Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Tim Mooney <[email protected]> · Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:20 -0500

Emmanuel, The genSub record was removed from synApps, beginning with

version 5.4,

because EPICS, beginning with version 3.14.10, implements the aSub

record, which is a

drop-in replacement for most uses of the genSub record.

To convert a subroutine from genSub to aSub, globally replace

'genSubRecord' with 'aSubRecord'.

To convert a database from using the genSub record to using the aSub

record, globally

replace 'genSub' with 'aSub'.

To convert a Makefile that linked with genSub to one that doesn't,

remove lines of the form

   calcApp_LIBS += genSub
from the Makefile.

I think that's all you should have to do, though you may also have to modify
configure/RELEASE, and your .dbd files, depending on how your application
referenced genSub support.

Emmanuel Mayssat wrote:

Hello,

I noticed that genSub has been removed from synApps.
Is there a reason for this?
Is it being deprecated?
What should I use in place?

Regards,
--
Emmanuel

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Tim Mooney ([email protected]) (630)252-5417
Beamline Controls & Data Acquisition Group (www.aps.anl.gov/aod/bcda)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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