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    Service Pack: "Critical error: .../z39_gate didn't compile" with Solaris 10

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 18.01

    Description:
    I’m getting an error: “Critical error: /exlibris/aleph/a18_1/aleph/exe/z39_gate didn't compile” when trying to install the latest service pack on a new installation (with Solaris 10).

    Resolution:
    1. The problem was that GCC was not defined in PATH.

    Here is the diagnostic that development used to confirm this:

    athena-a16(1) >>which gcc
    Execute aleph cshrc
    Execute master cshrc
    no gcc in /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/product/bin /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/product/local/java/bin /opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin /usr/X/bin /bin /etc
    /usr/bin /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/alephm/proc /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/aleph/exe /exlibris/app/oracle/product/920/bin
    /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/product/local/cobol/bin /usr/openwin/bin /usr/ccs/bin /usr/ucb /opt/bin /usr/local/bin . .

    Since this server is running Solaris 10, development created a link in /exlibris/aleph/a16_1/product/bin to gcc which currently existing in the OS:
    cd $aleph_product/bin
    ln -s /usr/sfw/bin/gcc gcc

    2. In another case, the failure to compile was due to the fact that the ./alephm/source/z39/z39_gate files were encrypted: they should not be (that is, they should not have a ".enc.gz" suffix).

    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013