The trouble with patching :-(

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi (again) Davey:

> Funny enough Oracle10g pre req and checking requirements indicate I need the patch for install - I wonder might I get away with it as we may not need the above.

Don't believe everything that the Oracle says :-)

You don't need the ANSI-C compiler to install Oracle and without it, as noted, you can't install the patch you are trying to use.

Regards!

...JRF...

[The Gunners]

Thanks so much guys , as usual this is such a great way of learning stuff , its a great help.
Cheers,
Dave

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Oracle is wrong about the patch requirements for 10g. But to install that patch you need Ansi-C installed and its not.

Interesting also how Oracle is not complaining about no Ansi C compiler.

I had that compiler installed on all Oracle systems I ever installed so I'm not sure about the requirement in this case.

SEP

[The Gunners]

Hi Steve,
this is actually a new Install of Oracle10g (havent actually done it yet) , just ran the pre req 'runInstaller' and hence I got the above required patch needed. Will see what issues I get when I actually do the Oracle Install itself Hmmm.
Many thanks for input too

[Duncan Edmonstone]

The C compiler is required if you are planning to do Oracle develeopment using ProC.

As ProC is part of the default install of Oracle Enterprise Edition, Oracle for some reason "assume" you will be using ProC and therefore check the patch levels of your C compiler.

Nearly every Oracle install out there *doesn't* use ProC in any way, so the warnings can be ignored...

I'm surprised you didn't hit some other patch isssues around Serviceguard for RAC patches (which you also probably don't require)...

As another poster said - "don't beleieve everything Oracle tells you"!

HTH

Duncan