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This manual is for swbis (version 1.13, 24 Jul 2014), which is an implementation of the POSIX System Administration Standard – Part 2: Software Administration IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (ISO/IEC 15068-2) (both now withdrawn) and the Open Group Specification CAE C701. Currently, most of the the standard is implemented. Most notably the implementation lacks the ability to operate on packages with multiple fileset or products. There are extensions for package authentication using GNU Privacy Guard. Extensions to the standard are indicated as such in this document.

Copyright © 2008,2014 Jim Lowe

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being “A GNU Manual,” and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License.”

(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: “You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.”


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1 Creating Signed Distributions

The first step in package signing is to obtain GNU Privacy Guard and its command line program gpg. The next step is to invoke it directly to test your gpg configuration. The gpg program is invoked by swpackage with the following options:

      gpg --no-tty --no-secmem-warning --armor --passphrase-fd 3 -sb -o -

The --passphrase-fd and --no-tty options would not be used if running the gpg utility from the command line. The option swpackage --gpg-name option maps to gpg --local-user option and the swpackage --gpg-path option maps to gpg --homedir option. The default id to sign and home directory depends on gpg's defaults, the default home directory is is usually ~/.gnupg.

If you experience difficulty signing a test file using gpg then consult the gpg manual, since configuring gpg is outside the scope of swbis.

Once you know swpackage works without signing enabled simply invoke it with the additional option --sign and possibly --gpg-name=YOUR_ID and --gpg-path=PATH. swpackage should ask for your passphrase. Note that the --sign turns on --archive-digests automatically since a package is not fully verifiable without archive digests.

Other swpackage options you may which to use are --files and --file-digests.

For example:

        swpackage -Wsign,files,gpg-name="Test User" -s PSF @- >/dev/null

There are defaults file options which can be set to your preferences. The command line options always override the the defaults file settings.

     swpackage.swbis_file_digests       = "true"   # true or false
     swpackage.swbis_files              = "false"   # true or false
     swpackage.swbis_sign               = "false"   # true or false
     swpackage.swbis_gpg_name           = 
     swpackage.swbis_gpg_path           = "~/.gnupg"
     swpackage.swbis_signer_pgm	        = "GPG"

In addition, signed packages can be created using the ad-hoc extension utility swign. It was designed especially to create signed POSIX packages of free software source packages.

The operational constraints for using swign are that every file in the current directory is packaged, all files have the same ownerships, the archive will have a single leading package directory equal to the current directory name, and the package will contain the catalog directory. Other than the additional catalog directory, the package can be identical to the non-POSIX package created with tar.

swign is designed to be fail safe. swign uses swpackage and GNU tar as tools in a fashion such that all data copied to the user is generated by GNU tar from a file list generated by swpackage. Therefore, there is no chance the archive is corrupt, and because of sanity checks on the file list using existing GNU file system utilities, little to no chance of missing data.

swign requires GNU tar version 1.13.25 or 1.14 or 1.15.x. Using a version other than these will produce a valid archive, but the signature may not be valid.


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Creating a signed POSIX archive

swign packages all the files in the current directory, makes the path name prefix the name of the current directory, and all the files will have the same ownerships. These constraints are suited to GNU and Unix free software source packages.

Creating a signed package with swign is easy. Just change directory to the directory you want to archive, verify the documented side-effect of removing and replacing a directory name catalog is not a problem. If your directory has a file named catalog (that is not a POSIX exported catalog) that belongs to your data set you must rename it. For better or worse 'catalog' is a keyname of the POSIX standard.

Then type:

       swign -o 0 -o 0 --show-psf 
                 -or- 
       swign --show-psf 

to show the internally PSF to stdout. It tries to make a reasonable PSF using the name of the current directory. You can supply you own PSF from a file or on standard input like this
       swign -o 0 -o 0 --show-psf  | swign -s - --show-psf

Now, make a package for real.
       swign -o 0 -o 0 --show-psf  | swign -u "My GPG Name" @- >../my_new_signed_tarball

swign writes to stdout. You must redirect the archive to a more useful file.

You could verify it like this:

       swign -u "My GPG Name" @- | swverify -d @-
               -or like this-
       swverify -d @:../my_new_signed_tarball

If a checkdigest script is included then you should unpack the package at a new location and run 'swverify –checksig "."' in the new location. See Providing a checkdigest script.


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Creating a signed directory

Creating a signed directory is actually the first step that swign does when creating a signed archive. Using the -S simply causes swign to exit early.

Aside:

      This feature exposes a regression test constraint, namely
      that the byte stream generated by 'swpackage' and installed
      by 'tar' is identical to the byte stream generated by GNU 'tar'
      from the newly installed 'catalog' directory.

To sign the directory, and then verify it:

       swign -S; swverify -d @.

This produces the output:

    swign: Generating the catalog and installing with tar...   
    swpackage: Warning: exclude definition source [catalog] does not exist.
    Enter Password: 
    swverify: GPG signature verified.
    swverify: checkdigest script not found
    swverify: Package authenticity not confirmed.

For more information about the 'checkdigest' script:


See (swbis_swverify)IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSION DISTRIBUTOR SCRIPTS, and

See (swbis_swverify)Verifying the Directory Form of a Distribution.

Swign can be used to sign any directory using the file ownerships of the source files. The following commands act as a test of swpackage's ability to generate an archive identical to GNU tar. (Note: checkdigest.sh is found in ./bin of the source distribution.)

      swign -D $HOME/checkdigest.sh -u "Test User" -o "" -g "" -S;
      swverify -d @.


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Environment Variables that direct swign

swverify is affected by the following environment variables: SWPACKAGEPASSFD, SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE, GNUPGHOME, and GNUPGNAME. For more information: (See (swbis_swpackage)ENVIRONMENT.)


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Providing a checkdigest script

The checkdigest script is a distributor extension script. Only the swbis implementation of swverify knows how to use it. An example file is found in the swbis source package.

You need to supply a checkdigest script only if you wish your customers to be able to verify the directory form (i.e. unpacked archive) of a POSIX package. There are constraints on the usefulness of this script which are the same as when attempting to verify manually. See (swbis_swverify)Verifying a POSIX Distribution Directory Manually. It is not used when verifying the archive file form. Also, since it should only use non-swbis standard GNU tools and is a shell script, it does not do anything that the end user could not do themselves.

The script is included in the package one of two ways: using the -D option of the swign command or by specifying in a PSF to be processed by swpackage. The syntax for referencing from a PSF is:

      checkdigest < /path/name/to/your/checkdigest.sh

This line should be added in the distribution object of the PSF.


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Using swign in an Automake target

Here is a target to put in your Makefile.am (This example was tested with Automake version 1.9):

# Provide am__remove_distdir ourselves since am__remove_distdir may be a
# private automake variable.
sw_am__remove_distdir = \
  { test ! -d $(distdir) \
      || { find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' \
               && rm -fr $(distdir); }; }
dist-swbis: distdir
        (cd $(distdir) && swign -s PSF.in --name-version=$(distdir) @-) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
        $(sw_am__remove_distdir)

An example invocation using the environment controls:

        (SWPACKAGEPASSFD="agent"; GNUPGNAME="Your Name"; make dist-swbis)

The PSF.in should employ the replacement strings '%__tag' and '%__revision' as in this example PSF.in (See (swbis_swign)SAMPLE SOURCE PACKAGE PSF.)


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2 What features are working?

In summary, the swbis supports network-transparent package management but is restricted to packages with a single fileset and product. It has utilities for stand-alone creation of tarballs with meta-data including embedded GPG signatures. There exists also the ability to translate dpkg, rpm, and slackware directly into POSIX format.

swpackage is the most complete utility. It implements all of the ISO/IEC 15068-2 features of the Product Specification File, the input file of swpackage. swpackage can create packages with multiple filesets and products even though the the other utilities cannot operate on them.

swpackage can create POSIX tar archives with a POSIX file layout with an embedded GPG signature and payload digest (md5 and sha1). This capability is mature and safe, but for those who are paranoid about using a new tool to create archives of your data, there is swign. swign signs the current working directory, presumably a directory containing your source tree, and then uses tar to emit the archive. The result is a package, created by GNU tar, which looks like a source tar archive with a leading directory. The archive has the ./catalog/ directory which contains the package metadata, GPG signature and digests which are stored as separate regular files, and as ascii text of course.

Below is more detail about current capabilities.


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3 How to invoke swbis

The utilities are invoked from the command line.

The commands share a common syntax that is:

       <sw_utility> [options] [software_selections] [@Targets]

The current swbis utilities are swpackage, swinstall, swverify, swcopy, swign.

A central element of all the commands is the target syntax. See Target Syntax.

Here are several rules worth remembering about the Target:

Here are several example of Targets:

The command swbis can be used to invoke the swbis utilities. The swbis command is useful if the utilities are not installed in $PATH. Alternatively, individual utilities can be invoked by themselves.

Here are some example invocations:


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Target Syntax

Source and Target Specification and Logic
     
     Synopsis:
          Posix:
               host[:path]
               host
               host:
               /path  # Absolute path

          Swbis Extension:
               [user@]host[:path]
               [user@]host_port[:path]
               :path

          Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
               # ':' is the target delimiter
	       # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

               [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file] 
               [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file] 
              
               # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
               # disambiguate between a host and file.
	       # For Example,
               :file
               host:
               host
               host:file
               host:host:
               host_port:host_port:
               host:host:file
               user@host:user@host:
               user@host:user@host:host:
               user@host:user@host:file
 
     A more formal description:

     target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
            | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
            | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING 
            | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING 
            | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
            ; 

       PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
                       a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.  Allowing
                       a relative path is a feature of the swbis
                       implementation.

                NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
                      extension and means extract in current
                      directory.
 
                NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an 
                      implementation extension.

                NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
                      This is an implementation extension.

       HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

    Examples:
       Copy the  distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
              swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
    Syntax:
    %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
                        # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
                        # as a host, not a file.
    wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
              | sshtarget
              | sshtarget DELIM
              ; 
    sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
              | target          # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
              ;                 * may have a user
    target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
             | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
             ;
    user     : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING  # The user name

    DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
             ;  


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Appendix A Copying This Manual


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A.1 GNU Free Documentation License

Version 1.2, November 2002
     Copyright © 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
     
     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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  7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

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A.1.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents

To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:

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       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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       or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
       with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
       A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
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If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts, replace the “with...Texts.” line with this:

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         the Front-Cover Texts being list, and with the Back-Cover Texts
         being list.

If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the situation.

If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit their use in free software.


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2 Applicable Standards

The related standards are IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999), OpenGroup CAE C701.

ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999 is identical to 1387.2 except for its name.

CAE C701 is nearly identical to 1387.2 and can be viewed online at http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm

The implementation reference specification is a printed postscript rendering of the C701 pdf file available at http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm (size: 696095 bytes; md5sum: a98e5fd7d723db63e27136c70bfff7aa) and a copy of IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (ISBN 1-55937-537-X). These two documents match up line-for-line except for chapter ordering and where there are descriptions of C701's additional attributes.

(The IEEE standard is superseded by and identical to ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999).


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Commands

Formats

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swpackage(8)		    System Manager's Manual		  swpackage(8)



NAME
       swpackage -- Package a software distribution.

SYNOPSIS
       swpackage    # Filter: read PSF on stdin, write a tar archive to stdout

       swpackage -s- @-	 # Absolutely explicit, same as above

       swpackage @FILE

       swpackage  [-p]	[-s psf_file]  [-f file] [-x option=value] \
       [-X options_file] [-W option] [software_selections] [@targets]

       swpackage --help # more authoritative documentation

       swpackage  [options] --to-swbis [-s package_file]   # format translator

       swpackage  [options] --resign [-s package_file]	 # modify signatures
       swpackage  [options] --remove-signature=N [-s package_file]
       swpackage  [options] --replace-signature=N [-s package_file]



DESCRIPTION
       swpackage reads a Product Specification File (PSF) and writes a
       distribution to the specified target.  If no options are given a PSF is
       read on stdin and a distribution is written to the default target
       either a directory, device, or standard output.	To specify standard
       output use a dash '-' as the target.

OPTIONS
       software_selections
	      Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) on which to
	      be operated. (Not yet implemented)

       targets
	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  To specify standard output use a  dash '-',
	      this overrides media_type setting to 'serial'.  Target may be a
	      file, or device file or '-'

       -f FILE
	      Reads software_selections from FILE. (Not implemented).

       -p
	      Preview the package.  Perform all the packaging operations
	      except writing the target.  In verbose level 1, nothing is
	      written.	Higher verbose levels write information on stdout.
	      Error and warning messages are written to stderr for verbose
	      levels 1 and higher.


       -s PSF
	      Specify the PSF file, "-" is standard input.

       -x option=value
	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.

       -X FILE
	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       -v
	      (Implementation extension.) Given one time it is identical to -x
	      verbose=2.  This option can be given multiple times with
	      increasing effect.
		   level 0: silent on stdout and stderr (not implemented).
		   level 1: fatal and warning messages.
	      -v   level 2: level 1 plus file list and trailer message.
	      -vv  level 3: level 2 verbose tar-like listing.
	      -vvv level 4: level 3 extra verbose tar listing.

       -b BYTES
	      Set blocksize to BYTES number of bytes (octets).	The default is
	      10240.  (implementation extension)

       --version, -V
	      Alternate Mode: Show version. (Implementation extension)

       --help
	      Alternate Mode: Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]
	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.

       -W cksum
	      Compute POSIX cksum of the individual files.

       -W file-digests -W digests
	      Compute md5 digests of the individual files.  (-W digests is
	      deprecated, use -W file-digests).

       -W files
	      Store the distribution file list in .../dfiles/files.

       -W dir=NAME
	      Use NAME as the path name prefix of a distribution and also as
	      the value of the distribution.control_directory and
	      distribution.tag attribute (if not set).	May be set to an empty
	      string to eliminate stray leading "./".

       -W sign
	      Compute the md5sum, sha1sum and adjunct_md5sum digests and sign
	      the package.

       -W dummy-sign
	      Same as -W sign except use a dummy signature.  The signer
	      program is not run and no password is required.

       -W signer-pgm=SIGNER
	      Recognized SIGNERs are GPG, PGP2.6, and PGP5.  swverify only
	      supports GPG, however, other types can be verified manually
	      using the options of swverify and command line utilities.

       -W archive-digests
	      Compute the md5sum, sha1sum and adjunct_md5sum digests.  See
	      sw(5) for info on the digest and signed data input files.	 The
	      sha1sum and md5sum attributes have identical input streams.

       -W no-sha1
	      Do not compute the sha1 digest even if directed to by other
	      options.	(Deprecated: There is limited reason to use this
	      option).

       -W signed-file
	      Write only the signed data to the specified target but do not
	      sign.  (Deprecated: There is limited reason to use this option).

       -W gpg-name=NAME
	      Use NAME as the user ID to sign.	NAME becomes the option arg of
	      the gpg --local-user option.

       -W gpg-path=PATH
	      Use PATH as the gpg homedir.

       -W gzip
	      compress output with file system gzip utilty

       -W bzip2
	      compress output with file system bzip2 utility
       -W lzma
	      compress output with file system lzma utility

       -W symmetric
	      encrypt output with file system gpg utility

       -W encrypt-for-recipient=NAME
	      encrypt with NAME's public key using file system gpg utility


       -W source=FILE
	      Use serial archive located at FILE as the source instead of the
	      file system.  The files referred by the PSF are taken from the
	      serial archive and not the file system.

       -W numeric-owner
	      Same as GNU tar option.  Emitted archive has only uid and gids.

       -W absolute-names
	      Same as GNU tar option.  Leading slash '/' are always stripped
	      unless this option is given.

       -W format=FORMAT
	      The default format is 'pax'.  The pax format will only generate
	      extended headers if needed.  FORMAT is one of:

	       ustar   is the POSIX.1 tar format capable of storing
		       pathnames up to 255 characters in length.
		       Identical to GNU tar 1.15.1 --format=ustar
	       ustar0  is a different POSIX.1 tar personality.
		       Identical to GNU tar 1.13.25 --posix -b1 for 99 char pathnames
		       Has different rendering of device numbers for non-device files,
		       but otherwise identical to 'ustar'
	       gnu     Identical to GNU tar version 1.15.1 --format=gnu
	       oldgnu  Identical to GNU tar version 1.13 and later with
			   block size set to 1. i.e. with option -b1.
		       Also identical to GNU tar 1.15.1 --format=oldgnu
	       gnutar  same as oldgnu, oldgnu preferred.
	       pax     Extended header tar (Default)
	       odc     Posix.1 cpio (magic 070707).
	       newc    cpio format (magic 070701).
	       crc     cpio format (magic 070702).
	       bsdpax3 Identical to pax v3.0, ustar format with option -b 512.

       -W pax-header-pid=NUMBER
	      Sets the number used in any pax header naming scheme to NUMBER.
	      You must use this option to make archive identical in subsequent
	      (back-to-back) invocations.

       -W uuid=STRING
	      Sets the uuid string to STRING instead of calling uuid(1) You
	      must use this option to make the catalog directory identical in
	      subsequent (back-to-back) invocations.

       -W create-time=TIME
	      Applies to catalog files and the create_time attribute.  TIME is
	      the seconds since the Unix Epoch.	 You must use this option to
	      make the catalog directory identical in subsequent (back-to-
	      back) invocations.

       -W list-psf
	      Write the PSF to stdout after having processed the extended
	      definitions.

       -W to-swbis
	      Alternate Mode: Read a package on standard input and write a
	      POSIX package on standard output.	 Requires the
	      .../libexec/swbis/lxpsf program.	Supported formats are any
	      supported format of lxpsf.  Identical to:
	      /swbis/lxpsf --psf-form3 -H ustar | swpackage -Wsource=- -s@PSF

       -W passphrase-fd=N
	      Read the passphrase on file descriptor N.

       -W passfile=FILE
	      Read the passphrase from FILE in the file system.	 Setting FILE
	      to /dev/tty resets (i.e unsets) all passphrase directives, thus
	      establishing the default action, reading from the terminal.

       -W dir-owner=OWNER
	      Set the owner of the leading directory archive member to OWNER.
	      If the option arg is "", then the owner is the owner of the
	      current directory.

       -W dir-group=OWNER
	      Set the group of the leading directory archive member to OWNER.
	      If the option arg is "", then the owner is the owner of the
	      current directory.

       -W dir-modep=MODE
	      Set the file permissions mode of the leading directory archive
	      member to MODE.

       -W catalog-owner=OWNER
	      Set the owner of the catalog section to OWNER.

       -W catalog-group=GROUP
	      Set the group of the catalog section to GROUP.

       -W files-from=NAME
	      Read a list of files from file NAME.  Directories are not
	      descended recursively.

       -W show-options-files
	      Alternate Mode: Show the complete list of options files and if
	      they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Alternate Mode: Show the options after reading the files and
	      parsing the command line options.

       -W no-catalog
	      Do not write the catalog section.

       -W no-front-dir
	      Do not write the directory archive members that preceed the
	      catalog section.

       Signature Modification Options.	The source file via '-s' option is a
       previously signed archive file.

       --addsign
	      Alternate Mode: Same as --add-signature-first

       --delsign
	      Alternate Mode: Opposite of --addsign,  Same as --remove-
	      signature=1

       --add-signature-first
	      Alternate Mode: Add signature first in the list of package
	      signatures.  The last signature, by convention, is the primary
	      signature.

       --add-signature-last
	      Alternate Mode: Add signature last in the list of package
	      signatures.  The last signature, by convention, is the primary
	      signature.
       --replace-signature=N
	      Alternate Mode: Replace Nth signature, 0 means last signature.
       --remove-signature=N
	      Alternate Mode: Remove Nth signature, 0 means last signature.
       --resign
	      Alternate Mode: Same as --replace-signature=0
       --resign-test, --zfilter
	      Alternate Mode: Copy from source to target without altering.
	      Does not generate a signature.  The output should be identical
	      to the input.   Also has unintended use of accessing the
	      compression pipeline function of swpackage.

       --recompress
	      Modifier to alternate Mode: Applies when modifying signature.
	      The compression methods of the input file are detected and the
	      output is compressed to match.

       --overwrite
	      Modifier to alternate Mode: Overwrites file specified as the
	      source name (by the -s FILE option).  Will likely do so safely.

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       These extended options can be specified on the command line using the
       -x option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.

   Posix
       Shown below is an actual portion of a defaults file which show default
       values.	These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults file.

       swpackage.distribution_target_directory	= /var/spool/sw	  # Not used
       swpackage.distribution_target_serial	= -	   # Not used
       swpackage.enforce_dsa			= false	   # Not used
       swpackage.follow_symlinks		= false	   # Not used
       swpackage.logfile	  = /var/lib/swbis/swpackage.log   # Not used
       swpackage.loglevel			= 1	    # Not used
       swpackage.media_capacity			= 0	    # Not used
       swpackage.media_type			= serial    # Not used
       swpackage.psf_source_file		= -	    # Not used
       swpackage.software			=	    # Not used
       swpackage.verbose			= 1	    # May be 1 2 or 3

   Swbis Implementation
       These extended options can be specified on the command line using
       -Woption=optionarg or --option=optionarg syntax.

       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

       swpackage.swbis_cksum			= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_file_digests		= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_file_digests_sha2	= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_files			= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_sign			= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_archive_digests		= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_archive_digests_sha2	= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_gpg_name			= ""
       swpackage.swbis_gpg_path			= "~/.gnupg"
       swpackage.swbis_gzip			= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_bzip2			= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_numeric_owner		= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_absolute_names		= "false"   # true or false
       swpackage.swbis_format			= "ustar"  # gnutar or ustar
       swpackage.swbis_signer_pgm		= "GPG" # GPG or PGP5 or PGP2.6

USAGE EXAMPLES
       Here are some commonly used options.

   Options and Option Files
       Show the option file options and the option files that determine the
       default values.

	    swpackage --show-options
		 # and
	    swpackage --show-options-files

   Preview the output
       Show a verbose tar-like file listing on stdout

	    swpackage -pv
		  # or
	    swpackage -pvv

   Create a signed package
       Read the PSF on standard input, sign using 'admin' key using the gpg-
       agent.  Include sha2 digests for the files and archive. Include the
       file list, compress the output using xz writing to standard output.

	    swpackage -s - --sign --use-agent --gpg-name=admin --files \
		 --sha1 --sha2 --xz @-

   Resign a package
       Resign a previously signed package, overwriting the original file

	    swpackage --resign -s foo.tar.gz --overwrite --recompress

   Idempotent Invocation
       Use special options to obtain an identical package two or more times

	    swpackage --create-time=1406254892 \
		 --uuid=ed3b9432-3ba1-4c01-a125-e22fb94588e2 \
		 --pax-header-pid=1001

   ALternative Format Translation
       Execute the internally generated pipeline for format translation
       manually

	    # the following is equivalent to  'swpackage --to-swbis'

		 /usr/local/libexec/swbis/lxpsf --psf-form3 \
			-H ustar | swpackage -Wsource=- -s@PSF

PACKAGE SIGNING
       Support for embedded cryptographic signature

   Description
       Package signing is accomplished by including, as a package attribute, a
       detached signature in the package metadata (the catalog section of the
       package).  The signed data is the catalog section of the package (see
       sw(5) for a description) excluding the signature files archive header
       and data.  The package leading directory that does not contain the
       /catalog/ directory in its name is not included in the signed stream.
       The signed stream is terminated by two (2) null tar blocks (which are
       not in the actual package file).	 The storage section (or payload) of
       the package is included in the signed data by computing its md5 and
       sha1 message digests and storing these as attributes in the catalog
       section.

   Signature Generation
       The signature is generated by the file system signing utility.
       Currently, swpackage supports GPG PGP-2.6 and PGP-5.  The default is
       GPG but can be selected using the -Wsigner-pgm command line option and
       the swpackage.swbis_signer_pgm defaults file option.  The options and
       program can the displayed with the -Wshow-signer-pgm option.  The
       options in each case produce a detached ascii-armored signature.	 The
       maximum length for the ascii armored file is 1023 bytes.

   Passphrase Handling
       The passphrase can be read from the tty, a file descriptor, and
       environment variable or the GNUpg passphrase agent.  These are
       controlled by the options or the environment variables SWPACKAGEPASSFD
       and SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE.	 Placing your passphrase in an environment
       variable is insecure but may be usefull to sign packages with a test
       key and later replace it [when on a different host for example].

SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
       swpackage does not perform verification of the embedded cryptographic
       signature, although, a description is included here for completness.

   Overview
       Verification requires verifying the payload section md5 and sha1
       message digests and then verifying the signature.  Naturally, it is
       required that the signed data include the payload messages digests.
       See swverify.

   Manual Verification
       Verification requires re-creating the signed and digested byte streams
       from the archive file.  This is not possible using any known extant tar
       reading utility because of a lack of ability to write selected archive
       members to stdout instead of installing in the file system; however,
       the swverify utility can be used to write these bytes streams to stdout
       allowing manual inspection and verification.  See swverify.

   Manual Verification Using Standard Tools
       Verification using standard GNU/Linux tools is possible if the archive
       is installed in the file system.	 Success depends on the following
       factors:

       1) The tar utility preserves modification times
	  (e.g. not GNU tar 1.3.19).
       2) The archive does not contain Symbolic Links
	  (see sw(5) for explanation).
       3) The file system is a Unix file system (e.g. ext2).
       4) The package was created using -Wformat=gnutar or, -Wformat=ustar
	  with no file name longer than 99 octets.

	Recreating the signed and digested byte streams is then accomplished
       using GNU tar and the file list stored in the
       <path>/catalog/dfiles/files attribute file as follows:

       In this example, the package has a single path name prefix called,
       namedir and the file owner/group are root.  These restrictions are
       suited to source packages.
       Verify the signature:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --exclude=namedir/catalog/dfiles/signature  \
	 namedir/catalog | gpg --verify namedir/catalog/dfiles/signature -

	If this fails try using GNU tar option --posix.	 If this fails then
       you are out of luck as nothing in the catalog section can be trusted.

       Verify the payload digests:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 grep -v namedir/catalog  namedir/catalog/dfiles/files | \
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --files-from=- --no-recursion | md5sum
	 cat namedir/catalog/dfiles/md5sum

	Likewise for the sha1 digest.

       If the package has symbolic links, Verify the adjunct_md5sum:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 grep -v namedir/catalog  namedir/catalog/dfiles/files | \
	 ( while read file; do if [ ! -h $file ]; then echo $file; fi done; )|\
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --files-from=- --no-recursion | md5sum
	 cat namedir/catalog/dfiles/adjunct_md5sum

	The symbolic link files must be verified manually by comparing to the
       INFO file information.

SWPACKAGE OUTPUT FORMAT
       The output format is either one of two formats specified in POSIX.1
       (ISO/IEC 9945-1) which are tar (header magic=ustar) or cpio (header
       magic=070707).  The default format of the swbis implementation is
       "ustar".	 The POSIX spec under specifies definitions for some of the
       ustar header fields.  The personality of the default swbis ustar format
       mimics GNU tar 1.15.1 and is designed to be compliant to POSIX.1.  The
       personality of the "ustar0" format mimics, for pathnames less than 99
       octets,	GNU tar 1.13.25 using the "-b1 --posix" options.  This bit-
       for-bit sameness does not exist for pathnames greater than 99 chars as
       swbis follows the POSIX spec and GNU tar 1.13.25 does not.  The
       "ustar0" ustar personality is deprecated.  It is only slightly
       different from 'ustar' in how device number fields are filled (with
       spaces, zeros or NULs) for non-device files.

       In addition the swbis implementation supports several other tar
       variants including bit-for-bit mimicry of GNU tar (1.13.25) default
       format which uses a non-standard name split and file type (type 'L').
       This format is known as '--format=oldgnu'.  Also supported is the gnu
       format of GNU tar 1.15.1 specified by '--format=gnu'

       The defacto cpio formats are also supported.  "new ASCII" (sometimes
       called SVR4 cpio) and "crc" cpio formats with header magic "070701" and
       "070702" respectively.

       Support for "pax Interchange Format" (Extended header tar) described in
       IEEE 1003.1-2001 under the "pax" manual page has been implemented for
       POSIX file attributes as of release 1.12 (c Aug2014).  The 'swpackage'
       utility will generate extended headers on an as needed basis when the
       --format=pax is used.  Support for POSIX ACL and SELinux attributes is
       planned.

       The entirety of the output byte stream is a single valid file of one
       the formats mentioned above.

       The swbis implementation writes its output to stdout.  The default
       output block size is 10240 bytes.  The last block is not padded and
       therefore the last write(2) may be a short write.  The selected block
       size does not affect the output file contents.

       The swbis implementation is biased, in terms of capability and default
       settings, to the tar format.  Package signing is only supported in tar
       format.

SWPACKAGE INPUT FILE FORMAT
       The input file is called a product specification file or PSF.  It
       contains information to direct swpackage and information that is
       package meta-data [that is merely transferred unchanged into the global
       INDEX file].

       A PSF may contain object keywords, attributes (keyword/value pairs) and
       Extended Definitions (described below).	An object keyword connotes a
       logical object (i.e. software structure) supported by the standard.  An
       object keyword does not have a value field after it, as it contains
       Attributes and Extended Definitions.  An attribute keyword conotes an
       attribute which is always in the form of a keyword/value pair.

       Attribute keywords not recognized by the standard are allowed and are
       transferred into the INDEX file.	 Object keywords not recognized by the
       standard are not allowed and will generate an error.  Extended
       Definitions may only appear in a PSF (never in a INDEX or INFO created
       by swpackage).  Extended Definitions are translated [by swpackage] into
       object keywords (objects) and attributes recognized by the standard.

       Comments in a PSF are not transferred into the INDEX file by the swbis
       implementation of swpackage.

       The file syntax is the same as a INDEX, or INFO file.  A PSF may
       contain all objects defined by the standard as well as extended
       definitions.

       For additional information see
       XDSA C701 http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm, or
       sw manual page.

   EXTENDED DEFINITIONS
       A Product Specification File (PSF) can contain Extended Definitions in
       the fileset, product or bundle software definitions.  They would have
       the same level or containment relationship as a file or control_file
       definition in the same contaning object.

       Extended Definitions represent a minimal, expressive form for
       specifying files and file attributes.  Their use in a PSF is optional
       in that an equivalent PSF can be constructed without using them,
       however, their use is encouraged for the sake of brevity and
       orthogonality.

       The swbis implementation requires that no [ordinary] attributes appear
       after Extended Definitions in the containing object, and, requires that
       Extended Definitions appear before logically contained objects.	That
       is, the parser uses the next object keyword to syntacticly and
       logically terminate the current object even if the current object has
       logically contained objects.

   o  Extended Control File Definitions
	    checkinstall  source  [path]
	    preinstall	  source  [path]
	    postinstall	  source  [path]
	    verify	  source  [path]
	    fix		  source  [path]
	    checkremove	  source  [path]
	    preremove	  source  [path]
	    postremove	  source  [path]
	    configure	  source  [path]
	    unconfigure	  source  [path]
	    request	  source  [path]
	    unpreinstall  source  [path]
	    unpostinstall source  [path]
	    space	  source  [path]
	    control_file  source  [path]

       The source attribute defines the location in distributors's development
       system where the swpackage utility will find the script.	 The keyword
       is the value of the tag attribute and tells the utilities when to
       execute the script.  The path attribute is optional and specifies the
       file name in the packages distribution relative to the
       control_directory for software containing the script. If not given the
       tag value is used as the filename.

   o  Directory Mapping
	  directory  source  [destination]

       Applies the source attribute as the directory under which the
       subsequently listed files are located.  If destination is defined it
       will be used as a prefix to the path (implied) file definition.	source
       is typically a temporary or build location and dest is its unrealized
       absolute pathname destination.

   o  Recursive File Definition
	 file *

       Specifies every file in current source directory.  The directory
       extended definition must be used before the recursive specification.

   o  Explicit File Definition
	 file [-t type] [-m mode] [-o owner[,uid]] [-g group[,gid]] [-n] [-v] source [path]

       source


	      source defines the pathname of the file to be used as the source
	      of file data and/or attributes.  If it is a relative path, then
	      swpackage searches for this file relative to the the source
	      argument of the directory keyword, if set.  If directory keyword
	      is not set then the search is relative to the current working
	      directory of the swpackage utility's invocation.

	      All attributes for the destination file are taken from the
	      source file, unless a file_permissions keyword is active, or the
	      -m, -o, or -g options are also included in the file
	      specification.

       path

	      path defines the destination path where the file will be created
	      or installed.  If it is a relative path, then the destination
	      path of the of the directory keyword must be active and will be
	      used as the path prefix.	If path is not specified then source
	      is used as the value of path and directory mapping applied (if
	      active).

       -t type

	      type may one of 'd' (directory), or  'h' (hard link), or 's'
	      (symbolic link).

	      -t d  Create a directory.
	      If path is not specified source is used as the path attribute.

	      -t h  Create a hard link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

	      -t s  Create a symbolic link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

       -m mode

	      mode defines the octal mode for the file.

   o  Default Permission Definition
	 file_permissions [-m mode] [-u umask] [-o [owner[,]][uid]] [-g [group[,]][gid]]

       Applies to subsequently listed file definitions in a fileset.  These
       attributes will apply where the file attributes were not specified
       explicitly in a file definition.	 Subsequent file_permissions
       definitions simply replace previous definitions (resetting all the
       options).

       To reset the file_permission state (i.e. turn it off) use one of the
       following:
	   file_permissions ""
	    or the preferred way is
	   file_permissions -u 000

   o  Excluding Files
	  exclude source

       Excludes a previously included file or an entire directory.

   o  Including Files
	  include <filename

       The contents of filename may be more definitions for files.  The syntax
       of the included file is PSF syntax.


   SWBIS PSF CONVENTIONS
       This section describes attribute usage and conventions imposed by the
       swbis implementation.  Not all attributes are listed here.  Those that
       are have important effects or particular interest.

   o Distribution Attributes
       The standard defines a limited set of attributes for the distribution
       object.	An expanded set is suggested by the informative annex however
       a conforming implementation is not required act on them.	 The reason
       for this is a distribution may be acted upon by a conforming utility in
       such a way that attributes of the distribution become invalid.  For
       this reason, some attributes that refer to an entire "package" [in
       other package managers] are referred from the product object and attain
       their broadened scope by the distributor's convention that their
       distribution contains just one product.

       For example, the package NAME and VERSION are referred from the product
       tag and revision, not the distribution's.  This convention supports
       multiple products in a distribution and is consistent with the
       standard.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the
	      distribution.  Providing a distribution tag is optional.	The
	      swbis implementation will use this as the [single] path name
	      prefix if there is no distribution.control_directory attribute.
	      A distribution tag attribute and swpackage's response to it is
	      an implementation extension.  The leading package path can also
	      be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.


       control_directory

	      control_directory, in a distribution object, is the constant
	      leading package path.  Providing this attribute is optional.  A
	      distribution control_directory attribute and swpackage's
	      response to it is an implementation extension.  The leading
	      package path can also be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.
	      This attribute will be generated by swpackage if not set in a
	      PSF.


   o Bundle Attributes
       A bundle defines a collection of products whether or not the
       distribution has all the products present.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the bundle.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  If it is not
	      present the product tag is used.


   o Product Attributes
       A product defines the software product.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the product.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  It is required.
	      The swbis implementation uses it in a way that is analogous to
	      the RPMTAG_NAME attribute, namely as the public recognizable
	      name of the package.


       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the distribution under which the
	      product contents are located.  This value has no affect on the
	      installed software catalog.  If it is not given in a PSF then
	      the tag is used.


       revision

	      Is the product revision.	It should not contain a "RELEASE"
	      attribute part or other version suffix modifiers.	 This value is
	      used by the swbis implementation as a path name component in the
	      installed software catalog.  It is required by swinstall.


       vendor_tag

	      This is a short identifying name of the distributor that
	      supplied the product and may associate (refer to) a vendor
	      object from the INDEX file that has a matching tag attribute.
	      This attribute is optional.  This attribute value should strive
	      to be unique among all distributors. The swbis implementation
	      modifies the intended usage slightly as a string that strives to
	      be globally unique for a given product.tag and product.revision.
	      In this capacity it serves to distinguish products with the same
	      revision and tag from the same or different distributor.	It
	      most closely maps to the RPMTAG_RELEASE or "debian_revision"
	      attributes.  It is one of the version distinguishing attributes
	      of a product specified by the standard.  It is transfered into
	      the installed_software catalog (not as a path name component) by
	      swinstall.  If this attribute exists there should also be a
	      vendor object in the PSF in the distribution object that has
	      this tag.	 This attribute is assigned the value of
	      RPMTAG_RELEASE by swpackage when translating an RPM.


       architecture

	      This string is one of the version attributes.  It is used to
	      disambiguate products that have the same tag, revision and
	      vendor_tag.  It is not used for determining a products
	      compatibility with a host.  The form is implementation defined.
	      swbis uses the output of GNU config.guess as the value of this
	      string.  A wildcard pattern should not be used.  The canonical
	      swbis architecture string can be listed with swlist. For example

	      swlist -a architecture @ localhost

	       Here are some example outputs from real systems.

		  System      `uname -srm`		architecture
	      Red Hat 8.0:  Linux 2.4.18 i686	     i686-pc-linux-gnu
	      OpenSolaris:  SunOS 5.11 i86pc	     i386-pc-solaris2.11
	      NetBSD 3.1:   NetBSD 3.1 i386	     i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.1
	      Red Hat 4.1:  Linux 2.0.36 i586	     i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1
	      Debian 3.1:   Linux 2.6.8-2-386 i686   i686-pc-linux-gnu

       os_name os_release os_version machine_type

	      These attributes are used to determine compatibility with a
	      host.  They correspond to the uname attributes defined by
	      POSIX.1.	If an value is nil or non-existent it is assumed to
	      match the host.  All attributes must match for there to be
	      compatibility.  Distributors may wish to make these values a
	      shell pattern in their PSF's so to match the intended collection
	      of hosts.	 swbis uses fnmatch (with FLAGS=0) to determine a
	      match.


   o Fileset Attributes
       A fileset defines the fileset.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the fileset.  It
	      is required although selection of filesets is  not yet supported
	      therefore the end user will have little to do with the fileset
	      tag.

       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the product under which the fileset
	      contents are located.  This value has no affect on the installed
	      software catalog.	 If it is not given in a PSF then the tag is
	      used.

   o Example Source Package PSF
       This PSF packages every file is current directory. It uses nil control
       directories so the package structure does not change relative to a
       vanilla tarball.

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	  tag fooware
	  title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	  description ""
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
	  tag myfixes1
	  title Bug fixes, Set 1
	  description "a place for more detailed description"
	product
	  tag fooit
	  control_directory ""
	  revision 1.0
	  vendor_tag myfixes1  # Matches the vendor object above
	fileset
	   tag fooit-SOURCE
	   control_directory ""
	   directory .
	   file *
	   exclude catalog

   o Example Runtime (Binary) Package PSF
       This is a sample PSF for a runtime package.  It implies multiple
       products (e.g. sub-packages) using the bundle.contents attribute.
       Since the bundle and product tags exist in a un-regulated namespace and
       are seen by end users they should be carefully chosen.	Note that the
       bundle and product have the same tag which may force downstream users
       to disambiguate using software selection syntax such as fooit,bv=* or
       fooit,pv=* .

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	       tag fooware
	       title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	       description "Provider of the programs
	that do everything"

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
		tag fw0
		title fooware fixes
		description "More fixes from the fooware users"

       #  Bundle definition:  Use a bundle
	    bundle
		tag fooit
		vendor_tag fooware
		contents fooit,v=fw0 fooit-devel fooit-doc

       #  Product definition:
	    product
		tag fooit   # This is the package name
		revision 1.0 # This is the package version
		vendor_tag fw0 # This is a release name e.g. RPMTAG_RELEASE
		postinstall scripts/postinstall
	    fileset
		 tag fooit-RUN
		 file doc/man/man1/fooit.1 /usr/man/man1/fooit.1
		 file src/fooit /usr/bin/fooit

SAMPLE PRODUCT SPEC FILES
       This section shows several example PSF files.

   o   A minimal PSF to package all files in current directory.
	distribution
	product
	  tag prod
	  control_directory ""
	  revision 1.0
	fileset
	   tag files
	   control_directory ""
	   directory .
	   file *

   o   A PSF that uses directory mapping.
       This PSF creates a package with live system paths from source that is
       installed in non-live temporary locations. It is modeled on the swbis
       source package.

	distribution
	product
	  tag somepackage  # this is the package name
	  control_directory ""
	  revision 1.0	# this is the package revision
	fileset
	   tag files
	   control_directory ""

	   file_permissions -o root -g root
	   directory swprogs /usr/bin
	   file swpackage
	   file swinstall
	   file swverify

	   file -m 755 -o root -g root / /usr/libexec/swbis

	   directory swprogs /usr/libexec/swbis
	   file swbisparse

	   directory swsupplib/progs /usr/libexec/swbis
	   file swbistar

	   file -m 755 -o root -g root / /usr/share/doc/swbis
	   directory . /usr/share/doc/swbis
	   file -m 444 ./README
	   file -m 444 CHANGES

       When this PSF is processed by the command:

		   swpackage -Wsign -s - @- | tar tvf -

       It produces the following:

	drwxr-x--- root/root	  0 2003-06-03 ... catalog/
	-rw-r----- root/root	307 2003-06-03 ... catalog/INDEX
	drwxr-x--- root/root	  0 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/
	-rw-r----- root/root	 65 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/INFO
	-rw-r----- root/root	 33 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/md5sum
	-rw-r----- root/root	 41 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/sha1sum
	-rw-r----- root/root	 33 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/adjunct_md5sum
	-rw-r----- root/root	512 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/sig_header
	-rw-r----- root/root   1024 2003-06-03 ... catalog/dfiles/signature
	drwxr-x--- root/root	  0 2003-06-03 ... catalog/pfiles/
	-rw-r----- root/root	 65 2003-06-03 ... catalog/pfiles/INFO
	-rw-r----- root/root   1503 2003-06-03 ... catalog/INFO
	-rwxr-xr-x root/root 510787 2003-06-03 ... usr/bin/swpackage
	-rwxr-xr-x root/root 301255 2003-06-03 ... usr/bin/swinstall
	-rwxr-xr-x root/root   4105 2003-06-03 ... usr/bin/swverify
	drwxr-xr-x root/root	  0 2003-06-03 ... usr/libexec/swbis/
	-rwxr-xr-x root/root 365105 2003-06-03 ... usr/libexec/swbis/swbisparse
	-rwxr-xr-x root/root 243190 2003-06-03 ... usr/libexec/swbis/swbistar
	drwxr-xr-x root/root	  0 2003-06-03 ... usr/share/doc/swbis/
	-r--r--r-- root/root   8654 2003-05-27 ... usr/share/doc/swbis/README
	-r--r--r-- root/root  10952 2003-06-03 ... usr/share/doc/swbis/CHANGES

   o   Create a PSF from a list of files.
		  find . -print |  swpackage -Wfiles-from=- -Wlist-psf

RETURN VALUE
       0 on success, 1 on error and target medium not modified, 2 on error if
       target medium modified.

SIDE EFFECTS
	No temporary files are used in the package generation process.	When
       using the default target of stdout (directed to /dev/null), there are
       no file system side effects from swpackage.  GNU Privacy Guard (gpg)
       may alter its keys when invoked for package signing.

ENVIRONMENT
       SWPACKAGEPASSFD
	      Sets the --passphrase-fd option.	Set the option arg to a
	      integer value of the file descriptor, or to "env" to read the
	      passphrase from the environment variable SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE, or
	      to "agent" to cause gpg to use gpg-agent, or to "tty" to restore
	      default behavoir to reading passphrase from the terminal.


       SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE
	      Use the value as the passphrase if --passphrase-fd is set to
	      "env"


       GNUPGHOME
	      Sets the --gpg-home option.


       GNUPGNAME
	      Sets the --gpg-name option, which is turn set the --local-user
	      option of gpg.


REQUISITE UTILITIES
       Swpackage does not use any archive writing utilities, it has its own
       code to generate archives.
       Package signing uses one of the following:
	/usr/bin/gpg
	/usr/bin/pgp   (PGP 2.6.x)
	/usr/bin/pgps  (PGP 5)

       Swpackage will use /usr/bin/uuidgen if present to create the uuid.

FILES
       libdir/swbis/swdefaults
       libbir/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701.

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       sw(5), swbis(1), swpackage(5), swbisparse(1), swign(1), swverify(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	swpackage(8): The packaging utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2014-07-15
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       A comment after an object keyword is wrongly not allowed by this PSF
       parser.	The --dir="" does not do what one would expect sometimes.  The
       output stream content is unaffected by the blocksize, that is the last
       write may be short write.  Signing is broken for cpio format archives.



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swinstall(8)		    System Manager's Manual		  swinstall(8)



NAME
       swinstall -- Install POSIX and RPM packages.

SYNOPSIS
       swinstall [-p] [-r] [-s source_file] [-f file] \
       [-t targetfile] [-x option=value]  [-X options_file] [-W option] \
       [software_selections] [@target [target1...]]

       swinstall -s -	 # Minimum unambiguous invocation.


DESCRIPTION
       swinstall installs a POSIX distribution from a source archive to a
       target directory.  A POSIX distribution is a package, typically a
       compressed tarball with metadata files in the prescribed file layout.
       Neither swinstall nor any component of swbis is required on the target
       host, however, the target host must look like a Unix system at the
       shell and command-line utility level and have a POSIX shell.  Remote
       network connections are made by ssh.  Ssh is the default but rsh can be
       selected by a command line option.

       By default and with no external influences (i.e. swdefaults file)
       swinstall will read an archive on stdin and install all products and
       filesets of package in "/" directory on the target host.	 An alternate
       root may be specified using the target syntax.  The distribution source
       directory (swbis default: stdin) is selectable via the defaults file,
       therefore it should be specified in uncontrolled environments.

       swinstall operates on  cpio or tar archives.  swinstall supports cpio
       archives by first translating to tar format, therefore, to reduce the
       data transformations performed by swinstall, distributors encouraged to
       deliver products in tar format.

       swinstall will create an entry in an installed software catalog.	 This
       is a directory usually located at /var/lib/swbis/catalog.  Using this
       information checks for upgrade, downdate, dependencies, and
       reinstallation are made.

OPTIONS
       -f FILE

	      Reads software_selections from FILE. (Not implemented).

       -p

	      Preview the operation.  Depending on the verbose level
	      information is written to stdout.	 The target is not modified
	      although a remote connection is established.


       -r

	      This option has no affect.


       -s SOURCE

	      Specify the source file SOURCE, "-" is standard input.  The
	      syntax is the same as for a target.  SOURCE may be an archive
	      file or stdin.

       -t targetfile

	      Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).

       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.

       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       -v

	      Given one time it is identical to -x verbose=2.  This option can
	      be given multiple times with increasing effect.  (Implementation
	      extension option).
	      -v  is level 2, -vv is level 3,... etc.
		  level 0: silent on stdout and stderr.
		  level 1: fatal and warning messages to stderr.
	      -v  level 2: level 1 plus a progress bar.
	      -vv level 3: level 2 plus script stderr.
	      -vvv level 4: level 3 plus events.
	      -vvvv level 5: level 4 plus events.
	      -vvvvv level 6: level 5 plus set shell -vx option.
	      -vvvvvv level 7 and higher: level 6 plus debugging messages.

       --version, -V

	      Show version (Implementation extension)

       --help

	      Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.

       -W preview-tar-file=FILE

	      This is a testing/development option.  Writes the fileset
	      archive to FILE.	This is the same data stream that would have
	      been loaded on the target.  This option should only be used with
	      the '-p' option.	The output sent to FILE is a tar archive but
	      without trailer blocks.

       -W remote-shell=NAME


	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client

	      This is the remote connection client program on the management
	      (originating host).  The path NAME may be an absolute path (not
	      located in $PATH).  The basename of NAME is used for
	      intermediate hops.  Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh".	 The
	      default is "ssh".

       -W quiet-progress

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_quiet_progress_bar Disable progress
	      bar, which is active for verbose levels 2 and higher (i.e. -v).

       -W show-options-files
	      Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
	      line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
	      default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Set the write command for local and remote hosts.	 This is the
	      command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for local host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for remote host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
	      Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-remote-kill
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_remote_kill
	      Disables the use of a second remote connection to tear down the
	      first in the event of SIGINT or SIGTERM or SIGPIPE.  Only has
	      effect if the number of ssh hops is greater than 1.  A single
	      host remote connection (ssh hop = 1) never uses a second remote
	      connection.

       -W no-getconf
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
	      Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
	      This is the interactive shell on the target host.	 NAME may be
	      one of "detect" "bash", "sh", "ksh"  or "posix" and specifies
	      the remote command run by the remote shell.  "posix" is
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s', "bash" is "/bin/bash -s", "sh" is
	      "/bin/sh -s", and "ksh" is "ksh -s".  The default is "detect".

       -W use-getconf
	      Opposite of --no-getconf.

       -W allow-rpm
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_allow_rpm
	      Enable automatic detection, translation to POSIX format, and
	      installation of RPMs.

       -W pump-delay1=NANOSECONDS
	      Adds a NANOSECONDS delay (999999999 nanoseconds ~ 1 second)
	      every ADJSIZE bytes in the file data byte pump.  A delay of
	      10111000 nanoseconds (~1/100th second) is added for 2-hop or
	      greater target (i.e more than 1 remote host in the target spec).
	      This is a work around for a bug in OpenSSH [or Linux kernel]
	      that is seen for multi-hop installs where the intermediate host
	      is a Linux kernel.  If 2-hop install fails, try it again, you
	      may get lucky, or, increase this delay, or, use ssh protocol
	      version 1 by using ''--ssh-options=1'', or try a 2-hop install
	      where the middle host is BSD.  To disable delay for multi-hop
	      targets specify zero.  For more information about this bug see
	      the README file from the source distribution.

       -W burst-adjust=ADJSIZE
	      ADJSIZE is the pumped data size, in bytes, between the
	      NANOSECONDS delays.  This is a work around for a bug in OpenSSH
	      or the Linux kernel that is seen for multi-hop installs where
	      the intermediate host is a Linux kernel.	The default is 72000
	      for 2-hops or greater, and zero for single hop and localhost
	      installs.

       -W ssh-options=OPTIONS
	      ssh client program options.  For example -W ssh-options=1 sets
	      the '-1' ssh client option which specifies protocol version 1.

       -W source-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

	      Refers to the software objects (products, filesets) on which to
	      be operated. This is not implemented, however, specification of
	      a location and qualifier are supported.  location allow
	      specification of a alternate relative root path within the
	      target path, and qualifier allows specification of a user-
	      selectable modifier.  For example:

	      swinstall q=exp @ 192.168.1.1  # Tag the package as experimental
	      swinstall l=/unionfs/somepackage-1.0 @ 192.168.1.1  # Allows multiple
					    # packages with same tag to exist in the
					    # same target path, where the location
					    # disambiguates.

       target

	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
	      where the software collection is to be located.  A target that
	      contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
	      interpretation as a path, use an absolute path or prefix with
	      ':'.  The default target path for 'swinstall' is always '/'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

	    Synopsis:
		 Posix:
		      host[:path]
		      host
		      host:
		      /path  # Absolute path

		 Swbis Extension:
		      [user@]host[:path]
		      [user@]host_port[:path]
		      :path

		 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
		      # ':' is the target delimiter
		   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

		      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
		      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

		      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
		      # disambiguate between a host and file.
		   # For Example,
		      :file
		      host:
		      host
		      host:file
		      host:host:
		      host_port:host_port:
		      host:host:file
		      user@host:user@host:
		      user@host:user@host:host:
		      user@host:user@host:file

	    A more formal description:

	    target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
		   ;

	      PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
			      a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.	 Allowing
			      a relative path is a feature of the swbis
			      implementation.

		       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
			     extension and means extract in current
			     directory.

		       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
			     implementation extension.

		       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
			     This is an implementation extension.

	      HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

	   Examples:
	      Copy the	distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
		     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
	   Syntax:
	   %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
			       # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
			       # as a host, not a file.
	   wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
		     | sshtarget
		     | sshtarget DELIM
		     ;
	   sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
		     | target	       # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
		     ;		       * may have a user
	   target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		    ;
	   user	    : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING	 # The user name

	   DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
		    ;

INSTALLATION
       Installation consists of an analysis phase and an execution phase.

   Analysis Phase
       The installed software catalog is queried and checks are made to detect
       reinstallation, downdating (installing an older version).  Dependency
       tests are made at this point.  If these checks pass or are overridden
       by options, then the installed software catalog entry is created
       (moving the old entry).	The checkinstall script is exectuted.  This
       script should be non-interactive, idempotent, and read-only from the
       system's perspective.  This script may exit with status of 0,1,2, or 3.
       If the exit status is 3 (or 1) installation is rejected and the
       installed catalog is restored.

   Execution Phase
       The preinstall script is executed, the fileset files are loaded by the
       system tar utility and postinstall is executed.

   o   Execution Script Environment
       swinstall sets certain enviroment variables during execution.  The
       values set are hard-coded in the control.sh script generated by
       swinstall.

       For example, execution of the postinstall script in package
       foobar-1.0.tar.gz with the following layout

       foobar-1.0/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/INDEX
       foobar-1.0/catalog/dfiles/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/pfiles/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/pfiles/INFO
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/pfiles/postinstall
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/bin/
       foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/bin/INFO

       installed with the following command:

       swinstall -x installed_software_catalog=/var/software/catalog \
		 @ /mnt/test

       will result in the following environment (among others, inspect
       control.sh):

	    SW_PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
	    SW_ROOT_DIRECTORY=/mnt/test
	    SW_CATALOG=var/software/catalog/foobar/foobar/1.0/0
	    SW_CONTROL_TAG= postinstall
	    SW_CONTROL_DIRECTORY=/mnt/test/var/software/catalog/\
		      foobar/foobar/1.0/0/export/foobar-1.0/catalog/foobar/pfiles
	    SW_SESSION_OPTIONS=/mnt/test/var/software/catalog/\
		      foobar/foobar/1.0/0/session_options

       SW_PATH is constructed using getconf(1) to locate the posix level
       utilites, otherwise it is the same as PATH.

       If the interpreter attribute from the INFO file, is 'sh' or unset, the
       executed shell interpreter is /bin/bash,	 sh as found in the PATH
       specified by getconf(1),	 or /bin/sh in this order.

       As of swbis-1.12 (Version 1.12), control script execution begins with a
       current working directory ($PWD) of SW_ROOT.  Prior to version 1.12,
       initial current working directory was equivalent to
       $SW_ROOT/$SW_CATALOG.


INSTALLED SOFTWARE CATALOG
       The form or format of an installed software catalog is not specified by
       the ISO/IEC spec although it does specify an interface to it (e.g.
       swlist utility) and operations on it.

       This implementation creates a de-facto installed software catalog
       rooted at the file system path specified by the value of the
       installed_software_catalog extended option.  The catalog is a file
       system hierarchy containing regular files and directories.

       The catalog is typically located relative to the target path.  As of
       swbis version 1.5, the catalog location may be specified using the file
       URL syntax to indicate an absolute path.	 Any other form, such as an
       unadorned absolute UNIX path will be treated as a path relative to the
       target path.

       For Example:
       Below are example values of the installed_software_catalog extended
       option found in the swdefaults file usually located in
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults


	  var/lib/swbis/catalog	  # Default, relative to target path

	  /var/lib/swbis/catalog  # Same, leading slash not respected

	  file://localhost/var/lib/swbis/catalog  # Really absolute

	  file:///var/lib/swbis/catalog		  # Note triple leading slash

   CATALOG FILE LAYOUT
	<path>/
	<path>/<ISC>/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<seqence_number>/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/export/
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/export/catalog.tar
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/export/catalog.tar.sig
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/export/catalog.tar.sig<N>
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/INSTALLED
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/control.sh
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/session_options
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/vendor_tag
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/location
	<path>/<ISC>/<bundle>/<product>/<pr>/<sequence_number>/qualifier

       <path> is the target path.  <ISC> is the value of the
       installed_software_cataglog extended option.  <bundle> and <product>
       are bundle and product tags.  If there is no bundle in the distribution
       the product tag is used.	 <pr> is the product revision.	Other items
       are explained below.

   CATALOG LOCATION
       /<path>/
       /<path>/<installed_software_catalog>/
       /<path>/<installed_software_catalog>/...

       * Root or Alternate Root
       /<path>/

       <path>/ is the target path specified in the target syntax. By default
       "/".

       * Catalog Relative Root Directory
       /<path>/
       /<path>/<installed_software_catalog>/

       <installed_software_catalog>/ is the value of the extended option by
       the same name.  By default "var/lib/swbis/catalog".

   PACKAGE CATALOG RELATIVE ROOT
       /<{bundle|prod}.tag>/<prod.tag>/<prod.revision>/...

	In other words, if 'product' and 'bundle' refers to tags, and
       product_revision is the value of the product.revision attribute then
       the path segment is:

	/bundle/product/product_revision

   CATALOG SEQUENCE NUMBER
	/<sequence_number>/
	/<sequence_number>/...

       sequence_number is a decimal integer starting with '0'.	It is chosen
       by swinstall to be unique at the time of installation.

   CATALOG CONTENTS
       <sequence_number>/
	<sequence_number>/export/
	<sequence_number>/export/catalog.tar
	<sequence_number>/export/catalog.tar.sig
	<sequence_number>/INSTALLED
	<sequence_number>/control.sh
	<sequence_number>/session_options
	<sequence_number>/vendor_tag
	<sequence_number>/location
	<sequence_number>/qualifier

       The export directory
	export/
	export/...
	export/catalog.tar
	export/catalog.tar.sig
	export/catalog.tar.sig2
		      ...
	export/catalog.tar.sigN

       The export/ is a file system directory and its name is constant for all
       packages and is unique to the swbis implementation.  The
       export/catalog.tar file is the signed file from the POSIX distribution.
       The export/catalog.tar.sig file is the signature file from the
       distribution.  If there is more than one signature, then it is the last
       one.  export/catalog.tar.sig2 is the next to last signature, and
       export/catalog.tar.sigN is the first one, where N is the total number
       of signatures.

       INSTALLED -- The state metadata file
	<sequence_number>/INSTALLED

       The INSTALLED file is similar to an INDEX file in its grammar and
       syntax.	Unlike an INDEX file, it may contain control_file definitions.
       The INSTALLED file stores the control script return codes and fileset
       installation state.  It is updated several times during the operation
       of 'swinstall'.	It can be parsed using	libexec/swbisparse and the
       '--installed' option.

       control.sh -- The master control script
	<sequence_number>/control.sh
	 SYNOPSIS: control.sh tag_spec script_tag

       The control.sh file is a POSIX shell script that is automatically
       generated by swinstall.	It provides a common interface for control
       script execution.  Its primary purpose is to set up the script's
       execution environment and map script tags to the control script
       pathnames.  It assumes that 'export/catalog.tar' is unpacked in
       export/.

       session_options -- The extended options
	<sequence_number>/session_options

       This file contains the extended options in a form that may be executed
       by the shell '.' (dot) command.	It is automatically generated by
       swinstall.  The value of the SW_SESSION_OPTIONS environment variable is
       the absolute pathname of the this file.

   EXAMPLE CATALOG ENTRY
       Below is an example entry of the catalog created by swbis version
       0.405.  In this example, the target path is '/mnt/test', the
       installed_software_catalog is '/var/lib/swbis/catalog/', the bundle tag
       is 'foobare', the product tag is 'foobare-doc', and the product
       revision attribute is '0.902'.

       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/export
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/export/catalog.tar
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/export/catalog.tar.sig
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/INSTALLED
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/control.sh
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/vendor_tag
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/location
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/qualifier
       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/0/session_options

	A deleted old catalog entry begin with '_', for example

       /mnt/test/var/lib/swbis/catalog/foobare/foobare-doc/0.902/_0/...

       Although swinstall does not depend on the file name as this
       accommodates installing from standard input, a typical name for this
       package would be:

	      foobare-doc-0.902-sl04.tar.gz

	where 'sl04' is the vendor tag.

IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSIONS
   Software Specification Targets
       A dash '-' is supported and means stdout or stdin.  Operations with
       stdout and stdin on a remote host is not supported.

       A decimal '.' is supported and means the current directory.  This is
       supported for remote and non-remote targets.  If the source is standard
       input, the distribution will be unpacked (e.g. pax -r) in the directory
       '.'.  If the source is a regular file then a regular file in '.' will
       be created with the same name.


   RPM Translation
       RPM (RedHat Package Manager) format packages are installed by first
       translating to an equivalent ISO/IEEE file layout in POSIX tar format
       and then installing as a POSIX package.	This translation and detection
       is transparent to the user if the ''--allow-rpm'' option is set in the
       command line args or the swbis_allow_rpm is set to "true" by the
       defaults files, otherwise an error occurs.

       Since translation is done on the local (management) host, RPM is not
       required on the remote (target) host.

       The translation is (internally) equivalent to :

	  cat your-0.0-1.bin.rpm |
	  /usr/lib/swbis/lxpsf --psf-form2 -H ustar |
	  swpackage -W source=- -s @PSF | swinstall -s - @/

   Testing with RPM
	To test the swbis components, a completely independent means to
       install and verify a package is needed.	RPM provides this means and
       can be used in the following way:

	  rpm -i --nodeps --force your-0.0-1.i386.rpm  # Install
	  rpm --verify --nodeps your-0.0-1	       # Show that all is well
	  rpm -e --nodeps your-0.0-1		       # Remove it.
	  rpm -i --nodeps --justdb your-0.0-1.i386.rpm # Install just the database.
	  rpm --verify --nodeps your-0.0-1	       # Shows the files are missing.
	  swinstall --allow-rpm -s - < your-0.0-1.i386.rpm
	  rpm --verify --nodeps your-0.0-1	       # Show that all is well again

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   POSIX
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults

	 allow_downdate		     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 allow_incompatible	     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 ask			     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 autoreboot		     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 autorecover		     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 autoselect_dependencies     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 defer_configure	     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 distribution_source_directory	 = -	    # Stdin
	 enforce_dependencies	     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 enforce_locatable	     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 enforce_scripts	     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 enforce_dsa		     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 installed_software_catalog  = var/lib/swbis/catalog
	 logfile	     = /var/lib/sw/swinstall.log #Not Implemented
	 loglevel		     = 0	  # Not Implemented
	 reinstall		     = false	  # Not Implemented
	 select_local	   = false	# Not Implemented
	 verbose	   = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ${HOME}/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

	 swinstall.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_shell_command = detect # {detect|sh|bash|ksh|posix}
	 swinstall.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_no_audit = false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_quiet_progress_bar = false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_local_pax_write_command=pax #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swinstall.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=pax #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swinstall.swbis_local_pax_read_command=pax #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swinstall.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=pax #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swinstall.swbis_enforce_sig=false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_enforce_file_md5=false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_allow_rpm=false # true or false
	 swinstall.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh
	 swinstall.swbis_install_volatile=true
	 swinstall.swbis_volatile_newname=     #empty string, e.g. ".rpmnew"

RETURN VALUE
       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed, 2 if some targets
       failed and some succeeded.

NOTES
	Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES
       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       ksh93 (version 2009-05-05), or Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on
       the target host.	 If the swbis_shell_command extended option is set to
       'detect' you don't have to know which one is present, otherwise you may
       specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

FILES
	/var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
	/usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
	/usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
	$HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
	$HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       swcopy(8), sw(5), swbisparse(1), swign(1), swverify(8), swbis(1),
       swbis(7)

IDENTIFICATION
	swinstall(8): The installation utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2014-02-12
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       swinstall is subject to breakage if a user's account on an intermediate
       (or terminal) host in a target spec is not configured to use a Bourne
       compatible shell. (This breakage may be eliminated by use of the --no-
       getconf option as explained above.)

       A multiple ssh hop source spec  (more than 1 remote host involved in
       the source transfer) upon a SIGINT may result in sshd and ssh processes
       being left on on the intermediate host(s), this despite, swinstall's
       action of sending a SIGTERM to the remote script's parent process.

       swinstall does not currently implement Software Selections, not fileset
       dependencies, and much more.  Only packages with one product and one
       fileset are supported.



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NAME
       swremove -- Remove installed software

SYNOPSIS
       swremove	 [-d|-r] [-v] [-t targetfile] \
       [-x option=value]  [-X options_file]  [-W option] \
       [software_selections]  [@targets]

       swremove --cleansh [options] [@targets]


DESCRIPTION
       swremove removes installed software.  swremove is a distributed
       utility.	 Neither swremove nor any component of swbis is required on
       the target host, however, the target host must look like a Unix system
       at the shell and command-line utility level.  Remote network
       connections are made by ssh.  Ssh is the default but rsh can be
       selected by a command line option.

       swremove operates on installed software identified by a software
       selection and target.

OPTIONS
       -d

	      Specify the target is a distribution.

		     Note:  This is currently not supported by this
		     implementation.


       -f FILE

	      Read the list of software selections from FILE.


       -p

	      Preview mode, establish contact with target host, however,
	      modify nothing.


       -r

	      Indicates that the operation is on installed software at a
	      location indicated by the the target.

		     Note:  This is the default mode among -d and -r


       -t targetfile

	      Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).


       -v

	      Increment the verbose level.


       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.


       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       --help

	      Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.


       --allow-ambig

	      Allows swremove to act on all matching entries.  Without this
	      option a software selection that matches more than one installed
	      software entry is an error.


       --sig-level=N

	      Specify number of required GPG signatures, N equal to 0 means
	      don't require the catalog to be signed.


       --cleansh

	      Kill stray or zombied processes that match the pattern ``sh
	      -s.*_swbis''.  These may be caused by a distributed utility
	      segfaulting or a signal handling defect in the swbis utility.


       -W remote-shell=SHELL

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client
	      Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh", ssh is the default.

       -W show-options-files
	      Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
	      line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
	      default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Set the write command for local and remote hosts.	 This is the
	      command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for local host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for remote host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
	      Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-getconf
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
	      Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
	      NAME may be one of "bash", "sh" or "posix" and specifies the
	      remote command run by the remote shell.  "posix" is
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s', "bash" is "/bin/bash -s", "sh" is
	      "/bin/sh -s", and "ksh" is "ksh -s".  The default is "posix".

       -W use-getconf
	      Opposite of --no-getconf.


       -W source-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

	      Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) using
	      software spec syntax. (See sw(5) for syntax).


       target

	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
	      where the software collection is located.	 A target that
	      contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
	      interpretation as a path, use a absolute path or prefix with
	      ':'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

	    Synopsis:
		 Posix:
		      host[:path]
		      host
		      host:
		      /path  # Absolute path

		 Swbis Extension:
		      [user@]host[:path]
		      [user@]host_port[:path]
		      :path

		 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
		      # ':' is the target delimiter
		   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

		      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
		      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

		      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
		      # disambiguate between a host and file.
		   # For Example,
		      :file
		      host:
		      host
		      host:file
		      host:host:
		      host_port:host_port:
		      host:host:file
		      user@host:user@host:
		      user@host:user@host:host:
		      user@host:user@host:file

	    A more formal description:

	    target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
		   ;

	      PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
			      a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.	 Allowing
			      a relative path is a feature of the swbis
			      implementation.

		       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
			     extension and means extract in current
			     directory.

		       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
			     implementation extension.

		       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
			     This is an implementation extension.

	      HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

	   Examples:
	      Copy the	distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
		     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
	   Syntax:
	   %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
			       # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
			       # as a host, not a file.
	   wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
		     | sshtarget
		     | sshtarget DELIM
		     ;
	   sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
		     | target	       # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
		     ;		       * may have a user
	   target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		    ;
	   user	    : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING	 # The user name

	   DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
		    ;

USAGE EXAMPLES
   Remove everything at 192.168.1.2 from the root directory
	 swremove --allow-ambig \* @ [email protected]:/

   Preview removal of every package listing every file, but modify nothing
	 swremove -vv -p --allow-ambig \* @ [email protected]:/

   Remove everything at 192.168.1.2 from the home directory of user
       'jailbird'.
	 swremove --allow-ambig \* @ [email protected]:.

   Remove package foo from the root '/', or elevate your credentials via ssh
	 swremove foo @ /
	 swremove foo @ root@localhost:/

   Show the options
	 swremove --show-options

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   POSIX
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults on the local (management host, host where swremove is
       invoked).  These files on the target host are not used.

	 autoselect_dependencies       = false
	 distribution_target_directory = /
	 enforce_dependencies	       = false
	 enforce_scripts	       = true
	 installed_software_catalog    = var/lib/swbis/catalog/
	 logfile		       = /var/log/sw.log
	 loglevel		       = 1
	 select_local		       = true
	 verbose		       = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

	  swremove.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
	 swremove.swbis_shell_command = posix # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
	 swremove.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
	 swremove.swbis_local_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swremove.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swremove.swbis_local_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swremove.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swremove.swbis_local_pax_remove_command=tar
	 swremove.swbis_remote_pax_remove_command=tar
	 swremove.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh
	 swremove.swbis_forward_agent=True
	 swremove.swbis_sig_level=0
	 swremove.swbis_enforce_all_signatures=false

RETURN VALUE
       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed or internal error,
       2 if some targets failed and some succeeded.

NOTES
	Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES
       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on the target host.	 If the
       swbis_shell_command extended option is set to 'detect' you don't have
       to know which one is present, otherwise you may specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

       GNU Privacy Guard, gpg is required for verification of package
       signatures.

       swremove uses rm and rmdir for file and directory removal.

       Other utilities required to be in $PATH on the remote host are: dd, pax
       (or tar|star|gtar), mkdir, echo, test, sleep, read (if not builtin).

FILES
       /var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       swbis(7), sw(5), swlist(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	swremove(8): The package removal utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2008-04-18
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       swremove is subject to breakage if a user's account on an intermediate
       (or terminal) host in a target spec is not configured to use a Bourne
       compatible shell. (This breakage may be eliminated by use of the --no-
       getconf option as explained above.) swremove does not support rollback
       if an error occurs during processing.



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NAME
       swcopy -- Copy POSIX and RPM packages.

SYNOPSIS
       swcopy [-p] [-s source_file] [-f file] [-t targetfile] \
       [-x option=value] [-X options_file] [-W option] \
       [software_selections] [@target [target1...]]


DESCRIPTION
       swcopy copies a POSIX distribution from a source archive or directory
       to a target archive directory.  Neither swcopy nor any component of
       swbis is required on the target host, however, the target host must
       look like a Unix system at the shell and command-line utility level.
       Remote network connections are made by ssh.  Ssh is the default but rsh
       can be selected by a command line option.

       Before and during data transfer to the target, the distribution is
       audited.	 Package auditing includes parsing the INDEX and INFO meta-
       data files.  The package pathnames are checked for consistency with a
       valid layout.  swcopy can be made to operate on arbitrary data or
       archives not in POSIX format by using the --no-audit option.  By
       default and with no external influences (i.e. swdefaults file) swcopy
       will read a archive on stdin and write an audited archive on stdout.
       The uncompressed audited output file will be identical to the
       uncompressed input file unless an error occurs.	Compressed archives
       that are audited will be re-compressed in the same format, however, the
       resulting file may not be identical to the input file (i.e. date,
       filename, and other stored data in the compressed format will be
       different).

       swcopy operates on serial archives (e.g. compressed tar archives) or on
       file system directories.	 It will attempt to preserve the form (archive
       or directory) and compression state of the source object.  An exception
       is "." as a target (See Implementation Extensions below).

OPTIONS
       -f FILE

	      Reads software_selections from FILE. (Not implemented).

       -p

	      Preview the operation. Information is written to stdout.	The
	      target is not written and no remote connections are established.


       -s SOURCE

	      Specify the source file SOURCE, "-" is standard input.  The
	      syntax is the same as for a target.  SOURCE may be a directory
	      or archive file.

       -t targetfile

	      Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).

       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.

       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       -v

	      Given one time it is identical to -x verbose=2.  This option can
	      be given multiple times with increasing effect.  (Implementation
	      extension option).
	      -v  is level 2, -vv is level 3,... etc.
		  level 0: silent on stdout and stderr.
		  level 1: fatal and warning messages to stderr.
	      -v  level 2: level 1 plus a progress bar.
	      -vv level 3: level 2 plus script stderr.
	      -vvv level 4: level 3 plus events.
	      -vvvv level 5: level 4 plus events.
	      -vvvvv level 6: level 5 plus set shell -vx option.
	      -vvvvvv level 7 and higher: level 6 plus debugging messages.
	       The progress meter is suppressed if swcopy is using stdout for
	      data.

       -b SIZE

	      Set block size, same as --block-size=N (Implementation extension
	      option).

       --version, -V

	      Show version (Implementation extension)

       --help

	      Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.

       -W no-audit

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_audit
	      Do not audit the transferred file.  This allows copying of
	      arbitrary data.

       -W audit

	      Do audit the transferred file.  Useful for overriding
	      swbisdefaults file.

       -W block-size=SIZE

	      SIZE is number of octets.

       -W login

	      Establishes a interactive shell on the (remote) target host.
	      Intended for debugging/verifying ssh operation.

       -W gzip

	      Compress output using gzip.

       -W bzip

	      Compress output using bzip2.

       -W extract

	      Install the source using the archive reading utility at the
	      target.

       -W create

	      Force copy as a tar archive

       -W no-extract

	      For installation to a file, not as a tar archive to be
	      extracted.

       -W pty

	      Do use pseudo-tty.  The system Ptys are only used for the
	      --login feature.	A warning is emitted to stderr which says that
	      the usage may be insecure.

       -W no-pty

	      Do not use pseudo-tty.  The system Ptys are only used by default
	      for the --login feature, otherwise they are not used and this
	      option would have no effect.  If ptys are used a warning is
	      emitted to stderr which says that the usage may be insecure.

       -W uncompress

	      Write output archive that is uncompressed.

       -W remote-shell=SHELL

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client
	      Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh", ssh is the default.

       -W quiet-progress

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_quiet_progress_bar
	      Disable progress bar, which is active for verbose levels 2 and
	      higher (i.e. -v).

       -W show-progress

	      Enables progress bar.(i.e. -v).

       -W show-options-files
	      Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
	      line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
	      default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Set the write command for local and remote hosts.	 This is the
	      command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for local host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for remote host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
	      Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-remote-kill
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_remote_kill
	      Disables the use of a second remote connection to tear down the
	      first in the event of SIGINT or SIGTERM or SIGPIPE.  Only has
	      effect if the number of ssh hops is greater than 1.  A single
	      host remote connection (ssh hop = 1) never uses a second remote
	      connection.

       -W no-getconf
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
	      Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
	      NAME may be one of "detect" "bash", "sh" or "posix" and
	      specifies the command run by the remote shell.  The default is
	      "detect".

       -W use-getconf
	      Opposite of --no-getconf.

       -W allow-rpm
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_allow_rpm
	      Allows detection and translation of RPMs.	 (--audit must also be
	      set.)

       -W unrpm
	      Turns on options --allow-rpm and --audit.

       -W source-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

	      Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) on which to
	      be operated. (Not implemented).  The implementation defined
	      behavior for no selections is to operate on the entire
	      distribution.


       target

	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
	      where the software collection is located.	 A target that
	      contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
	      interpretation as a path, use a absolute path or prefix with
	      ':'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

	    Synopsis:
		 Posix:
		      host[:path]
		      host
		      host:
		      /path  # Absolute path

		 Swbis Extension:
		      [user@]host[:path]
		      [user@]host_port[:path]
		      :path

		 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
		      # ':' is the target delimiter
		   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

		      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
		      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

		      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
		      # disambiguate between a host and file.
		   # For Example,
		      :file
		      host:
		      host
		      host:file
		      host:host:
		      host_port:host_port:
		      host:host:file
		      user@host:user@host:
		      user@host:user@host:host:
		      user@host:user@host:file

	    A more formal description:

	    target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
		   ;

	      PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
			      a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.	 Allowing
			      a relative path is a feature of the swbis
			      implementation.

		       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
			     extension and means extract in current
			     directory.

		       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
			     implementation extension.

		       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
			     This is an implementation extension.

	      HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

	   Examples:
	      Copy the	distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
		     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
	   Syntax:
	   %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
			       # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
			       # as a host, not a file.
	   wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
		     | sshtarget
		     | sshtarget DELIM
		     ;
	   sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
		     | target	       # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
		     ;		       * may have a user
	   target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		    ;
	   user	    : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING	 # The user name

	   DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
		    ;

TARGET COPYING RULES
   Rules
       If a target directory on the host does not exist it will be created
       using mkdir -p using the file creation mask of the originating swcopy
       process.	 A trailing slash in the target spec signifies that the last
       path component should be a directory.  A source spec that is a
       directory will be created on the target as a directory with the same
       name in the target directory.  If the source spec is stdin then the
       existence of directories in the target spec and a trailing slash in the
       target spec path determines whether the created file will be a regular
       file or directory, that is, stdin will be copied as a file unless the
       last target path component is a directory or ends in a slash '/'.  If
       the source spec is a regular file, the source basename will be used as
       the basename in the target if the last target path component is a
       directory or ends in a slash '/', otherwise, the target basename is the
       last path component of the target spec.	The implementation option
       --extract biases these rules to install using the archive reading
       command (e.g.  pax -r).

   Examples
	      Copy a regular file via tar archive creation and extraction.
	      This will preserve the permissions of the file to the extent tar
	      can preserve them.

		swcopy --no-audit --create --extract -s :README @ HostA

	       Copy a directory to another host

		swcopy --no-audit  -s /usr @ HostA:/usr/local/tmp/HostA/

	       Copy several directories to another host as a compressed
	      archive file.

		  swcopy --no-audit --no-extract \
			   -s /usr -s /etc @ HostA:/tmp/usr-etc.tar.bz2

	       Install a tarball in the current directory: Note: Must use
	      stdin as source and "." as the target.

		   swcopy --no-audit -s - @. < foo.tar.gz

	       Copy thru a firewall:

			  swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz \
			       @root@host1:root@host2:/var/tmp

	       Copy Stdin to a remote host:

		  Unpack the archive on stdin in the directory
		  /a/b/c if 'c' is a directory, otherwise copy
		  the archive file to a file named 'c' in
		  directory /a/b creating it if possible and
		  overwriting if required.
		      swcopy -s - @host1:/a/b/c

	       Copy Stdin to a remote host:

		     Unpack the serial archive on stdin in the
		     directory /a/b/c if 'c' is a directory,
		     otherwise make the directory 'c' but fail if
		     directory 'c' cannot be created.
			 swcopy -s - @host1:/a/b/c/
				   # Note trailing slash.

	       Copy a regular file:

		 Copy file yy to directory /aa/bb/cc/ on the
		 remote host, creating it if required and possible.
		 If cc is a regular file then fail.
		    swcopy -s /xx/yy @host1:/aa/bb/cc/

	       Copy a regular file thru intermediate host 'fw':

		     Copy file yy to home directory of user1 on host1
		     thru a an intermediate host fw,
			 swcopy -s /xx/yy @ fw:user1@host1:.

	       Copy a directory from one host to another

		     Copy directory yy into directory cc if cc exists,
		     otherwise create cc and copy yy into it. If cc
		     is and copy as yy.
			 swcopy -s /xx/yy @host1:/aa/bb/cc

IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSIONS
   Software Specification Targets
       A dash '-' is supported and means stdout or stdin.  Operations with
       stdout and stdin on a remote host is not supported.

       A decimal '.' is supported and means the current directory.  This is
       supported for remote and non-remote targets.  If the source is standard
       input, the distribution will be unpacked (e.g. pax -r) in the directory
       '.'.  If the source is a regular file then a regular file in '.' will
       be created with the same name.

       Thus,

		  # swcopy -s `pwd`/myarchive.tgz @.  # Do NOT do this even
						      # though in most cases
						      # swcopy is a coward.

	will destroy the source file myarchive.tgz, whereas

		  # swcopy -s - @. <`pwd`/myarchive.tgz

	will install it with the configured archive reading utility.



   RPM Translation
       RPM (RedHat Package Manager) format packages are copied by first
       translating to an equivalent ISO/IEEE file layout in POSIX tar format
       and then copying as a POSIX package.  The RPM detection and translation
       occurs if the ''--allow-rpm'' option is on (either by the command line
       args or defaults file) and the ''--audit'' option is on.	 If the
       ''--allow-rpm'' option is not set an error occurs.  If the ''--audit''
       is not set, the RPM is copied as arbitrary data and translation does
       not occur.

       Since translation is done on the local (management) host, RPM is not
       reqired on the remote (target) host.

       The translation is (internally) equivalent to :

	  cat your-poor-poor-0.0.bin.rpm |
	  /usr/lib/swbis/lxpsf --psf-form2 -H ustar |
	  swpackage -Wsource=- -s@PSF

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   Posix
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults

	  autoselect_dependencies     = false	   # Not Implemented
	  compress_files	      = false	   # Not Implemented
	  compression_type	      = none	   # Not Implemented
	  distribution_source_directory	  = -
	  distribution_target_directory	  = -
	  enforce_dependencies	      = false	    # Not Implemented
	  enforce_dsa		      = false	    # Not Implemented
	  logfile		      = /var/lib/sw/swcopy.log #Not Implemented
	  loglevel		      = 1	   # Not Implemented
	  recopy		      = false	   # Not Implemented
	  select_local	       = false	    # Not Implemented
	  uncompress_files	       = false	   # Not Implemented
	  verbose		       = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

	 swcopy.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
	 swcopy.swbis_shell_command = detect # {detect|sh|bash|posix|ksh}
	 swcopy.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
	 swcopy.swbis_no_audit = false # true or false
	 swcopy.swbis_quiet_progress_bar = false # true or false
	 swcopy.swbis_local_pax_write_command=pax #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swcopy.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=pax #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swcopy.swbis_local_pax_read_command=pax #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swcopy.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=pax #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swcopy.swbis_allow_rpm = false	 # true or false
	 swcopy.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh

RETURN VALUE
       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed, 2 if some targets
       failed and some succeeded.

NOTES
	Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES
       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on the target host.	 If the
       swbis_shell_command extended option is set to 'detect' you don't have
       to know which one is present, otherwise you may specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

       Tar or pax is used for archive transfer.	 You may specify which one.

       swcopy.swbis_local_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar}
       swcopy.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar}

FILES
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       sw(5), swbis(7), swbisparse(1), swign(1), swverify(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	swcopy(8): The archive copying utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2006-07
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       Swcopy is subject to breakage if a user's account on an intermediate
       (or terminal) host in a target spec is not configured to use a Bourne
       compatible shell. (This breakage may be eliminated by use of the --no-
       getconf option as explained above.)

       A multiple ssh hop source spec  (more than 1 remote host involved in
       the source transfer) upon a SIGINT may result in sshd and ssh processes
       being left on on the intermediate host(s), this despite, swcopy's
       action of sending a SIGTERM to the remote script's parent process.

       Swcopy does not currently implement Software Selections nor the events
       of the Selection and Analysis Phases nor dependency copying nor fileset
       state transitions.  The Execution (copying) phase is done on the entire
       distribution by the utility selected in .../swbisdefaults which is
       pax(1) by default.  Pax is not found on all GNU/Linux systems.  Also,
       the pax version shipped with some (older) GNU/Linux systems mangles the
       pathname of files whose pathname is exactly 100 octets long.  Despite
       this pax is the the builtin default.  GNU tar is widely used and
       trusted but creates non-standard archives for long pathnames.  Perhaps
       the best compromise is to use star (with -H ustar header option)	 for
       archive creation and (GNU) tar for archive reading.  If your
       environment is 100% GNU/Linux using GNU tar is safe (GNU tar 1.13.25 is
       recommended).  Swcopy does not support using the cpio utility since its
       archive writing interface is unlike pax and tar, although, future
       support is possible for archive reading.



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swlist(8)		    System Manager's Manual		     swlist(8)



NAME
       swlist -- List information about the software

SYNOPSIS
       swlist  [-d|-r] [-v] [-a attribute] [-l level]  [-t targetfile] \
       [-c file] [-x option=value]  [-X options_file]  [-W option] \
       [software_selections]  [@targets]

       swlist --products [software_selections]	[@targets]

       swlist --files  [@targets]

       swlist --dir [software_selections] [@targets]

       swlist --dependencies [--prerequisites sw_spec] \
       [--exrequisites sw_spec] [@targets]


DESCRIPTION
       swlist lists information about a distribution or installed software.
       Neither swlist nor any component of swbis is required on the target
       host, however, the target host must look like a Unix system at the
       shell and command-line utility level.  Remote network connections are
       made by ssh.  Ssh is the default but rsh can be selected by a command
       line option.

       swlist operates on serial archives (e.g. compressed tar archives) or on
       a file system directory representing installed software.	 The default
       target directory is '/', this default is subject to user configuration.

OPTIONS
       -a attribute

	      Specify an attribute to list.   Only the architecture attribute
	      is supported for installed_software at this time (MAR 2007).
	      The returned value is determined by running GNU config.guess on
	      the target host.


       -c FILE

	      Write the catalog to FILE. Software selections are applied.  The
	      only supported FILE is '-' causing a dump of the catalog to
	      stdout in tar format.


       -d

	      Specify the target is a distribution.


       -f FILE

	      Read the list of software selections from FILE.


       -l LEVEL

	      Specify a level to list. LEVEL is an enumerated list of objects:
	      bundle, product, fileset, control_file, file (Not yet
	      implemented)


       -r

	      Indicates that the operation is on installed software at a
	      location indicated by the the target.


       -t targetfile

	      Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).


       -v

	      List attribute value pairs in INDEX file format according to
	      attibutes specified by the -a option, list all attributes if -a
	      not used; or, increment the verbose level.

		     Note:  This option is overloaded. It means two different
		     things depending on the context.  If a mode is explicitly
		     given, then it means increment verbosity, otherwise it
		     means list in INDEX file format.


       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.

       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       --help

	      Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.

       --products

	      List the product's tag, revision, vendor_tag and location.

       --directory

	      List the catalog directory entries.

       --files

	      List files as defined in the installed catalog

       --sys

	      List files as exists in the file system

       --dependencies

	      Run in check dependency mode.  Assert dependencies against
	      installed software catalog. Dependencies are software specs
	      given by the --prerequisites and --extrequisites options


       --prerequisites=SW_SPEC

	      Specify depencency to check, may be used multiple times.
	      Prerequisites packages are required to be installed.


       --exrequisites=SW_SPEC

	      Specify depencency to check, may be used multiple times.
	      Exrequisites packages are required not to be installed.


       -W remote-shell=SHELL

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client
	      Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh", ssh is the default.

       -W show-options-files
	      Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
	      line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
	      default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Set the write command for local and remote hosts.	 This is the
	      command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for local host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for remote host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
	      Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-getconf
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
	      Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
	      NAME may be one of "detect" "bash", "sh" or "posix" and
	      specifies the remote command run by the remote shell.  "posix"
	      is 'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s', "bash" is "/bin/bash -s", "sh"
	      is "/bin/sh -s", and "ksh" is "ksh -s".  The default is "posix".

       -W use-getconf
	      Opposite of --no-getconf.


       -W source-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

	      Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) using
	      software spec syntax. (See sw(5) for syntax).


       target

	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
	      where the software collection is located.	 A target that
	      contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
	      interpretation as a path, use a absolute path or prefix with
	      ':'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

	    Synopsis:
		 Posix:
		      host[:path]
		      host
		      host:
		      /path  # Absolute path

		 Swbis Extension:
		      [user@]host[:path]
		      [user@]host_port[:path]
		      :path

		 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
		      # ':' is the target delimiter
		   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

		      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
		      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

		      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
		      # disambiguate between a host and file.
		   # For Example,
		      :file
		      host:
		      host
		      host:file
		      host:host:
		      host_port:host_port:
		      host:host:file
		      user@host:user@host:
		      user@host:user@host:host:
		      user@host:user@host:file

	    A more formal description:

	    target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
		   ;

	      PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
			      a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.	 Allowing
			      a relative path is a feature of the swbis
			      implementation.

		       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
			     extension and means extract in current
			     directory.

		       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
			     implementation extension.

		       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
			     This is an implementation extension.

	      HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

	   Examples:
	      Copy the	distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
		     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
	   Syntax:
	   %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
			       # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
			       # as a host, not a file.
	   wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
		     | sshtarget
		     | sshtarget DELIM
		     ;
	   sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
		     | target	       # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
		     ;		       * may have a user
	   target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		    ;
	   user	    : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING	 # The user name

	   DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
		    ;

IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSIONS
       The --dependencies, --products, and --files are implementation
       extension modes.


USAGE EXAMPLES
   Show the path of the installed software catalog.
	 swlist --show-options | grep installed_

   List Product from a certain distributor
	List products from a certain distributor, foo (Note:  this requires
       that the foo vendor uses foo_something_ as the product vendor_tag in
       their distributions.

	 swlist v="foo*"

   List all products
	 swlist @/   # If distribution_target_directory=/ then "swlist" alone
		     # will suffice.

   List products installed at alternate root  /mnt/test
	 swlist @/mnt/test

   List the files of package foo as they exist in the file system
       swlist -vv --files --sys foo @ root@localhost

   List products according to a name pattern and revision, and distributor
	 swlist emacs"*","r>20",v=rh"*" @/

   Test Dependencies
       Check if a given dependency passes against a given installed catalog on
       a host

	 swlist -x verbose=3 --depend --pre="foo*,r>=1.0,r<2" @192.168.3.1:/; echo $?

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   POSIX
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults on the local (management host, host where swlist
       invoked).  These files on the target host are not used.

	  distribution_target_directory	 = /
	  installed_software_catalog  = var/lib/swbis/catalog/
	  one_liner		      = files|products	 # Mode when -v not given
	  select_local		      = false	   # Not Implemented
	  verbose		      = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

	 swlist.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
	 swlist.swbis_shell_command = detect # {detect|sh|bash|posix|ksh}
	 swlist.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
	 swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command=detect #{pax|tar|gtar|detect}
	 swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=detect #{pax|tar|gtar|detect}
	 swlist.swbis_local_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swlist.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swlist.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh
	 swlist.swbis_forward_agent=True

RETURN VALUE
       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed or internal error,
       2 if some targets failed and some succeeded.  When checking
       dependencies, 3 if the given sw_specs failed as dependencies, 0 if
       succeeded.

NOTES
	Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES
       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on the target host.	 If the
       swbis_shell_command extended option is set to 'detect' you don't have
       to know which one is present, otherwise you may specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

       Tar or pax is used for internally for data transfer.  You may specify
       which one.  swlist and swverify require either GNU tar or pax be
       present on a host.  You may set auto detection for this requirement

       swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command=detect #{pax|tar|gtar|detect}
       swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=detect #{pax|tar|gtar|detect}

       GNU Privacy Guard, gpg is required for verification of package
       signatures.

FILES
       /var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       swbis(7), sw(5), swbisparse(1), swign(1), swverify(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	swlist(8): The query/listing utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2006-07
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       swlist is subject to breakage if a user's account on an intermediate
       (or terminal) host in a target spec is not configured to use a Bourne
       compatible shell. (This breakage may be eliminated by use of the --no-
       getconf option as explained above.)

       swlist does not currently implement the -v,-a options.  Listing
       products in a distribution is not supported.  Operating on a
       distribution in directory form is not supported.	 The catalog query
       funtions are implemented in awk and subject to its bugs.



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swverify(8)		    System Manager's Manual		   swverify(8)



NAME
       swverify -- Verify Software

SYNOPSIS
       Posix:

       swverify	 [-d|-r]  [-F]	[-f file]  [-t targetfile] \
       [-x option=value]  [-X options_file]  [-W option] \
       [software_selections]  [@targets]

       swverify	 # Verify standard input

       swverify selection [@ target] # Verify Installed Software

       swverify -d [@ target]

       swverify -d @-	# dash means standard input

       swverify [--scm|--order-files] -d @.  # . means current directory

       swverify [--scm|--order-files] -d @:package_directory

       Implementation Extension:

       swverify [-Wd] -Wemit-digest-file [portable_archive_file]

       swverify [-Wd] -Wemit-signed-file [portable_archive_file]

       swverify [-Wd] [-Wsha1] -Wemit-digest-file [portable_archive_file]

       swverify [-Wd] -Wget-sig-if=sigfilename [portable_archive_file]


DESCRIPTION
       The swverify utility checks the accuracy of software in distributions
       and installed_software.	If no options are given, a serial distribution
       on stdin is verified.

       Currently, swverify does not read the defaults files.  "/" is the
       default target for installed software.  Stdin is the default target for
       distributions.  The built-in value of "installed_software_catalog" is
       "var/lib/swbis/catalog".


OPTIONS
       -d

	      Specify to operate on a distribution rather than installed
	      software.

       -r

	      Specify that target is an alternate root target. (Not currently
	      used)


       software_selections

	      See other man pages.


       targets

	      See other man pages.  Currently, only one (1) target can be
	      specified.


       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.
	      This option not yet implemented.

       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filename.	 This option not yet implemented.

       Other POSIX options not implemented.


POSIX EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Not yet implemented.


IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSION OPTIONS
       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.

       --checksig | -W checksig

	      This is the default action and is the same as the POSIX syntax
	      "-d @target".  If target file is not a directory then verify
	      archive md5 and sha1 and gpg signature directly from the file.
	      If target file is a directory, attempt to verify the signature
	      using GNU tar and gpg and if successful execute the distributor
	      extension script checksig.  If checksig does not exist then exit
	      with failure.
	      FILE may be "." (current directory) or "-" (standard input).  A
	      serial archive file may be compressed with gzip, bzip2, or Unix
	      compress.


       --order-catalog

	      Use the order of files in catalog/dfiles/files to recreate the
	      signed data when verifying the directory (unpacked tarball) form
	      of the package.


       --cvs

	      Read and process information in the ./catalog (before it is
	      authenticated) to correct the file sytem meta-data in an attempt
	      to verify the GPG signature.  It only affects verification on
	      the directory (unpacked tarball), not tarball verification.  It
	      is required when verifying an exported or working SCM (Source
	      Code Management, such as CVS) directory if the SCM does not
	      preserve and restore file system meta-data.  This option also
	      emliminates the dependency on the order of files in file system
	      directories.


       --scm

	      Currently, same as the --cvs option.


       --no-checkdigest

	      When verifying the directory form, do not run the checkdigest
	      script even if the GPG signed data contains the checkdigest
	      script.


       --signed-file  [FILE]

	      Write the GPG signed portion of the package to stdout without
	      verifying it.  Read archive file FILE or standard input and
	      write the signed file (i.e. gpg's signed stuff) to stdout.  This
	      is the catalog section of the Posix package.  This option is
	      supported for the tarball file and unpacked tarball directory.
	      Use of the --scm option may be required for the unpacked tarball
	      directory form.


       --digest-file  [FILE]

	      Write the payload portion of the package to stdout without
	      verifying its digest matches the digest in the signed data.
	      This is the storage section of the Posix package.	 This option
	      is not supported for the unpacked tarball form.


       -W emit-signed-file | -W C

	      Same as --signed-data.  Also the same as -WC


       -W emit-digest-file [FILE]

	      Same as --digest-data.  Also the same as -WS


       -W show-auth-files | -W d

	      Writes the relevent security file to stderr.  Applies to emit-
	      digest-file and emit-signed-file modes.


       -W sig-number=N

	      Operates on the Nth signature, 0 is last, 1 is the first.


       -W get-sig-if=outputfile

	      Verifies the archive digests by comparing to the digests in the
	      catalog and if they match write the sigfile to outputfile and
	      the signed data to stdout.


DISTRIBUTOR SCRIPTS
       Not yet implemented.


IMPLEMENTATION EXTENSION DISTRIBUTOR SCRIPTS
   checkdigest <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/checkdigest
       This script was named 'checksig'.  As of 2006-03-28, the name of this
       script should be 'checkdigest'.	The name 'checksig' should be
       considered deprecated for new packages.

       A software distributor may choose to provide a checkdigest script.  The
       checkdigest  script is part of the distribution object.	It is used to
       verify the directory form of a distribution  (as distinguished from
       installed_software).  The verified attributes are the same as those
       verified from the archive file form with the addition of the
       distribution file list.	In addition the script may chose to verify the
       adjunct_md5sum and file.md5 digests and symbolic links.	Due to the
       constraints of reproducing the archive message digests from the
       directory, which include tar utility dependence and file owner/group
       specification, this script may not be useful to all distributors.

   Execution Environment
	The script may require the SW_CONTROL_TAG environment variable be set
       to "checkdigest" or "checkfile" and if not exit with failure.  swverify
       will set this variable to "checkfile" if the --scm or --cvs option is
       used, and otherwise to "checkdigest".  The script may take different
       action based on the value.  Currently, the checkdigest script used by
       the swbis source package will omit the archive digests checks if set to
       SW_CONTROL_TAG="checkfile" since reproducing the archive digest is not
       possible when the package is exported from CVS due to file system meta-
       data non-preservation. In this case the file list is checked and the
       md5 and sha1 digests are verified for each regular file.

VERIFYING SIGNATURES
       The design separates the payload and catalog, therefore, verification
       requires verifying the storage section md5 and sha1 message digests and
       then verifying the signature of the catalog.  Naturally, it is required
       that the signed data include the storage section message digests and
       that they match the storage sections.  The storage section digests are
       stored as separate attribute files in the dfiles catalog directory.

       The checksig (i.e. swverify -d @-) mode verifies a tarballs embedded
       signature.  This mode checks all the security files in the package and
       is the preferred way to authenticate a package.	The emit-signed-file,
       emit-digest-file modes are useful for testing, sanity checks and custom
       applications.  The get-sig-if is the function used when verifying a
       tarball.

   Verifying a POSIX Distribution Archive Manually
       The design of the authentication attributes supports manual
       verification of the archive file (e.g. tarball) form of the
       distribution, that is verification take place on the uncompressed
       archive using 'gpg', GNU 'tar' and the swbis utility 'swverify' (or the
       library utility 'arf2arf').

       The authentication requires the following steps:

       1) Obtain the signature from the package.
       2) Recreate the signed data and present this byte stream and
	  the signature to GNU privacy guard (gpg) for authentication.
       3) Obtain the message digest (md5, sha1,) contained in the
	  control file in the authenticated archive byte stream.
       4) Recreate the digest byte stream and present to the appropriate
	  hash generation program to generate the message digest.
       5) Compare the digest message generated in step 4 to the
	  authenicated digest obtained in step 3.

	1) Obtain the signature from the package.

	 #!/bin/sh
	 tar zxf - -O \*/catalog/dfiles/signature < swbis-0.460.tar.gz

       2)  Recreate the signed data

	 #!/bin/sh
	 swverify -WC < swbis-0.460.tar.gz | gpg --verify /dev/tty -
	 # Cut and paste the signature file obtained in step 1

       3)  Obtain the message digest

	 #!/bin/sh
	 swverify -WC < swbis-0.460.tar.gz | \
	 tar xf - -O \*/catalog/dfiles/md5sum

       4)  Create the digested byte stream

	 #!/bin/sh
	 swverify -WS < swbis-0.460.tar.gz | md5sum

   Verifying a POSIX Distribution Directory Manually
       Verifying the unpacked tarball package form.

       The design of the authentication attributes supports manual
       verification of the directory (unpacked) form of the distribution, that
       is verification takes place on the leading package directory and its
       contents. It should be noted that it is left to the user to verify that
       the archive installed no files outside of this directory as this would
       likely indicate a trojan'ed package.

       If authenticating on a GNU/Linux system using GNU tar it is possible to
       validate the archive message digests and signature if the following are
       true:


       1) The package file is a tar archive.
       2) The installed version of GNU tar produces archives with
	  bit-for-bit sameness relative to the swpackage(8) utility
	  that generated the signature and message digests.  For packages
	  made with swbis versions >= 0.474 and with format option "ustar"
	  you will need GNU tar 1.14 or 1.15.*
       3) The package has a single leading package directory, like a source
	  package.
       4) The package catalog contains the 'checkdigest' script.
       5) The package catalog contains the distribution file list.
       6) The ownership names are present and have the same uid's and gid's.
       7) The package was unpacked with a version of tar that
	  preserves all file times.  Use for example "tar xpf".

       In this example, the package has a single path name prefix called,
       namedir and the file owner/group are root.  These restrictions are
       suited to source packages.
	Verify the signature:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --exclude=namedir/catalog/dfiles/signature  \
	 namedir/catalog | gpg --verify namedir/catalog/dfiles/signature -

       If this fails try using GNU tar option --posix.	If this fails then,
       try experimenting with the owner, group, and numeric-id options.	 If
       you are unable to verify a tar byte stream using gpg(1) that contains
       the storage section message digests, then the package cannot be
       authenticated.


       Assuming you successfully verified the catalog as shown above, now
       generate the message digest and compare it to the md5sum file attribute
       from the same byte stream that gpg(1) claims is authenticate.

	 #!/bin/sh
	 grep -v namedir/catalog  namedir/catalog/dfiles/files | \
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --files-from=- --no-recursion | md5sum

	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --exclude=namedir/catalog/dfiles/signature  \
	 namedir/catalog | tar xf - -O	namedir/catalog/dfiles/md5sum

       Likewise for the sha1 digest.

       If the package has symbolic links, Verify the adjunct_md5sum:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 grep -v namedir/catalog  namedir/catalog/dfiles/files | \
	 ( while read file; do if [ ! -h $file ]; then echo $file; fi done; )|\
	 tar cf - -b1 --owner=root --group=root \
	 --files-from=- --no-recursion | md5sum
	 cat namedir/catalog/dfiles/adjunct_md5sum

       The symbolic link files must be verified manually by comparing to the
       INFO file information.

   Verifying a POSIX distribution in tar format
       Below is output from successful authentication.	The authentication
       requires checking the archive md5 message digest (and sha1 if present).
       All present message digests must succeed and if this is true then the
       signed file is written and gpg proceeds to check the signature.	If the
       sig_header file is present then the requirement that its data be
       identical to the ustar header of every signature file is enforced.  If
       any one of these checks fails, authentication fails.

	  #!/bin/sh
	  swverify --checksig mypackage-00.1.tar.gz
	       # - or -
	  swverify -d @- < mypackage-00.1.tar.gz

       gpg: /home/userx/.gnupg/options:82: deprecated option "honor-http-proxy"
       gpg: please use "keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead
       gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
       gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
       swbis: Archive digest: md5 OK (Good)
       swbis: Archive digest: sha1 OK (Good)
       gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 16 20:28:23 2003 EST using DSA key ID 82B0DBE4
       gpg: Good signature from "Test User (pass=Iforgot) localhost>"
       Primary key fingerprint: 77BB A98E B3A2 ED4C 217E  8A25 2BF4 28AB 82D0 DDE4

   Verifying the Directory Form of a Distribution
       Authenticating using 'swverify' is subject to the same constraints as
       verifying manually using GNU tools because swverify implements this
       using GNU tools.

       'swverify' when verifying the directory form of a distribution attempts
       to authenticate the exported catalog signature.	If it is successful it
       executes the 'checkdigest' script found in the 'catalog/dfiles'
       directory of the exported catalog.  If the 'checkdigest' script does
       not exist, authentication fails. 'swverify' will only attempt to run
       the 'checkdigest' script if it is found in the dfiles directory of an
       authenticated catalog.

       'swverify' currently has no provision to verify the archive section
       (i.e. the file storage structure) of a directory (unpacked) form of a
       POSIX distribution.  It is the role of the checkdigest script to do
       this.

       For example, if filemypackage-00.1 is a directory unpacked with a tar
       reading utility that preserved file times then try,


	  #!/bin/sh
	  swverify --checksig mypackage-00.1

	or change directory into mypackage-00.1 and use the POSIX syntax:

	  swverify -d @.

	  swverify -d @`pwd`/mypackage-00.1

	Below is example output of a package with a 'checksig' script.


       swverify: Attempting to verify using --posix tar option.
       gpg: /home/userx/.gnupg/options:82: deprecated option "honor-http-proxy"
       gpg: please use "keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead
       gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
       gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
       gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 16 21:00:54 2003 EST using DSA key ID 82B0DBE4
       gpg: BAD signature from "Test User (pass=Iforgot) localhost>"
       swverify: First attempt failed.
       swverify: Attempting to verify without using --posix tar option.
       gpg: /home/jhl/.gnupg/options:82: deprecated option "honor-http-proxy"
       gpg: please use "keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead
       gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
       gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
       gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 16 21:00:54 2003 EST using DSA key ID 82B0DBE4
       gpg: Good signature from "Test User (pass=Iforgot) localhost>"
       gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
       gpg:	     There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
       Primary key fingerprint: 77BB A98E B3A2 ED4C 217E  8A25 2BF4 28AB 82D0 DDE4
       swverify: GPG signature verified.
       swverify: Got it!
       swverify: The vendor extension script checksig can now be executed.
       checksig: Checking files OK (Good)
       checksig: Checking Archive md5 OK (Good)
       checksig: Checking Archive sha1 OK (Good)
       gpg: /home/userx/.gnupg/options:82: deprecated option "honor-http-proxy"
       gpg: please use "keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead
       gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
       gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
       gpg: Signature made Sun Mar 16 21:00:54 2003 EST using DSA key ID 82B0DBE4
       gpg: Good signature from "Test User (pass=Iforgot) localhost>"
       gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
       gpg:	     There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
       Primary key fingerprint: 77BB A98E B3A2 ED4C 217E  8A25 2BF4 28AB 82D0 DDE4
       checksig: Signature proper OK (Good)
       checksig: /usr/bin/gpg exit status : 0

   Verifying Installed Software
       (This capability is only partially implemented.)	 Verifying Installed
       Software involves comparing the package meta-data to the live file
       system.	The validity of a successful comparison depends on the
       validity of the installed software catalog.  swverify makes no attempt
       to check the validity of the entire catalog, however, it can use the
       distribution GPG signature, which is stored in the catalog, to
       authenticate the meta-data of the selected package.

       Below is an example. Note, the package is selected on the basis of its
       product or bundle tag.

       $ swverify -r your_product_tag @ /
       swverify: verifying installed software at:
       swverify: //var/lib/swbis/catalog/swbis/your_product_tag/0.000/0
       gpg: WARNING: --honor-http-proxy is a deprecated option.
       gpg: please use "--keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead
       gpg: Signature made Fri Feb 20 00:21:00 2004 EST using DSA key ID 82B0DBE4
       gpg: Good signature from "Test User (pass=Iforgot) localhost>"
       Fingerprint: 77BB B98D A3A2 ED4C 217E  9A25 8BF4 05AB 82B0 DBE4
       swverify: Warning: file checks not implemented
       swverify: signature verification return status=0

   Create the digest byte stream -Wemit-digest-file mode:
       Here are some examples that verify the archive digests.

	  #!/bin/sh
	  cat your-tarball | swverify -Wd -WS | md5sum

       Your should see a pair of identical digests. Use the -Wsha1 option to
       check the sha1 digest in a similar manner.

       ** IMPORTANT **
       This does not mean that the data is authenticate in the sense of being
       attributable to a person, merely that the md5sum attribute and the
       payload byte stream match.

       To inspect the digested data, try:

	 #!/bin/sh
	 cat your-tarball | swverify -WS | tar tvf -

   Create the signed byte stream -Wemit-signed-file mode:
       Here is an example which allows inspection of the signed file.

	 cat your-tarball | swverify -WC | tar tvf -

   -Wget-sig-if mode:
       This is the mode that is used internally when verifying a tarball.
       Below is an example of using this mode manually.

	 #!/bin/sh
	 cat your-tarball | swverify -Wget-sig-if=/dev/tty | \
	 gpg --verify  /dev/tty -

       Now try to copy and paste the sigfile and gpg should attempt to verify
       the signature.

	      Note:  This verifies the md5 or sha1 digests before writing the
	      signed data to stdout.  If the sha1 or md5 match fails then an
	      empty file is written to stdout.

EXAMPLES
       Examples of verifying distributions and installed software.

   Distribution Verification
       * Verify a tar archive

	 swverify -d < foo-1.1.tar.gz
		  or
	 swverify -d @`pwd`/foo-1.1.tar.gz
		  or
	 swverify -d @:foo-1.1.tar.gz
		  or
	 cat foo-1.1.tar.gz | swverify -d @-

		 Note: --checksig and '-d' perform the same operations.

       * Verify a unpacked distribution

	 swverify -d @`pwd`/foo-1.1
		  or
	 cd foo-1.1; swverify -d @.
		  or
	 swverify -d @:foo-1.1

		 Note: --checksig and '-d' perform the same operations.

       * Verify an exported SCM Directory

	 # This is the same as directory verification except the '--cvs' option is needed.

   Installed Software Verification
       * Verify installed software

	 swverify foo.foo @/tmp/test
		  or
	 swverify foo.foo  # at default target

RETURN VALUE
       Exit status of the checksig script or gpg utility for --checksig
       directory operation.  0 if successful on all targets, 1 if failed on
       all targets, 2 if failed on some targets.

FILES
       /var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999), Open Group CAE C701.

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       sw(5), swbis(1), swign(1), swpackage(8), gpg(1), libexec/swbis/arf2arf

IDENTIFICATION
	swverify: The verification utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2010-02-04
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License


BUGS
       The signature file's archive header (or data) is not part of the signed
       data therefore it may be subject to undetectable tampering, however,
       swverify does perform sanity checks on the pathname, permissions and
       filetype if the sig_header file (See sw(5) manual page.) is not present
       [due to being signed by a old swpackage version], and if sig_header is
       present, swverify requires that it match the sig file header.  The
       ability to verify the unpacked directory form of the package depends on
       many factors not immediately obvious, among them are the tar header
       uname and gname, and whether they are preserved by the reading utility,
       and whether these names are in the system database files /etc/passwd
       and /etc/group, and if so, whether they assign the same uid/gid as the
       package.

       Verification of the directory form of a distribution (i.e. the
       installed tarball path name prefix) such as running 'swverify -d @.'
       after running 'swign @.' will fail if the order of directory entries is
       not compatible with traditional Unix file system directory entry
       ordering, which is the order of file creation.  This ordering is almost
       always apparent on Ext2 file system for small directories (but not
       always for big directories).  Ext3, reiserFS, and DarwinOS et.al file
       systems do not have this ordering, use of the '--order-catalog' option
       is therefore required.  Use of the '--cvs' or '--order-catalog' options
       is theoretically problematic because it causes the use and
       interpretation of data in the verification of that same data therefore
       opening possible attack vectors.



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swconfig(8)		    System Manager's Manual		   swconfig(8)



NAME
       swconfig -- Configure installed software

SYNOPSIS
       swconfig	 [-p] [-u]  [-c catalog] [-f file] [-t targetfile] \
       [-x option=value]  [-X options_file]  [-W option] \
       [software_selections]  [@targets]


DESCRIPTION
       swconfig configures, unconfigures, and reconfigures installed software
       on a host.  swconfig is a distributed utility.  Neither swconfig nor
       any component of swbis is required on the target host, however, the
       target host must look like a Unix system at the shell and command-line
       utility level.  Remote network connections are made by ssh.  Ssh is the
       default but rsh can be selected by a command line option.

       swconfig operates on installed software and performs configuration
       primarily by executing the configure or unconfigure control scirpts.
       If these scripts do not exists for an installed package, then swconfig
       takes no action.

OPTIONS
       -f FILE

	      Read the list of software selections from FILE.


       -p

	      Preview mode, establish contact with target host, however,
	      modify nothing.


       -u

	      Undo, run the unconfigure script.


       -c catalog

	      Specify a file of PSF or INDEX syntax or a directory containing
	      the exported catalog.

		     Note:  This option is not yet implemented.


       -t targetfile

	      Specify a file containing a list of targets (one per line).


       -v

	      Increment the verbose level.


       -x option=value

	      Specify the extended option overriding the defaults file value.


       -X FILE

	      Specify the extended options filename, FILE,  overriding the
	      default filenames.  This option may be given more then once. If
	      the resulting specified value is an empty string then reading of
	      any options file is disabled.

       --help

	      Show help (Implementation extension)

       -W option[,option,...]

	      Specify the implementation extension option.
	      Syntax: -W option[=option_argument[,option...]
	      Options may be separated by a comma.  The implementation
	      extension options may also be given individually using the
	      '--long-option[=option_arg]' syntax.


       --postinstall

	      run the postinstall or unpostinstall script


       --force-locks

	      override locking and delete existing lock


       --send-environment

	      Include existing environment variables in the remote host's
	      execution environment.  System and common varaiables are
	      excluded and checks are made for tainted values.


       --allow-ambig

	      Allows swconfig to act on all matching entries.  Without this
	      option a software selection that matches more than one installed
	      software entry is an error.


       --sig-level=N

	      Specify number of required GPG signatures, N equal to 0 means
	      don't require the catalog to be signed.


       -W remote-shell=SHELL

	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_shell_client
	      Supported shells are "ssh" and "rsh", ssh is the default.

       -W show-options-files
	      Show the complete list of options files and if they are found.

       -W show-options
	      Show the options after reading the files and parsing the command
	      line options.

       -W pax-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the portable archive command for all operations.  The
	      default is "pax".

       -W pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Set the read command for local and remote hosts.

       -W remote-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for remote hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W local-pax-read-command={tar|pax|star|gtar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_read_command
	      Set the read command for local hosts.  This is the command that
	      runs on the target (e.g. pax -r, tar xpf -).  The default is
	      "pax".

       -W pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Set the write command for local and remote hosts.	 This is the
	      command that runs on the target (e.g. pax -w, tar cf -).

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the write command for remote hosts.

       -W local-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_local_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for local host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W remote-pax-write-command={tar|pax|star|gtar|swbistar}
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_remote_pax_write_command
	      Set the portable archive write command for remote host
	      operations.  This is the command that runs on the source (e.g.
	      pax -w, tar cf -).  The default is "pax".

       -W no-defaults
	      Do not read any defaults files.

       -W no-getconf
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_no_getconf
	      Makes the remote command be '/bin/sh -s' instead of the default
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s'.

       -W shell-command=NAME
	      Defaults File Option: swbis_shell_command
	      NAME may be one of "bash", "sh" or "posix" and specifies the
	      remote command run by the remote shell.  "posix" is
	      'PATH=`getconf PATH` sh -s', "bash" is "/bin/bash -s", "sh" is
	      "/bin/sh -s", and "ksh" is "ksh -s".  The default is "posix".

       -W use-getconf
	      Opposite of --no-getconf.


       -W source-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       -W target-script-name=NAME
	      Write the script that is written into the remote shell's stdin
	      to NAME.	This is useful for debugging.

       software_selections

	      Refer to the software objects (products, filesets) using
	      software spec syntax. (See sw(5) for syntax).


       target

	      Refers to the software_collection where the software selections
	      are to be applied.  Allows specification of host and pathname
	      where the software collection is located.	 A target that
	      contains only one part is assumed to be a hostname.  To force
	      interpretation as a path, use a absolute path or prefix with
	      ':'.


       Source and Target Specification and Logic

	    Synopsis:
		 Posix:
		      host[:path]
		      host
		      host:
		      /path  # Absolute path

		 Swbis Extension:
		      [user@]host[:path]
		      [user@]host_port[:path]
		      :path

		 Swbis Multi-hop Target Extension:
		      # ':' is the target delimiter
		   # '_' delimits a port number in the host field

		      [user@]host[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]
		      [user@]host_port[@@[user@]host[@@...]][:file]

		      # Using ':', a trailing colon is used to
		      # disambiguate between a host and file.
		   # For Example,
		      :file
		      host:
		      host
		      host:file
		      host:host:
		      host_port:host_port:
		      host:host:file
		      user@host:user@host:
		      user@host:user@host:host:
		      user@host:user@host:file

	    A more formal description:

	    target : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING ':'
		   | HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		   | ':' PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING   # Impl extension
		   ;

	      PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING must be an absolute path unless
			      a HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is given.	 Allowing
			      a relative path is a feature of the swbis
			      implementation.

		       NOTE: A '.' as a target is an implementation
			     extension and means extract in current
			     directory.

		       NOTE: A '-' indicating stdout/stdin is an
			     implementation extension.

		       NOTE: A ':' in the first character indicates a filename.
			     This is an implementation extension.

	      HOST_CHARACTER_STRING is an IP or hostname.

	   Examples:
	      Copy the	distribution /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz at 192.168.1.10
		     swcopy -s /var/tmp/foo.tar.gz @192.168.1.10:/root


       Implementation Extension Syntax (multi ssh-hop) :
	   Syntax:
	   %start   wtarget    # the Implementation Extension Target
			       # Note: a trailing ':' forces interpretation
			       # as a host, not a file.
	   wtarget   : wtarget DELIM sshtarget
		     | sshtarget
		     | sshtarget DELIM
		     ;
	   sshtarget : user '@' target # Note: only the last target
		     | target	       # may have a PATHNAME, and only a host
		     ;		       * may have a user
	   target   : HOST_CHARACTER_STRING
		    | PATHNAME_CHARACTER_STRING
		    ;
	   user	    : PORTABLE_CHARACTER_STRING	 # The user name

	   DELIM    : ':'   # The multi-hop delimiter.
		    ;

USAGE EXAMPLES
   Run the configure script for package foo on 192.168.1.2:/
	 swconfig foo @ [email protected]:/

   Show the options
	 swconfig --show-options

EXTENDED OPTIONS
       Extended options can be specified on the command line using the -x
       option or from the defaults file, swdefaults.  Shown below is an actual
       portion of a defaults file which show default values.

   POSIX
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults or the
       ~/.swdefaults on the local (management host, host where swconfig is
       invoked).  These files on the target host are not used.

	 allow_incompatible	       = false # Not implemented
	 allow_multiple_versions       = false # Not implemented
	 ask			       = false # Not implemented
	 autoselect_dependencies       = true # Not implemented
	 autoselect_dependents	       = true # Not implemented
	 enforce_dependencies	       = true # Not implemented
	 installed_software_catalog    = var/lib/swbis/catalog/
	 logfile		       = /var/log/sw.log
	 loglevel		       = 1
	 select_local		       = true # Not implemented
	 reconfigure		       = false
	 verbose		       = 1

   Swbis Implementation
       These options are set in the /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults or the
       ~/.swbis/swbisdefaults file.

	  swconfig.swbis_no_getconf = true # true or false
	 swconfig.swbis_shell_command = posix # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
	 swconfig.swbis_no_remote_kill = false # true or false
	 swconfig.swbis_local_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_write_command=tar #{pax|tar|star|gtar}
	 swconfig.swbis_local_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_read_command=tar #{pax|tar|gtar|star}
	 swconfig.swbis_local_pax_remove_command=tar
	 swconfig.swbis_remote_pax_remove_command=tar
	 swconfig.swbis_remote_shell_client=ssh
	 swconfig.swbis_forward_agent=True
	 swconfig.swbis_sig_level=0
	 swconfig.swbis_enforce_all_signatures=false

RETURN VALUE
       0 if all targets succeeded, 1 if all targets failed or internal error,
       2 if some targets failed and some succeeded.

NOTES
	Multiple ssh-hops is an implementation extension.

REQUISITE UTILITIES
       The swbis distributed utilities require bash, public domain ksh, or
       Sun's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh to be present on the target host.	 If the
       swbis_shell_command extended option is set to 'detect' you don't have
       to know which one is present, otherwise you may specify one explicitly.

       A POSIX awk is required, and with the ability to specify several
       thousand bytes of program text as a command argument.  GNU awk  works,
       as does the ATT Awk book awk, and the awk on BSD systems.  See the
       INSTALL file for further details regarding a small issue with the
       OpenSolaris (c.2006) awk.

       GNU Privacy Guard, gpg is required for verification of package
       signatures.

       Other utilities required to be in $PATH on the remote host are: dd, pax
       (or tar|star|gtar), mkdir, echo, test, sleep, read (if not builtin).

FILES
       /var/lib/swbis/catalog # Location of installed catalog
       /usr/lib/swbis/swdefaults
       /usr/lib/swbis/swbisdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swdefaults
       $HOME/.swbis/swbisdefaults

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999, Open Group CAE C701

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       swbis(7), sw(5), swlist(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	swconfig(8): The package configuration utility of the swbis project.
	Author: Jim Lowe   Email: jhlowe at acm.org
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2010-01-22
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
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swign(1)		    General Commands Manual		      swign(1)



NAME
       swign -- Create a tar archive of a directory with an embedded GPG
       signature.

SYNOPSIS
       swign [options] [-u gpg-name] [--homedir=gpg-homedir] @- # Write to stdout

       swign [options] [-u gpg-name] [--homedir=gpg-homedir] @.	 # Sign directory

       swign -S [options] [-u gpg-name] [--homedir=gpg-homedir]

       swign -E [options] [-u gpg-name] [--homedir=gpg-homedir]

DESCRIPTION
       swign reads a PSF (Product Specfication File) to generate and load the
       package catalog into the current directory and then writes the
       cooresponding archive to stdout.	 The PSF is read from standard input
       by default.  To use an internally generated PSF with name and revision
       attributes determined from the name of the current directory use '-s.'.

       The PSF is scanned for replacement tokens for tag and revision
       attributes determined from the current directoy name.  It is expected
       that the current directory name have the form: 'tag-revision'.  The
       replacement string has the form '%__NAME' where NAME is 'tag' or
       'revision'.  The directory derived values can be overridden with the
       '--revision' or '--name-version' options.

       swign by default will remove and re-create the ./catalog/ meta-data
       directory, then use GNU tar to write the current directory as a tar
       archive to stdout.  The result is a tar archive written entirely with
       GNU tar that contains an embedded GPG signature in the control file
       './catalog/dfiles/signature'.  The contents of './catalog/' are
       consistent with the POSIX packaging standard ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999.  The
       package layout of the resulting archive is unchanged except for the
       addition of the './catalog' directory.

       The contents of the archive is the contents of the current directory
       ".".  The pathnames in the archive are prefixed by the base name of
       ".".  The owner and group of all the files in the emitted archive are
       specified by the PSF file and command line options.

       In order for the signature to be valid, the file ownerships specified
       in the PSF must be consistent with the 'swign' command.	swign will
       read the PSF to determine these ownerships automatically from the
       'file_permissions' directive unless the '-o' or '-g' command line
       options are used or if this feature is disabled using the '--no-psf-
       detect' option is given.

       The default ownerships for all the files are the current user's owner
       and group.  If the -o (or -g) option is used with a empty string for
       the option arg then the file ownerships of the source files are used.
       This script assumes GNU tar is installed.

       After writing the ./catalog/ file and before writing the archive, the
       file list stored in ./catalog/dfiles/files is compared to the current
       directory contents, if any difference is found the archive is not
       written and error returned.


OPTIONS
       --help
	      show help.


       --show-psf
	      show the PSF to stdout, and then exit.


       --no-psf-detect
	      Disable automatic detection of the PSF's file ownerships policy.


       --no-remove
	      Don't remove the ./catalog directory before overwriting.


       --file-ownerships
	      Use the file ownerships and permissions of the source files.



       -u, --local-user name
	      Use name as the user ID to sign.


       --homedir=DIR
	      Set the name of the home directory to DIR.  If not specified
	      then use "~/.gnupg".


       -s, --source=FILE
	      Specify a PSF file name or one of two special names, '-' for
	      stdin, and '.' for the internally generated PSF.


       -T, --show-names-only
	      show some info (for help and debugging) and exit.


       -t, --run-sanity-check
	      Instead of writing stdout, write the archive to
	      ../packageDirName.swigntest.tar.gz and run some sanity tests.


       -S, --sign-only
	      Write the ./catalog/ file containing the digest and signature
	      into "." and then exit without writing the archive to stdout.
	      Same as using "." as the target such as 'swign @.'


       -E, --emit-only
	      Do not write the ./catalog/ file containing the digest and
	      signature into "." and then write the archive to stdout.	This
	      does not affect the directory contents.


       -D, --with-checkdigest FILE
	      Include the checkdigest control script sourced from FILE.	 This
	      is only needed when not supplying a PSF, that is this option
	      modifies an internally generated PSF.


       -o, --owner OWNER
	      Specify owner.  Use an empty string "" to specify the source
	      file owner.


       -g, --group GROUP
	      Specify group.  Use an empty string "" to specify the source
	      file group.


       --name-version=NAME-REV
	      Specify a product tag and revision as dash delimited.


       -r, --revision REV
	      Specify a product revision.  This will override a revision part
	      of the current directory's name.


       -x format
	      Specify the archive format.  Must be one of the formats of
	      swpackage.


       @-
	      Target, only supported target is standard output.


EXTERNAL EFFECTS
       The program will remove and replace a file in "." named ./catalog/.
       Nothing outside of './catalog/' is modified.
       Standard output is the target for the tar archive.
       When using the '-t' option an archive file is written to
       ../packageDirName.swigntest.tar.gz

       A copy of the PSF is made in /var/tmp/swign$$.  It is normally created
       and erased by the program.


EXAMPLES
       Show the internally generated PSF to stdout.  Change directory into the
       directory to package, then type

	  swign -s. --show-psf
	  #
	  # or specify a owner and group policy
	  swign -s. -o 0 -g 0 --show-psf



       Create a signed metadata (i.e. catalog/) directory of a live directory,
       for example /bin

	      swign -D $HOME/checkdigest.sh -u "YourGPGNAME" -o "" -g "" @.



       Generate the package (and verify it) using a PSF that you supply on
       standard input.	Change directory into the directory to package, then
       type

	  swign -o 0 -g 0 --show-psf | swign -s - -u "gpgName" @- | swverify -d @-



       Example of directory signing and authentication.

	  swign -u YourGPGName -s. --file-ownerships -D /HOME/checkdigest.sh --sign-only
	  swverify -d @.
	  swign	 --file-ownerships -emit-only | swverify -d @-



TESTING
       After running successfully with options -S  and -D FILE	the following
       should be true (report no error).

		 swverify --checksig .	 # Deprecated form
		     -or-
		 swverify -d @.	    # POSIX syntax



       Similarly,

		 swign -u "your GPG Name" @- | swverify --checksig -
		     -or-
		 swign -u "your GPG Name" @- | swverify -d @-

       If a checkdigest script is included then you should unpack the package
       at a new location and run  swverify -d @. in the new location.  The
       checkdigest script is a vendor extension control file that is part of
       the GPG signed ./catalog directory.  As an implementation extension
       behavior the swverify program will execute this script after
       verification of the signature.  The script may take any action at this
       point, but the intention is that it be used to verify the contents of
       the package directory using GNU tools such as md5sum, sha1sum, and tar.

       If a checkdigest script is not included, then the package user will
       have to manually execute the commands that would have been executed by
       the script using the file meta-data in an authenticated INFO file.
       When verifying the unpacked directory form of a package,	 the swverify
       program will return an error if the checkdigest script is not present,
       though, it is not required for verification of the tar archive file
       itself using swverify.

       Swign can be used to sign any directory using the file ownerships of
       the source files.  The following commands act as a test of swpackage's
       ability to generate an archive identical to GNU tar.  (Note: the script
       checkdigest.sh is found in ./bin of the source distribution.)

	      swign -D $HOME/checkdigest.sh -u "Test User" -o "" -g "" -S;
	      swverify -d @.

PSF ATTRIBUTE REPLACEMENT
       A PSF that is provided using the '-s' option will be scanned for a
       special character sequence '%__NAME'  where NAME is either 'tag' or
       'revision'.  'tag' is replaced with the package name portion of the
       currrent directory.  'revision' is replaced with the version portion.


SAMPLE SOURCE PACKAGE PSF
       # PSF.in	 -- INPUT file to swign
       # This file contains the replacement macros %__tag and %__revision which
       # are only processed by swign.

       # The distribution object need not have any attributes.
       distribution

       # Attributes in the distribution are mostly ignored although
       # distributor control files that pertain to the distribution
       # as a whole are properly placed here.  Two examples of files
       # that are useful here are:

	 AUTHORS < AUTHORS   # This places the file in ./catalog/dfiles
	 COPYING < COPYING   # This places the file in ./catalog/dfiles

       # This places the checkdigest script in ./catalog/dfiles/checkdigest
       # For a description of the checkdigest script see the info document for
       # 'swbis' or the swverify manual page.
       # The checkdigest script is a verification hook for swverify used when
       # verifying the unpacked tarball (i.e. the package path name
       # prefix directory).

	 checkdigest  < bin/checkdigest.sh

       # The vendor object provides attributes to describe
       # the distributor.  At this time, how these attributes
       # are used is not addressed.

       # The Vendor object is optional
       vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading True  # One of: True, False
	  tag shortName	   # Other vendor tags could be the short name of your
				# organization name, or	 your initials, etc.
	  title Your Name
	  qualifier author
	  description "Maintainer of somepackage"

       # Most packages do not need a bundle.  At this point in swbis'
       # development 'bundles' are mostly ignored.  Bundles are meta
       # packages, it is an object that contains other bundles and
       # products whether included in this distribution tarball or not.

       # The Bundle object is optional
       bundle
	  tag somepackage

       # The product object contains the attributes of common
       # interest such as the description, version and name.

       product
	  description "somepackage description
       can be mult-line"
	  tag %__tag			   # This is the package name
	  revision %__revision		   # This is the package version
	  vendor_tag shortName		   # Match vendor.tag above
	  title "somepackage - software"
	  control_directory ""		   # Empty string, Important

       # The fileset object contains the files.	 The tag, revision,
       # and description attributes are mostly ignored.
       # At this time swbis supports only one (1) fileset.

       fileset
	   tag sources
	   control_directory ""	  # Empty string, Important
	   title somepackage source code
	   description "The source distribution of somepackage"

       # file_permissions:
       # Here is an important policy.  This will cause 'swpackage'
       # to create the tar achive with all files owned by uid and
       # gid zero (0), the user name 'root' will not be included
       # in the uname and gname tar header fields.  This is similar
       # to the effect of GNU tar options --numeric --owner=root
       # --group=root .
       # To use the name and ids of the source files delete the line
       # or reset the file_permissions adding after or changing to:
       #    file_permissions -u 000
       #
       # NOTE:	Using "file_permissions -o 0 -g 0"  is preferred
       # because it will allow the end user to more easily verify
       # the directory (unpacked) form of the package using standard
       # non-swbis tools.

       #   file_permissions -u 000  # To use ownerships of source files
	   file_permissions -o 0 -g 0

       # The following two (2) lines mean include every file in the current
       # directory.

	   directory .
	   file *

       # You want to exclude the files in ./catalog because it
       # should not be part of the paylaod section.  This is
       # mandatory.

	  exclude catalog

       # You may also want other excludes

	  exclude CVS
	  exclude */CVS
	  # exclude .svn
	  # exclude */.svn

       # End of PSF

ENVIRONMENT
       SWPACKAGEPASSFD
	      Sets the swpackage --passphrase-fd option.  Set the option arg
	      to a integer value of the file descriptor, or to "env" to read
	      the passphrase from the environment variable
	      SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE, or to "agent" to cause gpg to use gpg-
	      agent, or "tty" to read from the terminal.


       SWPACKAGEPASSPHRASE
	      Use the value as the passphrase if swpackage's --passphrase-fd
	      is set to "env"


       GNUPGHOME
	      Sets the --gpg-home option of swpackage.


       GNUPGNAME
	      Sets the --gpg-name option of swpackage, which is turn set the
	      --local-user option of gpg.



RETURN VALUE
       0 on success, non-zero on failure.

FILES
	<path>/catalog/

SEE ALSO
       info swbis

       swpackage(8), gpg

IDENTIFICATION
	swign(1): The source directory signing utility of the swbis project.
	Author: J. Lowe [email protected]
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2008-01
	Copying: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       Symbolic links in a package are problematic for verifying the unpacked
       form of a package since the modification time is not preserved.	They
       have no affect on verification of the tar archive file using
       'swverify'.

       If a directory is signed using the '-S' option and has a file path
       greater than 99 chars in length then it will be unverifiable if the
       'ustar0' format and GNU tar 1.13.25 was used.

       Verification of the directory form of a distribution (i.e. the
       installed tarball path name prefix) such as running 'swverify -d @.'
       after running 'swign -S' will fail if the order of directory entries is
       not compatible with traditional Unix file system directory entry
       ordering.  This incompatibility may be present in the Ext3, reiserFS,
       and DarwinOS et.al file systems.

       The file ownership policy of the PSF, the checkdigest script (if any)
       and the command line options must agree.	 The default file ownership
       policies of this program are suited to packaged products where file
       user and group ownerships are not a critical feature.



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LXPSF(1)		    General Commands Manual		      LXPSF(1)



NAME
       lxpsf - Translate packages to a tar archive with a PSF.

SYNOPSIS
       lxpsf [options] [package_file]

DESCRIPTION
       Lxpsf  reads the input package and writes a tar or cpio archive to std-
       out, depending on the native (or	 encapsulated)	format	of  the	 input
       package.	  The  output  layout  has  a  single  leading directory named
       according to the name, version, and release attributes.

       The first regular file is ``PSF'', and is a IEEE	 1387.2-1995  (ISO/IEC
       15068-2:1999)  Product  Specification File containing the package meta-
       data.  Subsequent files are control data represented as files, and, the
       files  of  the  distribution.   The output is designed so the swpackage
       utility is able to form a Posix package from the installed output.

       Currently,  RPM format v3 (both source and binary), Debian Package for-
       mat,  Slackware	runtime	 packages  and	plain vanilla tarballs (with a
       leading directory path) are supported for translation.

   Options
       -p ,--psf-only
	      Write only the psf file to stdout.

       -A ,--psf-form1
	      A PSF form for RPM translation (deprecated).

       -A ,--psf-form2
	      A second PSF form for RPM translation (deprecated).

       -A ,--psf-form3
	      A third PSF form for RPM translation (current).


       -H format
	      Force the specified format.  The	choices	 are  currently
	      (only) ustar.

       -x ,--use-recursive-fileset
	      Use  "file  *"  instead of individual file definitions in
	      the PSF.

       -r ,--no-leading-path
	      use "." as the leading archive path.

       -o ,--info-only
	      Write the INFO file for the rpm archive to stdout.

       -D ,debug-level=TYPE
	      Always set to "link"

HOWTO Use with swpackage
       Either install into file system or use the -W source=- option of
       GNU swpackage.

	 cat your_rpm.rpm |
	 lxpsf --format=ustar --psf-form3 |
	 (mkdir /tmp/swbis; cd /tmp/swbis && tar xpf -; exit $?) &&
	 (cd /tmp/swbis && swpackage -s PSF @- ) | tar tvf -

	 cat your_rpm.rpm |
	 lxpsf --format=ustar --psf-form3 |
	 swpackage -W source=- -s@PSF @- | tar tvf -

FILES
RELATED STANDARDS
       POSIX.1, IEEE 1387.2, XDSA C701

IDENTIFICATION
	The RPM translation program of the swbis project.
	DATE: 2010-02-22
	Revision: 1.5

SEE ALSO
       swbisparse(1), swpackage(8)

BUGS
       Probably	 many. A de-facto conversion policy is intimated in the
       PSF by this program.




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swpackage(5)		      File Formats Manual		  swpackage(5)



NAME
       swpackage -- file formats

SYNOPSIS
       Output format - Data Interchange Formats
       Input format - Product Specification File (PSF)

SWPACKAGE OUTPUT FORMAT
       The output format is either one of two formats specified in POSIX.1
       (ISO/IEC 9945-1) which are tar (header magic=ustar) or cpio (header
       magic=070707).  The default format of the swbis implementation is
       "ustar".	 The POSIX spec under specifies definitions for some of the
       ustar header fields.  The personality of the default swbis ustar format
       mimics GNU tar 1.15.1 and is designed to be compliant to POSIX.1.  The
       personality of the "ustar0" format mimics, for pathnames less than 99
       octets,	GNU tar 1.13.25 using the "-b1 --posix" options.  This bit-
       for-bit sameness does not exist for pathnames greater than 99 chars as
       swbis follows the POSIX spec and GNU tar 1.13.25 does not.  The
       "ustar0" ustar personality is deprecated.  It is only slightly
       different from 'ustar' in how device number fields are filled (with
       spaces, zeros or NULs) for non-device files.

       In addition the swbis implementation supports several other tar
       variants including bit-for-bit mimicry of GNU tar (1.13.25) default
       format which uses a non-standard name split and file type (type 'L').
       This format is known as '--format=oldgnu'.  Also supported is the gnu
       format of GNU tar 1.15.1 specified by '--format=gnu'

       The defacto cpio formats are also supported.  "new ASCII" (sometimes
       called SVR4 cpio) and "crc" cpio formats with header magic "070701" and
       "070702" respectively.

       Support for "pax Interchange Format" (Extended header tar) described in
       IEEE 1003.1-2001 under the "pax" manual page has been implemented for
       POSIX file attributes as of release 1.12 (c Aug2014).  The 'swpackage'
       utility will generate extended headers on an as needed basis when the
       --format=pax is used.  Support for POSIX ACL and SELinux attributes is
       planned.

       The entirety of the output byte stream is a single valid file of one
       the formats mentioned above.

       The swbis implementation writes its output to stdout.  The default
       output block size is 10240 bytes.  The last block is not padded and
       therefore the last write(2) may be a short write.  The selected block
       size does not affect the output file contents.

       The swbis implementation is biased, in terms of capability and default
       settings, to the tar format.  Package signing is only supported in tar
       format.

SWPACKAGE INPUT FILE FORMAT
       The input file is called a product specification file or PSF.  It
       contains information to direct swpackage and information that is
       package meta-data [that is merely transferred unchanged into the global
       INDEX file].

       A PSF may contain object keywords, attributes (keyword/value pairs) and
       Extended Definitions (described below).	An object keyword connotes a
       logical object (i.e. software structure) supported by the standard.  An
       object keyword does not have a value field after it, as it contains
       Attributes and Extended Definitions.  An attribute keyword conotes an
       attribute which is always in the form of a keyword/value pair.

       Attribute keywords not recognized by the standard are allowed and are
       transferred into the INDEX file.	 Object keywords not recognized by the
       standard are not allowed and will generate an error.  Extended
       Definitions may only appear in a PSF (never in a INDEX or INFO created
       by swpackage).  Extended Definitions are translated [by swpackage] into
       object keywords (objects) and attributes recognized by the standard.

       Comments in a PSF are not transferred into the INDEX file by the swbis
       implementation of swpackage.

       The file syntax is the same as a INDEX, or INFO file.  A PSF may
       contain all objects defined by the standard as well as extended
       definitions.

       For additional information see
       XDSA C701 http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm, or
       sw manual page.

   EXTENDED DEFINITIONS
       A Product Specification File (PSF) can contain Extended Definitions in
       the fileset, product or bundle software definitions.  They would have
       the same level or containment relationship as a file or control_file
       definition in the same contaning object.

       Extended Definitions represent a minimal, expressive form for
       specifying files and file attributes.  Their use in a PSF is optional
       in that an equivalent PSF can be constructed without using them,
       however, their use is encouraged for the sake of brevity and
       orthogonality.

       The swbis implementation requires that no [ordinary] attributes appear
       after Extended Definitions in the containing object, and, requires that
       Extended Definitions appear before logically contained objects.	That
       is, the parser uses the next object keyword to syntacticly and
       logically terminate the current object even if the current object has
       logically contained objects.

   o  Extended Control File Definitions
	    checkinstall  source  [path]
	    preinstall	  source  [path]
	    postinstall	  source  [path]
	    verify	  source  [path]
	    fix		  source  [path]
	    checkremove	  source  [path]
	    preremove	  source  [path]
	    postremove	  source  [path]
	    configure	  source  [path]
	    unconfigure	  source  [path]
	    request	  source  [path]
	    unpreinstall  source  [path]
	    unpostinstall source  [path]
	    space	  source  [path]
	    control_file  source  [path]

       The source attribute defines the location in distributors's development
       system where the swpackage utility will find the script.	 The keyword
       is the value of the tag attribute and tells the utilities when to
       execute the script.  The path attribute is optional and specifies the
       file name in the packages distribution relative to the
       control_directory for software containing the script. If not given the
       tag value is used as the filename.

   o  Directory Mapping
	  directory  source  [destination]

       Applies the source attribute as the directory under which the
       subsequently listed files are located.  If destination is defined it
       will be used as a prefix to the path (implied) file definition.	source
       is typically a temporary or build location and dest is its unrealized
       absolute pathname destination.

   o  Recursive File Definition
	 file *

       Specifies every file in current source directory.  The directory
       extended definition must be used before the recursive specification.

   o  Explicit File Definition
	 file [-t type] [-m mode] [-o owner[,uid]] [-g group[,gid]] [-n] [-v] source [path]

       source


	      source defines the pathname of the file to be used as the source
	      of file data and/or attributes.  If it is a relative path, then
	      swpackage searches for this file relative to the the source
	      argument of the directory keyword, if set.  If directory keyword
	      is not set then the search is relative to the current working
	      directory of the swpackage utility's invocation.

	      All attributes for the destination file are taken from the
	      source file, unless a file_permissions keyword is active, or the
	      -m, -o, or -g options are also included in the file
	      specification.

       path

	      path defines the destination path where the file will be created
	      or installed.  If it is a relative path, then the destination
	      path of the of the directory keyword must be active and will be
	      used as the path prefix.	If path is not specified then source
	      is used as the value of path and directory mapping applied (if
	      active).

       -t type

	      type may one of 'd' (directory), or  'h' (hard link), or 's'
	      (symbolic link).

	      -t d  Create a directory.
	      If path is not specified source is used as the path attribute.

	      -t h  Create a hard link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

	      -t s  Create a symbolic link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

       -m mode

	      mode defines the octal mode for the file.

   o  Default Permission Definition
	 file_permissions [-m mode] [-u umask] [-o [owner[,]][uid]] [-g [group[,]][gid]]

       Applies to subsequently listed file definitions in a fileset.  These
       attributes will apply where the file attributes were not specified
       explicitly in a file definition.	 Subsequent file_permissions
       definitions simply replace previous definitions (resetting all the
       options).

       To reset the file_permission state (i.e. turn it off) use one of the
       following:
	   file_permissions ""
	    or the preferred way is
	   file_permissions -u 000

   o  Excluding Files
	  exclude source

       Excludes a previously included file or an entire directory.

   o  Including Files
	  include <filename

       The contents of filename may be more definitions for files.  The syntax
       of the included file is PSF syntax.


   SWBIS PSF CONVENTIONS
       This section describes attribute usage and conventions imposed by the
       swbis implementation.  Not all attributes are listed here.  Those that
       are have important effects or particular interest.

   o Distribution Attributes
       The standard defines a limited set of attributes for the distribution
       object.	An expanded set is suggested by the informative annex however
       a conforming implementation is not required act on them.	 The reason
       for this is a distribution may be acted upon by a conforming utility in
       such a way that attributes of the distribution become invalid.  For
       this reason, some attributes that refer to an entire "package" [in
       other package managers] are referred from the product object and attain
       their broadened scope by the distributor's convention that their
       distribution contains just one product.

       For example, the package NAME and VERSION are referred from the product
       tag and revision, not the distribution's.  This convention supports
       multiple products in a distribution and is consistent with the
       standard.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the
	      distribution.  Providing a distribution tag is optional.	The
	      swbis implementation will use this as the [single] path name
	      prefix if there is no distribution.control_directory attribute.
	      A distribution tag attribute and swpackage's response to it is
	      an implementation extension.  The leading package path can also
	      be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.


       control_directory

	      control_directory, in a distribution object, is the constant
	      leading package path.  Providing this attribute is optional.  A
	      distribution control_directory attribute and swpackage's
	      response to it is an implementation extension.  The leading
	      package path can also be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.
	      This attribute will be generated by swpackage if not set in a
	      PSF.


   o Bundle Attributes
       A bundle defines a collection of products whether or not the
       distribution has all the products present.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the bundle.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  If it is not
	      present the product tag is used.


   o Product Attributes
       A product defines the software product.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the product.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  It is required.
	      The swbis implementation uses it in a way that is analogous to
	      the RPMTAG_NAME attribute, namely as the public recognizable
	      name of the package.


       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the distribution under which the
	      product contents are located.  This value has no affect on the
	      installed software catalog.  If it is not given in a PSF then
	      the tag is used.


       revision

	      Is the product revision.	It should not contain a "RELEASE"
	      attribute part or other version suffix modifiers.	 This value is
	      used by the swbis implementation as a path name component in the
	      installed software catalog.  It is required by swinstall.


       vendor_tag

	      This is a short identifying name of the distributor that
	      supplied the product and may associate (refer to) a vendor
	      object from the INDEX file that has a matching tag attribute.
	      This attribute is optional.  This attribute value should strive
	      to be unique among all distributors. The swbis implementation
	      modifies the intended usage slightly as a string that strives to
	      be globally unique for a given product.tag and product.revision.
	      In this capacity it serves to distinguish products with the same
	      revision and tag from the same or different distributor.	It
	      most closely maps to the RPMTAG_RELEASE or "debian_revision"
	      attributes.  It is one of the version distinguishing attributes
	      of a product specified by the standard.  It is transfered into
	      the installed_software catalog (not as a path name component) by
	      swinstall.  If this attribute exists there should also be a
	      vendor object in the PSF in the distribution object that has
	      this tag.	 This attribute is assigned the value of
	      RPMTAG_RELEASE by swpackage when translating an RPM.


       architecture

	      This string is one of the version attributes.  It is used to
	      disambiguate products that have the same tag, revision and
	      vendor_tag.  It is not used for determining a products
	      compatibility with a host.  The form is implementation defined.
	      swbis uses the output of GNU config.guess as the value of this
	      string.  A wildcard pattern should not be used.  The canonical
	      swbis architecture string can be listed with swlist. For example

	      swlist -a architecture @ localhost

	       Here are some example outputs from real systems.

		  System      `uname -srm`		architecture
	      Red Hat 8.0:  Linux 2.4.18 i686	     i686-pc-linux-gnu
	      OpenSolaris:  SunOS 5.11 i86pc	     i386-pc-solaris2.11
	      NetBSD 3.1:   NetBSD 3.1 i386	     i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.1
	      Red Hat 4.1:  Linux 2.0.36 i586	     i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1
	      Debian 3.1:   Linux 2.6.8-2-386 i686   i686-pc-linux-gnu

       os_name os_release os_version machine_type

	      These attributes are used to determine compatibility with a
	      host.  They correspond to the uname attributes defined by
	      POSIX.1.	If an value is nil or non-existent it is assumed to
	      match the host.  All attributes must match for there to be
	      compatibility.  Distributors may wish to make these values a
	      shell pattern in their PSF's so to match the intended collection
	      of hosts.	 swbis uses fnmatch (with FLAGS=0) to determine a
	      match.


   o Fileset Attributes
       A fileset defines the fileset.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the fileset.  It
	      is required although selection of filesets is  not yet supported
	      therefore the end user will have little to do with the fileset
	      tag.

       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the product under which the fileset
	      contents are located.  This value has no affect on the installed
	      software catalog.	 If it is not given in a PSF then the tag is
	      used.

   o Example Source Package PSF
       This PSF packages every file is current directory. It uses nil control
       directories so the package structure does not change relative to a
       vanilla tarball.

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	  tag fooware
	  title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	  description ""
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
	  tag myfixes1
	  title Bug fixes, Set 1
	  description "a place for more detailed description"
	product
	  tag fooit
	  control_directory ""
	  revision 1.0
	  vendor_tag myfixes1  # Matches the vendor object above
	fileset
	   tag fooit-SOURCE
	   control_directory ""
	   directory .
	   file *
	   exclude catalog

   o Example Runtime (Binary) Package PSF
       This is a sample PSF for a runtime package.  It implies multiple
       products (e.g. sub-packages) using the bundle.contents attribute.
       Since the bundle and product tags exist in a un-regulated namespace and
       are seen by end users they should be carefully chosen.	Note that the
       bundle and product have the same tag which may force downstream users
       to disambiguate using software selection syntax such as fooit,bv=* or
       fooit,pv=* .

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	       tag fooware
	       title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	       description "Provider of the programs
	that do everything"

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
		tag fw0
		title fooware fixes
		description "More fixes from the fooware users"

       #  Bundle definition:  Use a bundle
	    bundle
		tag fooit
		vendor_tag fooware
		contents fooit,v=fw0 fooit-devel fooit-doc

       #  Product definition:
	    product
		tag fooit   # This is the package name
		revision 1.0 # This is the package version
		vendor_tag fw0 # This is a release name e.g. RPMTAG_RELEASE
		postinstall scripts/postinstall
	    fileset
		 tag fooit-RUN
		 file doc/man/man1/fooit.1 /usr/man/man1/fooit.1
		 file src/fooit /usr/bin/fooit

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       POSIX.1, IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (Identical to ISO 15068-2:1999), Open
       Group CAE C701.

SEE ALSO
	XDSA C701 http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm
	info swbis
	sw(5)
	swpackage(8)
	swbisparse(1) -- An implementation extension parser utility.

IDENTIFICATION
	Copyright (C) 2004,2005 Jim Lowe
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2006-07-01
	Copying Terms: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       None



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NAME
       sw -- POSIX Software Packaging

SYNOPSIS
       Software Packaging Layout
       Software Definitions
       Software Selections
       Extended Definitions
       Distributor Keywords
       Package Security
       Software Definition Files: INFO, INDEX, PSF
       Example Package

SOFTWARE PACKAGING LAYOUT
       A package may exist in two forms: as a directory in a file system, or a
       serial access tar or cpio archive file.	A package consists of two main
       sections: 1) the exported catalog structure, and, 2) the software file
       storage structure.  Each section may contain path name components which
       serve to segregate distribution, product and fileset objects.

       Shown below is an example with one (1) product and one (1) fileset.

	<path>/
	<path>/catalog/
	<path>/catalog/INDEX
	<path>/catalog/<dfiles>
	<path>/catalog/<dfiles>/...
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<pfiles>/INFO
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<pfiles>/...
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/INFO
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/...
	<path>/catalog/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/<script>
	<path>/<prod_dir>/
	<path>/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/
	<path>/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/<distribution_files>
	<path>/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/<distribution_files>/...

       The exported catalog structure consists of the files with pathnames
       that begin <path>/catalog.  Note that catalog is not a legal prod_dir
       name. Also, "dfiles", and "pfiles" should not be used as control
       directory names, they are the default names for the Distribution and
       Product files directories.  The dfiles and pfiles defaults are commonly
       accepted.

       The order of files in a serial access archive is specified and shown
       above.  The order of products and filesets within a product is not
       specified, although they must be grouped together.  Notably, the INDEX
       file is the first regular file in the package, followed by the <dfiles>
       directory.  For each product, the <prod_dir> is followed immediately by
       the <prod_dir>/<pfiles> directory.

   Minimal Package Layout
       To support extant usage of tar archives, this implementation supports a
       minimal package layout.	The layout is non-intrusive to the current
       practice of extracting a 'binary' package in the '/' directory where
       <path>/ is nil and, likewise to 'source' packages where <path> is
       typically the package name and version.	The use of nil control
       directories is not attested to in the POSIX standard.

	<path>/
	<path>/catalog/
	<path>/catalog/INDEX
	<path>/catalog/dfiles/
	<path>/catalog/dfiles/INFO
	<path>/catalog/dfiles/...
	<path>/catalog/pfiles/INFO
	<path>/catalog/pfiles/...
	<path>/catalog/INFO
	<path>/<distribution_files>/...

       In this layout a single product and fileset have control_directory
       attributes specified as an empty string.

   Distribution Files
       catalog/<dfiles>/...

       <dfiles> is the value of the dfiles attribute and the default value is
       "dfiles".  This directory can store an INDEX file or INFO file
       pertaining to the distribution.	It can also store an attribute of the
       distribution as a separate file where file name is the name of the
       attribute and the file contents the value.

   Product Files
       catalog/<prod_dir>/<pfiles>/...

       <pfiles> is the value of the pfiles attribute and the default value is
       "pfiles".  This directory can store an INFO file pertaining to the
       product control_files,  control scripts defined in the INFO file, and
       all other distributor-defined control_files.  It can also store an
       attribute of the product as a separate file.

   Fileset Files
       catalog/<prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/...

       This directory contains information in the same form as does the
       Product Files although pertaining to the fileset.

   Control Directory Names
       The <prod_dir>/<fileset_dir> names are the values of the
       control_directory attribute for the product and fileset respectively.
       The default value is the value of the tag attribute.  <prod_dir> must
       be unique within a distribution and <fileset_dir> must be unique within
       a product.

   File Storage
       <prod_dir>/<fileset_dir>/<distribution_files>/...

       The listing of control directories in the exported catalog structure is
       repeated and files of the distribution appear under these directories
       in a location determined by the metadata.

       The standard does not require that files that are not regular files
       appear in the storage section.

SOFTWARE DEFINITIONS
       The Software Definitions are metadata representations of the objects
       and attributes recognized by the standard.  The right hand column in
       each definition shows the default attribute value.  The defining
       standard for each attribute is indicated as a comment (leading '#'
       sign) if it is not IEEE-1387.2,	other defining standards are XDSA C701
       (C701), and, this implementation (impl.).

   Host Definition
	host
	  hostname     hostname	      None
	  os_name      os_name	      None
	  os_release   os_release     None
	  os_version   os_version     None
	  machine_type machine_type   None

       The host definition was attested to only in the informative annex of
       the standard.  An implementation may chose to define this class.

       A host object can contain a distribution, or installed_software object.


   Distribution Definition
	distribution
	  layout_version layout_version	 1.0
	  path		 path		 Implementation Defined
	  dfiles	 dfiles		 dfiles
	  pfiles	 pfiles		 pfiles
	  uuid		 uuid		 Empty string

       The path attribute is not in a PSF nor INDEX files.  A PSF does not
       contain a uuid attribute.  An INDEX file will contain a layout_version
       attribute as the first attribute.

       A distribution object can contain bundles, products, and, media in the
       form of software definitions.

       The following attributes are recognized as valuable by the Informative
       Annex of POSIX.7.2.

	  tag		     tag		Empty string
	  title		     title		Empty string
	  description	     description	Empty string
	  revision	     revision		Empty string
	  media_type	     media_type		Empty string
	  copyright	     copyright		Empty string
	  create_time	     create_time	Empty string
	  number	     number		Empty string
	  architecture	     architecture	Empty string

       The following attributes are recognized by this implementation.

	  signature	     < pathname	 None	# impl.
	  sig_header   < pathname  None	  # impl.
	  sha1sum	     < pathname	 None	# impl.
	  sha512sum	      < pathname  None	 # impl.
	  md5sum	     < pathname	 None	# impl.
	  adjunct_md5sum     < pathname	 None	# impl.
	  files		     < pathname	   None	 # impl.
	  control_directory  control_directory	    Empty string   # impl.
	  owner		     name			    root   # impl.
	  group		     name			    root   # impl.
	  mode		     mode			    0755    # impl.
	  signer_pgm	     utility_name		    GPG	   # impl.
	  signer_pgm_version version			    1	 # impl.
	  tar_format_emulation_options program_options		# impl.
	  tar_format_emulation_utility software spec		# impl.

       The url attribute is the universal record locator of the packager
       qualified vendor.  The control_directory attribute in the distribution
       object appears as the <path> leading directory path in the a serial
       archive package.	 The owner, group, and mode attributes control the
       file attributes of the single path name prefix.	The signature,
       sig_header, md5sum, and adjunct_md5sum attributes are described below
       and are stored as separate files in the dfiles directory. The
       tar_format_emulation_* options define the GNU tar version and format
       options that the archive file mimics, these attributes are used by the
       'checkdigest' script.

   Installed_software Definition
	installed_software
	  layout_version layout_version	 1.0
	  path		 path		 Implementation Defined
	  dfiles	 dfiles		 dfiles
	  pfiles	 pfiles		 dfiles
	  catalog	 catalog	 Undefined
	  install_time	 install_time	 Undefined	 # impl.

       A software object can be listed (written to stdout) in the form of an
       INDEX file by the swlist utility.


   Media Definition
	media
	  sequence_number sequence_number  1

       An INDEX file must contain the sequence_number attribute if the
       distribution spans multiple media.


   Vendor Definition
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading	 true		       True or False  #impl
	  tag	      tag	    Empty string
	  title	      title	    Empty string
	  description description   Empty string
	  qualifier   qualifier	    Empty string  # impl.
	  url	      url	    Empty string  # impl.
	  vendor_tag  tag	    Empty string  # impl.

       The tag attribute is required.  The the_term_vendor_is_misleading is
       required in a PSF file to avert a (harmless) warning, please use it.
       It exists to allow persons, for example, who are distributors (of
       existing free software) to qualify themselves away from the
       connotations of a "vendor" which has specific meaning not applicable to
       a free software distributor.  A INDEX and PSF files can contain vendor
       definitions.  The vendor_tag attribute contains the vendor.tag of the
       upstream distributor.  The qualifier attribute value may be one of:
       seller, author, packager, maintainer.  A distribution may have more
       than one vendor definition.  They may form a chain of references from
       the product.vendor_tag to the last vendor referred to by the
       vendor.vendor_tag attributes.


   Bundle Definition
	bundle
	  tag	       tag    architecture architecture	   Empty string
	  location     location	       <bundle.directory>
	  qualifier    qualifier       Empty string
	  revision     revision	       Empty string
	  vendor_tag   vendor_tag      Empty string
	  create_time  create_time     None
	  description  description     Empty string
	  contents     contents	       Empty string
	  copyright    copyright       Empty string
	  directory    directory       Empty string
	  instance_id  instance_id     1
	  is_locatable is_locatable    true
	  layout_version layoyt_version	 1.0
	  machine_type machine_type    Empty string
	  mod_time     mod_time	       Empty string
	  number       number	       Empty string
	  os_name      os_name	       Empty string
	  os_release   os_release      Empty string
	  os_version   os_version      Empty string
	  size	       size	       Empty string
	  title	       title	       Empty string
	  category_tag category_tag    Empty list or patch  # C701
	  is_patch     is_patch	       false		    # C701

       The tag and contents attributes are required in INDEX and PSF files.
       The size attribute is not allowed in either file. The value of size is
       generated dynamically.  An INDEX file will contain a instance_id
       attribute.  Bundle definitions for distributions will not contain
       either the location or qualifier, installed_software objects may
       contain these attributes.


   Product Definition
	product
	  tag		    tag		      None
	  architecture	    architecture      Empty string
	  location	    location	      <product.directory>
	  qualifier	    qualifier	      Empty string
	  revision	    revision	      Empty string
	  vendor_tag	    vendor_tag	      Empty string
	  all_filesets	    all_filesets      Empty list
	  control_directory control_directory <product.tag>
	  copyright	    copyright	      Empty string
	  create_time	    create_time	      None
	  directory	    directory	      /
	  description	    description	      Empty string
	  instance_id	    instance_id	      1
	  is_locatable	    is_locatable      true
	  postkernel	    postkernel	      Implemen. defined
	  layout_version    layout_version    1.0
	  machine_type	    machine_type      Empty string
	  number	    number	      Empty string
	  os_name	    os_name	      Empty string
	  os_release	    os_release	      Empty string
	  os_version	    os_version	      Empty string
	  mod_time	    mod_time	      None
	  size		    size	      None
	  title		    title	      title
	  category_tag	    category_tag      Empty list # C701
	  is_patch	    is_patch	      false	 # C701
	  copyrighters	    copyrighters      None	 # impl.
	  build_root	    build_root	      None	 # impl.
	  build_host	    build_host	      None	 # impl.
	  source_package    source_package    None	 # impl.
	  source_rpm	    source_rpm	      None	 # impl.
	  all_patches	    all_patches	      None	 # impl.
	  url		    url		      None	 # impl.
	  rpm_provides	    rpm_provides      None	 # impl.
	  change_log	    change_log	      None	 # impl.

       The tag and control_directory attributes are required.  The size
       attribute is not allowed in either file. The value of size is generated
       dynamically.  An INDEX file will contain a instance_id attribute.  A
       product object can contain control_files, files, and, subproducts in
       the form of software definitions.

       The product.vendor_tag refers to the downstream distributor.  This
       value is be the analogous to the RPMTAG_RELEASE or debian_release
       attributes.  The original upstream author's package, for example, would
       not use this attribute because that package would not have a release
       part in its name, but could (or should) provide a vendor object in the
       PSF.

       The architecture attribute contains an implementation defined name
       describing the architecture.  This attribute may be a pattern.  The
       swbis implementation uses the output of GNU config.guess
       (timestamp=2007-01-15) as the string to be matched by this pattern.


   Category Definition
	category
	  tag		tag	       None		# C701
	  title		title	       Empty string	# C701
	  description	description    Empty string	# C701
	  revision	revision       Empty string	# C701

       The Category definition describes attributes of products and bundles
       related to its category. If is_patch is "true" then category.tag must
       equal "patch".


   Subroduct Definition
	subproduct
	  tag		tag	       None
	  create_time	create_time    None
	  description	description    Empty string
	  mod_time	mod_time       None
	  size		size	       None
	  title		title	       Empty string
	  contents	contents       Empty list
	  category_tag	category_tag   Empty list   # C701
	  is_patch	is_patch       false	    # C701

       The tag and contents attributes are required.


   Fileset Definition
	fileset
	  tag		    tag		      None
	  create_time	    create_time	      None
	  mod_time	    mod_time	      None
	  control_directory control_directory <fileset.tag>
	  corequisites	    corequisites      Empty list
	  description	    description	      Empty string
	  exrequisites	    exrequisites      Empty list
	  is_kernel	    is_kernel	      false
	  is_locatable	    is_locatable      true
	  is_reboot	    is_reboot	      false
	  location	    location	      <product.directory>
	  media_sequence_number media_sequence_number 1
	  prerequisites	    prerequisites     Empty list
	  revision	    revision	      None
	  size		    size	      None
	  state		    state	      None
	  title		    title	      Empty string
	  is_sparse	    is_sparse	     "false"	    # C701
	  is_patch	    is_patch	     "false"	    # C701
	  category_tag	    category_tag      empty list    # C701
	  ancestor	    ancestor	      <product.tag>,ver_id # C701
	  applied_patches   applied_patches   empty list    # C701
	  patch_state	    patch_state	      applied or,   # C701
						  committed or,
						    superseded, (no default).
	  saved_files_directory	 saved_files_directory None # C701
	  supersedes	   supersedes	       None	    # C701
	  superseded_by	   superseded_by       None	    # C701

       The tag and control_directory attributes are required.  A PSF should
       not contain the location, media_sequence_number, size, or state
       attributes.  A fileset object can contain control_files, files, in the
       form of software definitions.


   File Definition
	file
	  path		     path		None
	  cksum		    cksum	      None
	  compressed_cksum  compressed_cksum  None
	  compressed_size    compressed_size	None
	  compression_state  compression_state	uncompressed
	  compression_type   compression_type	Empty string
	  revision	     revision		Empty string
	  size		     size		None
	  source	     source		None
	  gid		     gid		Undefined
	  group		     group		Empty string
	  is_volatile	     is_volatile	false
	  link_source	     link_source	None
	  major		     major		None
	  minor		     minor		None
	  mode		     mode		None
	  mtime		     mtime		None
	  owner		     owner		Empty string
	  type		     type		f
	  uid		     uid		undefined
	  archive_path	  archive_path	  empty string	  # C701
	  md5sum	  md5sum      empty string    # impl.
	  sha1sum	  sha1sum      empty string    # impl.
	  sha512sum	  sha512sum	 empty string	 # impl.
	  rdev		  rdev		  empty string	  # impl.
	  rpm_fileflags	  rpm_fileflags	  empty string	  # impl.

       A PSF must contain source attribute.  A source  attribute in an INFO
       will be ignored.	 A PSF should not contain the cksum, compressed_cksum,
       compressed_size, compression_state, compression_type, or size
       attributes.


   Control File Definition
	control_file
	  tag		     tag		None
	  cksum		    cksum	      None
	  compressed_cksum  compressed_cksum  None
	  compressed_size    compressed_size	None
	  compression_state  compression_state	uncompressed
	  compression_type   compression_type	Empty string
	  revision	     revision		Empty string
	  size		     size		None
	  source	     source		None
	  path		     path		None
	  interpreter	     interpreter	sh
	  result	     result		none

       A control_file defines a control script such as those listed below (see
       Extended Control File Definitions) or an attribute stored as a file.


SOFTWARE SELECTIONS
       The Software Selections provide a means to specify and select (possibly
       with a shell matching pattern) specific Software objects.  A selection
       is made using a software spec.  A software spec may not contain white
       space (a list of multiple selections is white space delimited).	A
       software spec consists of tag values and	 version_ids.  Multiple tags
       are '.' (dot) delimited with the leftmost specifying the broadest (most
       general) software object such as a bundle or product and the rightmost
       being most specific (The swbis implementation does not support fileset
       tags in a software spec). The tags may be followed by nothing, or a
       comma and one or more Version Identifiers which are ',' comma
       delimited.

       Dependency Specs are software specs.

   Version Identifiers
       Version Identifiers specify specific attributes of a software object.
       There are five (5) specified. They are signified by a single letter:
       r,a,v,l,q.  An implementation may support additional ones and may
       support qualification to a specific object type by prefixing a 'p' or
       'b' or 'f' for bundle, product, or fileset respectively.	 The value of
       the attribute follows an equals sign '=', or in the case of a revision
       id, a relational operator.

	Letter	   Attribute
	  r    revision	  r<relop>revsion
				    # A relop may be ==,<,>,<=,>=
	  v    vendor_tag    v=vendor_tag
	  q    qualifier     q=qualifier
	  l    location	     l=location
	  a    architecture  a=arch

       Implementation Extension Version Ids are the following:

	Letter	   Attribute
	  i    catalog_instance_id   i=number

	The catalog instance_id is a directory in the installed software
       catalog that distinguishes installed instances of packages with the
       same name and revision but at different locations.

   Example Software Specs
	   emacs,r==21.2
	   kde.kdegames # This assumes that 'kde' was specified as the bundle
			# in the kdegames package
	   foobar,r>1.0,v=tycoon003
	   somepackage,r>1.0,r<=1.3  # revision is the product revision by default
	   somepackage,pr>1.0,pr<=1.3  # explicitly specify revision is the product revision

DEPENDENCY SPECS
       A dependency spec is a software spec.  There are three types:
       prerequisites, exrequisites, corequisites.  These attributes apply to
       the fileset and are placed in the fileset object in a PSF file.	A
       prerequisites is something that must be installed, and a exrequisites
       is something that must not be installed.	 A corequisites is something
       that must be installed with, corequisites are not supported at this
       time.  prerequisites map to RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION,
       and RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS attributes.

   Dependency Spec Examples
	  # Alternation	 Require a package named foo1 or foo2
	  prerequisite	 foo1|foo2

	  # Require a package named foo1 and foo2
	  prerequisite	 foo1 foo2

	  # multiple prerequisite keywords can be used
	  prerequisite	foo1
	  prerequisite	foo2

	  # Require a revision range and a certain vendor_tag
	  prerequisite	foo1,r>2,r<3,v=mydist*

EXTENDED DEFINITIONS
       A Product Specification File (PSF) can contain Extended Definitions in
       the fileset, product or bundle software definitions.  They would have
       the same level or containment relationship as a file or control_file
       definition in the same contaning object.

       Extended Definitions represent a minimal, expressive form for
       specifying files and file attributes.  Their use in a PSF is optional
       in that an equivalent PSF can be constructed without using them,
       however, their use is encouraged for the sake of brevity and
       orthogonality.

       The swbis implementation requires that no [ordinary] attributes appear
       after Extended Definitions in the containing object, and, requires that
       Extended Definitions appear before logically contained objects.	That
       is, the parser uses the next object keyword to syntacticly and
       logically terminate the current object even if the current object has
       logically contained objects.

   o  Extended Control File Definitions
	    checkinstall  source  [path]
	    preinstall	  source  [path]
	    postinstall	  source  [path]
	    verify	  source  [path]
	    fix		  source  [path]
	    checkremove	  source  [path]
	    preremove	  source  [path]
	    postremove	  source  [path]
	    configure	  source  [path]
	    unconfigure	  source  [path]
	    request	  source  [path]
	    unpreinstall  source  [path]
	    unpostinstall source  [path]
	    space	  source  [path]
	    control_file  source  [path]

       The source attribute defines the location in distributors's development
       system where the swpackage utility will find the script.	 The keyword
       is the value of the tag attribute and tells the utilities when to
       execute the script.  The path attribute is optional and specifies the
       file name in the packages distribution relative to the
       control_directory for software containing the script. If not given the
       tag value is used as the filename.

   o  Directory Mapping
	  directory  source  [destination]

       Applies the source attribute as the directory under which the
       subsequently listed files are located.  If destination is defined it
       will be used as a prefix to the path (implied) file definition.	source
       is typically a temporary or build location and dest is its unrealized
       absolute pathname destination.

   o  Recursive File Definition
	 file *

       Specifies every file in current source directory.  The directory
       extended definition must be used before the recursive specification.

   o  Explicit File Definition
	 file [-t type] [-m mode] [-o owner[,uid]] [-g group[,gid]] [-n] [-v] source [path]

       source


	      source defines the pathname of the file to be used as the source
	      of file data and/or attributes.  If it is a relative path, then
	      swpackage searches for this file relative to the the source
	      argument of the directory keyword, if set.  If directory keyword
	      is not set then the search is relative to the current working
	      directory of the swpackage utility's invocation.

	      All attributes for the destination file are taken from the
	      source file, unless a file_permissions keyword is active, or the
	      -m, -o, or -g options are also included in the file
	      specification.

       path

	      path defines the destination path where the file will be created
	      or installed.  If it is a relative path, then the destination
	      path of the of the directory keyword must be active and will be
	      used as the path prefix.	If path is not specified then source
	      is used as the value of path and directory mapping applied (if
	      active).

       -t type

	      type may one of 'd' (directory), or  'h' (hard link), or 's'
	      (symbolic link).

	      -t d  Create a directory.
	      If path is not specified source is used as the path attribute.

	      -t h  Create a hard link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

	      -t s  Create a symbolic link.
	      path and source are specified.  source is used as the value of
	      the link_source attribute, and path is the value of the path
	      attribute.

       -m mode

	      mode defines the octal mode for the file.

   o  Default Permission Definition
	 file_permissions [-m mode] [-u umask] [-o [owner[,]][uid]] [-g [group[,]][gid]]

       Applies to subsequently listed file definitions in a fileset.  These
       attributes will apply where the file attributes were not specified
       explicitly in a file definition.	 Subsequent file_permissions
       definitions simply replace previous definitions (resetting all the
       options).

       To reset the file_permission state (i.e. turn it off) use one of the
       following:
	   file_permissions ""
	    or the preferred way is
	   file_permissions -u 000

   o  Excluding Files
	  exclude source

       Excludes a previously included file or an entire directory.

   o  Including Files
	  include <filename

       The contents of filename may be more definitions for files.  The syntax
       of the included file is PSF syntax.

DISTRIBUTOR KEYWORDS
       A software definition file (INFO, INDEX or psf) may contain keywords
       not recognized by the standard.	Such keywords will be parsed as an
       attribute keyword, that is as an attribute of the containing object
       (keyword) software definition.

PACKAGE SECURITY
       The Package Security Attributes are distribution attributes stored as
       separate files.	They are implementation extensions.  They consist of
       archive digests, catalog signature, catalog signature header, and
       individual file md5, sha1, and sha512 digests.

   Archive Digests
       md5sum, sha1sum, and sha512sum are the md5 and sha1 and sha512 digests
       (ascii representations) of the leading package directories that do not
       have the catalog pathname component followed by the software file
       storage structure portion of the uncompressed serial access package
       file including all archive format trailer blocks.

	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/md5sum
	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/sha1sum
	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/sha512sum

   Adjunct Md5 Digest
       adjunct_md5sum is the same as the md5sum excluding symbolic links.  If
       a package does not contain symbolic links the md5sum and adjunct_md5sum
       will be identical.

	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/adjunct_md5sum

       Explanation: This attribute is called 'adjunct' because it is a digest
       of a subset of the files in the package.	 It exists to facilitate
       verifying file integrity of the directory form of a package in an
       environment where the modification time of symbolic link files are not
       preserved from the serial archive by the tar utility or operating
       system.	The ability to verify even the adjunct_md5sum from the
       directory form of the package is dependent on the tar creating utility
       and other attributes of a POSIX.2 environment.

   Catalog Signature Header
       The sig_header file is a ustar header that is identical bit-for-bit to
       the ustar header of the signature file.	It always precedes the
       signature file archive members.

	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/sig_header

       The sig_header protects the tar header of the signature files from
       tampering.  This is required because neither the signature file bytes
       nor the signature tar header are included in the signed data.

   Catalog Signature
       The signature protects the metadata section of the archive.  The
       contents of payload section are only included in the form of a
       crytographic digest.  The sha1 digest is preferred over the md5 digest
       for technical reasons.  If the metadata section does not contain the
       payload section digests then there is no way to verify the payload from
       the signature.

	      <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/signature

       The signed data is the exported catalog structure of the uncompressed
       serial archive package file up to but not including the first byte of
       the software file storage structure followed by two (2) 512 byte null
       blocks if tar format, and no trailer bytes if not tar format.  The
       signature file archive member itself is not included in the signed
       stream, it is intended that the <path>/catalog/<dfiles>/md5sum file is
       included in the signed stream.

       The signature file is ASCII armored.  The last printable character of
       the signature is followed by one or more newline characters (0x0A).
       The total length of the file must match the file size specified in the
       size field of the sig_header file.  The ustar header of every signature
       archive member shall be identical to the sig_header file.  The padded
       size is predetermined [by swpackage] and currently set to be 1024
       octets.	This means the armored sig file has a length limitation of
       1023 octets.

       If multiple signature archive members exist they must follow one
       another in the archive with no other intervening files; and, the same
       sig_header file is the ustar header for all the signature archive
       members.	 A signature archive member, whether alone or one of many, is
       never part of the signed data stream.

   File Digests
       File digests are attributes of the file software definition. They
       appear in the INFO file.
	      file.cksum
	      file.md5sum
	      file.sha1sum
	      file.sha512sum

       Each file can have none or all of these digests.

SOFTWARE DEFINITION FILES
       The metadata files, INDEX, INFO and PSF, contain information about the
       software in the form of software definitions.  The INDEX and INFO files
       appear in a package directory structure.	 They are automatically
       generated by the 'swpackage' command.  The location in the directory
       structure indicates the higher level object to which their data
       pertains.  The PSF file does not appear in the package.	It is created
       by a person or program and it directs the action of the swpackage
       utility.	 It is internal data unless released by the distributor.

       The files contain keywords (and values) to represent the attributes
       defined in the standard.	 There are three (3) different keyword types:
       object, attribute, and, extended. The object keyword type has no value
       and there are eleven (11) of these corresponding to the Software
       Definitions defined above: installed_software, distribution, media,
       bundle, vendor, category, product, subproduct, fileset, control_file,
       file.

       Each object keyword is followed by and newline and attributes in the
       form of keyword/value pairs.  Whitespace separates the keyword and
       value.  Whitespace outside of a quoted value is not significant.	 A
       quoted value can span multiple lines.  An object keyword with its list
       of attribute keywords (and values) forms a Software Definition.	A
       Software Definition is terminated by the start of the next Software
       Definition.  Extended keywords (meaning Extended Definitions) only
       appear in a PSF file.

       The order  of objects (i.e Software Definitions) is significant and a
       containment  hierarchy is determined according to parser's grammar.

   Additional Syntax Rules
	  �  A '#' (pound) character designates a comment.  A comment may
	     begin a line or appear at the end of a single line containing the
	     keyword/value pair.

	  �  A value may be quoted by the '"' (double quote) character; and,
	     multi-line values must be quoted.	Trailing white space from an
	     unquoted value will be removed.

	  �  The order of attributes is not significant although the INDEX
	     file grammar requires the layout_version attribute appear first
	     in distribution or installed software object.

	  �  The ", #, and, \ characters must be escaped with a backslash (\)
	     in a quoted value.

	  �  If a value begins with a < (less than), the value is interpreted
	     as a filename whose contents will be treated as a quoted value
	     although the storage of the attribute will be in the form of a
	     control file (i.e. a separate file in the control directory).
	     For INDEX files, the filename is relative to the control
	     directory in which this attribute is contained.  For PSF files,
	     the filename is a path on the host.

   Software Definition File Grammar
       A PSF may contain all Software Definitions.  An INDEX file does not
       contain control_file, or file definitions. An INFO file contains only
       control_file, and file definitions.

	    software_definition_file : INDEX
				     | INFO
				     | PSF
				     ;

	    PSF :  distribution_definition
		   swo_contents
		   ;

	    INDEX : swo_definition
		    swo_contents
		   ;

	    INFO : fileset_contents
		   ;

	    swo_definition : distribution_definition
			   | installed_software
			   ;

	    distribution_definition : distribution
						media
				    ;

	    swo_contents : vendor(s)
			  | category(s)
			  | products
			  | bundles
			  ;

	    products : product
		       product_contents
		       ;

	    bundles : bundle
		       ;

	    product_contents :	control_files
	      /* control_files not valid in INDEX file */
			    | subproducts
			    |  filesets
		      ;

	    filesets : fileset
	     /* fileset_contents not valid in INDEX file */
		       fileset_contents
		       ;

	    fileset_contents :	control_files
			     | files
			     ;

EXAMPLE PACKAGE
   Layout
	swm-1.0/catalog
	swm-1.0/catalog/INDEX
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/INFO
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/md5sum
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/sha1sum
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/adjunct_md5sum
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/sig_header
	swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/signature
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/pfiles
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/pfiles/INFO
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/pfiles/remove
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/pfiles/configure
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/bin
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/bin/INFO
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/bin/postinstall
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/bin/configure
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/doc
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/doc/INFO
	swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/doc/postinstall
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/bin
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/bin/usr/bin/swpackage
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/bin/usr/bin/sw_build
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/doc
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/doc/usr/man/man1/swpackage.1
	swm-1.0/gsoft_swm/doc/usr/man/man1/sw_build.1

   Hypothetical PSF file
	distribution
	  control_directory swm-1.0  #Implementation Extension.
	  vendor
	    the_term_vendor_is_misleading  false # True or False
	    tag greatsoft
	    title Greatersoft Corporation
	    description "Greatersoft Corporation, Inc."
	  product
	    tag swm
	    title POSIX 1387 package builder
	    revision 1.0
	    control_directory gsoft_swm
	    vendor_tag greatsoft
	    description A package building Utility.
	    machine_type i386
	    control_file
		 path remove
	       source /var/tmp/sw/remove.source
	    configure /var/tmp/sw/configure.source
	    fileset
	       tag bin
	       control_directory bin
	       title Executable Files
	       state available
		 postinstall /var/tmp/sw/bin/postinstall
	       configure /var/tmp/sw/bin/configure
	       file -m 0755 -o root -g root /var/tmp/sw/build/bin/swpackage  \
			    /usr/bin/swpackage
	       file -m 0755 -o root -g root /var/tmp/sw/build/bin/sw_build  \
			    /usr/bin/sw_build
	  fileset
	     tag doc
	     control_directory doc
	     title Manual Pages
	     state available
	     postinstall /var/tmp/sw/bin/postinstall
	     file -m 0644 -o root -g root /var/tmp/sw/build/man/swpackage.1 \
		       /usr/man/man1/swpackage.1
	     file
		mode 0644
		owner root
		group  root
		source /var/tmp/sw/build/man/sw_build.1
		path /usr/man/man1/sw_build.1

   INDEX File swm-1.0/catalog/INDEX
	distribution
	  layout_version 1.0
	  tag swm-1.0
	  uuid 880ccf8b-de2c-4422-bff0-fd686279da73
	  md5sum < md5sum
	  adjunct_md5sum < adjunct_md5sum
	  sig_header < sig_header
	  signature < signature
	  media
	    sequence_number 1
	  vendor
	    the_term_vendor_is_misleading  false # True or False
	    tag greatsoft
	    title Greatersoft Corporation
	    description "Greatersoft Corporation, Inc."
	  product
	    tag swm
	    title POSIX 1387 package builder
	    revision 1.0
	    instance_id 1
	    control_directory gsoft_swm
	    vendor_tag greatsoft
	    description A package building Utility.
	    machine_type i386
	    fileset
	       tag bin
	       control_directory bin
	       size 196643
	       title Executable Files
	       state available
	    fileset
	       tag doc
	       control_directory doc
	       size 19643
	       title Manual Pages
	       state available

   INFO File swm-1.0/catalog/dfiles/INFO
	control_file
	  path INFO
	  tag INFO
	  size 92
	control_file
	  path md5sum
	  tag md5sum
	  size 36
	control_file
	  path adjunct_md5sum
	  tag adjunct_md5sum
	  size 36
	control_file
	  path sig_header
	  tag sig_header
	  size 512
	control_file
	  path signature
	  tag signature
	  size 512

   INFO File swm-1.0/catalog/gsoft_swm/bin/INFO
	control_file
	  path INFO
	  tag INFO
	  size 337

	control_file
	  path postinstall
	  type f
	  size 803
	  cksum 3928827394
	  mode 550
	  uid 0
	  gid 0
	  owner root
	  group root
	  mtime 739080341

	control_file
	  path configure
	  type f
	  size 432
	  cksum 3934546394
	  mode 550
	  uid 0
	  gid 0
	  owner root
	  group root
	  mtime 739340771

	file
	  path /usr/bin/swpackage
	  type f
	  size 80860
	  cksum 3929827394
	  mode 755
	  uid 0
	  gid 0
	  owner root
	  group root
	  mtime 739080771

	file
	  path /usr/bin/sw_build
	  type f
	  size 120860
	  cksum 9894925524
	  mode 755
	  uid 0
	  gid 0
	  owner root
	  group root
	  mtime 7393808731

SWBIS PSF CONVENTIONS
       This section describes attribute usage and conventions imposed by the
       swbis implementation.  Not all attributes are listed here.  Those that
       are have important effects or particular interest.

   o Distribution Attributes
       The standard defines a limited set of attributes for the distribution
       object.	An expanded set is suggested by the informative annex however
       a conforming implementation is not required act on them.	 The reason
       for this is a distribution may be acted upon by a conforming utility in
       such a way that attributes of the distribution become invalid.  For
       this reason, some attributes that refer to an entire "package" [in
       other package managers] are referred from the product object and attain
       their broadened scope by the distributor's convention that their
       distribution contains just one product.

       For example, the package NAME and VERSION are referred from the product
       tag and revision, not the distribution's.  This convention supports
       multiple products in a distribution and is consistent with the
       standard.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the
	      distribution.  Providing a distribution tag is optional.	The
	      swbis implementation will use this as the [single] path name
	      prefix if there is no distribution.control_directory attribute.
	      A distribution tag attribute and swpackage's response to it is
	      an implementation extension.  The leading package path can also
	      be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.


       control_directory

	      control_directory, in a distribution object, is the constant
	      leading package path.  Providing this attribute is optional.  A
	      distribution control_directory attribute and swpackage's
	      response to it is an implementation extension.  The leading
	      package path can also be controlled with the ''-W dir'' option.
	      This attribute will be generated by swpackage if not set in a
	      PSF.


   o Bundle Attributes
       A bundle defines a collection of products whether or not the
       distribution has all the products present.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the bundle.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  If it is not
	      present the product tag is used.


   o Product Attributes
       A product defines the software product.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the product.
	      This value is used by the swbis implementation as a path name
	      component in the installed software catalog.  It is required.
	      The swbis implementation uses it in a way that is analogous to
	      the RPMTAG_NAME attribute, namely as the public recognizable
	      name of the package.


       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the distribution under which the
	      product contents are located.  This value has no affect on the
	      installed software catalog.  If it is not given in a PSF then
	      the tag is used.


       revision

	      Is the product revision.	It should not contain a "RELEASE"
	      attribute part or other version suffix modifiers.	 This value is
	      used by the swbis implementation as a path name component in the
	      installed software catalog.  It is required by swinstall.


       vendor_tag

	      This is a short identifying name of the distributor that
	      supplied the product and may associate (refer to) a vendor
	      object from the INDEX file that has a matching tag attribute.
	      This attribute is optional.  This attribute value should strive
	      to be unique among all distributors. The swbis implementation
	      modifies the intended usage slightly as a string that strives to
	      be globally unique for a given product.tag and product.revision.
	      In this capacity it serves to distinguish products with the same
	      revision and tag from the same or different distributor.	It
	      most closely maps to the RPMTAG_RELEASE or "debian_revision"
	      attributes.  It is one of the version distinguishing attributes
	      of a product specified by the standard.  It is transfered into
	      the installed_software catalog (not as a path name component) by
	      swinstall.  If this attribute exists there should also be a
	      vendor object in the PSF in the distribution object that has
	      this tag.	 This attribute is assigned the value of
	      RPMTAG_RELEASE by swpackage when translating an RPM.


       architecture

	      This string is one of the version attributes.  It is used to
	      disambiguate products that have the same tag, revision and
	      vendor_tag.  It is not used for determining a products
	      compatibility with a host.  The form is implementation defined.
	      swbis uses the output of GNU config.guess as the value of this
	      string.  A wildcard pattern should not be used.  The canonical
	      swbis architecture string can be listed with swlist. For example

	      swlist -a architecture @ localhost

	       Here are some example outputs from real systems.

		  System      `uname -srm`		architecture
	      Red Hat 8.0:  Linux 2.4.18 i686	     i686-pc-linux-gnu
	      OpenSolaris:  SunOS 5.11 i86pc	     i386-pc-solaris2.11
	      NetBSD 3.1:   NetBSD 3.1 i386	     i386-unknown-netbsdelf3.1
	      Red Hat 4.1:  Linux 2.0.36 i586	     i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1
	      Debian 3.1:   Linux 2.6.8-2-386 i686   i686-pc-linux-gnu

       os_name os_release os_version machine_type

	      These attributes are used to determine compatibility with a
	      host.  They correspond to the uname attributes defined by
	      POSIX.1.	If an value is nil or non-existent it is assumed to
	      match the host.  All attributes must match for there to be
	      compatibility.  Distributors may wish to make these values a
	      shell pattern in their PSF's so to match the intended collection
	      of hosts.	 swbis uses fnmatch (with FLAGS=0) to determine a
	      match.


   o Fileset Attributes
       A fileset defines the fileset.

       tag

	      tag is the short, file system friendly, name of the fileset.  It
	      is required although selection of filesets is  not yet supported
	      therefore the end user will have little to do with the fileset
	      tag.

       control_directory

	      Is the directory name in the product under which the fileset
	      contents are located.  This value has no affect on the installed
	      software catalog.	 If it is not given in a PSF then the tag is
	      used.

   o Example Source Package PSF
       This PSF packages every file is current directory. It uses nil control
       directories so the package structure does not change relative to a
       vanilla tarball.

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	  tag fooware
	  title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	  description ""
	vendor
	  the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
	  tag myfixes1
	  title Bug fixes, Set 1
	  description "a place for more detailed description"
	product
	  tag fooit
	  control_directory ""
	  revision 1.0
	  vendor_tag myfixes1  # Matches the vendor object above
	fileset
	   tag fooit-SOURCE
	   control_directory ""
	   directory .
	   file *
	   exclude catalog

   o Example Runtime (Binary) Package PSF
       This is a sample PSF for a runtime package.  It implies multiple
       products (e.g. sub-packages) using the bundle.contents attribute.
       Since the bundle and product tags exist in a un-regulated namespace and
       are seen by end users they should be carefully chosen.	Note that the
       bundle and product have the same tag which may force downstream users
       to disambiguate using software selection syntax such as fooit,bv=* or
       fooit,pv=* .

	distribution
	  description "fooit - a program from fooware
       that does everything."
	  title "fooit - a really cool program"
	  COPYING < /usr/local/fooware/legalstuff/COPYING

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading false
	       tag fooware
	       title fooware Consultancy Services, Inc.
	       description "Provider of the programs
	that do everything"

	    vendor
	       the_term_vendor_is_misleading true
		tag fw0
		title fooware fixes
		description "More fixes from the fooware users"

       #  Bundle definition:  Use a bundle
	    bundle
		tag fooit
		vendor_tag fooware
		contents fooit,v=fw0 fooit-devel fooit-doc

       #  Product definition:
	    product
		tag fooit   # This is the package name
		revision 1.0 # This is the package version
		vendor_tag fw0 # This is a release name e.g. RPMTAG_RELEASE
		postinstall scripts/postinstall
	    fileset
		 tag fooit-RUN
		 file doc/man/man1/fooit.1 /usr/man/man1/fooit.1
		 file src/fooit /usr/bin/fooit

APPLICABLE STANDARDS
       IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 (Identical to ISO 15068-2:1999), Open Group CAE
       C701

SEE ALSO
	XDSA C701 http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/c701.htm
	swbisparse(1) -- An implementation extension parser utility.
	swcopy(8)
	swinstall(8)
	swbis(7)
	swbis(1)
	swpackage(5)
	swpackage(8)
	swverify(8)

IDENTIFICATION
	Copyright (C) 2005 Jim Lowe
	Version: 1.13
	Last Updated: 2006-01
	Copying Terms: GNU Free Documentation License

BUGS
       None



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Glossary

(This section is currently under construction).

Distribution
This refers to the package in either a directory form (unpacked) or a serial archive form (e.g. a compressed tarball). A distribution is always in the form of the POSIX software packaging layout.
Exported Catalog Structure
This refers to the first portion of the distribution, the portion of the distribution that is contained in the catalog directory.
File Storage Structure
This refers to the second portion of the distribution, the portion that is not the catalog portion but follows it. The control directory names for products and filesets are repeated from the Exported Catalog Structure and serve to segregate and annotate the files that make up the fileset.
Installed Software
This refers abstractly to installed software files and installed software catalog.
Installed Software Catalog
This refers to the catalog of installed software. The form of this catalog is not specified by the standard.
software_spec
A software_spec follows a specific syntax of dot separated tags optionally followed by a comma (,) and then a comma separated list of version identifiers.
Software Selection
A software selection has the form of a software_spec. A Software Selection appears before the '@' and the targets on the command lines.
Target
A target specifies a host and file name on the host. The GNU implementation also supports a syntax to specify a user name on the host. A list of one or more targets is given after a single '@' and are the the last arguments on the command line.


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2 How to configure swbis

The configuration file is called a defaults file. The defaults file contains extended options which also can be specified using the '-x' option.

There are two (2) defaults files, the POSIX file named swdefaults and the swbis specific file named swbisdefaults. The swbis extension options all begin with "swbis_".

For all users the following config file values are recommended (these are the builtin defaults):

swbis_local_pax_write_command  = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swbis_remote_pax_write_command = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swbis_local_pax_read_command   = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swbis_remote_pax_read_command  = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swbis_no_getconf               = true # true or false
swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command  = detect  # {pax|tar|gtar|detect}
swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command = detect  # {pax|tar|gtar|detect}
swverify.swbis_local_pax_write_command  = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}
swverify.swbis_remote_pax_write_command = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}

swbis_shell_command            = detect # {detect|sh|bash|posix|ksh}
swbis_allow_rpm                = true
swcopy.swbis_no_audit          = true # true or false

The files are located in two places, in the package library directory such as /usr/lib/swbis, and in the user's home directory in the .swbis directory.

To show these locations:

              swinstall --show-options-files

To show the options:

              swinstall --show-options

To show the compiled in defaults if no defaults files are read:

              swinstall --no-defaults --show-options


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swdefaults

# File: sw defaults
## uncomment options as needed.

installed_software_catalog	= var/lib/swbis/catalog

#swinstall.allow_downdate			= false
#swinstall.allow_incompatible			= false
#swinstall.ask					= false
#swinstall.autoreboot				= false
#swinstall.autoselect_dependencies		= false
#swinstall.defer_configure			= false
#swinstall.distribution_source_directory	= -
#swinstall.enforce_dependencies			= false
#swinstall.enforce_dsa				= false
#swinstall.enforce_locatable			= false
#swinstall.enforce_scripts			= false
#swinstall.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swinstall.logfile				= /var/log/swinstall.log
#swinstall.loglevel				= 1
#swinstall.reinstall				= false
#swinstall.select_local				= 
#swinstall.software				= 
#swinstall.targets				= 
#swinstall.verbose				= 1

#swcopy.autoselect_dependencies			= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.compress_files				= false 	# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.compression_type			= none  	# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.distribution_source_directory		= -	# Standard input
#swcopy.distribution_target_directory		= -	# Standard output
#swcopy.enforce_dependencies			= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.enforce_dsa				= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.logfile					= /var/log/swcopy.log
#swcopy.loglevel				= 0		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.recopy					= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.select_local				= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.software				= 
#swcopy.targets					= 
#swcopy.uncompress_files			= false		# Support not implemented.
#swcopy.verbose					= 1

#swremove.autoselect_dependencies		= true
#swremove.distribution_target_directory		= /var/spool/sw
#swremove.enforce_dependencies			= true
#swremove.enforce_scripts			= true
#swremove.enforce_dsa				= true
#swremove.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swremove.logfile				= /var/log/swremove.log
#swremove.loglevel				= 1
#swremove.select_local				= true
#swremove.software				= 
#swremove.targets				= 
#swremove.verbose				= 1

#swconfig.allow_incompatible			= false
#swconfig.allow_multiple_versions		= false
#swconfig.ask					= false
#swconfig.autoselect_dependencies		= true
#swconfig.autoselect_dependents			= false
#swconfig.enforce_dependencies			= true
#swconfig.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swconfig.logfile				= /var/log/swconfig.log
#swconfig.loglevel				= 1
#swconfig.reconfigure				= false
#swconfig.select_local				= true
#swconfig.software				= 
#swconfig.targets				= 
#swconfig.verbose				= 1

#swask.autoselect_dependencies			= true
#swask.distribution_source_directory		= /var/spool/sw
#swask.distribution_source_serial		= -
#swask.logfile					= /var/log/swask.log
#swask.loglevel					= 1
#swask.select_local				= true
#swask.software					= 
#swask.targets					= 
#swask.verbose					= 1

#swmodify.distribution_target_directory		= /var/spool/sw
#swmodify.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swmodify.files					= 
#swmodify.logfile				= /var/log/swmodify.log
#swmodify.loglevel				= 1
#swmodify.select_local				= true
#swmodify.software				= 
#swmodify.targets				= 
#swmodify.verbose				= 1

#swverify.allow_incompatible			= false
#swverify.autoselect_dependencies		= true
#swverify.check_contents			= true
#swverify.check_permissions			= true
#swverify.check_requisites			= true
#swverify.check_scripts				= true
#swverify.check_volatile			= false
#swverify.distribution_target_directory		= /var/spool/sw
#swverify.enforce_dependencies			= true
#swverify.enforce_locatable			= true
#swverify.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swverify.logfile				= /var/log/swverify.log
#swverify.loglevel				= 1
#swverify.select_local				= 
#swverify.software				= 
#swverify.targets				= 
#swverify.verbose				= 1

#swlist.distribution_target_directory		= /
#swlist.installed_software_catalog		= var/lib/swbis/catalog
#swlist.one_liner				= products # {products|files|dir}
#swlist.select_local				= true
#swlist.software				= 
#swlist.targets					= 
#swlist.verbose					= 1

#swpackage.distribution_target_directory	= /var/spool/sw
#swpackage.distribution_target_serial		= -
#swpackage.enforce_dsa				= false
#swpackage.follow_symlinks			= false
#swpackage.logfile				= /var/log/swpackage.log
#swpackage.loglevel				= 1
#swpackage.media_capacity			= 0
#swpackage.media_type				= serial
#swpackage.psf_source_file			= -
#swpackage.software				= 
#swpackage.verbose				= 1

# end of swdefaults file


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swbisdefaults

# File: swbisdefaults
## Uncomment options as needed.

# Suggested Defaults

#swbis_no_getconf		= true # true or false, Deprecated.
#swbis_shell_command		= detect # {sh|detect|bash|posix|ksh}
#swbis_no_remote_kill		= true  # true or false
#swbis_quiet_progress_bar	= true  # true or false
#swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command    = detect 
#swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command   = detect 
#swverify.swbis_local_pax_write_command  = detect 
#swverify.swbis_remote_pax_write_command = detect 
#swbis_local_pax_write_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swbis_remote_pax_write_command  = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swbis_local_pax_read_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swbis_remote_pax_read_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swbis_remote_shell_client	= ssh
#swbis_allow_rpm		= true
#swbis_forward_agent		= false # Forward ssh agent. true=yes false=no 

#swcopy.swbis_no_getconf			= false # true or false, Deprecated.
#swcopy.swbis_shell_command			= detect # {sh|bash|posix|ksh|detect}
#swcopy.swbis_no_remote_kill			= false # true or false
#swcopy.swbis_quiet_progress_bar		= true  # true or false
#swcopy.swbis_no_audit				= true # true or false
#swcopy.swbis_local_pax_write_command 		= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swcopy.swbis_remote_pax_write_command 		= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swcopy.swbis_local_pax_read_command 		= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swcopy.swbis_remote_pax_read_command 		= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swcopy.swbis_remote_shell_client		= ssh
#swcopy.swbis_forward_agent			= true

#swinstall.swbis_no_getconf			= false # true or false, Deprecated.
#swinstall.swbis_shell_command			= detect # {sh|bash|posix|ksh|detect}
#swinstall.swbis_no_remote_kill			= false # true or false
#swinstall.swbis_quiet_progress_bar		= true  # true or false
#swinstall.swbis_local_pax_write_command 	= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swinstall.swbis_remote_pax_write_command 	= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swinstall.swbis_local_pax_read_command 	= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swinstall.swbis_remote_pax_read_command 	= pax  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swinstall.swbis_sig_level			= 0    # number of signatures to require
#swinstall.swbis_enforce_file_md5		= false
#swinstall.swbis_allow_rpm			= false
#swinstall.swbis_remote_shell_client		= ssh
#swinstall.swbis_install_volatile		= true
#swinstall.swbis_volatile_newname		= ""     # e.g. ".rpmnew"
#swinstall.swbis_forward_agent			= true
#swinstall.swbis_ignore_scripts			= false

#swpackage.swbis_cksum				= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_file_digests			= "true"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_files				= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_sign				= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_archive_digests		= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_gpg_name			= ""
#swpackage.swbis_gpg_path			= "~/.gnupg"
#swpackage.swbis_gzip				= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_bzip2				= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_numeric_owner			= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_absolute_names			= "false"   # true or false
#swpackage.swbis_format				= "ustar"
#swpackage.swbis_signer_pgm			= "GPG"
#swpackage.swbis_check_duplicates		= "true"

#swlist.swbis_no_getconf			= false # true or false, Deprecated.
#swlist.swbis_shell_command			= detect # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
#swlist.swbis_no_remote_kill			= false # true or false
#swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command 		= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar|detect}
#swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command 		= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar|detect}
#swlist.swbis_local_pax_read_command 		= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|detect}
#swlist.swbis_remote_pax_read_command 		= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|detect}
#swlist.swbis_remote_shell_client		= ssh
#swlist.swbis_any_format			= false # true or false
#swlist.swbis_forward_agent			= true
#swlist.swbis_sig_level				= 0 # Number of required valid signatures
#swlist.swbis_enforce_all_signatures		= false 

#swremove.swbis_no_getconf			= false # true or false, Deprecated.
#swremove.swbis_shell_command			= detect # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
#swremove.swbis_no_remote_kill			= false # true or false
#swremove.swbis_local_pax_write_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swremove.swbis_remote_pax_write_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
#swremove.swbis_local_pax_read_command 		= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swremove.swbis_remote_pax_read_command 	= tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
#swremove.swbis_local_pax_remove_command 	= tar  # {tar|gtar}  Must have the --remove-files option
#swremove.swbis_remote_pax_remove_command 	= tar  # {tar|gtar}  Must have the --remove-files option
#swremove.swbis_remote_shell_client		= ssh
#swremove.swbis_forward_agent			= false
#swremove.swbis_sig_level			= 0 # Number of required valid signatures
#swremove.swbis_enforce_all_signatures		= false 

#swverify.swbis_no_getconf			= false # true or false, Deprecated.
#swverify.swbis_shell_command			= detect # {sh|bash|posix|ksh}
#swverify.swbis_no_remote_kill			= false # true or false
#swverify.swbis_local_pax_write_command 	= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar|detect}
#swverify.swbis_remote_pax_write_command 	= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar|detect}
#swverify.swbis_local_pax_read_command 		= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|detect}
#swverify.swbis_remote_pax_read_command 	= detect # {pax|tar|star|gtar|detect}
#swverify.swbis_remote_shell_client		= ssh
#swverify.swbis_forward_agent			= false
#swverify.swbis_sig_level			= 0 # Number of required valid signatures
#swverify.swbis_enforce_all_signatures		= false 

# end of swbisdefaults file


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Archive Reading/Writing Utility Selection

swbis_local_pax_write_command  = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
swbis_remote_pax_write_command = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar|swbistar}
swbis_local_pax_read_command   = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swbis_remote_pax_read_command  = tar  # {pax|tar|star|gtar}
swlist.swbis_local_pax_write_command   = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}
swlist.swbis_remote_pax_write_command  = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}
swverify.swbis_local_pax_write_command   = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}
swverify.swbis_remote_pax_write_command  = detect  # {detect|pax|tar|gtar}


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Shell Selection

Setting swbis_shell_command to 'detect' is the best choice here. The swbis_no_getconf option is headed for legacy status, disable it by setting this to 'true'.

swbis_no_getconf               = true # true or false
swbis_shell_command            = detect # {detect|sh|bash|posix||ksh}


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Introduction

3 Introduction

You are reading about GNU Swbis, the GNU implementation of the POSIX Software Administration Standard ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999 (formerly IEEE Std 1387.2-1995). This spec describes a interchange format, package file layout, meta-data file format and utilities for package creation, installation, query, listing, and verification.

The GNU implementation adds capabilities for package authentication using strong cryptographic digests and GPG signatures that are embedded in the package as an ordinary control files as allowed by the standard.

The GNU implementation is compatible with traditional free software distribution package file layouts by supporting empty names for control directories in the POSIX layout. This makes a swbis package no different from current packages except for the addition of the meta-data directory.

Other features of the GNU implementation are direct use of GNU Privacy Guard for signature creation and verification, direct use of the Ssh client for remote host operations, GNU tar format compatibility, no new utility or program requirements for remote installation beyond POSIX compatible GNU utilities that are probably already present on all GNU and GNU/Linux hosts.

GNU Swbis also can translate and install packages in RPM format.


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About This Manual

This manual contains information not found in the Unix-style Manual Pages such as a user guides, Tutorials, and Internal design features, however, the Manual Pages and this manual share common source and many sections transparently reference a different rendering of the Manual Page source documents.


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Other Resources

Other sources of documentation include ISO/IEC or IEEE printed standard, the online version of the Open Group Specification CAE C701.

The swbis man pages are maintained and may be considered authoritative. See also swbis(1) and swbis(7) (via man 7 swbis or, man 1 swbis)

Documentation from other implementations based on the Standard likely describe features that are a superset of the POSIX spec, whereas, the swbis implementation currently is a subset, hence, may not now or ever apply to swbis.


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Making PSFs for Package Creation

The input file to swpackageis a called a Product Specification File or PSF. It contains information to direct swpackage and information that is package meta-data [that is merely transferred unchanged into the global INDEX file].

A PSF may contain object keywords, attributes (keyword/value pairs) and Extended Definitions (See (swbis_sw)EXTENDED DEFINITIONS.) An object keyword connotes a logical object or software structure supported by the standard. An object keyword does not have a value field after it, as it contains attributes and Extended Definitions. An attribute keyword conotes an attribute (i.e. keyword/value pair) and always has a value.

Attribute keywords not recognized by the standard are allowed and are transferred into the INDEX file. Object keywords not recognized by the standard are not allowed and will generate an error. Extended Definitions may only appear in a PSF (never in a INDEX or INFO created by swpackage). Extended Definitions are translated [by swpackage] into object keywords (objects) and attributes recognized by the standard.

Comments in a PSF are not transferred into the INDEX file by the swbis implementation of swpackage.

The file syntax is the same as a INDEX, or INFO file. See (swbis_sw)SOFTWARE DEFINITION FILES.

A PSF may contain all objects defined by the standard as well as extended definitions.

Currently, swpackage does not enforce requirements for revision and name meta-data that other the 'swinstall' might need. Therefore you should perform a test install of your package. The preview '-p' option of swinstall internally simulates most of the install operation but does not alter the file system. The example below previews the package on standard input.

             swinstall -p -x verbose=6 -s - < your_package

Other restrictions of the swbis implementation are the default values for the 'dfiles' and 'pfiles' attributes (which are 'dfiles' and 'pfiles') must be used for minimal layout packages, i.e. packages that have the product and fileset control directories specified as empty strings (i.e have a minimal package layout).


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PSF.minimal

# This PSF packaged all files in the current
# directory.
distribution
dfiles dfiles
product
title somepackage version 0.1
description Source package for somepackage version 0.1
tag somepackage      # < Change this to your package name
revision 0.1         # < Change this to your package version
control_directory ""
fileset
tag somepackage-sources   # Not used by swbis currently
control_directory ""
file_permissions -o 0  -g 0
directory .
file *
exclude catalog


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A PSF for Source Packages

This PSF packages all the files in the directory where swpackage is invoked. It uses NUL control directory names which maintain the package directory structure.


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Installing POSIX Distributions

This is as simple as:

     swinstall <your-package
        # or
     swinstall -s :foo-1.1.tar.gz  @ 192.168.3.2 <your-package
        # or
     swinstall -x reinstall=y <your-package
        # or
     swinstall --no-scripts -x reinstall=y <your-package
        # or
     swinstall --no-scripts -x reinstall=y @ /tmp/test  <your-package
The default target directory is always '/'. See Command Reference.


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Host Requirements

'swbis' is designed to be as non-intrusive as possible and this applies to host requirements which are minimal.

For package creation you need uuidgen and if creating signed distributions you need gpg.

For package installation you need sh, bash, dd, tar, hostname, mkdir, expr, echo, test, sleep.

Installation of packages on remote hosts (i.e. using swinstall with a remote host target) does not require swbis to be installed there.

The swverify and swign commands are shell scripts which may have additional requirements.

Here are the technical details about requirements for swinstall, the same apply to swcopy:

swinstall requires a POSIX shell accessible by the remote shell command. This is the remote command run by ssh (or rsh) for all operations. This command can be controlled by the –shell-command option or the swbis_shell_command defaults file option. The recommended value is 'detect' which performs auto-detection of a sutable shell.

Other utilities required to be in $PATH on the remote host are: dd, pax (or GNU tar), hostname, mkdir, expr, echo, test, sleep, read (if not builtin).


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Signing File System Directories

To swbis, a signed directory is any directory that contains the GPG signed distribution catalog directory ./catalog/. The signature protects the signed bytes which is a tar archive representation of ./catalog/. The contents of directory ./catalog/ contain meta data about the contents of the current directory ./.

Used is this way, the distribution catalog directory, ./catalog/, is a GPG signed directory manifest.

The ./catalog/ directory is created by swpackage. A separate ad-hoc utility, swign makes signing a directory much easier.


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Creating a Catalog of Installed Packages

Suppose your distribution uses a packaging format that does not provide an installed software catalog. Using swbis you can create your own provided you have the original package files.

To do this you translate the orignal package (that is already installed) to swbis format and install just the catalog. Like this:

      swinstall --justdb -s- @/

which writes that catalog at /var/lib/swbis/catalog. You can control the location of the catalog via the command line option.

      swinstall --justdb -x installed_software_catalog=/$HOME/my_catalog

Translation is done by the lxpsf utility. It can be invoked transparently using swpackage and sent via a pipe to swinstall:

        swpackage --to-swbis -s /Your/system/somepackage-1.0.type |
        swinstall --justdb

Then the catalog can be queried and used for verification purposes.

     swlist somepackage;  # list the package 
     swlist;   # list all the installed software
     swverify --sig-level=0 -vv somepackage @ / ;  # Use sig-level=1 if you
                                                      # signed the package

This works really well for RPM distributions. Users of Debian and Slackware may want to take more detailed control to exclude extraneous system directories that hamper clean verification. Like this:

     lxpsf --psf-form3  --exclude-system-dirs somepackage-1.0.tar.xz |
     swpackage -Wsource=- -s @PSF @- | # Use special options to swpackage
     swinstall --justdb

Then verify. Slackware users may use the specific option to ignore the ./install directory and its files.

     swlist;
     swverify --ignore-slack -x check_volatile=no somepackage @ /

All of package signing and security options are available when using swpackage as shown above. In fact it was assumed that they were all on by default. Creating a catalog without signatures or file digests or file list is of little use. Here is a last example showing some of these options.

The lxpsf is located in the LIBEXEC directory, for example /usr/lib/swbis/lxpsf.

    lxpsf --psf-form3  --exclude-system-dirs somepackage-1.0.tar.xz |
    swpackage \
       --files \
       --sha2  \
       --sha1  \
       --sign  \
       --passphrase=fd=agent \
       --gpg-name=NAME \
       -Wsource=- -s @PSF @- |
     swinstall --justdb


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Translating and Installing Other Formats

Translation of supported formats are done in memory. No temporary files are created. Large RPMs or RPMs with many small files may take many seconds or several minutes to translate.

Translation is performed by the swbis library executable lxpsf and swpackage. Internally, this is

     /usr/lib/swbis/lxpsf --psf-form3 -H ustar |
     swpackage -Wsource=- -s@PSF @-

The lxpsf is the only swbis program with RPM library dependencies, and this is the program that does the actual meta-data translation.

The easiest way to invoke translation is with the --unrpm of swpackage and swcopy.

       swcopy --unrpm -s - @- <your-0.1.arch.rpm | tar tvf -
           -or-
       swpackage --unrpm @- <your-0.1.arch.rpm | tar tvf -
           -or-
       swpackage --to-sw <your-0.1.arch.rpm | tar tvf -

To verbosely preview the translated RPM:

       swcopy --unrpm -s - @- | swinstall -p -x verbose=5


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swbis is network transparent from the ground up. It uses ssh (or rsh) to establish remote connections. Communication then takes place on standard input, output and error as established by the remote shell client on the local host. Operations which are entirely local are symmetric with remote operations in that swbis communicates via Unix pipes and makes no distinction based on the locality of the communication endpoints.

swbis uses the ssh client program 'ssh' as found by the PATH variable. swbis adds the '-T' option to disable pseudo-tty allocation.

swbis supports an extension to the POSIX target syntax to support multiple host hops. Use of password authentication for multi-hop targets requires use of the SSH_ASKPASS program and redirection of X11 connections over the secure ssh channel. See the 'ForwardX11' option in the ssh client configuration. Use of public key authentication is more reliable since the authentication agent is forwarded by use of the '-A' ssh option.

Important Note: When making a multi-hop connection using either authentication method, the authentication credentials appear on the intermediate hosts and are subject to hijack, hence, the intermediate hosts' trust requirement should be no less than the terminal host's.


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One overriding design goal of swbis is zero re-invention. To that end, swbis uses '/usr/bin/gpg' for signing and authentication. It uses 'rsh' and 'ssh' for remote connections. It uses 'bash' (as a POSIX shell) for command processing. It uses 'pax' or 'tar' for archive installation. It uses a file system directory structure as the database for installed software.


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swbis is non-intrusive relative to current practice for data interchange and storage using tar archives.

swbis supports a 'minimal package layout' (See (swbis_sw)Minimal Package Layout.) This layout follows the POSIX spec but has nil control directories (Note: nil control directories are not attested to in the POSIX specification).

By specifying control directories as empty strings and specifying a non-empty leading directory for the archive, a swbis POSIX package may be used inter-changeably with free software tar archive source packages which commonly have a leading package directory.

Binary (run-time) packages follow the same pattern except the leading directory is specified as an empty string as well. The result is a run-time package directly installable by tar.

The non-inventive nature of swbis extends into the format level as well. swbis has its own archive writing utility, swpackage, and it is self contained, however, it writes tar archives which are identical to archives produced by GNU tar.

This data format mimicry has several advantages. It forms the basis for a very brittle regression test, namely bit-for-bit sameness with GNU tar. This also preserves symmetry between a package archive and package directory in that swbis archives installed with tar can be repackaged with GNU tar with no bit-wise change relative to the original.

Together, these layers of mimicry are put to practical application in the swign program See (swbis_swign), which creates GPG signed POSIX packages without any data copying except by GNU tar.


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