From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 10 23:34:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE3516A412 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:34:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Received: from mail.sailorfej.net (mail.sailorfej.net [66.93.72.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7584813C461 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:34:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Received: from [192.168.150.100] (c-24-20-239-104.hsd1.or.comcast.net [24.20.239.104]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.sailorfej.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0ANKft2011189 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:20:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@sailorfej.net) Message-ID: <45A577DF.2060002@sailorfej.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:33:51 -0800 From: Jeffrey Williams User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <45A5604C.6070000@sailorfej.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on mail.sailorfej.net Subject: Re: documentation for make targets X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:34:16 -0000 Thanks Chuck, But I got those, sorry I should have been more clear, the ones I want to see documentation on are the ones less commonly used like: buildenv check-old checkdpadd distribute distributeworld distrib-dirs distribution hierarchy regress release rerelease for instance "make distribution" is used in setting up jails (per the jail man page), but no where can I find a description of what it actually does, I tried following it through the make file chain but wasn't able to quickly determine what exactly it does. In must be something exclusive of "make world", because it follows that command in the jail setup instructions. By the I have tried google, handbook, mailing list, and faq for these but the most I have been able to find are rote use of these in howto's, like the "make distribution" example above, but no descriptions of what they do. Thanks Jeff Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Jeffrey Williams wrote: >> Can someone point to documentation for all the make targets in used in >> the /usr/src/Makefile. I am not looking for full documentation of >> each target, once I narrow down what targets I want I can get what >> need by walking the make files, but what I am looking for is a >> document that has a brief (short paragraph) of for each make target, >> describing its general purpose/function. > > You could start with "head -18 /usr/src/Makefile"... > > ---Chuck > > >