Manual page for pkgmk(1)
pkgmk - produce an installable package
SYNOPSIS
pkgmk
[
-o
] [
-a arch
] [
-b basdir
] [
-d device
]
[
-f prototype
] [
-l limit
]
[
-p pstamp
] [
-r rootpath
]
[
-v version
] [
variable=value ... ] [ pkginst ]
DESCRIPTION
pkgmk
produces an installable package to be used as input to the pkgadd
command.
The package contents will be in directory structure format.
The command uses the package prototype file as input
and creates a pkgmap
file.
The contents for each entry in the prototype file is copied to the
appropriate output location.
Information concerning the contents (checksum,
file size, modification date) is computed and stored in the pkgmap file,
along with attribute information specified in the prototype file.
OPTIONS
- -o
-
Overwrite the same instance,
package instance will be overwritten if it already exists.
- -a arch
-
Override the architecture information provided
in the pkginfo file with
arch.
- -b basdir
-
Prepend the indicated basedir to locate relocatable objects on the
source machine.
- -d device
-
Create the package on device.
device can be an absolute
directory pathname or the identifiers
for a floppy disk or removable disk
(for example, /dev/diskette).
The default device is the installation spool directory (/var/spool/pkg).
- -f prototype
-
Use the file prototype as input to the command.
The default prototype filename is [Pp]rototype.
- -l limit
-
Specify the maximum size in 512 byte blocks
of the output device as limit.
By default, if the output
file is a directory or a mountable device,
pkgmk will employ the df
command to dynamically calculate the amount of available space on the output
device. This option is useful in conjunction with pkgtrans to create
package with datastream format.
- -p pstamp
-
Override the production stamp definition in the pkginfo file with
pstamp.
- -r rootpath
-
Ignore destination paths in the prototype file.
Instead, use the indicated rootpath with the source
pathname appended to locate objects on the source machine.
- -v version
-
Override the version information provided in the pkginfo file with
version.
- variable=value
-
Place the indicated variable in the packaging environment.
(See
prototype.4
for definitions of packaging variables.)
- pkginst
-
Specifies the package by its instance.
An instance can be the package
abbreviation or a specific instance (for example, inst.1).
SEE ALSO
pkgparam.1
pkgproto.1
pkgtrans.1
NOTES
Architecture information is provided on the command line with
the -a option or in the prototype file.
If no architecture information is supplied,
pkgmk
uses the output of uname -m.
Version information is provided on the command line with the -v
option or in the prototype file.
If no version information is supplied, a default based on
the current date will be provided.
Command line definitions for both architecture and version override the
prototype definitions.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
