<ot>solaris questions

[Jack Berger]

Doug - 2 quick answers...

1. The stuff in /platform for the different platforms "could" be removed.
   By tradition, we don't. Other places I've been have left them as well
   but it shouldn't be a problem to remove them. Just be sure you know
   for sure what your platform is :)

2. The short answer is to leave this one alone.
   The files in /var/sadm/pkg are the results of loading the system, and
   applying patches. It's basically a record of your system configuration.
   Various solaris chnage management utilities need the info here to know
   what to add or remove for patches and new package installs. If you have
   access to sunsolve see this doc:

     Document ID 21481  /var/sadm PSD  (Link cut in half below)
      http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=
      finfodoc%2F21481&zone_32=%2Fvar%2Fsadm%2Fpkg
   It's a failry comprehensive description of the contents and purpose
   of /var/sadm
    

-jhb-

From: Douglas J Hunley <doug at hunley.homeip.net>

> 2 quick questions:
> 1. in /platform there is a *ton* of stuff for platforms other than the 
> platform of this particular machine. safe to delete them?
> 2. in /var/sadm/pkg there are a ton of things that look like installed 
> packages. safe to delete these or are these files still needed by the 
> packages. (is this a spool directory for package installation or are packages 
> installed here?)
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