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Subject: build system change for visual studio
From: "Jeff Hill" <[email protected]>
To: "Janet Anderson" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:47:25 -0700
Hi,

For some time now I have run into issues with IDEs because the EPICS build
uses relative (not full) source file paths on the compile command line (and
also relative object file paths on the link command line). This is an issue
(for me) now with visual studio 2010, but I recall that it was also an issue
with debuggers finding the source codes from their object code debugging
information in the past on UNIX. I just recently discovered gnu make's
$(realpath xxx) filter, and I applied a fix for a visual studio 2010 error
message auto-vectoring issue, but haven?t fixed the include paths (that
would result in a very verbose compile line and fortunately the ms compiler
converts to full paths in its error messages for header files). I also
haven?t looked at the link command line, and currently my source file path
fix only applies to the Microsoft compiler based build. So perhaps Janet
will want to look for a clean top level fix (as an alternative to a band-aid
fix for the Microsoft build).

I was unable to accomplish the fix I needed by changing only the windows
version of the PATH_FILTER because currently the PATH_FILTER is applied to a
variable with -I clauses in it (the INCLUDES variable as I recall) and
filtering that variable with ($realpath, xxx) causes the build to fail (it
appends the full path as a prefix to the -I clauses).

I also experimented with removal of the double backslash from the windows
version of the PATH_FILTER because its unsightly and because it seems to
build successfully without this. However, I don?t remember for certain what
was the original compelling reason for the double backslash in the windows
build, so we should approach that change carefully.

=== modified file 'configure/CONFIG_COMMON'
--- configure/CONFIG_COMMON     2011-01-15 01:41:46 +0000
+++ configure/CONFIG_COMMON     2011-02-02 17:58:30 +0000
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
 # Build compile line here

 PATH_FILTER = $(1)
+REAL_PATH_FILTER = $(1)
 COMPILE.c = $(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(call PATH_FILTER,$(INCLUDES))
 COMPILE.cpp = $(CCC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(call
PATH_FILTER,$(INCLUDES))


=== modified file 'configure/RULES_BUILD'
--- configure/RULES_BUILD       2011-01-15 01:41:46 +0000
+++ configure/RULES_BUILD       2011-02-02 17:53:58 +0000
@@ -183,22 +183,22 @@
 %$(OBJ): %.c
        @$(HDEPENDS_CMD)
        @$(RM) $@
-       $(COMPILE.c) $(call PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.c)
+       $(COMPILE.c) $(call REAL_PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.c)

 %$(OBJ): %.cc
        @$(HDEPENDS_CMD)
        @$(RM) $@
-       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)
+       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call REAL_PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)

 %$(OBJ): %.cpp
        @$(HDEPENDS_CMD)
        @$(RM) $@
-       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)
+       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call REAL_PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)

 %$(OBJ): %.C
        @$(HDEPENDS_CMD)
        @$(RM) $@
-       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)
+       $(COMPILE.cpp) $(call REAL_PATH_FILTER,$<) $(COMPILE_FILTER.cpp)

 # WIN95/NT resource compiler
 %$(RES): %.rc

=== modified file 'configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86'
--- configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86     2010-08-30 22:35:24 +0000
+++ configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86     2011-02-02 18:01:29 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 VALID_BUILDS = Host Ioc

 # convert UNIX path to native path
-PATH_FILTER = $(subst /,\\,$(1))
+PATH_FILTER = $(subst /,\,$(1))
+# this allows visual studio to open the source file when
+# clicking the error messages
+REAL_PATH_FILTER = $(call PATH_FILTER,$(realpath $(1)))


Jeff
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