Problems with 64-bit Fedora SPP

[dougmink]

I just got a new computer today, a dual processor, dual core Sun machine running 64-bin Fedora Linux. When I try compiling one of my SPP packages on it, the files complie OK, but I get lots and lots of messages like this when linking:

/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file '/data/oir/IRAF2.13//iraf.pkg/noao/bin.redhat/libsmw.a(shdr.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output

Is there something I can set? Or do I need a whole new set of IRAF binaries? The old executables worked fine, but I need to fix some bugs/add some features.

-Doug Mink

[fitz]

Compilation on 64-bit systems is not yet supported, you'll have to use pre-built 32-bit binaries for both the core system and external packages.

With proper compatability libraries installed on your machine and much munging of compile time flags to add a '-m32' option, it is sometimes possibles to build 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit machine but this is not something for mere muggles to attempt.

-Mike

[dougmink]

[nelly]

Hi, I am a new iraf user, using a new DELL 64-bit computer , and running iraf-2.12.2 which is installed on the department server. everything works so far, expect when I compile routines using 'fc' I have compilation errors, similar to the ones that Doug has reported. (at the end the file gets compiled, but when I run it , i get the message 'segmentation fault'.)

This is the error message:
'/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386 architecture of input file `/iraf/iraf/unix/bin.redhat/libos.a(zraloc.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output '

I don't really understand Mike's answer about adding a -m32 option. Can anyone please help explain more in details, what can be done? or does anyone have some new clues about what to be done???

Thank you!
Nelly

[fitz]

For compilation using 'fc', you would do something like:

[nelly]

Thanks Mike for your reply!!

this works, problem solved!
in fact it seems to work without the '/' as well!

Nelly