pkgmk

 

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 User Commands                                            pkgmk(1)
 
 
 


NAME
      pkgmk - produce an installable package
 


SYNOPSIS
      pkgmk [ -o ]  [ -a arch ]  [ -b base_src_dir ]  [  -d device
      ]   [  -f prototype  ]   [  -l limit  ]   [  -p pstamp  ]  [
      -r root_path ]  [ -v version ]  [ variable=value  ...  ]   [
      pkginst ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      pkgmk produces an installable package to be used as input to
      the  pkgadd(1M)  command.  The  package  contents will be in
      directory structure format.
 
      The command uses the package prototype(4) file as input
       and creates a pkgmap(4) 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
      The following options are supported:
 
      -o    Overwrite the same instance; package instance will  be
            overwritten if it already exists.
 
      -a arch
            Override the architecture information provided in  the
            pkginfo(4) file with arch.
 
      -b base_src_dir
            Prepend the indicated base_src_dir to locate  relocat-
            able objects on the source machine.
 
      -d device
            Create the package on device. device can be  an  abso-
            lute  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(1M) command to dynamically calculate the
 
 
 
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            amount of available space on the output  device.  This
            option  is  useful  in conjunction with pkgtrans(1) to
            create a package with a datastream format.
 
      -p pstamp
            Override  the  production  stamp  definition  in   the
            pkginfo(4) file with pstamp.
 
      -r root_path
            Ignore destination paths  in  the  prototype(4)  file.
            Instead,  use  the indicated root_path with the source
            pathname appended to  locate  objects  on  the  source
            machine,  using  a  comma (,) as the separator for the
            path elements.
 
      -v version
            Override  the  version  information  provided  in  the
            pkginfo(4) file with version.
 
      variable=value
            Place the indicated variable in the packaging environ-
            ment.  (See  prototype(4)  for definitions of variable
            specifications.)
 


OPERANDS
      The following operand is supported:
 
      pkginst
            A package designation by its instance. An instance can
            be  the  package  abbreviation  or a specific instance
            (for example, inst.1 or inst.2). All  instances  of  a
            package can be requested by inst.*. The asterisk char-
            acter (*) is a special character to  some  shells  and
            may  need  to  be escaped. In the C-Shell, "*" must be
            surrounded by single  quotes  (')  or  preceded  by  a
            backslash (\).
 
 EXIT STATUS
      The following exit values are returned:
 
      0     Successful completion.
 
      >0    An error occurred.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SEE ALSO
      pkgparam(1),  pkgproto(1),  pkgtrans(1),  uname(1),  df(1M),
      pkgadd(1M),   pkginfo(4),  pkgmap(4),  prototype(4),  attri-
      butes(5)
 
      Application Packaging Developer's Guide
 


NOTES
      Architecture information is provided  on  the  command  line
      with the -a option or in the prototype(4) file. If no archi-
      tecture information is supplied, pkgmk uses  the  output  of
      uname -m (see uname(1)).
 
      Version information is provided on the command line with the
      -v  option or in the pkginfo(4) file. If no version informa-
      tion is supplied, a default based on  the current date  will
      be provided.
 
      Command line definitions for both architecture  and  version
      override the prototype(4) definitions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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