oracle eror code 73

[albert]

WHAT İS THE QUESTİON

$ opatch lsinventory

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LsInventorySession failed: Unable to create patchObject

Possible causes are:

ORACLE_HOME/inventory/oneoffs/(patch_number) is corrupted

No read permission to above directory

Please remove one­off entry [ <patch_number> ] from <ORACLE_HOME>/inventory/ContentsXML/comps.xml and retry if

above directory corrupted,

or Please check the contents of the directory ORACLE_HOME/inventory/oneoffs/(patch_number) for read permission

OPatch failed with error code 73

NOTE:

DO NOT modify any .xml file as stated in the message above. The following bug has been filed to remove that text as it is

incorrect!!

Bug 15915571 OPATCH RECOMMENDING TO MANUALLY EDIT COMPS.XML FILE

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Your oraInst.loc may be corrupted.

open your oraInst.loc file and clear additional blanks at end of each line (if there are additional blanks at the end of the lines.)

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Now I realized that my previous update will not fix your problem..  

For workaround ; You can do the following

Ignore the message, do not manually edit.  Download the patch which has files
missing under directory $ORACLE_HOME/inventory/oneoffs/<patch
number>/etc/config and copy it from the downloaded patch