Re: User Created File Types: FILE TYPE += ABC [EPICS R3-14-12]

[Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@gmx.de>]

Hi Ernest,

the main issue behind this:
In the traditional EPICS build system, IOC startup files (actually everything under iocBoot) are considered source files. Other than for libraries, databases etc., these sources are not compiled in any way, and they do not create any products that are installed. Without an installation step, $(INSTALL_LOCATION) does not apply.

For our HZB/BESSY developments, we are creating the startup files programmatically in an ...App directory, so we changed our rules to treat .../iocBoot as an installation directory (much like lib, bin, ...), and install the created startup scripts there. In this setting, there is an installation step for these files, and $(INSTALL_LOCATION) works as expected.

Trying to select the relevant configuration parts....


Our CONFIG contains:

INSTALL_BOOT := $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/iocBoot
UNINSTALL_DIRS += $(INSTALL_BOOT)


The ...App Makefile uses this by setting:

IOCS = $( /* database call to get ioc names */ )
STCMD_INSTALLS = $(IOCS:%=$(INSTALL_BOOT)/ioc%/st.cmd)

build: $(STCMD_INSTALLS)

$(STCMD_INSTALLS): $(INSTALL_BOOT)/ioc%/st.cmd: $(COMMON_DIR)/st.cmd.%
        @echo "Installing $@"
        @$(CP) $< st.cmd
        @$(INSTALL) -d -m 644 st.cmd $(@D)
        @$(RM) st.cmd

$(COMMON_DIR)/st.cmd.%: ../%.st.cmd
        @$(CP) $< $@


Hope this shows the general direction...

Cheers,
~Ralph


On 30.10.2012 16:51, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:

Hi Janet,

How is it going?

For IOC Application deployment; I would like to take advantage of the $(INSTALL LOCATION).
The only problem is that IOC Startup files do not get installed along with other products such as databases, libraries, etc...

So, I tried to do something like the following:

In my  $IOC_APP_TOP/iocBoot/<iocName>

Create CONFIG_STARTUP:
============ CONFIG_STARTUP ========================
FILE_TYPE +=  STARTUP
INSTALL_EDL = $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/ioc/vioc-b34-cd39
=====================================================

Add to Makefile:

========== Makefile =====================================
TOP = ../..
include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
# =====================================================
# Config for installing IOC startup related files:
# =====================================================
CFG +=  CONFIG_STARTUP

ARCH = linuxRT-x86
TARGETS = envPaths
INSTALL_STARTUP += envPaths rtPrioritySetup.cmd st.cmd
include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
include $(TOP)/configure/RULES.ioc
# =====================================================


The above does not work.

[ernesto@cdlx01 vioc-b34-cd39]$ make
/afs/slac/g/lcls/epics/base/base-R3-14-12/configure/RULES_DIRS:72: *** target file `clean' has both : and :: entries.  Stop.


Can you recommend a way to achieve this in the context of the EPICS Make/Build system?

Cheers,
Ernest