[SunHELP] /var/sadm/pkg

Dale Ghent sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Apr 25 17:24:42 CDT 2001


On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Adams, Christopher wrote:

| Hello Everyone,
|
|
| I have a question.  How critical are the files in '/var/sadm/pkg' ?  I am
| trying to free up space in my /var and when I go into /var and run:  'du . |
| sort -n'   I notice that my largest files are located in /var/sadm/pkg  .
| Can I clean up this directory or is it very critical to system that the
| files in there be untouched?  I know that the packages installed are
| recorded here, but if I were to clean out the /var/sadm/pkg directory, would
| I be in serious trouble is what I'm asking I guess?

Yes, you would be in serious trouble if you tried to install patches or
upgrade packages. The patches will fail to apply.

It is best to not touch anything under /var/sadm.

/dale




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