Frequently Asked Questions

Sections

• Product Distribution and License
• Product Information
• Components
• General C++ Issues
• Lucent C++
• UWIN Platform
• Solaris Platform
• HP-UX Platform
• Third-party Tools

Product Distribution and License

• Getting the latest package
• Installing the package
• License expiration message

Product Information

• Daylight Saving Time
• Finding the version
• Windows® support?
• What is this Microsoft nmake?
• Files rebuild unnecessarily
• Adding a version tag to your product
• Overriding the base rules (Makerules.mk)
• Installing files - :INSTALL: and :INSTALLDIR:
• Prefixinclude caveats
• Timestamp inconsistencies on fast machines
• Non-standard archive libraries
• Keeping .o files after archive
• Using 'exit' in shell actions

Components

• cpp (nmake's C preprocessor)
• ppcc
• probe
• coshell vs. jobs (-j) for distributed or concurrent jobs

General C++ Issues

• No Recompile Using Implicit C++ Templates

Lucent C++

• Library Closure with Lucent C++ 5.x
• Library Closure with Lucent C++ 4.x
• Multiple symbols conflict with C++ library closure

UWIN Platform

• UWIN Overriding /Od with /Ox message

Solaris Platform

• Solaris builds hang
• Does the -j jobs option cause failures on solaris?
• The Solaris debugger cannot find source code
• .o files not removed after archiving
• Link-time C++ instantiation may cause viewpathing errors

HP-UX Platform

• Itanium Support
• Using HP's aCC Softbench compiler
• Using HP's cfront C++ compiler
• dce/cma_config.h read error on HP-UX
• HP-UX Archive Libraries
• .FILE Special Atom on HP-UX
• can't open /tmp/docBAAa27184 error on HP-UX
• _architecture_ variable on HP-UX

Third-party Tools

• Eclipse
• Purify, Quantify, etc.
• ClearCase with nmake viewpath
• Java / Jar
• Java zero-size class files
• Java .dummy.class error
• ProC
• Using RogueWave C++ libraries
• IDL build rules
• Orbix IDL unresolved symbols
• Orbix IDL include files and -I-
• GNU make vs. nmake