Re: Solaris 64bit: JRE 1.4.2 not installed by 9.2.0.7 Patch Set install

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 6 Jan 2006 05:37:25 -0800
Message-ID: <1136554645.655056.296920@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

stellr wrote:
> This was not driven by a need for 9207, rather some broken stuff in
> 9204. SSL stuff in the advanced security product. Our cert authority
> was providing a cert with an RSA Public Key of 1024 bits. 9204 chokes
> on that requiring only 512 bits. I believe it was Mladen who said the
> 9206 had some wrong result issues that were pretty ugly.

There are always specific problems that introduce potential issues in any patchset.

Will they affect your site?

A lot of people report fairly stable systems on 9.2.0.6 although there are some installation issues on hpux especially in rac configurations.

> I've never done this before, if I patch from 9204->9206->9207 can I
> skip the post-install steps such as catproc on the 9206 install or do I
> need to do these steps twice?

This should work if you have done research that proves you want to at least check out 9.2.0.7.

What's your testing and validation plan?

How about a backout plan? Received on Fri Jan 06 2006 - 07:37:25 CST