1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
1223
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270
1271
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
1291
1292
1293
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386
1387
|
MAKE(1) NetBSD General Commands Manual MAKE(1)
NNAAMMEE
bbmmaakkee -- maintain program dependencies
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
bbmmaakkee [--BBeeiikkNNnnqqrrssttWWwwXX] [--CC _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y] [--DD _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e] [--dd _f_l_a_g_s]
[--ff _m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e] [--II _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y] [--JJ _p_r_i_v_a_t_e] [--jj _m_a_x___j_o_b_s]
[--mm _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y] [--TT _f_i_l_e] [--VV _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e] [_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e_=_v_a_l_u_e]
[_t_a_r_g_e_t _._._.]
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
bbmmaakkee is a program designed to simplify the maintenance of other pro-
grams. Its input is a list of specifications as to the files upon which
programs and other files depend. If no --ff _m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e makefile option is
given, bbmmaakkee will try to open `_m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e' then `_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e' in order to find
the specifications. If the file `_._d_e_p_e_n_d' exists, it is read (see
mkdep(1)).
This manual page is intended as a reference document only. For a more
thorough description of bbmmaakkee and makefiles, please refer to _P_M_a_k_e _- _A
_T_u_t_o_r_i_a_l.
bbmmaakkee will prepend the contents of the _M_A_K_E_F_L_A_G_S environment variable to
the command line arguments before parsing them.
The options are as follows:
--BB Try to be backwards compatible by executing a single shell per
command and by executing the commands to make the sources of a
dependency line in sequence.
--CC _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Change to _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y before reading the makefiles or doing any-
thing else. If multiple --CC options are specified, each is inter-
preted relative to the previous one: --CC _/ --CC _e_t_c is equivalent to
--CC _/_e_t_c.
--DD _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e
Define _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e to be 1, in the global context.
--dd _[_-_]_f_l_a_g_s
Turn on debugging, and specify which portions of bbmmaakkee are to
print debugging information. Unless the flags are preceded by
`-' they are added to the _M_A_K_E_F_L_A_G_S environment variable and will
be processed by any child make processes. By default, debugging
information is printed to standard error, but this can be changed
using the _F debugging flag. The debugging output is always
unbuffered; in addition, if debugging is enabled but debugging
output is not directed to standard output, then the standard out-
put is line buffered. _F_l_a_g_s is one or more of the following:
_A Print all possible debugging information; equivalent to
specifying all of the debugging flags.
_a Print debugging information about archive searching and
caching.
_C Print debugging information about current working direc-
tory.
_c Print debugging information about conditional evaluation.
_d Print debugging information about directory searching and
caching.
_e Print debugging information about failed commands and
targets.
_F[++]_f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e
Specify where debugging output is written. This must be
the last flag, because it consumes the remainder of the
argument. If the character immediately after the `F'
flag is `+', then the file will be opened in append mode;
otherwise the file will be overwritten. If the file name
is `stdout' or `stderr' then debugging output will be
written to the standard output or standard error output
file descriptors respectively (and the `+' option has no
effect). Otherwise, the output will be written to the
named file. If the file name ends `.%d' then the `%d' is
replaced by the pid.
_f Print debugging information about loop evaluation.
_g_1 Print the input graph before making anything.
_g_2 Print the input graph after making everything, or before
exiting on error.
_g_3 Print the input graph before exiting on error.
_j Print debugging information about running multiple
shells.
_l Print commands in Makefiles regardless of whether or not
they are prefixed by `@' or other "quiet" flags. Also
known as "loud" behavior.
_M Print debugging information about "meta" mode decisions
about targets.
_m Print debugging information about making targets, includ-
ing modification dates.
_n Don't delete the temporary command scripts created when
running commands. These temporary scripts are created in
the directory referred to by the TMPDIR environment vari-
able, or in _/_t_m_p if TMPDIR is unset or set to the empty
string. The temporary scripts are created by mkstemp(3),
and have names of the form _m_a_k_e_X_X_X_X_X_X. _N_O_T_E: This can
create many files in TMPDIR or _/_t_m_p, so use with care.
_p Print debugging information about makefile parsing.
_s Print debugging information about suffix-transformation
rules.
_t Print debugging information about target list mainte-
nance.
_V Force the --VV option to print raw values of variables.
_v Print debugging information about variable assignment.
_w Print entering and leaving directory messages, pre and
post processing.
_x Run shell commands with --xx so the actual commands are
printed as they are executed.
--ee Specify that environment variables override macro assignments
within makefiles.
--ff _m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e
Specify a makefile to read instead of the default `_m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e'. If
_m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e is `--', standard input is read. Multiple makefiles may
be specified, and are read in the order specified.
--II _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Specify a directory in which to search for makefiles and included
makefiles. The system makefile directory (or directories, see
the --mm option) is automatically included as part of this list.
--ii Ignore non-zero exit of shell commands in the makefile. Equiva-
lent to specifying `--' before each command line in the makefile.
--JJ _p_r_i_v_a_t_e
This option should _n_o_t be specified by the user.
When the _j option is in use in a recursive build, this option is
passed by a make to child makes to allow all the make processes
in the build to cooperate to avoid overloading the system.
--jj _m_a_x___j_o_b_s
Specify the maximum number of jobs that bbmmaakkee may have running at
any one time. The value is saved in _._M_A_K_E_._J_O_B_S. Turns compati-
bility mode off, unless the _B flag is also specified. When com-
patibility mode is off, all commands associated with a target are
executed in a single shell invocation as opposed to the tradi-
tional one shell invocation per line. This can break traditional
scripts which change directories on each command invocation and
then expect to start with a fresh environment on the next line.
It is more efficient to correct the scripts rather than turn
backwards compatibility on.
--kk Continue processing after errors are encountered, but only on
those targets that do not depend on the target whose creation
caused the error.
--mm _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Specify a directory in which to search for sys.mk and makefiles
included via the <_f_i_l_e>-style include statement. The --mm option
can be used multiple times to form a search path. This path will
override the default system include path: /usr/share/mk. Fur-
thermore the system include path will be appended to the search
path used for "_f_i_l_e"-style include statements (see the --II
option).
If a file or directory name in the --mm argument (or the
MAKESYSPATH environment variable) starts with the string ".../"
then bbmmaakkee will search for the specified file or directory named
in the remaining part of the argument string. The search starts
with the current directory of the Makefile and then works upward
towards the root of the filesystem. If the search is successful,
then the resulting directory replaces the ".../" specification in
the --mm argument. If used, this feature allows bbmmaakkee to easily
search in the current source tree for customized sys.mk files
(e.g., by using ".../mk/sys.mk" as an argument).
--nn Display the commands that would have been executed, but do not
actually execute them unless the target depends on the .MAKE spe-
cial source (see below).
--NN Display the commands which would have been executed, but do not
actually execute any of them; useful for debugging top-level
makefiles without descending into subdirectories.
--qq Do not execute any commands, but exit 0 if the specified targets
are up-to-date and 1, otherwise.
--rr Do not use the built-in rules specified in the system makefile.
--ss Do not echo any commands as they are executed. Equivalent to
specifying `@@' before each command line in the makefile.
--TT _t_r_a_c_e_f_i_l_e
When used with the --jj flag, append a trace record to _t_r_a_c_e_f_i_l_e
for each job started and completed.
--tt Rather than re-building a target as specified in the makefile,
create it or update its modification time to make it appear up-
to-date.
--VV _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e
Print bbmmaakkee's idea of the value of _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e, in the global con-
text. Do not build any targets. Multiple instances of this
option may be specified; the variables will be printed one per
line, with a blank line for each null or undefined variable. If
_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e contains a `$' then the value will be expanded before
printing.
--WW Treat any warnings during makefile parsing as errors.
--XX Don't export variables passed on the command line to the environ-
ment individually. Variables passed on the command line are
still exported via the _M_A_K_E_F_L_A_G_S environment variable. This
option may be useful on systems which have a small limit on the
size of command arguments.
_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e_=_v_a_l_u_e
Set the value of the variable _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e to _v_a_l_u_e. Normally, all
values passed on the command line are also exported to sub-makes
in the environment. The --XX flag disables this behavior. Vari-
able assignments should follow options for POSIX compatibility
but no ordering is enforced.
There are seven different types of lines in a makefile: file dependency
specifications, shell commands, variable assignments, include statements,
conditional directives, for loops, and comments.
In general, lines may be continued from one line to the next by ending
them with a backslash (`\'). The trailing newline character and initial
whitespace on the following line are compressed into a single space.
FFIILLEE DDEEPPEENNDDEENNCCYY SSPPEECCIIFFIICCAATTIIOONNSS
Dependency lines consist of one or more targets, an operator, and zero or
more sources. This creates a relationship where the targets ``depend''
on the sources and are usually created from them. The exact relationship
between the target and the source is determined by the operator that sep-
arates them. The three operators are as follows:
:: A target is considered out-of-date if its modification time is less
than those of any of its sources. Sources for a target accumulate
over dependency lines when this operator is used. The target is
removed if bbmmaakkee is interrupted.
!! Targets are always re-created, but not until all sources have been
examined and re-created as necessary. Sources for a target accumu-
late over dependency lines when this operator is used. The target
is removed if bbmmaakkee is interrupted.
:::: If no sources are specified, the target is always re-created. Oth-
erwise, a target is considered out-of-date if any of its sources
has been modified more recently than the target. Sources for a
target do not accumulate over dependency lines when this operator
is used. The target will not be removed if bbmmaakkee is interrupted.
Targets and sources may contain the shell wildcard values `?', `*', `[]',
and `{}'. The values `?', `*', and `[]' may only be used as part of the
final component of the target or source, and must be used to describe
existing files. The value `{}' need not necessarily be used to describe
existing files. Expansion is in directory order, not alphabetically as
done in the shell.
SSHHEELLLL CCOOMMMMAANNDDSS
Each target may have associated with it a series of shell commands, nor-
mally used to create the target. Each of the commands in this script
_m_u_s_t be preceded by a tab. While any target may appear on a dependency
line, only one of these dependencies may be followed by a creation
script, unless the `::::' operator is used.
If the first characters of the command line are any combination of `@@',
`++', or `--', the command is treated specially. A `@@' causes the command
not to be echoed before it is executed. A `++' causes the command to be
executed even when --nn is given. This is similar to the effect of the
.MAKE special source, except that the effect can be limited to a single
line of a script. A `--' causes any non-zero exit status of the command
line to be ignored.
When bbmmaakkee is run in jobs mode with --jj _m_a_x___j_o_b_s, the entire script for
the target is fed to a single instance of the shell.
In compatibility (non-jobs) mode, each command is run in a separate
process. If the command contains any shell meta characters
(`#=|^(){};&<>*?[]:$`\\n') it will be passed to the shell, otherwise
bbmmaakkee will attempt direct execution.
Since bbmmaakkee will chdir(2) to `_._O_B_J_D_I_R' before executing any targets, each
child process starts with that as its current working directory.
Makefiles should be written so that the mode of bbmmaakkee operation does not
change their behavior. For example, any command which needs to use
``cd'' or ``chdir'', without side-effect should be put in parenthesis:
avoid-chdir-side-effects:
@echo Building $@ in `pwd`
@(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${.MAKE} $@)
@echo Back in `pwd`
ensure-one-shell-regardless-of-mode:
@echo Building $@ in `pwd`; \
(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${.MAKE} $@); \
echo Back in `pwd`
VVAARRIIAABBLLEE AASSSSIIGGNNMMEENNTTSS
Variables in make are much like variables in the shell, and, by tradi-
tion, consist of all upper-case letters.
VVaarriiaabbllee aassssiiggnnmmeenntt mmooddiiffiieerrss
The five operators that can be used to assign values to variables are as
follows:
== Assign the value to the variable. Any previous value is overrid-
den.
++== Append the value to the current value of the variable.
??== Assign the value to the variable if it is not already defined.
::== Assign with expansion, i.e. expand the value before assigning it
to the variable. Normally, expansion is not done until the vari-
able is referenced. _N_O_T_E: References to undefined variables are
_n_o_t expanded. This can cause problems when variable modifiers
are used.
!!== Expand the value and pass it to the shell for execution and
assign the result to the variable. Any newlines in the result
are replaced with spaces.
Any white-space before the assigned _v_a_l_u_e is removed; if the value is
being appended, a single space is inserted between the previous contents
of the variable and the appended value.
Variables are expanded by surrounding the variable name with either curly
braces (`{}') or parentheses (`()') and preceding it with a dollar sign
(`$'). If the variable name contains only a single letter, the surround-
ing braces or parentheses are not required. This shorter form is not
recommended.
If the variable name contains a dollar, then the name itself is expanded
first. This allows almost arbitrary variable names, however names con-
taining dollar, braces, parenthesis, or whitespace are really best
avoided!
If the result of expanding a variable contains a dollar sign (`$') the
string is expanded again.
Variable substitution occurs at three distinct times, depending on where
the variable is being used.
1. Variables in dependency lines are expanded as the line is read.
2. Variables in shell commands are expanded when the shell command is
executed.
3. ``.for'' loop index variables are expanded on each loop iteration.
Note that other variables are not expanded inside loops so the fol-
lowing example code:
.for i in 1 2 3
a+= ${i}
j= ${i}
b+= ${j}
.endfor
all:
@echo ${a}
@echo ${b}
will print:
1 2 3
3 3 3
Because while ${a} contains ``1 2 3'' after the loop is executed,
${b} contains ``${j} ${j} ${j}'' which expands to ``3 3 3'' since
after the loop completes ${j} contains ``3''.
VVaarriiaabbllee ccllaasssseess
The four different classes of variables (in order of increasing prece-
dence) are:
Environment variables
Variables defined as part of bbmmaakkee's environment.
Global variables
Variables defined in the makefile or in included makefiles.
Command line variables
Variables defined as part of the command line.
Local variables
Variables that are defined specific to a certain target. The
seven local variables are as follows:
_._A_L_L_S_R_C The list of all sources for this target; also known as
`_>'.
_._A_R_C_H_I_V_E The name of the archive file.
_._I_M_P_S_R_C In suffix-transformation rules, the name/path of the
source from which the target is to be transformed (the
``implied'' source); also known as `_<'. It is not
defined in explicit rules.
_._M_E_M_B_E_R The name of the archive member.
_._O_O_D_A_T_E The list of sources for this target that were deemed
out-of-date; also known as `_?'.
_._P_R_E_F_I_X The file prefix of the target, containing only the file
portion, no suffix or preceding directory components;
also known as `_*'.
_._T_A_R_G_E_T The name of the target; also known as `_@'.
The shorter forms `_@', `_?', `_<', `_>', and `_*' are permitted for
backward compatibility with historical makefiles and are not rec-
ommended. The six variables `_@_F', `_@_D', `_<_F', `_<_D', `_*_F', and
`_*_D' are permitted for compatibility with AT&T System V UNIX
makefiles and are not recommended.
Four of the local variables may be used in sources on dependency
lines because they expand to the proper value for each target on
the line. These variables are `_._T_A_R_G_E_T', `_._P_R_E_F_I_X', `_._A_R_C_H_I_V_E',
and `_._M_E_M_B_E_R'.
AAddddiittiioonnaall bbuuiilltt--iinn vvaarriiaabblleess
In addition, bbmmaakkee sets or knows about the following variables:
_$ A single dollar sign `$', i.e. `$$' expands to a single
dollar sign.
_._A_L_L_T_A_R_G_E_T_S The list of all targets encountered in the Makefile. If
evaluated during Makefile parsing, lists only those tar-
gets encountered thus far.
_._C_U_R_D_I_R A path to the directory where bbmmaakkee was executed. Refer
to the description of `PWD' for more details.
MAKE The name that bbmmaakkee was executed with (_a_r_g_v_[_0_]). For
compatibility bbmmaakkee also sets _._M_A_K_E with the same value.
The preferred variable to use is the environment variable
MAKE because it is more compatible with other versions of
bbmmaakkee and cannot be confused with the special target with
the same name.
_._M_A_K_E_._D_E_P_E_N_D_F_I_L_E
Names the makefile (default `_._d_e_p_e_n_d') from which gener-
ated dependencies are read.
_._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_A_N_D___V_A_R_I_A_B_L_E_S
A boolean that controls the default behavior of the --VV
option.
_._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_O_R_T_E_D The list of variables exported by bbmmaakkee.
_._M_A_K_E_._J_O_B_S The argument to the --jj option.
_._M_A_K_E_._J_O_B_._P_R_E_F_I_X
If bbmmaakkee is run with _j then output for each target is
prefixed with a token `--- target ---' the first part of
which can be controlled via _._M_A_K_E_._J_O_B_._P_R_E_F_I_X. If
_._M_A_K_E_._J_O_B_._P_R_E_F_I_X is empty, no token is printed.
For example:
.MAKE.JOB.PREFIX=${.newline}---${.MAKE:T}[${.MAKE.PID}]
would produce tokens like `---make[1234] target ---' mak-
ing it easier to track the degree of parallelism being
achieved.
MAKEFLAGS The environment variable `MAKEFLAGS' may contain anything
that may be specified on bbmmaakkee's command line. Anything
specified on bbmmaakkee's command line is appended to the
`MAKEFLAGS' variable which is then entered into the envi-
ronment for all programs which bbmmaakkee executes.
_._M_A_K_E_._L_E_V_E_L The recursion depth of bbmmaakkee. The initial instance of
bbmmaakkee will be 0, and an incremented value is put into the
environment to be seen by the next generation. This
allows tests like: .if ${.MAKE.LEVEL} == 0 to protect
things which should only be evaluated in the initial
instance of bbmmaakkee.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_A_K_E_F_I_L_E___P_R_E_F_E_R_E_N_C_E
The ordered list of makefile names (default `_m_a_k_e_f_i_l_e',
`_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e') that bbmmaakkee will look for.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_A_K_E_F_I_L_E_S
The list of makefiles read by bbmmaakkee, which is useful for
tracking dependencies. Each makefile is recorded only
once, regardless of the number of times read.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_O_D_E Processed after reading all makefiles. Can affect the
mode that bbmmaakkee runs in. It can contain a number of key-
words:
_c_o_m_p_a_t Like --BB, puts bbmmaakkee into "compat" mode.
_m_e_t_a Puts bbmmaakkee into "meta" mode, where meta files
are created for each target to capture the
command run, the output generated and if
filemon(4) is available, the system calls
which are of interest to bbmmaakkee. The captured
output can be very useful when diagnosing
errors.
_c_u_r_d_i_r_O_k_= _b_f Normally bbmmaakkee will not create .meta files
in `_._C_U_R_D_I_R'. This can be overridden by set-
ting _b_f to a value which represents True.
_e_n_v For debugging, it can be useful to inlcude
the environment in the .meta file.
_v_e_r_b_o_s_e If in "meta" mode, print a clue about the
target being built. This is useful if the
build is otherwise running silently. The
message printed the value of:
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._P_R_E_F_I_X.
_i_g_n_o_r_e_-_c_m_d Some makefiles have commands which are simply
not stable. This keyword causes them to be
ignored for determining whether a target is
out of date in "meta" mode. See also
..NNOOMMEETTAA__CCMMPP.
_s_i_l_e_n_t_= _b_f If _b_f is True, when a .meta file is created,
mark the target ..SSIILLEENNTT.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._B_A_I_L_I_W_I_C_K
In "meta" mode, provides a list of prefixes which match
the directories controlled by bbmmaakkee. If a file that was
generated outside of _._O_B_J_D_I_R but within said bailiwick is
missing, the current target is considered out-of-date.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._C_R_E_A_T_E_D
In "meta" mode, this variable contains a list of all the
meta files updated. If not empty, it can be used to
trigger processing of _._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._F_I_L_E_S.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._F_I_L_E_S
In "meta" mode, this variable contains a list of all the
meta files used (updated or not). This list can be used
to process the meta files to extract dependency informa-
tion.
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._I_G_N_O_R_E___P_A_T_H_S
Provides a list of path prefixes that should be ignored;
because the contents are expected to change over time.
The default list includes: `_/_d_e_v _/_e_t_c _/_p_r_o_c _/_t_m_p _/_v_a_r_/_r_u_n
_/_v_a_r_/_t_m_p'
_._M_A_K_E_._M_E_T_A_._P_R_E_F_I_X
Defines the message printed for each meta file updated in
"meta verbose" mode. The default value is:
Building ${.TARGET:H:tA}/${.TARGET:T}
_._M_A_K_E_O_V_E_R_R_I_D_E_S This variable is used to record the names of variables
assigned to on the command line, so that they may be
exported as part of `MAKEFLAGS'. This behaviour can be
disabled by assigning an empty value to `_._M_A_K_E_O_V_E_R_R_I_D_E_S'
within a makefile. Extra variables can be exported from
a makefile by appending their names to `_._M_A_K_E_O_V_E_R_R_I_D_E_S'.
`MAKEFLAGS' is re-exported whenever `_._M_A_K_E_O_V_E_R_R_I_D_E_S' is
modified.
_._M_A_K_E_._P_A_T_H___F_I_L_E_M_O_N
If bbmmaakkee was built with filemon(4) support, this is set
to the path of the device node. This allows makefiles to
test for this support.
_._M_A_K_E_._P_I_D The process-id of bbmmaakkee.
_._M_A_K_E_._P_P_I_D The parent process-id of bbmmaakkee.
_M_A_K_E___P_R_I_N_T___V_A_R___O_N___E_R_R_O_R
When bbmmaakkee stops due to an error, it prints its name and
the value of `_._C_U_R_D_I_R' as well as the value of any vari-
ables named in `_M_A_K_E___P_R_I_N_T___V_A_R___O_N___E_R_R_O_R'.
_._n_e_w_l_i_n_e This variable is simply assigned a newline character as
its value. This allows expansions using the ::@@ modifier
to put a newline between iterations of the loop rather
than a space. For example, the printing of
`_M_A_K_E___P_R_I_N_T___V_A_R___O_N___E_R_R_O_R' could be done as
${MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR:@v@$v='${$v}'${.newline}@}.
_._O_B_J_D_I_R A path to the directory where the targets are built. Its
value is determined by trying to chdir(2) to the follow-
ing directories in order and using the first match:
1. ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
(Only if `MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX' is set in the environ-
ment or on the command line.)
2. ${MAKEOBJDIR}
(Only if `MAKEOBJDIR' is set in the environment or
on the command line.)
3. ${.CURDIR}_/_o_b_j_.${MACHINE}
4. ${.CURDIR}_/_o_b_j
5. _/_u_s_r_/_o_b_j_/${.CURDIR}
6. ${.CURDIR}
Variable expansion is performed on the value before it's
used, so expressions such as
${.CURDIR:S,^/usr/src,/var/obj,}
may be used. This is especially useful with
`MAKEOBJDIR'.
`_._O_B_J_D_I_R' may be modified in the makefile as a global
variable. In all cases, bbmmaakkee will chdir(2) to `_._O_B_J_D_I_R'
and set `PWD' to that directory before executing any tar-
gets.
_._P_A_R_S_E_D_I_R A path to the directory of the current `_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e' being
parsed.
_._P_A_R_S_E_F_I_L_E The basename of the current `_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e' being parsed.
This variable and `_._P_A_R_S_E_D_I_R' are both set only while the
`_M_a_k_e_f_i_l_e_s' are being parsed. If you want to retain
their current values, assign them to a variable using
assignment with expansion: (`::==').
_._P_A_T_H A variable that represents the list of directories that
bbmmaakkee will search for files. The search list should be
updated using the target `_._P_A_T_H' rather than the vari-
able.
PWD Alternate path to the current directory. bbmmaakkee normally
sets `_._C_U_R_D_I_R' to the canonical path given by getcwd(3).
However, if the environment variable `PWD' is set and
gives a path to the current directory, then bbmmaakkee sets
`_._C_U_R_D_I_R' to the value of `PWD' instead. This behaviour
is disabled if `MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX' is set or `MAKEOBJDIR'
contains a variable transform. `PWD' is set to the value
of `_._O_B_J_D_I_R' for all programs which bbmmaakkee executes.
.TARGETS The list of targets explicitly specified on the command
line, if any.
VPATH Colon-separated (``:'') lists of directories that bbmmaakkee
will search for files. The variable is supported for
compatibility with old make programs only, use `_._P_A_T_H'
instead.
VVaarriiaabbllee mmooddiiffiieerrss
Variable expansion may be modified to select or modify each word of the
variable (where a ``word'' is white-space delimited sequence of charac-
ters). The general format of a variable expansion is as follows:
${variable[:modifier[:...]]}
Each modifier begins with a colon, which may be escaped with a backslash
(`\').
A set of modifiers can be specified via a variable, as follows:
modifier_variable=modifier[:...]
${variable:${modifier_variable}[:...]}
In this case the first modifier in the modifier_variable does not start
with a colon, since that must appear in the referencing variable. If any
of the modifiers in the modifier_variable contain a dollar sign (`$'),
these must be doubled to avoid early expansion.
The supported modifiers are:
::EE Replaces each word in the variable with its suffix.
::HH Replaces each word in the variable with everything but the last com-
ponent.
::MM_p_a_t_t_e_r_n
Select only those words that match _p_a_t_t_e_r_n. The standard shell
wildcard characters (`*', `?', and `[]') may be used. The wildcard
characters may be escaped with a backslash (`\'). As a consequence
of the way values are split into words, matched, and then joined, a
construct like
${VAR:M*}
will normalise the inter-word spacing, removing all leading and
trailing space, and converting multiple consecutive spaces to single
spaces.
::NN_p_a_t_t_e_r_n
This is identical to `::MM', but selects all words which do not match
_p_a_t_t_e_r_n.
::OO Order every word in variable alphabetically. To sort words in
reverse order use the `::OO::[[--11....11]]' combination of modifiers.
::OOxx Randomize words in variable. The results will be different each
time you are referring to the modified variable; use the assignment
with expansion (`::==') to prevent such behaviour. For example,
LIST= uno due tre quattro
RANDOM_LIST= ${LIST:Ox}
STATIC_RANDOM_LIST:= ${LIST:Ox}
all:
@echo "${RANDOM_LIST}"
@echo "${RANDOM_LIST}"
@echo "${STATIC_RANDOM_LIST}"
@echo "${STATIC_RANDOM_LIST}"
may produce output similar to:
quattro due tre uno
tre due quattro uno
due uno quattro tre
due uno quattro tre
::QQ Quotes every shell meta-character in the variable, so that it can be
passed safely through recursive invocations of bbmmaakkee.
::RR Replaces each word in the variable with everything but its suffix.
::ggmmttiimmee
The value is a format string for strftime(3), using the current
gmtime(3).
::hhaasshh
Compute a 32bit hash of the value and encode it as hex digits.
::llooccaallttiimmee
The value is a format string for strftime(3), using the current
localtime(3).
::ttAA Attempt to convert variable to an absolute path using realpath(3),
if that fails, the value is unchanged.
::ttll Converts variable to lower-case letters.
::ttss_c
Words in the variable are normally separated by a space on expan-
sion. This modifier sets the separator to the character _c. If _c is
omitted, then no separator is used. The common escapes (including
octal numeric codes), work as expected.
::ttuu Converts variable to upper-case letters.
::ttWW Causes the value to be treated as a single word (possibly containing
embedded white space). See also `::[[**]]'.
::ttww Causes the value to be treated as a sequence of words delimited by
white space. See also `::[[@@]]'.
::SS/_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g/_n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g/[11ggWW]
Modify the first occurrence of _o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g in the variable's value,
replacing it with _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g. If a `g' is appended to the last
slash of the pattern, all occurrences in each word are replaced. If
a `1' is appended to the last slash of the pattern, only the first
word is affected. If a `W' is appended to the last slash of the
pattern, then the value is treated as a single word (possibly con-
taining embedded white space). If _o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g begins with a caret
(`^'), _o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g is anchored at the beginning of each word. If
_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g ends with a dollar sign (`$'), it is anchored at the end
of each word. Inside _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g, an ampersand (`&') is replaced by
_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g (without any `^' or `$'). Any character may be used as a
delimiter for the parts of the modifier string. The anchoring,
ampersand and delimiter characters may be escaped with a backslash
(`\').
Variable expansion occurs in the normal fashion inside both
_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g and _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g with the single exception that a backslash
is used to prevent the expansion of a dollar sign (`$'), not a pre-
ceding dollar sign as is usual.
::CC/_p_a_t_t_e_r_n/_r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t/[11ggWW]
The ::CC modifier is just like the ::SS modifier except that the old and
new strings, instead of being simple strings, are an extended regu-
lar expression (see regex(3)) string _p_a_t_t_e_r_n and an ed(1)-style
string _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t. Normally, the first occurrence of the pattern
_p_a_t_t_e_r_n in each word of the value is substituted with _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t.
The `1' modifier causes the substitution to apply to at most one
word; the `g' modifier causes the substitution to apply to as many
instances of the search pattern _p_a_t_t_e_r_n as occur in the word or
words it is found in; the `W' modifier causes the value to be
treated as a single word (possibly containing embedded white space).
Note that `1' and `g' are orthogonal; the former specifies whether
multiple words are potentially affected, the latter whether multiple
substitutions can potentially occur within each affected word.
::TT Replaces each word in the variable with its last component.
::uu Remove adjacent duplicate words (like uniq(1)).
::??_t_r_u_e___s_t_r_i_n_g::_f_a_l_s_e___s_t_r_i_n_g
If the variable name (not its value), when parsed as a .if condi-
tional expression, evaluates to true, return as its value the
_t_r_u_e___s_t_r_i_n_g, otherwise return the _f_a_l_s_e___s_t_r_i_n_g. Since the variable
name is used as the expression, :? must be the first modifier after
the variable name itself - which will, of course, usually contain
variable expansions. A common error is trying to use expressions
like
${NUMBERS:M42:?match:no}
which actually tests defined(NUMBERS), to determine is any words
match "42" you need to use something like:
${"${NUMBERS:M42}" != "":?match:no}.
_:_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g_=_n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g
This is the AT&T System V UNIX style variable substitution. It must
be the last modifier specified. If _o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g or _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g do not
contain the pattern matching character _% then it is assumed that
they are anchored at the end of each word, so only suffixes or
entire words may be replaced. Otherwise _% is the substring of
_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g to be replaced in _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g.
Variable expansion occurs in the normal fashion inside both
_o_l_d___s_t_r_i_n_g and _n_e_w___s_t_r_i_n_g with the single exception that a backslash
is used to prevent the expansion of a dollar sign (`$'), not a pre-
ceding dollar sign as is usual.
::@@_t_e_m_p@@_s_t_r_i_n_g@@
This is the loop expansion mechanism from the OSF Development Envi-
ronment (ODE) make. Unlike ..ffoorr loops expansion occurs at the time
of reference. Assign _t_e_m_p to each word in the variable and evaluate
_s_t_r_i_n_g. The ODE convention is that _t_e_m_p should start and end with a
period. For example.
${LINKS:@.LINK.@${LN} ${TARGET} ${.LINK.}@}
However a single character variable is often more readable:
${MAKE_PRINT_VAR_ON_ERROR:@v@$v='${$v}'${.newline}@}
::UU_n_e_w_v_a_l
If the variable is undefined _n_e_w_v_a_l is the value. If the variable
is defined, the existing value is returned. This is another ODE
make feature. It is handy for setting per-target CFLAGS for
instance:
${_${.TARGET:T}_CFLAGS:U${DEF_CFLAGS}}
If a value is only required if the variable is undefined, use:
${VAR:D:Unewval}
::DD_n_e_w_v_a_l
If the variable is defined _n_e_w_v_a_l is the value.
::LL The name of the variable is the value.
::PP The path of the node which has the same name as the variable is the
value. If no such node exists or its path is null, then the name of
the variable is used. In order for this modifier to work, the name
(node) must at least have appeared on the rhs of a dependency.
::!!_c_m_d!!
The output of running _c_m_d is the value.
::sshh If the variable is non-empty it is run as a command and the output
becomes the new value.
::::==_s_t_r
The variable is assigned the value _s_t_r after substitution. This
modifier and its variations are useful in obscure situations such as
wanting to set a variable when shell commands are being parsed.
These assignment modifiers always expand to nothing, so if appearing
in a rule line by themselves should be preceded with something to
keep bbmmaakkee happy.
The `::::' helps avoid false matches with the AT&T System V UNIX style
::== modifier and since substitution always occurs the ::::== form is
vaguely appropriate.
::::??==_s_t_r
As for ::::== but only if the variable does not already have a value.
::::++==_s_t_r
Append _s_t_r to the variable.
::::!!==_c_m_d
Assign the output of _c_m_d to the variable.
::[[_r_a_n_g_e]]
Selects one or more words from the value, or performs other opera-
tions related to the way in which the value is divided into words.
Ordinarily, a value is treated as a sequence of words delimited by
white space. Some modifiers suppress this behaviour, causing a
value to be treated as a single word (possibly containing embedded
white space). An empty value, or a value that consists entirely of
white-space, is treated as a single word. For the purposes of the
`::[[]]' modifier, the words are indexed both forwards using positive
integers (where index 1 represents the first word), and backwards
using negative integers (where index -1 represents the last word).
The _r_a_n_g_e is subjected to variable expansion, and the expanded
result is then interpreted as follows:
_i_n_d_e_x Selects a single word from the value.
_s_t_a_r_t...._e_n_d
Selects all words from _s_t_a_r_t to _e_n_d, inclusive. For example,
`::[[22....--11]]' selects all words from the second word to the last
word. If _s_t_a_r_t is greater than _e_n_d, then the words are out-
put in reverse order. For example, `::[[--11....11]]' selects all
the words from last to first.
** Causes subsequent modifiers to treat the value as a single
word (possibly containing embedded white space). Analogous
to the effect of "$*" in Bourne shell.
0 Means the same as `::[[**]]'.
@@ Causes subsequent modifiers to treat the value as a sequence
of words delimited by white space. Analogous to the effect
of "$@" in Bourne shell.
## Returns the number of words in the value.
IINNCCLLUUDDEE SSTTAATTEEMMEENNTTSS,, CCOONNDDIITTIIOONNAALLSS AANNDD FFOORR LLOOOOPPSS
Makefile inclusion, conditional structures and for loops reminiscent of
the C programming language are provided in bbmmaakkee. All such structures
are identified by a line beginning with a single dot (`.') character.
Files are included with either ..iinncclluuddee <_f_i_l_e> or ..iinncclluuddee "_f_i_l_e". Vari-
ables between the angle brackets or double quotes are expanded to form
the file name. If angle brackets are used, the included makefile is
expected to be in the system makefile directory. If double quotes are
used, the including makefile's directory and any directories specified
using the --II option are searched before the system makefile directory.
For compatibility with other versions of bbmmaakkee `include file ...' is also
accepted. If the include statement is written as ..--iinncclluuddee or as
..ssiinncclluuddee then errors locating and/or opening include files are ignored.
Conditional expressions are also preceded by a single dot as the first
character of a line. The possible conditionals are as follows:
..eerrrroorr _m_e_s_s_a_g_e
The message is printed along with the name of the makefile and
line number, then bbmmaakkee will exit.
..eexxppoorrtt _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.
Export the specified global variable. If no variable list is
provided, all globals are exported except for internal variables
(those that start with `.'). This is not affected by the --XX
flag, so should be used with caution. For compatibility with
other bbmmaakkee programs `export variable=value' is also accepted.
Appending a variable name to _._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_O_R_T_E_D is equivalent to
exporting a variable.
..eexxppoorrtt--eennvv _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.
The same as `.export', except that the variable is not appended
to _._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_O_R_T_E_D. This allows exporting a value to the environ-
ment which is different from that used by bbmmaakkee internally.
..iinnffoo _m_e_s_s_a_g_e
The message is printed along with the name of the makefile and
line number.
..uunnddeeff _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e
Un-define the specified global variable. Only global variables
may be un-defined.
..uunneexxppoorrtt _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.
The opposite of `.export'. The specified global _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e will be
removed from _._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_O_R_T_E_D. If no variable list is provided,
all globals are unexported, and _._M_A_K_E_._E_X_P_O_R_T_E_D deleted.
..uunneexxppoorrtt--eennvv
Unexport all globals previously exported and clear the environ-
ment inherited from the parent. This operation will cause a mem-
ory leak of the original environment, so should be used spar-
ingly. Testing for _._M_A_K_E_._L_E_V_E_L being 0, would make sense. Also
note that any variables which originated in the parent environ-
ment should be explicitly preserved if desired. For example:
.if ${.MAKE.LEVEL} == 0
PATH := ${PATH}
.unexport-env
.export PATH
.endif
Would result in an environment containing only `PATH', which is
the minimal useful environment. Actually `.MAKE.LEVEL' will also
be pushed into the new environment.
..wwaarrnniinngg _m_e_s_s_a_g_e
The message prefixed by `_w_a_r_n_i_n_g_:' is printed along with the name
of the makefile and line number.
..iiff [!]_e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n _._._.]
Test the value of an expression.
..iiffddeeff [!]_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.]
Test the value of a variable.
..iiffnnddeeff [!]_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.]
Test the value of a variable.
..iiffmmaakkee [!]_t_a_r_g_e_t [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _t_a_r_g_e_t _._._.]
Test the target being built.
..iiffnnmmaakkee [!] _t_a_r_g_e_t [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _t_a_r_g_e_t _._._.]
Test the target being built.
..eellssee Reverse the sense of the last conditional.
..eelliiff [!] _e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n _._._.]
A combination of `..eellssee' followed by `..iiff'.
..eelliiffddeeff [!]_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.]
A combination of `..eellssee' followed by `..iiffddeeff'.
..eelliiffnnddeeff [!]_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.]
A combination of `..eellssee' followed by `..iiffnnddeeff'.
..eelliiffmmaakkee [!]_t_a_r_g_e_t [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _t_a_r_g_e_t _._._.]
A combination of `..eellssee' followed by `..iiffmmaakkee'.
..eelliiffnnmmaakkee [!]_t_a_r_g_e_t [_o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r _t_a_r_g_e_t _._._.]
A combination of `..eellssee' followed by `..iiffnnmmaakkee'.
..eennddiiff End the body of the conditional.
The _o_p_e_r_a_t_o_r may be any one of the following:
|||| Logical OR.
&&&& Logical AND; of higher precedence than ``||''.
As in C, bbmmaakkee will only evaluate a conditional as far as is necessary to
determine its value. Parentheses may be used to change the order of
evaluation. The boolean operator `!!' may be used to logically negate an
entire conditional. It is of higher precedence than `&&&&'.
The value of _e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n may be any of the following:
ddeeffiinneedd Takes a variable name as an argument and evaluates to true if
the variable has been defined.
mmaakkee Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the
target was specified as part of bbmmaakkee's command line or was
declared the default target (either implicitly or explicitly,
see _._M_A_I_N) before the line containing the conditional.
eemmppttyy Takes a variable, with possible modifiers, and evaluates to true
if the expansion of the variable would result in an empty
string.
eexxiissttss Takes a file name as an argument and evaluates to true if the
file exists. The file is searched for on the system search path
(see _._P_A_T_H).
ttaarrggeett Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the
target has been defined.
ccoommmmaannddss
Takes a target name as an argument and evaluates to true if the
target has been defined and has commands associated with it.
_E_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n may also be an arithmetic or string comparison. Variable
expansion is performed on both sides of the comparison, after which the
integral values are compared. A value is interpreted as hexadecimal if
it is preceded by 0x, otherwise it is decimal; octal numbers are not sup-
ported. The standard C relational operators are all supported. If after
variable expansion, either the left or right hand side of a `====' or `!!=='
operator is not an integral value, then string comparison is performed
between the expanded variables. If no relational operator is given, it
is assumed that the expanded variable is being compared against 0 or an
empty string in the case of a string comparison.
When bbmmaakkee is evaluating one of these conditional expressions, and it
encounters a (white-space separated) word it doesn't recognize, either
the ``make'' or ``defined'' expression is applied to it, depending on the
form of the conditional. If the form is `..iiffddeeff', `..iiffnnddeeff', or `..iiff'
the ``defined'' expression is applied. Similarly, if the form is
`..iiffmmaakkee' or `..iiffnnmmaakkee, tthhee' ``make'' expression is applied.
If the conditional evaluates to true the parsing of the makefile contin-
ues as before. If it evaluates to false, the following lines are
skipped. In both cases this continues until a `..eellssee' or `..eennddiiff' is
found.
For loops are typically used to apply a set of rules to a list of files.
The syntax of a for loop is:
..ffoorr _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e [_v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _._._.] iinn _e_x_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n
<make-rules>
..eennddffoorr
After the for eexxpprreessssiioonn is evaluated, it is split into words. On each
iteration of the loop, one word is taken and assigned to each vvaarriiaabbllee,
in order, and these vvaarriiaabblleess are substituted into the mmaakkee--rruulleess inside
the body of the for loop. The number of words must come out even; that
is, if there are three iteration variables, the number of words provided
must be a multiple of three.
CCOOMMMMEENNTTSS
Comments begin with a hash (`#') character, anywhere but in a shell com-
mand line, and continue to the end of an unescaped new line.
SSPPEECCIIAALL SSOOUURRCCEESS ((AATTTTRRIIBBUUTTEESS))
..EEXXEECC Target is never out of date, but always execute commands any-
way.
..IIGGNNOORREE Ignore any errors from the commands associated with this tar-
get, exactly as if they all were preceded by a dash (`-').
..MMAADDEE Mark all sources of this target as being up-to-date.
..MMAAKKEE Execute the commands associated with this target even if the --nn
or --tt options were specified. Normally used to mark recursive
bbmmaakkees.
..MMEETTAA Create a meta file for the target, even if it is flagged as
..PPHHOONNYY, ..MMAAKKEE, or ..SSPPEECCIIAALL. Usage in conjunction with ..MMAAKKEE is
the most likely case. In "meta" mode, the target is out-of-
date if the meta file is missing.
..NNOOMMEETTAA Do not create a meta file for the target. Meta files are also
not created for ..PPHHOONNYY, ..MMAAKKEE, or ..SSPPEECCIIAALL targets.
..NNOOMMEETTAA__CCMMPP
Ignore differences in commands when deciding if target is out
of date. This is useful if the command contains a value which
always changes. If the number of commands change, though, the
target will still be out of date. The same effect applies to
any command line that uses the variable _._O_O_D_A_T_E, which can be
used for that purpose even when not otherwise needed or
desired:
skip-compare-for-some:
@echo this will be compared
@echo this will not ${.OODATE:M.NOMETA_CMP}
@echo this will also be compared
The ::MM pattern suppresses any expansion of the unwanted vari-
able.
..NNOOPPAATTHH Do not search for the target in the directories specified by
..PPAATTHH.
..NNOOTTMMAAIINN Normally bbmmaakkee selects the first target it encounters as the
default target to be built if no target was specified. This
source prevents this target from being selected.
..OOPPTTIIOONNAALL
If a target is marked with this attribute and bbmmaakkee can't fig-
ure out how to create it, it will ignore this fact and assume
the file isn't needed or already exists.
..PPHHOONNYY The target does not correspond to an actual file; it is always
considered to be out of date, and will not be created with the
--tt option. Suffix-transformation rules are not applied to
..PPHHOONNYY targets.
..PPRREECCIIOOUUSS
When bbmmaakkee is interrupted, it normally removes any partially
made targets. This source prevents the target from being
removed.
..RREECCUURRSSIIVVEE
Synonym for ..MMAAKKEE.
..SSIILLEENNTT Do not echo any of the commands associated with this target,
exactly as if they all were preceded by an at sign (`@').
..UUSSEE Turn the target into bbmmaakkee's version of a macro. When the tar-
get is used as a source for another target, the other target
acquires the commands, sources, and attributes (except for
..UUSSEE) of the source. If the target already has commands, the
..UUSSEE target's commands are appended to them.
..UUSSEEBBEEFFOORREE
Exactly like ..UUSSEE, but prepend the ..UUSSEEBBEEFFOORREE target commands
to the target.
..WWAAIITT If ..WWAAIITT appears in a dependency line, the sources that precede
it are made before the sources that succeed it in the line.
Since the dependents of files are not made until the file
itself could be made, this also stops the dependents being
built unless they are needed for another branch of the depen-
dency tree. So given:
x: a .WAIT b
echo x
a:
echo a
b: b1
echo b
b1:
echo b1
the output is always `a', `b1', `b', `x'.
The ordering imposed by ..WWAAIITT is only relevant for parallel
makes.
SSPPEECCIIAALL TTAARRGGEETTSS
Special targets may not be included with other targets, i.e. they must be
the only target specified.
..BBEEGGIINN Any command lines attached to this target are executed before
anything else is done.
..DDEEFFAAUULLTT
This is sort of a ..UUSSEE rule for any target (that was used only
as a source) that bbmmaakkee can't figure out any other way to cre-
ate. Only the shell script is used. The ..IIMMPPSSRRCC variable of a
target that inherits ..DDEEFFAAUULLTT's commands is set to the target's
own name.
..EENNDD Any command lines attached to this target are executed after
everything else is done.
..EERRRROORR Any command lines attached to this target are executed when
another target fails. The ..EERRRROORR__TTAARRGGEETT variable is set to the
target that failed. See also MMAAKKEE__PPRRIINNTT__VVAARR__OONN__EERRRROORR.
..IIGGNNOORREE Mark each of the sources with the ..IIGGNNOORREE attribute. If no
sources are specified, this is the equivalent of specifying the
--ii option.
..IINNTTEERRRRUUPPTT
If bbmmaakkee is interrupted, the commands for this target will be
executed.
..MMAAIINN If no target is specified when bbmmaakkee is invoked, this target
will be built.
..MMAAKKEEFFLLAAGGSS
This target provides a way to specify flags for bbmmaakkee when the
makefile is used. The flags are as if typed to the shell,
though the --ff option will have no effect.
..NNOOPPAATTHH Apply the ..NNOOPPAATTHH attribute to any specified sources.
..NNOOTTPPAARRAALLLLEELL
Disable parallel mode.
..NNOO__PPAARRAALLLLEELL
Synonym for ..NNOOTTPPAARRAALLLLEELL, for compatibility with other pmake
variants.
..OORRDDEERR The named targets are made in sequence. This ordering does not
add targets to the list of targets to be made. Since the depen-
dents of a target do not get built until the target itself could
be built, unless `a' is built by another part of the dependency
graph, the following is a dependency loop:
.ORDER: b a
b: a
The ordering imposed by ..OORRDDEERR is only relevant for parallel
makes.
..PPAATTHH The sources are directories which are to be searched for files
not found in the current directory. If no sources are speci-
fied, any previously specified directories are deleted. If the
source is the special ..DDOOTTLLAASSTT target, then the current working
directory is searched last.
..PPAATTHH.._s_u_f_f_i_x
Like ..PPAATTHH but applies only to files with a particular suffix.
The suffix must have been previously declared with ..SSUUFFFFIIXXEESS.
..PPHHOONNYY Apply the ..PPHHOONNYY attribute to any specified sources.
..PPRREECCIIOOUUSS
Apply the ..PPRREECCIIOOUUSS attribute to any specified sources. If no
sources are specified, the ..PPRREECCIIOOUUSS attribute is applied to
every target in the file.
..SSHHEELLLL Sets the shell that bbmmaakkee will use to execute commands. The
sources are a set of _f_i_e_l_d_=_v_a_l_u_e pairs.
_n_a_m_e This is the minimal specification, used to select
one of the builtin shell specs; _s_h, _k_s_h, and _c_s_h.
_p_a_t_h Specifies the path to the shell.
_h_a_s_E_r_r_C_t_l Indicates whether the shell supports exit on error.
_c_h_e_c_k The command to turn on error checking.
_i_g_n_o_r_e The command to disable error checking.
_e_c_h_o The command to turn on echoing of commands executed.
_q_u_i_e_t The command to turn off echoing of commands exe-
cuted.
_f_i_l_t_e_r The output to filter after issuing the _q_u_i_e_t com-
mand. It is typically identical to _q_u_i_e_t.
_e_r_r_F_l_a_g The flag to pass the shell to enable error checking.
_e_c_h_o_F_l_a_g The flag to pass the shell to enable command echo-
ing.
_n_e_w_l_i_n_e The string literal to pass the shell that results in
a single newline character when used outside of any
quoting characters.
Example:
.SHELL: name=ksh path=/bin/ksh hasErrCtl=true \
check="set -e" ignore="set +e" \
echo="set -v" quiet="set +v" filter="set +v" \
echoFlag=v errFlag=e newline="'\n'"
..SSIILLEENNTT Apply the ..SSIILLEENNTT attribute to any specified sources. If no
sources are specified, the ..SSIILLEENNTT attribute is applied to every
command in the file.
..SSTTAALLEE This target gets run when a dependency file contains stale
entries, having _._A_L_L_S_R_C set to the name of that dependency file.
..SSUUFFFFIIXXEESS
Each source specifies a suffix to bbmmaakkee. If no sources are
specified, any previously specified suffixes are deleted. It
allows the creation of suffix-transformation rules.
Example:
.SUFFIXES: .o
.c.o:
cc -o ${.TARGET} -c ${.IMPSRC}
EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT
bbmmaakkee uses the following environment variables, if they exist: MACHINE,
MACHINE_ARCH, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, MAKEOBJDIR, MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX, MAKESYSPATH,
PWD, and TMPDIR.
MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX and MAKEOBJDIR may only be set in the environment or on
the command line to bbmmaakkee and not as makefile variables; see the descrip-
tion of `_._O_B_J_D_I_R' for more details.
FFIILLEESS
.depend list of dependencies
Makefile list of dependencies
makefile list of dependencies
sys.mk system makefile
/usr/share/mk system makefile directory
CCOOMMPPAATTIIBBIILLIITTYY
The basic make syntax is compatible between different versions of make,
however the special variables, variable modifiers and conditionals are
not.
The way that parallel makes are scheduled changed in NetBSD 4.0 so that
.ORDER and .WAIT apply recursively to the dependent nodes. The algo-
rithms used may change again in the future.
The way that .for loop variables are substituted changed after NetBSD 5.0
so that they still appear to be variable expansions. In particular this
stops them being treated as syntax, and removes some obscure problems
using them in .if statements.
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
mkdep(1)
HHIISSTTOORRYY
bbmmaakkee is derived from NetBSD make(1). It uses autoconf to facilitate
portability to other platforms.
A make command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. This make implementation
is based on Adam De Boor's pmake program which was written for Sprite at
Berkeley. It was designed to be a parallel distributed make running jobs
on different machines using a daemon called ``customs''.
Historically the target/dependency ``FRC'' has been used to FoRCe
rebuilding (since the target/dependency does not exist... unless someone
creates an ``FRC'' file).
BBUUGGSS
The make syntax is difficult to parse without actually acting of the
data. For instance finding the end of a variable use should involve
scanning each the modifiers using the correct terminator for each field.
In many places make just counts {} and () in order to find the end of a
variable expansion.
There is no way of escaping a space character in a filename.
NetBSD 5.1 October 25, 2013 NetBSD 5.1
|