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37 .Nd maintain program dependencies
55 is a program designed to simplify the maintenance of other programs.
56 Its input is a list of specifications as to the files upon which programs
57 and other files depend.
60 makefile option is given,
66 in order to find the specifications.
69 exists, it is read (see
72 This manual page is intended as a reference document only.
73 For a more thorough description of
75 and makefiles, please refer to
76 .%T "PMake \- A Tutorial" .
79 will prepend the contents of the
81 environment variable to the command line arguments before parsing them.
83 The options are as follows:
86 Try to be backwards compatible by executing a single shell per command and
87 by executing the commands to make the sources of a dependency line in sequence.
91 before reading the makefiles or doing anything else.
94 options are specified, each is interpreted relative to the previous one:
95 .Fl C Pa / Fl C Pa etc
101 to be 1, in the global context.
103 Turn on debugging, and specify which portions of
105 are to print debugging information.
106 Unless the flags are preceded by
108 they are added to the
110 environment variable and will be processed by any child make processes.
111 By default, debugging information is printed to standard error,
112 but this can be changed using the
115 The debugging output is always unbuffered; in addition, if debugging
116 is enabled but debugging output is not directed to standard output,
117 then the standard output is line buffered.
119 is one or more of the following:
122 Print all possible debugging information;
123 equivalent to specifying all of the debugging flags.
125 Print debugging information about archive searching and caching.
127 Print debugging information about current working directory.
129 Print debugging information about conditional evaluation.
131 Print debugging information about directory searching and caching.
133 Print debugging information about failed commands and targets.
134 .It Ar F Ns Oo Sy \&+ Oc Ns Ar filename
135 Specify where debugging output is written.
136 This must be the last flag, because it consumes the remainder of
138 If the character immediately after the
142 then the file will be opened in append mode;
143 otherwise the file will be overwritten.
148 then debugging output will be written to the
149 standard output or standard error output file descriptors respectively
152 option has no effect).
153 Otherwise, the output will be written to the named file.
154 If the file name ends
158 is replaced by the pid.
160 Print debugging information about loop evaluation.
162 Print the input graph before making anything.
164 Print the input graph after making everything, or before exiting
167 Print the input graph before exiting on error.
169 Print debugging information about running multiple shells.
171 Print commands in Makefiles regardless of whether or not they are prefixed by
173 or other "quiet" flags.
174 Also known as "loud" behavior.
176 Print debugging information about "meta" mode decisions about targets.
178 Print debugging information about making targets, including modification
181 Don't delete the temporary command scripts created when running commands.
182 These temporary scripts are created in the directory
185 environment variable, or in
189 is unset or set to the empty string.
190 The temporary scripts are created by
192 and have names of the form
195 This can create many files in
201 Print debugging information about makefile parsing.
203 Print debugging information about suffix-transformation rules.
205 Print debugging information about target list maintenance.
209 option to print raw values of variables.
211 Print debugging information about variable assignment.
213 Run shell commands with
215 so the actual commands are printed as they are executed.
218 Specify that environment variables override macro assignments within
221 Specify a makefile to read instead of the default
227 standard input is read.
228 Multiple makefiles may be specified, and are read in the order specified.
229 .It Fl I Ar directory
230 Specify a directory in which to search for makefiles and included makefiles.
231 The system makefile directory (or directories, see the
233 option) is automatically included as part of this list.
235 Ignore non-zero exit of shell commands in the makefile.
236 Equivalent to specifying
238 before each command line in the makefile.
242 be specified by the user.
246 option is in use in a recursive build, this option is passed by a make
247 to child makes to allow all the make processes in the build to
248 cooperate to avoid overloading the system.
250 Specify the maximum number of jobs that
252 may have running at any one time.
253 The value is saved in
255 Turns compatibility mode off, unless the
257 flag is also specified.
258 When compatibility mode is off, all commands associated with a
259 target are executed in a single shell invocation as opposed to the
260 traditional one shell invocation per line.
261 This can break traditional scripts which change directories on each
262 command invocation and then expect to start with a fresh environment
264 It is more efficient to correct the scripts rather than turn backwards
267 Continue processing after errors are encountered, but only on those targets
268 that do not depend on the target whose creation caused the error.
269 .It Fl m Ar directory
270 Specify a directory in which to search for sys.mk and makefiles included
272 .Ao Ar file Ac Ns -style
276 option can be used multiple times to form a search path.
277 This path will override the default system include path: /usr/share/mk.
278 Furthermore the system include path will be appended to the search path used
280 .Qo Ar file Qc Ns -style
281 include statements (see the
285 If a file or directory name in the
289 environment variable) starts with the string
293 will search for the specified file or directory named in the remaining part
294 of the argument string.
295 The search starts with the current directory of
296 the Makefile and then works upward towards the root of the file system.
297 If the search is successful, then the resulting directory replaces the
302 If used, this feature allows
304 to easily search in the current source tree for customized sys.mk files
309 Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
310 actually execute them unless the target depends on the .MAKE special
313 Display the commands which would have been executed, but do not
314 actually execute any of them; useful for debugging top-level makefiles
315 without descending into subdirectories.
317 Do not execute any commands, but exit 0 if the specified targets are
318 up-to-date and 1, otherwise.
320 Do not use the built-in rules specified in the system makefile.
322 Do not echo any commands as they are executed.
323 Equivalent to specifying
325 before each command line in the makefile.
326 .It Fl T Ar tracefile
330 append a trace record to
332 for each job started and completed.
334 Rather than re-building a target as specified in the makefile, create it
335 or update its modification time to make it appear up-to-date.
341 in the global context.
342 Do not build any targets.
343 Multiple instances of this option may be specified;
344 the variables will be printed one per line,
345 with a blank line for each null or undefined variable.
350 then the value will be expanded before printing.
352 Treat any warnings during makefile parsing as errors.
354 Print entering and leaving directory messages, pre and post processing.
356 Don't export variables passed on the command line to the environment
358 Variables passed on the command line are still exported
361 environment variable.
362 This option may be useful on systems which have a small limit on the
363 size of command arguments.
364 .It Ar variable=value
365 Set the value of the variable
369 Normally, all values passed on the command line are also exported to
370 sub-makes in the environment.
373 flag disables this behavior.
374 Variable assignments should follow options for POSIX compatibility
375 but no ordering is enforced.
378 There are seven different types of lines in a makefile: file dependency
379 specifications, shell commands, variable assignments, include statements,
380 conditional directives, for loops, and comments.
382 In general, lines may be continued from one line to the next by ending
383 them with a backslash
385 The trailing newline character and initial whitespace on the following
386 line are compressed into a single space.
387 .Sh FILE DEPENDENCY SPECIFICATIONS
388 Dependency lines consist of one or more targets, an operator, and zero
390 This creates a relationship where the targets
393 and are usually created from them.
394 The exact relationship between the target and the source is determined
395 by the operator that separates them.
396 The three operators are as follows:
399 A target is considered out-of-date if its modification time is less than
400 those of any of its sources.
401 Sources for a target accumulate over dependency lines when this operator
403 The target is removed if
407 Targets are always re-created, but not until all sources have been
408 examined and re-created as necessary.
409 Sources for a target accumulate over dependency lines when this operator
411 The target is removed if
415 If no sources are specified, the target is always re-created.
416 Otherwise, a target is considered out-of-date if any of its sources has
417 been modified more recently than the target.
418 Sources for a target do not accumulate over dependency lines when this
420 The target will not be removed if
425 Targets and sources may contain the shell wildcard values
436 may only be used as part of the final
437 component of the target or source, and must be used to describe existing
441 need not necessarily be used to describe existing files.
442 Expansion is in directory order, not alphabetically as done in the shell.
444 Each target may have associated with it one or more lines of shell
446 used to create the target.
447 Each of the lines in this script
449 be preceded by a tab.
450 (For historical reasons, spaces are not accepted.)
451 While targets can appear in many dependency lines if desired, by
452 default only one of these rules may be followed by a creation
456 operator is used, however, all rules may include scripts and the
457 scripts are executed in the order found.
459 Each line is treated as a separate shell command, unless the end of
460 line is escaped with a backslash
462 in which case that line and the next are combined.
463 .\" The escaped newline is retained and passed to the shell, which
464 .\" normally ignores it.
465 .\" However, the tab at the beginning of the following line is removed.
466 If the first characters of the command are any combination of
471 the command is treated specially.
474 causes the command not to be echoed before it is executed.
477 causes the command to be executed even when
480 This is similar to the effect of the .MAKE special source,
481 except that the effect can be limited to a single line of a script.
484 in compatibility mode
485 causes any non-zero exit status of the command line to be ignored.
489 is run in jobs mode with
491 the entire script for the target is fed to a
492 single instance of the shell.
493 In compatibility (non-jobs) mode, each command is run in a separate process.
494 If the command contains any shell meta characters
495 .Pq Ql #=|^(){};&<>*?[]:$`\e\en
496 it will be passed to the shell; otherwise
498 will attempt direct execution.
499 If a line starts with
501 and the shell has ErrCtl enabled then failure of the command line
502 will be ignored as in compatibility mode.
505 affects the entire job;
506 the script will stop at the first command line that fails,
507 but the target will not be deemed to have failed.
509 Makefiles should be written so that the mode of
511 operation does not change their behavior.
512 For example, any command which needs to use
516 without potentially changing the directory for subsequent commands
517 should be put in parentheses so it executes in a subshell.
518 To force the use of one shell, escape the line breaks so as to make
519 the whole script one command.
521 .Bd -literal -offset indent
522 avoid-chdir-side-effects:
523 @echo Building $@ in `pwd`
524 @(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} $@)
527 ensure-one-shell-regardless-of-mode:
528 @echo Building $@ in `pwd`; \e
529 (cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} $@); \e
539 before executing any targets, each child process
540 starts with that as its current working directory.
541 .Sh VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
542 Variables in make are much like variables in the shell, and, by tradition,
543 consist of all upper-case letters.
544 .Ss Variable assignment modifiers
545 The five operators that can be used to assign values to variables are as
549 Assign the value to the variable.
550 Any previous value is overridden.
552 Append the value to the current value of the variable.
554 Assign the value to the variable if it is not already defined.
556 Assign with expansion, i.e. expand the value before assigning it
558 Normally, expansion is not done until the variable is referenced.
560 References to undefined variables are
563 This can cause problems when variable modifiers are used.
565 Expand the value and pass it to the shell for execution and assign
566 the result to the variable.
567 Any newlines in the result are replaced with spaces.
570 Any white-space before the assigned
572 is removed; if the value is being appended, a single space is inserted
573 between the previous contents of the variable and the appended value.
575 Variables are expanded by surrounding the variable name with either
580 and preceding it with
583 If the variable name contains only a single letter, the surrounding
584 braces or parentheses are not required.
585 This shorter form is not recommended.
587 If the variable name contains a dollar, then the name itself is expanded first.
588 This allows almost arbitrary variable names, however names containing dollar,
589 braces, parenthesis, or whitespace are really best avoided!
591 If the result of expanding a variable contains a dollar sign
593 the string is expanded again.
595 Variable substitution occurs at three distinct times, depending on where
596 the variable is being used.
599 Variables in dependency lines are expanded as the line is read.
601 Variables in shell commands are expanded when the shell command is
605 loop index variables are expanded on each loop iteration.
606 Note that other variables are not expanded inside loops so
607 the following example code:
608 .Bd -literal -offset indent
622 .Bd -literal -offset indent
627 Because while ${a} contains
629 after the loop is executed, ${b}
634 since after the loop completes ${j} contains
638 The four different classes of variables (in order of increasing precedence)
641 .It Environment variables
642 Variables defined as part of
646 Variables defined in the makefile or in included makefiles.
647 .It Command line variables
648 Variables defined as part of the command line.
650 Variables that are defined specific to a certain target.
653 Local variables are all built in and their values vary magically from
655 It is not currently possible to define new local variables.
656 The seven local variables are as follows:
657 .Bl -tag -width ".ARCHIVE" -offset indent
659 The list of all sources for this target; also known as
662 The name of the archive file; also known as
665 In suffix-transformation rules, the name/path of the source from which the
666 target is to be transformed (the
668 source); also known as
670 It is not defined in explicit rules.
672 The name of the archive member; also known as
675 The list of sources for this target that were deemed out-of-date; also
679 The file prefix of the target, containing only the file portion, no suffix
680 or preceding directory components; also known as
682 The suffix must be one of the known suffixes declared with
684 or it will not be recognized.
686 The name of the target; also known as
699 are permitted for backward
700 compatibility with historical makefiles and legacy POSIX make and are
703 Variants of these variables with the punctuation followed immediately by
709 are legacy forms equivalent to using the
714 These forms are accepted for compatibility with
716 makefiles and POSIX but are not recommended.
718 Four of the local variables may be used in sources on dependency lines
719 because they expand to the proper value for each target on the line.
726 .Ss Additional built-in variables
729 sets or knows about the following variables:
730 .Bl -tag -width .MAKEOVERRIDES
736 expands to a single dollar
739 The list of all targets encountered in the Makefile.
741 Makefile parsing, lists only those targets encountered thus far.
743 A path to the directory where
746 Refer to the description of
749 .It Va .INCLUDEDFROMDIR
750 The directory of the file this Makefile was included from.
751 .It Va .INCLUDEDFROMFILE
752 The filename of the file this Makefile was included from.
763 The preferred variable to use is the environment variable
765 because it is more compatible with other versions of
767 and cannot be confused with the special target with the same name.
768 .It Va .MAKE.ALWAYS_PASS_JOB_QUEUE
771 whether to pass the descriptors of the job token queue
772 even if the target is not tagged with
776 for backwards compatability with
779 .It Va .MAKE.DEPENDFILE
780 Names the makefile (default
782 from which generated dependencies are read.
783 .It Va .MAKE.EXPAND_VARIABLES
784 A boolean that controls the default behavior of the
787 .It Va .MAKE.EXPORTED
788 The list of variables exported by
794 .It Va .MAKE.JOB.PREFIX
799 then output for each target is prefixed with a token
801 the first part of which can be controlled via
802 .Va .MAKE.JOB.PREFIX .
805 is empty, no token is printed.
808 .Li .MAKE.JOB.PREFIX=${.newline}---${.MAKE:T}[${.MAKE.PID}]
809 would produce tokens like
810 .Ql ---make[1234] target ---
811 making it easier to track the degree of parallelism being achieved.
813 The environment variable
815 may contain anything that
819 Anything specified on
821 command line is appended to the
823 variable which is then
824 entered into the environment for all programs which
828 The recursion depth of
830 The initial instance of
832 will be 0, and an incremented value is put into the environment
833 to be seen by the next generation.
834 This allows tests like:
835 .Li .if ${.MAKE.LEVEL} == 0
836 to protect things which should only be evaluated in the initial instance of
838 .It Va .MAKE.MAKEFILE_PREFERENCE
839 The ordered list of makefile names
846 .It Va .MAKE.MAKEFILES
847 The list of makefiles read by
849 which is useful for tracking dependencies.
850 Each makefile is recorded only once, regardless of the number of times read.
852 Processed after reading all makefiles.
853 Can affect the mode that
856 It can contain a number of keywords:
857 .Bl -hang -width ignore-cmd
867 into "meta" mode, where meta files are created for each target
868 to capture the command run, the output generated and if
870 is available, the system calls which are of interest to
872 The captured output can be very useful when diagnosing errors.
873 .It Pa curdirOk= Ar bf
876 will not create .meta files in
878 This can be overridden by setting
880 to a value which represents True.
882 For debugging, it can be useful to include the environment
885 If in "meta" mode, print a clue about the target being built.
886 This is useful if the build is otherwise running silently.
887 The message printed the value of:
888 .Va .MAKE.META.PREFIX .
890 Some makefiles have commands which are simply not stable.
891 This keyword causes them to be ignored for
892 determining whether a target is out of date in "meta" mode.
898 is True, when a .meta file is created, mark the target
901 .It Va .MAKE.META.BAILIWICK
902 In "meta" mode, provides a list of prefixes which
903 match the directories controlled by
905 If a file that was generated outside of
907 but within said bailiwick is missing,
908 the current target is considered out-of-date.
909 .It Va .MAKE.META.CREATED
910 In "meta" mode, this variable contains a list of all the meta files
912 If not empty, it can be used to trigger processing of
913 .Va .MAKE.META.FILES .
914 .It Va .MAKE.META.FILES
915 In "meta" mode, this variable contains a list of all the meta files
916 used (updated or not).
917 This list can be used to process the meta files to extract dependency
919 .It Va .MAKE.META.IGNORE_PATHS
920 Provides a list of path prefixes that should be ignored;
921 because the contents are expected to change over time.
922 The default list includes:
923 .Ql Pa /dev /etc /proc /tmp /var/run /var/tmp
924 .It Va .MAKE.META.PREFIX
925 Defines the message printed for each meta file updated in "meta verbose" mode.
926 The default value is:
927 .Dl Building ${.TARGET:H:tA}/${.TARGET:T}
928 .It Va .MAKEOVERRIDES
929 This variable is used to record the names of variables assigned to
930 on the command line, so that they may be exported as part of
932 This behavior can be disabled by assigning an empty value to
933 .Ql Va .MAKEOVERRIDES
935 Extra variables can be exported from a makefile
936 by appending their names to
937 .Ql Va .MAKEOVERRIDES .
939 is re-exported whenever
940 .Ql Va .MAKEOVERRIDES
942 .It Va .MAKE.PATH_FILEMON
947 support, this is set to the path of the device node.
948 This allows makefiles to test for this support.
953 The parent process-id of
955 .It Va .MAKE.SAVE_DOLLARS
956 value should be a boolean that controls whether
958 are preserved when doing
961 The default is false, for backwards compatibility.
962 Set to true for compatability with other makes.
967 per normal evaluation rules.
968 .It Va MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR
971 stops due to an error, it prints its name and the value of
973 as well as the value of any variables named in
974 .Ql Va MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR .
976 This variable is simply assigned a newline character as its value.
977 This allows expansions using the
979 modifier to put a newline between
980 iterations of the loop rather than a space.
981 For example, the printing of
982 .Ql Va MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR
983 could be done as ${MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR:@v@$v='${$v}'${.newline}@}.
985 A path to the directory where the targets are built.
986 Its value is determined by trying to
988 to the following directories in order and using the first match:
991 .Ev ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
994 .Ql Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
995 is set in the environment or on the command line.)
1001 is set in the environment or on the command line.)
1003 .Ev ${.CURDIR} Ns Pa /obj. Ns Ev ${MACHINE}
1005 .Ev ${.CURDIR} Ns Pa /obj
1007 .Pa /usr/obj/ Ns Ev ${.CURDIR}
1012 Variable expansion is performed on the value before it's used,
1013 so expressions such as
1014 .Dl ${.CURDIR:S,^/usr/src,/var/obj,}
1016 This is especially useful with
1020 may be modified in the makefile via the special target
1026 to the specified directory if it exists, and set
1030 to that directory before executing any targets.
1033 A path to the directory of the current
1037 The basename of the current
1042 are both set only while the
1045 If you want to retain their current values, assign them to a variable
1046 using assignment with expansion:
1049 A variable that represents the list of directories that
1051 will search for files.
1052 The search list should be updated using the target
1054 rather than the variable.
1056 Alternate path to the current directory.
1060 to the canonical path given by
1062 However, if the environment variable
1064 is set and gives a path to the current directory, then
1071 This behavior is disabled if
1072 .Ql Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
1075 contains a variable transform.
1077 is set to the value of
1079 for all programs which
1083 The list of targets explicitly specified on the command line, if any.
1087 lists of directories that
1089 will search for files.
1090 The variable is supported for compatibility with old make programs only,
1095 .Ss Variable modifiers
1096 Variable expansion may be modified to select or modify each word of the
1099 is white-space delimited sequence of characters).
1100 The general format of a variable expansion is as follows:
1102 .Dl ${variable[:modifier[:...]]}
1104 Each modifier begins with a colon,
1105 which may be escaped with a backslash
1108 A set of modifiers can be specified via a variable, as follows:
1110 .Dl modifier_variable=modifier[:...]
1111 .Dl ${variable:${modifier_variable}[:...]}
1113 In this case the first modifier in the modifier_variable does not
1114 start with a colon, since that must appear in the referencing
1116 If any of the modifiers in the modifier_variable contain a dollar sign
1118 these must be doubled to avoid early expansion.
1120 The supported modifiers are:
1123 Replaces each word in the variable with its suffix.
1125 Replaces each word in the variable with everything but the last component.
1126 .It Cm \&:M Ns Ar pattern
1127 Select only those words that match
1129 The standard shell wildcard characters
1136 The wildcard characters may be escaped with a backslash
1138 As a consequence of the way values are split into words, matched,
1139 and then joined, a construct like
1141 will normalize the inter-word spacing, removing all leading and
1142 trailing space, and converting multiple consecutive spaces
1145 .It Cm \&:N Ns Ar pattern
1146 This is identical to
1148 but selects all words which do not match
1151 Order every word in variable alphabetically.
1153 reverse order use the
1155 combination of modifiers.
1157 Randomize words in variable.
1158 The results will be different each time you are referring to the
1159 modified variable; use the assignment with expansion
1161 to prevent such behavior.
1163 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1164 LIST= uno due tre quattro
1165 RANDOM_LIST= ${LIST:Ox}
1166 STATIC_RANDOM_LIST:= ${LIST:Ox}
1169 @echo "${RANDOM_LIST}"
1170 @echo "${RANDOM_LIST}"
1171 @echo "${STATIC_RANDOM_LIST}"
1172 @echo "${STATIC_RANDOM_LIST}"
1174 may produce output similar to:
1175 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1182 Quotes every shell meta-character in the variable, so that it can be passed
1183 safely through recursive invocations of
1186 Replaces each word in the variable with everything but its suffix.
1188 The value is a format string for
1193 Compute a 32-bit hash of the value and encode it as hex digits.
1195 The value is a format string for
1200 Attempt to convert variable to an absolute path using
1202 if that fails, the value is unchanged.
1204 Converts variable to lower-case letters.
1205 .It Cm \&:ts Ns Ar c
1206 Words in the variable are normally separated by a space on expansion.
1207 This modifier sets the separator to the character
1211 is omitted, then no separator is used.
1212 The common escapes (including octal numeric codes), work as expected.
1214 Converts variable to upper-case letters.
1216 Causes the value to be treated as a single word
1217 (possibly containing embedded white space).
1221 Causes the value to be treated as a sequence of
1222 words delimited by white space.
1226 .It Cm \&:S No \&/ Ar old_string No \&/ Ar new_string No \&/ Op Cm 1gW
1228 Modify the first occurrence of
1230 in the variable's value, replacing it with
1234 is appended to the last slash of the pattern, all occurrences
1235 in each word are replaced.
1238 is appended to the last slash of the pattern, only the first word
1242 is appended to the last slash of the pattern,
1243 then the value is treated as a single word
1244 (possibly containing embedded white space).
1250 is anchored at the beginning of each word.
1253 ends with a dollar sign
1255 it is anchored at the end of each word.
1266 Any character may be used as a delimiter for the parts of the modifier
1268 The anchoring, ampersand and delimiter characters may be escaped with a
1272 Variable expansion occurs in the normal fashion inside both
1276 with the single exception that a backslash is used to prevent the expansion
1279 not a preceding dollar sign as is usual.
1281 .It Cm \&:C No \&/ Ar pattern No \&/ Ar replacement No \&/ Op Cm 1gW
1285 modifier is just like the
1287 modifier except that the old and new strings, instead of being
1288 simple strings, are an extended regular expression (see
1296 Normally, the first occurrence of the pattern
1298 in each word of the value is substituted with
1302 modifier causes the substitution to apply to at most one word; the
1304 modifier causes the substitution to apply to as many instances of the
1307 as occur in the word or words it is found in; the
1309 modifier causes the value to be treated as a single word
1310 (possibly containing embedded white space).
1315 are orthogonal; the former specifies whether multiple words are
1316 potentially affected, the latter whether multiple substitutions can
1317 potentially occur within each affected word.
1325 are subjected to variable expansion before being parsed as
1326 regular expressions.
1328 Replaces each word in the variable with its last component.
1330 Remove adjacent duplicate words (like
1333 .It Cm \&:\&? Ar true_string Cm \&: Ar false_string
1335 If the variable name (not its value), when parsed as a .if conditional
1336 expression, evaluates to true, return as its value the
1338 otherwise return the
1340 Since the variable name is used as the expression, \&:\&? must be the
1341 first modifier after the variable name itself - which will, of course,
1342 usually contain variable expansions.
1343 A common error is trying to use expressions like
1344 .Dl ${NUMBERS:M42:?match:no}
1345 which actually tests defined(NUMBERS),
1346 to determine is any words match "42" you need to use something like:
1347 .Dl ${"${NUMBERS:M42}" != \&"\&":?match:no} .
1348 .It Ar :old_string=new_string
1351 style variable substitution.
1352 It must be the last modifier specified.
1357 do not contain the pattern matching character
1359 then it is assumed that they are
1360 anchored at the end of each word, so only suffixes or entire
1361 words may be replaced.
1369 Variable expansion occurs in the normal fashion inside both
1373 with the single exception that a backslash is used to prevent the
1374 expansion of a dollar sign
1376 not a preceding dollar sign as is usual.
1378 .It Cm \&:@ Ar temp Cm @ Ar string Cm @
1380 This is the loop expansion mechanism from the OSF Development
1381 Environment (ODE) make.
1384 loops expansion occurs at the time of
1388 to each word in the variable and evaluate
1390 The ODE convention is that
1392 should start and end with a period.
1394 .Dl ${LINKS:@.LINK.@${LN} ${TARGET} ${.LINK.}@}
1396 However a single character variable is often more readable:
1397 .Dl ${MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR:@v@$v='${$v}'${.newline}@}
1398 .It Cm \&:U Ns Ar newval
1399 If the variable is undefined
1402 If the variable is defined, the existing value is returned.
1403 This is another ODE make feature.
1404 It is handy for setting per-target CFLAGS for instance:
1405 .Dl ${_${.TARGET:T}_CFLAGS:U${DEF_CFLAGS}}
1406 If a value is only required if the variable is undefined, use:
1407 .Dl ${VAR:D:Unewval}
1408 .It Cm \&:D Ns Ar newval
1409 If the variable is defined
1413 The name of the variable is the value.
1415 The path of the node which has the same name as the variable
1417 If no such node exists or its path is null, then the
1418 name of the variable is used.
1419 In order for this modifier to work, the name (node) must at least have
1420 appeared on the rhs of a dependency.
1422 .It Cm \&:\&! Ar cmd Cm \&!
1424 The output of running
1428 If the variable is non-empty it is run as a command and the output
1429 becomes the new value.
1430 .It Cm \&::= Ns Ar str
1431 The variable is assigned the value
1434 This modifier and its variations are useful in
1435 obscure situations such as wanting to set a variable when shell commands
1437 These assignment modifiers always expand to
1438 nothing, so if appearing in a rule line by themselves should be
1439 preceded with something to keep
1445 helps avoid false matches with the
1449 modifier and since substitution always occurs the
1451 form is vaguely appropriate.
1452 .It Cm \&::?= Ns Ar str
1455 but only if the variable does not already have a value.
1456 .It Cm \&::+= Ns Ar str
1460 .It Cm \&::!= Ns Ar cmd
1461 Assign the output of
1464 .It Cm \&:\&[ Ns Ar range Ns Cm \&]
1465 Selects one or more words from the value,
1466 or performs other operations related to the way in which the
1467 value is divided into words.
1469 Ordinarily, a value is treated as a sequence of words
1470 delimited by white space.
1471 Some modifiers suppress this behavior,
1472 causing a value to be treated as a single word
1473 (possibly containing embedded white space).
1474 An empty value, or a value that consists entirely of white-space,
1475 is treated as a single word.
1476 For the purposes of the
1478 modifier, the words are indexed both forwards using positive integers
1479 (where index 1 represents the first word),
1480 and backwards using negative integers
1481 (where index \-1 represents the last word).
1485 is subjected to variable expansion, and the expanded result is
1486 then interpreted as follows:
1487 .Bl -tag -width index
1490 Selects a single word from the value.
1492 .It Ar start Ns Cm \&.. Ns Ar end
1493 Selects all words from
1500 selects all words from the second word to the last word.
1505 then the words are output in reverse order.
1508 selects all the words from last to first.
1511 Causes subsequent modifiers to treat the value as a single word
1512 (possibly containing embedded white space).
1513 Analogous to the effect of
1522 Causes subsequent modifiers to treat the value as a sequence of words
1523 delimited by white space.
1524 Analogous to the effect of
1529 Returns the number of words in the value.
1532 .Sh INCLUDE STATEMENTS, CONDITIONALS AND FOR LOOPS
1533 Makefile inclusion, conditional structures and for loops reminiscent
1534 of the C programming language are provided in
1536 All such structures are identified by a line beginning with a single
1540 Files are included with either
1541 .Cm \&.include Aq Ar file
1543 .Cm \&.include Pf \*q Ar file Ns \*q .
1544 Variables between the angle brackets or double quotes are expanded
1545 to form the file name.
1546 If angle brackets are used, the included makefile is expected to be in
1547 the system makefile directory.
1548 If double quotes are used, the including makefile's directory and any
1549 directories specified using the
1551 option are searched before the system
1553 For compatibility with other versions of
1555 .Ql include file ...
1558 If the include statement is written as
1562 then errors locating and/or opening include files are ignored.
1564 If the include statement is written as
1566 not only are errors locating and/or opening include files ignored,
1567 but stale dependencies within the included file will be ignored
1569 .Va .MAKE.DEPENDFILE .
1571 Conditional expressions are also preceded by a single dot as the first
1572 character of a line.
1573 The possible conditionals are as follows:
1575 .It Ic .error Ar message
1576 The message is printed along with the name of the makefile and line number,
1580 .It Ic .export Ar variable ...
1581 Export the specified global variable.
1582 If no variable list is provided, all globals are exported
1583 except for internal variables (those that start with
1585 This is not affected by the
1587 flag, so should be used with caution.
1588 For compatibility with other
1591 .Ql export variable=value
1594 Appending a variable name to
1596 is equivalent to exporting a variable.
1597 .It Ic .export-env Ar variable ...
1600 except that the variable is not appended to
1601 .Va .MAKE.EXPORTED .
1602 This allows exporting a value to the environment which is different from that
1606 .It Ic .export-literal Ar variable ...
1609 except that variables in the value are not expanded.
1610 .It Ic .info Ar message
1611 The message is printed along with the name of the makefile and line number.
1612 .It Ic .undef Ar variable
1613 Un-define the specified global variable.
1614 Only global variables may be un-defined.
1615 .It Ic .unexport Ar variable ...
1618 The specified global
1620 will be removed from
1621 .Va .MAKE.EXPORTED .
1622 If no variable list is provided, all globals are unexported,
1626 .It Ic .unexport-env
1627 Unexport all globals previously exported and
1628 clear the environment inherited from the parent.
1629 This operation will cause a memory leak of the original environment,
1630 so should be used sparingly.
1633 being 0, would make sense.
1634 Also note that any variables which originated in the parent environment
1635 should be explicitly preserved if desired.
1637 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1638 .Li .if ${.MAKE.LEVEL} == 0
1645 Would result in an environment containing only
1647 which is the minimal useful environment.
1650 will also be pushed into the new environment.
1651 .It Ic .warning Ar message
1652 The message prefixed by
1654 is printed along with the name of the makefile and line number.
1655 .It Ic \&.if Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar expression Op Ar operator expression ...
1656 Test the value of an expression.
1657 .It Ic .ifdef Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar variable Op Ar operator variable ...
1658 Test the value of a variable.
1659 .It Ic .ifndef Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar variable Op Ar operator variable ...
1660 Test the value of a variable.
1661 .It Ic .ifmake Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar target Op Ar operator target ...
1662 Test the target being built.
1663 .It Ic .ifnmake Oo \&! Ns Oc Ar target Op Ar operator target ...
1664 Test the target being built.
1666 Reverse the sense of the last conditional.
1667 .It Ic .elif Oo \&! Ns Oc Ar expression Op Ar operator expression ...
1672 .It Ic .elifdef Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar variable Op Ar operator variable ...
1677 .It Ic .elifndef Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar variable Op Ar operator variable ...
1682 .It Ic .elifmake Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar target Op Ar operator target ...
1687 .It Ic .elifnmake Oo \&! Oc Ns Ar target Op Ar operator target ...
1693 End the body of the conditional.
1698 may be any one of the following:
1699 .Bl -tag -width "Cm XX"
1702 .It Cm \&\*[Am]\*[Am]
1705 of higher precedence than
1711 will only evaluate a conditional as far as is necessary to determine
1713 Parentheses may be used to change the order of evaluation.
1714 The boolean operator
1716 may be used to logically negate an entire
1718 It is of higher precedence than
1719 .Ql Ic \&\*[Am]\*[Am] .
1723 may be any of the following:
1724 .Bl -tag -width defined
1726 Takes a variable name as an argument and evaluates to true if the variable
1729 Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the target
1730 was specified as part of
1732 command line or was declared the default target (either implicitly or
1735 before the line containing the conditional.
1737 Takes a variable, with possible modifiers, and evaluates to true if
1738 the expansion of the variable would result in an empty string.
1740 Takes a file name as an argument and evaluates to true if the file exists.
1741 The file is searched for on the system search path (see
1744 Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the target
1747 Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the target
1748 has been defined and has commands associated with it.
1752 may also be an arithmetic or string comparison.
1753 Variable expansion is
1754 performed on both sides of the comparison, after which the integral
1755 values are compared.
1756 A value is interpreted as hexadecimal if it is
1757 preceded by 0x, otherwise it is decimal; octal numbers are not supported.
1758 The standard C relational operators are all supported.
1760 variable expansion, either the left or right hand side of a
1764 operator is not an integral value, then
1765 string comparison is performed between the expanded
1767 If no relational operator is given, it is assumed that the expanded
1768 variable is being compared against 0 or an empty string in the case
1769 of a string comparison.
1773 is evaluating one of these conditional expressions, and it encounters
1774 a (white-space separated) word it doesn't recognize, either the
1778 expression is applied to it, depending on the form of the conditional.
1786 expression is applied.
1787 Similarly, if the form is
1790 .Ql Ic .ifnmake , the
1792 expression is applied.
1794 If the conditional evaluates to true the parsing of the makefile continues
1796 If it evaluates to false, the following lines are skipped.
1797 In both cases this continues until a
1803 For loops are typically used to apply a set of rules to a list of files.
1804 The syntax of a for loop is:
1806 .Bl -tag -compact -width Ds
1807 .It Ic \&.for Ar variable Oo Ar variable ... Oc Ic in Ar expression
1814 is evaluated, it is split into words.
1815 On each iteration of the loop, one word is taken and assigned to each
1819 are substituted into the
1821 inside the body of the for loop.
1822 The number of words must come out even; that is, if there are three
1823 iteration variables, the number of words provided must be a multiple
1826 Comments begin with a hash
1828 character, anywhere but in a shell
1829 command line, and continue to the end of an unescaped new line.
1830 .Sh SPECIAL SOURCES (ATTRIBUTES)
1831 .Bl -tag -width .IGNOREx
1833 Target is never out of date, but always execute commands anyway.
1835 Ignore any errors from the commands associated with this target, exactly
1836 as if they all were preceded by a dash
1838 .\" .It Ic .INVISIBLE
1843 Mark all sources of this target as being up-to-date.
1845 Execute the commands associated with this target even if the
1849 options were specified.
1850 Normally used to mark recursive
1853 Create a meta file for the target, even if it is flagged as
1858 Usage in conjunction with
1860 is the most likely case.
1861 In "meta" mode, the target is out-of-date if the meta file is missing.
1863 Do not create a meta file for the target.
1864 Meta files are also not created for
1871 Ignore differences in commands when deciding if target is out of date.
1872 This is useful if the command contains a value which always changes.
1873 If the number of commands change, though, the target will still be out of date.
1874 The same effect applies to any command line that uses the variable
1876 which can be used for that purpose even when not otherwise needed or desired:
1877 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1879 skip-compare-for-some:
1880 @echo this will be compared
1881 @echo this will not ${.OODATE:M.NOMETA_CMP}
1882 @echo this will also be compared
1887 pattern suppresses any expansion of the unwanted variable.
1889 Do not search for the target in the directories specified by
1894 selects the first target it encounters as the default target to be built
1895 if no target was specified.
1896 This source prevents this target from being selected.
1898 If a target is marked with this attribute and
1900 can't figure out how to create it, it will ignore this fact and assume
1901 the file isn't needed or already exists.
1904 correspond to an actual file; it is always considered to be out of date,
1905 and will not be created with the
1908 Suffix-transformation rules are not applied to
1914 is interrupted, it normally removes any partially made targets.
1915 This source prevents the target from being removed.
1920 Do not echo any of the commands associated with this target, exactly
1921 as if they all were preceded by an at sign
1924 Turn the target into
1927 When the target is used as a source for another target, the other target
1928 acquires the commands, sources, and attributes (except for
1932 If the target already has commands, the
1934 target's commands are appended
1941 target commands to the target.
1945 appears in a dependency line, the sources that precede it are
1946 made before the sources that succeed it in the line.
1947 Since the dependents of files are not made until the file itself
1948 could be made, this also stops the dependents being built unless they
1949 are needed for another branch of the dependency tree.
1962 the output is always
1968 The ordering imposed by
1970 is only relevant for parallel makes.
1973 Special targets may not be included with other targets, i.e. they must be
1974 the only target specified.
1975 .Bl -tag -width .BEGINx
1977 Any command lines attached to this target are executed before anything
1982 rule for any target (that was used only as a
1985 can't figure out any other way to create.
1986 Only the shell script is used.
1989 variable of a target that inherits
1992 to the target's own name.
1994 Any command lines attached to this target are executed after everything
1997 Any command lines attached to this target are executed when another target fails.
2000 variable is set to the target that failed.
2002 .Ic MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR .
2004 Mark each of the sources with the
2007 If no sources are specified, this is the equivalent of specifying the
2013 is interrupted, the commands for this target will be executed.
2015 If no target is specified when
2017 is invoked, this target will be built.
2019 This target provides a way to specify flags for
2021 when the makefile is used.
2022 The flags are as if typed to the shell, though the
2026 .\" XXX: NOT YET!!!!
2027 .\" .It Ic .NOTPARALLEL
2028 .\" The named targets are executed in non parallel mode.
2029 .\" If no targets are
2030 .\" specified, then all targets are executed in non parallel mode.
2034 attribute to any specified sources.
2036 Disable parallel mode.
2040 for compatibility with other pmake variants.
2042 The source is a new value for
2048 to it and update the value of
2051 The named targets are made in sequence.
2052 This ordering does not add targets to the list of targets to be made.
2053 Since the dependents of a target do not get built until the target itself
2054 could be built, unless
2056 is built by another part of the dependency graph,
2057 the following is a dependency loop:
2063 The ordering imposed by
2065 is only relevant for parallel makes.
2066 .\" XXX: NOT YET!!!!
2067 .\" .It Ic .PARALLEL
2068 .\" The named targets are executed in parallel mode.
2069 .\" If no targets are
2070 .\" specified, then all targets are executed in parallel mode.
2072 The sources are directories which are to be searched for files not
2073 found in the current directory.
2074 If no sources are specified, any previously specified directories are
2076 If the source is the special
2078 target, then the current working
2079 directory is searched last.
2080 .It Ic .PATH. Ns Va suffix
2083 but applies only to files with a particular suffix.
2084 The suffix must have been previously declared with
2089 attribute to any specified sources.
2093 attribute to any specified sources.
2094 If no sources are specified, the
2096 attribute is applied to every
2101 will use to execute commands.
2102 The sources are a set of
2105 .Bl -tag -width hasErrCtls
2107 This is the minimal specification, used to select one of the built-in
2114 Specifies the path to the shell.
2116 Indicates whether the shell supports exit on error.
2118 The command to turn on error checking.
2120 The command to disable error checking.
2122 The command to turn on echoing of commands executed.
2124 The command to turn off echoing of commands executed.
2126 The output to filter after issuing the
2129 It is typically identical to
2132 The flag to pass the shell to enable error checking.
2134 The flag to pass the shell to enable command echoing.
2136 The string literal to pass the shell that results in a single newline
2137 character when used outside of any quoting characters.
2141 \&.SHELL: name=ksh path=/bin/ksh hasErrCtl=true \e
2142 check="set \-e" ignore="set +e" \e
2143 echo="set \-v" quiet="set +v" filter="set +v" \e
2144 echoFlag=v errFlag=e newline="'\en'"
2149 attribute to any specified sources.
2150 If no sources are specified, the
2152 attribute is applied to every
2153 command in the file.
2155 This target gets run when a dependency file contains stale entries, having
2157 set to the name of that dependency file.
2159 Each source specifies a suffix to
2161 If no sources are specified, any previously specified suffixes are deleted.
2162 It allows the creation of suffix-transformation rules.
2168 cc \-o ${.TARGET} \-c ${.IMPSRC}
2173 uses the following environment variables, if they exist:
2179 .Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX ,
2185 .Ev MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
2188 may only be set in the environment or on the command line to
2190 and not as makefile variables;
2191 see the description of
2195 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/mk -compact
2197 list of dependencies
2199 list of dependencies
2201 list of dependencies
2205 system makefile directory
2208 The basic make syntax is compatible between different versions of make;
2209 however the special variables, variable modifiers and conditionals are not.
2211 An incomplete list of changes in older versions of
2214 The way that .for loop variables are substituted changed after
2216 so that they still appear to be variable expansions.
2217 In particular this stops them being treated as syntax, and removes some
2218 obscure problems using them in .if statements.
2220 The way that parallel makes are scheduled changed in
2222 so that .ORDER and .WAIT apply recursively to the dependent nodes.
2223 The algorithms used may change again in the future.
2224 .Ss Other make dialects
2225 Other make dialects (GNU make, SVR4 make, POSIX make, etc.) do not
2226 support most of the features of
2228 as described in this manual.
2230 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
2236 declarations and most functionality pertaining to parallelization.
2237 (GNU make supports parallelization but lacks these features needed to
2238 control it effectively.)
2240 Directives, including for loops and conditionals and most of the
2241 forms of include files.
2242 (GNU make has its own incompatible and less powerful syntax for
2245 All built-in variables that begin with a dot.
2247 Most of the special sources and targets that begin with a dot,
2248 with the notable exception of
2254 Variable modifiers, except for the
2256 string substitution, which does not portably support globbing with
2258 and historically only works on declared suffixes.
2262 variable even in its short form; most makes support this functionality
2263 but its name varies.
2266 Some features are somewhat more portable, such as assignment with
2273 functionality is based on an older feature
2275 found in GNU make and many versions of SVR4 make; however,
2276 historically its behavior is too ill-defined (and too buggy) to rely
2283 variables are more or less universally portable, as is the
2286 Basic use of suffix rules (for files only in the current directory,
2287 not trying to chain transformations together, etc.) is also reasonably
2298 implementation is based on Adam De Boor's pmake program which was written
2299 for Sprite at Berkeley.
2300 It was designed to be a parallel distributed make running jobs on different
2301 machines using a daemon called
2304 Historically the target/dependency
2306 has been used to FoRCe rebuilding (since the target/dependency
2307 does not exist... unless someone creates an
2313 syntax is difficult to parse without actually acting of the data.
2314 For instance finding the end of a variable use should involve scanning each
2315 the modifiers using the correct terminator for each field.
2318 just counts {} and () in order to find the end of a variable expansion.
2320 There is no way of escaping a space character in a filename.