Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2488, September 2012)

/stand/system cannot be accomplished from within the postinstall scripts, but instead must
be accomplished by the configure scripts. This occurs whenever software is installed to a
directory other than root(/).
• This variable should be read only by the configure and postinstall scripts of a kernel fileset.
11.4.3.2 SW_INITIAL_INSTALL
• This variable is normally unset. If it is set, the swinstall session is being run as the back
end of an initial system software installation (that is, a “cold” install).
11.4.3.3 SW_KERNEL_PATH
• The path to the kernel. The default value is /stand/vmunix.
11.4.3.4 SW_SESSION_IS_KERNEL
• Indicates whether a kernel build is scheduled for the current install/remove session.
• A “true” value indicates that the selected kernel fileset is scheduled for a kernel build and that
changes to /stand/system are required.
• A null value indicates that a kernel build is not scheduled and that changes to /stand/system
are not required.
• The value of this variable is always equal to the value of SW_SESSION_IS_REBOOT.
11.4.3.5 SW_SESSION_IS_REBOOT
• Indicates whether a reboot is scheduled for a fileset selected for removal. Because all HP-UX
kernel filesets are also reboot filesets, the values of this variables is always equal to the value
of SW_SESSION_IS_KERNEL.
11.4.3.6 SW_SYSTEM_FILE_PATH
• The path to the kernel’s system file. The default value is /stand/system.
11.4.4 Variables That Affect swverify
11.4.4.1 SW_IS_COMPATIBLE
• Designed to help you determine if installed software is incompatible and should be removed
from a system.
• For use during the execution of a verify script, which is called by the swverify command.
• The variable will be set to true if the software being considered is compatible with the system
on which it is installed.
• Set to false if the software being considered incompatible with the system on which it is
installed.
11.4.5 Environment Variables That Affect swinstall, swremove and swconfig in SRP
11.4.5.1 SW_ALLOW_LOCAL_SRP_OPS
This variable is usually not set. If it is set to TRUE or 1, this variable allows swinstall to run on
a system container. If a value other than TRUE or 1 is specified, or if a value is not specified, the
system container does not support swinstall.
11.5 Execution of Control Scripts
This section details how each control script is executed.
216 Using Control Scripts