Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:02:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeffrey Williams <jeff@sailorfej.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: documentation for make targets Message-ID: <20070111110159.Q52843@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20070111110044.R52843@fledge.watson.org> References: <45A5604C.6070000@sailorfej.net> <E190C878-DBAB-4F67-A9C0-439280DB2CD7@mac.com> <45A577DF.2060002@sailorfej.net> <20070111110044.R52843@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Robert Watson wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Jeffrey Williams wrote: > >> 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 > > At lease 'release' is described in release(9). The others appear to be less > documented. build(9) would be a good place to put them, however. Er, release(7) and build(7), that is. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > >> >> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >
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