On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:26:50AM -0400, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote: > Ray, > > You figured it out. All newer security patches cover prior patches. Opatch > will deinstall the prior patches automatically. Yes, thanks. It's just that there isn't a conflict if opatch is programmed to deal with the one-off situation, which it is, so why announce it at all. As is, opatch just says, "Danger, Will Robinson" when there isn't any. When I asked this question Oracle said: "We put in this warning as a standard practice with ALL interim (one-off) patches, not just Security patches, because the application of any patch can add risk to the processing environment." I'm aware of that, but the answer is off topic from the question. =============================================================== Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l