Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Is it possible to extract a .bff file to get the header information like the .rpm file, so I can find out what the dependency is?
(I tried smitty, and it did split out the required components, however I cannot use smitty in some cases.)

Thanks in advance.

-Dawson
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hello,

Yes. Best is to create a new directory for extraction, so that you will not overwrite your AIX files.

mkdir /tmp/foo
cd /tmp/x
restore -xqf /<path_to_bff_file/bff_file.bff

1. the suffix '.bff' is not mandatory

See the file './lpp_name' from which 'installp' or 'inutoc' will create the '.toc' file and './usr/lpp/<lpp_name/liblpp.a' and, not mandatory, './usr/lpp/<lpp_name/inst_root/liblpp.a'.

To extract the 'liblpp.a' again create a new empty directory:

mkdir x
cd x
ar -x ../usr/lib/<lpp_name>/liblpp.a
See

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.genprogc/doc/genprogc/pkging_sw4_install.htm

for more info. You can also use Google with 'lpp_name liblpp.a' as a search argument and find lots of forums with hints and tips.

Bernhard
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

mkdir /tmp/foo
cd /tmp/foo
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