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We will skip siteApps in order to minimize users confusion, and merge this concept into siteMods. So, Ch8 should be updated.

A foreseen chapter is to detail usage of common e3 tools and utilities used in ESS' EPICS environment. These include procServ, conserver, and systemd for running and maintenance of IOCs.

All e3 wrapper repositories, as well as the repository for e3 itself, have now been migrated to ESS' gitlab server. Content should reflect this migration.

See:

• https://confluence.esss.lu.se/x/6OGzF
• https://confluence.esss.lu.se/x/m7CzF

Require 3.2.0 and 3.3.0 introduces a few major changes.

• all modules are now lowercased for consistency (e..g iocstats instead of iocStats) (technically not a change to require)
• module pinning is no longer required; startup scripts can require <module> instead of needing to require <module>, <version> (3.2.0)
• debuggers are called on by using iocsh.bash with flags dg (for gdb) and dv (for valgrind) (3.2.0)
• versions are now parsed as MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-BUILD, with build number being optional, assumed to be zero if not present (3.3.0)
• the introduction of a local install command cellinstall which can be used together with a network mounted e3 build (3.3.0)
• the addition of a prebuild target (make prebuild) (3.3.0)
• a debug target (make debug) can now be called on before building (3.3.0)

For full release notes, see https://confluence.esss.lu.se/x/iBHFF

The chapters in the workbook currently use a number of different base and require versions, as they have been written at different points in time.

The content needs to be revised/updated, but not before making sure that all exercises are compatible with newer versions of base and modules.

@gabrielfedel ,
when I edit the Chapter 11, I remember one more thing about how we make a db file from substitution file according to template file. Do you have any working version on them?