We're using RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on both 64-bit servers and 32-bit desktop systems. Code that is compiled on the servers must be able to run on the desktop systems as well. By default RHEL 3 for AMD64 compiles in 64-bit mode so obviously the generated executables won't run on our desktop systems. I know that you can compile in 32-bit mode with the -m32 option, but is there a way to have gcc/g++ compile in 32-bit by default (without specifying the option every time)? Even creating a shell alias (e.g. alias gcc="gcc -m32") doesn't take care of the problem as this alias gets ignored when using gcc in a Makefile. Is there a way to do what I'm asking? Any help would be appreciated. Jeremy
