Daria Mehra wrote:
> Is it necessary to have a separate root package just to include a single 
> sample config file? 

Yes

> 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.

I don't think there is one - but it should probably be documented here ...
   http://wikis.sun.com/display/SFWNotes/Package+writing+guidelines

Paul

> 
> 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.
>>>


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