Problems while creating a package with build variables
Hi!
I can successfully create Solaris packages using build variables as shown in the following prototype file.
Please note that I may use the build variable$VersionTAO within the path.
!VersionTAO=1.4.5
f none usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5=/usr/tao/$VersionTAO/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5
But when I replace the version numbers1.4.5 in line 3 by$VersionTAO...
!VersionTAO=1.4.5
f none usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.$VersionTAO=/usr/tao/$VersionTAO/lib/libTAO.so.$VersionTAO
...the packaging will fail with the following error.
# pkgmk -o -d /tmp/mypackage -f ./prototype/myprototype
## Building pkgmap frompackage prototype file.
ERROR in myprototype:
no objectfor <usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.$VersionTAO> found in local path
Can anyone give me I hint?
I would like to have only one occurence of the version number.
Thanks, Thomas
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thomas.pa] at [2007-11-27 9:44:41]
# 1
This is untested on my part, but on page 24 of the "Application Packaging Developers Guide," (http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0406?a=load) a build variable is defined as beginning with a lowercase letter. Install variables, on the other hand, start with uppercase letters.
Could it be a simple as changing the case of "VersionTAO" to "versionTAO?"
# 4
Thanks for this hint, but it didn't work either. Here are my tests with the lowercase variable.
1.) Using the lowercase variable only as a path element.
!versionTAO=1.4.5
f none usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5=/usr/tao/$versionTAO/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5
=> It works as before.
2.) Using the lowercase variable as a path element and on the right-hand side of the equal sign.
!versionTAO=1.4.5
f none usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5=/usr/tao/$versionTAO/lib/libTAO.so.$versionTAO
=> pkgmk fails.
# pkgmk -o -d /tmp/mypackage -f ./prototype/myprototype
## Building pkgmap from package prototype file.
ERROR in myprototype:
no object for <usr/acetao/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5> found in local path
3.) Using the lowercase variable as a path element and on the left-hand side of the equal sign.
!versionTAO=1.4.5
f none usr/tao/lib/libTAO.so.$versionTAO=/usr/tao/$versionTAO/lib/libTAO.so.1.4.5
=> pkgmk does not fail but does not resolve the variable. The package contains the file reloc/usr/acetao/lib/libTAO.so.$versionTAO.
These tests show exactly the same behaviour as seen with an uppercase-variable.
