The build class creates or modifies a package object file by executing Bourne shell instructions. These instructions are delivered as the package object, which runs automatically at installation if it belongs to the build class.
The name of the build class action script should be the same as the name of the file on which the instructions will be executed, and must be executable by the sh command. The script's output becomes the new version of the file as it is built or modified. If the script produces no output, the file will not be created or modified. Therefore, the script can modify or create the file itself.
For example, if a package delivers a default file, /etc/randomtable, and if the file does not already exist on the target system, the prototype file entry might be:
e build /etc/randomtable ? ? ? |
and the package object, /etc/randomtable, might look like this:
!install # randomtable builder if [ -f $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable ]; then echo "/etc/randomtable is already in place."; else echo "# /etc/randomtable" > $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable echo "1121554 # first random number" >> $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable fi !remove # randomtable deconstructor if [ -f $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable ]; then # the file can be removed if it's unchanged if [ egrep "first random number" $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable ]; then rm $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/randomtable; fi fi |
See Chapter 5, Package Creation Case Studies for another example using the build class.