Several people suggested setld -i | grep -iv 'not installed' or similar as a
better way of handling the excess information. Also, some folks said that
this would work fine (and it did appear to work on a test system without
issue), however Debra LaGattuta from Compaq sent the following:
"*Do not* remove any files from the /usr/.smdb. directory.
This directory is the software management database on your system.
Modifying or deleting files in this directory can cause potential
problems for future updates, patches, and dependency issues for
future software loads. It is recommended that you do not manually
modify the contents of this directory. If you do, and you have
subsequent software management problems, there may be no recourse
for Compaq support personnel because this database cannot be recreated."
Given that I can just filter out the information I don't need it seems
safest to just do so and not mess with the /usr/.smdb. directory.
Thanks to:
Lucien Hercaud
Dr. Thomas Blinn
Dan Harrington
Alan at cpqcorp
Olle Eriksson
Debra LaGattuta
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skulley, William [SMTP:William.Skulley_at_rfets.gov]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:39 AM
> To: Tru64 Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: setld "not installed"
>
> When I run setld -i on my Tru64 5.1 systems some packages come back as
> "not
> installed". These are (apparently) packages I don't need as I am running
> ok
> without them. As near as I can tell, I can get rid of the listing all
> together by removing the <package name>.ctrl, .inv. and .scp files from
> /usr/.smdb. (the only files these particular packages have). Is there any
> reason I should not do this and/or is there a better way? Is there any
> reason I (or the system) would want to know that a particular package is
> not
> installed? As near as I can tell its just needless clutter but I might be
> missing something(s).
>
> Thanks
> Bill Skulley
Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 13:56:58 NZDT