[csw-users] unixodbc available as 64bit package?

[Dennis Clarke]

> Hi all,
>
> I know this has been discussed several times ago but - as usual -
> managed to run into this issue too:
>
> <snip>
> -bash-3.00$ /opt/csw/bin/isql -v OracleTestServer
> [01000][unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib
> '/opt/oracle/instantclient_10_2/libsqora.so.10.1' : ld.so.1: isql:
> fatal: /opt/oracle/instantclient_10_2/libsqora.so.10.1: wrong ELF class:
> ELFCLASS64
> [ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
> -bash-3.00$ file /opt/csw/bin/isql
> /opt/csw/bin/isql:      ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1,
> dynamically linked, stripped
> -bash-3.00$ file /opt/oracle/instantclient_10_2/libsqora.so.10.1
> /opt/oracle/instantclient_10_2/libsqora.so.10.1:        ELF 64-bit MSB
> dynamic lib SPARCV9 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped
> </snip>
>
> The problem is solved for now by installing the sparc 32bit instant
> client from oracle. I consider this to be a workaround, the affected
> system is used to transfer several gigabytes a day between productive
> databases and dwh systems. Would it cause a lot of work to build this
> and other packages in a way that it contains 32bit and 64bit binaries?

  If you file a bug report against this package then it will be looked at
during bug review. What you are asking for seems entirely reasonable and
in fact, needed.

Dennis