Can I delete /usr/lpp?

[Andy Shaw]

Hi,

I've been through usenet trying to get an answer to the above but haven't
had much luck. The contents of /usr/lpp seem to be installable files and
nothing else. They're also taking up load's of space. Is it safe to rm
-rf /usr/lpp?

Many thanks for any help.

Andy

[Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio]

NOOOOOO !!!!

/usr/lpp is not a repository for installable files, it is a repository for
INSTALLED files !! Many packages reside there and install script often build
soft links from standard locations pointing there.
Have a look at OpenGL, PHIGS, UMS, X11 ...
# ls -l /usr/dt/bin/aixterm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 24 Oct 21 1999 /usr/dt/bin/aixterm ->
/usr/lpp/X11/bin/aixterm

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[Andy Shaw]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 17:29:07 +0000, Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio wrote:

> Andy Shaw wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been through usenet trying to get an answer to the above but
>> haven't had much luck. The contents of /usr/lpp seem to be installable
>> files and nothing else. They're also taking up load's of space. Is it
>> safe to rm -rf /usr/lpp?
>>
>> Many thanks for any help.
>>
>> Andy
>
> NOOOOOO !!!!
>
> /usr/lpp is not a repository for installable files, it is a repository
> for INSTALLED files !! Many packages reside there and install script
> often build soft links from standard locations pointing there. Have a
> look at OpenGL, PHIGS, UMS, X11 ... # ls -l /usr/dt/bin/aixterm
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 24 Oct 21 1999 /usr/dt/bin/aixterm
> -> /usr/lpp/X11/bin/aixterm
>

Heh,

Thanks a lot. Just as well I asked ;-)

[Andy Shaw]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 18:53:07 +0000, Nicholas Dronen wrote:

> One thing you can do is commit all of the installed filesets if the
> system is sufficiently stable for you. That'll clean up some of the
> saved files from previous upgrades which you may notice in /usr/lpp.
>
> First try:
>
> # installp -s
>
> to see if you're happy with the list of filesets that can go from
> 'applied' to 'committed.' If you're sat- isfied with all of the
> filesets, run:
>
> # installp -c all
>
> Otherwise run:
>
> # installp -c [ list of filesets to commit ]
>
> perhaps just excluding from the output of installp -s those filesets
> which you don't want to commit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nicholas Dronen
>

Thanks, I ran 'installp -c all' and got this back:

Nothing to Commit
-----------------
There is nothing in the APPLIED state that needs to be committed.

So, I guess I'll just leave the directory as is. It's not too much of a
problem, it just looked like a windows i386 directory type of thing.

I've since been told that lpp means 'licensed programs <something>'

Thanks again
Andy