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src.conf(5)

source build options

Part of src-env.conf(5).

NAME

src.conf – source build options

DESCRIPTION

The src.conf file contains variables that control what components will be generated during the build process of the FreeBSD source tree; see build(7).

The src.conf file uses the standard makefile syntax. However, src.conf should not specify any dependencies to make(1). Instead, src.conf is to set make(1) variables that control the aspects of how the system builds.

The default location of src.conf is the top level of the source tree, or /etc/src.conf if no src.conf is found in the source tree itself, though an alternative location can be specified in the make(1) variable SRCCONF. Overriding the location of src.conf may be necessary if the system-wide settings are not suitable for a particular build. For instance, setting SRCCONF to /dev/null effectively resets all build controls to their defaults.

The only purpose of src.conf is to control the compilation of the FreeBSD source code, which is usually located in /usr/src. As a rule, the system administrator creates src.conf when the values of certain control variables need to be changed from their defaults.

In addition, control variables can be specified for a particular build via the -D option of make(1) or in its environment; see environ(7).

The environment of make(1) for the build can be controlled via the SRC_ENV_CONF variable, which defaults to /etc/src-env.conf. Some examples that may only be set in this file are WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD, and WITH_META_MODE, and MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX as they are environment-only variables.

The values of WITH_ and WITHOUT_ variables are ignored regardless of their setting; even if they would be set to “FALSE” or “NO”. The presence of an option causes it to be honored by make(1).

This list provides a name and short description for variables that can be used for source builds.

WITHOUT_ACCT

Do not build process accounting tools such as accton(8) and sa(8).

WITHOUT_ACPI

Do not build acpiconf(8), acpidump(8) and related programs.

WITHOUT_APM

Do not build apm(8), apmd(8) and related programs.

WITH_ASAN

Build the base system with Address Sanitizer (ASan) to detect memory corruption bugs such as buffer overflows or use-after-free. Requires that Clang be used as the base system compiler and that the runtime support library is available. When set, it enforces these options:

WITH_LLVM_BINUTILS

WITHOUT_ASSERT_DEBUG

Compile programs and libraries without the assert(3) checks.

WITHOUT_AT

Do not build at(1) and related utilities.

WITHOUT_AUDIT

Do not build audit support into system programs.

WITHOUT_AUTHPF

Do not build authpf(8).

WITHOUT_AUTOFS

Do not build autofs(4) related programs, libraries, and kernel modules.

WITHOUT_AUTO_OBJ

Disable automatic creation of objdirs. This is enabled by default if the wanted OBJDIR is writable by the current user.

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITH_BEARSSL

Build the BearSSL library.

BearSSL is a tiny SSL library suitable for embedded environments. For details see https://www.BearSSL.org/

This library is currently only used to perform signature verification and related operations for Verified Exec and loader(8).

Due to size constraints in the BIOS environment on x86, one may need to set LOADERSIZE larger than the default 500000, although often loader is under the 500k limit even with this option. Setting LOADERSIZE larger than 500000 may cause pxeboot(8) to be too large to work. Careful testing of the loader in the target environment when built with a larger limit to establish safe limits is critical because different BIOS environments reserve differing amounts of the low 640k space, making a precise limit for everybody impossible.

See also WITH_LOADER_PXEBOOT for other considerations. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITH_LOADER_EFI_SECUREBOOT

(unless WITHOUT_LOADER_EFI_SECUREBOOT is set explicitly)

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC

(unless WITHOUT_LOADER_VERIEXEC is set explicitly)

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX

(unless WITHOUT_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX is set explicitly)

WITH_VERIEXEC

(unless WITHOUT_VERIEXEC is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_BHYVE

Do not build or install bhyve(8), associated utilities, and examples.

This option only affects amd64/amd64 and arm64/aarch64.

WITH_BHYVE_SNAPSHOT

Include support for save and restore (snapshots) in bhyve(8) and bhyvectl(8).

This option only affects amd64/amd64.

WITH_BIND_NOW

Build all binaries with the DF_BIND_NOW flag set to indicate that the run-time loader should perform all relocation processing at process startup rather than on demand. The combination of the BIND_NOW and RELRO options provide "full" Relocation Read-Only (RELRO) support. With full RELRO the entire GOT is made read-only after performing relocation at startup, avoiding GOT overwrite attacks.

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST

This option has been renamed to WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT

This option has been renamed to WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST

Set this if you do not want to build blocklistd(8) and blocklistctl(8). When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_BLOCKLIST_SUPPORT

Build some programs without libblocklist(3) support, like fingerd(8) and sshd(8). When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_BLACKLIST_SUPPORT

WITHOUT_BLUETOOTH

Do not build Bluetooth related kernel modules, programs and libraries.

WITHOUT_BOOT

Do not build the boot blocks and loader.

WITHOUT_BOOTPARAMD

Do not build or install bootparamd(8).

WITHOUT_BOOTPD

Do not build or install bootpd(8).

WITH_BRANCH_PROTECTION

Build with branch protection enabled. On arm64 enable the use of pointer authentication and branch target identification instructions on arm64. These can be used to help mitigate some exploit techniques.

WITHOUT_BSDINSTALL

Do not build bsdinstall(8), sade(8), and related programs.

WITHOUT_BSNMP

Do not build or install bsnmpd(1) and related libraries and data files.

WITHOUT_CALENDAR

Do not build calendar(1).

WITHOUT_CAROOT

Do not add the trusted certificates from the Mozilla NSS bundle to base.

WITHOUT_CASPER

This option has no effect.

WITH_CCACHE_BUILD

Use ccache(1) for the build. No configuration is required except to install the devel/ccache, devel/ccache4, or devel/sccache port or package; in the latter case, set CCACHE_NAME=sccache. When using with distcc(1), set CCACHE_PREFIX=${LOCALBASE}/bin/distcc. The default cache directory is $HOME/.ccache and can be changed by setting CCACHE_DIR. The CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK option defaults to content when using the in-tree bootstrap compiler, and mtime when using an external compiler. The CCACHE_CPP2 option is used for Clang but not GCC.

Sharing a cache between multiple work directories requires using a layout similar to /some/prefix/src /some/prefix/obj and an environment such as:

CCACHE_BASEDIR='${SRCTOP:H}' MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX='${SRCTOP:H}/obj'

See ccache(1) for more configuration options.

WITHOUT_CCD

Do not build geom_ccd(4) and related utilities.

WITHOUT_CDDL

Do not build code licensed under Sun's CDDL. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_CTF

WITHOUT_DTRACE

WITHOUT_DTRACE_TESTS

WITHOUT_LOADER_ZFS

WITHOUT_ZFS

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

WITHOUT_CLANG

Do not build the Clang C/C++ compiler during the regular phase of the build. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_CLANG_EXTRAS

WITHOUT_CLANG_FORMAT

WITHOUT_CLANG_FULL

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_AARCH64

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_AARCH64 is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_ALL

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_ALL is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_ARM

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_ARM is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_POWERPC

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_POWERPC is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_RISCV

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_RISCV is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_CLANG_BOOTSTRAP

Do not build the Clang C/C++ compiler during the bootstrap phase of the build. To be able to build the system, either gcc or clang bootstrap must be enabled unless an alternate compiler is provided via XCC.

WITH_CLANG_EXTRAS

Build additional clang and llvm tools, such as bugpoint and clang-format.

WITH_CLANG_FORMAT

Build clang-format.

WITHOUT_CLANG_FULL

Avoid building the ARCMigrate, Rewriter and StaticAnalyzer components of the Clang C/C++ compiler.

WITH_CLEAN

Clean before building world and/or kernel. Note that recording a new epoch in .clean_build_epoch in the root of the source tree will also force a clean world build. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_DEPEND_CLEANUP

(unless WITH_DEPEND_CLEANUP is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_CPP

Do not build cpp(1).

WITHOUT_CROSS_COMPILER

Do not build any cross compiler in the cross-tools stage of buildworld. When compiling a different version of FreeBSD than what is installed on the system, provide an alternate compiler with XCC to ensure success. When compiling with an identical version of FreeBSD to the host, this option may be safely used. This option may also be safe when the host version of FreeBSD is close to the sources being built, but all bets are off if there have been any changes to the toolchain between the versions. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_CLANG_BOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_LLD_BOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_CRYPT

Do not build any crypto code. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_DMAGENT

WITHOUT_KERBEROS

WITHOUT_LDNS

WITHOUT_LDNS_UTILS

WITHOUT_LOADER_ZFS

WITHOUT_MITKRB5

WITHOUT_OPENSSH

WITHOUT_OPENSSL

WITHOUT_OPENSSL_KTLS

WITHOUT_PKGBOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_UNBOUND

WITHOUT_ZFS

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_KERBEROS_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_KERBEROS_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITH_CTF

Compile with CTF (Compact C Type Format) data. CTF data encapsulates a reduced form of debugging information similar to DWARF and the venerable stabs and is required for DTrace.

WITHOUT_CUSE

Do not build CUSE-related programs and libraries.

WITHOUT_CXGBETOOL

Do not build cxgbetool(8)

This is a default setting on arm/armv7 and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_CXGBETOOL

Build cxgbetool(8)

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITHOUT_DEBUG_FILES

Avoid building or installing standalone debug files for each executable binary and shared library.

WITHOUT_DEPEND_CLEANUP

Do not attempt to detect if the object tree needs cleaning in part or in whole before building. This speeds up incremental builds, especially when experimenting with build options, but may cause the build to inexplicably fail or produce non-functioning binaries.

WITH_DETECT_TZ_CHANGES

Make the time handling code detect changes to the timezone files.

WITHOUT_DICT

Do not build the Webster dictionary files.

WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD

This is an alternate build system. For details see https://www.crufty.net/sjg/docs/freebsd-meta-mode.htm. Build commands can be seen from the top-level with:

make show-valid-targets

The build is driven by dirdeps.mk using DIRDEPS stored in Makefile.depend files found in each directory.

The build can be started from anywhere, and behaves the same. The initial instance of make(1) recursively reads DIRDEPS from Makefile.depend, computing a graph of tree dependencies from the current origin. Setting NO_DIRDEPS skips checking dirdep dependencies and will only build in the current and child directories. NO_DIRDEPS_BELOW skips building any dirdeps and only build the current directory.

This also utilizes the WITH_META_MODE logic for incremental builds.

The build hides commands executed unless NO_SILENT is defined.

Note that there is currently no mass install feature for this. This build is designed for producing packages, that can then be installed on a target system.

The implementation in FreeBSD is incomplete. Completion would require leaf directories for building each kernel and package so that their dependencies can be tracked. When set, it enforces these options:

WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITH_META_ERROR_TARGET

(unless WITHOUT_META_ERROR_TARGET is set explicitly)

WITH_META_MODE

(unless WITHOUT_META_MODE is set explicitly)

WITH_STAGING

(unless WITHOUT_STAGING is set explicitly)

WITH_STAGING_MAN

(unless WITHOUT_STAGING_MAN is set explicitly)

WITH_STAGING_PROG

(unless WITHOUT_STAGING_PROG is set explicitly)

WITH_SYSROOT

(unless WITHOUT_SYSROOT is set explicitly)

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITH_DIRDEPS_CACHE

Cache result of dirdeps.mk which can save significant time for subsequent builds. Depends on WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD.

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITH_DISK_IMAGE_TOOLS_BOOTSTRAP

Build etdump(1), makefs(8) and mkimg(1) as bootstrap tools.

WITHOUT_DMAGENT

Do not build dma Mail Transport Agent.

WITHOUT_DOCCOMPRESS

Do not install compressed system documentation. Only the uncompressed version will be installed.

WITHOUT_DTRACE

Do not build DTrace framework kernel modules, libraries, and user commands. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_CTF

WITHOUT_DTRACE_TESTS

WITH_DTRACE_ASAN

Compile userspace DTrace code (libdtrace, dtrace(1), lockstat(1), plockstat(1)) with address and undefined behavior sanitizers. Requires that Clang be used as the base system compiler and that the runtime support library is available.

WITH_DTRACE_TESTS

Build and install the DTrace test suite in /usr/tests/cddl/usr.sbin/dtrace. This test suite is considered experimental on architectures other than amd64/amd64 and running it may cause system instability.

WITHOUT_DYNAMICROOT

Set this if you do not want to link /bin and /sbin dynamically.

WITHOUT_EE

Do not build and install edit(1), ee(1), and related programs.

WITHOUT_EFI

Set not to build efivar(3) and efivar(8).

This is a default setting on i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITH_EFI

Build efivar(3) and efivar(8).

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64 and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP

Do not build ELF Tool Chain tools (addr2line, nm, size, strings and strip) as part of the bootstrap process. An alternate bootstrap tool chain must be provided.

WITHOUT_EXAMPLES

Avoid installing examples to /usr/share/examples/.

WITHOUT_FDT

Do not build Flattened Device Tree support as part of the base system. This includes the device tree compiler (dtc) and libfdt support library.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64 and i386/i386.

WITH_FDT

Build Flattened Device Tree support as part of the base system. This includes the device tree compiler (dtc) and libfdt support library.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_FILE

Do not build file(1) and related programs.

WITHOUT_FINGER

Do not build or install finger(1) and fingerd(8).

WITHOUT_FLOPPY

Do not build or install programs for operating floppy disk driver.

WITHOUT_FORMAT_EXTENSIONS

Do not enable -fformat-extensions when compiling the kernel. Also disables all format checking.

WITHOUT_FORTH

Build bootloaders without Forth support.

WITHOUT_FREEBSD_UPDATE

Do not build freebsd-update(8).

WITHOUT_FTP

Do not build or install ftp(1).

WITHOUT_GAMES

Do not build games.

WITHOUT_GOOGLETEST

Neither build nor install library “libgmock”, library “libgtest”, and dependent tests.

WITHOUT_GPIO

Do not build gpioctl(8) as part of the base system.

WITHOUT_HAST

Do not build hastd(8) and related utilities.

WITH_HESIOD

Build Hesiod support.

WITHOUT_HTML

Do not build HTML docs.

WITHOUT_HYPERV

Do not build or install HyperV utilities.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_HYPERV

Build or install HyperV utilities.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64 and i386/i386.

WITHOUT_ICONV

Do not build iconv as part of libc.

WITHOUT_INCLUDES

Do not install header files. This option used to be spelled NO_INCS. The option does not work for build targets.

WITHOUT_INET

Do not build programs and libraries related to IPv4 networking. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_INET_SUPPORT

WITHOUT_INET6

Do not build programs and libraries related to IPv6 networking. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_INET6_SUPPORT

WITHOUT_INET6_SUPPORT

Build libraries, programs, and kernel modules without IPv6 support.

WITHOUT_INETD

Do not build inetd(8).

WITHOUT_INET_SUPPORT

Build libraries, programs, and kernel modules without IPv4 support.

WITHOUT_INSTALLLIB

Set this to not install optional libraries. For example, when creating a nanobsd(8) image. The option does not work for build targets.

WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER

Make install targets succeed for non-root users by installing files with owner and group attributes set to that of the user running the make(1) command. The user still must set the DESTDIR variable to point to a directory where the user has write permissions.

WITHOUT_IPFILTER

Do not build IP Filter package.

WITH_IPFILTER_IPFS

Enable building the ipfs(8) tool to save and restore IPFilter state tables.

WITHOUT_IPFW

Do not build IPFW tools.

WITHOUT_IPSEC_SUPPORT

Do not build the kernel with ipsec(4) support. This option is needed for ipsec(4) and tcpmd5(4).

WITHOUT_ISCSI

Do not build iscsid(8) and related utilities.

WITHOUT_JAIL

Do not build tools for the support of jails; e.g., jail(8).

WITHOUT_JEMALLOC_LG_VADDR_WIDE

Disallow programs to use more than 48 address bits on amd64. Incompatible with LA57 mode. Enabling this option might result in a slight reduction in memory consumption for jemalloc metadata, but also requires disabling LA57 (if hardware supports it).

WITHOUT_KDUMP

Do not build kdump(1) and truss(1).

WITHOUT_KERBEROS

Set this to not build Kerberos. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_KERBEROS_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_KERBEROS_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_KERBEROS_SUPPORT

Build some programs without Kerberos support, like ssh(1), telnet(1), and sshd(8).

WITH_KERNEL_BIN

Generate and install kernel.bin from kernel as part of the normal build and install processes for the kernel. Available only on arm and arm64.

Usually this will be added to the kernel config file with:

makeoptions WITH_KERNEL_BIN=1

though it can also be used on the command line.

WITH_KERNEL_RETPOLINE

Enable the "retpoline" mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 in the kernel build.

WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS

Do not install standalone kernel debug symbol files. This option has no effect at build time.

WITHOUT_KVM

Do not build the libkvm library as a part of the base system. The option has no effect yet. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_KVM_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_KVM_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_KVM_SUPPORT

Build some programs without optional libkvm support.

WITHOUT_LDNS

Setting this variable will prevent the LDNS library from being built. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_LDNS_UTILS

WITHOUT_UNBOUND

WITHOUT_LDNS_UTILS

Setting this variable will prevent building the LDNS utilities drill(1) and host(1).

WITHOUT_LEGACY_CONSOLE

Do not build programs that support a legacy PC console; e.g., kbdcontrol(1) and vidcontrol(1).

WITHOUT_LIB32

On 64-bit platforms, do not build 32-bit library set and a ld-elf32.so.1 runtime linker.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LIB32

On 64-bit platforms, build the 32-bit library set and a ld-elf32.so.1 runtime linker.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64 and powerpc/powerpc64.

WITHOUT_LLD

Do not build LLVM's lld linker.

WITHOUT_LLDB

Do not build the LLDB debugger.

This is a default setting on riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LLDB

Build the LLDB debugger.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITHOUT_LLD_BOOTSTRAP

Do not build the LLD linker during the bootstrap phase of the build. To be able to build the system an alternate linker must be provided via XLD.

WITHOUT_LLVM_ASSERTIONS

Disable debugging assertions in LLVM.

WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS

Install ELF Tool Chain's binary utilities instead of LLVM's. This includes addr2line(1), ar(1), nm(1), objcopy(1), ranlib(1), readelf(1), size(1), and strip(1). Regardless of this setting, LLVM tools are used for c++filt(1) and objdump(1). strings(1) is always provided by ELF Tool Chain.

WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP

Do not build LLVM binary utilities during the bootstrap phase of the build. To be able to build the system alternate binary utilities must be provided via XAR, XNM, XOBJCOPY, XSIZE, XSTRINGS, and XSTRIPBIN.

WITH_LLVM_FULL_DEBUGINFO

Generate full debug information for LLVM libraries and tools, which uses more disk space and build resources, but allows for easier debugging.

WITH_LLVM_LINK_STATIC_LIBRARIES

Link LLVM libraries (libllvm, libclang, liblldb) statically into each of the binaries that use them.

This means that binaries linked against these libraries, such as clang, ld.lld and lldb will be much larger and position dependent, but will start more quickly.

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_AARCH64

Do not build LLVM target support for AArch64. The LLVM_TARGET_ALL option should be used rather than this in most cases.

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_ALL

Only build the required LLVM target support. This option is preferred to specific target support options. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_AARCH64

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_AARCH64 is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_ARM

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_ARM is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_POWERPC

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_POWERPC is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_RISCV

(unless WITH_LLVM_TARGET_RISCV is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_ARM

Do not build LLVM target support for ARM. The LLVM_TARGET_ALL option should be used rather than this in most cases.

WITH_LLVM_TARGET_BPF

Build LLVM target support for BPF.

WITH_LLVM_TARGET_LOONGARCH

Build LLVM target support for LoongArch.

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_POWERPC

Do not build LLVM target support for PowerPC. The LLVM_TARGET_ALL option should be used rather than this in most cases.

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_RISCV

Do not build LLVM target support for RISC-V. The LLVM_TARGET_ALL option should be used rather than this in most cases.

WITHOUT_LLVM_TARGET_X86

Do not build LLVM target support for X86. The LLVM_TARGET_ALL option should be used rather than this in most cases.

WITHOUT_LOADER_BIOS

Do not build x86 BIOS loader support

WITHOUT_LOADER_BIOS_TEXTONLY

Include graphics, font and video mode support in the i386 and amd64 BIOS boot loader.

WITH_LOADER_EFI_SECUREBOOT

Enable building loader(8) with support for verification based on certificates obtained from UEFI.

WITHOUT_LOADER_GELI

Disable inclusion of GELI crypto support in the boot chain binaries.

This is a default setting on powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITH_LOADER_GELI

Build GELI bootloader support.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386 and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_LOADER_IA32

Do not build the 32-bit UEFI loader.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LOADER_IA32

Build the 32-bit UEFI loader.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64.

WITHOUT_LOADER_KBOOT

Do not build kboot, a linuxboot environment loader

This is a default setting on arm/armv7, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LOADER_KBOOT

Build kboot, a linuxboot environment loader

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64 and powerpc/powerpc64.

WITHOUT_LOADER_LUA

Do not build LUA bindings for the boot loader.

This is a default setting on powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITH_LOADER_LUA

Build LUA bindings for the boot loader.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386 and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_LOADER_OFW

Disable building of openfirmware bootloader components.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm/armv7, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386 and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LOADER_OFW

Build openfirmware bootloader components.

This is a default setting on powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITHOUT_LOADER_PXEBOOT

Do not build pxeboot on i386/amd64. When the pxeboot is too large, or unneeded, it may be disabled with this option. See WITH_LOADER_PXEBOOT for how to adjust the defaults when you need both a larger /boot/loader and /boot/pxeboot

This option only has an effect on x86.

WITHOUT_LOADER_UBOOT

Disable building of ubldr.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_LOADER_UBOOT

Build ubldr.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7 and powerpc/powerpc64.

WITH_LOADER_USB

Build the usb/kshim library

WITHOUT_LOADER_USERBOOT

Do not build x86 userboot loader support

WITH_LOADER_VERBOSE

Build with extra verbose debugging in the loader. May explode already nearly too large loader over the limit. Use with care.

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC

Enable building loader(8) with support for verification similar to Verified Exec.

Depends on WITH_BEARSSL. May require a larger LOADERSIZE. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITH_LOADER_EFI_SECUREBOOT

(unless WITHOUT_LOADER_EFI_SECUREBOOT is set explicitly)

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX

(unless WITHOUT_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX is set explicitly)

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_PASS_MANIFEST

Enable building loader(8) with support to pass a verified manifest to the kernel. The kernel has to be built with a module to parse the manifest.

Depends on WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC.

WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC_VECTX

Enable building loader(8) with support for hashing and verifying kernel and modules as a side effect of loading.

Depends on WITH_LOADER_VERIEXEC.

WITHOUT_LOADER_ZFS

Do not build ZFS file system boot loader support.

WITHOUT_LOCALES

Do not build localization files; see locale(1).

WITHOUT_LOCATE

Do not build locate(1) and related programs.

WITHOUT_LPR

Do not build lpr(1) and related programs.

WITHOUT_LS_COLORS

Build ls(1) without support for colors to distinguish file types.

WITHOUT_MACHDEP_OPTIMIZATIONS

Prefer machine-independent non-assembler code in libc and libm.

WITHOUT_MAIL

Do not build any mail support (MUA or MTA). When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_DMAGENT

WITHOUT_MAILWRAPPER

WITHOUT_SENDMAIL

WITHOUT_MAILWRAPPER

Do not build the mailwrapper(8) MTA selector.

WITHOUT_MAKE

Do not install make(1) and related support files.

WITHOUT_MAKE_CHECK_USE_SANDBOX

Do not execute “make check” in limited sandbox mode. This option should be paired with WITH_INSTALL_AS_USER if executed as an unprivileged user. See tests(7) for more details.

WITH_MALLOC_PRODUCTION

Disable assertions and statistics gathering in malloc(3). The run-time options opt.abort, opt.abort_conf, and opt.junk also default to false.

WITHOUT_MAN

Do not build manual pages. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_MAN_UTILS

(unless WITH_MAN_UTILS is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_MANCOMPRESS

Do not install compressed man pages. Only the uncompressed versions will be installed.

WITH_MANSPLITPKG

Split man pages into their own packages during make package.

WITHOUT_MAN_UTILS

Do not build utilities for manual pages, apropos(1), makewhatis(1), man(1), whatis(1), manctl(8), and related support files.

WITH_META_ERROR_TARGET

Enable the META_MODE .ERROR target.

This target will copy the meta file of a failed target to ERROR_LOGDIR (default is ‘${SRCTOP:H}/error’) to help with failure analysis. Depends on WITH_META_MODE. This default when WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD is set.

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITH_META_MODE

Create make(1) meta files when building, which can provide a reliable incremental build when using filemon(4). The meta file is created in OBJDIR as target.meta. These meta files track the command that was executed, its output, and the current directory. The filemon(4) module is required unless NO_FILEMON is defined. When the module is loaded, any files used by the commands executed are tracked as dependencies for the target in its meta file. The target is considered out-of-date and rebuilt if any of these conditions are true compared to the last build:

  • The command to execute changes.

  • The current working directory changes.

  • The target's meta file is missing.

  • The target's meta file is missing filemon data when filemon is loaded and a previous run did not have it loaded.

  • [requires filemon(4)] Files read, executed or linked to are newer than the target.

  • [requires filemon(4)] Files read, written, executed or linked are missing.

    The meta files can also be useful for debugging.

    The build hides commands that are executed unless NO_SILENT is defined. Errors cause make(1) to show some of its environment for further debugging.

    The build operates as it normally would otherwise. This option originally invoked a different build system but that was renamed to WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD.

    This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITHOUT_MITKRB5

Set this to build KTH Heimdal instead of MIT Kerberos 5.

WITHOUT_MLX5TOOL

Do not build mlx5tool(8)

This is a default setting on arm/armv7 and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_MLX5TOOL

Build mlx5tool(8)

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64 and powerpc/powerpc64le.

WITHOUT_NETCAT

Do not build nc(1) utility.

WITHOUT_NETGRAPH

Do not build applications to support netgraph(4). When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_BLUETOOTH

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_NETGRAPH_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_NETGRAPH_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_NETGRAPH_SUPPORT

Build libraries, programs, and kernel modules without netgraph support.

WITHOUT_NETLINK

Do not build genl(1) utility.

WITHOUT_NETLINK_SUPPORT

Make libraries and programs use rtsock and sysctl(3) interfaces instead of snl(3).

WITHOUT_NIS

Do not build NIS(8) support and related programs. If set, you might need to adopt your nsswitch.conf(5) and remove ‘nis’ entries.

WITHOUT_NLS

Do not build NLS catalogs. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_NLS_CATALOGS

WITHOUT_NLS_CATALOGS

Do not build NLS catalog support for csh(1).

WITHOUT_NS_CACHING

Disable name caching in the nsswitch subsystem. The generic caching daemon, nscd(8), will not be built either if this option is set.

WITHOUT_NTP

Do not build ntpd(8) and related programs.

WITHOUT_NUAGEINIT

Do not install the limited cloud init support scripts.

WITHOUT_OFED

Do not build the “OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution” InfiniBand software stack, including kernel modules and userspace libraries.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_OFED_EXTRA

WITH_OFED

Build the “OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution” InfiniBand software stack, including kernel modules and userspace libraries.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITH_OFED_EXTRA

Build the non-essential components of the “OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution” Infiniband software stack, mostly examples.

WITH_OPENLDAP

Enable building LDAP support for kerberos using an openldap client from ports.

WITHOUT_OPENMP

Do not build LLVM's OpenMP runtime.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7.

WITH_OPENMP

Build LLVM's OpenMP runtime.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_OPENSSH

Do not build OpenSSH.

WITHOUT_OPENSSL

Do not build OpenSSL. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_DMAGENT

WITHOUT_KERBEROS

WITHOUT_LDNS

WITHOUT_LDNS_UTILS

WITHOUT_LOADER_ZFS

WITHOUT_MITKRB5

WITHOUT_OPENSSH

WITHOUT_OPENSSL_KTLS

WITHOUT_PKGBOOTSTRAP

WITHOUT_UNBOUND

WITHOUT_ZFS

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_KERBEROS_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_KERBEROS_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_OPENSSL_KTLS

Do not include kernel TLS support in OpenSSL.

This is a default setting on arm/armv7 and i386/i386.

WITH_OPENSSL_KTLS

Include kernel TLS support in OpenSSL.

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_PAM

Do not build PAM library and modules. This option is deprecated and does nothing. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_PAM_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_PAM_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_PAM_SUPPORT

Build ppp(8) without PAM support.

WITHOUT_PF

Do not build PF firewall package. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_AUTHPF

WITHOUT_PIE

Do not build dynamically linked binaries as Position-Independent Executable (PIE).

This is a default setting on arm/armv7 and i386/i386.

WITH_PIE

Build dynamically linked binaries as Position-Independent Executable (PIE).

This is a default setting on amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, powerpc/powerpc64, powerpc/powerpc64le and riscv/riscv64.

WITHOUT_PKGBOOTSTRAP

Do not build pkg(7) bootstrap tool.

WITHOUT_PKGCONF

Do not build the pkgconf binaries nor the libpkgconf library.

WITHOUT_PKGSERVE

Do not build or install pkg-serve(8).

WITHOUT_PMC

Do not build pmccontrol(8) and related programs.

WITHOUT_PPP

Do not build ppp(8) and related programs.

WITHOUT_PTHREADS_ASSERTIONS

Disable debugging assertions in pthreads library.

WITHOUT_QUOTAS

Do not build quota(1) and related programs.

WITHOUT_RADIUS_SUPPORT

Do not build radius support into various applications, like pam_radius(8) and ppp(8).

WITH_RATELIMIT

Build the system with rate limit support.

This makes SO_MAX_PACING_RATE effective in getsockopt(2), and txrlimit support in ifconfig(8), by proxy.

WITHOUT_RBOOTD

Do not build or install rbootd(8).

WITHOUT_RELRO

Do not apply the Relocation Read-Only (RELRO) vulnerability mitigation. See also the BIND_NOW option.

WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD

Exclude build metadata (such as the build time, user, or host) from the kernel, boot loaders, and uname(1) output, so that builds produce bit-for-bit identical output.

WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_PATHS

Modify the paths encoded in binary artifacts to be standard path

Normally, the actual path is encoded in the binary. However, this makes the build differ depending on the path it was built from. With this option enabled, the paths recorded are /usr/src, regardless of the actual path. With this option disabled, the actual paths are recorded.

WITHOUT_RESCUE

Do not build rescue(8).

WITH_RETPOLINE

Build the base system with the retpoline speculative execution vulnerability mitigation for CVE-2017-5715.

WITHOUT_ROUTED

Do not build routed(8) utility.

WITH_RPCBIND_WARMSTART_SUPPORT

Build rpcbind(8) with warmstart support.

WITH_RUN_TESTS

Run tests as part of the build.

WITHOUT_SCTP_SUPPORT

Disable support in the kernel for the sctp(4) Stream Control Transmission Protocol loadable kernel module.

WITHOUT_SENDMAIL

Do not build sendmail(8) and related programs.

WITHOUT_SERVICESDB

Do not install /var/db/services.db.

WITHOUT_SETUID_LOGIN

Set this to disable the installation of login(1) as a set-user-ID root program.

WITHOUT_SHAREDOCS

Do not build the 4.4BSD legacy docs.

WITH_SORT_THREADS

Enable threads in sort(1).

WITHOUT_SOUND

Do not build userland sound utilities such as beep(1) and mixer(8).

WITHOUT_SOURCELESS

Do not build kernel modules that include sourceless code (either microcode or native code for host CPU). When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_SOURCELESS_HOST

WITHOUT_SOURCELESS_UCODE

WITHOUT_SOURCELESS_HOST

Do not build kernel modules that include sourceless native code for host CPU.

WITHOUT_SOURCELESS_UCODE

Do not build kernel modules that include sourceless microcode.

WITHOUT_SPLIT_KERNEL_DEBUG

Do not build standalone kernel debug files. Debug data (if enabled by the kernel configuration file) will be included in the kernel and modules. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS

WITHOUT_SSP

Do not build world with stack smashing protection. See mitigations(7) for more information.

WITH_STAGING

Enable staging of files to a stage tree. This can be best thought of as auto-install to DESTDIR with some extra meta data to ensure dependencies can be tracked. Depends on WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD. When set, these options are also in effect:

WITH_STAGING_MAN

(unless WITHOUT_STAGING_MAN is set explicitly)

WITH_STAGING_PROG

(unless WITHOUT_STAGING_PROG is set explicitly)

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITH_STAGING_MAN

Enable staging of man pages to stage tree.

WITH_STAGING_PROG

Enable staging of PROGs to stage tree.

WITH_STALE_STAGED

Check staged files are not stale.

WITHOUT_STATS

Neither build nor install library “libstats” and dependent binaries.

WITHOUT_SYSCONS

Do not build syscons(4) support files such as keyboard maps, fonts, and screen output maps.

WITH_SYSROOT

Enable use of sysroot during build. Depends on WITH_DIRDEPS_BUILD.

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITHOUT_SYSTEM_COMPILER

Do not opportunistically skip building a cross-compiler during the bootstrap phase of the build. Normally, if the currently installed compiler matches the planned bootstrap compiler type and revision, then it will not be built. This does not prevent a compiler from being built for installation though, only for building one for the build itself. The WITHOUT_CLANG option controls that.

WITHOUT_SYSTEM_LINKER

Do not opportunistically skip building a cross-linker during the bootstrap phase of the build. Normally, if the currently installed linker matches the planned bootstrap linker type and revision, then it will not be built. This does not prevent a linker from being built for installation though, only for building one for the build itself. The WITHOUT_LLD option controls that.

This option is only relevant when WITH_LLD_BOOTSTRAP is set.

WITHOUT_TALK

Do not build or install talk(1) and talkd(8).

WITHOUT_TCP_WRAPPERS

Do not build or install tcpd(8), and related utilities.

WITHOUT_TCSH

Do not build and install /bin/csh (which is tcsh(1)).

WITHOUT_TELNET

Do not build telnet(1) and related programs.

WITHOUT_TESTS

Do not build nor install the FreeBSD Test Suite in /usr/tests/. See tests(7) for more details. This also disables the build of all test-related dependencies, including ATF. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_DTRACE_TESTS

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_GOOGLETEST

(unless WITH_GOOGLETEST is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_TESTS_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_TESTS_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_TESTS_SUPPORT

Disable the build of all test-related dependencies, including ATF. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_GOOGLETEST

WITHOUT_TEXTPROC

Do not build programs used for text processing.

WITHOUT_TFTP

Do not build or install tftp(1) and tftpd(8).

WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN

Do not install programs used for program development, compilers, debuggers etc. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_CLANG

WITHOUT_CLANG_EXTRAS

WITHOUT_CLANG_FORMAT

WITHOUT_CLANG_FULL

WITHOUT_LLD

WITHOUT_LLDB

When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS

(unless WITH_LLVM_BINUTILS is set explicitly)

WITH_UBSAN

Build the base system with Undefined Behavior Sanitizer (UBSan) to detect various kinds of undefined behavior at runtime. Requires that Clang be used as the base system compiler and that the runtime support library is available

WITHOUT_UNBOUND

Do not build unbound(8) and related programs.

WITH_UNDEFINED_VERSION

Link libraries with --undefined-version which permits version maps to contain symbols that are not present in the library. If this is necessary to build a particular configuration, a bug is present and the configuration should be reported.

WITHOUT_UNIFIED_OBJDIR

Use the historical object directory format for build(7) targets. For native-builds and builds done directly in sub-directories the format of ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${.CURDIR} is used, while for cross-builds ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${TARGET}.${TARGET_ARCH}/${.CURDIR} is used.

This option is transitional and will be removed in a future version of FreeBSD, at which time WITH_UNIFIED_OBJDIR will be enabled permanently.

This must be set in the environment, make command line, or /etc/src-env.conf, not /etc/src.conf.

WITHOUT_USB

Do not build USB-related programs and libraries. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_USB_GADGET_EXAMPLES

WITHOUT_USB_GADGET_EXAMPLES

Do not build USB gadget kernel modules.

WITHOUT_UTMPX

Do not build user accounting tools such as last(1), users(1), who(1), ac(8), lastlogin(8) and utx(8).

WITH_VERIEXEC

Enable building veriexec(8) which loads the contents of verified manifests into the kernel for use by mac_veriexec(4)

Depends on WITH_BEARSSL.

WITHOUT_VI

Do not build and install vi, view, ex and related programs.

WITHOUT_VT

Do not build vt(4) support files (fonts and keymaps).

WITHOUT_WARNS

Set this to not add warning flags to the compiler invocations. Useful as a temporary workaround when code enters the tree which triggers warnings in environments that differ from the original developer.

WITHOUT_WERROR

Set this to not treat compiler warnings as errors. Useful as a temporary workaround when working on fixing compiler warnings. When set, warnings are still printed in the build log but do not fail the build.

WITHOUT_WIRELESS

Do not build programs used for 802.11 wireless networks; especially wpa_supplicant(8) and hostapd(8). When set, these options are also in effect:

WITHOUT_WIRELESS_SUPPORT

(unless WITH_WIRELESS_SUPPORT is set explicitly)

WITHOUT_WIRELESS_SUPPORT

Build libraries, programs, and kernel modules without 802.11 wireless support.

WITHOUT_WPA_SUPPLICANT_EAPOL

Build wpa_supplicant(8) without support for the IEEE 802.1X protocol and without support for EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-LEAP, and EAP-TTLS protocols (usable only via 802.1X).

WITH_ZEROREGS

Build the basesystem with code to zero caller-used register contents on function return. This prevents leaking temporary values for side channel attacks. Additionally this reduces the number of usable ROP gadgets for attackers.

WITHOUT_ZFS

Do not build the ZFS file system kernel module, libraries such as libbe(3), and user commands such as zpool(8) or zfs(8). Also disable ZFS support in utilities and libraries which implement ZFS-specific functionality. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

WITHOUT_ZFS_TESTS

Do not build and install the legacy ZFS test suite.

WITHOUT_ZONEINFO

Do not build the timezone database. When set, it enforces these options:

WITHOUT_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT

WITH_ZONEINFO_LEAPSECONDS_SUPPORT

Build leapsecond information in to the timezone database. This option violates IEEE Std 1003.1 (“POSIX.1”) and all other applicable standards, and is known to cause unexpected issues with date/time handling in many applications and programming languages.

The following options accept a single value from a list of valid values.

INIT_ALL

Control default initialization of stack variables in C and C++ code. Options other than none require the Clang compiler or GCC 12.0 or later. The default value is none. Valid values are:

none

Do not initialize stack variables (standard C/C++ behavior).

pattern

Build the base system or kernel with stack variables initialized to (compiler defined) debugging patterns on function entry.

zero

Build the base system or kernel with stack variables initialized to zero on function entry. This value is converted to none for amd64 kernel builds due to incompatibility with ifunc memset.

LIBC_MALLOC

Specify the malloc(3) implementation used by libc. The default value is jemalloc. Valid values are:

jemalloc

Other implementations are expected in the future in both FreeBSD and downstream consumers.

FILES

/etc/src.conf
/etc/src-env.conf
/usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk

SEE ALSO

make(1), make.conf(5), build(7), ports(7)

HISTORY

The src.conf file appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

This manual page was autogenerated by tools/build/options/makeman.

History