epm - create software packages.

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       General  Public  License  as  published  by  the  Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
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       License for more details.

26 August 2008                                 ESP Package Manager                                        epm(1)

epm generates software packages complete with installation, removal, and (if  necessary)  patch  scripts.
       Unless otherwise specified, the files required for product are read from a file named "product.list".

       The  -a  option  ("architecture") specifies the actual architecture for the software. Without this option
       the generic processor architecture is used ("intel", "sparc", "mips", etc.)

       The -f option ("format") specifies the distribution format:

       aix
            Generate an AIX distribution suitable for installation on an AIX system.

       bsd
            Generate a BSD distribution suitable for installation on a FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD system.

       deb
            Generate a Debian distribution suitable for installation on a Debian Linux system.

       inst, tardist
            Generate an IRIX distribution suitable for installation on an system running IRIX.

       lsb, lsb-signed
            Generate RPM packages for LSB-conforming systems. The lsb-signed format uses the GPG private key you
            have defined in the ~/.rpmmacros file.

       native
            Generate an native distribution. This uses rpm for Linux, inst for IRIX, pkg for Solaris,  swinstall
            for  HP-UX,  bsd  for FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, and osx for MacOS X. All other operating systems
            default to the portable format.

       osx
            Generate a MacOS X software package.

       pkg
            Generate an AT&T software package. These are used primarily under Solaris.

       portable
            Generate a portable distribution based on shell scripts and tar files.  The  resulting  distribution
            is installed and removed the same way on all operating systems. [default]

       rpm, rpm-signed
            Generate a Red Hat Package Manager ("RPM") distribution suitable for installation on a Red Hat Linux
            system. The rpm-signed format uses the GPG private key you have defined in the ~/.rpmmacros file.

       setld
            Generate a Tru64 (setld) software distribution.

       slackware
            Generate a Slackware Linux software distribution.

       swinstall, depot
            Generate a HP-UX software distribution.

       Executable  files  in  the  distribution are normally stripped of debugging information when packaged. To
       disable this functionality use the -g option.

       Intermediate (spec, etc.)  files  used  to  create  the  distribution  are  normally  removed  after  the
       distribution is created. The -k option keeps these files in the distribution directory.

       The  -s and --setup-image options ("setup") include the ESP Software Wizard with the specified GIF or XPM
       image file with  the  distribution.  This  option  is  currently  only  supported  by  portable  and  RPM
       distributions.

       The  --setup-program  option  specifies the setup executable to use with the distribution. This option is
       currently only supported by portable distributions.

       The --setup-types option specifies the setup.types file to include with the distribution. This option  is
       currently only supported by portable distributions.

       The --output-dir option specifies the directory to place output file into. The default directory is based
       on the operating system, version, and architecture.

       The -v option ("verbose") increases the amount of information that is reported. Use multiple v's for more
       verbose output.

       The --depend option lists the dependent (source) files for all files in the package.

       Distributions  normally  are  named  "product-version-system-release-machine.ext"  and  "product-version-
       system-release-machine-patch.ext" (for patch distributions.) The "system-release-machine" information can
       be customized or eliminated using the -n option with the appropriate trailing letters. Using -n by itself
       will remove the "system-release-machine" string from the filename entirely. The  "system-release-machine"
       information can also be customized by using the -m option with an arbitrary string.

       Debian,  IRIX,  portable,  and Red Hat distributions use the extensions ".deb", ".tardist", "tar.gz", and
       ".rpm" respectively.

       EPM does not currently support generation of IRIX software patches.

       The EPM list file format is now described in the epm.list(5) man page.

       epm - create software packages.

epminstall(1) - add a directory, file, or symlink to a list file
       mkepmlist(1) - make an epm list file from a directory
       epm.list(5) - epm list file format
       setup(1) - graphical setup program for the esp package manager

epm [ -a architecture ] [ -f format ] [ -g ] [ -k ] [ -m name ] [ -n[mrs] ] [ -s setup.xpm ] [ --depend ]
       [  --help  ]  [  --keep-files  ] [ --output-dir directory ] [ --setup-image setup.xpm ] [ --setup-program
       /foo/bar/setup ] [ --setup-types setup.types ] [ -v ] [ name=value
        ...  name=value ] product [ listfile ]