Compiling Xerces-C++ on Slackware

[Arkadiy Belousov <ab...@netops.com>]

I am trying to compile Xerces 1.1.0 on Slackware Linux 4.0 .

It does not compile cleanly, mind you. Some of the problems I found:

- LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp emits an #error when __USE_UNIX98 is
    not defined. It is not defined on Slackware. Moreover, in the
    Makefile in Platfors directory I found the following commentary:
# Revision 1.7  2000/01/13 23:24:04  abagchi
# Changed __USE_UNIX98 to _GNU_SOURCE
    So I went ahead and replaced _USE_UNIX98 with _GNU_SOURCE
    in the source file as well.

- LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp #includes <libgen.h> - this file is not present

    in /usr/include on Slackware. I copied it from a Red Hat
    installation. Can somenody explain what it does?

- The last problem ( I do not have a solution for it ).
    pthread_mutexattr_settype is not a part of pthreads.h on Slackware.
    I would compile Xerces w/o thread support, but I could not find a
    clean way to do it.


I may not be the best person to get Xerces to compile on Slackware,
since I did not write the code that uses Xerces, but I have to get it
done. Any suggestions and corrections are appreciated (Please?).




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If we only had the foresight to sell 29 seconds ago!

Re: Compiling Xerces-C++ on Slackware

[Dean Roddey <dr...@charmedquark.com>]

Its a trade off. Eventually, you come out worse trying to conditional a
single file to death relative to just creating another one. I don't know the
state of the Linux platform file so far, but if its already getting pretty
hairy, it might be better to create another one. If the changes are very
minor, and there isn't a lot of conditional code in there, then weaving it
into the existing one would be better.

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----- Original Message -----
I would rather not create another platform - Slackware _is_ Linux after all.

Re: Compiling Xerces-C++ on Slackware

[Arkadiy Belousov <ab...@netops.com>]

Arundhati Bhowmick wrote:

> Instead of modifying LinuxPlatformUtils.cpp you might need to create
> SlackwarePlatformUtils.cpp and .hpp that would take Slackware related
> calls. Its not right to copy system files of other os into yours. The
> documentation gives couple of steps to follow to make xerces run on
> system thats currently not available.

I would rather not create another platform - Slackware _is_ Linux after
all.

>
> The function pthread_mutexattr_settype should be either part of
> threading libraries. Mostly on other unix systems its part of
> libpthread.so or libpthread_compat.a. So, I guess you need to find out
> which library binds it and include the path to that library directory
> in your library path variable.
>

It _is_ in pthread.h on RedHat, but it _is_not_ there on Slackware.
I guess that Slackware uses an older version of pthreads library.

>
> Arundhati
>
> Arkadiy Belousov wrote:
>
>> I am trying to compile Xerces 1.1.0 on Slackware Linux 4.0 .
>>
>> It does not compile cleanly, mind you. Some of the problems I found:
>>
>> - LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp emits an #error when __USE_UNIX98 is
>>     not defined. It is not defined on Slackware. Moreover, in the
>>     Makefile in Platfors directory I found the following commentary:
>>
>> # Revision 1.7  2000/01/13 23:24:04  abagchi
>> # Changed __USE_UNIX98 to _GNU_SOURCE
>>     So I went ahead and replaced _USE_UNIX98 with _GNU_SOURCE
>>     in the source file as well.
>>
>> - LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp #includes <libgen.h> - this file is not
>> present
>>     in /usr/include on Slackware. I copied it from a Red Hat
>>     installation. Can somenody explain what it does?
>>
>> - The last problem ( I do not have a solution for it ).
>>     pthread_mutexattr_settype is not a part of pthreads.h on
>> Slackware.
>>     I would compile Xerces w/o thread support, but I could not find
>> a
>>     clean way to do it.
>>
>>
>> I may not be the best person to get Xerces to compile on Slackware,
>> since I did not write the code that uses Xerces, but I have to get
>> it done. Any suggestions and corrections are appreciated (Please?).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> If we only had the foresight to sell 29 seconds ago!
>>
>>
>
--
If we only had the foresight to sell 29 seconds ago!

Re: Compiling Xerces-C++ on Slackware

[Arundhati Bhowmick <ar...@hyperreal.org>]

Instead of modifying LinuxPlatformUtils.cpp you might need to create
SlackwarePlatformUtils.cpp and .hpp that would take Slackware related
calls. Its not right to copy system files of other os into yours. The
documentation gives couple of steps to follow to make xerces run on
system thats currently not available.
The function pthread_mutexattr_settype should be either part of
threading libraries. Mostly on other unix systems its part of
libpthread.so or libpthread_compat.a. So, I guess you need to find out
which library binds it and include the path to that library directory in
your library path variable.

Arundhati

Arkadiy Belousov wrote:

> I am trying to compile Xerces 1.1.0 on Slackware Linux 4.0 .
>
> It does not compile cleanly, mind you. Some of the problems I found:
>
> - LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp emits an #error when __USE_UNIX98 is
>     not defined. It is not defined on Slackware. Moreover, in the
>     Makefile in Platfors directory I found the following commentary:
> # Revision 1.7  2000/01/13 23:24:04  abagchi
> # Changed __USE_UNIX98 to _GNU_SOURCE
>     So I went ahead and replaced _USE_UNIX98 with _GNU_SOURCE
>     in the source file as well.
>
> - LinuxPLatformUtils.cpp #includes <libgen.h> - this file is not
> present
>     in /usr/include on Slackware. I copied it from a Red Hat
>     installation. Can somenody explain what it does?
>
> - The last problem ( I do not have a solution for it ).
>     pthread_mutexattr_settype is not a part of pthreads.h on
> Slackware.
>     I would compile Xerces w/o thread support, but I could not find a
>     clean way to do it.
>
>
> I may not be the best person to get Xerces to compile on Slackware,
> since I did not write the code that uses Xerces, but I have to get it
> done. Any suggestions and corrections are appreciated (Please?).
>
>
>
>
> --
> If we only had the foresight to sell 29 seconds ago!
>
>