Re: [orbitcpp-list] Compile Error

[Phil D. <ph...@us...>]

Mark Gunn wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I downloaded the new Orbitcpp release, but I am unable
> to compile it. I suspect that I didn't install the
> patched Orbit correctly. Do I need to uninstall/remove
> the previous version of Orbit? If so, how do I go
> about doing this?
> 
> I'm assuming that Orbitcpp looks uses certain files
> from Orbit. How do I ensure that it is looking in the
> right place?
> 
> The error I get is:
> 
> In file included from orbitcpp_poa.cc:30:
> ../orb/orbitcpp_poa.hh:49: template-id `operator
> new<>' for
> `::_orbitcpp::::_orbitcpp::SequenceTmpl<unsigned
> char,::_orbitcpp::c::PortableServer_sequence_octet>::operator
> new<>(ULong)' does not match any template declaration
> ../orb/orbitcpp_poa.hh:49: confused by earlier errors,
> bailing out
> make: *** [orbitcpp_poa.lo] Error 1
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 

Aha! - this looks like the 'operator new doesn't work with templates
with gcc version < 2.95.2' compiler bug. I'm afraid the fix is to
upgrade to gcc version 2.95.2. I upgraded mine using the rpms from the
rawhide section of the redhat ftp site.

Hope this helps,

Phil.