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Subject: [Fwd: Re: 3.14.8 / cygwin dependency]
From: Janet Anderson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:35:47 -0600
Am sending this message to core-talk.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: 3.14.8 / cygwin dependency
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:21:45 -0600
From: Janet Anderson <[email protected]>
To: Ralph Lange <[email protected]>, Hill Jeff <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

The command line wildcard was introduced 2 days before R3.14.8 was released
as a quick fix for EPICS base bug # 231.  See the bug notes for details.
The new Microsoft Visual c++ 2005 linker creates a .manifest file with each
executable and library (e.g. ca.dll ca.dll.manifest). It seems that this file
needs to be installed in the same directory as the executable/dll. This was a
temporary change I committed until we better understand how manifest files are
used and whether or not we need new CONFIG files for the new compiler. Ken Evans
is now looking into manifests to better understand them and to solve problems
we have with manifests for java jni libraries. Using a wildcard function seems
like a better way to implement the quick fix.

Janet

Ralph Lange wrote:
Hi -

I was thinking and talking about this issue a bit more:
Now I would say it's generally bad to use wildcards for what is done within make target chains, as this introduces hidden dependencies that make never has a chance to know about and resolve correctly.

Janet (or Jeff): What was this wildcard introduced for? As it's not for the Borland (by ifdef) and not for the Microsoft (by my experience), it can only affect the MinGW or Cygnus compilers. Are there other files generated apart from the target dll or exe? Or does the compiler name the target dll or exe different from the usual make target name? Wouldn't it be possible and more appropriate to add targets or change the target name in that case?

Cheers,
Ralph


Jeff Hill wrote:

Thanks Rlaph.
Actually surprised that I havent seen this here.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Lange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:47 AM
To: Janet Anderson
Cc: EPICS Core Talk
Subject: Re: 3.14.8 / cygwin dependency


Hi Janet,

I found the change that broke the non-cygwin build:

In RULES_BUILD 1.88.2.14 the line to install binaries was changed from
  @$(INSTALL_PRODUCT) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_BIN)
to
  ifdef WIN32
      @$(INSTALL_PRODUCT) -d -m 555 $<* $(INSTALL_BIN)
  else
      @$(INSTALL_PRODUCT) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_BIN)
  endif

Immediately afterwards the wildcard was taken back for BORLAND compilations. The problem is that the standard Windows shell - or whatever make uses to call programs on non-cygnus systems - does not allow wildcards in this place. Changing the "$<*" to "$(wildcard $<*)" lets make do the wildcard job, which should be the better option, anyway.

What exactly were you trying to "catch" with that wildcard? For my Microsoft non-cygnus system I actually can't think of any other files that would be matched by it.

I didn't commit any changes to CVS as I wasn't sure about the usefulness of that wildcard. So - if we need the wildcard, please change it as shown above, which will work everywhere. If we don't need the wildcard, going back to the traditional line is fine with me.

Cheers,
Ralph






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