Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Kay-Uwe Kasemir <[email protected]> · Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:43:09 -0600

At 02:30 PM 4/23/01, Peter Kurpis wrote:
>> > I have immensely enjoyed looking at the $(EPICS_BASE)/config/RULES.Vx MAKE instructions. 
>> Given the increasing complexities of C++ development we were thinking of rewriting 
>> all of EPICS for execution by the GNU make interpreter.
>Having built and watched others build EPICS, I think this would be a *very* welcome
>change.
>As for the implementation, I am guessing you mean using the standard GNU configure
>build.  Is that what you are suggesting?

Hello:

I agree that the EPICS make system is complicated.
When you think that about the Vx part, look at the rules
for the Host portion.

On the other hand, this allows building for various Unixes
and Win32 at different sites.
With 3.14 you can now build what used to be for Vx only
on the "host" and for another RT-OS.

GNU configure is at least as difficult to understand
and all you'll get is that it will no longer work on Win32.

A "better" as in "easier to understand" make system would sure be nice,
but I don't see a real alternative to GNU make & perl.

-Kay

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System