BSD equivalents of autoconf, automake, etc.

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-11-18 16:59, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 06:32:21PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> : The minimal Makefile for building a program in FreeBSD looks something
> : like this:
> :
> : 	PROG=	foo
> :
> : 	.include <bsd.prog.mk>
> :
> : I can't even begin to describe all the 'make magic' that is hidden in
> : /usr/share/mk/*.mk, but you can find out most of it by reading the
> : comments in these make(1) include files.
>
> This is exactly what I needed.  I wanted to experiment with building,
> installing, linking, and the same with my own test 'libraries.'  It looks
> like this is much easier than autoconf.

I usually copy stuff from the infinite pool of examples that /usr/src
can be.  For building a library, I jump in /usr/src/lib/libfoo and
skim through a couple of Makefiles.  After a while, you'll get the
hang of it and write all you need without looking at the `samples' :)

I got so used to working in the bsd.*.mk paradigm, that when I had to
build a Solaris kernel module for a system that uses GNU make, I wrote
a make include called sunos.kmod.mk and then started writing in Solaris
stuff like this:

	$ cat sunos/modules/foo/Makefile
	KMOD=	foo
	SRCS=	foo.c fooddi.c foobar.c

	include sunos.kmod.mk
	$