10.2.0.1 x86_64 on FC5 install stuck forever in "Linking 'Oracle Net Requir

Question

Hi,
Trying to install 64-bit 10.2.0.1 database on FC5.
Selecting all default options during the install.
When the installer reaches linking stage, it gets stuck indefinitely and installActions log has the following:
INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ----------------------------------
INFO:
INFO: rm -f ntcontab.*
INFO: (if [ "compile" = "compile" ] ; then \
/u01/app/oracle/product/10201/bin/gennttab > ntcontab.c ;\
gcc -c ntcontab.c ;\
rm -f /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ;\
mv ntcontab.o /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/libn10.a /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ; fi)
INFO: /bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
INFO: /bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
INFO: /bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
the referenced make.log file has:
/usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk mkldflags ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10201//usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk ntcontab.o ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10201/rm -f ntcontab.*
(if [ "compile" = "compile" ] ; then \
/u01/app/oracle/product/10201/bin/gennttab > ntcontab.c ;\
gcc -c ntcontab.c ;\
rm -f /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ;\
mv ntcontab.o /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/libn10.a /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ; fi)
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
...and gennttab is a shell script, which seems to work by itself from command prompt, producing some code on its output. It contains the sed commands that seem to be failing the install:
LIB=`$ECHO ${TtoLIB} | $SED 's/ /\\
/g' | $GREP "^${T}:" | $AWK -F: '{print $2}'`
INI=`$ECHO ${TtoINI} | $SED 's/ /\\
/g' | $GREP "^${T}:" | $AWK -F: '{print $2}'`
BAS=`$ECHO ${TtoBAS} | $SED 's/ /\\
/g' | $GREP "^${T}:" | $AWK -F: '{print $2}'`
However, when I run:
$ make -f ins_net_client.mk ntcontab.o
rm -f ntcontab.*
(if [ "compile" = "compile" ] ; then \
/u01/app/oracle/product/10201/bin/gennttab > ntcontab.c ;\
gcc -c ntcontab.c ;\
rm -f /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ;\
mv ntcontab.o /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/libn10.a /u01/app/oracle/product/10201/lib/ntcontab.o ; fi)
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
/bin/sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated `s' command
In ins_net_client.mk, the lines that produce this are:# Target for relinking ntcontab.o
ntcontab.o:
$(RMF) ntcontab.*
(if [ "$(GENNT)" = "compile" ] ; then \
$(BINHOME)gennttab > ntcontab.c ;\
$(CC) $(CFLAGS_SHIP) -c ntcontab.c ;\
$(RMF) $(LIBHOME)ntcontab.o ;\
$(MV) ntcontab.o $(LIBHOME) ;\
$(AR) rv $(LIBNET) $(LIBHOME)$@ ; fi)
$ sed --version
GNU sed version 4.1.5
Tried this make command both from bash and ksh, same results.
The sed command never returns, gets stuck and thus make never exits.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
Kirill

Answer 1

This is caused by bash and not by sed. Bash 3.1 shipped FC5 is buggy.
So download bash-3.0 from FC4 and install it using "rpm -ivh ... --force" command.