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Thank you for reaching out with your suggestion. We are currently working on implementing a new option within the db2prereqcheck utility. Our proposed approach is as follows:
A new command-line option will be introduced to allow users to disable the 32-bit package verification. When this option is specified, the utility will suppress all warnings and errors related to 32-bit package checks. Additionally, an informational message will be displayed on the console during execution, stating: "32-bit package check has been ignored." This message is intended to be informational only and should not interfere with automated processes. Please note that this option will be applicable exclusively to 64-bit installations.
We would appreciate your confirmation that displaying this informational message—indicating that the 32-bit package check has been bypassed—is acceptable and will not cause any issues with your automation workflows. This notification serves as a safeguard to alert users who may inadvertently enable this option while still requiring 32-bit packages for their 64-bit installation.
Please let us know if you have any concerns or require further clarification.
Below is the current warning message which we display on 64bit when 32bit packages were found missing:
DBT3514W The db2prereqcheck utility failed to find the following 32-bit library file only required to support 32-bit non-sql routines: "/lib/libpam.so*" provided by the "pam.i686" package.
DBT3514W The db2prereqcheck utility failed to find the following 32-bit library file only required to support 32-bit non-sql routines: "libstdc++.so.6" provided by the "libstdc++.i686" package.
Above messages has been implemented in Db2 12.1.2 release.
Just while installing a fresh Db2 11.5 on Linux it puzzles me again, what has happened since IDUG Philadelphia in 2018. Looks like nobody had time to look into this. :-(