Oracle-L: 8.1.7.4 interim patch management strategy

From: Mandar A. Ghosalkar <mghosalk_at_byer.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:54:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005C7B45.20030729145431@fatcity.com>

Hello All,

There are 188 interim patches after 8.1.7.4 patchset. I know that 8.1.7.4 is the last patchset.

What methods/strategy do you'll have for installing patches on a 8.1.7.4 64 bit hp-ux 11.11 database?
Is there opatch for 8.1.7.4? AFAIK opatch is only for 9i.
Should one install all the applicable patches (around 180 individual patches)? pessimistic (wait for the bug to hit and db to crash) optimistic (install applicable patches)
How to manage the interdependencies between these 180 individual patches?
Can we create a hp unix patch depot like "thing" for all these oracle patches?

pls dont advise putting an enhancement request and upgrading to 9i/10i :-)

Thanks,
Mandar
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