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diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_GNU b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_GNU
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index 0000000000000..0a041a47a3e32
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+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_GNU
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to not build contributed GNU software as a part of the base system.
+This option can be useful if the system built must not contain any code
+covered by the GNU Public License due to legal reasons.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_NS_CACHING b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_NS_CACHING
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index 0000000000000..c86c76d21f7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_NS_CACHING
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to disable name caching in the
+.Pa nsswitch
+subsystem.
+The generic caching daemon,
+.Xr cached 8 ,
+will not be built either if this option is set.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PAM b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PAM
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index 0000000000000..c19725d170d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PAM
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to not build PAM library and modules.