Hi!

I am studying AIX documentation for creating software packages and there is one thing I cannot understand.

The docs (http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/aix/aix...w4_install.htm) say that during installation of a package with the installp command, the control files of the root part of a fileset is extracted to /usr/lpp/pkgname/inst_root. When copying files, the default instal script executed by installp uses inucp to copy the actual software files from this folder to the target location.

What I cannot get is how do the software files get into this folder. The docs say that software files from usr and share files are restored from the installation image, but they do not say anything about the root part.

I have created a simple package that contains a fileset with usr and root parts and tried to install it. I got the following message during install:

0503-009 inucp: Cannot access or open file /usr/lpp/echo-server/inst_root/etc/echo-server.conf.
Check path name and permissions.

However, the file was on the installation image (bff-file), it was just not restored.

Can anyone clear this issue for me?

Thanks!

I've found the solution for my problem: I was missing the root part files in the usr part apply list. So in the usr part apply list I had to mention file:
./usr/lpp/echo-server/inst_root/etc/echo-server.conf

After doing this I managed to install my package without any problems.