Describes the format of a package contents description file.
Field | Description |
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part | A field designating the part number in which the object resides. A part is a collection of files, and is the atomic unit by which a package is processed. A developer can choose the criteria for grouping files into a part (for example, based on class). If no value is defined in this field, part 1 is assumed. |
ftype | A one-character field that indicates the file type. Valid values
are:
Once a file has the file type attribute v, it will always be volatile. For example, if a file being installed already exists and has the file type attribute v, then even if the version of the file being installed is not specified as volatile, the file type attribute remains volatile. |
class | The installation class to which the file belongs. This name must contain only alphanumeric characters and be no longer than 12 characters. It is not specified if the ftype is i (information file). |
pathname | The pathname where the object resides on the target machine,
such as /usr/bin/mail. Relative pathnames (those that do not
begin with a slash) indicate that the file is relocatable. For linked files (ftype is either l or s), pathname must be in the form of path1=path2, with path1 specifying the destination of the link and path2 specifying the source of the link. For symbolically linked files, when path2 is a relative pathname starting with ./ or ../, path2 is not considered relocatable.
For example, if you enter a line such as
path1 (/foo/bar/etc/mount) is a symbolic link to ../usr/sbin/mount. pathname can contain variables which support relocation of the file. A "$"parameter can be embedded in the pathname structure. $BASEDIR can be used to identify the parent directories of the path hierarchy, making the entire package easily relocatable. Default values for parameter and BASEDIR must be supplied in the pkginfo file and can be overridden at installation. Special characters, such as an equal sign ("="), are included in pathnames by surrounding the entire pathname in single quotes (as in, for example, '/usr/lib/~='). |
major | The major device number. The field is only specified for block or character special devices. |
minor | The minor device number. The field is only specified for block or character special devices. |
mode | The octal mode of the file (for example, 0664). A question mark ("?") indicates that the mode is left unchanged, implying that the file already exists on the target machine. This field is not used for linked files, packaging information files or non-installable files. |
owner | The owner of the file (for example, bin or root). The field is limited to 14 characters in length. A question mark
("?") indicates that the owner is left unchanged, implying that the
file already exists on the target machine. This field is not used
for linked files or non-installable files. It is used optionally with
a package information file. If used, it indicates with what owner
an installation script is executed. The owner can be a variable specification in the form of $[A-Z] and is resolved at installation time. |
group | The group to which the file belongs (for example, bin or sys). The field is limited to 14 characters in length.
A question mark ("?") indicates that the group is left unchanged,
implying that the file already exists on the target machine. This
field is not used for linked files or non-installable files. It is
used optionally with a package information file. If used, it indicates
with what group an installation script is executed. Can be a variable assignment in the form of $[A-Z] and is resolved at installation time. |
size | The actual size of the file in bytes. This field is not specified for named pipes, special devices, directories, or linked files. |
cksum | The checksum of the file contents. This field is not specified for named pipes, special devices, directories, or linked files. |
modtime | The time of last modification. This field is not specified for named pipes, special devices, directories, or linked files. |
Field | Description |
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mac | The Mandatory Access Control (MAC) Level Identifier (LID),
an integer value that specifies a combination of a hierarchical classification
and zero or more non-hierarchical categories. A question mark ("?")
indicates that the mac field is to be left unchanged, implying that
the file already exists on the target machine. This field can only
be applied to a file on a sfs filesystem and is not used for linked
files or packaging information files. Note: Mandatory Access Control
is not supported in this release; this field is present for compatibility
with earlier release only. A value of 0 should be used if you
must specify this field.
|
fixed | A comma-separated list of valid mnemonic fixed privilege names
as defined for the fileprivcommand. The string NULL is
used in place of the comma-separated list when fixed privileges are
not to be specified. A question mark ("?") indicates that the fixed
field is to be left unchanged, implying that the file already exists
on the target machine. If the fixed attribute is not supplied, then
files are installed with no fixed privileges. This field is not used
for linked files or packaging information files. Note: Fixed privileges
have no effect in the current release. This capability is maintained
solely for compatibility with earlier releases.
|
inherited | A comma-separated list of valid mnemonic inherited privilege
names as defined for the filepriv command. The string NULL is used in place of the comma separated list when privilege is not
to be specified. A question mark ("?") indicates that the inherited
field is to be left unchanged, implying that the file already exists
on the target machine. If the inherited attribute is not supplied,
then files are installed with no inheritable privileges. This field
is not used for linked files or packaging information files. Note: Inheritable privileges have no effect in the current release. This
capability is maintained solely for compatibility with earlier releases.
|
:number_of_parts maximum_part_size
Lines that begin with ""#"" are comment lines and are ignored.
When files are saved during installation before they are overwritten, they are normally just copied to a temporary pathname. However, for files whose mode includes execute permission (but which are not editable), the existing version is linked to a temporary pathname and the original file is removed. This allows processes which are executing during installation to be overwritten.
The pkgmap file can contain only one entry per unique pathname.
An exclusive directory type (file) type x specifies directories that are constrained to contain only files that appear in the installation software database (/var/sadm/install/contents). If there are other files in the directory, they are removed by pkgchk -fx as described on the manual page for the pkgchk command.
Variable specifications for the owner and group fields are defined in the pkginfo file. For example, owner could be $OWNER in the pkgmap file; if OWNER is defined as root in the pkginfo file, $OWNER gets the value root when the file is installed.
:2 500
1 i pkginfo 237 1179 541296672
1 b class1 /dev/diskette 17 134 0644 root other
1 c class1 /dev/rdiskette 17 134 0644 root other
1 d none bin 0755 root bin
1 f none bin/INSTALL 0755 root bin 11103 17954 541295535
1 f none bin/REMOVE 0755 root bin 3214 50237 541295541
1 l none bin/UNINSTALL=bin/REMOVE
1 f none bin/cmda 0755 root bin 3580 60325 541295567 0 NULL
macread,macwrite
1 f none bin/cmdb 0755 root bin 49107 51255 541438368
1 f class1 bin/cmdc 0755 root bin 45599 26048 541295599
1 f class1 bin/cmdd 0755 root bin 4648 8473 541461238
1 f none bin/cmde 0755 root bin 40501 1264 541295622
1 f class2 bin/cmdf 0755 root bin 2345 35889 541295574
1 f none bin/cmdg 0755 root bin 41185 47653 541461242
2 d class2 data 0755 root bin
2 p class1 data/apipe 0755 root other
2 d none log 0755 root bin 0 NULL NULL
2 v none log/logfile 0755 root bin 41815 47563 541461333
2 d none save 0755 root bin
2 d none spool 0755 root bin
2 d none tmp 0755 root bin