Question about the build process

[Chuck Swiger]

Alina Groulx wrote:
> I have been asked to do a software assessment on FreeBSD. So what I 
> normally do is use a script to wrap around the build process normally
> Makefiles. What I do is run a make -i and just read the build process. I
> have noticed that you do not have a general configure script to build a
> general makefile.  Am I missing something?

Your question is somewhat unclear, but if you are asking whether FreeBSD 
builds via the GNU autoconf-based configure system which one runs to generate 
a Makefile, the answer is, no.

> I guess I need to know how you build it?

Consult the handbook, "man release", or look at /usr/src/Makefile for the 
buildworld target.

> What compiler you use to build the code?

Most commonly, gcc.  There's been some work to support icc as well...

-- 
-Chuck