Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Sat Jun 14 12:21:41 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src: BUILDING
Log Message:
Regen from doc/BUILDING.mdoc;1.100:
Improve documentation for BUILDID.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.106 -r1.107 src/BUILDING
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Index: src/BUILDING
diff -u src/BUILDING:1.106 src/BUILDING:1.107
--- src/BUILDING:1.106 Wed May 21 13:12:19 2014
+++ src/BUILDING Sat Jun 14 12:21:41 2014
@@ -151,10 +151,16 @@ CONFIGURATION
otherwise specified, these variables may be set in either the process
environment or the make(1) configuration file specified by MAKECONF.
- BUILDID Identifier for the build. The identifier will be appended to
- object directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
+ BUILDID Identifier for the build. If set, this should be a short
+ string that is suitable for use as part of a file or
+ directory name. The identifier will be appended to object
+ directory names, and can be consulted in the make(1)
configuration file in order to set additional build
- parameters, such as compiler flags.
+ parameters, such as compiler flags. It will also be used as
+ part of the kernel version string, which can be printed by
+ ``uname -v''.
+
+ Default: Unset.
BUILDSEED GCC uses random numbers when compiling C++ code. This
variable seeds the gcc random number generator using the
@@ -1047,4 +1053,4 @@ HISTORY
The build.sh based build scheme was introduced for NetBSD 1.6 as
USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN, and re-worked to TOOLCHAIN_MISSING after that.
-NetBSD November 8, 2012 NetBSD
+NetBSD June 14, 2014 NetBSD
