1. The procedure called by CUSTOM.pll causes the problem when we use f60gen

Question

When CUSTOM.pll contains a call to a package that in turn calls a remote package, the CUSTOM.pll compile hangs forever.
1. The procedure called by CUSTOM.pll causes the problem when we use f60gen. Though same procedure compiles successfully using "alter procedure compile" command.
2. We have observed the problem happens due to synonym present on the remote database(db link).
It doesn’t work if you are calling SYNONYM on remote database. It works, for calls to tables or procedures or packages in remote database if that object is OWNED DIRECTLY by the account to which dblink is connecting to.
select object_name, object_type from user_objects@NH_SCM_ICE.DB.ATT.COM ;
OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE
FA_LOCATIONS SYNONYM
FND_FLEX_VALUES SYNONYM

Answer 1

The database link is created under the APPS user in the local database but connects to a different user (SWCS_ICE_SUPCHAIN) in the remote database.
The user in the remote database does not own any objects. It only has synonyms to objects owned by apps and others.
Incidentally, the hang also happens when trying to describe the remote package from the application tier (8.0.6.3 sqlplus) but the describe works fine from the DB tier (10gR2 sqlplus).