topic Re: packaging in Operating System - HP-UX

packaging

merieux — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:45 GMT

Hi ,

I am in charge to build some specific package. I have never been build any HP-UX package but i know i have some cookbook , and the man pages are my friends :-)

Is it possible to extract all informations recorded in the depot file in the purpose to modify some script and easily re-create the package ? What is the best way to proceed ? What about extract the depot via tar ? Is swpackage will allow me to easily re-create a new package if i have previously extracted all information by a tar command ?

Thank you for you reply
Xavier

Re: packaging

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:03:01 GMT

Shalom,

It should be possible to use swlist -l fileset and a few other commands to find the pieces you need to reconstruct your depot.

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4616/5992-4616.pdf

Once the depot is created, swpackage command is trivial.

Please provide more specifics.

SEP

Re: packaging

Dennis Handly — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:44:11 GMT

>and the man pages are my friends :-)

I would think SPB is your friend.
http://docs.hp.com/en/SPB/index.html

What you want to do isn't documented in any man pages because it isn't supported.

The intention is that you use swpackage to start all over and package it again.

>Is it possible to extract all informations recorded in the depot file in the purpose to modify some script and easily re-create the package?

The simple answer is no. But SPB has an option to generate a PSF.

>What about extract the depot via tar?

Not supported.

>Is swpackage will allow me to easily re-create a new package if I have previously extracted all information by a tar command?

No. Not supported.
tar doesn't produce the proper metadata.

>SEP: It should be possible to use swlist -l fileset and a few other commands to find the pieces you need to reconstruct your depot.

This won't be perfect.

>Once the depot is created, swpackage command is trivial.

That's chicken & egg. You need to use swpackage (or SPB) to create the depot.

Re: packaging

merieux — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:24 GMT

Hi ,

Thank you for your answar . I have succesfully installed spb. Unfortunatly the software hang when i launch it whithout error messages . Pehaps java is not coorectly configured , i don't know . If you have any suggestions feel free to answer me .

Regards ,

Re: packaging

merieux — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:52:12 GMT

My java path was set on PA-RISK architecture instead of IA64. SPB is right now correctly running .

Re: packaging

merieux — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:33:57 GMT

thank you for your reply