Building Matlab Channel Access with Base R3.15.7

[Eric Norum via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

Recent attempts to build the Matlab channel access extension on my OS X machine resulted in

. . .

In file included from mca.cpp:15:

In file included from /usr/local/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/cadef.h:40:

In file included from /usr/local/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/epicsThread.h:131:

In file included from /usr/local/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/epicsMutex.h:13:

In file included from /usr/local/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/epicsAssert.h:20:

/usr/local/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/compilerDependencies.h:19:10: fatal error: 'compilerSpecific.h' file not found

The mca extension build system doesn’t use any of the EPICS build stuff and thus must be told the location of the compiler-specific headers.

Also, the dbStaticHost library doesn’t seem to exist now, but removing the reference to it doesn’t seem to hurt things.

Here’s my quick fix — should work on Linux too, but not tested:

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile

index f6f63f8..fc21b2a 100644

--- a/Makefile

+++ b/Makefile

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@

        

 ifeq (darwin, $(findstring darwin,$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)))

 OS_CLASS = Darwin

+CMPLR_CLASS = clang

 MEXOUT = mexmac

 # For Octave:

 # MEXOUT = mex

@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ endif

 

 ifeq (linux, $(findstring linux,$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)))

 OS_CLASS = Linux

+CMPLR_CLASS = gcc

 MEXOUT = mexglx

 endif

 

@@ -52,12 +54,13 @@ FLAGS += -v

 # Includes -------------------------------------------

 # EPICS Base

 FLAGS += -I$(EPICS_BASE)/include

+FLAGS += -I$(EPICS_BASE)/include/compiler/$(CMPLR_CLASS)

 FLAGS += -I$(EPICS_BASE)/include/os/$(OS_CLASS)

 FLAGS += -DEPICS_DLL_NO

 

 # Libraries ------------------------------------------

 # EPICS Base

-FLAGS += -L$(EPICS_BASE)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) -ldbStaticHost -lCom -lca

+FLAGS += -L$(EPICS_BASE)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) -lCom -lca

 

 $(OUT):

        mkdir $(OUT)

-- 
Eric Norum
wenorum@lbl.gov