Re: Joys of Linux

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:25:07 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <hbu33j$lqu$2_at_solani.org>

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:22:29 +0000, Mladen Gogala wrote:

> Last night, I upgraded my CentOS from 5.3 --> 5.4. Of course, there is
> no upgrade for unixODBC, but there is a ton of other upgrades. Result:
>
>
> [mgogala_at_medo work]$ isql ora10 scott tiger
> +---------------------------------------+ | Connected!
> | | | | sql-statement
> | | help [tablename] | | quit
> | |
> | +---------------------------------------+ SQL> select * from
> user_tables;
> isql: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib//
> libsqora.so.10.1: undefined symbol: _VEC_memzero [mgogala_at_medo work]$
>
> This used to work and now it doesn't. As 10g ODBC drivers are no longer
> supported, there is nobody to complain to. Of course, the 11g drivers
> are incompatible with the current release of the unixODBC driver
> manager:
>
> [mgogala_at_medo work]$ isql ora11 scott tiger isql: symbol lookup error:
> /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib/ libsqora.so.11.1: undefined symbol:
> SQLGetPrivateProfileStringW [mgogala_at_medo work]$
>
>
> The trick would be to pull the latest source and run
>
> ./configure prefix=/usr
>
> but that would mess up the installed packages system and instantaneously
> render the whole thing unsupported. I am eagerly awaiting somebody to
> create the much needed RPM packages and put them into one of the
> available repositories. I am downloading the DVD with Oracle EL 5.4, in
> order to see whether it has the right version of the driver manager.
> Fortunately, RR is rather fast and that will be done quickly.

BTW, did anybody manage to successfully install the latest Tora on CentOS 5.x or RH EL 5.x?

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Received on Sat Oct 24 2009 - 00:25:07 CDT