/Library/Updates//.pkg files needed?

I have about 1.4GB in /Library/Updates/*/*.pkg files, e.g., /Library/Updates/zzz061-8089/MacOSXUPdCombo10.6.3.1.1.pkg. I presume that this was installed a while back, because I am already at 10.6.8 .
are these pkg files still needed? if not, why does OSX not clean them up after installation or at least after a while??
sincerely,
/iaw

Because they are small and might be needed again when a user reinstalls their OS, then the download doesn't have to occur from the servers it can just use those again.

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