Version details: 2.12.1
Distribution/Version: 5.3

Several function defintions are inconsistent with respect to the use of "const". In the header files they appear with const (probably correct), whereas the actual definition in the .c files omits it. This results in compile time errors with the IRIX 5.3 cc.
Here are the diffs to fix things:

--- src/orb/orb-core/corba-object.c.orig        2005-03-20 15:35:28.000000000 +0100
+++ src/orb/orb-core/corba-object.c     2005-03-20 15:36:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
  */
 CORBA_boolean
 CORBA_Object_is_equivalent (CORBA_Object       obj,
-                           CORBA_Object       other_object,
+                           const CORBA_Object other_object,
                            CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        return obj == other_object;


--- src/orb/orb-core/corba-typecode.c.orig      2005-03-20 15:56:18.000000000 +0100
+++ src/orb/orb-core/corba-typecode.c   2005-03-20 16:06:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
 
 CORBA_boolean
 CORBA_TypeCode_equal (CORBA_TypeCode obj,
-                     CORBA_TypeCode tc,
+                     const CORBA_TypeCode tc,
                      CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        return typecode_equiv_internal (obj, tc, TRUE, ev);
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@
 
 CORBA_boolean
 CORBA_TypeCode_equivalent (CORBA_TypeCode obj,
-                          CORBA_TypeCode tc,
+                          const CORBA_TypeCode tc,
                           CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        return typecode_equiv_internal (obj, tc, FALSE, ev);
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
 
 CORBA_Identifier
 CORBA_TypeCode_member_name (CORBA_TypeCode       typecode,
-                           CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
+                           const CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
                            CORBA_Environment   *ev)
 {
        if (!(typecode->kind == CORBA_tk_struct ||
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
 
 CORBA_TypeCode
 CORBA_TypeCode_member_type (CORBA_TypeCode       typecode,
-                           CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
+                           const CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
                            CORBA_Environment   *ev)
 {
        if (!(typecode->kind == CORBA_tk_struct ||
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
 
 CORBA_any *
 CORBA_TypeCode_member_label (CORBA_TypeCode       typecode,
-                            CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
+                            const CORBA_unsigned_long  index,
                             CORBA_Environment   *ev)
 {
        CORBA_any *retval;


--- src/orb/dynamic/dynany.c.orig       2005-03-20 16:44:26.000000000 +0100
+++ src/orb/dynamic/dynany.c    2005-03-20 17:01:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
 
 void
 DynamicAny_DynAny_assign (DynamicAny_DynAny dest,
-                    DynamicAny_DynAny src,
+                    const DynamicAny_DynAny src,
                     CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        DynAny *dynany_src;
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
 
 CORBA_boolean
 DynamicAny_DynAny_equal (DynamicAny_DynAny obj_a,
-                        DynamicAny_DynAny obj_b,
+                        const DynamicAny_DynAny obj_b,
                         CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        DynAny *dynanya;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
                                                                                \
 void                                                                           \
 DynamicAny_DynAny_insert_##apiname (DynamicAny_DynAny       obj,               \
-                              CORBA_##ctype      value,                        \
+                              const CORBA_##ctype      value,                  \
                               CORBA_Environment *ev)                           \
 {                                                                              \
        DynAny  *dynany;                                                        \
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
 /* 9.2.3.9 */
 
 CORBA_boolean
-DynamicAny_DynAny_seek (DynamicAny_DynAny obj, CORBA_long index, CORBA_Environment *ev)
+DynamicAny_DynAny_seek (DynamicAny_DynAny obj, const CORBA_long index, CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        DynAny *dynany;
        CORBA_any *any;
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@
 
 void
 DynamicAny_DynEnum_set_as_ulong (DynamicAny_DynEnum obj,
-                           CORBA_unsigned_long value_as_ulong,
+                           const CORBA_unsigned_long value_as_ulong,
                            CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        DynAny *dynany;
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@
 
 void
 DynamicAny_DynUnion_set_discriminator (DynamicAny_DynUnion obj,
-                                 DynamicAny_DynAny   d,
+                                 const DynamicAny_DynAny   d,
                                  CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
        g_assert (!"Not yet implemented");
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
 
 void
 DynamicAny_DynSequence_set_length (DynamicAny_DynSequence   obj,
-                                  CORBA_unsigned_long length,
+                                  const CORBA_unsigned_long length,
                                   CORBA_Environment  *ev)
 {
        DynAny *dynany;