Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Printers, Software, and Performance
Managing Software
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validates software package attributes against these policies. The SPB
command line interface can also perform validation of software package
attributes against policies.
Using SPB you can do the following:
• Create a product specification file (PSF) to organize files into
products, filesets, and optionally, into bundles and subproducts.
• Set attribute values to define the software package characteristics
such as revision, architecture, file permissions, and dependencies.
• With control scripts, further customize how the software is handled
when installing or removing it on the destination system.
• Validate the PSF against packaging policies to ensure successful
installation with the swpackage command and creation of an SD
depot.
• Edit and validate the PSF automatically as part of the nightly build
process using SPB’s command line interface.
See Getting Started with Software Package Builder for more information.