Use structure from 3.14.10 makeBaseApp.pl

Makefile

 #Makefile at top of application tree
 TOP = .
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
+DIRS := $(DIRS) $(filter-out $(DIRS), configure)
+DIRS := $(DIRS) $(filter-out $(DIRS), $(wildcard *App))
+DIRS := $(DIRS) $(filter-out $(DIRS), $(wildcard iocBoot))
 
-DIRS += configure xxxApp iocBoot
-xxxApp_DEPEND_DIRS  = configure
-iocBoot_DEPEND_DIRS = xxxApp
+define DIR_template
+ $(1)_DEPEND_DIRS = configure
+endef
+$(foreach dir, $(filter-out configure,$(DIRS)),$(eval $(call DIR_template,$(dir))))
+
+iocBoot_DEPEND_DIRS += $(filter %App,$(DIRS))
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/RULES_TOP
+
+

configure/CONFIG

-#CONFIG
-include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_APP
-# Add any changes to make definitions here
-
-#CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS = vxWorks-68040 vxWorks-ppc604
-
-# Use this when your IOC and the host use different paths
-# to access the application. Typically this will be 
-# used with the Microsoft FTP server or with NFS mounts. Use
-# is indicated by failure of the cdCommands script on
-# vxWorks. You must rebuild in the iocBoot directory 
-# before this takes effect.
-#IOCS_APPL_TOP = <the top of the application as seen by the IOC>
+# CONFIG
+
+# You might want to change this to some shared set of rules, e.g.
+# RULES=/path/to/epics/support/modules/rules/x-y
+RULES=$(EPICS_BASE)
+
+include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
+ifdef T_A
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.Common.$(T_A)
+-include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
+endif
+
+CONFIG=$(RULES)/configure
+include $(CONFIG)/CONFIG
+
+# Override for definition in base
+INSTALL_LOCATION = $(TOP)
+include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE
+-include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+-include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
+
+ifdef T_A
+ -include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.Common.$(T_A)
+ -include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_SITE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
+
+ -include $(TOP)/configure/O.$(T_A)/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
+endif
+

configure/Makefile

-# Makefile
-
 TOP=..
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
-# Set the following to NO to disable consistency checking of
-# the support applications defined in $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE
+# CHECK_RELEASE controls the consistency checking of the support
+# applications defined in the $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE* files.
+# Normally CHECK_RELEASE should be set to YES.
+# Set CHECK_RELEASE to NO to disable checking completely.
+# Set CHECK_RELEASE to WARN to perform consistency checking,
+# but continue the build even if conflicts are found.
 CHECK_RELEASE = YES
 
 TARGETS = $(CONFIG_TARGETS)

configure/RELEASE

-# RELEASE - Location of external products
+#RELEASE Location of external products
 #
-# Run "gnumake clean uninstall install" in the application
-# top directory each time this file is changed.
+# IF YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES to this file you MUST at least run
+# "gnumake" in this directory afterwards; you usually need
+# to run "gnumake rebuild" in the application's top level
+# directory each time this file is changed.
 #
-# Notes:
+# NOTE: The build does not check dependencies against files
+# that are outside this application, thus you should run
+# "gnumake distclean install" in the top directory each time
+# EPICS_BASE, SNCSEQ, or any other external module defined
+# in the RELEASE file is rebuilt.
 #
-# - Architecture dependent declarations should go into RELEASE.<arch>
-#
-# - This file will be scanned to automatically generate
-#   include path definitions etc.
-#   The order of the following declarations will be retained
-#   within those definitions.
-#
-# - The build does not check dependencies on files
-#   external to this application. Thus you should run
-#   "gnumake clean uninstall install" in the top directory
-#   each time EPICS_BASE, SNCSEQ, or any other external
-#   module defined in the RELEASE file is rebuilt.
-#
-# - "#!" marks lines that can be uncommented.
+# Host/target specific settings can be specified in files named
+#  RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
+#  RELEASE.Common.$(T_A)
+#  RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
 
 ##############################################################################
-# Choose one, and only one, of the following two methods to define SUPPORT.
-#
-# The 1st method uses the intermediate variable GATEWAY.  GATEWAY is used if
-# you are using a shared distribution of synApps among users with different
-# directory paths (i.e., mount points) to synApps.
-
-# The 2nd, defalut, method is for users that have their own copy of synApps.
 
-# 1ST METHOD, for GATEWAY users.
-# If you are using the APS gateway to access synApps; define the NFS mount path
-# to the gateway here and uncomment the following lines.
-#!GATEWAY=
-#!SUPPORT=$(GATEWAY)/epics/synApps_5_2/support
-
-# 2ND METHOD; define the path to the synApps support directory and uncomment.
+# Define the path to the synApps support directory and uncomment.
 SUPPORT=/home/oxygen/MOONEY/epics/synApps/support
 
-##############################################################################
-# Choice one, and only one, of the following two methods to define the synApps
-# configuration.
-
-# For the standard synApps configuration; uncomment the following line.
-#include $(SUPPORT)/config/MASTER_RELEASE
+# Specify the standard synApps configuration.
 include $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
 
-# For a local, custom configuration; copy $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
-# to this directory as the file MASTER_RELEASE, edit the file and uncomment
-# the following line.
-#!include $(TOP)/configure/MASTER_RELEASE
-
 TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top

configure/RULES

-#CONFIG
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES
+# RULES
+
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES
 
 # Library should be rebuilt because LIBOBJS may have changed.
 $(LIBNAME): ../Makefile

configure/RULES.ioc

 #RULES.ioc
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES.ioc
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES.ioc

configure/RULES_DIRS

 #RULES_DIRS
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_DIRS

configure/RULES_TOP

 #RULES_TOP
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_TOP
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_TOP
 

iocBoot/Makefile

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ TOP = ..
 include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 DIRS += $(wildcard *ioc*)
 DIRS += $(wildcard as*)
-include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/RULES_DIRS
+include $(CONFIG)/RULES_DIRS
 

xxxApp/Db/Makefile

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG
 
 #----------------------------------------------------
 # If <anyname>.db template is not named <anyname>*.template add
-# <anyname>_template = <templatename>
+# <anyname>_TEMPLATE = <templatename>
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
 #----------------------------------------