[QPID-2905] Fixes for mingw cross-compilation (C++)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7
• Fix Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: C++ Broker, C++ Client
• Labels: old_code_generator_component
• Assignee: Ted Ross
• Reporter: Ted Ross
• Created: 13/Oct/10 00:41
• Updated: 29/Jul/13 23:06
• Resolved: 18/May/11 07:12

Description

In attempting to cross-compile the Qpid trunk in the MinGW environment, a number of build errors were seen. Attached to this issue is a patch that fixes the errors and builds cleanly on Linux/gcc and MS Visual Studio as well.

The classes of error discovered are:

1) Case-sensitivity of file names (i.e. Secure32.lib => secure32.lib)
2) Syntax issues where MSVC is too lenient (semicolon after the closing brace of a template function)
3) *_EXTERN on DLL APIs. MinGW doesn't like externs on in-line functions, requires externs on class names.
4) const_case<char*>() needed on LPTSTR arguments in the Windows API
5) Unused function arguments need to be commented out
6) the *_s variants of ::localtime, ::strncpy, ::strerror can't be used

Before I commit, I would appreciate some review and feedback on this patch.

Issue Links

• requires: QPID-3186 Import Export generalization to support a larger set of compilers and run time environments