Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) 11/99 Release Notes

After Upgrading from the Solaris 2.6 5/98 Operating Environment the postremove Script Fails to remove the SUNWw250h package (4248904)

After upgrading, from the Solaris 2.6 5/98 Operating Environment, the following message appears in the upgrade log file in the /var/sadm/install/logs directory:


Removing package SUNWw250h:
rem_major: data file \'/export/exec/Solaris_2.7_sparc.all/etc/name_to_major\'
is missing/inaccessible.
pkgrm: ERROR: postremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of <SUNWw250h> failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
.

The SUNWw250h package contains header files that have no effect on the system if not removed.

Workaround: Ignore the error message.