Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:21:09 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Useful addition to handbook? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951124151638.3708B-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951124121806.21892C-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu>
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On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, John Fieber wrote: > 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... Imake's described real well in the O'Reilly book (called Imake, of course). I wonder if the reason that you're not getting any volunteers is because so few know enough of the innards to write it. If there was a written document detaling the kernel innards, even tho I know it'd be out of date BEFORE it was published, I'd be quite happy to buy it. If anyone ever makes a list, I want to be on that. I saw someone comment that maybe if they were given enough incentive.... I couldn't fund it, but I'd be awfully happy to contribute! > > -john > > == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== > == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ > > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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