using a 32-bit library on a 64-bit machine
Art Werschulz
We have a mixed bunch of 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64) Fedora 11
machines. I created a library on one of the 32-bit machines by issuing
the commands
g++ -c List.cc
ar q libList.a List.o
ranlib libList.a
Suppose that I attempt to use same on a 64-bit machine:
g++ -o foo foo.o -L. -lList
I get the following:
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible libList.a when searching for -lList
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lList
Now it's my impression that the 64-bit machines can use 32-bit
libraries, see (e.g.) /usr/lib vs. /usr/lib64. Other than the fact that
these two directories are using shared libraries (.so), is there
something I'm missing here that would allow the 32-bit libraries to be
used on the 64-bit machines?
Many thanks.
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