fix problem with extra spaces after protocol name in link

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ include
 *.pdf
 *.*log
 StreamVersion.h
+*.local

Makefile

@@ -21,21 +21,10 @@
 # along with StreamDevice. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 #########################################################################/
 
-TOP = ..
-ifneq ($(wildcard ../configure),)
-  # We are in an EPICS R3.14+ <TOP> location
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-else ifneq ($(wildcard ../config),)
-  # We are in an EPICS R3.13 <TOP> location
-  CONFIG = $(TOP)/config
-  include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_APP
-else
-  # Using our own local configuration
-  TOP = .
-  DIRS = configure
-  src_DEPEND_DIRS := $(DIRS)
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-endif
+TOP = .
+DIRS = configure
+src_DEPEND_DIRS := $(DIRS)
+include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
 DIRS += src
 DIRS += streamApp

docs/setup.html

@@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ git clone https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/StreamDevice.git
 <p class="new">
 <em>StreamDevice</em> now comes with a standard
 <kbd>configure</kbd> directory.
-But it can still be built in an external <em>&lt;top&gt;</em>
+<del>But it can still be built in an external <em>&lt;top&gt;</em>
 directory as in previous versions.
 It will automatically detect <em>&lt;top&gt;</em> locations
 from the presence of <kbd>../configure</kbd> or <kbd>../config</kbd>
-directories.
+directories.</del> Using an upper level <kbd>../configure</kbd> is
+no longer supported due to compatibility issues with <em>SynApps</em>.
 </p>
 <p class="new">
 Edit the <kbd>configure/RELEASE</kbd> file to specify the install location
-of EPICS base and of additional software modules, for example:
+of EPICS base and of additional software modules or add a
+<kbd>configure/RELEASE.local</kbd> file to overwrite, for example:
 <pre>
 EPICS_BASE=/home/epics/base-3.16.1
 </pre>

src/Makefile

@@ -21,16 +21,8 @@
 # along with StreamDevice. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 #########################################################################/
 
-TOP = ../..
-ifneq ($(wildcard ../../configure),)
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-else ifneq ($(wildcard ../../config),)
-  include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_APP
-  include $(TOP)/config/RULES_ARCHS
-else
-  TOP= ..
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-endif
+TOP= ..
+include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
 -include CONFIG_STREAM
 -include ../CONFIG_STREAM
@@ -89,7 +81,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += -DSTREAM_INTERNAL
 
 # Update version string whenever something changed.
 StreamVersion$(OBJ): $(COMMON_DIR)/StreamVersion.h $(filter-out StreamVersion$(OBJ),$(LIBOBJS) $(LIBRARY_OBJS)) ../CONFIG_STREAM
-$(COMMON_DIR)/StreamVersion.h: $(SRCS) $(filter-out StreamVersion.h, $(INC))
+$(COMMON_DIR)/StreamVersion.h: ../../.VERSION $(SRCS) $(filter-out StreamVersion.h, $(INC))
 	@echo Creating $@
 	$(PERL) ../makeStreamVersion.pl $@
 

src/StreamCore.cc

@@ -187,9 +187,12 @@ bool StreamCore::
 parse(const char* filename, const char* _protocolname)
 {
     protocolname = _protocolname;
-    // extract substitutions from protocolname "name(sub1,sub2)"
+    // extract substitutions from protocolname "name ( sub1, sub2 ) "
     ssize_t i = protocolname.find('(');
-    if (i >= 0)
+    if (i < 0) i = 0;
+    while (protocolname[i-1] == ' ')
+        protocolname.remove(--i, 1);
+    if (protocolname[i] == '(')
     {
         while (i < (ssize_t)protocolname.length())
         {

src/StreamVersion.c

@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@
 #define STR(x) STR2(x)
 const char StreamVersion [] =
     "StreamDevice"
-#if STREAM_MAJOR+0
+#ifdef STREAM_MAJOR
     " " STR(STREAM_MAJOR)
     "." STR(STREAM_MINOR)
     "." STR(STREAM_PATCHLEVEL)
     STREAM_DEV
 #endif
-    " commit:" STREAM_COMMIT_HASH;
+#ifdef STREAM_COMMIT_DATE
+    " " STREAM_COMMIT_DATE
+#endif
+#ifdef STREAM_COMMIT_HASH
+    "\n  commit: " STREAM_COMMIT_HASH
+#endif
+;

src/makeStreamVersion.pl

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use strict;
 
 
-my ( $major, $minor, $patch, $dev, $branch, $date, $hash );
+my ( $major, $minor, $patch, $dev, $date, $hash );
 
 if (my $version = `git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --dirty --match "[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null`) {
     if ($version =~ m/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)?(.*)?/) {
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ if (!$major) {
             if ($line =~ m/COMMIT: *([[:xdigit:]]+)/) {
                 $hash = $1;
             }
-            if ($line =~ m/REFS: *tag: *((\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)?,)? *(.*)/) {
-                $major = $2; $minor = $3; $patch = $4; $branch = $5;
+            if ($line =~ m/REFS: .*tag: *(\d+)\.(\d+)\.?(\d+)?/) {
+                $major = $1; $minor = $2; $patch = $3 or $patch = 0;
             }
-            if ($line =~ m/DATE: *(.+)/) {  
+            if ($line =~ m/DATE: *([-0-9:+ ]*)/) {  
                 $date = $1;
             }
         }
@@ -58,14 +58,20 @@ print $out <<EOF;
 #ifndef StreamVersion_h
 #define StreamVersion_h
 
+EOF
+if ($major) {
+    print $out <<EOF;
 #define STREAM_MAJOR $major
 #define STREAM_MINOR $minor
 #define STREAM_PATCHLEVEL $patch
 #define STREAM_DEV "$dev"
-#define STREAM_COMMIT_HASH "$hash"
-#define STREAM_COMMIT_DATE "$date"
-
-#endif /* StreamVersion_h */
 EOF
-
+}
+if ($hash) {
+    print $out "#define STREAM_COMMIT_HASH \"$hash\"\n";
+}
+if ($date) {
+    print $out "#define STREAM_COMMIT_DATE \"$date\"\n";
+}
+print $out "#endif /* StreamVersion_h */\n";
 close $out

streamApp/Makefile

@@ -21,16 +21,8 @@
 # along with StreamDevice. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 #########################################################################/
 
-TOP = ../..
-ifneq ($(wildcard ../../configure),)
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-else ifneq ($(wildcard ../../config),)
-  include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_APP
-  include $(TOP)/config/RULES_ARCHS
-else
-  TOP= ..
-  include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
-endif
+TOP= ..
+include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
 PROD = streamApp
 DBD  = streamApp.dbd

streamApp/test.db

@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@
 record (stringout, "$(P):cmd")
 {
     field (DTYP, "stream")
-    field (OUT,  "@test.proto command terminal")
+    field (OUT,  "@test.proto command  terminal")
     field (PRIO, "HIGH")
     field (VAL, "")
 }
 record (stringout, "$(P):info")
 {
     field (DTYP, "stream")
-    field (OUT,  "@test.proto info terminal")
+    field (OUT,  "@test.proto info terminal   ")
     field (PRIO, "HIGH")
 }
 record (stringout, "$(P):request")
 {
     field (DTYP, "stream")
-    field (OUT,  "@test.proto request($(P):reply.VAL) terminal")
+    field (OUT,  "@test.proto request ($(P):reply.VAL) terminal")
     field (PRIO, "HIGH")
 }
 record (stringin, "$(P):reply")
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ record (stringin, "$(P):reply")
 record (stringout, "$(P):checksum")
 {
     field (DTYP, "stream")
-    field (OUT,  "@test.proto checksum($(CHKSUM=sum)) terminal")
+    field (OUT,  "@test.proto checksum     ($(CHKSUM=sum))   terminal")
 }
 record (stringin, "$(P):spy")
 {