Solaris and Oracle 32bit Linking Error "fatal: symbol 'ntcontab'

Solaris and Oracle 32bit Linking Error "fatal: symbol 'ntcontab' in file $O_H/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o): section [3].data: : symbol lies outside of containing section" [ID 1364167.1]

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修改时间 12-OCT-2011     类型 PROBLEM     状态 MODERATED 

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Applies to:Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.1.0.2 to 10.2.0.5 - Release: 10.1 to 10.2
Oracle Server - Standard Edition - Version: 10.1.0.2 to 10.2.0.5   [Release: 10.1 to 10.2]
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
This issue is currently known to affect only the 32bit version of Oracle Software on the following platforms
Solaris x86
Solaris x86-64
Where OS patch 144501-19 has been installed
or in the latest Solaris builds 
Solaris 11 [Nevada] 
or 
Solaris 10 Update 10 and above ( Solaris 10 8/11 )Symptoms

When doing a new install or applying a patch of 32bit Oracle software on a server that meets the following criteria

Solaris x86

Solaris x86-64

Where OS patch 144501-19 has been installed

or in the latest Solaris builds 
Solaris 11 [Nevada] 
or 
Solaris 10 Update 10 and above ( Solaris 10 8/11 )

The following error is seen during link phase:

excerpt from $ORACLE_HOME/install/make.log

INFO: Start output from spawned process: 
INFO: ---------------------------------- 
INFO:

INFO: /export/home/oracle/sw/11g/bin/genclntsh

INFO: ld: fatal: symbol 'ntcontab' in file 
/export/home/oracle/sw/11g/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o): section [3].data: size 
0x60: symbol (address 0, size 0x70) lies 
outside of containing section

INFO: ld: fatal: file processing errors. No output written to 
/export/home/oracle/sw/11g/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1

INFO: genclntsh: Failed to link libclntsh.so.10.1

INFO: make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `client_sharedlib 
INFO: '

INFO: *** Error code 1

Cause

Unpublished bug:

Bug 6791866 - ASSEMBLER CODE GENERATED BY GENNTTAB CAUSES LD ERROR IN LATEST SOLARIS BUILDS

Which states:

Always in the latest Solaris builds

Solaris 11 [Nevada]

and

Solaris 10 Update 10 and above ( Solaris 10 8/11 )

due to stricter integrity checking in the linker (ld)

or

OS patch 144501-19 installed.

Solution

For versions 10.1.x through 10.2.0.x use the following workaround

If this occurs during an installation of the base release or patchset, you will get a pop-up for the link error providing the following options, 'Retry or Continue'.  Leave this popup and login to a new session as the owner of the ORACLE_HOME, and complete the following:

1. cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin

2. cp gennttab gennttab_orig

3. edit gennttab

change

ntcontab: 
         .type   ntcontab,@object 
         .size   ntcontab,112 
         .align  4

to

ntcontab: 
         .type   ntcontab,@object 
         .size   ntcontab,96 
         .align  4

4. cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/lib

execute command

/usr/ccs/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk ntcontab.o

execute command

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/genclntsh

5. If this error occurred during an installation of base release or patchset and you received the pop-up described above, click on 'Retry' and the link error should resolve itself.

6.  If this error occurred during a patching installation via opatch utility then complete the following after doing steps 1-4 above

relink Oracle

relink all > relink.txt 2>&1

7. review the relink.txt file for errors