In reply to a post by AlanH:

The biggie in boms is com.apple.pkg.XeroxPrinterDrivers.bom at 32 MBytes. I don't have a Xerox printer.

I've got that file too, on the iMac and the Macbook. And I've never used a Xerox printer either

I don't have a Xerox either .

There must be some way of removing some of these - if not the folder is just going to keep on expanding . Rooms getting tight on my HD - I need to get some stuff off

I've removed all but the latest NeoOffice receipts. Too early to comment yet.

I noticed that if you check the update history, only Apple software shows up... nothing about all the NeoOffice updates.

Nor do any of the Opera updates show, either in the history or as .pkg files. Odd.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8...

Edited by defcom (Mon 30-Mar-09 15:35:35)

Software Update is an Apple application, and it's only interested in updates to Apple software. I think you'll find that listing is the same as the one in /Library/Logs/Software Update.log

All installer scripts that are based on the Apple Installer create receipts that their own updaters can use to determine what's been installed where, but I don't think there's any standard utility to browse the entire receipts database. Maybe someone has created a 3rd party receipts database viewer?

I would be reluctant to try deleting items in the Receipts folder, given that there's an opaque database file in there that may get upset, or have to be rebuilt at some stage.

Edited by deleted (Mon 30-Mar-09 15:39:24)

Fair enough about SU only being for Apple software, but why is the db so big? At 250MB (on mine) it could damn near contain a copy of all the update files

And why does the NeoOffice installer put a pkg file in there without deleting the old ones, and Opera manages to keep track of the version without putting anything in there at all?

Mailsteward puts a pkg file in there as well btw, but nothing else I've got does... why?

Rhetorical questions all btw, no need to answer- I'm just having a little rant

In reply to a post by billford:

Rhetorical questions all btw, no need to answer- I'm just having a little rant

Glad to hear that. I'm just trying to describe the situation, not explain or justify it

I've managed to repair permissions and all seems to be working fine.