Is it necessary to have a separate root package just to include a single 
sample config file? Is there perhaps another location where I could put 
such a file, without proliferating packages?

I would also appreciate a pointer to documentation about root and user 
packages if it exists.

Thanks,
-- daria

Jim Walker wrote:
> It looks like you will need root and user
> packages for your software.
>
> The "r" and "u" suffixes in package names normally mean
> that they are root and user packages.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> Daria Mehra wrote:
>> I am getting this error when trying to "make install" my new package 
>> SUNWwebalizer:
>>
>> $ make install
>> ../audit_pkg SUNWwebalizer
>> SUNWwebalizer: ERROR: etc does not belong in a "usr" package
>> SUNWwebalizer: ERROR: etc/webalizer does not belong in a "usr" package
>> SUNWwebalizer: ERROR: etc/webalizer/sample.conf does not belong in a 
>> "usr" package
>> *** Error code 1
>> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `pkg'
>>
>> My prototype_com has these, presumably wrong, lines:
>>
>> d none etc 755 root sys
>> d none etc/webalizer 755 root bin
>> f none etc/webalizer/sample.conf 644 root bin
>>
>> What's the right way to package a sample configuration file (which 
>> should be editable by the user)? I was looking at prototype files in 
>> other packages such as SUNWapchr but I must be missing something.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- daria
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