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  629   03 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionBuilding MIDAS using CMake
I write some configure file to build MIDAS using CMake. The usage is simple:
1. Unzip the attachment, copy "CMakeLists.txt" and directory "cmake" into the
midas source tree.
   $ cp -rp CMakeLists.txt cmake/  <PATH-TO-MIDAS>/
2. make a separate directory, such as "build". It's a good habit to build a
project without polluting the source tree. :-)
   $ mkdir build
3. Executing cmake
   $ cd build && cmake <PATH-TO-MIDAS>
4. Make
   $ make

Or, you can generate Xcode project files:
  $ cmake -G Xcode <PATH-TO-MIDAS>
or using visual studio
  $ cmake -G "Visual Studio" <PATH-TO-MIDAS>
(I havn't Visual Studio and windows, so the above command is not tested.)
or using other IDEs, such as KDevelop3, Eclipse, etc, just type:
  $ cmake -G "KDevelop3" <PATH-TO-MIDAS>
or
  $ cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4" <PATH-TO-MIDAS>


I test the configure file with GNU make and CMake 2.6.4 on Debian Lenny. I
havn't add installation commands now. Maybe later. If anyone interests in it, I
may check it again. Anyway, I'm using it.
  630   03 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionSome screenshot using CMake with MIDAS
I didn't add optimization flags to compile, so I got link error while generating mcnaf as I reported before.
The screen-shots show that the configure files works because I have modified the "driver/camac/camacrpc.c".
  633   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportDelete key "/A_Str" problem
Another problem while using odbedit.
I tried the batch mode of "odbedit". I created a key as "/A_Str" by mistake and 
wanted to delete it. Then "odbedit" failed to accept the "Return" key. Please see 
the screen-shot attached. :-(
  634   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionCould not create strings other than 32 characters with odbedit -c "..." command
> Ok, I added a command
> 
> odbedit -c "create STRING Test[8][40]"
> 
> which works now. Please update to SVN revision 4555 of odbedit.c
> 
> - Stefan

If I want to create only one string, should I write like this:

  odbedit -c "create STRING Test[] [256]"

OK. I need it. I will try the new odbedit.
  635   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportCompiling error of "src/history_odbc.cxx"
Version svn-r4556, I got a compiling error as below:
/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/src/history_odbc.cxx: In member function 'virtual int 
SqlODBC::GetNumRows()':
/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/src/history_odbc.cxx:589: error: cannot convert 'SQLINTEGER*' 
to 'long int*' for argument '2' to 'SQLRETURN SQLRowCount(void*, long int*)'
/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/src/history_odbc.cxx: In member function 'virtual const char* 
SqlODBC::GetColumn(int)':
/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/src/history_odbc.cxx:638: error: cannot convert 'SQLINTEGER*' 
to 'long int*' for argument '6' to 'SQLRETURN SQLGetData(void*, SQLUSMALLINT, 
SQLSMALLINT, void*, long int, long int*)'
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/midas-static.dir/src/history_odbc.cxx.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/build'
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/midas-static.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/DAQ/bot/midas/build'

The detail error log is attached. I used my CMake script without any optimization flags. I will try the default Makefile again.
  636   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportCompiling error of "src/history_odbc.cxx"

Exaos Lee wrote:
Version svn-r4556, I got a compiling error as below:
The detail error log is attached. I used my CMake script without any optimization flags. I will try the default Makefile again.


BUG is confirmed using the default "Makefile".
  637   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug FixMaybe a fix
Changing "SQLINTEGER" to "SQLLEN" maybe let the compiling pass. See the attached diff.

But I failed in another error. It was the problem in CMakeLists.txt. (FIXED)
  638   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionUpdated "CMakeLists.txt"
Add installation commands. Please see the attachment.
  639   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportDelete key "/A_Str" problem
> Another problem while using odbedit.
> I tried the batch mode of "odbedit". I created a key as "/A_Str" by mistake and 
> wanted to delete it. Then "odbedit" failed to accept the "Return" key. Please see 
> the screen-shot attached. :-(

This bug has been fixed in the latest repository.
I encountered it in svn-r4488.
  640   06 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionCould not create strings other than 32 characters with odbedit -c "..." command
> > Ok, I added a command
> > 
> > odbedit -c "create STRING Test[8][40]"
> > 
> > which works now. Please update to SVN revision 4555 of odbedit.c
> > 
> > - Stefan
> 
> If I want to create only one string, should I write like this:
> 
>   odbedit -c "create STRING Test[] [256]"
> 
> OK. I need it. I will try the new odbedit.

"create STRING test[1][256]" works.
  641   07 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeForumdeprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
I encountered many warning while building MIDAS (svn r4556). Please see the
attached log file. Most of them are caused by type conversion from string to
"char*".
Though I can ignore all the warning without any problem, I still hate to see
them. :-)
  647   27 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeForumdeprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
> There is no "type conversions". The compiler is whining about code like this:
> 
> /* data type names */
> static char *tid_name[] = {
>    "NULL",
>    "BYTE",
>    ...
> 
> I guess we should keep the compiler happy and make them "static const char*".
> 
> BTW, my compiler is SL5.2 gcc-4.1.2 and it does not complain. What's your compiler?
> 
> K.O.

Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.3.4-2' --with-
bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs --enable-
languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-multiarch -
-enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-
gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 
--program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --
enable-mpfr --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --
host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-2)
  648   29 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportError invoking 'odbedit': db_validate_size
Revision: r4567
Error output:
$ odbedit -e expcvadc
odbedit: /opt/DAQ/repos/bot/midas/src/odb.c:651: db_validate_sizes: Assertion `sizeof(EQUIPMENT_INFO) == 400' failed.
zsh: abort      odbedit -e expcvadc
  649   29 Sep 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportError invoking 'odbedit': db_validate_size
It seems to be fixed in svn-r4568:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
r4568 | olchanski | 2009-09-27 23:56:39 +0800 (&#26085;, 27  9&#26376; 2009) | 5 lines

mhttpd: compile using the C++ compiler.
mhttpd: fix wrong initialization of /History/ODBC_DSN
odb.c: size of EQUIPMENT_INFO has changed.
Makefile: use "-O2" compiler flag instead of "-O3" - to fix SL5 gcc crash (ICE) 

But another compiling error:
Linking CXX executable bin/mh2sql
CMakeFiles/mh2sql.dir/utils/mh2sql.cxx.o: In function `main':
/opt/DAQ/repos/bot/midas/utils/mh2sql.cxx:150: undefined reference to `MakeMidasHistoryODBC()'
  655   08 Oct 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportMultiple definition of `SqlODBC::SqlODBC()
I found there are two SqlODBC defined in different sources.
$ grep -n "class SqlODBC" src/*
src/history_odbc.cxx:282:class SqlODBC: public SqlBase
src/history_sql.cxx:293:class SqlODBC: public SqlBase
Both of them will be archived into one library libmidas.a if "HAVE_ODBC" defined. Then if you build a shared library, you will
get a link error as the following:
Linking CXX shared library lib/libmidas.so
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/bin/c++  -fPIC   -shared -Wl,-soname,libmidas.so -o lib/libmidas.so CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/ftplib.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/midas.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/system.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/mrpc.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/odb.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/ybos.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/history.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/alarm.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/elog.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/opt/DAQ/repos/bot/mxml/mxml.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/opt/DAQ/repos/bot/mxml/strlcpy.c.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/history_odbc.cxx.o CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/history_sql.cxx.o 
CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/history_sql.cxx.o: In function `SqlODBC':
/opt/DAQ/repos/bot/midas/src/history_sql.cxx:200: multiple definition of `SqlODBC::SqlODBC()'
CMakeFiles/midas-shared.dir/src/history_odbc.cxx.o:/opt/DAQ/repos/bot/midas/src/history_odbc.cxx:315: first defined here
...
history_odbc.cxx:727: first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [lib/libmidas.so] Error 1

Why is the class "SqlODBC" duplicated?
  658   09 Oct 2009 Exaos LeeBug ReportBuilding error of history_midas.cxx due to missing declaration
Platform: Debian Linux testing
Compiler: gcc 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-2)
Arch: x86
Description:
  The "g++" is whining while compiling history_midas.cxx. Please see the attached log file.
This can be fixed by add "#include <cstdlib>" to the C++ source. You know, different versions
of g++ don't act the same way. I think, maybe in version 4.2 or before, g++ can automatically
include the C header "stdlib.h" (which in C++ should be <cstdlib> because of some confusion
between C and C++), but not in version 4.3 or later. I tested g++-4.4, the problem still exists.
And g++-4.2 gives no error.
  663   15 Oct 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionBuilding MIDAS using CMake
The attached zip file is the updated configurations for building MIDAS using CMake. It works with svn-r4604.
If you want to use it, please follow the steps here:

Quote:


  1. Unzip the attachment, copy CMakeLists.txt and directory "cmake" into the midas source tree.
    $ cp -rp CMakeLists.txt cmake/ <Path-to-MIDAS-tree>/
  2. Make a build dir, and change to it.
  3. Execute cmake as this
    $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path-to-install> <path-to-MIDAS-tree>
  4. Make and install

You may use 'cmake -G <generator-name>' to generate building files for Unix Makefiles, Eclipse CDT4, KDevelop3 or Xcode, etc. I didn't test with other platforms. It now works with Unix Makefiles under Linux system. Please feedback any bugs to me: Exaos.Lee(AT)gmail.com .
  664   19 Oct 2009 Exaos LeeForumIt' better to fix this warnings
> There is no "type conversions". The compiler is whining about code like this:
>
> /* data type names */
> static char *tid_name[] = {
> "NULL",
> "BYTE",
> ...
>
> I guess we should keep the compiler happy and make them "static const char*".
>
> BTW, my compiler is SL5.2 gcc-4.1.2 and it does not complain. What's your compiler?
>
> K.O.

When I use "make" with odbedit, the generated "experim.h" also contains such codes as:
#define EXPCVADC_COMMON_STR(_name) char *_name[] = {\
"[.]",\
...
This will cause "type conversion" warnings. I hope that "odbedit" can generate codes like this:
#define EXPCVADC_COMMON_STR(_name) const char *_name[] = {\
"[.]",\
...
In fact, "const char*" is enough to suppress the warnings. Using "const char* foo=\"blarblar\"" is a good habit because it can avoid the following bugs:
char *s = "whatever";
...
strcpy(s, "Hello, this is a string longer than the initial one.");
The above code can successfully generate an executable, but it will encounter segmentation fault while executing. "const char*" means we should not change the variable in other place, which is important to suppress bugs.

Another problem, if I change the "experim.h" as I wished, new warnings appeared when the compiler parsing the following code:
status = db_create_record(hDB, 0, set_str, strcomb(expcvadc_settings_str));
Warning:
cvadcfe.c: In function ‘frontend_init’:
cvadcfe.c:144: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘strcomb’ from incompatible pointer type
  667   02 Nov 2009 Exaos LeeBug FixBuild error due to missing header
I encountered a build error as "sort undefined...". It is caused by missing C++ header <algorithm> in which "sort" is defined. It can be fixed as the attachment.

Environment:
G++: 4.3.4
Platform: Debian Linux testing

> I committed an updated lazylogger with updated documentation. The new version supports subruns and
> can save to external storage arbitrary files (i.e. odb dump files). It also moves most book keeping out of
> odb to permit handling more files on bigger storage disks.
>
> Example lazylogger scripts for castor (CERN) and dcache (TRIUMF) are in the directory "utils".
>
> The lazylogger documentation was updated to remove obsolete information and to describe the new
> functions. As usual "make dox; cd doxfiles/html; firefox index.html" or see my copy at:
>
> http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~olchansk/midas/Utilities.html#lazylogger_task
>
> svn rev 4615, 4616.
> K.O.
  668   02 Nov 2009 Exaos LeeSuggestionNew cmake files
Though ended with ".c", "lazylogger.c" has to be build with C++ compiler. I have 
to modify my CMakeLists.txt. 
Please see the attachment if you need it. It works with svn-r4616.
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