[Halld-offline] Changing BMS_OSNAME

[Mark Ito]

The change went through at 8 this morning as planned. If you see 
problems, please let me know.

On 6/7/22 4:27 PM, Mark Ito wrote:
>
> Reminder: the definition of BMS_OSNAME will change at JLab tomorrow 
> morning.
>
> On 6/6/22 3:10 PM, Mark Ito wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> We are changing the value of the BMS_OSNAME environment variable. 
>> Some user-owned directories will need patching to work with the new 
>> scheme. A script to do the patching will be available (see below). 
>> This action was discussed and endorsed at recent Software Meetings.
>>
>> The change occurs when we update from Build Scripts version 2.34 to 
>> version 3.0.*This will occur at JLab at 8:00 am, on Wednesday, June 8.*
>>
>> Note*: *there is a test version of the new Build Scripts checked out 
>> at /group/halld/Software/build_scripts-3.0 for those who would like 
>> to test the new arrangement.
>>
>> This change will affect you if you have any private builds of certain 
>> GlueX packages (e.g., halld_recon, halld_sim) or if you have personal 
>> plugins in your HALLD_MY directory. Also people who maintain their 
>> own GLUEX_TOP directories will have to apply a patch. You will know 
>> that you have been affected if you start to suddenly get 
>> file-not-found-like errors.
>>
>> The script to patch your directories is 
>> $BUILD_SCRIPTS/change_bms_osname.sh. The usage message is
>>
>> usage: change_bms_osname.sh <target>
>>      
>> where target is one of
>>
>>    "jlab": convert the /group/halld/Software/builds tree at JLab (script must be
>>            executed from a directory named "builds")
>>    "gluex_top": convert a GLUEX_TOP tree (GLUEX_TOP must be defined in the
>> 	       environment)
>>    "halld_my": convert a HALLD_MY tree (HALLD_MY must be defined in the
>>                environment)
>>    "jana": convert a jana tree (JANA_HOME must be defined in the environment)
>>    "hdds": convert a hdds tree (HDDS_HOME must be defined in the environment)
>>    "halld_recon": convert a halld_recon tree (HALLD_RECON_HOME must be defined in
>> 		 the environment)
>>    "halld_sim": convert a halld_sim tree (HALLD_SIM_HOME must be defined in the
>> 	       environment)
>>    "gluex_root_analysis": convert a gluex_root_analysis tree (ROOT_ANALYSIS_HOME
>> 			 must be defined in the environment)
>>
>> So, for example, if you want to patch your private build of 
>> halld_sim, the command is
>>
>> $BUILD_SCRIPTS/change_bms_osname.sh halld_sim
>>
>> The script uses the definition of HALLD_SIM_HOME that it finds in 
>> your environment to identify the directory to be patched.
>>
>> Basically, since BMS_OSNAME appears in the directory structure for 
>> our packages, links have to be added, from new name to old name, to 
>> keep the built package viable after the change.
>>
>> A table of old and new BMS_OSNAME definitions is attached.
>>
>>   -- Mark
>>
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