Re: huge proc executalbe in V7

In article <1994May17.184637.2688_at_chemabs.uucp> lvirden_at_cas.org writes:
>In article <1994May16.124632.23589_at_ohgpu.hydro.on.ca>,
>Rob E. Allan <rallan_at_ohgpu.hydro.on.ca> wrote:
>:In article <2qv8gm$75n_at_pereiii.uji.es> mingot_at_vents.uji.es (Ivan MIngot Latorre) writes:
>:>Rob E. Allan (Rob.E.Allan_at_hydro.on.ca) wrote:
>:>> I am in the process of proting some V6 proc code to V7.
>:>> When compiling the demos, the executable size is about 1
>:>> megabyte for evey demo. Does anyone know why they are so
>:>> big? Is there anything I can do to keep my progs from
>:>> exploding to this size?
 

>:>> rob.e.allan_at_hydro.on.ca
>
>No there is nothing you can do, short of staying with Oracle 6 or moving
>to another vendor.
>
>:> I talked with ORACLE SUPPORTS services and they replied
>:>me that in most platforms ORACLE 7 doesn't make dimamic links,
>:>that is, the links are statics and so the programs size are
>:>very big.
>
>Sorry - wrong answer. We are talking about no change in programs,
>just recompiling with the new Oracle version - was static, still
>is static. Auto growth of 1 meg! I hope folk have a LOT of spare
>disk change around...
>
>:
>:I should have mentioned that I am running V7 under sunos 4.1.3U_1.
>:I also found another wierd "feature". The demo makefile has some of the
>:smae libraries repeated on the link line. When I take out any duplicates,
>:I get all kinds of undefined functions. If I reorder the libs on the link line,
>:I get different undefined functions.
>:
>
>If that's the only strange problem you have encountered you are indeed
>a fortunate person. We find that trying to create a runform with
>user exits results in a run of the forms designer rather than our
>application, that the makefiles as distributed don't work on a Sun - we
>have to hack quite a bit to even get make to use the files, then hack
>some more to get the sample applications to link. And then there is
>the matter of needing to hack more to get _our_ applications to work...
>--
>:s Great net resources sought...
>:s Larry W. Virden INET: lvirden_at_cas.org
>:s Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614
>The task of an educator should be to irrigate the desert not clear the forest.

I've only tried to cimlie the demos, I haven't even begun to port anything over yet, so you've really made my day :)

I guess I'll give rogue wave a call about dh++ today ...

rob.e.allan_at_hydro.on.ca Received on Wed May 18 1994 - 19:17:03 CEST