[ace-users] Unable to compile ACE 5.5 for VxWorks

[Johnny Willemsen]

Hi,
 
We do build and test daily for VxWorks, see www.theaceorb.nl for our
services. Until the upcoming x.5.9 version, ACE/TAO will build out of the
box for VxWorks 5.5, but we want to end the support because nobody is
funding the maintenance.  We can assist in resolving this and helping to use
ACE on VxWorks, see our website.
 
At this moment I would recommend you to upgrade to 5.5.8, it is build for
VxWorks 5.5.x before it got released and should build out of the box, but we
haven't done any runtime testing for 5.5.x, we are focusing on 6.x because
our customers have moved to that version.

Contact me directly to discuss the VxWorks status and how we can assist.
 
Regards,
 
Johnny Willemsen
Remedy IT
Postbus 101
2650 AC  Berkel en Rodenrijs
The Netherlands
www.theaceorb.nl / www.remedy.nl 

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From: ace-users-bounces at cse.wustl.edu
[mailto:ace-users-bounces at cse.wustl.edu] On Behalf Of Chapman, Gary (UK) 
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:03 PM
To: ace-users at cse.wustl.edu
Subject: [ace-users] Unable to compile ACE 5.5 for VxWorks



		Hi,
	 
	I'm having a problem building ACE for VxWorks. Details in the
problem report form, as follows:
	 
	
	    ACE VERSION: 5.5a
	 
	    HOST MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM: 
	 
	    Sun SPARC Ultra 250 running SunOS 5.8
	 
	    TARGET MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM, if different from HOST:
	    
	    Dy4181 PPC
	    VxWorks 5.5
	 
	    COMPILER NAME AND VERSION (AND PATCHLEVEL):
	 
	    gcc version gcc-2.96 (2.96+) 19990621 AltiVec VxWorks 5.5
	 
	    CONTENTS OF $ACE_ROOT/ace/config.h:
	 
	    #include "ace/config-vxworks5.x.h"
	 
	    CONTENTS OF $ACE_ROOT/include/makeinclude/platform_macros.GNU:
	 
	    debug=0
	    ACE_COMPONENTS=FOR_TAO
	    include
$(ACE_ROOT)/include/makeinclude/platform_vxworks5.5.x.GNU
	 
	    CONTENTS OF
$ACE_ROOT/bin/MakeProjectCreator/config/default.features:
	    
	    n/a - used pre-generated makefiles supplied with release.
	 
	    LEVEL OF URGENCY (LOW, MEDIUM, or HIGH): HIGH
	 
	    AREA/CLASS/EXAMPLE AFFECTED:
	 
	    ace/OS_NS_stdlib.cpp
	 
	    DOES THE PROBLEM AFFECT:
	        COMPILATION? YES
	        LINKING? NO
	        EXECUTION? NO
	        OTHER (please specify)? n/a
	 
	    SYNOPSIS:
	    
	    OS_NS_stdlib.cpp fails to compile.
	 
	    DESCRIPTION:
	 
	    The following error is seen ...
	 
	    OS_NS_stdlib.cpp :692: static_cast from `char *' to
`ACE_RANDR_TYPE'
	 
	    ... when compiling the module with ...
	 
	    ccppc -mlongcall -mcpu=604 -mstrict-align  -ansi -O2
-fstrength-reduce -fno-builtin   
	    -I/apps/tornadoopenarch/tornado221/target/h   -DCPU=PPC604
-DTOOL_FAMILY=gnu -DTOOL=gnu     
	    -fmerge-templates -ftemplate-depth-50 -fexceptions -fsigned-char
-DACE_VXWORKS=0x551   
	    -I/proj/openarch/DDS/ACE_wrappers -DACE_NDEBUG -DACE_USE_RCSID=0
-DACE_HAS_EXCEPTIONS -D__ACE_INLINE__ 
	    -I.. -DACE_BUILD_DLL  -c  -o .obj/OS_NS_stdlib.o
OS_NS_stdlib.cpp
	 
	    REPEAT BY:
	    
	    With the config.h and platform_macros.GNU files set up as above
...
	    
	    cd $ACE_ROOT/ace
	    gmake
	 
	    SAMPLE FIX/WORKAROUND: n/a
	 
	 
	Regards
	 
	Gary Chapman
	BAE Systems,
	Rochester UK
	
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