VMAKE can be executed in different versions. The VMAKE versions differ from each other by the trace and check levels that are integrated in the software when it is created (see Kernel Variants).
Scripts for calling VMAKE
VMAKE Version |
Description |
Calling Script |
fast |
The software that is created does not perform any additional error checks and does not log any information beyond the database’s normal trace output. |
imf.pl |
quick |
The software that is created performs additional internal error checks. |
imq.pl |
slow |
The software that is created performs additional error checks and logs information beyond the database’s normal trace output. |
ims.pl |
See ims.pl, imq.pl, imf.pl: Starting the MAKE process
If the VMAKE version in the description files for the module groups is different to the one you specified when you called VMAKE, the call version is overridden by the version specified in the validity range of the description file.