Re: Help Us Please.....Patch Question.

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:22:01 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.01.27.03.22.00.806765@sbcglobal.net>

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:25:23 -0800, Anurag Varma wrote:

> amerar_at_iwc.net wrote:
> --snip--

>>
>> ./opatch.pl version: 1.0.0.0.50
>> Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
>>
>> Does that help any??

>
> You are using quite an old version of opatch. Which tells me that you
> have not been reading the readme for the patch you are applying. A very
> bad idea to not read the full instructions of applying the patch.
> It states there clearly to upgrade to latest opatch before applying.
>
> Anurag

Anurag, are you sure that something like the text below is clear enough? It doesn't do good enough job to persuade me not to use the old opatch.

###################################################################### 
#
#  Please Note:
#  ************
#  You should not use OPatch version 10.2.0.1 that is available in 
#  your ORACLE_HOME, the new OPatch version 10.2.0.1.1 is available 
#  in the Metalin ARU 8101197, and the bug number is 4898608. Only 
#  this OPatch should be used to apply this Patch. 
# 
#  Refer to the following link for details on Perl and OPatch: 
#  http://updates.oracle.com/download/4898608.html

#####################################################################

How in the world should I know not to use the old opatch? It's not even color coded! It should be displayed in blinking red color, with half an inch font. Polka dots all over the document would also be a good idea, preferably the blue ones. Also, a flash animation with the the song "The End" by the Doors would hint that there is some danger in the air. If that's too old, then the song "It's my life" by Bon Jovi would probably attract some attention as well.

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