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are Oracle security patches cumulative?
Suppose we hv missed Solaris 10, Java, Weblogic 10/11 and eBusiness Suite patches for the last 1.5 years, will applying the latest current patch cover what's missed so far?
Or we have to apply all the patches tt hv been missed plus the curent Jan 19's?
Kindly note for all the four products
Or we have to apply all the patches tt hv been missed plus the curent Jan 19's?
Kindly note for all the four products
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Try to approach Oracle support to get relevant patches.
HuaMin Chen,
The question isn't about getting patches.
The question isn't about getting patches.
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Question is not about getting patches.
> Patches are cumulative, so newer patches contain all of the fixes and features of the patches which they supersede
So, can we safely say that the newer patch packages size will keep growing or bigger than the previous one?
However, I'm sure I've seen previous patch (security patches are what I'm concerned here) size that could
be bigger than the newer one
> Patches are cumulative, so newer patches contain all of the fixes and features of the patches which they supersede
So, can we safely say that the newer patch packages size will keep growing or bigger than the previous one?
However, I'm sure I've seen previous patch (security patches are what I'm concerned here) size that could
be bigger than the newer one
Patch size really doesn't have a lot to do with number of patches fixed.
There are a fixed number of files in an Oracle installation. So, there are only so many files that can change as art of a patch.
Say patch1 fixes a bug in bob.dll. and patch2 also fixes a bug in bob.dll. Patch 2 doesn't include two copies of bob.dll one for patch1 and the new one. So the patches are probably about the same size since the dll likely didn't grow that much.
There are a fixed number of files in an Oracle installation. So, there are only so many files that can change as art of a patch.
Say patch1 fixes a bug in bob.dll. and patch2 also fixes a bug in bob.dll. Patch 2 doesn't include two copies of bob.dll one for patch1 and the new one. So the patches are probably about the same size since the dll likely didn't grow that much.
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>>So you need to download the latest patchset for Solaris 10, which should include all patches and their depend patches.
Which by definition means cumulative which has already been determined? Unless you mean something different.
Which by definition means cumulative which has already been determined? Unless you mean something different.
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Lastly, just to reconfirm for Java and Oracle eBusiness Suite; their patches are all cumulative as well?
I would check the docs. They should tell you.
The name "Oracle eBusiness Suite" is the suite which should include every updates including Java, so apply the latest one should be fine.
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