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Application Packaging Developer's Guide

Example-A Traditional Solution

Assume that one object in the SUNWstuf package is a startup script executed at run level 2. The file /etc/rc2.d/S70dostuf needs to be installed as a part of the package, but it cannot be placed into the base directory. Assuming that a relocatable package is the only solution, the pkginfo and a pkgmap might look like this.

The pkginfo File

# pkginfo file
PKG=SUNWstuf
NAME=software stuff 
ARCH=sparc
VERSION=1.0.0,REV=1.0.4
CATEGORY=application
DESC=a set of utilities that do stuff
BASEDIR=/
VENDOR=Sun Microsystems, Inc.
HOTLINE=Please contact your local service provider
EMAIL=
MAXINST=1000
CLASSES=none
PSTAMP=hubert930603141632

The pkgmap File

: 1 1758
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 d none etc	? ? ?
1 d none etc/rc2.d ? ? ?
1 f none etc/rc2.d/S70dostuf 0744 root sys 450 223443
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

There is not much difference between this approach and that of the absolute package. In fact, this would be better off as an absolute package--if the administrator provided an alternate base directory for this package, it would not work!

In fact, only one file in this package needs to be root-relative, the rest could be moved anywhere. How to solve this problem through the use of a composite package is discussed throughout the remainder of this section.