[omniORB] optional support for autoconf

[Ruslan Shevchenko]

Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
> I'm in the process of rewriting the build system for the berlin
> project. It's autoconf based. Among other things, autoconf performs
> a specified set of platform/ build environment checks, and sets
> variables and compile time flags (-D macros) accordingly. To use
> these macros, there are two possibilities:
>

May be not related, but I belive usefull:

if you use autoconf for CORBA project, than you look 
at http://www.corbaconf.kiev.ua for autoconf macroses
for omniORB.

 
> * include them into the makefile, such that they can be used in
>   the command line which invokes the compiler
> 
> * create a special configuration header which lists them all. In
>   this case, a special macro -DHAVE_CONFIG_H is defined.
> 
> As the list of macros becomes large, it appears reasonable to
> use the second option, where the compile command can be kept
> readable, and all the flags are passed by means of a special header.
> 
> I'd like to propose that omniidl generated sources support this
> feature, i.e. that it is possible to include a header file, which
> is provided by the user. I'v noticed that such a technique is already
> used internally by the COS skeleton files. Whenever people use omniORB
> in a project that is built by means of autoconf, that would greatly
> facilitate the work. All the system dependent flags (_x86_, etc.) could
> be kept there...
> 
> Regards,        Stefan
> _______________________________________________________
> 
> Stefan Seefeld
> Departement de Physique
> Universite de Montreal
> email: seefelds@magellan.umontreal.ca
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> 
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