Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <[email protected]> · Sun, 25 Nov 2018 07:59:48 -0800

On 11/25/18 12:05 AM, Abdalla Ahmad via Tech-talk wrote:
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> As you know this variable is defined in configure/CONFIG_SITE (or CONFIG_APP in some exceptions) and quoting from that file, this variable is used "To install files into a location other than $(TOP)".
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> 1.       What files are being installed?

Everything which would be copied to eg $(TOP)/bin and similar (lib, db, dbd, ...).

> 2.       Defining this variable in EPICS base does not include the startup folder scripts, therefore anything using the "installed" EPICS_BASE will not find the script EpicsHostArch for example. Is this an issue or this is how it works?

While there have been recent changes in Base 7.0.x, this was long the case.
For the Debian packages, I handled these specially.

https://github.com/epicsdeb/epics-base/blob/5e0e68dfc6c2cdd700aef15b65fdd0068c7e00f7/debian/epics-dev.install#L28-L30

> 3.       Base on #1, when you define INSTALL_LOCATION in some modules that have UI files or some databases in App/Db/, why these files are not included in the installation?

Some modules are lack about installing from Db/.  These need to be listed
in *App/Db/Makefile.  Probably worth mentioning to the module author,
though in the short term this means additional work in the packaging.

Also, you'll want to look at FINAL_LOCATION, and maybe LINKER_USE_RPATH as well.

> Best Regards,
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> Abdalla Ahmad
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System