Defining a Package Abbreviation (PKG)

A package abbreviation is a short name for a package that is defined via the PKG parameter in the pkginfo file, and must:

• Be alphanumeric, but the first cannot be numeric.

• Be nine or fewer characters.

• Not be one of the reserved abbreviations install, new, and all.

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  The first four characters should be unique to your company, such as your company's stock symbol. For example, packages built by Sun Microsystems^TM all have "SUNW" as the first four characters of their package abbreviation.

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  An example package abbreviation entry in a pkginfo file might be:

  PKG=SUNWcadap