I created empty 'save' directories under /var/sadm/pkg and that solved
the problem.
Thanks to the following ppl for their instant helps.
From: HCDEB@mead.com
From: Brent Parish <bparish@pfn.com>
From: "Darryl V. Pace" <dpace@tacticsus.com>
From: Gerald Combs - Unicom Communications <gerald@unicom.net>
From: Bob Fulwiler <bobf@colltech.com>
From: Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira <alexandre.ferreira@flug.com.br>
From: "D. Stewart McLeod" <stewart.mcleod@boeing.com>
From: Sanjaya Srivastava <Sanjaya.Srivastava@Eng.Sun.COM>
From: Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM>
From: Ian TCollins <itc1@scigen.co.uk>
---------- Original message ----------
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:37:27 +0800 (CST)
From: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu
Subject: pkgadd
Hi,
I removed /var/sadm/*/save to free /var space, but now I am getting
troubles installing new patches. Is there any way around ?
# ./installpatch .
Checking installed packages and patches...
Generating list of files to be patched...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (exhaustive method)...
Installing patch packages...
pkgadd: ERROR: unable to transfer prior contents to save directory
</var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcsu/save>
The installation of patch 103577-07 was interrupted.
Installpatch needs to be re-invoked to ensure proper installation of the
patch.
Backoutpatch is terminating.
Installpatch is terminating.
----- Answers -------------------------------------------------
>From HCDEB@mead.com Thu Mar 19 09:59:35 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:27:46 -0500
From: HCDEB@mead.com
To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: pkgadd
Have you tried just recreating the save directories?
cd /var/sadm/pkg
for file in *
do
mkdir $file/save
chmod 755 $file/save
done
>From bparish@pfn.com Thu Mar 19 09:59:41 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:46:43 -0500
From: Brent Parish <bparish@pfn.com>
To: "'Tony C. Wu'" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: RE: pkgadd
You cant symbolic link the save directory to a location that has free space?
Brent Parish
Unix/Network Systems Administrator
PFN, Inc.
26 Landsdowne Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 679-0269
bparish@pfn.com
>From dpace@tacticsus.com Thu Mar 19 09:59:48 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:15:41 -0500
From: "Darryl V. Pace" <dpace@tacticsus.com>
To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: pkgadd
You might be able to remedy your problem by recreating that directory.
However, I think that you will probably have to restore that directory,
from tape if you have it, or from the Solaris installation CD if
possible.
The /var/sadm directory is an important one. It contains, among other
things, a subdirectory for every package installed on your system, and
other info. the system uses to manage its packages.
Darryl
>From gerald@unicom.net Thu Mar 19 09:59:52 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:24:38 -0600 (CST)
From: Gerald Combs - Unicom Communications <gerald@unicom.net>
To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: pkgadd
I'm not sure how to get around the missing save directories. Each patch
I've installed comes with an 'Install.info' document explaining how to
install patches under different circumstances. It also includes a man
page for installpatch about 1/3 of the way down. You might try the -u
(unconditional) or -d (don't save backout files) flags.
According to a Sun InfoDoc that I ran across once, the recommended way
to clear out unneeded patch info is to go into /var/sadm and run
find . -name "*obsolete*"
This will give you a list of old backout data that has been replaced by
more recent data. These files can be deleted at your discretion. I
usually feed the list into "|xargs rm".
Good luck!
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>From bobf@colltech.com Thu Mar 19 09:59:56 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:31:38 -0600 (CST)
From: Bob Fulwiler <bobf@colltech.com>
To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: pkgadd
Did you create a link from /var/... to the new location so that pkgadd can
find it?
Bob
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>From alexandre.ferreira@flug.com.br Thu Mar 19 09:59:59 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:36:21 -0300
From: Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira <alexandre.ferreira@flug.com.br>
To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: pkgadd
Hi,
I would recommend that you remove the files inside the save directory,
because the installpatch needs this directory to save the files for a
possible removal of the patch. Another option is to tell installpatch to
install the patches with no backup of the files, use the -d flag.
Regards,
Alexandre
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Use the "-d" option which will not save the backout files for you.
Stew
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>From Sanjaya.Srivastava@Eng.Sun.COM Thu Mar 19 10:00:05 1998 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 13:34:49 -0800 (PST) From: Sanjaya Srivastava <Sanjaya.Srivastava@Eng.Sun.COM> To: tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw Subject: Re: pkgadd
Hi-, Try using the nosave option in installpatch.
...Sanjaya
>From casper@holland.Sun.COM Thu Mar 19 10:00:08 1998 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:59:38 +0100 From: Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM> To: "Tony C. Wu" <tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw> Subject: Re: pkgadd
I think you should not remote the save directories. Only the contents thereof.
>From itc1@scigen.co.uk Thu Mar 19 23:25:05 1998 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:57:03 GMT From: Ian TCollins <itc1@scigen.co.uk> To: tonywu@life.nthu.edu.tw Subject: Re: pkgadd
If you can, recover the files! Anything under /var/sadm/ should be left well alone. Rather than remove it, move it.
Ian
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