ld: warning: symbol '_start' has differing types: (file /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/lib/prod/lib/v9/crt1.o type=FUNC; file /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/lib//libserver11.a(skds.o) type=OBJT); While applying Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.3.1 (13343438), I encountered the errors above. Okay, it's a warning, but I have a hard time ignoring warnings I don't know about. Has anyone encountered the same? SunOS 5.10 Generic_147440-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise - 64bit OS and Database software. Thanks. Michael Dinh : Disparity Breaks Automation (DBA) Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong - Peter T Mcintyre Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people - Eleanor Roosevelt When any rule or formula becomes a substitute for thought rather than an aid to thinking, it is dangerous and should be discarded -Thomas William Phelps -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l