Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2561, March 2013)

Table 8 Product Compatibility (continued)
Target Root attributeProduct value (Pattern to
match)
Product attribute
uname -rB.11.11?.11.*os_release
uname -vC*os_version
If allow_incompatible=false (the default), swinstall restricts the installation of incompatible
software and automatically filters the products on the source. The Software Selection window shows
only those products compatible with the hardware and OS of all target systems.
If allow_incompatible=true, swinstall allows the installation of any software. The GUI
displays all products on the source for selection.
You can also use the -x os_name and -x os_release options to check compatibility. During
an OS update, for example, if a system has been installed as 11.0/32 bit and you wish to update
to the 64-bit version of HP-UX, you can make the system appear as a 64-bit system for the purpose
of compatibility checking against the merged depot by specifying the options-x
os_name=HP-UX:64 and -x os_release=B.11.00. (You can also specify these options at
a fileset level.)
NOTE: Compatibility filtering does not apply to alternate root file systems. You must select software
that you know to be compatible with the alternate root.
2.1.4.10 Software Selection Checking
The swinstall command behavior can be controlled using the enforce_selections option.
If set to false (default), swinstall proceeds even when only one software selection is available
in the source. If set to true, swinstall proceeds only if all software selections are available in
the source.
2.2 Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
The swconfig command runs configuration scripts. Although swinstall and swremove
automatically run configuration or unconfiguration scripts, swconfig lets you work independently
of these commands. This lets you:
• Execute scripts to address problems if a configuration fails, is deferred, or must be changed.
• Explicitly configure, unconfigure or reconfigure any installed software that has associated
configuration scripts.
• Configure or unconfigure hosts that share software located on another host.
2.2.1 Features and Limitations
• swconfig can execute these kinds of scripts:
Configures installed filesets or products. (Executed by swconfig and
swinstall.)
Configure
Request Requests an interactive response from the user as part of the configuration
process.
Unconfigure Undoes configurations performed by configure scripts. For example,
removing configuration from the host’s /etc/profile or /sbin/rc files.
This moves the software from the configured state back to installed.
• The swconfig command runs only from the command line interface.
• The swconfig command configures the host on which the software will run.
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