Advanced Features

Overview of Software Specification Attributes

Validate dependency attributes contained in an OR corequisites set or an OR prerequisites set

SPB will not:

Resolve a software specification attribute that is external to the local PSF (e.g., in a depot on another system)

Import a software specification attribute that is external to the local

PSF

Software elements and their associated software specification attributes are displayed in the Package Structure. You can view the status of a software specification attribute and where applicable, edit its associated attributes.

SPB provides real-time verification for the status of software specification attributes. Table 5-1 shows the Package Structure representation symbols and the status each defines:

Table 5-1

Software Specification Status

 

 

Icon Representation

Status

 

 

 

 

 

Resolved

 

 

 

 

 

Unresolved but may be found externally

 

 

from the local PSF and will swpackage

 

 

without an error

 

 

 

 

 

Unresolved and will cause an error with

 

 

swpackage

 

 

 

Working with Dependency Attributes

Software that depends on other software to install or run correctly is considered to have a dependency. When you specify software for the swconfig, swcopy, swinstall, swremove, swverify commands, these commands may automatically select additional software to meet dependencies.

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