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GLib-WARNING Trying to Run SQLcl on Linux (Doc ID 2292665.1)

Last updated on MAY 29, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle SQL Developer - Version 17.2 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While using SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) on Linux the following exception occurs.

>sql

(process:117859): GLib-WARNING **: In call to g_spawn_sync(), exit status of a child process was requested but ECHILD was received by waitpid(). Most likely the process is ignoring SIGCHLD, or some other thread is invoking waitpid() with a nonpositive first argument; either behavior can break applications that use g_spawn_sync either directly or indirectly.

 

Changes

 This is a fresh install of SQLcl on Linux.

Cause

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