[omniORB] OmniOrb on Unixware 7 ?

[Allan Clark]

I am currently doing the "Skunkware" port of 2.7.1 and 2.8.0 -- both have a
problem in the preprocessor.

Unixware likes to put a few items at the start of the preprocessed output
(cc -E) that the idlcompiler does not like.

2.7.1 is compiling cleanly, but not functioning properly.  When I have some
time back in the office (I'm at a financial company right now, working
onsite) I can complete the port.

SCO support for CORBA is weak, I've been made keenly aware of this.  Another
member of Siemens has also contacted me, and my past work with Siemens makes
me want to help you both.  I have a number of outstanding requests for
omniORB to be completed on Skunkware for OSR5 (502, 505) and UW7 (701, 710,
and 711).  Very soon.  I thought I already had it, but the behavioral part
of the port still needs work.

I will info the list of people I have so far when I have results (expect
something Monday); anyone else interested, feel free to email me.

Allan Clark
SCO Professional Services   (US)   V: 908-790-2298



Engelbert Staller wrote:

> Does anybody know if there were compilation attempts of omniORB on SCO
> Unixware 7? Some SCO developers already provided a valid configuration
> for SCO Openserver V5 with the GNU compiler and some precompiled thread
> package from skunkware.
>
> Can you give a recommendation which GNU compiler/binutils version to use
> for compiling the newest omniORB version on a not yet supported
> platform., like Unixware 7? Note: the native compiler system on Unixware
> 7 is not very sophisticated (I failed to compile the TAO distribution
> with it, too).
>
> Thanks, Engelbert Staller, Siemens AG Austria.