Re: 4ge on RedHat 6.0 segmentation fault

Posted in 1999

Art S. Kagel — Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:04:58 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

ray beckler wrote: > > I just upgraded my redhat linux 5.2 to 6.0. The 4ge programs compiled > under 5.2 run just fine. The ones compiled under 6.0 just give the > message "segmentation fault - core dumped" and die. > > OS - intel RedHat 6.0 2.2.5 > 4gl - 7.2.0.UD7 > SQL - 7.2.0.UD7 > SE - 7.2.0.UC5 > > I searched everywhere. Maybe I just didn't know where to look but I > couldn't find any answers. Finally I loaded the 2.0.7 compat libraries, > bin utils and compat egcs utilities. I changed $CC in c4gl from "cc" to > "i386-glibc20-linux-gcc". It works. > > Now, did I do the right thing? Is there an easier way to accomplish > this? If memory serves RH6.x uses EGCS while RH 5.x used GCC. The compilers may not be link compatible. What you did was to replace the EGCS compiler with the GCC compiler. Sounds good to me. Art S. Kagel