Fatal error: Command failed for target `frmbld' During Patch Process (Doc ID 2400416.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 12.2.4 version, Forms for App Technology

When attempting to rollback 22698265, the following error occurred.
The same issue occurs when applying patch 14825718 as well.

ERROR
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OPatch found the word "fatal" in stderr, please look into it.
You may have to run the make again.
Stderr Output (from /xxxx/applmgr/fs1/EBSapps/10.1.2/.patch_storage/22698265/make_local.stderr):

ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 'frmbld'

OPatch encounters the following Make issues:
Error for command: cd /xxxx/applmgr/fs1/EBSapps/10.1.2//forms/lib32; /usr/ccs/bin/make -f ins_forms.mk install ORACLE_HOME="/xxxx/applmgr/fs1/EBSapps/10.1.2" 2>/xxxx/applmgr/fs1/EBSapps/10.1.2/.patch_storage/22698265/make_local.stderr

The following error can be found in make_local.stderr
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Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
MD5Init /usr/lib/libnsl.so
MD5Final /usr/lib/libnsl.so
MD5Update /usr/lib/libnsl.so
ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 'frmbld'

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. cd 22698265

2. opatch rollback -id 22698265


BUSINESS IMPACT
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The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot complete to apply patch.

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