[CORBA::ORBit] cross platform calls break (byte order?)

[Alex Hornby <alex anvil co uk>]

I think there is a problem with cross platform calls using the perl
binding (CORBA::ORBit), and possibly the C binding.

These work fine:
linux client to linux server (different machines) OKAY
solaris client to solaris server (different machines) OKAY

This breaks for me:
linux client to solaris server (different machines) fails to demarshal 
at client

Not that I was careful to ensure that IIOP was enabled :)

The versions installed are:

ORBit 0.5.4 and CORBA::ORBit 0.4.3 on i686-pc-linu-gnu
ORBit 0.5.3 and CORBA::ORBit 0.4.3 on sparc-sun-solaris2.6

When I run the test client and server perl programs like so:

# sparc-sun-solaris2.6
dilbert:~/trees/src/CORBA-ORBit-0.4.3$ perl server -ORBIIOPUSock 0 -ORBIIOPIPv4 1
The daily maximum is: 1000

#  i686-pc-linu-gnu
prodigy:~/trees/src/CORBA-ORBit-0.4.3$ perl client -ORBIIOPUSock 0 -ORBIIOPIPv4 1
incomplete message received at client line 36.
Error demarshalling result at client line 36.
Exception: CORBA::MARSHAL ('IDL:omg.org/CORBA/MARSHAL:1.0')
    (0, COMPLETED_YES)
   Error marshalling parameter or result

TIA,
Alex