[pca] /var/sadm/pkg

[Teddy Rodriguez]

Thanks.  The doc helped a lot.

Teddy Rodriguez
Database and Systems Administrator
Ramapo College of NJ
505 Ramapo Valley Rd
Mahwah, NJ  07430
Phone: (201) 684 - 6829
Fax: (201) 684 - 7961
Email: trodrigu at ramapo.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at]
On Behalf Of Dominique Frise
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:54 PM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] /var/sadm/pkg

Teddy Rodriguez wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>  
> 
> My /var partition is almost full and I can see that most of it is taken 
> up by the /var/sadm/pkg directory.  I know this is where Solaris stores 
> backup of patches, in case you have to revert back, but after reading 
> some forums I'm a little hesitant in deleting anything from there.  I 
> think deleting the **obsolete** files inside that directory were the 
> safest thing to remove, but I was wondering if anyone out there has 
> deleted anything from this directory.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
>  
> 
> Teddy Rodriguez
> 
> Database and Systems Administrator
> 
> Ramapo College of NJ
> 
> 505 Ramapo Valley Rd
> 
> Mahwah, NJ  07430
> 
> Phone: (201) 684 - 6829
> 
> Fax: (201) 684 - 7961
> 
> Email: trodrigu at ramapo.edu <mailto:trodrigu at ramapo.edu>
> 
Hi Teddy,

We do -when needed- remove obsolete patches from /var/sadm as described 
in http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-208057-1

Dominique