[omniORB] Can't compile omniORBpy

[Richard Gruet]

Hi everybody,

Has anybody succeeded in compiling the Python bindings (omniORBpy) for
Windows NT 4 ?
I've installed the omniORB 2.80 binaries, compiled the examples with
VC++6 (and nmake), and the 'echo'
example works fine.

One important reason why I'm interested in omniORB is its (new) support
of Python. But the omniORBpy requires a build and I ran across a bunch
of problems:

- first it requires GnuMake, so I had to download and compile it.
- the makefile also requires the GnuWin32 extensions from Cygnus
solutions, so I downloaded the lite version and installed it (looks OK).

Then I went to the $top\src\lib directory and tried a 'gnumake export'
as required.
I got the following error message :

GNU Make version 3.76.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
(..etc..)
Reading makefiles...
Reading makefile `GNUmakefile'...
Reading makefile `../../config/config.mk' (search path) (no ~
expansion)...
Reading makefile `../../mk/beforedir.mk' (search path) (no ~
expansion)...
Reading makefile `../../mk/platforms/x86_nt_4.0.mk' (search path) (no ~
expansion)...
Reading makefile `../../mk/win32.mk' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `dir.mk' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `../../mk/afterdir.mk' (search path) (no ~
expansion)...
Reading makefile `depend.phony' (search path) (don't care) (no ~
expansion)...
Updating makefiles....
 Considering target file `depend.phony'.
  File `depend.phony' does not exist.
  Finished dependencies of target file `depend.phony'.
 Must remake target `depend.phony'.
( 1000) In cygwin_except_handler
( 1000) Exception trapped!
( 1000) exception C0000005 at 10029AD0
( 1000) exception: ax 244DC69 bx 3D5F5F4E cx 244DC24 dx 2F
( 1000) exception: si FFFFFFFF di 244DC24 bp 244DAF8 sp 244DAF4
( 1000) exception is: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
( 1000) Stack trace:
( 1000) frame 0: sp = 0x244D928, pc = 0x1000CEC2
( 1000) frame 1: sp = 0x244D944, pc = 0x77FA4512
( 1000) frame 2: sp = 0x244D968, pc = 0x77F98EEB
( 1000) frame 3: sp = 0x244D9F4, pc = 0x77F86266
( 1000) frame 4: sp = 0x244DAF8, pc = 0x10016211
( 1000) frame 5: sp = 0x244DD28, pc = 0x4556534F
( 1000) In cygwin_except_handler
( 1000) Error while dumping state (probably corrupted stack)
gnumake: *** [depend.phony] Error 2
Putting child 0x00814a00 PID 8477648 on the chain.
Live child 0x00814a00 PID 8477648
Reaping losing child 0x00814a00 PID 8477648
Removing child 0x00814a00 PID 8477648 from chain.

After various trials I've given up because I don't want to enter in the
depths of Gnumake and the like, my purpose being solely to test omniOrb
with Python.
It's really too bad that there is no binary distribution for the Python
version,
considering what's required to build it ! I know this is a
pre-release...
By the way, is there anybody here who has succeeded, and could give me a

hint or even give me the binary (maybe I'm asking too much ;-)

Thank you for any help,

Richard