On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:08:59 -0500 Matthew Mondor <mm_li...@pulsar-zone.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:22:34 -0800 > Paul Bowyer <pbow...@olynet.com> wrote: > > > Hello again Juanjo: > > > > Now that I have both 32-bit and 64-bit PCLinuxOS systems with ECL > > installed on them I tried running a executable created on the 32-bit > > system on the 64-bit system and discovered that libecl.so.11.1.1, which > > the executable is linked against, is different on the two systems. > > > > I was thinking that 32-bit executables would run on a 64-bit system, but > > not the other way around. Can I expect that to be true if I ship > > libecl.so.11.1.1 created on a 32-bit system to 64-bit systems? > > > > What is the best practice to keep from overwriting an existing 64-bit > > version of libecl.so.11.1.1? > > > > Maybe I'm asking a silly question... > > A different configure --prefix, along with --enable-rpath should help > such that every executable loads its proper library, i.e. there then > can be multiple versions/builds of ECL, i.e. stored > as /usr/local/ecl-<suffix>/* > > If your use your system's libgmp, libgc and libdffi, this could still > be problematic, but ECL also supports building its own statically, i.e. > using --enable-boehm=included --with-gmp=included --with-dffi=included, > so every build can use its own ABI-compatible version. Oh, I forgot to mention about setting CC and CFLAGS/LDFLAGS to the wanted values prior to running the configure script, such that you build ECL with the wanted compiler and ABI-specific flags... Hopefully this helps a bit, -- Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Ecls-list mailing list Ecls-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecls-list
