PKG-TOOLS

PkgTools is a set of utilities, released under the BSD license, which can be used to aid in the development of native Solaris packages - i.e. in the pkg format.

• Requirements
• Installation notes
• Known problems
• Change log and releases - you can download the software from here

• Hints and tips
• Building the InstallPackage/build directory
• How it works
• Using templates
• Manual pages
• Examples
  • Building gcc
  • Building openssh
• Software packaged using these tools

Currently there are four tools in this set:

build-pkg

This is used to actually build the Solaris package, calling chroot-install if required.

chroot-install

A utility which creates an environment suitable for calling chroot() on and allowing the user to install software into it.

proj-template

A utility which asks the user questions and then copies files and directories from a specified template directory and performs macro expansion on them. This is designed to aid in the initial setup of the home directory of a new project.

simple-proj

A very similar utility to proj-template. However it does not ask questions and only deals with the setting up of a simple InstallPackage. This is useful when dealing with 3rd party software which just needs to have a number of package control scripts put into the package.

check-pkg

A utility which can be used to check to see if packages are installed correctly. It can also be given a pathname to check on which packages said pathname is a part of.

It should be noted that simple-proj is really proj-template wearing a different hat.

This software is released under the BSD license.