BIG MESSAGE Re: [omniORB] Installation and Configuration on RedHat 6.0

[Amit Joshi]

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  ftp://ftp.uk.research.att.com/pub/omniORB/contrib/omniORB_2.6.1_autconf.gz

  The following is the original posting less the omniORB_2.6.1 tar-ball.
  - SLL
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Hello,

I have omniORB 2.6.1 working under autoconf. I tested it under Solaris
2.6  and Linux Redhat 5.1 with a lot of upgrades (esp. compiler).

I did not provide diffs because I had uploaded a version of 2.6.1
working with autoconf to the ORL site.

The autoconfing can be improved further and I have ideas on how to do it
but have been busy (with completing school and then working in the real
world). I have not had looked at this in a while but do recall having to
introduce one memory leak (in the code from Sun) in order to make things
work correctly. There is a comment indicating the problematic area in
src/tool/omniidl2/driver/drv_preproc.cc. One of these days I'll get
2.8.x working. Honest.

For all those who want it here it is (as an attachment). To use:
1. zcat omniORB_2.6.1_auto.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
2. cd omniORB_2.6.1_auto
3. ./configure 
4. ./make
5. ./make install

At this point the entire library should be made and the tools and
library available in the bin and lib directory. Disable shared
libraries: edit the configure.in file, locate the line that looks like
"dnl AM_DISABLE_SHARED", delete the "dnl " and then run "./runconf" to
recreate a new "configure" program and then follow steps 4 and 5 above.

WARNING: I did not release this earlier in general because of
philosophical differences on how to use autoconf with omniORB and did
not want to annoy the fine folks at ORL for thier great piece of
software. Please do not start a war - if you like the approach use it
else discard it. Feedback and improvements are of course always welcome. 

For now enjoy.


Brent Fulgham wrote:
> 
> I have had a few e-mails with one fellow who had apparently
> gotten 2.6 working under autoconf.  He didn't have bandwidth
> to provide diffs for some reason.
> 
> It should be fairly feasible to make autoconf work with
> omniorb, and it would you to support more architectures,
> since we wouldn't have to have a special make file for each
> platform.
> 
> Once you have CVS working, I can take a whack at it.  It would
> really help with our various Debian porting efforts.
> 
> -Brent

-- 
Amit Joshi

"There's a pleasure in being mad ...
 ... which none but madmen know!" - St. Dryden
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