HP Software Package Builder (SPB) manual Structural Elements Functions and Relationships

Software Packaging

Software Package Structure

The difference between a containment relationship and a reference relationship can be illustrated by the notion that a bundle can be removed without actually removing the software elements that it references. However, removing a product always removes the filesets it contains, and the files contained in the filesets.

Table 2-1 provides a summary of a software package's structural elements, their functions, and their relationship to other elements. The structural elements are numbered to correspond with Figure 2-2 on page 22:

Table 2-1	Structural Elements: Functions and Relationships
	Structural	Function	Relationship
	Element
	Installed	A delivered and	The installed software is a
	Software (1)	installed software	valid and complete
		package.	software package.
	Product (2)	A collection of related	A product is a container
		filesets and optionally,	for filesets, subproducts,
		subproducts and	and optionally, control
		control scripts.	scripts.
	Bundle (3)	A collection of related	A bundle is a reference
		filesets, subproducts,	for groups of filesets,
		and/or products.	subproducts, or products.
	Fileset (4)	A grouping of related	A fileset is a container
		files and control	for files and control
		scripts.	scripts.
			Filesets are contained in
			products.
	Subproduct (5)	A grouping of related	A subproduct is a
		filesets.	reference for groups of
			related filesets within a
			single product.
	Control File (6)	A control file performs	Control files (scripts) are
		checks and other tasks	contained in one or more
		in the software	filesets and/or products.
		package.

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