This is probably because it tends to be more self-contained.
The very first steps are common task.
# zfs create -o mountpoint=/pkg data/pkg
# zfs create data/pkg/src
# zfs create data/pkg/out
# mkdir /pkg/src/PHXapp1
# cd /pkg/src/PHXapp1
The main idea of a relocatable package is that of a base directory.
It's the root of a directory hierarchy comprising all of the package contents.
It's highly recommended to choose somewhere under /opt and not /usr/local.
Also organize the directory hierarchy, contents, ownership and permissions.
(metafiles are highlighted below just to make them better distinguishable)
# cp -pr /project/PHXapp1/* .
# lltotal ...
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 4 Sep 24 11:38 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 3 Sep 24 11:38 include
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 3 Sep 24 11:39 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 3 Sep 24 11:38 man
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186 Sep 25 14:40 copyright
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236 Sep 28 07:52 pkginfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 381 Sep 28 10:19 request
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Sep 28 08:01 postremove
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333 Sep 28 08:26 prototype
Most of what's left to do is quite similar to the non-relocatable package's creation.
The first noticeable exception is the pkginfo's BASEDIR variable.
Note that by omitting BASEDIR will make pkgkadd emit an empty prompt for it.
Don't omit BASEDIR to make it a default to a request script base directory prompt.
Interestingly the BASEDIR is not automatically removed by pkgrm.
As the package is relocatable, the base directory may vary among installations.
Thus it isn't a good idea to hard code the base directory in the prototype either.
There comes in the postremove script together with the CLIENT_BASEDIR variable.
# cat pkginfo
PKG="PHXapp1"
NAME="Relocatable sample package"
ARCH="i386,sparc"
VERSION="1.0"
CATEGORY="system"
DESC="Relocatable package demonstration"
VENDOR="AZ - Learnings on Solaris"
PSTAMP="Sep 24, 2012"
CLASSES="none"
BASEDIR=/opt/PHXapp1
# cat prototype
! search bin include lib man
i copyright
i pkginfo
i request
i postremove
d none bin 0755 root sys
f none bin/script 0750 root root
f none bin/app1 0550 root sys
d none lib 0755 root sys
f none lib/libapp1 0444 root root
d none include 0755 root sys
f none include/app1.h 0444 root root
d none man 0755 root sys
f none man/man1 0644 root root
# cat request
#!/bin/shwhile [ 1 ]
do
printf "\nPath to base directory (q to quit) [$BASEDIR] "
read DIRECTORY
case "$DIRECTORY" in
"") break;
;;
/*) BASEDIR="$DIRECTORY"
break;
;;
q) exit 1
;;
*) printf "\tERROR: Path must begin with a slash (/).\n"
;;
esac
done
cat >$1 <EOF
BASEDIR=$BASEDIR
EOF
exit 0
# cat postremove
#!/bin/shecho Removing package base directory.
# Let the system complain if directory not empty (as expected).
rmdir $CLIENT_BASEDIR
exit 0
# pkgmk -o -d /pkg/out
## Building pkgmap from package prototype file.
## Processing pkginfo file.
## Attempting to volumize 9 entries in pkgmap.
part 1 -- 22 blocks, 21 entries
## Packaging one part.
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/pkgmap
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/pkginfo
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/reloc/bin/app1
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/reloc/bin/script
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/install/copyright
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/reloc/include/app1.h
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/reloc/lib/libapp1
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/reloc/man/man1
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/install/postremove
/pkg/out/PHXapp1/install/request
## Validating control scripts.
## Packaging complete.
# pkgtrans /pkg/out /pkg/out/PHXapp1.pkg PHXapp1
# ll /pkg/out
total ...
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 5 Sep 24 11:39 PHXapp1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Sep 24 12:25 PHXapp1.pkg
...
A few verifications could be:
# pkgchk -d /pkg/out/PHXapp1.pkg all
Checking uninstalled stream format package <PHXapp1> from </pkg/out/PHXapp1.pkg>
## Checking control scripts.
## Checking package objects.
## Checking is complete.
# pkginfo -l -d /pkg/out/PHXapp1.pkg
PKGINST: PHXapp1
NAME: Relocatable sample package
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: i386,sparc
VERSION: 1.0
BASEDIR: /opt/PHXapp1
VENDOR: AZ - Learnings on Solaris
DESC: Relocatable package demonstration
PSTAMP: Sep 24, 2012
STATUS: spooled
FILES: 14 spooled pathnames
4 directories
2 executables
5 package information files
5 blocks used (approx)
