Re: Copying Pro*C/Pro*Cobol instead of installing..?

In article <1082_at_grivel.une.edu.au>, janene_at_metz.une.edu.au (Janene Carey) writes:
> I have a production and a development machine (both DEC 5500
> running Risc Ultrix and Oracle 6.0.34) and I have Pro*C and
> Pro*Cobol installed on one but not the other.
>
> We have a licence to have the precompilers on both machines, and
> now we need them on both. I was hoping to be able to just copy
> /usr/local/oracle/c and /usr/local/oracle/cobol from one machine
> to another. Is this a waste of time? Am I going to miss out on
> lots of other things I need?
>
> I know about the /usr/local/oracle/bin/pcc and /usr/local/oracle/
> rdbms/lib/libpro.a files. Are there others?
>
> Also, will I miss out on essential relinking procedures or changes
> to the database or somesuch by "installing" via copying?
>
> I'm also hoping to move the Microfocus Cobol product across in the
> same way.
>
> Comments?
>
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> Janene Carey, Computing Services, University of New England,
> Armidale, 2351, NSW, Australia. Email: janene_at_metz.une.edu.au
> Phone: +61 67 73 2287 Fax: +61 67 73 3272
> Any views expressed are mine own hard won ones
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Sorry, but you will need to relink on the machine where the executables will run. The programs get linked with your Oracle kernel. Even if you just shutdown Oracle, change the SGA size and restart Oracle, you will need to relink everything.

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