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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

2500.0. "remove old subsets first?" by STATE::PROY (paulawaula) Thu Mar 22 1990 15:12

    i'm preparing to upgrade my decstation 3100 to Ultrix UWS V2.2.  i'd
    like to clean out all uneeded subsets from my /usr/etc/subsets area.
    right now i have 250 + files in there.  they include UDT*030.* and
    UDX*030.*, UDW*020.* and UDX*020.*, UDT*031.*, and UDW*021.* files. can
    i delete or setld -d a bunch of these files before installing v2.2 sets
    so i won't run out of disk space?  
    
    any hints in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
    
    paula

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2500.1		FLUME::dike		`Thu Mar 22 1990 16:44`	5
	I have 125 files in mine, and they total 729K. You won't get an enormous amount of space by deleting them. Also setld -d won't do it because a lot of those subsets aren't installed, I'll bet. Unless you're really cramped and can't get rid of any installed subsets, don't bother. Jeff
2500.2	Check the release notes	VOGON::DRUMGOOLE	Third Party Applications Group	`Wed Mar 28 1990 18:41`	8
	The release notes for 2.2 give a script to blow away the unsused or uneeded subsets before installation. I don't have the release notes with me now but they should be on guru:: somewhere. (guru:: is an ULTRIX node). Joe.
2500.3		SMURF::COUTU	He who will not risk, cannot win.	`Thu Mar 29 1990 12:48`	14
	Well, you've gotten two different answers here. I think you're asking specifically about files in /usr/etc/subsets. Most of those are quite small and deleting inappropriate files from there can cause you problems. Be careful if you try to do it! If you happen to be feeling lucky today then I'd suggest that you only remove the files matching UDW02[01]. Don't touch other files there, you'll probably regret it. I assume that you've read your release notes and see how to remove the older subsets for UWS 2.0 and 2.1. Dan