ChangeLogTag: Wed Jul 21 21:19:36 1999 David L. Levine <levine@cs.wustl.edu>

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/ACE-INSTALL.html b/ACE-INSTALL.html
index f776bde2aef..899b61fda62 100644
--- a/ACE-INSTALL.html
+++ b/ACE-INSTALL.html
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ need to do:<P>
       contains the compiler and Makefile directives that are
       platform/compiler-specific<P>
 
-  <LI>Note that since ACE builds shared libraries, you'll need to set
+  <LI>Note that because ACE builds shared libraries, you'll need to set
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH to whereever you put the binary version of the
       ACE library.  For example, you probably want to do something
       like the following<P>
@@ -1175,13 +1175,13 @@ are several ways to do this; please see the
 platform file for detailed information.<P>
 
 The VxWorks platform_vxworks*.GNU files are set up so that shared
-libraries are not built on VxWorks.  Only static libraries,
-with .a extension, are built.  Therefore, it's not necessary
-to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable on your host
-system when building for VxWorks targets.  Please note, however,
-if you use TAO on VxWorks that you will need to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-to find the TAO IDL compiler libraries (installed in the ace directory)
-on the host.<P>
+libraries are not built on VxWorks, by default.  Only static
+libraries, with .a extension, are built.  Therefore, it's not
+necessary to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable on your host
+system when building for VxWorks targets.  Please note, however, if
+you use TAO on VxWorks that you will need to set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+to find the TAO IDL compiler libraries (installed in the ace
+directory) on the host.<P>
 
 With g++, $ACE_ROOT/bin/ace_ld is used to munch object files and
 libraries to set up calls to static constructors and destructors.
@@ -1274,6 +1274,13 @@ the should load against the symbols from the ACE library from the
 first executable that was loaded.<p>
 
 <h5><a name="VxWorks/SharedLibs">Building Shared Libraries for VxWorks</a>.</h5>
+
+<strong>NOTE</strong>: The ACE support for shared libraries is
+under development.  If you use any writeable global (static)
+data in a shared library, it probably won't work for you.  A
+fix is under development, and should be ready shortly after
+the release of ACE 5.0.<p>
+
 ACE now supports shared libraries for VxWorks, but only with the
 g++ compiler.  To build shared libraries instead of the default
 static libraries, added <code>shared_libs_only=1</code> to either
diff --git a/ChangeLog-99b b/ChangeLog-99b
index 3adf02c7e9a..fc7a39d50fd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-99b
+++ b/ChangeLog-99b
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
+Wed Jul 21 21:19:36 1999  David L. Levine  <levine@cs.wustl.edu>
+
+        * ACE-INSTALL.html: added note about ACE support for
+          shared libraries on VxWorks.  It's still under
+          development.
+
 Wed Jul 21 18:38:00 1999  Irfan Pyarali  <irfan@cs.wustl.edu>
 
-	* ace/Strategies_T.h (ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy): Renamed
-	  <connection_cache_> to <connection_map_>.
+        * ace/Strategies_T.h (ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy): Renamed
+          <connection_cache_> to <connection_map_>.
 
-	* ace/Hash_Cache_Map_Manager_T.cpp (find): Finding and updating
-	  the attributes is faster through the find() that uses an entry.
-	  Therefore, for find (key, value) and find (key) we go to
-	  find (key, entry) instead of going to the base class.
+        * ace/Hash_Cache_Map_Manager_T.cpp (find): Finding and updating
+          the attributes is faster through the find() that uses an entry.
+          Therefore, for find (key, value) and find (key) we go to
+          find (key, entry) instead of going to the base class.
 
-	* ace/Cached_Connect_Strategy_T.cpp:
+        * ace/Cached_Connect_Strategy_T.cpp:
 
-	  - ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy_Ex::check_hint_i
-	  - ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy_Ex::find
+          - ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy_Ex::check_hint_i
+          - ACE_Cached_Connect_Strategy_Ex::find
 
-	  Update the caching attributes directly since we don't do a
-	  find() on the cache map.
+          Update the caching attributes directly since we don't do a
+          find() on the cache map.
 
 Wed Jul 21 15:54:25 1999  Nanbor Wang  <nanbor@cs.wustl.edu>