swinstall from a depot server error:

[jmckinzie]

Scenario:

I have a .depot file that was provided by an internal engineering team.

So, I do an swcopy to copy the depot to a remote depot server.

Then, on the HP-UX 11.11 hosts I run swinstall to install the package...no big deal (I do this all the time) but, this time it fails.)

However, adding the same depot file to a local depot and then swinstaling is successful.

Anyone have any ideas?

The error i get is this:

tar: cannot open /swdepot/hp/1111/usm/CAeAC/FILESET//opt/CA/eTrustAccessControl//media/pre.tar
Cannot unpack pre.tar
ERROR: The "preinstall" script for "CAeAC.FILESET" failed (exit code
"1"). The script location was
"/var/tmp/BAAa18613/catalog/CAeAC/FILESET/preinstall".
* This script had errors and the execution of this fileset
cannot proceed until the problem is fixed. Check the above
output from the script for further details.
* Running install clean command /usr/lbin/sw/install_clean.
NOTE: tlinstall is searching filesystem - please be patient
NOTE: Successfully completed

* Beginning the Configure Execution Phase.

* Summary of Execution Phase:
ERROR: Corrupt CAeAC.FILESET,r=8.1_B0
ERROR: 1 of 1 filesets had Errors.
ERROR: The Execution Phase had errors. See the above output for
details.


======= 02/28/08 09:04:13 EST END install AGENT SESSION (pid=18613)
(jobid=ueng05-0172)


Remember...the local swinstall works when the depot is created locally.

-Thanks in Advance.

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Was the depot transfered from windows to hp-ux in ascii mode by ftp by chance?
The file may be corrupted anyhow.

[jmckinzie]

No, the reason its not working is because the package contains a TAR ball and it cannot untar it remotely...so, it has to be created locally then swinstalled.

[Vishwas Pai]

Some issue with the way preinstall script is coded. You may want to post /var/adm/.../swagnet.log output corresponding to this swinstall.

--vishwas