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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:59:47 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Alina Groulx <agroulx@klocwork.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question about the build process
Message-ID:  <40565183.3080000@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <1B74E3AB9C498E479D071D5C59C32FE5BAA575@server01.klocwork.com>
References:  <1B74E3AB9C498E479D071D5C59C32FE5BAA575@server01.klocwork.com>

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Alina Groulx wrote:
> I have been asked to do a software assessment on FreeBSD. So what I 
> normally do is use a script to wrap around the build process normally
> Makefiles. What I do is run a make -i and just read the build process. I
> have noticed that you do not have a general configure script to build a
> general makefile.  Am I missing something?

Your question is somewhat unclear, but if you are asking whether FreeBSD 
builds via the GNU autoconf-based configure system which one runs to generate 
a Makefile, the answer is, no.

> I guess I need to know how you build it?

Consult the handbook, "man release", or look at /usr/src/Makefile for the 
buildworld target.

> What compiler you use to build the code?

Most commonly, gcc.  There's been some work to support icc as well...

-- 
-Chuck



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