Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Creating Software Packages
Identifying the Products to Package
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Identifying the Products to Package
Determining Product Contents
The first step in packaging software is to determine what files and
directories you want included in the software product. These files and
directories must follow certain guidelines to support the configuration
you want.
Key points in this structure are:
• Where are shareable (for example, executables) and non-shareable
(for example, configuration) files installed?
• How is configuration used to put non-shareable files in place?
Determining Product Structure
Determine the product structure that your software should follow.
SD-UX provides four levels of software objects:
Level Objects
Filesets (Required) Filesets include the actual product files,
information that describes those files (attributes) and
separate control scripts that are run before, during or
after the fileset is installed, copied or removed. Filesets
are the smallest manageable (selectable) software
object. Files must be grouped into one or more filesets.
Filesets must be grouped into one or more products.
(Filesets can be members of only a single product.)
Subproducts (Optional) Subproducts are used to group related
filesets within a product if the product contains several
filesets. Subproduct definitions are optional.
Products (Required) Filesets (and/or subproducts) must be
grouped into one or more products. They are usually
grouped into collections that form a set of related
software, or match the products that a customer