[pca] interesting patch problem with Oracle Access Manager Version: 11.1.1.5.0

[Martin Paul]

> I can confirm that the problem seemed to simply "go away" all on its
> own sometime last night.

Ok, let's hope it was a one-time issue.

> So there I was, coffee cup in hand.  Loiking at the clock and then an
> idea struck me.
>
> - idea to use patchdiag.CHECKSUMS file to verify patch integrity

Basically a good idea, and yes, you're not the first one to have it :)

Here's a thread from 2010:

   http://www.mail-archive.com/pca@lists.univie.ac.at/msg02255.html

Back then we found out that there is (was) a simple problem with the 
CHECKSUMS file: It missed checksums for a lot of patches, and some of 
the checksums were wrong - go figure!

At some time there were plans to include the ckecksum into 
patchdiag.xref, which would have been a great thing. Alas, it never 
happened.

Martin.

P.S.: I just read that Oracle kills the Sun Ray product line 
(https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/entry/important_information_about_oracle_desktop). 
What a pity!