HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

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swpackage(4) swpackage(4)
(Hewlett-Packard Company)
are included in a single product. Provides a human-readable summary of the four uname(1) attri-
butes which define the exact target system(s) the product supports. Many filesets do not include
an architecture; only a product architecture need be defined.
ancestor
A list of filesets that will match the current fileset when installed on a target system, if the
match_target installation option is specified. Also determines the base to which a patch is
applied.
category_tag
A repeatable tag-based attribute identifying a set of categories of which the software object is a
member. This is used as a selection mechanism and can be used independent of patches. The
default value is an empty list or patch if the is_patch attribute is set to true.
Like vendor_tag, this attribute can be used as a pointer to a category object that contains
additional information about the category (for example, a one-line title definition and a descrip-
tion of the category).
Note that the category tag patch is reserved. When is_patch is set to true, a built-in
category_tag attribute of value patch is automatically included.
NOTE: You can only change the patch
value by performing a swpackage operation or by
using
swmodify to change the value of the is_patch attribute.
description
Defines the multi-paragraph description of the fileset; the value is either the text itself (within
double-quotes) or a pointer to the filename containing the text.
is_kernel
A value of "true" defines the fileset as being a contributor to the operating system kernel; the tar-
get system(s) kernel build process will be invoked after the fileset is installed. If this attribute is
not specified,
swpackage assumes a default value of "false".
is_locatable
Defines whether the fileset can be installed into any directory, or whether it must be installed
into a specific directory. If this attribute is not specified,
swpackage assigns a value of
true.
is_patch
Identifies a software object as a patch. The default value is false. When set to
true, a built-
in
category_tag attribute of value patch is automatically included.
is_reboot
A value of "true" declares that the fileset requires a system reboot after installation. If this attri-
bute is not specified,
swpackage assumes a default value of "false".
is_sparse
Indicates that a fileset contains only a subset of files in the base (ancestor) fileset and that the
contents are to be merged with the base fileset. The default value is
false. If the is_patch
attribute is true, is_sparse is also set to true for the fileset, although it can be forced to
false.
machine_type
Defines the machine(s) on which the files will run if a fileset architecture has been defined. (If
not specified, swpackage assigns a value of "*", meaning the files run on all machines.) If
there are multiple machine platforms, use wildcards or use the ’|’ character to separate them.
This attribute should pattern match to the value of
uname -m [: getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS]
on the supported target machine(s).
os_name
Defines the operating system(s) on which the files will run if a fileset architecture has been
defined. (If not specified, swpackage assigns a value of "*", meaning the files run on all
operating systems.) If there are multiple operating systems, use wildcards or use the ’|’ charac-
ter to separate them. This attribute should pattern match to the value of
uname -s [: getconf KERNEL_BITS]
on the supported target system(s).
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