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| author | nanbor <nanbor@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 2003-06-11 01:54:53 +0000 |
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| committer | nanbor <nanbor@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 2003-06-11 01:54:53 +0000 |
| commit | 66c1021a7d3a8adff467d47954d137bf565be827 (patch) | |
| tree | 6117de2879447a467e261e164a6ed7811e24742e | |
| parent | d541c44c21ef08c5a842c901cb4d7051ca994f8a (diff) | |
| download | ATCD-66c1021a7d3a8adff467d47954d137bf565be827.tar.gz | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | TAO/CIAO/CIDLC/README | 24 |
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diff --git a/TAO/CIAO/CIDLC/README b/TAO/CIAO/CIDLC/README index a19f1b94b2f..390201a09f4 100644 --- a/TAO/CIAO/CIDLC/README +++ b/TAO/CIAO/CIDLC/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The C++ source files in this directory are compiled into the +The C++ source files in this directory are compiled into the code generators and driver for the CIAO CIDL compiler. The CIDL compiler's front end is built from files in the @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ downloaded from: http://www.boost.org -See documentation files in CIAO_ROOT/CCF/External/Utility/Documentation +See documentation files in $(CIAO_ROOT)/CCF/External/Utility/Documentation for more information on installation, supported platforms, design, etc. Binary executables for the CIDL compiler are available at @@ -27,22 +27,22 @@ Naming Convention. The CIAO's CIDL compiler directory was called CIDLC which stands for CIDL Compiler (like CC stands for C Compiler, etc). This directory -wasn't called CCIDLC (CIAO's CIDL Compiler) or CIAO_CIDLC because -that would incure needless tautology since the directory structure +wasn't called CCIDLC (CIAO's CIDL Compiler) or CIAO_CIDLC because +that would incure needless tautology since the directory structure (.../CIAO/tools/CIDLC) already implies that it's CIAO's CIDC. -Now about CIDLC executable name. The logical name of the excutable -implied by directory name (CIDLC) would be cidlc (like cc for +Now about CIDLC executable name. The logical name of the excutable +implied by directory name (CIDLC) would be cidlc (like cc for C Compiler). However there was a concern originally expressed by -Nanbor that cidlc is too generic name and when installed for +Nanbor that cidlc is too generic name and when installed for example as /usr/bin/cidlc would loose it's CIAO's context. -At the same time recommended by FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) -package installation location is /opt/<package>. Thus if installation -directory would be for instance /opt/CIAO then naming CIDLC executable +At the same time recommended by FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) +package installation location is /opt/<package>. Thus if installation +directory would be for instance /opt/CIAO then naming CIDLC executable ciao_cidlc would create needless tautology (i.e./opt/CIAO/bin/ciao_cidlc). -Though in my opinion there is nothing bad in having generic name like -cidlc (user always can execute cidlc --version) and as suggested by FHS +Though in my opinion there is nothing bad in having generic name like +cidlc (user always can execute cidlc --version) and as suggested by FHS installations like /usr/bin/ciao_cidl are non-conformant the decision was made to call CIAO's CIDLC execuatable ciao_cidlc. |