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Add rule to install libraries before linking executables

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The rule must be disabled for building libCom and gdd though.
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Andrew Johnson
2016-04-26 15:18:31 -05:00
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<h2 align="center">Changes made on the 3.15 branch since 3.15.3</h2>
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<h3>Build rules and DELAY_INSTALL_LIBS</h3>
<p>A new order-only prerequisite build rule has been added to ensure that
library files (and DLL stubs on Windows) get installed before linking any
executables, which resolves parallel build problems on high-powered CPUs. There
are some (rare) cases though where a Makefile has to build an executable and run
it to be able to compile code for a library built by the same Makefile. With
this new build rule GNUmake will complain about a circular dependency and the
build will probably fail in those cases. To avoid this problem the failing
Makefile should set <tt>DELAY_INSTALL_LIBS = YES</tt> before including the
<tt>$(TOP)/configure/RULES</tt> file, disabling the new build rule.</p>
<h3>CA server configuration changes</h3>
<p>RSRV now honors EPICS_CAS_INTF_ADDR_LIST and binds only to the provided list