[X4U] Receipts: what's there use after unpacking?

[Doug McNutt]

At 15:15 -0400 7/24/05, Germain M. wrote:
>I was browsing through the system when I noticed a folder called  "receipts" full of packets. Since I'm new to X, I still have  "Classic" reactions like freeing some space and deleting installers  (after archiving) from the HD. What's their use after applications  have been installed? They occupy a lot of space. I keep them or I can  delete them?

Receipts are used for the likes of version checkers so they can recommend updates. They are also the source of  "proper" permissions which are used to "repair permissions" in Disk Utility.

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