Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi I am new to AIX and am building a package using mkinstallp

when I run the command I get the message

0503-881 mkinstallp: Invalid Filename (/usr/ctmad/ctm/exe/ctmshout)
in /tmp/packages/ctmad.template

when I look at this file the only thing I see is it's the 1st symbolic link in the file list.

can mkinstallp not handle symbolic links?

will I have to remove the symbolic links and write a post install script to re-create them after the install?

thanks
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

mkinstallp does support symbolic links, however the link target must be listed in the template file list before the symbolic link that points to it.

I get around this problem by issuing a series of "find" commands to build up the file and directory list:

eg something like:

( find <pkg_base> -type d | sort ; find <pkg_base> -type f | sort ; find <pkg_base> -type l | sort ) > raw.filelist

This ensures that you get all your directories, then real files, then symbolic links.

If you do that, mkinstallp will work fine.
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Originally posted by: omonte

n504936, did this resolve your problem? I'm getting the same error on a directory (/usr/local).
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

But what about links that points to a file that doesn't exist ?
mkinstallp ends with the same error
Is there any solution to bypass that without creating an empty file, or the symlinks with a post_install shell ?
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