EPICS Base R3.15.3: Known Problems

Any patch files linked below should be applied at the root of the base-3.15.3 tree. Download them, then use the GNU Patch program as follows:

% cd /path/to/base-3.15.3
% patch -p0 < /path/to/file.patch

The following significant problems have been reported with this version of EPICS Base:

• See LaunchPad bug #1466129: The feature that allows an IOC to bind to a single network interface is not working correctly. The bug mentioned above contains a patch that has been tested on Linux-64, a complete fix is expected for 3.15.4. Note that Windows systems are not affected by this bug.
• Parallel builds ("make -j") on native Windows are not working properly. Builds tend to hang (saturating one core); interrupting and running make again usually finishes the build. Limiting the number of parallel jobs using something like "make -j8" also helps prevent this problem. Sequential builds always work and are recommended for automated build environments.
• 64-bit Windows builds of the CAS library may not work with some compilers. The code in src/legacy/gdd is currently incompatible with the LLP64 model that Windows uses for its 64-bit ABI.