Hmm... that's funny cause I have Oracle 8.0.5.1.0 (Enterprise) install'd here on my Potato system with no problems... I did have to get the compat RPMs which I just ran through alien to produce DEBs... I've even tried the Oracle8i release on Potato but removed it due to the Java being so slow and Java being the only way to install it... Respectfully, Jeremy T. Bouse UnderGrid Network Services Matt Zimmerman decided to waste my bandwidth saying: > On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 11:09:59AM -0500, Mark Mealman wrote: > > > Needed glibc2.1 for an Oracle install so I did an upgrade from slink to > > potato. > > Note that Oracle for Linux 8.0.5.0.0 is compiled against glibc2.0 (I believe > version 2.0.7, specifically) and will break badly (lots of segfaults) under > glibc2.1. There is a 'patch' on their FTP site[1] that basically includes > instructions for installing an older 'compat' compiler and libraries under > RH6.0 and re-linking the Oracle executables against the old libraries. There > is also a page[2] with a step-by-step procedure for installing the 'patch'. > > I have not even tried to get such a setup working on a Debian system yet. Can > anyone offer any advice about setting up a 'compatibility' build environment to > make this work? Are the RPMs likely to do the right thing? I know of no plans > by Oracle to release a glibc2.1-compatible update in the near future. > > [1] ftp://ftp.oracle.com/pub/www/otn/linux/ > [2] http://www.oracle.com/support/products/o8s/linux/html/tips1.html > > -- > - Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------, | Jeremy T. Bouse - UnderGrid Network Services, LLC - www.UnderGrid.net | | PGP ID/Fingerprint: 1024/E83D9AE5/4ACC03F098D78198 19D0593E50E597E9 | | Public PGP key available by sending email with 'send pgpkey' in subject | | undrgrid@UnderGrid.net - NIC Whois: JB5713 - Jeremy.Bouse@UnderGrid.net | | The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!! | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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