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 -----------------------------------------------------------------