create_rts fails with error message "ld: cannot find -lgcc"

Problem Symptoms:
(1)
When one enters the command "create_rts" as the UNIX user who owns the Ex Libris software (aleph or dtl or metalib) the following error message appears:
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$ create_rts
create rts
ld: cannot find -lgcc
mv: cannot stat `/exlibris/metalib/m4_1/aleph/exe/rts32x': No such file or directory
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(2)
The error messages above can also appear when one executes the compilation test script $alephm_scratch/test_compile (Aleph, MetaLib) respectively $dtlm_scratch/test_compile (DigiTool) because that script includes the command "create_rts".

Cause:
 

A. The file /exlibris/product/cobol5/etc/cobopt which belongs to the COBOL environment Micro Focus Server Express specifies an incorrect path to the libraries of the compiler gcc, e.g.:
set GCC_LIB=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.1/32

The correct path is the following:
set GCC_LIB=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.4/32

 

B.  As was the case with the OpenSSL issue described in the article " Security scan flags OpenSSL/0.9.8za as security risk  ", this problem was due to the "Download 3rd party products update" not having been properly executed as part of a Service Pack application. 

Resolution:

A.   

 

(1) Edit the file /exlibris/product/cobol5/etc/cobopt and specify the correct path to the libraries of the compiler gcc:
set GCC_LIB=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.4/32

 

(2) Enter the command "create_rts" and verify that it creates the run-time system of the COBOL environment correctly:

 

B.   Run util sp steps 6-10 -- and enter the create_rts command to verify that it now works correctly.