Originally posted by: omonte

mkinstallp package creation failing with "no such file: ./usr/lpp/<package name>"

Not sure why certain files don't get created in this directory but all others do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's my template file:

Package Name: clamav Package VRMF: 0.96.1.0 Update: N Fileset Fileset Name: clamav.rte Fileset VRMF: 0.96.1.0 Fileset Description: Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit 

for UNIX Bosboot required: N License agreement acceptance required: N Name of license agreement: Include license files in 

this 

package: N License file path: Requisites: USRLIBLPPFiles Pre-installation Script: clamav.aix.preinstall Unpre-installation Script: clamav.aix.preuninstall Post-installation Script: clamav.aix.postinstall Unpost-installation Script: clamav.aix.postuninstall Pre_rm Script: clamav.aix.preremove EOUSRLIBLPPFiles USRFiles /usr/local /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/sbin/clamav EOUSRFiles ROOT Part: Y ROOTFiles /opt/clamav /opt/clamav/.profile /opt/clamav/lib /opt/clamav/lib/pkgconfig /opt/clamav/lib/pkgconfig/libclamav.pc /opt/clamav/lib/libclamunrar.a /opt/clamav/lib/libclamunrar.la /opt/clamav/lib/libclamunrar_iface.a /opt/clamav/lib/libclamunrar_iface.la /opt/clamav/lib/libclamav.a /opt/clamav/lib/libclamav.la /opt/clamav/lib/libclamunrar_iface.so.6 /opt/clamav/include /opt/clamav/include/clamav.h /opt/clamav/bin /opt/clamav/bin/clamav /opt/clamav/bin/clamscan /opt/clamav/bin/clamdscan /opt/clamav/bin/freshclam /opt/clamav/bin/sigtool /opt/clamav/bin/clamconf /opt/clamav/bin/clambc /opt/clamav/bin/clamav-config /opt/clamav/bin/rotateLogs /opt/clamav/sbin /opt/clamav/sbin/clamd /opt/clamav/db /opt/clamav/db/daily.cvd /opt/clamav/db/main.cvd /opt/clamav/db/bytecode.cvd /opt/clamav/share /opt/clamav/share/man /opt/clamav/share/man/man1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/clamscan.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/freshclam.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/sigtool.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/clamdscan.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/clamconf.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man1/clamdtop.1 /opt/clamav/share/man/man5 /opt/clamav/share/man/man5/clamd.conf.5 /opt/clamav/share/man/man5/clamav-milter.conf.5 /opt/clamav/share/man/man5/freshclam.conf.5 /opt/clamav/share/man/man8 /opt/clamav/share/man/man8/clamd.8 /opt/clamav/share/man/man8/clamav-milter.8 /opt/clamav/etc /opt/clamav/etc/clamd.conf.bak /opt/clamav/etc/clamd.conf /opt/clamav/etc/freshclam.conf /opt/clamav/etc/freshclam.conf.bak /opt/clamav/tmp /opt/clamav/var /opt/clamav/var/run /opt/clamav/var/run/freshclamd.pid /opt/clamav/var/log /opt/clamav/var/log/clamd.log /opt/clamav/var/log/freshclam.log /etc/clamav /var/log /var/log/clamav EOROOTFiles EOFileset

and here's what happens when I mkinstallp:

# mkinstallp -T clamav.tmplt Using /tmp/clamtest as the base 

package directory. Cannot find /tmp/clamtest/.info. Attempting to create. Using /tmp/clamtest/.info to store 

package control files. Cleaning intermediate files from /tmp/clamtest/.info.   Using clamav.tmplt as the template file. clamav 0.96.1.0 I processing clamav.rte no such file: ./usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/opt/clamav/tmp no such file: ./usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/etc/clamav no such file: ./usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/var/log no such file: ./usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/var/log/clamav creating ./.info/liblpp.a creating ./tmp/clamav.0.96.1.0.bff

Here are the above files, from my package installation directory:

# ls -ld opt/clamav/tmp drwxr-xr-x    2 clamav   clamav          512 Jun 18 15:14 opt/clamav/tmp # ls -ld etc/clamav lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     system           15 Jun 23 08:46 etc/clamav -> /opt/clamav/etc # ls -ld var/log/clamav lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     system           19 Jun 23 08:46 var/log/clamav -> /opt/clamav/var/log

now, when I try to install:

/usr/lib/instl/sm_inst installp_cmd -a -Q -d 
'/tmp/clamBuildDir/tmp' -f 
'clamav ALL @@I:clamav _all_filesets' 
'-c' 
'-N' 
'-g' 
'-X' 
'-G'   File: I:clamav.rte                   0.96.1.0     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Pre-installation Verification... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Verifying selections...done Verifying requisites...done Results...   SUCCESSES --------- Filesets listed in 

this section passed pre-installation verification and will be installed.   Selected Filesets ----------------- clamav.rte 0.96.1.0                         # Clam AntiVirus is an open so...   << End of Success Section >>   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BUILDDATE Verification ... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Verifying build dates...done FILESET STATISTICS ------------------ 1  Selected to be installed, of which: 1  Passed pre-installation verification ---- 1  Total to be installed   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Installing Software... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+   installp:  APPLYING software 

for: clamav.rte 0.96.1.0     Updating virus definitions...   [Failed] 0503-009 inucp:  Cannot access or open file /usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/etc/clamav. Check path name and permissions. 0503-009 inucp:  Cannot access or open file /usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/opt/clamav/tmp. Check path name and permissions. 0503-009 inucp:  Cannot access or open file /usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/var/log. Check path name and permissions. 0503-009 inucp:  Cannot access or open file /usr/lpp/clamav/inst_root/var/log/clamav. Check path name and permissions.   0503-464 installp:  The installation has FAILED 

for the 
"root" part of the following filesets: clamav.rte 0.96.1.0   installp:  Cleaning up software 

for: clamav.rte 0.96.1.0   Finished processing all filesets.  (Total time:  7 secs).   +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Summaries: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+   Installation Summary -------------------- Name                        Level           Part        Event       Result ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- clamav.rte                  0.96.1.0        USR         APPLY       SUCCESS clamav.rte                  0.96.1.0        ROOT        APPLY       FAILED clamav.rte                  0.96.1.0        ROOT        CLEANUP     SUCCESS

You'll see from the above output that it's failing on the same files that the mkinstallp failed on. Anyone know how what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it? Thanks.

Originally posted by: omonte

If no one can answer my exact question has anyone successively built an AIX (BFF) package from an already installed program?

Originally posted by: omonte

is there really no one in the IBM developer forums who has experience with building packages? Maybe I should go with RPM.

Originally posted by: shargus

I use lppbuild. It's kinda old, but it works.

Originally posted by: omonte

I can't run lppbuild on my system. If no one answers then I'll go with RPM, though I'd prefer not too.

Originally posted by: Kosala

did you try specifying the -d option with a dummy directory?

Kosala

Originally posted by: shargus

Just curious - why can't you run lppbuild?

Originally posted by: omonte

Kosala, I did try supplying the -d option and no difference (because I was running it from the current directory, where the -d is implied as the current directory).

Shargus, lppbuild is a thirdparty app and I can't install thirdparty apps.
This issue has been resolved, or worked around anyway. After testing I found that the failures are happening on empty directories. To work around this I removed them from the files list and created the directories in the post script. I'm not sure why mkinstallp doesn't like empty directories but it doesn't. Everyone, thanks for your help.