Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Using Control Scripts
Testing Control Scripts
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4. If your checkinstall script can generate error or warning conditions
based on the current activity or configuration of the target system,
then enable those conditions to ensure that the checkinstall script
correctly detects them.
5. Re-run the test by installing into an alternate root directory
(swinstall -r) instead of the primary root directory (“/”). Make sure
that the scripts perform all of their operations (if any) within the
alternate root directory. (This verifies the correct use of
${SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY} by your scripts.)
6. If your product is locatable (that is, it can be installed into a different
location), then re-run the tests by installing the product into a
different location (swinstall
product :new_location). Make sure
that the scripts perform all of their operations in the new location,
and not the default location. (This verifies the correct use of
$SW_LOCATION by your scripts.)
7. If you have a complex script, run additional tests for your product
that you feel will give you confidence your product has been installed
correctly on the system. For example, only install certain subsets of
your product instead of the full product.
Testing Configuration Scripts
For configure, verify, and unconfigure scripts you should perform at least
these tests. All tests can be performed on the local system (that is, by
doing local installs).
1. Run swinstall to install the full product (that is, all the filesets). Let
the installation process perform the configuration task (and run your
configure script(s)).
• After the installation and configuration completes, check the
${SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY}var/adm/sw/swagent.log file for any
problems, either in the configure script or the format/contents of
the messages generated by it.
• Study the resulting file system to see if the configure script
performed the expected actions.
• Test the product itself to see if the necessary configuration tasks
were performed such that the product is ready to use.