Duane, We appreciate your effort of trying to port the code to Mac OS.
I would suggest you start with GNU GCC and get it working on the platform, Since GNU compiler kit is available on Mac OS X, http://developer.apple.com/tools/gcc_overview.html and can be downloaded from http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20722 or from Apple developer connection site. I assume you would able to compile the code with gcc without difficulty if you managed to correct set of Makefiles that are outdated. Second step would be to port the code using Metrowerks CodeWarrior and Xcode. These links might help: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/ intro/chapter_1_section_1.html http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2071.html http://developer.apple.com/macosx/multithreadedprogramming.html > My first question is, is there a way to NOT use DLL/Shared Libraries for > the various entry points? As a porting exercise this complicates things > immensely. It is not really necessary use shared libs however the current code is written in a way that it allows you to dynamically plug in modules at different stages which makes the code more flexible. You may statically link to a *particular* configuration of your choice as the first attempt. For that you need to change the code which loads these dynamic modules. See http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/ dlopen.3.html#//apple_ref/doc/man/3/dlopen If you use GCC as your first attempt, it won't be a much of a difficulty to have these dynamic modules intact. for an example dlcompat http://www.opendarwin.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/proj/dlcompat/ provides the dlopen() for GCC. Or the Apple's GCC port itself. >Do I need the Handler? FYI please refer to: -http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/architecture-guide.html#HandlersAndTheMe ssagePathInAxis -http://ws.apache.org/axis/cpp/arch/ArchitectureGuide.html and http://ws.apache.org/axis/cpp/arch/handler.html >ps. >If this works out well enough, I hope to feed some of this back to the axis. We'll appreciate your contribution. Thanks -Lilantha _______________ Siebel IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER Visit www.siebel.com This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains confidential and/or privileged information belonging to Siebel Systems, Inc. or its customers or partners. Any unauthorized review, use, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all soft and hard copies of the message and any attachments. Thank you for your cooperation.
