Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Marty Kraimer <[email protected]> · Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:15:55 -0500

Geoff Savage wrote:
The reason I went down this path is that I can't figure out how to
incorporate the libSymb.a file into an R3.13 build.

Please don't try to use a 3.14 support in a 3.13 application.
It is not supported.
For 3.14.3 the old config as well as the configure rules are still supported but
the old config rules only work for vxWorks IOCs.
Starting with 3.15, and perhaps sooner, the old config rules will no longer be
supported.
One of my tests for 3.14 is for a test stand that has many of the VME devices
supported in the 3.13 releases. I unbundled the hardware support from base and
until recently I built the support with the old config rules. This made the
application more difficult to understand because it was a strange combination of
old and new rules. Starting with 3.14.3 I am building all the hardware support
using the latest 3.14.3 build rules.
I am responsible for the allenBradley 6008 scanner based support. I must support
it on both 3.13 and 3.14. In the CVS repository I created a branch for the 3.13
version and maintain the 3.14 version on the main branch. This is easier than
trying to maintain the 3.13 and 3.14 versions in the same tree like I did
previously.
Bottom line. Don't build with a combination of 3.13 and 3.15 components. It will
cause more problems then it solves.
Marty Kraimer

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System