Solaris 9 (SPARC Platform Edition) 9/02 Release Notes

preremove Scripts in Solaris 9 and Solaris 9 9/02 Asian Language Packages Do Not Execute Properly During Upgrade (4707449)

The preremove scripts included in the Asian language packages of the Solaris 9 and Solaris 9 9/02 software do not execute properly during an upgrade with Disk Space Reallocation (DSR). If you attempt to upgrade to a newer release of the Solaris operating environment, the following error message is displayed in the /var/sadm/system/logs/update_log file.


Removing package SUNWkwbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWkwbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of SUNWkwbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
Removing package SUNWkbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWkbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully
Removal of SUNWkbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
Removing package SUNWcwbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcwbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of SUNWcwbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
Removing package SUNWcbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of SUNWcbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
Removing package SUNWhwbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWhwbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of SUNWhwbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1
Removing package SUNWhbcp:
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWhbcp/install/preremove: /a/usr/4lib: does not exist
pkgrm: ERROR: preremove script did not complete successfully

Removal of SUNWhbcp failed.
pkgrm return code = 1

Workaround: Ignore the error message.