During Oracle CPU patch jan-2012, apply on Oracle DB 10.2.0.5, patched failed with errors "OPatch failed with error code = 74"
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Solutions
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check opatch version and upgrade to 10.2.0.4 to 10.2.0.5.1
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Set ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID and PATH for your current ORACLE HOME and re-run.