Re: 10g install on redhat 9 libctxc10.a Malformed Archive issue

  • From: Pete Finnigan <oracle_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:15:40 +0000

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
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