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Package control files

• pkginfo definitions

  •      At minimum, pkginfo file should contain:
    
         PKG="GNUbzip2"
         NAME="GNU bzip2 1.0.3"
         VERSION="1.0.3"
         ARCH=("sparc","i386", or "all") 
         CLASSES="none"
         CATEGORY="utility"
         VENDOR="GNU"

  1) creating prototype file for build with configure

  •      create the software  `configure --prefix=/dir', where dir is install directory.
         e.g /opt/local
         make install
         'find /opt/local -print >/tmp/files'
          
         'cat /tmp/files |pkgproto >/tmp/prototype
          
         this will create a /tmp/prototype
    
    
    d none /opt/local 0755 root root
    d none /opt/local/bin 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzip2 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bunzip2 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzcat 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzip2recover 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzgrep 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzegrep=/opt/local/bin/bzgrep
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzfgrep=/opt/local/bin/bzgrep
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzmore 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzless=/opt/local/bin/bzmore
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzdiff 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzcmp=/opt/local/bin/bzdiff
    d none /opt/local/lib 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/lib/libbz2.a 0644 root root
    d none /opt/local/man 0755 root root
    d none /opt/local/man/man1 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzip2.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzgrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzmore.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzdiff.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzegrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzfgrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzless.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzcmp.1 0644 root root
    d none /opt/local/include 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/include/bzlib.h 0644 root root
    
    
    on the front of the prototype add
    i pkginfo
    
    also at the top add
    
    i checkinstall
    i preiinstall
    i postinstall
    i LICENSE
    i depend
    on the end of prototype add
    d none  /opt 0755 root root
    
    finally prototype file loks like:
    i pkginfo
    i checkinstall
    i LICENSE
    i preinstall
    i postinstall
    d none /opt/local 0755 root root
    d none /opt/local/bin 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzip2 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bunzip2 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzcat 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzip2recover 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzgrep 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzegrep=/opt/local/bin/bzgrep
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzfgrep=/opt/local/bin/bzgrep
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzmore 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzless=/opt/local/bin/bzmore
    f none /opt/local/bin/bzdiff 0755 root root
    l none /opt/local/bin/bzcmp=/opt/local/bin/bzdiff
    d none /opt/local/lib 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/lib/libbz2.a 0644 root root
    d none /opt/local/man 0755 root root
    d none /opt/local/man/man1 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzip2.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzgrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzmore.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzdiff.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzegrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzfgrep.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzless.1 0644 root root
    f none /opt/local/man/man1/bzcmp.1 0644 root root
    d none /opt/local/include 0755 root root
    f none /opt/local/include/bzlib.h 0644 root root
    d none /opt 0755 root other

• checkinstall file

  • #
    expected_bits="64"
    expected_release="5.10"
    expected_platform="i386"
    #
    release=`uname -r`
    platform=`uname -p`
    bits=`isainfo -b`
    #
    if [ ${platform} != ${expected_platform} ]; then
        echo "\n\n\n\tThis package must be installed on a ${expected_platform} archi
    tecture\n"
        echo "\tAborting installation.\n\n\n"
        exit 1
    fi
    if [ ${release} != ${expected_release} ]; then
        echo "\n\n\n\tThis package must be installed on a ${expected_release} machin
    e\n"
        echo "\tAborting installation.\n\n\n"
        exit 1
    fi
    #if [ ${bits} != ${expected_bits} ]; then
    #    echo "\n\n\n\tThis package must be installed on a ${expected_bits} bit mach
    ine\n"
    #    echo "\tYour machine is running a ${bits} bit O.S. currently\n"
    #    echo "\tAborting installation.\n\n\n"
    #    exit 1
    #fi
    
    exit 0

• preinstall file

  •       preinstall is run as root when the package is actually installing.
          An abort here will require the user pkgrm the half installled package.
          pkgadd ask for run this script

• postinstall file

  •        postinstall script is run after the rest of the packade installed.
           with it can use the just installed software,install kernel drives,create devices and and and.
           pkgadd ask for run this script

  2) creating prototype file for build with DESTDIR or INSTALL_DIR in Makefile

  •      "make DESTDIR=/tmp/pkg-staging install"
    
         (echo 'i pkginfo';echo 'checkinstall';echo 'i preinstall';echo 'i postinstall';
          pkgproto /tmp/pkg-staging=/ ) >prototype 
      or relocatable package
         (echo 'i pkginfo';echo 'checkinstall';echo 'i preinstall';echo 'i postinstall';
          pkgproto /tmp/pkg-staging/usr/local=) >prototype
    
      *   pkgadd will always ask where the 'packeges base directory', for default
          add in pkginfo
    
          BASEDIR=/usr/local 

Creating the package

• case 1

  •        pkgmk -o -r / -d /tmp -f /tmp/prototype
    
           pkgtrans -s /tmp /tmp/GNUbzip2.1.0.3.i386.Solaris.2.10.pkg GNUbzip2

• case 2

  •        pkgmk -o 
           output in /var/spool/pkg/$PKGNAME
    
           pkgtrans -s /var/spool/pkg /tmp/$PKGNAME.pkg $PKGNAME
    
    
           rm -r /var/spool/pkg/$PKGNAME /tmp/pkg-staging