Removing Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation Packages Might Unexpectedly Uninstall Some Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation Collections (4641961) (Solaris 9 9/05 Release Notes)

Solaris 9 9/05 Release Notes

Removing Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation Packages Might Unexpectedly Uninstall Some Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation Collections (4641961)

Some Solaris 9 9/05 documentation collections might be unexpectedly removed from your system under the following circumstances:

You install both the Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 CDs on your system.
You then use the prodreg utility or the Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation CD installer program to remove certain documentation packages.

The Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation CD 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 have three collections in common. If you remove the packages that contain these collections from either of the Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation 1 of 2 or 2 of 2 CD installations, the package is removed for both installations.

The following table lists the packages that might be removed unexpectedly.

Table 2–2 Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation Packages Contained on Both Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation CDs


HTML Package Names	PDF Package Names	Collection Description
`SUNWaadm`	`SUNWpaadm`	Solaris 9 System Administrator Collection
`SUNWdev`	`SUNWpdev`	Solaris 9 Developer Collection
`SUNWids`	`SUNWpids`	iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Collection

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:

If the uninstall process unexpectedly removed these documentation packages, and you want these packages on your system, reinstall the packages from the Solaris 9 9/05 Documentation 1 of 2 or 2 of 2 CDs.
To avoid this problem, use the pkgrm utility to remove the packages that you want to eliminate from your system.