[G4] No Valid packages?

[romad at cncnet.com]

> Funny you should mention that.  As a matter of fact I did just that.
> After reading March 2004 issue of MacHome and their article about
> Spring Cleaning, on page 34 it talked about "Tossing out Unnecessary
> Folders".  And it stated, "...there is at least one folder you can
> empty.  MacintoshHD>Library>Receipts.  This folder contains installer
> packages that are no longer of use."  So following directions I emptied
> that.  Not that it was taking huge hard drive space.
> What a sap I am.
>
> Now I need to find out how to restore them I guess.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Mike Tweedie wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you deleted the files in the "Library/Receipts" folder....
>> Disk
>> utility needs them.
>>

Simple. You just reinstall them via software update. You will then have a
receipt in the folder. BTW, Software Update uses these receipts to
determine what updates you need.

Dennis B. Swaney
>> Restore'em if you still got'em. Not sure what the fix is if you do not.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/6/04 9:58 AM, "Jerry Bunn" <jbunn at woh.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried doing some routine maintenance today and used Disk Utility to
>>> repair permissions and got the following error message.
>>>
>>> No Valid Packages  (Error -9997)
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what that means, or what I have to do to fix it?  Should
>>> I
>>> be concerned?
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
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