Brian Long wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 12:00 -0500, Pedro Espinoza wrote: > >>> I don't get to do much programming any more, but no I don't think so. >>> You have the choice of compiling your programs 32-bit or 64-bit >>> that's all. >>> >>> I really can't say if this slow-down is due to the P4 netburst >>> running in 64bits, or something else. >>> >> We got many scripts that make use of sort, which, I suppose, calls >> qsort(). Same with perl stuff. I can't enforce sort, perl stuff to use >> 32bit. >> >> I just checked opensuse10.2 on 64bit xeon box. They shipped with 32bit glibc. >> > > Pedro, > It sounds like you have a tough decision to make. Some of the options: > > 1) Run 32-bit RHEL 5 > 2) Install a 32-bit toolset on your 64-bit RHEL 5 (i.e. Perl, etc). > Note, I'm not saying install perl.i386 :) You would be wise to have a > 32-bit toolchain in NFS-mounted space for all your machines to share and > enforce your developers to use those tools and not the local ones. > >
I would disagree with the NFS-mounted part for the tools if your network goes down at all. Just have the tools copied locally from NFS, then run. Jason _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
