[omniORB] Solaris 8 compat mode support for Sun C++ compiler

[Rakshit Simha]

Hi all,

I am using omniORB 3.0.2 and omniORB 2.8.0 on Solaris 8 (sparc). The
compiler is Sun Forte 6U1 running in compat mode 4.  In this compat 
mode, there is no support for namespaces.

This causes problems that can be traced to this bit of code in
CORBA_sysdep.h:

[...]
#elif defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
// SUN C++ compiler
#  if __SUNPRO_CC < 0x420
#    define NEED_DUMMY_RETURN
#  elif __SUNPRO_CC >= 0x500
#    define HAS_Cplusplus_Namespace
#    define HAS_Std_Namespace
#  endif
[...]


To include awareness of compat mode, I have modified this to be:

[...]
#elif defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
// SUN C++ compiler
#  if __SUNPRO_CC < 0x420
#    define NEED_DUMMY_RETURN
#  elif __SUNPRO_CC >= 0x500
#    if __SUNPRO_CC_COMPAT >= 5
#      define HAS_Cplusplus_Namespace
#      define HAS_Std_Namespace
#    endif
#  endif
[...]

This modification is working fine here.

My other question is non-technical: if we keep this modification and
release our product, what are our source-disclosure obligations under
GPL/LGPL?

Regards,
Rak.

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