Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs-postgresql.xql
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs-postgresql.xql,v
diff -u -r1.20.2.2 -r1.20.2.3
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs-postgresql.xql	28 Oct 2015 09:38:34 -0000	1.20.2.2
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs-postgresql.xql	13 Jun 2016 07:44:32 -0000	1.20.2.3
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 <fullquery name="package_create.package_valid_p">      
       <querytext>
       
-	    select case when exists (select 1 
-                                       from user_objects 
-                                      where status = 'INVALID'
-                                        and object_name = upper(:package_name)
-                                        and object_type = upper(:type))
-                        then 0 else 1 end
-	      
+--	    select case when exists (select 1 
+--                                       from user_objects 
+--                                      where status = 'INVALID'
+--                                        and object_name = upper(:package_name)
+--                                        and object_type = upper(:type))
+--                        then 0 else 1 end
+            select 1 from dual;     
 	
       </querytext>
 </fullquery>
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.26.2.4 -r1.26.2.5
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs.tcl	2 Jan 2016 13:47:26 -0000	1.26.2.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-subsite/tcl/package-procs.tcl	13 Jun 2016 07:44:32 -0000	1.26.2.5
@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@
         db_exec_plsql $stmt_name $code
 
         # Let's check to make sure the package is valid
+        #
+        # This seems to be a speciality in Oracle: The status of a
+        # program unit (PL/SQL package, procedure, or function) is set
+        # to INVALID if a database object on which it depends is
+        # changed. That program unit must then be recompiled (which
+        # Oracle Database will often do automatically the next time
+        # you try to use that program unit).
+        #
         if { ![db_string package_valid_p {}] } {
             error "$object_type \"$package_name\" is not valid after compiling:\n\n$code\n\n"
         }
@@ -396,7 +404,7 @@
     object_type
 } {
     Resets the cached views for all chains (e.g. all variations of
-                                            start_with in package_object_view) for the specified object type.
+    start_with in package_object_view) for the specified object type.
 
     @author Michael Bryzek (mbryzek@arsdigita.com)
     @creation-date 12/2000