Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Emmanuel Mayssat <[email protected]> · Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:24:00 -0700

Thank you Janet.
I understand that the %c:%.stt  target needs to be included in the
RULES. This can be done by either editing the ioc Makefile ( as
described below) or editing the EPICS_BASE config(ure?) files.

But I do not want to edit the EPICS_BASE/config(ure) files so I can
easily reinstall epics or duplicate my installation. So to change the
SNCSEQ build variable, I use 
export SNCSEQ=/path/to/seq
and then build epics with make -e (environment has precedence on make
variables). This works great.

1/
Obviously I cannot use the same trick to include a file in a makefile
unless the inclusion is function of a make variable.

2/
Now I am building synApps. And for the same reason as with EPICS_BASE, I
do not want to change any Makefile. Unfortunately all of the build that
includes the sequencer (stt, st files) breaks. Of course, there is now
rules to build C files from the stt/st ones.

Does that mean that now I have no choice but to edit one of my
Makefiles?

Shouldn't the EPICS_BASE build system be smart enough to to include a
rule for stt files based on the setting of SNCSEQ?

Any input is appreciated....

--
Emmanuel

On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 11:08 -0500, Janet Anderson wrote:
> If a configure/RULES_BUILD file exists in a support module defined
> in an application's RELEASE file it will be included by Makefiles
> during the build. This allows a support module to create module
> specific build rules to be used by ioc applications which use the
> support module.
> 
> When a make is done in the configure directory of a makeBaseApp.pl
> application a RULES_INCLUDE file is created in each O.<arch>
> subdirectory. This file contains an include line for a RULES_BUILD
> file from each support module defined in the configure/RELEASE file
> (except EPICS_BASE). The created RULES_INCLUDE file will be included
> by EPICS_BASE configure files during the build.
> 
> Janet
> 
> Eric Norum wrote:
> > I'm sure that Janet can provide a better explanation of this, but the 
> > sequencer seems to work fine for me without requiring any manual 
> > additions to the RULES_BUILD file.  I have only to add a definition for 
> > SNCSEQ in the configure/RELEASE file:
> > 
> > SNCSEQ=/usr/local/iocapps/R3.14.8.2/modules/soft/seq/2-0-11-asd2
> > 
> > 
> > On Oct 6, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Emmanuel Mayssat wrote:
> > 
> >> Mark,
> >>
> >> I also need to include the RULES_BUILD file that comes with the
> >> sequencer source to be able to build the C files from the st one. 
> >>
> >>
> >> MyIoc_SRCS=sequencer.st
> >>
> >> include ${EPICS_SEQUENCER_TOP_DIR}/configure/RULES_BUILD
> >>
> >> --
> >> Emmanuel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > -- 
> > Eric Norum <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> > Advanced Photon Source
> > Argonne National Laboratory
> > (630) 252-4793
> > 
> > 
> 

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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