Re: [orbitcpp-list] again problems...

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On Mit, 11 Jul 2001 10:33:48 Samuele Gallazzi wrote:
> hi,
> I re-need help!!
> I installed orbitcpp-0.30.1 package following instructions of the INSTALL
> file but executing 'make' I receive a strange output concluding with some
> errors.
> I've already asked for this and I've been suggested to install ORBit
> 0.5.8.
> I did it: the ORBit version I have now is the 0.5.8, installed overriding
> the previous 0.5.7 forcing the destination dir with the option
> --prefix=/usr
> instead of the default dir /usr/local. I believe this procedure can be
> considered correct...
> 
> And so, why did I receive again an error output with the make command??
> 
> I'm working on a i686-pc-linux-gnu and I've already installed Flex 2.5.4,
> libIDL 0.6.8, glib 1.2.10.
> 
> Please, help me!!
> Thanks a lot.
> Samuele
> 
> 

> 
> Here's the 'make' error output:
> 
> everything-common.c:622: `TC_CORBA_sequence_CORBA_any_struct' undeclared

The error message is apperently due to a bug in an ORBit-header-file that
was fixed in version 0.5.8. So there must still be header files from an
older ORBit-version hanging around on your system. Maybe the old header
files were not in /usr/include? Try "find / orb.h" if you don't find
them. If that doesn't help remove all traces of ORBit from your system
and install again.

The bug causing your trouble was that in some header file ORBit says
there is CORBA_sequence_CORBA_any_struct but there are no functions
to work on that struct. So at some other place the output of stubs and
skels for sequence<any> is suppressed and in the end there is no
working sequence<any> at all.
The simple solution was to put #if 0 around the wrong definition in
the ORBit-header-file. Unfortunately I don't remember the filename
at the moment. Anyway that's just an old story. With a working
ORBit 0.5.8 everything is fine.

Martin.