swpackage condensed

[Ralph Grothe]

Hello again,

although I know that there exists excellent documentation (e.g. SD Admin Guide, Manpages etc.) on this topic I sort of need a quick start as I cannot spare the time for perusal right now.
The task is pretty easy.
I've just compiled and built Perl 5.8.6 from the source tarball in a staging directory.
Instead of copying the install tree later between hosts using common fileutils (which works very well for any Perl build),
this time I would like to pack the bulk in a depot to e.g. swcopy it to /var/spool/sw of a distribution host, and finally swinstall remotely from other hosts that need a Perl upgrade.
I know I should refer to "man swcopy" to get started.
But since all the sw* commands have such a bewildering array of options and parameters
(left alone the preparation of check, pre, mid and post install scripts etc.),
I thought it would be quicker to ask you the experts for a kickstart.

Regards
Ralph

[Jannik]

this is what you are looking for:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=531789

have a look at:
Geoff Wild reply.

Best Regards!

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Ralph,

Maybe this link would help,

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000066944963

The itrc doc id is KBRC00007312.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Ralph Grothe]

O, I see I made a typing mistake.
I didn't mean the manpage of swcopy, but of course swpackage that seems most relevant to my task.

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi Ralph,

1. Create a psf file
2. Create a tar of the perl software
3. Create a configure script that extracts the tar to a location you prefere
4. swpackage -s @/depotname
5. swreg the depot

go to other servers and do an swinstall selecting as source the server you did the swpackage on.

Regards,

Gideon

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