[Ace-users] [ace-users] Regular vs autoconf ACE+TAO builds

Johnny Willemsen jwillemsen at remedy.nl
Thu Nov 8 14:23:19 CST 2007


Hi,

Thanks for using the PRF form. Can you store this in bugzilla?

Johnny

> (A shortened PRF is appended to this email.)
> 
> Here is an update to my earlier posts[1][2] on how to compare 
> regular vs
> autoconf builds.
> 
> The script used to compare is available at [3]. To use it you must:
>  1. define $ACE_ROOT
>  2. launch it with two arguments: platform specific config.h and
>     configure generated config.h
>     
>     For instance, on my machine, I used, from $ACE_ROOT directory:
>     me at machine$ ../ace-cmp.sh ./ace/config-linux.h ../objdir/config.h
> 
> I believe running this on different platforms could be a good way to
> improve autoconf support and spot missing macros.
> 
> On my amd64, Debian GNU/Linux box, I get the output available at [4].
> 
> Analyzing first differences (next ones later), we see that in regular
> builds the following macros are defined to 1, while they are not using
> autoconf:
> 
>  * ACE_GETNAME_RETURNS_RANDOM_SIN_ZERO
>     o documented in $ACE_ROOT/ace/README
>     o used in $ACE_ROOT/ace/OS_NS_sys_socket.inl for:
>       - ACE_OS::getpeername
>       - ACE_OS::getsockname
>     o no autoconf test
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_ALLOCA_H
>     o used in $ACE_ROOT/ace/os_include/os_stdlib.h only
>       to include <alloca.h>, i.e. *not* used
>     o autoconf test, flag --enable-alloca [no]
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_BSWAP_{16,32,64}
>     o ACE_HAS_BSWAP_16 and ACE_HAS_BSWAP_32 used in
>       $ACE_ROOT/ace/CDR_Base.inl
>     o typo for ACE_HAS_BSWAP_64 in first occurrence
>     o no autoconf test
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_INTEL_ASSEMBLY
>     o used in :
>       - $ACE_ROOT/ace/Atomic_Op.cpp
>       - $ACE_ROOT/ace/CDR_Base.inl
>       - $ACE_ROOT/ace/CDR_Base.cpp
>     o no autoconf test
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_NONCONST_SETRLIMIT
>     o documented in $ACE_ROOT/ace/README
>     o used in $ACE_ROOT/ace/OS_NS_sys_resource.inl
>     o working autoconf test, i.e. error in regular builds
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_POSIX_MESSAGE_PASSING
>     o *not* used
>     o no autoconf test
> 
>  * ACE_HAS_RECURSIVE_MUTEXES
>     o used in:
>       - $ACE_ROOT/ace/OS_NS_Thread.{inl,h,cpp}
>       - $ACE_ROOT/ace/Recursive_Thread_Mutex.{inl,h,cpp}
>     o no autoconf test
> 
> 
> More analysis later.
> Regards,
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<
> ----------8<----
> 
>     ACE VERSION:
>       5.6.1
> 
>     HOST MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM:
>       Debian GNU/Linux unstable on amd64
>     TARGET MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM, if different from HOST:
>       N/A
> 
>     COMPILER NAME AND VERSION (AND PATCHLEVEL):
>       g++ (GCC) 4.1.3 20071019 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-17)
> 
>     THE $ACE_ROOT/ace/config.h FILE: generated, available at [5]
> 
> 8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<
> ----------8<----
> 
> [1] 
> http://groups.google.cl/group/comp.soft-sys.ace/msg/2aeed841ff5279c0
> [2] 
> http://groups.google.cl/group/comp.soft-sys.ace/browse_thread/
thread/d7b60d694016b951
> [3] http://thomas.g.girard.free.fr/ace/ace-cmp.sh
> [4] 
> http://thomas.g.girard.free.fr/ace/ace_5.6.1_regular-to-autoconf.diff
> [5] http://thomas.g.girard.free.fr/ace/config.h
> 
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