Re: [Xenomai-core] [SOLO] [PATCH] Obtain proper prefix for testsuite build

[Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>]

jserv@domain.hid wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
>   Currently, Xenomai/SOLO comes with testsuite for VxWorks emulation.
> The path to Xenomai/SOLO installation is fixed.  The patch attempts to
> obtain the proper prefix during build process.
> 
> Regards,
> -jserv
> 
> diff --git a/vxworks/testsuite/Makefile b/vxworks/testsuite/Makefile
> index 62430ff..13ca9a0 100644
> --- a/vxworks/testsuite/Makefile
> +++ b/vxworks/testsuite/Makefile
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -SOLO := /usr/local/solo
> +SOLO := $(shell sed -n '/^prefix/'p ../Makefile | cut -c 9-)
>  XENO_CONFIG=$(SOLO)/bin/xeno-config
>  prefix := $(shell $(XENO_CONFIG) --prefix)
>

This won't work if you build out of the source tree like autoconf/automake
recommend, since it won't find the instantiated Makefile in the upper directory.
We could use an autoconf template to patch the prefix into
testsuite/Makefile.in, but the testsuite/ directory is meant to be movable and
compilable anywhere the user sees fit. This is basically why the Makefile has
not been autoconfiscated in the first place.

I guess we will have to leave with the "set your Xenomai install directory for
scripts and binaries in your PATH variable" rule. I have removed the absolute
SOLO prefix from the Makefile though, it was a left over from my development
environment.

Thanks for spotting this.

-- 
Philippe.