Uh, patches that break your system perhaps? Yes, I've had a few Solaris
patches that caused us tons of grief.
Patching for patching sake is not wise.
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3D6D4C84.C311D9B4_at_exesolutions.com...
> Rahul wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I am trying to install oracle 8.1.7.2 on Solaris 8 ( intel )...Do i
> > need any patches or it should be ok w/o them..
> >
> > Thanks..
> > Rahul M.
>
> You will likely be fine. But that is hardly adequate criteria. You
> should definitely get the latest patches.
>
> I keep wondering why anyone would ask a question like this. To what
> possible end could someone want to not have the most recent patch set? A
> desire to have bugs? A desire to have poorer performance? A desire to
> not fix security holes? Why?
>
> Rant over .... GET THE PATCHES!
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 17:50:19 CDT
