Re: IRIX, can oracle executables be linked using gcc?

doug rady wrote:

> In article <36EDE50E.B804B6B4_at_spacepirates.com>,
> Scott Douglass <scott_at_spacepirates.com> wrote:
> >I've got Oracle 7 Workgroup Server, and need to have it installed on an
> >SGI system running IRIX6.5. I do not have SGI's development option, but
> >I do have a fully functional gcc (as all headers, assembler, linker, etc
> >are included with IRIX 6.5). I know it works because I've used it to
> >compile ssh2, samba, and other goodies.
> >
> >Is it possible to get the Oracle executables to re-link using gcc and
> >the IRIX6.5 headers and tools?
>
> No. The Oracle version you are using is built -32.
> The gcc available for IRIX 6.5 generates N32 and does not
> support -32 any more.
>
> doug.

There is a n32 product, "Oracle N32 Client Development Kit", part no. Z24604-02, which can link
n32 programs to o32 libraries. You can order it from Oracle customer service. I ordered it, but have
not got it.

mike Received on Tue Apr 06 1999 - 12:57:56 CDT