I'll have to look into the exact format of the files to make it something
the AIX installer can work with - these are extra files.
bff stands for backup file format. rather than being a tarball it is a file
created by backup (backupbyfilename).
a rough approximation of how the file would be created is:
cd ${SOME_ROOTDIR}
find . | backup -if <PackageName>.bff
## "backup -i" means read standard inout for the names of files to backup.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Graham Leggett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Michael Felt wrote:
>
> > New question: that will mean homework I suspect.
> >
> > As I mentioned before, I am interested in creating a build that other
> > people could install. Having one is the only way to see how big a need,
> > if any exists, for a prebuilt AIX opensource httpd server.
> >
> > I suppose I could go for a RPM build - maybe all I need is on AIX by
> > default, and perhaos it is the first step to learning what needs to be
> > done.
> >
> > My preference is to create a .bff (or installp) format.
> >
> > I have found the build/rpm directory, and what seems to be the actual
> > file intended: ./httpd.spec
> >
> > Question is: How do I use this file, and maybe modify it, to create a
> > specification for an AIX binary distribution?
>
> The basic pattern for rpm is that if a file called <tarballname>.spec
> exists in the tarball, then that spec file is used as a recipe to build
> the RPM when you go rpmbuild -tb <tarball>.tar.bz2.
>
> The recipe contains three things, metadata about the package (name,
> version, description, other stuff), scripts used to build the package
> and perform pre and post installation, and a list of files in the rpm.
>
> The buildconf script builds the httpd.spec file from httpd.spec.in,
> inserting the version number and other details into the file. The result
> is that when a tarball is rolled, a file called httpd.spec exists in the
> right place containing the right names, MMNs and version numbers.
>
> Do you have an example of how a .bff file is built?
>
> Regards,
> Graham
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