Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Creating Software Packages

Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)

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Product Specification File Semantics

The following sections describe how to specify a PSF and defines

keywords.

Vendor-Defined Attributes You can create your own software

attributes when packaging software.

Vendor-defined attributes are noted during packaging or when modified

with swmodify. You can list these attributes with swlist.

When SD-UX encounters a keywords in a PSF that is not one of the

standard keywords, the keyword and its associated values are preserved

by being transferred to the INDEX or INFO files created by swpackage.

Nonstandard keywords are defined as a filename character string. The

value associated with a keyword is processed as an attribute_value. It

can be continued across multiple input lines or can reference a file

containing the value for the keyword.

CAUTION If you misspell a standard keyword, SD-UX may mistake the keyword

for a vendor-defined attribute, which may lead to packaging errors.

Distribution (Depot) Specification Distribution attributes let you

list information about the media that will hold the depot (either tapes or

CD/directory. (See “Depot Management Commands and Concepts” on

page 134 for more information about depots.) Here is a PSF for a

distribution:

distribution

layout_version 1.0

tag APPLICATIONS_CD

description <data/description.cd

number B1234-56789

title HP-UX Applications Software Disk

# Optional vendor specification can be included.

# AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT SPECIFICATION MUST BE INCLUDED.

# Other product specifications are optional.

end

The distribution keyword is always required. All other attributes are

optional.