[omniORB] Problem cross compiling for ppc-linux

[Klaus Hoeppner]

Hi,

can someone give me a hint on the following problem:

I try to cross compile OmniORB for a PowerPC board running linux on
a x86 linux machine.

I configure omniORB using ./configure --host=ppc-linux.
It finds the compilers provided by the embedded linux devel kit
(ppc-linux-gcc, ppc-linux-g++ ...).
Running make works fine untill the point

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make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/eldk/usr/src/misc/omniORB-4.0.3/src/lib/omniORB'
../../../bin/omniidl -bcxx -Wba -p../../../src/lib/omniORB -Wbdebug -v -ComniORB4 ../../../idl/Naming.idl

omniidl: ERROR!

omniidl: Could not open IDL compiler module _omniidlmodule.so
omniidl: Please make sure it is in directory /opt/eldk/usr/src/misc/omniORB-4.0.3/lib
omniidl: (or set the PYTHONPATH environment variable)

omniidl: (The error was '/opt/eldk/usr/src/misc/omniORB-4.0.3/lib/_omniidlmodule.so: ELF file data encoding not little-endian')
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The _omniidlmodule was compiled with:

ppc-linux-g++ -shared -Wl,-soname,_omniidlmodule.so.1 -o _omniidlmodule.so.1.0
 -L../../../../lib -L../../../../lib y.tab.o lex.yy.o idlerr.o idlutil.o idltype
.o idlrepoId.o idlscope.o idlexpr.o idlast.o idlvalidate.o idldump.o idlconfig.o
 idlfixed.o idlpython.o


Here I am a bit lost.
omniidl uses python, but this doesn't like the _omniidlmodule.so since it
is build for ppc. But if I cross compile python is doesn't run on x86
during make process...  sounds like the problem with the chicken and the
egg to me.

Any hint?

Regards
Klaus