Software Package Builder 3.0 User's Guide
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Chapter 110
Software Package Builder Overview
Software Package Builder (SPB) provides a visual method to create and
edit software packages using the HP-UX Software Distributor (SD-UX)
package format. Once software is packaged, it can easily be transferred
to a distribution medium, mass produced, and installed by
administrators. The SPB graphical user interface (GUI) provides a
window into the software package structure, showing attributes that can
be set for each package element. SPB loads packaging policies and
validates software package attributes against these policies. The SPB
command line interface (CLI) can also perform validation of software
package attributes against policies and can be added to an automated
process for editing and validation of a PSF.
SPB can assist with the following tasks:
• Creating a product specification file (PSF) to organize files into
products, filesets, and optionally, into bundles and subproducts
• Setting attribute values to define software package characteristics
such as revision, architecture, file permissions, and dependencies
• Validating the PSF against packaging policies to ensure successful
packaging into a software depot with the swpackage command
• Editing and validating the PSF automatically as part of a nightly
build process using SPB’s CLI
• Viewing and editing multiple PSF’s
• Viewing and validating depots and copying data from a depot to
create a PSF
• Testing or creating a software package by running the swpackage
command from within the SPB GUI