pkgmk(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   pkgmk(1)



NAME
     pkgmk - produce an installable package

SYNOPSIS
     pkgmk [-o] [-d device] [-r rootpath] [-b basdir] [-l  limit]
     [-a arch]
          [-v version] [-p pstamp] [-f prototype] [variable=value
     ...] [pkginst]

DESCRIPTION
     pkgmk produces an installable package to be used as input to
     the  pkgadd command.  The package contents will be in direc-
     tory structure format.

     The command uses the package prototype  file  as  input  and
     creates  a  pkgmap file.  The contents for each entry in the
     prototype file is copied to the appropriate output location.
     Information  concerning  the  contents (checksum, file size,
     modification date) is computed  and  stored  in  the  pkgmap
     file, along with attribute information specified in the pro-
     totype file.

     -o             Overwrites   the   same   instance,   package
                    instance  will  be  overwritten if it already
                    exists.

     -d             Creates the package on device.  device can be
                    a directory pathname or the identifiers for a
                    floppy disk or removable disk  (for  example,
                    /dev/diskette).   The  default  device is the
                    installation spool directory.

     -r             Ignores destination paths  in  the  prototype
                    file.   Instead,  uses the indicated rootpath
                    with the source pathname appended  to  locate
                    objects on the source machine.

     -b             Prepends  the  indicated  basedir  to  locate
                    relocatable objects on the source machine.

     -l             Specifies the maximum size of the output dev-
                    ice as limit.  By default, if the output file
                    is a directory or a mountable  device,  pkgmk
                    will  employ  the  df  command to dynamically
                    calculate the amount of  available  space  on
                    the output device.

     -a             Overrides the architecture  information  pro-
                    vided in the pkginfo file with arch.

     -v             Overrides version information provided in the
                    pkginfo file with version.



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     -p             Overrides the production stamp definition  in
                    the pkginfo file with pstamp.

     -f             Uses the file prototype as input to the  com-
                    mand.   The  default  prototype  filename  is
                    [Pp]rototype.

     variable=value Places the indicated variable in the  packag-
                    ing   environment.    [See  prototype(4)  for
                    definitions of packaging variables.]

     pkginst        Specifies the package by  its  instance.   An
                    instance can be the package abbreviation or a
                    specific instance (for example, inst.1).

NOTES
     Architecture information is provided  on  the  command  line
     with  the  -a option or in the prototype file.  If no archi-
     tecture information is supplied at all, the output of  uname
     -m will be used.

     Version information is provided on the command line with the
     -v  option or in the prototype file.  If no version informa-
     tion is supplied, a default based on the current  date  will
     be provided.

     Command line definitions for both architecture  and  version
     override the prototype definitions.

SEE ALSO
     pkgparam(1), pkgproto(1), pkgtrans(1).
























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