Quick Fix to the Linker Error - ld: fatal: library -lgcc_s: not found

Symptom(s):When building some of the open source applications like MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition with the GCC compiler, the linking step may fail with the fatal error message library -lgcc_s: not found despite the fact that the gcc_s library is available on the system and is in the linker search path -- for example, LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Solaris.Quick Fix / Workaround: Add the absolute path to the gcc_s library on the link line, OR (Recommended)...

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Consolidating Siebel CRM 8.0 on a Single Sun SPARC Enterprise Server, T5440

.. blueprint document is now available on wikis.sun.com. Here is the direct link to the blueprint:            Consolidating Oracle Siebel CRM 8 on a Single Sun SPARC Enterprise Server.Siebel 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) benchmark workload was used in running all the performance tests using Solaris Containers and Logical Domains (LDoms) on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise...

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Yet Another Siebel 8.0 PSPP Benchmark on Sun CMT Hardware ..

.. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240.(This blog entry also serves as a summary page for all the Siebel 8.0 benchmarks that Sun published so far.)On November 14, 2008 Sun published a brand new 10,000 user Siebel 8.0 benchmark result using a combination of T5240 and T5120 servers. In this benchmark, a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server equipped with two 1.2 GHz, 8-Core UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors served as the system under test on which we ran the Siebel...

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Ramifications of the Solaris 10 kernel patch 137111

SummaryA recent code change in Solaris 10 inadvertantly exposed an inherent bug in some of the 32-bit applications that rely on their own memory allocators. Due to this, some of the 3rd party applications which were working earlier without the KU 137111 may crash on Solaris 10/SPARC with the KU 137111 (any revision).Symptoms & the CauseIt was identified that majority of such application failures are mainly due to the applications' custom memory...

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Siebel on Sun CMT hardware : Best Practices

The following suggested best practices are applicable to all Siebel deployments on CMT hardware (Tx00, T5x20, T5x40) running Solaris 10 [Note: some of this tuning applies to Siebel running on conventional hardware running Solaris]. These recommendations are based on our observations from the 14,000 user benchmark on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440. Your mileage may vary.All Tiers Ensure that the system's firmware is up-to-date.Check the Sun System Firmware...

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Siebel 8.0 on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 - More Bang for the Buck!!

Recently Sun announced the 14,000 user Siebel 8.0 PSPP benchmark results on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440. An Oracle white paper with Sun's 14,000 user benchmark results is available on Oracle's Siebel benchmark web site. The content in this blog post complements the benchmark white paper.Some of the notes and highlights from this competitive benchmark are as follows: Key specifications for the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system under test,...

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New Kid on the Block, LWS

.. Life with Solaris, that is. I just noticed a new web site called Life with Solaris that appears to be evolving in the footsteps of Blastwave and OpenCSW. As of today, the folks at LWS seem to have built some of the popular open source media players like Xine, VLC for different distributions of Solaris - Solaris 10, Solaris Nevada and OpenSolaris 2008.05The first step in installing the packages from LWS is to install the pkg-admin tool (a perl...

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