal behavior.
140This evolved as an ad-hoc framework, where only hooks that turned out
141to be needed were added.
142If several modules define the same hook, hook behaviors will be
143invoked in sequence.
144.Bl -tag -width do-configure
145.It Ar patch
146There is a
147.Ar post-patch
148hook that can be activated by defining
149.Ev MODFOO_post-patch .
150It will be run right after
151.Ar post-patch
152and before
153.Ev REORDER_DEPENDENCIES
154touches things.
155.It Ar configure
156The normal
157.Ar do-configure
158behavior is to invoke all
159.Ev MODFOO_configure
160contents that are defined in
161.Ev CONFIGURE_STYLE .
162By default,
163.Ar configure
164will do nothing.
165Some
166.Ev CONFIGURE_STYLE
167values, namely perl, gnu, imake, automake, autoconf, and autoupdate
168will automatically import the correct module.
169User-defined modules must both add to
170.Ev CONFIGURE_STYLE
171and import the correct module to override behavior.
172Contrary to other hooks, module behavior is not invoked in
173addition to
174.Ar do-configure ,
175but as the normal configure process.
176If
177.Ar do-configure
178is overridden, normal hook processing will not happen.
179.It Ar fake
180There is a
181.Ar pre-fake
182hook that can be activated by defining
183.Ev MODFOO_pre-fake .
184This will be invoked right after
185.Xr mtree 8 ,
186and before the normal
187.Ar pre-fake
188behavior.
189.It Ar install
190There is a
191.Ar pre-install
192hook that can be activated by defining
193.Ev MODFOO_pre-install .
194It will be run right before installing the package with
195.Xr pkg_add 1 .
196.El
197.Sh OVERRIDING VARIABLE BEHAVIOR
198Some variables can be overridden by modules.
199Be very cautious, as this can make the module difficult to use,
200or interact badly with other modules.
201As a rule, always provide the override as:
202.Pp
203.Dl VARIABLE ?= value
204.Pp
205and provide a module-specific variable with the same value:
206.Pp
207.Dl MODFOO_VARIABLE = value .
208.Pp
209The following variables can be overridden in a relatively safe fashion:
210.Ev ALL_TARGET ,
211.Ev CONFIGURE_SCRIPT ,
212.Ev DESTDIRNAME ,
213.Ev DIST_SUBDIR ,
214.Ev DISTNAME ,
215.Ev DISTFILES ,
216.Ev EXTRACT_SUFX ,
217.Ev FAKE_FLAGS ,
218.Ev FETCH_MANUALLY ,
219.Ev HOMEPAGE ,
220.Ev IGNORE ,
221.Ev IS_INTERACTIVE ,
222.Ev LIBTOOL_FLAGS ,
223.Ev MAKE_FILE ,
224.Ev MASTER_SITES ,
225.Ev MULTI_PACKAGES ,
226.Ev NO_BUILD ,
227.Ev NO_REGRESS ,
228.Ev PATCH_LIST ,
229.Ev PKG_ARCH ,
230.Ev PKGNAME* ,
231.Ev PREFIX ,
232.Ev REGRESS_TARGET ,
233.Ev REGRESS_IS_INTERACTIVE ,
234.Ev REORDER_DEPENDENCIES ,
235.Ev SEPARATE_BUILD ,
236.Ev SHARED_ONLY ,
237.Ev USE_GMAKE ,
238.Ev USE_LIBTOOL ,
239.Ev USE_MOTIF .
240.Pp
241The following variables can be added to in a relatively safe fashion:
242.Ev BUILD_DEPENDS ,
243.Ev CATEGORIES ,
244.Ev CONFIGURE_ARGS ,
245.Ev CONFIGURE_ENV ,
246.Ev ERRORS ,
247.Ev FAKE_FLAGS ,
248.Ev FLAVOR ,
249.Ev FLAVORS ,
250.Ev INSTALL_TARGET ,
251.Ev LIB_DEPENDS ,
252.Ev MAKE_ENV ,
253.Ev MAKE_FLAGS ,
254.Ev PKG_ARGS ,
255.Ev PSEUDO_FLAVORS ,
256.Ev REGRESS_DEPENDS ,
257.Ev REORDER_DEPENDENCIES ,
258.Ev RUN_DEPENDS ,
259.Ev SUBST_VARS ,
260.Ev WANTLIB .
261.Sh SPECIFIC MODULE INTERACTIONS
262Some modules correspond to extra ports that will be used mostly as
263.Ev BUILD_DEPENDS
264or
265.Ev RUN_DEPENDS .
266Such modules can safely append values directly to the
267.Ev BUILD_DEPENDS ,
268.Ev RUN_DEPENDS ,
269.Ev LIB_DEPENDS ,
270and
271.Ev WANTLIB
272variables, as long as they also define module-specific variables for
273all runtime dependencies.
274.Pp
275Simple client ports will use the module directly, and thus inherit extra
276build and runtime dependencies.
277.Pp
278More sophisticated ports can use
279.Ev MULTI_PACKAGES
280to select specific behavior: build-time dependencies will always be
281needed.
282Runtime dependencies will be selected on a subpackage basis,
283since runtime dependencies such as
284.Ev LIB_DEPENDS-sub
285do not inherit the default
286.Ev LIB_DEPENDS
287value.
288The client port's author must only bear in mind that external modules
289may add values to the default
290.Ev WANTLIB ,
291.Ev LIB_DEPENDS ,
292and
293.Ev RUN_DEPENDS ,
294and thus that it is not safe to inherit from it blindly.
295.Pp
296Modules are imported during
297.Pp
298.Dl .include <bsd.port.mk>
299.Pp
300Thus they can be affected by user choices such as setting a variable
301to Yes or No.
302Modules may make decisions based on documented
303.Ev MODFOO_BEHAVIOR
304values.
305.Pp
306When modules are processed, only a few
307.Xr bsd.port.mk 5
308variables are already defined.
309Modules may depend upon the following variables already having a sane
310value:
311.Ev ARCH ,
312.Ev DISTDIR ,
313.Ev LOCALBASE ,
314.Ev LP64_ARCHS ,
315.Ev NO_DEPENDS ,
316.Ev NO_SHARED_ARCHS ,
317.Ev NO_SHARED_LIBS ,
318.Ev PKGPATH ,
319.Ev PORTSDIR ,
320.Ev USE_X11 ,
321.Ev X11BASE .
322Note that this is only relevant for tests.
323It is perfectly okay to define variables or targets that depend on the
324basic ports framework without having to care whether that variable is
325already defined, since
326.Xr make 1
327performs lazy evaluation.
328.Sh CORE MODULES DOCUMENTATION
329The following modules are available.
330.Bl -tag -width do-configure
331.It apache-module
332.It converters/libiconv
333.It cpan
334For perl ports coming from CPAN.
335Wrapper around the normal perl module that fetches the file from
336the correct location depending on DISTNAME, and sets a default
337PKGNAME.
338Also affects REGRESS_DEPENDS, CONFIGURE_STYLE, PKG_ARCH, and CATEGORIES.
339.Pp
340Some CPAN modules are only indexed by author, set CPAN_AUTHOR=ID
341to locate the right directory.
342.Pp
343User settings: set CPAN_REPORT to Yes, CPAN_REPORT_DB to a valid directory,
344and CPAN_REPORT_FROM to a valid email adress to automate the reporting
345of regress tests to CPAN.
346.It devel/cmake
347.It devel/gettext
348.It devel/pmk
349Sets CONFIGURE_SCRIPT, CONFIGURE_ARGS and MODPMK_configure.
350It appends
351.Pa devel/pmk
352to BUILD_DEPENDS.
353.It devel/scons
354.It devel/waf
355Adds
356.Pa devel/waf
357to BUILD_DEPENDS,
358.Pa lang/python
359to MODULES, and provides do-configure, do-build, do-install and
360post-install targets.
361do-build, do-install and post-install can be overridden in the port
362Makefile.
363.It gcc3
364If USE_GCC3=No (defined by
365.Pa /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk ) ,
366and architecture is in MODGCC3_ARCHES, then the gcc 3.3.6
367compilers will be put at the front of the path.
368By default, only C language support is included by this module.
369If other languages are needed, they must be listed in MODGCC3_LANGS
370(e.g. c++, g77).
371.It gcc4
372If USE_GCC4=No (the default), and architecture is in
373MODGCC4_ARCHES, then the gcc 4.2 compilers will be put at the front of
374the path.
375By default, only C language support is included by this module.
376If other languages are needed, they must be listed in MODGCC4_LANGS
377(e.g. c++, g77).
378.It gnu
379This module is documented in the main
380.Xr bsd.port.mk 5
381manpage.
382.It imake
383This module is documented in the main
384.Xr bsd.port.mk 5
385manpage.
386.It java
387Set MODJAVA_VER=x.y to use exactly the JDK x.y, MODJAVA_VER=x.y+ to
388use any x.y or higher version.
389Set MODJAVA_JRERUN=Yes if the port only needs the JRE at runtime.
390The module sets JAVA_HOME, ONLY_FOR_ARCHS, MODJAVA_RUN_DEPENDS, and
391appends to BUILD_DEPENDS and RUN_DEPENDS.
392It heeds NO_BUILD.
393.It lang/ghc
394Sets ONLY_FOR_ARCHS, MODGHC_VERSION, BUILD_DEPENDS, and RUN_DEPENDS.
395.It lang/lua
396Appends to RUN_DEPENDS and CATEGORIES.
397Also appends to BUILD_DEPENDS,
398unless NO_BUILD has been set to Yes.
399.It lang/mono
400.It lang/ocaml
401Sets OCAML_VERSION, MODOCAML_NATIVE.
402Appends to BUILD_DEPENDS and MAKE_ENV.
403This also selects a %%native%% plist fragment depending on whether
404the architecture supports native compilation or not.
405.It lang/python
406Sets MODPY_VERSION, MODPY_BIN, MODPY_INCDIR, MODPY_LIBDIR, MODPY_SITEPKG,
407MODPY_SETUP, MODPY_LIB_DEPENDS, MODPY_RUN_DEPENDS, MODPY_BUILD_DEPENDS.
408Appends to RUN_DEPENDS unless MODPY_RUNDEP is set to No.
409MODPY_VERSION is the default version used by all python modules.
410Ports which use the setuptools module should set MODPY_SETUPTOOLS to Yes.
411All ports that generate egg-info files should set MODPY_EGG_VERSION
412to the version string used by the port's setup.py setup() function.
413Extra arguments to the build and install commands can be passed via
414MODPY_DISTUTILS_BUILDARGS and MODPY_DISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS.
415Also affects CATEGORIES, MAKE_ENV, SHARED_ONLY, and SUBST_VARS.
416May affect the regress target.
417.It lang/ruby
418Sets MODRUBY_REV, RUBY, MODRUBY_RUN_DEPENDS, MODRUBY_LIB_DEPENDS,
419MODRUBY_LIBDIR, MODRUBY_DOCDIR, MODRUBY_EXAMPLEDIR, MODRUBY_ARCH.
420Appends to BUILD_DEPENDS, RUN_DEPENDS, CATEGORIES and SUBST_VARS.
421.It lang/tcl
422Sets MODTCL_VERSION, MODTCL_BIN, MODTCL_INCDIR, MODTCL_LIBDIR,
423MODTCL_BUILD_DEPENDS, MODTCL_RUN_DEPENDS, MODTCL_LIB_DEPENDS,
424and MODTCL_CONFIG.
425Also affects CATEGORIES and SUBST_VARS.
426.It perl
427This module is documented in the main
428.Xr bsd.port.mk 5
429manpage.
430.It textproc/intltool
431Sets MODINTLTOOL_OVERRIDE.
432.Pa textproc/intltool
433is added to BUILD_DEPENDS.
434MODINTLTOOL_OVERRIDE changes the paths of INTLTOOL_EXTRACT, INTLTOOL_MERGE and
435INTLTOOL_UPDATE to use the installed versions of intltool-extract,
436intltool-merge and intltool-update, instead of the version's packages into the
437distfile of the port using this module.
438Also affects CONFIGURE_ENV, MAKE_ENV and MAKE_FLAGS by appending
439MODINTLTOOL_OVERRIDE to them.
440.It www/drupal5
441.It www/pear
442.It www/plone
443.It www/zope
444.It x11/gnome
445Sets DESKTOP_FILES, EXTRACT_SUFX, MODGNOME_HELP_FILES, MODGNOME_BUILD_DEPENDS,
446MODGNOME_RUN_DEPENDS, and USE_GMAKE.
447EXTRACT_SUFX defaults to .tar.bz2.
448Also affects CATEGORIES.
449If DESKTOP_FILES=Yes, a dependency on
450.Pa devel/desktop-file-utils
451is appended
452to MODGNOME_RUN_DEPENDS.
453If MODGNOME_HELP_FILES=Yes, then
454.Pa x11/gnome/yelp
455is appended to MODGNOME_RUN_DEPENDS and
456.Pa x11/gnome/doc-utils
457is appended to MODGNOME_BUILD_DEPENDS.
458This option is to be used when .xml GNOME help files are installed into
459.Pa share/gnome/help/ .
460Unless NO_BUILD=Yes, USE_LIBTOOL is set to Yes and
461.Pa textproc/intltool
462is appended to MODULES.
463.Pp
464MASTER_SITES and DISTNAME are built using GNOME_PROJECT and
465GNOME_VERSION.
466.It x11/gnustep
467.It x11/kde
468.It x11/qt2
469.It x11/qt3
470.It x11/qt4
471.It x11/tk
472Sets MODTK_VERSION, MODTK_BIN, MODTK_INCDIR, MODTK_LIBDIR,
473MODTK_BUILD_DEPENDS, MODTK_RUN_DEPENDS, MODTK_LIB_DEPENDS, and
474MODTK_CONFIG.
475Automatically adds the lang/tcl module, and affects CATEGORIES,
476SUBST_VARS, and USE_X11.
477.It x11/xfce4
478Sets DIST_SUBDIR, EXTRACT_SUFX, CONFIGURE_STYLE,
479CONFIGURE_ENV, USE_X11 and USE_GMAKE.
480If DESKTOP_FILES is set to yes, it adds
481.Pa devel/desktop-file-utils
482to RUN_DEPENDS.
483Unless XFCE_NO_SRC is set, USE_LIBTOOL is set to yes and
484.Pa devel/gettext
485and
486.Pa textproc/intltool
487are added to MODULES.
488Also affects CATEGORIES.
489.Pp
490Xfce ports can be divided into three categories: core libraries and
491applications, goodies, and panel plugins.
492HOMEPAGE, MASTER_SITES and DISTNAME are built using XFCE_VERSION (which
493defaults to XFCE_DESKTOP_VERSION if not set) and either XFCE_PROJECT,
494XFCE_GOODIE or XFCE_PLUGIN.
495One of the latter has to be provided by the port Makefile.
496.El
497.Sh SEE ALSO
498.Xr make 1 ,
499.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 ,
500.Xr ports 7
501