[omniORB-dev] RE: [omniORB] Minor patch to windows build

[Kevin Wooten]

Yes!

I have wanted to finish my omni scripts, which are very rudimentary and
currently windows only, unfortunately a good solution for the config.h
problem was my sticking point.

>From my initial examination I came up with two solutions for this
problem; 1) somehow drive autoconf (or its macros).
2) replace all the functionality with our own.

If there are any clever ideas for solving this problem, let me know.

-KW

P.S. - I have moved this to omniorb-dev, where it belongs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zed A. Shaw [mailto:zedshaw@telus.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:13 PM
> To: Kevin Wooten
> Subject: Re: [omniORB] Minor patch to windows build
> 
> Kevin,
> 
> I've done this before in my projects.  I have a very clean design for
> my SCons builds and have managed to create two projects that I am able
> to port between various types of Linux, NetBSD, and Mac OSX.  I did
> approach the SCons team before about making a config.h equiv., but
they
> were not too interested.  If you read my previous e-mail, I may be
> attempting an SCons build myself.  Care to join forces?
> 
> Zed
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 11:04 AM, Kevin Wooten wrote:
> 
> > Even replace autoconf?? I know you are open to the idea of using
scons;
> > I have built some scons scripts to build omniorb, the only problem I
> > have is that the autoconf support macros are not easily reproducible
in
> > scons. What is needed is a replacement for building a configure.h
from
> > scons or Python. I am not sure if this is on their list, but I would
be
> > open to finishing it if you are interested; I could even collaborate
> > with the scons team if they like the idea.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Duncan Grisby [mailto:duncan@grisby.org]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:53 AM
> >> To: Mark Hammond
> >> Cc: omniorb-list@omniorb-support.com
> >> Subject: Re: [omniORB] Minor patch to windows build
> >>
> >> On Wednesday 9 April, "Mark Hammond" wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have made a simple patch to the build system, so that omniidl
will
> >> compile
> >>> on windows from a Python source tree (rather than just a binary
> >> installed
> >>> version).
> >>
> >> Thanks for that. I've checked it in to CVS.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>> Would patches that removed some hacks via cygpath and/or autoconf
be
> >>> welcomed, even if they were "one-step-at-a-time" type patches?  I
> > guess
> >> it
> >>> would mean updating your "minimal cygwin".  A potential future win
> > is
> >> that
> >>> it would open the door to using the via the cygwin Python builds.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure whether it's worth the bother. The whole build system
is
> >> a terrible mess, built out of a combination of several earlier
> >> systems, with all sorts of hacks to work around problems and
platform
> >> differences. I think tweaking it even more, especially if it means
> >> having to change the current minimal cygwin thing, is only really
> >> compounding the problem.
> >>
> >> I think that by far the best thing to do is to throw out the whole
> >> build system and replace it with something simpler and cleaner. I
was
> >> intending to do that for omniORB 4.0, but it never happened. I
really
> >> do want it to happen for 4.1.
> >>
> >>> Oh - and finally, it seems the devel branch is currently fails on
> >> Windows
> >>> (well, 12 hours ago anyway!) :)  That isn't a problem for me
though,
> > I'm
> >> on
> >>> 4.0.1.
> >>
> >> That was due to a silly bug in reusing a variable name in a for
loop.
> >> It's fixed now.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Duncan.
> >>
> >> --
> >>  -- Duncan Grisby         --
> >>   -- duncan@grisby.org     --
> >>    -- http://www.grisby.org --
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