Software Update packages were missing

It looks like we were trying to use our server to mirror software update packages so we didn't have to re-fetch them for each computer.

A problem I ran into when trying to do the software updates was that at least two of the packages, GarageBand 1.1 and J2SE 5 something wouldn't install.

I poked around on the server and found where the software update packages are mirrored (/usr/share/swupd/html, as it turns out), and deleted the two offending packages (which were of size 0).  Then, using Server Admin, told Software Update to check in with Apple, which resulted in a fresh fetch of those two packages.  Yay!  When I ran Software Update on one of the lab macs, now it was able to install the packages.  Yay!  Then, that mac was eligible for the next Java update, which was also size 0 and failed.  Boo!

So I did a find in the software update directory for all zero length packages and turned up 20 or more out of 206 that were apparently messed up.   I deleted all those and am currently refetching from Apple (just poked the "Check Now" button on Server Admin -> northshoreview -> Software Update), and it looks like we'll have a fresh set of updates shortly.  Most of those won't apply to most of the lab macs, at least (e.g., updates to FinalCutPro, DVDStudioPro, WebObjects Developer, etc.), but we still need to run software update on all of them to at least get Java current.  I'll dig on on that again Friday, probably.