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From:  bdbafh <bdbafh@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 10.2.0.3 patch upgrade for AIX5L
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:30:07 -0000
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On Oct 10, 9:42 am, Mladen Gogala <mgog...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:04:25 -0700, Noons wrote:
> > On Oct 10, 6:33 pm, Laurenz Albe <inv...@spam.to.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> I have a hunch that this might be the problem described in Metalink
> >> Note 454671.1.
> >> We have encountered that problem when applying patches by hand.
> >> Basically "opatch" is hanging with some patches on AIX because of an
> >> unidentified problem within Oracle's JDK. It works if you use a
> >> different JDK.
>
> > Yeah thanks, I read that note too.
>
> Noons, my company doesn't use AIX, which makes me uniquely qualified
> for dispensing advice about AIX. That being the case, I'd like to
> bring bug# 6311477 to your attention. Also, you should probably download
> and install the latest version of opatch, from the bug 4898608. It's
> generic, plug-in replacement for Opatch.
>
> --http://www.mladen-gogala.com

Mladen,

Its such a shame that having a patch number like 2617419 memorized
will never come in handy again.
4898608 will take some time to get used to.

-bdbafh