Deployment Package Configuration File

In addition to software package installation materials, a package configuration file (pkginfo_platform.xml) references each deployable package. The package configuration file describes installation packages and configuration process.
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In addition to software package installation materials, a package configuration file (pkginfo_
platform
.xml) references each deployable package. The package configuration file describes installation packages and configuration process.
The configuration files provide the following information:
  • A localizable description of the installation package.
  • A mechanism by which package dependencies are encoded in a machine-readable format.
  • Documenting the publicly accessible installation parameter types.
  • Extra context to the parameter types so the UI can provide a level of validation.
  • A platform-independent mapping between parameter names and the tokens that represent the parameters in the package installation program. 
  • A definition of how to run the installation materials on a target machine.
  • Mapping between the installer exit codes and the codes that the deployment system understands.
Localized elements of the pkginfo.xml file are provided optionally using either side-by-side locale-specific files or embedded in a single file. The file name that matches with pkginfo_PLATFORM.xml is loaded to obtain localized message data.
The deployment system requires the package configuration files to be located parallel to the platform-specific subdirectory in the packaging tree. For example, see the following directory:
%AllUsersProfile%\CA\SM\domainserver\Deployment\Packages\SM\CA_SystemEDGE_Core\5.7.1\ENU
 
pkginfo_AIX.xml
pkginfo_HPUX.xml
pkginfo_Linux.xml
pkginfo_LinuxPPC.xml
pkginfo_Solaris_sparc.xml
pkginfo_Solaris_x86.xml
pkginfo_Windows.xml