Re: [MLUG] gcc/oracle/ld question

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 09:00:57PM -0500, Jason McIntosh wrote:
> I'm fighting here to get Oracle installed on a gentoo AMD64 based 
> system using Oracle's 9iR2 AMD64 release.  However, hitting a few 
> snags.  I've got the emulation libraries installed, which includes: 
> /usr/lib32/libc_nonshared.a 
> for applications that need it.  Of course, /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a is 
> the 64bit version that normal apps use.  The trick is that Oracle keeps 
> looking at the 64bit library, and I can't get it to look at the other 
> for some reason.  It's doing this when it's trying to create several 
> libraries using gcc.  Suggestions anyone?  ld keeps reporting "skipping 
> incompatible /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a when searching for 
> /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a".  Suggestions? 
> Thanks! 
> Jason 

Have you tried the ol' switcheroo?  That is, temporarily move the 32-bit
library to /usr/lib and finish installing Oracle.  Because it's a static
library, you should be able to fix things back after the install and
Oracle will still work.

Regards,
Mark
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