The patch to be applied has an earlier creation date than its OracleHome oneoff counterpart.
Hi
I'm applying the April 2014 PSU to Oracle 11g on RHEL 5.
When I'm checking my system with pre reqs before running patches I get this:
[oracle@database1 18031683]$ uname -a
Linux database1.xxxxx.yyyyyyyy.net 2.6.18-371.3.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Mon Nov 11 03:29:00 EST 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[oracle@database1 18031683]$ opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
PREREQ session
Oracle Home : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1
Central Inventory : /u00/app/oraInventory
from : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 11.2.0.3.0
OUI version : 11.2.0.3.0
Log file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2014-07-08_13-08-56PM_1.log