opatch issue - missing emocmrsp

Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 SE-2

Oracle GI 12.1.0.2.0 - stand-alone ASM, no RAC, no clustering of any kind.

Trying to apply PSU 170418.  Downloaded patch p25434003.  In the patch notes, at section 2.1.2 - OCM Config, it says "The OCM response file is required for (opatch) versions earlier that 12.2.0.1.5 and not needed for later versions."  (emphasis mine).

Since I had also just installed the latest opatch - 12.2.0.1.9 is greater than 12.2.0.1.5 . . .

oracle:+ASM$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch versionOPatch Version: 12.2.0.1.9OPatch succeeded.

. . . I thought I was good to go.

So I get to the point of running 'opatchauto'  (this is new, it used to be simply 'opatch' with a parm of 'auto' -- ie:  $GI_HOME/OPatch/opatch auto ...)  with this format: