Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:01:42 +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: <20070111110044.R52843@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <45A577DF.2060002@sailorfej.net> References: <45A5604C.6070000@sailorfej.net> <E190C878-DBAB-4F67-A9C0-439280DB2CD7@mac.com> <45A577DF.2060002@sailorfej.net>
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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. 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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