Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Creating Software Packages
Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
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Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
SD-UX uses a Product Specification File (PSF) to define the physical
product package. The PSF provides a “road map” that identifies the
product according to its attributes, contents, compatibilities,
dependencies and descriptions. The PSF drives the swpackage session. It
describes how the product is structured and defines the attributes that
apply to it.
SD-UX packages, distributes, installs files. The SD-UX packager uses
these files after they have been built and installed into specific directory
locations. These directory locations my reside in separate, unconnected
directory trees or in the specific file locations needed to make the
software run on your system. You can specify files by a root directory
(gathering all files below it) or by explicit individual file paths. The file
attributes can be taken from the files themselves, specified separately for
each file, or specified for a set of files.
The PSF can:
• Define vendor information (optional) for groups of products
(including all products), or for individual products.
• Specify one or more products (required).
• For each product, define attributes for one or more subproducts
(optional), filesets (required), and files (required).
• Define attributes for the distribution depot/media (optional).
• Specify what computer(s) and operating system(s) the product
supports.
• Define attributes that describe the software objects.