Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

• fix=false
Controls whether or not to run vendor-specific scripts to correct and report
problems on installed software. Fix scripts can create missing directories, correct
file modifications (mode, owner, group, major, minor), and recreate symbolic links.
If false (default), fix scripts are not run.
If true, fix scripts are run.
Applies to swverify.
• follow_symlinks=false
Do not follow symbolic links that exist in the packaging source; instead, package
them as symlinks.
Applies only to swpackage.
• include_file_revisions=false
Normally set to false, controls whether swpackage includes each source file’s
revision attribute in the product(s) being packaged. Because this operation is very
time consuming, the revision attributes are not included by default.
A value of true for this keyword causes swpackage to execute the what and
possibly the ident commands (in that order) to try to determine a file’s revision.
Applies only to swpackage.
• install_cleanup_cmd= /usr/lbin/sw/install_clean
The script called by the agent to perform release-specific install cleanup steps
immediately after the last postinstall script has been run. For an OS update, this
script should at least remove commands that were saved by the install_setup
script.
Applies only to swagent.
• install_setup_cmd=/usr/lbin/sw/install_setup
Defines a script called by the agent to perform release-specific install preparation.
For an OS update, this script should copy commands needed for the checkinstall,
preinstall, and postinstall scripts to an accessible location while the OS updates
the system commands.
This script is executed before any kernel filesets are loaded.
Applies only to swagent.
• installed_software_catalog=products
Defines the directory path where the Installed Products Database (IPD, information
describing the installed software) is stored. When set to an absolute path, this
option defines the location of the IPD. When this option contains a relative path,
the controller appends the path to the path specified by the admin_directory
option to determine the path to the IPD. For alternate roots, this path is resolved
relative to the location of the alternate root. (This option does not affect where
software is installed, only the IPD location.)
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