 30 Apr 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, How to convert C midas frontends to C++
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To convert a MIDAS frontend to C++ follow this checklist:
a) add #include "mfe.h" after include of midas.h and fix all compilation errors.
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 11 May 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, switch of MIDAS to C++, which C++?
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> [which c++]
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> - Linux RHEL/SL/CentOS6 - gcc 4.4.7, no C++11.
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22 May 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, switch of MIDAS to C++
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> switch MIDAS to C++
switch to C++ will proceed as follows:
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28 May 2019, Stefan Ritt, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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Great news! I got convinced by some colleagues to switch midas to Cmake. After spending about one day, I wrote some initial CMakeLists.txt file and am so
excited about the advantages that I regret
not having done this step much earlier. Here is some information:
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28 May 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> Great news!
Some additional information.
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28 May 2019, Stefan Ritt, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> > - After successful compilation, all programs and libraries are in the "build" directory
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29 May 2019, Stefan Ritt, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> > > - After successful compilation, all programs and libraries are in the "build" directory
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03 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> 1) cmake3 is available on all currently supported systems:
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> - SL6 (el6), CentOS7 (el7): yum install cmake3 (from EPEL) (invoke as "cmake3")
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05 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switched to C++
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The last bits of code to switch MIDAS to C++ have been committed, see tag midas-2019-05-cxx.
Since the cmake conversion is still in progress, for now, I recommend using the old "make" build for trying this update.
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05 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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Status update on the cmake conversion:
- we have cmake builds working on all supported systems (el6, el7, ubuntu 18.04 LTS, macos 10.13, 10.14)
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05 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, How to convert C midas frontends to C++
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> To convert a MIDAS frontend to C++ follow this checklist:
Pierre A.-A. reminded me that include files for CAEN libraries have to
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10 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, status of self-signed https certificates
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> > > In the mean time, we continue to recommend that mhttpd should be used behind a password protected https proxy (i.e. apache
> > > httpd, etc).
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17 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> Status update on the cmake conversion:
It looks like cmake cannot do several things we need for building midas.
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17 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> > Status update on the cmake conversion:
After the latest updates from Stefan & co, it looks like the cmake builds are working correctly,
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17 Jun 2019, Stefan Ritt, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> - it looks like cmake does not like building variant executables and object files, i.e. "with ROOT" and "without ROOT".
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> I need to set "-DHAVE_ROOT" for building "with ROOT" and unset it via remove_definitions() for building "without ROOT",
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18 Jun 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, MIDAS switching to Cmake
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> target_compile_options(rmlogger PRIVATE -DHAVE_ROOT)
Got it. Now I can build the duplets of mana.o and rmana.o (and .a) - mana always without ROOT, rmana with ROOT if available. This is the same as
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04 Jul 2019, Lukas Gerritzen, Info, Limitations of MSL
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Hi,
I am missing a few features. Do any of the following exist and I have just
overlooked them?
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05 Jul 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, Limitations of MSL
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> I am missing a few features.
MSL did not start out as a fully featured programming language.
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08 Jul 2019, Stefan Ritt, Info, Limitations of MSL
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Sure some existing scripting languages can be used, but they fall short of a few important items in larger experiments:
- they are typically run from a local terminal in the counting house. A remote observer of the experiment has no idea which script is running and at which |
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08 Jul 2019, Lukas Gerritzen, Info, Limitations of MSL
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Thank you two!
Actually, both solutions would allow me to fix my problem and I can see use cases for both. Having everything web-based is useful in bigger setups. However, |