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omniORB2 for FreeBSD

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This information is provided by Andre Fornacon.

If you have questions regarding omniORB on FreeBSD send them to [email protected].

I compiled omniORB 2.7.1 on a FreeBSD 3.2 (RELEASE) system using the pthreads from libc , gnu make and egcs 1.1.2.

the config file for FreeBSD builds:

  • omniORB 2.7.1 shared and static libraries
  • omniORB utils linked static against the omniORB libs

    [ not enabled by default, edit x86_freebsd_3.2.mk to do so. - SLL ]

to build applications with omniORB on FreeBSD use:
        CXXFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE
        CXXFLAGS += -D__x86__ -D__freebsd__ -D__OSVERSION__=3
        CXXFLAGS += -I<YOUR_OMNIORB_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>/include
    
for dynamic linked binaries:
        LDFLAGS = -L<YOUR_OMNIORB_DIRECTORY>/lib/x86_freebsd_3.2
        LDFLAGS += -lomniORB2 -lomniDynamic2 -ltcpwrapGK -lomnithread
        LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,<YOUR_OMNIORB_DIRECTORY>/lib/x86_freebsd_3.2
    
for static linked binaries:
        LDFLAGS = -L/lib/x86_freebsd_3.2
        LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Bstatic 
        LDFLAGS += -lomniORB2 -lomniDynamic2 -ltcpwrapGK -lomnithread
        LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Bdynamic
    

Note!link with the -lpthread flag

During the port I ran into the following problems:

  • fcntl.h doesn't define O_SYNC, so i used O_FSYNC instead
    • omniORB-2.7.1/src/appl/omniNames/log.cc
    • omniORB-2.7.1/src/appl/omniNames/omniNames.cc
  • need to include unistd.h and sys/wait.h on freebsd in
    • omniORB-2.7.1/src/tool/omniidl2/driver/drv_fork.cc
    • omniORB-2.7.1/src/tool/omniidl2/driver/drv_preproc.cc
  • stock egcs 1.1.2 doesn't support the FreeBSD specific -pthread linking flag as the supplied gcc (2.7.2) does. just using -lc_r results into binaries linked against libc_r and libc. 'cause libc_r comes first it may work but isn't a good idea IMHO. so i modified the egcs-1.1.2/gcc/config/i386/freebsd-elf.h file the diff is attached below. apply it and rebuild egcs. [i rename the compiler drivers from gcc and g++ to egcs and egcs++ just to make sure i don't use the supplied system gcc/g++]
    --- /src/egcs-1.1.2/gcc/config/i386/freebsd-elf.h.orig  Wed Mar 17 20:39:58 1999
    ------------ begin freebsd 3.2 egcs pthread patch ----------------
    +++ /src/egcs-1.1.2/gcc/config/i386/freebsd-elf.h       Sat Jun 12 14:19:19 1999
    @@ -145,26 +145,17 @@
     #define WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE BITS_PER_WORD
         
     #undef CPP_PREDEFINES
    -#define CPP_PREDEFINES "-Di386 -Dunix -D__ELF__ -D__FreeBSD__ -Asystem(unix) -Asystem(FreeBSD) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386)"
    +#define CPP_PREDEFINES "-Di386 -Dunix -D__ELF__ -D__FreeBSD__=3 -Asystem(unix) -Asystem(FreeBSD) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386)"
     
     #undef CPP_SPEC
     #define CPP_SPEC "%(cpp_cpu) %{fPIC:-D__PIC__ -D__pic__} %{fpic:-D__PIC__ -D__pic__} %{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE}"
     
     #undef LIB_SPEC
    -#if 1
     /* We no longer link with libc_p.a or libg.a by default. If you
      * want to profile or debug the C library, please add
      * -lc_p or -ggdb to LDFLAGS at the link time, respectively.
      */
    -#define LIB_SPEC \
    -  "%{!shared: %{mieee-fp:-lieee} %{p:-lgmon} %{pg:-lgmon} \
    -     %{!ggdb:-lc} %{ggdb:-lg}}"
    -#else
    -#define LIB_SPEC \
    -  "%{!shared: \
    -     %{mieee-fp:-lieee} %{p:-lgmon -lc_p} %{pg:-lgmon -lc_p} \
    -       %{!p:%{!pg:%{!g*:-lc} %{g*:-lg}}}}"
    -#endif
    +#define LIB_SPEC "%{!shared:%{!pg:%{!pthread:%{!kthread:-lc}%{kthread:-lpthread -lc}}%{pthread:-lc_r}}%{pg:%{!pthread:%{!kthread:-lc_p}%{kthread:-lpthread_p -lc_p}}%{pthread:-lc_r_p}}}"
     
     /* Provide a LINK_SPEC appropriate for FreeBSD.  Here we provide support
        for the special GCC options -static and -shared, which allow us to
    ------------ end freebsd 3.2 egcs pthread patch ----------------
    
    
    
    
                 
 

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