[SunRescue] Oracle Linking (Was Re: compiler problems)

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My actual question was what is the problem with that patch you mentioned?
	Nick

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> Nick asked:
> :Why?
> 
> [ ... in relation to why Oracle gets re-linked on an install ... ]
> 
> (I happen to be working at a client site where there are "Oracle 
> Consulting" personnel on-site, so I got to tap their expertise-- 
> otherwise I'd have no idea about this...)
> 
> It relinks on-install because there are different OS-dependancies
> for threading, etc, with different versions of the OS. This means
> that a single Oracle 8i CD can be used to install Oracle on any
> rev of Solaris. Please note that when you run the install /usr/ccs/bin
> should be in your path ahead of /usr/local/bin so that the Solaris
> ld gets called instead of the GNU ld (if you have that installed) as
> linking Oracle against the GNU libs is a "bad thing"(tm) and generally
> don't work.
> 
> Lots (if not all) of the Oracle apps (svrmgrl, sqlplus, tnslistner,
> etc) get re-linked.
> 
> -Jon
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