Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

This upgrade has occurred.  Everyone using the stable/lenny repository
will receive 3.14.11 during the next system upgrade.

Please note that this upgrade includes an ABI incompatible change to the
Base libraries.  After the upgrade all EPICS IOCs and clients which are
not packaged will need to be rebuild or linking errors will occur.

Regards,

Michael Davidsaver
NSLSII Controls Group
Brookhaven National Lab
(631) 344-3698


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:tech-talk-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Davidsaver, Michael
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:46 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: debian package update to 3.14.11
> 
> All,
> 
> The version of EPICS Base in the NSLSII Debian repository will soon be
> upgraded to 3.14.11.  This is a major upgrade since it changes the
> soname of the Base libraries and thus requires a rebuild of most
> packages.  I've finished the builds and we have started internal
> testing.  Anyone who is interested can help test by pointing your
> package manager at the temporary "prep" repository.
> 
> If no major issues arise these builds will be moved to the primary
> repository in a couple of weeks.
> 
> 
> deb http://epics.nsls2.bnl.gov/debian/ prep main contrib.
> 
> Note: The NSLSII EPICS repositories are extensions to the official
> Debian 5.0 (lenny) repository.  However, the "prep" extension
> repository
> is a replacement for the NSLSII "lenny" repository so only one of the
> two should be present in your sources.list unless additional measures
> are taken (search for "apt pinning").
> 
> 
> Important Notes
> 
> * All EPICS related files will move from /usr/epics/base to
> /usr/lib/epics.
> 
> This move is made to be more compliant with Debian rules regarding
file
> system layout.  Making this change removes a major obstacle preventing
> EPICS Base from being included in the official Debian repository.
> 
> * Builds include fixes from 3.14.11+patches bazaar branch
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael Davidsaver
> NSLSII Controls Group
> Brookhaven National Lab
> (631) 344-3698
> 

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