cpadm@uranus.cis.ohio-state.edu (Chandresh Padmanabhan) (03/31/88)
I've been fooling around with the idea of a MAKEFILE eqvt on a VMS4.7
system, without much luck. Except for recompiling and linking all source files
whenever I make a change to one, I haven't been able to find any RMS routines
etc. which will permit me to get the date of modification field of files, so
I can selectively recompile and link only un-updated files. Not that it
matters, I work mostly in F77 and recompiling and linking 10 or 15 pgxs'
each day gets to be a real proctological nuisance !
I'm pretty sure some VMS guru has come up with an equivalent; I'd
appreciate any info on how to do this, or a .COM for it. Thanks in advance !
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6177::subra (if your NCP db recognises our area router)scco@ur-tut (Sean Colbath) (04/01/88)
In article <9234@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> cpadm@uranus.cis.ohio-state.edu (Chandresh Padmanabhan) writes: > I've been fooling around with the idea of a MAKEFILE eqvt on a VMS4.7 >system, without much luck. > > I'm pretty sure some VMS guru has come up with an equivalent; I'd >appreciate any info on how to do this, or a .COM for it. Thanks in advance ! I'm really interested in finding a *good* version of Make for VMS -- I know that there are several versions in existance. I currently have a version written by a person called Todd Aven, of the "Software Sweatshop". It's not too bad, but it takes quite a while to parse the makefile before it gets going, and hence is pretty slow. I'd really like to find another that was better written and faster, preferably in the public domain. I'm also in the market for a public domain version of RCS, or some other source code management system. A commercially available product would be all right, if it wasn't *too* expensive. I work for a small software company during the summer, and currently the code management system is pretty bad. I would really like to get them using something like a combination of RCS and Make, but I don't know what's out there. Along these lines, I'd be interested in hearing how other people manage source code among multi-user projects. Our products consist of a relatively large set of FORTRAN programs, each operating independantly, but which may be under development separately by any one person. Each of these programs may use some lower level code (drivers, user interface routines) which may be under development by another programmer. Right now, things are pretty hectic -- different versions occasionally get intermixed, and word of mouth is used when different versions are created. I'd really like to automate this if possible. Any helpful suggestions? >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >eMAIL : ....!cbosgd!tut!cpadm (UUCP) > subramanian-l%eng.ohio-state.edu@cunyvm.cuny.edu (BITNET) > 6177::subra (if your NCP db recognises our area router) Sean Colbath Internet: scco@tut.cc.rochester.edu UUCP: ...allegra!rochester!ur-tut!scco BITNET: SCCOCCSS@UORVM "...and now for something completely different..."
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I've been fooling around with the idea of a MAKEFILE eqvt on a VMS4.7
system, without much luck. Except for recompiling and linking all source files
whenever I make a change to one, I haven't been able to find any RMS routines
etc. which will permit me to get the date of modification field of files, so
I can selectively recompile and link only un-updated files. Not that it
matters, I work mostly in F77 and recompiling and linking 10 or 15 pgxs'
each day gets to be a real proctological nuisance !
I'm pretty sure some VMS guru has come up with an equivalent; I'd
appreciate any info on how to do this, or a .COM for it. Thanks in advance !
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6177::subra (if your NCP db recognises our area router)jeh@crash.cts.com (Jamie Hanrahan) (04/15/88)
(I'm beginning to think that we need a comp.os.vms.commonquestions newsgroup, and that this should go in it...) Yes, it's been done. In addition to DEC's Module Management System (MMS), there are several make-like programs available through DECUS. My favorite came from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and appeared in the [vax86a.ncar.make] directory on the Spring '86 VAX SIG Symposium Tape. (A later version may have appeared on one of the '87 tapes, but we don't seem to have received them yet.) Its functions are similar to those of Unix make but the makefile syntax is very different; in return for this you get very nice handling of VMS library entries (even better than MMS). You can order the tape from the DECUS program library, number V-SP-49, on either 1600 bpi 9-track tape or TK50. Highly recommended!
MCGEE@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU (Randy McGee) (04/15/88)
There is a fairly nice unix-like make facility included with the PMDF mailer. The author is: Todd Aven (301)345-1692 the Softwear Sweatshop 7833 Walker Drive Suite 308 Greenbelt, MD 20770 Internet: todd@cincom.umd.edu Bitnet: todd@umcincom Randy McGee (MAGOO) <mcgee@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu> Phone: (312) 491 4079 Academic Computing and Network Services USPost: 2129 Sheridan Road Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208
jon@gaia.UUCP (Jonathan Corbet) (04/15/88)
jeh@crash.CTS.COM (Jamie Hanrahan): >Yes, it's been done. In addition to DEC's Module Management System (MMS), >there are several make-like programs available through DECUS. My favorite >came from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and appeared in the >[vax86a.ncar.make] directory on the Spring '86 VAX SIG Symposium Tape. As the author of that particular version of "MAKE", it's nice to know that people still like it. For folks who want it, I have made it available for pseudo-anonymous FTP from rdss.ucar.edu (128.117.80.1). Simply log in as FTP, password FTP, and grab the contents of the [.make] directory. I can also mail it to people if there is no other way. Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility Internet: corbet@rdss.ucar.edu SPAN: rdss::corbet (rdss = 9452) Usenet: ...!ncar!rdss!corbet Home: ...!ncar!gaia!jon