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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Michael Davidsaver [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Using the EPICS Build/Make system to build kernel modules for linux
On 02/19/2015 08:47 AM, Ralph Lange wrote:
> On 18/02/2015 18:18, Jameson Graef Rollins wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 12 2015, "Williams Jr., Ernest L."
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> I would like to hi-jack the EPICS Make system framework to build
>>> kernel modules.
>> I'm so sorry, but I feel compelled to speak out that the EPICS build
>> system is one of the more obscure, convoluted, and unfriendly to work
>> with as I have seen. It makes packaging EPICS and related software
>> extremely difficult.
This isn't a revelation :) As solely Make based build systems go I
consider it to be on the better end of the spectrum. Of course this is
really a commentary on how hard Make makes making.
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I guess this includes GNU autotools ?
The most popular are cmake and autotools.
...
> [1] http://epics.nsls2.bnl.gov/debian/
> [2] https://github.com/epicsdeb
I'll second this. It would be great to have you involved.
Also, you might be interested in:
https://github.com/mdavidsaver/cmake4epics
Which is a side project I work on a little each time I've have a Make
related lost time accident. (I find the experience of debugging
Makefiles similar to dropping something heavy on my foot)
Michael
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