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_at_medo.adelphia.net>, Mladen Gogala
> <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> 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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