Subset patch becomes inactive due to the application of a super set patch

The subset patch has become inactive due to the application of a super set patch

On applying the patch to the Oracle 11g 11.2.0.4 version, I am getting the following message:

Sub-set patch[25115969] has become inactive due to the application of a super set patch[25632525]. Please refer to doc id 2161861.1

On checking on document id 2161861.1, we know the opatch latest version has changed the feature of the rollback of the previous patch instead of making it inactive.

The new feature is introduced in above following releases:

11.2.0.3.14 for 11g

12.2.0.1.7 for 12c

In previous version:

  1. Opatch report July patch is a superset of the April patch
  2. Opatch rollback the April patch.
  3. Opatch applied the July patch.
  4. Inventory shows the July patch
  5. After rollback backup, nothing is left. No patch is applied.

In the new Opatch version:

  1. Opatch does not report July patch is a superset of April patch
  2. Opatch does not roll back the April patch.
  3. Opatch applied the July patch.
  4. Inventory shows only the July patch
  5. After the rollback, Inventory shows the April patch.

We can check the inactive patch with the following command:

opatch lsinv -inactive

opatch lsinventory -inactive

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