MKIFY(1) BSD General Commands Manual MKIFY(1)NAMEmkify — BSDBuild auto-bundling script
SYNOPSISmkify module ...
DESCRIPTION
The mkify utility copies installed BSDBuild include files from their sys‐
tem location to mk under the working directory. It accepts a list of
BSDBuild modules as arguments (e.g., ‘prog’ will cause build.prog.mk(5)
to be installed). mkify also scans for include directives and will auto‐
matically install all dependencies as well.
The BSDBuild build system is designed to be bundled with applications as
a stand-alone set of make(1) include files, which are typically installed
in a directory named mk in the top-level directory (or some other central
location) in an application source code, such that people building appli‐
cations which use the BSDBuild build system do not need to have BSDBuild
or any other software installed on their systems.
While the need for a mk directory may be perceived as a problem, there
are several advantages:
1. Makefiles are not generated, they can be edited directly. BSDBuild
will generate Makefiles only when performing concurrent builds
(i.e., building object files in a directory separate from the source
tree).
2. BSDBuild makefiles are orders of magnitude smaller than any gener‐
ated Makefile, avoiding masses of redundant code.
3. There is no Makefile.in, so the total number of files in your tree
is reduced.
SEE ALSOmkconfigure(1), build.common.mk(5), build.lib.mk(5), build.prog.mk(5)
http://hypertriton.com/bsdbuild/
BSD JULY 19, 2007 BSD
