Where are update packets kept?

I checked install and keep packets. Thinking that would keep the updates in the download folder. I want to use them to update the other mac. I can't seem to find them. Am I correct in thinking that I can use the packets from the updates on another machine or do I need to just download the updates and not auto install?

If you don't know how something works, it only confuses the issue if you post about it.
Clearly the position that updates end up scattered in what would appear to end users to be mysterious locations throughout the hard drive is understandable. In comparison, the old way where retained packages always ended up in the standard location of the "/Library/Packages" folder is quite logical. The poster is not confused about anything, if anything, you are confused by bringing receipts into it.
The packages under 10.5 are downloaded, moved and expanded into various user specific directories outside of the user's home folders (I have not looked into what happens with FileVault users so this may be different for them). Ultimately, the updates end up in the directory corresponding to the value of the user's 'TMPDIR' environment variable. For example, try opening "/Applications" > "Utilities" > "Terminal.app" and entering this case-sensitive command:<pre>
open $TMPDIR</pre>
This command opens the user's temporary folder, which is normally invisible. Since '$TMPDIR' is different for every user, depending on which user performed the update, the updates end up in a different folder. Invisible, user-specific temporary folders - "mysterious locations throughout the hard drive" seems an apt description. But don't be surprised if the updates aren't there.
To top it all off, the temporary folders are cleared out during a reboot, so "Install and Keep Package" only keeps it until the computer is rebooted (if the update is shuffled off somewhere else again at this point, I haven't been able to find it). So to keep your update, you have to go digging into your '$TMPDIR' (assuming the non-technical user knows to look for it) and retrieve the update before the reboot (which the update itself might require).
What genius indeed did come up with and approve this seemingly arbitrary and unnecessary downgrade in usability? Manually downloading updates would indeed be a workaround for the inelegance. So far from being confused, the post by "rythm connection" could be described as insightful.

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