NAME

Software::Packager::Solaris - Software packager for the Solaris platform.

SYNOPSIS

use Software::Packager;
my $packager = new Software::Packager('solaris');

DESCRIPTION

This module is used to create software packages in a format suitable for installation with pkgadd. The process of creating packages is baised upon the document Application Packaging Developer's Guide. Which can be found at http://docs.sun.com/ab2/@LegacyPageView?toc=SUNWab_42_2:/safedir/space3/coll1/SUNWasup/toc/PACKINSTALL:Contents;bt=Application+Packaging+Developer%27s+Guide;ps=ps/SUNWab_42_2/PACKINSTALL/Contents

FUNCTIONS

new()

This method creates and returns a new Software::Packager::Solaris object.

add_item()

$packager->add_item(%object_data); This method overrides the add_item function in the Software::Packager module. This method adds a new object to the package.

_package_name()

This method overrides the _package_name method in Software::Packager. It is used to truncate the package name if it is longer than 9 charaters and return it.

package()

$packager->packager(); This method overrides the base API in Software::Packager, it controls the process if package creation.

SEE ALSO

Software::Packager Software::Packager::Object::Solaris

AUTHOR

R Bernard Davison <rbdavison@cpan.org>

HOMEPAGE

http://bernard.gondwana.com.au

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Gondwanatech. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.