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diff --git a/TAO/TAO-INSTALL.html b/TAO/TAO-INSTALL.html index 29d2b6385d5..ac86d804dbb 100644 --- a/TAO/TAO-INSTALL.html +++ b/TAO/TAO-INSTALL.html @@ -23,22 +23,19 @@ <H4><A NAME="build">Building and Installing TAO from a distribution</H4> -<p>The following table summarizes platforms on which TAO runs, see the -<a href="../ACE-INSTALL.html#platforms">ACE installation notes</A> for an -overview of all the platforms ACE runs on, these are all candidates -to run TAO on:<P> +<p>The following table summarizes platforms on which TAO runs:<P> <table width="100%" border=1> <tr valign=top> <td><b>Fully supported, i.e., continually tested and used daily</b></td> <td>Solaris 7, 8 and 9, Windows 2000/XP (6.x, and 7.1 and - Borland C++ Builder 6/2006), and Linux/Intel (Redhat, - Debian and SuSe), Linux/Alpha (SuSe), VxWorks 5.5.1 + Borland C++ Builder 6), and Linux/Intel (Redhat, + Debian and SuSe), Linux/Alpha (SuSe). </td> </tr> <tr valign=top bgcolor="#AFAFAF"> <td><b>Nearly fully supported, i.e., periodically tested</b></td> - <td>Windows 9x/ME, HP/UX 11.x, LynxOS, and AIX 4.x + <td>Windows 9x/ME, HP/UX 11.x, VxWorks 5.5.1, LynxOS, and AIX 4.x </td> </tr> <tr valign=top> @@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ bundle as a single piece instead of trying to mix and match things up.<P> the right places (4) Delete all the GNUmakefiles (or dsp and dsw file as the case may be) from the TAO distrbution using the 'find' command. (5) Change directory to $TAO_ROOT. (6) - Run MPC like this, $ACE_ROOT/bin/mwc.pl TAO_ACE.mwc. (7) Run + Run MPC like this, $ACE_ROOT/bin/mwc.pl TAOACE.mwc. (7) Run 'make'. This will create all the required libraries for TAO and TAO orbsvcs. In step 6, use -type vc6 if you want to generate VC6 project and workspace files for Win32. Please @@ -207,22 +204,27 @@ href="../ACE-INSTALL.html#vxworks">$ACE_ROOT/ACE-INSTALL.html</a>.<p> <H4>Modifying the default location for the IDL compiler</H4> <P>By default TAO assumes that the IDL compiler is located in: - <CODE>$TAO_ROOT/bin/tao_idl</CODE> and that the GPERF tool + <CODE>$TAO_ROOT/TAO_IDL/tao_idl</CODE> and that the GPERF tool is located in <CODE>$ACE_ROOT/bin/gperf</CODE>, this is fine for hosted builds, but not for cross-compilation. Unfortunately there is no good default for cross-compilation builds because different sites choose a different location for their tools. </P> - <P>You can override the default values by adding several new lines in your - platform_macros.GNU file assuming $(HOST_ROOT) is set to the location - of your host build where you have build gperf and tao_idl, as follows: + <P>You can override the default values by adding two lines in your + platform_macros.GNU file, as follows: <PRE> -$ echo 'TAO_IDL := $(HOST_ROOT)/bin/tao_idl' \ -$ echo 'TAO_IDLFLAGS += -g $(HOST_ROOT)/bin/gperf' \ -$ echo 'TAO_IDL_DEP := $(HOST_ROOT)/bin/tao_idl$(EXEEXT)' \ +$ echo 'TAO_IDL := /your/path/tao_idl' \ >> platform_macros.GNU +$ echo 'TAO_IDLFLAGS := -g /your/path/gperf' \ </PRE> + <P>You could even use: +<PRE> +$ echo 'TAO_IDL := tao_idl' \ + >> platform_macros.GNU +$ echo 'TAO_IDLFLAGS := -g gperf' \ +</PRE> + if the tools are in your path. <P>Obviously you must first build the tools for the host platform, typically you would do this as follows: @@ -288,9 +290,9 @@ $ echo 'include $(ACE_ROOT)/include/makeinclude/platform_TARGET.GNU' \ <li><code>cd ACE_wrappers</code> <li><code>bin/create_ace_build SunOS5_g++</code> <li><code>bin/create_ace_build vxworks</code> - <li><code>cd build/vxworks/bin</code> - <li><code>/bin/rm -r tao_idl</code> - <li><code>ln -s ../../SunOS5_g++/bin/tao_idl</code> + <li><code>cd build/vxworks/TAO</code> + <li><code>/bin/rm -r TAO_IDL</code> + <li><code>ln -s ../../SunOS5_g++/TAO/TAO_IDL</code> </ol> <P>To build on the host: @@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ make -f Makefile.bor For more detailed information on building and using TAO with Borland's C++ Builder environment, please see the <A -HREF="http://www.tenermerx.com/programming/corba/tao_bcb/index.html">online</A> help +HREF="http://www.tenermerx.com/tao_bcb/index.html">online</A> help provided by <A HREF="mailto:chris@kohlhoff.com">Christopher Kohlhoff</A>. <P> @@ -531,12 +533,12 @@ quickly. VC71 project and solution files.<p> <LI> Build ACE+TAO together in one shot. To do that please issue the following commands: <p> - <CODE> $ACE_ROOT/bin/mwc.pl TAO_ACE.mwc </CODE> <p> + <CODE> $ACE_ROOT/bin/mwc.pl TAOACE.mwc </CODE> <p> from <CODE>$TAO_ROOT</CODE>. This will generate GNUmakefiles for ACE, gperf, and core ACE+TAO libraries. Issuing a <CODE>'make'</CODE> from <CODE>$TAO_ROOT </CODE> will build all of the above in one shot. You can use <CODE> -type vc6 </CODE> to - generate VC6 project and workspace files. <CODE>TAO_ACE.dsw</CODE> + generate VC6 project and workspace files. <CODE>TAOACE.dsw</CODE> can be used by users to build ACE+TAO from a single workspace file. Users can use <CODE> -type vc71 </CODE> to generate the VC71 solutions files. <p> |