Author: gbe (doc committer) Date: Sat Oct 3 14:45:17 2020 New Revision: 366399 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366399
Log: MFC r365640: Improvements for the src.conf(5) and build(7) man pages PR: 203863 (based on) Submitted by: Russell Haley <russ dot haley at gmail dot com> Reviewed by: bcr, imp Approved by: imp Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26343 Modified: stable/12/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 stable/12/share/man/man7/build.7 stable/12/tools/build/options/makeman Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 Sat Oct 3 14:37:54 2020 (r366398) +++ stable/12/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 Sat Oct 3 14:45:17 2020 (r366399) @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -file contains settings that will apply to every build involving the +file contains variables that control what components will be generated during +the build process of the .Fx source tree; see .Xr build 7 . Modified: stable/12/share/man/man7/build.7 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/share/man/man7/build.7 Sat Oct 3 14:37:54 2020 (r366398) +++ stable/12/share/man/man7/build.7 Sat Oct 3 14:45:17 2020 (r366399) @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 10, 2018 +.Dd September 11, 2020 .Dt BUILD 7 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm build -.Nd information on how to build the system +.Nd General instructions on how to build the system .Sh DESCRIPTION The sources for the .Fx @@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ command is used in each of these directories to build things in that directory. Issuing the .Xr make 1 -command in any directory or -subdirectory of those directories has the same effect as issuing the -same command in all subdirectories of that directory. -With no target specified, the things in that directory are just built. +command in any directory issues the +.Xr make 1 +command recursively in all subdirectories. +With no target specified, the items in the directories are built +and no further action is taken. .Pp A source tree is allowed to be read-only. As described in @@ -95,6 +96,14 @@ variables described in the section below, and by the variables documented in .Xr make.conf 5 . .Pp +The default components included in the build are specified in the file +.Pa /etc/src.conf +in the source tree. +To override the default file, include the SRCCONF option in the make steps, +pointing to a custom src.conf file. +For more information see +.Xr src.conf 5 . +.Pp The following list provides the names and actions for the targets supported by the build system: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm cleandepend" @@ -573,6 +582,12 @@ process. .Bd -literal -offset indent make PORTS_MODULES=emulators/kqemu-kmod kernel .Ed +.It Va SRCCONF +Specify a file to override the default +.Pa /etc/src.conf . +The src.conf file controls the components to build. +See +.Xr src.conf 5 .It Va STRIPBIN Command to use at install time when stripping binaries. Be sure to add any additional tools required to run Modified: stable/12/tools/build/options/makeman ============================================================================== --- stable/12/tools/build/options/makeman Sat Oct 3 14:37:54 2020 (r366398) +++ stable/12/tools/build/options/makeman Sat Oct 3 14:45:17 2020 (r366399) @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ main() .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -file contains settings that will apply to every build involving the +file contains variables that control what components will be generated during +the build process of the .Fx source tree; see .Xr build 7 . _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
