The following variables can be used to adjust the pfSense build process.

builder_scripts/conf/make.conf

Options for the Freesbie build, perhaps?
Todo: Please help document these or provide a link to documentation.

builder_scripts/conf/pfSense.6

Todo: FreeBSD kernel configuration? (link?)

builder_scripts/conf/pfSense.6.wrap

Todo: What's this?

builder_scripts/build_iso.sh

shouldn't these be in a config file, for example builder_scripts/conf/builder.conf?

EXTRA

Various installer options:
comconsole
Causes serial console access capabilities to be included. (todo: mention whether you can get access to boot loader, kernel boot logging and tty access, or only some of these?)
Note: This might cause the video console to stop working for ttys. If you need to use the image you create on a box without a serial console, for example if you're installing to a harddrive from a vmware session, you need to enter the bootloader and run "set console=vidconsole" to get VGA tty working again. The symptom of this problem occuring is that the last message on the VGA console is something about unpacking md0.uzip.
customroot
todo!
buildmodules
todo!

SKIP_CHECKOUT

Meant to disable CVS updates (todo: and initial checkout of version xyz perhaps?) during the build process. Currently doesn't work.

DEV_IMAGE

If set to yo, causes NetBoot installation capabilities to be included.


This article is a stub; the list is not complete.
If you know of a variable that is not in the list, please add it. Thanks!

See DeveloperBootStrapApfSenseDevelopersISOInstallation for instructions regarding the actual build process.