Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:31:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful addition to handbook? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951124121806.21892C-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511241451.JAA06492@nomad.osmre.gov>
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On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Glen Foster wrote: > One thing I don't understand and haven't been able to find much > information on is documentation on the structure and capabilities of > the 'bmake' source code build system in FreeBSD. Of course, one of I've brought up the suggestion of starting a FreeBSD Hackers guide. The first section in such a guide would consist of a guided tour of the source code tree. It would explain how the build process works, including the philosohpy of why things are structured the way they are. However, nobody has shown interest in actually writing such a document. There could also be the slight problem that not everyone completely agrees on the "philosophy" part. In the meantime, the only documentation I'm aware of is the "pmake tutorial" (/usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/) and the makefiles themselves (/usr/share/mk/* and those in the source tree). On the bright side, it is a heck of a lot simpler than imake... -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============
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