From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Sun Feb 29 16:49:23 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1TMnNd24883 for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:49:23 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1TMnNo24878 for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:49:23 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id ACFA1394CE3; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:50:13 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:49:09 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from medo.adelphia.net (ct-seymour3a-171.wtrbct.adelphia.net [24.49.189.171]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F2216394C4F for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:49:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from medo.adelphia.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by medo.adelphia.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1TMqU5M020337 for ; Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:52:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:52:30 -0500 From: Mladen Gogala To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: 10g install on redhat 9 libctxc10.a Malformed Archive issue Message-ID: <20040229225230.GA20290@medo.adelphia.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: (from oracle_list@peterfinnigan.demon.co.uk on Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 17:42:12 -0500) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.0.16 Lines: 54 X-archive-position: 47 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: mgogala@adelphia.net Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l 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: > > > /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 > > > 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@petefinnigan.com > 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@freelists.org > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------