swpackage - Package distribution
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This utility may be used to perform the following tasks:
- Package software into a new or existing distribution directory on the local host.
- Package software into a new serial distribution that may be a character-special file representing a DDS, nine-track tape, cartridge tape, or a regular file, within which the POSIX.1 extended tar or extended cpio archive is stored.
Both outputs use the same software packaging layout, but in different formats (directory versus serial).
No additional rationale is required under this heading.
No additional rationale is required under this heading.
No additional rationale is required under this heading.
No additional rationale is required under this heading.
A target distribution may only be the first step in creating a CD-ROM, either as a serial or directory distribution. There is no special support provided by swpackage for the creation of CD-ROM.Distribution tapes are created in POSIX.1 extended cpio or extended tar format. To create the tape, swpackage first builds the products into a temporary distribution. (It is removed when swpackage completes.) To conserve space, all files may exist as references to the real source files. After the distribution is constructed, swpackage then archives it, along with the real files, onto the tape device.
The swpackage command supports two methods for making additions and/or modifications to an existing distribution:
- Modify the PSF used to package some or all of the products in the existing distribution. Then invoke swpackage and specify the appropriate software_selections on the command line. Each specified software selection should correspond to a modified product, subproduct, or fileset definition within the PSF. If new filesets are being added to an existing product, swpackage will identify the product and add the filesets. If product, subproduct, or fileset attributes are being modified, swpackage will match them and do the replacements.
- Create a new delta PSF for the products being modified. Send this delta file as the source PSF, and swpackage will repackage all of the specified products. The smallest unit that can be changed is the fileset. If a file within a fileset is added, modified, or deleted, the new fileset would replace the existing fileset. Enough product information needs to be given to correctly identify the product in which this fileset is located. When swpackage reads the delta PSF, it parses and deals only with the differences.
As the delta PSF comes closer to the original PSF, the repackage process will take as much time or more as the original packaging.
If a modified product, subproduct, or fileset specification redefines any attributes, the new attribute values will replace the existing values.
Package the products specified in /develop/product_list onto a distribution located at the default location:
- swpackage -s /develop/product_list
Package the same products onto the distribution located at /develop/cd, from where they can printed onto a master CD-ROM as follows:
- swpackage -x media_type=directory -d /develop/cd\ -s /develop/product_list
Create a tape media on a 1300 MB DDS tape loaded at /dev/dat as follows:
- swpackage -x media_type=serial -x media_capacity=1300 -d /dev/dat\ -s /develop/product_list
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No additional rationale is required under this heading.
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