error linking INS_EMDB.MK IN SLES 11

SLES 11: ERROR INVOKING TARGET 'COLLECTOR' OF MAKEFILE '$O_H/SYSMAN/LIB/INS_EMDB.MK' [ID 957982.1]

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.1 - Release: 10.2 to 10.2
SUSE \ UnitedLinux x86-64
10.2.0.1

Symptoms

The installation process of 10.2.0.1 RDBMS software on SLES 11 x86_64 throws the following error at
83%, during the process of (aka when OUI prompt reads) “Relinking SGA fetchlet and nmcollector binary”.

Error popup thrown is:
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Error in invoking target 'collector' of makefile
'$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/ins_emdb.mk'. See
'$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/logs/installActions<date-time-stamp>.log'
for details.

Cause

You are encountering published Bug 8993720, "ERROR INVOKING TARGET 'COLLECTOR' OF MAKEFILE '$O_H/SYSMAN/LIB/INS_EMDB.MK'"
/ORACLE/MS1/102_64/SYSMAN/LIB/INS_EMDB.MK WITH SLES 11"
According to Novell's certification of 10gR2 software on SLES 11 x86_64, this linking error should be ignored.
Additionally, Novell's certification of 10gR2 software on SLES 11 x86_64 indicates that at least the 10.2.0.4 patchset is required.  This linking error does NOT occur duirng the 10.2.0.4 patchset.

Solution

1.  The popup error concerning the linking of target "collector" at about 83% of the linking process of the 10.2.0.1 base-release install should be ignored.