64 bit linux

[Frits van Bommel]

Funog wrote:
> I am using SimplyMEPIS 6.5 64 bit linux. DMD used to work fine with previous 32 bit versions of SimplyMepis, but now linking would not work. A hello world ( void main(char[][] args){printf("Hello\r\n");}) gives :
> 
> funog at 1[ircw]$ dmd hello.d
> gcc hello.o -o hello -m32 -lphobos -lpthread -lm -Xlinker -L/home/funog/dmd/bin/../lib
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../libpthread.so when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../libpthread.a when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/bin/../lib/libpthread.so when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/bin/../lib/libpthread.a when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.so when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libpthread.a when searching for -lpthread
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthread
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> --- errorlevel 1
> 
> I am not very good at linux... Is there a way to correct this problem, or will DMD just do not work on my distro?

The problem is that the libraries it finds are 64-bit, so they don't 
link with 32-bit applications.
I had a similar problem on 64-bit Ubuntu. I worked around it by running 
DMD in a 32-bit chroot. It's not ideal but it works...
(If anyone has a better solution, I'd love to hear it)