Opatch failed with "Make failed to invoke "/usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk client_sharedlib"

I encountered a patch failure while upgrading to Oracle 19.23. I received "Opatch session completed with warnings".

The error clearly indicates that the root cause is a missing "shrept.lst" file.

Make failed to invoke "/usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk client_sharedlib ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1 OPATCH_SESSION=apply"....'genclntsh: genclntsh: Could not locate /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/shrept.lst

make: *** [ins_net_client.mk:143: client_sharedlib] Error 1
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Make failed to invoke "/usr/bin/make -f ins_rdbms.mk client_sharedlib ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1 OPATCH_SESSION=apply"....'genclntsh: genclntsh: Could not locate /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/shrept.lst
make: *** [ins_rdbms.mk:56: client_sharedlib] Error 1
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Make failed to invoke "/usr/bin/make -f ins_ldap.mk ldapsearch ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1 OPATCH_SESSION=apply"....'genclntsh: genclntsh: Could not locate /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/shrept.lst

make: *** [/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/ldap/lib/env_ldap.mk:2474: /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/lib/libclntsh.so] Error 1
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The following make actions have failed :

Re-link fails on target "client_sharedlib".
Re-link fails on target "client_sharedlib".
Re-link fails on target "ldapsearch".

Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
y
User Responded with: Y
Patch 36233263 successfully applied.
Sub-set patch [34765931] has become inactive due to the application of a super-set patch [36233263].
Please refer to Doc ID 2161861.1 for any possible further required actions.
OPatch Session completed with warnings.
Log file location: /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2024-08-24_22-25-17PM_1.log

I have reviewed the opatch log file to verify the error and I can see the the same error.

[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] Deleted the file "/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1723357551241/inventory/Templates/perl/bin/zipdetails"

[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] The following warnings have occurred during OPatch execution:
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] 1) OUI-67200:Make failed to invoke "/usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk client_sharedlib ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1 OPATCH_SESSION=apply"....'genclntsh: genclntsh: Could not locate /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/shrept.lst
make: *** [ins_net_client.mk:143: client_sharedlib] Error 1
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[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] 4) OUI-67124:Re-link fails on target "client_sharedlib".
Re-link fails on target "client_sharedlib".
Re-link fails on target "ldapsearch".
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [SEVERE] OUI-67008:OPatch Session completed with warnings.
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] Finishing UtilSession at Sat Aug 24 23:32:40 PDT 2024
[Aug 24, 2024 11:32:40 PM] [INFO] Log file location: /oracle/product/19.x.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2024-08-24_22-25-44PM_1.log

we found that shrept.lst file was missing and have rollback the patch using
$ opatch rollback -id <xxxxxx>

We copied the shrept.lst file from another environment, re-applied the patch using "opatch apply," and the process completed successfully without any issues.

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