[Fwd: Re: Compiling on 64 bit SuSE (Was Re: List OK?)]

[Des Dougan]

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 15:24 -0400, Dan Black wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 23:37 -0700, Des Dougan wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 00:04 -0400, Dan Black wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 20:44 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> > > >   Des Dougan <des at douganconsulting.com>,
> > > >   In a message on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:30:45 -0700, wrote :
> > > > 
> > > > DD> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > > DD> From: Des Dougan <des at DouganConsulting.com>
> > > > DD> To: Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>
> > > > DD> Subject: Re: Compiling on 64 bit SuSE (Was Re: List OK?)
> > > > DD> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:52:06 -0700
> > > > DD> 
> > > > DD> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 23:47 +0100, Maf. King wrote:
> > > > DD> > Hi Des,
> > > > DD> > 
> > > > DD> > Just to add a couple of cents - I'm in a similar position at the moment, 
> > > > DD> > trying to get a CAD-viewer app to build on my first x86_64 box (SuSE 9.3), 
> > > > DD> > and I feel that you might get more mileage out of trying to build GC as a 32 
> > > > DD> > bit app.
> > > > DD> > 
> > > > DD> > It is what I intend to try next (when I get time)- force everything "down" to 
> > > > DD> > 32 bit, which seems not to be the intended SuSE way, as the /*/lib64 
> > > > DD> > directories seem to be preferred....
> > > > DD> 
> > > > DD> Maf.,
> > > > DD> 
> > > > DD> I'm willing to try that. How does the force to 32 bit happen? Is it the
> > > > DD> --build configure option that does this?
> > > > 
> > > > Well, you need to install the 32-bit compiler, the 32-bit bintools, and
> > > > all of the 32-bit -devel rpms.  And then you won't be able to build
> > > > any 64-bit applications.  You might as well just install the 32-bit
> > > > version of Suse, in which case you might just as well just toss the
> > > > 64-bit processors and get 32-bit ones....
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I've run SuSE 9.2 x86_64 in the past.  If I remember correctly, you can
> > > install both 64 bit and 32 bit versions of gcc and you would have gcc
> > > (64 bit) and gcc32.  So you can compile 64 bit and 32 bit apps on the
> > > same box.
> > 
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > Thanks for your message. looking at what I have installed, it seems SuSE
> > installs both versions:
> > 
> > # rpm -qa | grep gcc
> > gcc-3.3.5-5.1
> > libgcc-3.3.5-5.1
> > gcc-c++-3.3.5-5.1
> > gcc-32bit-9.3-7.1
> > gcc-info-3.3.5-5.1
> > 
> > My problem is how to tell gnucash to use 32 bit, if I'm unable to get
> > the 64 bit version to work.
> > 
> 
> I think you can use the CC=gcc-32bit (or whatever the actual name of the
> gcc 32bit file) on the configure commmand line.  
> 

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't work either - the
Makefile still contains references to lib64. My next step will be to
take up Robert Heller's suggestion and check the SuSE source RPM
specfile, which I'd already downloaded - just need to find time to look
at it...

Regards,

Des
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