Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Ralph Lange <[email protected]> · Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:27:42 +0100

Hi Christophe,
Don't change the Makefiles' contents - I once tried to do this, with no
success and lots of frustration. There's more to do than just the
Makefile changes to convert a 3.13 application to 3.14.
I know the confusion you're talking about - it's called "3.14 extensions
package", but it contains 3.13 and 3.14 style applications. The point
is, that the applications of this package compile (and are tested)
against a 3.14 base. Nevertheless, some of them use the compatibility
mode, some use the native 3.14 build system.
As long as you have both styles of applications in your extensions tree,
you will have to have both configuration directories: .../config for
your 3.13 style apps and .../configure for your 3.14 style apps. Note
that all applications will be compiled against 3.14 - you don't have to
install a 3.13 base! - but in the extensions tree both configuration
directories have to be present to use the compatibility mode. Install
both tars (extensionsConfig_20040406.tar.gz and
extensionsConfigure_20040406.tar.gz) into your extension tree to make it
work for both 3.13 and 3.14 style applications.

Alternatively, you can keep separate extensions trees for 3.13 and 3.14
style applications and only install one of the tars each. In that case,
you will have to check a new to-be-installed application first and put
it in the appropriate location.
Good luck!
Ralph

Christophe Moins wrote:

Hello Ralph,
thanks for the answer. For the moment I will just try to install both
config and configure directories, I will try later to get authors'
gratitude.
Just one question concerning the 3.14 extensions package, I was
surprised to see that the makefile makes reference to a config
directory whereas only a configure one is available. Is it normal or
should I change its content ?
Christophe

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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