On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Baruch Even wrote: > > then comes the next pain... the backup system is CA, and they have > > nothing out for X86-64 yet. I have no idea how SuSE and RH encapsulate > > 32-bit support on the new AMD64 systems, but I think I can guess a 32 > > bit backup agent module and the 64 bit OS and Oracle will not play nice. > > If anyone knows the answer to that (I lack the bandwidth to actually > > test it in time) I'll listen gladly, on list of off it. > > According to what I read, SuSe and RH both have mixed mode for 64bits so > you can run both 32 and 64 bit applications at the same time. > > BUT, I'm not sure which one is the default... if it's the 32bit than you > are _probably_ ok. Since the libraries in /lib and /usr/lib will be > the 32 bit versions which will make CA happy. The 64bit stuff will be in > /lib64 and such. It does mean that compiling some package or program on > this platform will mean a bit more work, depending on the version you want.
not at all. you simply need to give a flag to gcc telling it if you want a 32bit or a 64bit application - and it handles the rest. that, at least, is what is written in gcc's info pages. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
