From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Nov 24 12:21:37 1995 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA18881 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:21:37 -0800 Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA18876 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:21:33 -0800 Received: from mocha.eng.umd.edu (mocha.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.16]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id PAA05730; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:21:10 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by mocha.eng.umd.edu (8.7.2/8.6.4) id PAA03778; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:21:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:21:09 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@mocha.eng.umd.edu To: John Fieber cc: Glen Foster , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Useful addition to handbook? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 If there was a written document detaling the kernel innards, even tho I know it'd be out of date BEFORE it was published, I'd be quite happy to buy it.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!: