OmniORB compilation fatal error Windows 10

Question

I'm trying to test OmbiORB V4.2.3 on a Virtual machine running Windows 10 pro 64bit. I have install all the necessary software (python 3.6.5, cygwin, VS 2017).

configuration

I have uncommented the following line in config.mk platform = x86_win32_vs_15. Added the following line to mk\platforms\[platform].mk PYTHON = /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36.

console

Started the command promt with "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64 and moved to the src directory. Added both Cygwin and Python to PATH with set path=%path%;c:\Software\cygwin64\bin;c:\Software\Python. When I did make export I see 2 things that might be the issue.

C:\Users\[user]\Documents\omniORB-4.2.3\src>make export
making export in src/tool...
make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool'
making export in src/tool/omniidl...
make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool/omniidl'
make[2]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
making export in src/tool/omniidl/cxx...
make[3]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool/omniidl/cxx'
make[3]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
make[3]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
make[3]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
make[3]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
../../../../bin/x86_win32/omkdepend -D__cplusplus -D_MSC_VER -I -DPYTHON_INCLUDE=<Python.h> -DPYTHON_THREAD_INC=<pythread.h> -DIDLMODULE_VERSION="0x2630" -DMSDOS -DOMNIIDL_EXECUTABLE -I. -I. -I../../../../include -D__WIN32__ -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -D__x86__ -D__NT__ -D__OSVERSION__=4 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE=1 idlc.cc idlpython.cc idlfixed.cc idlconfig.cc idldump.cc idlvalidate.cc idlast.cc idlexpr.cc idlscope.cc idlrepoId.cc idltype.cc idlutil.cc idlerr.cc lex.yy.cc y.tab.cc
C:\Users\[user]\Documents\omniORB-4.2.3\bin\x86_win32\omkdepend.exe: warning:  idlpython.cc, line 57: incomplete include == "#  include PYTHON_INCLUDE"

and

idlpython.cc(31): error C2006: '#include': expected a filename, found 'identifier'
idlpython.cc(31): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: '': No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [../../../../mk/win32.mk:490: idlpython.o] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool/omniidl/cxx'
make[2]: *** [dir.mk:16: export] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool/omniidl'
make[1]: *** [dir.mk:22: export] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/[user]/Documents/omniORB-4.2.3/src/tool'
make: *** [dir.mk:26: export] Error 2

Does anyone know how to solve this issue that I'm facing?

Answer 1

I assume

PYTHON = /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36

to be the problem here:

...
make[2]: /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36: Command not found
...

This line should specify the python executable, and at least on my Python 2.7 setup the exe is just called python.exe without any version suffix.

So, this line probably really should be

PYTHON = /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/python
** or maybe
PYTHON = /cygdrive/c/Software/Python/Python36/python

Note also that my notes on our build script say that cygwin stuff is case sensitive.