make tests run properly under base-3.15

configure/CONFIG

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ifdef T_A
   -include $(TOP)/configure/O.$(T_A)/CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE
 endif
 
-EPICS_HAS_UNIT_TEST := $(shell $(PERL) -e 'print($(EPICS_MODIFICATION) >= 10)')
+EPICS_HAS_UNIT_TEST := $(shell $(PERL) -e\
+ 'print($(EPICS_REVISION) > 14 || ($(EPICS_REVISION) == 14 && $(EPICS_MODIFICATION) >= 10))')
 
 ECHO := $(if $(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)),$(NOP),@echo)
 

test/validate/Makefile

@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ vxTestHarness_DBD += $(COMMON_DIR)/vxTestHarnessRegistrars.dbd
 
 USR_DBDFLAGS += -I $(COMMON_DIR)
 
+TOUCH = $(PERL) -MExtUtils::Command -e touch
+
 DB += vxTestHarness.db
+vxTestHarness.db$(DEP):
+	$(TOUCH) $@
 endif
 
 # PROD_RTEMS = rtemsTestHarness

test/validate/bittypes.db

-record(event,"ushort") {
+# this record's VAL field should be of type DBF_USHORT
+record(permissive,"ushort") {
 }