Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (75 mails)

[Tom Corr <tcorr@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 05 January 2006 05:30, Dave Howorth wrote:
I don't know about the other compilers, but "gcc" in SuSE 9.3 and later (these 
are the only two I've tested on my x86_64 laptop) recognize the "-m32" flag 
for compiling 32 bit applications.  Simply, add the "-m32" flag to whenever 
you invoke gcc to compile or "link" an application.  I believe, although I 
can't verify it at this time, there is a "GCCFLAGS" environment variable that 
could be set too.  Perhaps, google'n this might help...

Anyhow, by passing the "-m32" flag to gcc, gcc will generate 32 bit object 
files, and will invoke the linker with the necessary options/libraries to 
build a 32 bit application.

When you are done building your application, simple do a "file <app_name>" to 
see that it is indeed a 32 bit application.

sorry, i didnt have more time to spend looking up the specifics.

> I've seen a few threads like this with people asking how to compile
> 32-bit binaries on SUSE AMD64. They don't seem to get clear answers.
>
> I'm trying to do such a compilation now and have the same trouble. I've
> looked in the admin and user guides, the Suse Help centre and on the
> suse portal without success. I've browsed www.amd.com and www.x86-64.org
> as suggested in the admin manual but didn't find anything useful.
>
> I hope I'm just being dumb and have missed something. Is there a guide
> to building 32-bit applications on a 64-bit SUSE system?
>
> Thanks, Dave