Example-A Traditional Absolute Package

If the SUNWstuf package was an absolute package, the BASEDIR parameter should not be defined in the pkginfo file, and the pkgmap file would look like this.

The pkgmap File

: 1 1758
1 d none /opt ? ? ?
1 d none /opt/SUNWstuf 0775 root bin
1 d none /opt/SUNWstuf/EZstuf 0775 root bin
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/EZstuf/dirdel 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/EZstuf/usrdel 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/EZstuf/filedel 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 d none /opt/SUNWstuf/HRDstuf 0775 root bin
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/HRDstuf/mksmart 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/HRDstuf/mktall 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/HRDstuf/mkcute 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 f none /opt/SUNWstuf/HRDstuf/mkeasy 0555 bin bin 40 773 751310229
1 i pkginfo 348 28411 760740163
1 i postinstall 323 26475 751309908
1 i postremove 402 33179 751309945
1 i preinstall 321 26254 751310019
1 i preremove 320 26114 751309865

In this example, if the administrator specified an alternate base directory during installation, it would be ignored by the pkgadd command. This package always installs to /opt/SUNWstuf of the target system.

The -R argument to the pkgadd command works as expected. For example,

pkgadd -d . -R /export/opt/client3 SUNWstuf

installs the objects in /export/opt/client3/opt/SUNWstuf; but that is the closest this package comes to being relocatable.

Notice the use of the question mark (?) for the /opt directory in the pkgmap file. This indicates that the existing attributes should not be changed. It does not mean “create the directory with default attributes,” although under certain circumstances that may happen. Any directory that is specific to the new package must specify all attributes explicitly.