Its installed now!, i deleted and ran it again and intended to insert te library you sent but second time it just worked. So i have no idea why it corrupted the library first time. everything was same, same choices, user, env, directories etc. Thanks again cheers Pete In article <20040301135247.GA13714@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mladen Gogala <mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes >If nm fails on the library, then the library is corrupt, no two ways about it. >Did it work with the correct library that I sent you? > >On 02/29/2004 06:20:44 PM, Pete Finnigan wrote: >> Hi Mladen, >> >> thanks very much for your reply. I tried nm and got a 45k listing of >> object files in the library and then it fails with >> >> drlk2d.o: No symbols >> Malformed archive >> >> So i guess your assumption is correct, the library is corrupt. I >> followed Puschitz steps on his site and didn't install any compat stuff >> for gcc as he suggests - i altered /etc/redhat-release to trick the >> installer into thinking it was RHAS 3 and the installed passed all of >> the other compatibility checks. So the question is - is the library >> really corrupt or is it a gcc compat issue? >> >> Thanks Mladen. >> >> kind regards >> >> Pete >> >> In article <20040229225230.GA20290@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mladen Gogala >> <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes >> >Pete, it says "malformed archive", which probably means that your >> >library is corrupt. Please, do >> > >> > "nm u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib//libctxc10.a" >> > >> >and see if nm can read it. The "nm" utility and linker use the >> >same mechanism, so if "nm" can't read it, neither can ld. >> > >> >On 02/29/2004 05:42:12 PM, Pete Finnigan wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> >> >> I am trying to get 10g installed on RedHat 9 and the linker phase fails >> >> with the following error: >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/lib//libctxc10.a: could not read >> >> symbols: Malformed archive >> >> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >> >> make: *** [/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/oracle] Error 1 >> >> </snip> >> >> >> >> I have searched metalink, google and otn but the only thing i threw up >> >> was someone with the same error on Solaris 9 on metalink, the thread is >> >> still active with no solution. >> >> >> >> It is trying to build the "oracle" binary, i chose continue and the next >> >> binary fails with the same error. >> >> >> >> I am using a CD from Oracle rather than the download. If anyone has any >> >> ideas on how to get around this i would appreciate it. >> >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> >> >> Pete >> >> -- >> >> Pete Finnigan >> >> email:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists >> >> Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for >> >details. >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >> >> -- >> >> Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >> >> FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> Pete Finnigan >> email:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists >> Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for >details. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >> -- >> Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >> FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >-- >Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pete Finnigan email:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------