AIX relocatable package help

UNIX AIX
1

Hi,

I have created a relocatable AIX package named Test.
The USIL is /abc

bash-2.05b# lsusil
INSTALL PATH = /abc
COMMENTS = None

Generally if a package gets installed in "/opt/Test" and i want to relocate it to "/abc" it gets installed under "/abc/Test". This happens the way in Solaris, Linux & HP.
In case of AIX, after creating the USIL, its getting installed under "/abc/opt/Test".
installp_r -R /abc -ad <path> Test

Am i missing something or is this the way AIX works?

Thanks

2

The relocatable installs in the directory of your choice - but still maintains the directory structure you give the package ... so if your data is like

./opt
./opt/TEST

than - since only the . will be replaced by your usil directory - you will see <yourpath>/opt/Test

if you want to have it <yourpath>/TEST

than the package structure needs to be according to this

./TEST

Hope that helps ?

Rgds
zxmaus

3

Thanks.
That clears the confusion.

Since the bff contains the file in the form of ./<path>.

Aware of any logic behind such uniqueness.
As all other flavours follow the straight forward approach of /opt/Test rather than /abc/opt/Test