Software Package Builder 3.0 User's Guide

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Software Package Builder offers the following features:
Table 1-1 Features of Software Package Builder
Feature Description
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
for creating PSFs in SD-UX
format.
Provides an easy-to-use interface,
making the complex task of
creating a PSF easier.
Command Line Interface (CLI)
for automating nightly changes
to packages.
Provides a mechanism for easy
automation of PSF edits and
validation.
Policy validator for verifying a
package’s use of legal SD-UX
syntax.
Easy to create a valid PSF
without in-depth knowledge of all
the packaging policies.
Open source software can be
packaged in SD-UX format.
Easy to repackage software from
various formats into SD-UX,
allowing you to manage software
with the SD-UX software
management toolset.
User-specified rules files. Allows you to specify the rules file
you want to validate your PSF
against.
Depot view. Allows you to view and validate
depots and copy information from
a depot to create a PSF.
Package software. Allows you to run the swpackage
command from within the SPB
GUI to create a software package.