Re: [orbitcpp-list] Build issues and questions

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

On Sat, 2001-12-08 at 01:15, Sam Couter wrote:
> Braden,
> 
> It's been a while since we last discussed ORBit-C++. Are you still
> interested in helping out? I have more time to work on it now.

Yes, but now I'm afraid I'll have to put you off for a few weeks. :-)
I've just relocated from Miami to Washington, DC, and things are a bit
hectic.

> Braden McDaniel <br...@en...> wrote:
> > The reason this would be necessary is that libtool doesn't provide a
> > means to selectively build shared/static libs on a per-library basis.
> > This selection is done per configure script.
> 
> I've thought about this a bit, and I now agree that a seperate configure
> script for the orbit-idl compiler plugin would be useful.
> 
> The main reason I didn't want one before is additional complexity, but I
> see it as necessary now.
> 
> There is also a second problem which it would allow us to solve: The
> compiler plugin library should be a .so file with no versioning and no
> symlinks, and the soname should match the filename.

Yep. I actually went ahead and did this. It works well. When I get a
chance, it shouldn't take me too long to get the patch together.

> I've merged your other patches (RPM spec file, "make distclean" fix)
> into the CVS repository. Feel free to send more for building the compiler
> component with a seperate configure script, the other build problems
> you've mentioned, or anything else you have fixed.

I'd be happy to... But it'll probably have to wait until I've moved into
a new apartment. :-)

Braden