> Converting from symlink to lofs mount for
> package-delivered
> directories is trivial, so I'll assume you don't need
> instructions.
> 
> Cleaning up the mess means merging back together two
> directory trees.
> If you had this before the errant package install:
> 
>       /opt/csw -> /export/csw
>       /export/csw/...
> 
> then you'll have this afterwards:
> 
>       /opt/csw/...
>       /export/csw/...
> 
> In other words, the symlink is removed by packaging
> (you'll see a
> conflict go by, but almost everyone says "yes" to
> pkgadd because it
> asks too many darned questions), and you're left with
> two independent
> directories, each with half the content.
> 
> To fix, either:
> 
> - Manually move the bits from under /opt/csw/... to
> o the
> corresponding location under
>  /export/csw/..., leaving behind
> an empty /opt/csw/ directory as a mount
>  point.  Then create
>          the lofs mount.
> kgrm to remove all of the _new_ packages in /opt/csw.
> Create the lofs mount and reinstall those
>  packages.
> -- 
> James Carlson, Solaris Networking
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Thanks for the tutorial.  It will take some time for us to digest, but thanks a 
whole a lot for spending time to write this info.
 
 
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