Installer revise

docs/nut.dict

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-personal_ws-1.1 en 3470 utf-8
+personal_ws-1.1 en 3478 utf-8
 AAC
 AAS
 ABI
@@ -1570,6 +1570,7 @@ aec
 af
 aggregator
 ai
+aix
 al
 ala
 alarmcenables
@@ -2198,6 +2199,7 @@ hotplug
 hotplugging
 hovercharge
 hpe
+hpux
 href
 htaccess
 html
@@ -2365,6 +2367,7 @@ libdir
 libdummy
 libexec
 libexecdir
+libexpat
 libfreeipmi
 libgd
 libgpgme
@@ -3023,6 +3026,7 @@ sitop
 sizeof
 ske
 skel
+sl
 slackpkg
 slaveid
 slavesync
@@ -3045,8 +3049,11 @@ socat
 sockdebug
 socketname
 socomec
+solari
 solaris
+solcmn
 solibs
+solint
 solis
 somename
 somepass

scripts/installer/Makefile.am

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 
 SPELLCHECK_SRC = README.adoc common/README_ipp-os-shutdown.adoc
 
+nut:
+	rm -f "$@"
+	$(LN_S) $(top_srcdir) "$@"
+
 # NOTE: Due to portability, we do not use a GNU percent-wildcard extension.
 # We also have to export some variables that may be tainted by relative
 # paths when parsing the other makefile (e.g. MKDIR_P that may be defined
@@ -54,4 +58,8 @@ spellcheck spellcheck-interactive spellcheck-sortdict:
 
 CLEANFILES = *-spellchecked
 
+# Remove "nut" if it is a symlink to the source tree
+clean-local:
+	if test -L nut || test -h nut ; then rm -f nut ; fi
+
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in .dirstamp

scripts/installer/README.adoc

@@ -8,13 +8,54 @@ of Eaton by Frederic Bohe, Vaclav Krpec, Arnaud Quette and Jim Klimov.
 
 This includes the package (tarball) creation script which relies on
 presence of third-party library binaries in a `$ARCH/libs` directory,
-and init-scripts from NUT source tree (originally expected as a "nut"
-subdirectory), as well as an interactive installer script to set up
-the package on a target deployment covering package (re-)installation,
-initial device discovery, password setup, etc., and helper scripts
-for status overview and shutdown handling.
+pre-built package files (courtesy of NUT `make package` recipes),
+and init-scripts from NUT source tree (originally expected as a `nut`
+subdirectory, can be a symlink to `../..`; currently copies stored in
+the `$ARCH` subdirectories; eventually should be taken from NUT sources
+during build, or from packages), as well as an interactive text-mode
+installer script to set up the package on a target deployment covering
+package (re-)installation, initial device discovery, password setup,
+etc., and helper scripts for status overview and shutdown handling.
 
-The installer relies on "nutconf" tool (emulating dummy script for
+Example `$ARCH` related directory layout in original posting (binary
+files mentioned below are not provided into NUT Git source code base);
+these are the contents `make_package.sh` script expects to work with
+(you can see the names mentioned in `find ... | grep -v ...` filters):
+
+* `aix/` example for AIX 6 and 7 based IPSS Unix releases:
+  * `libs/`: `libcrypto.a`, `libcrypto.so`, etc...
+  * `nut-2.6.5-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm` and `nut-client-2.6.5-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm`
+    package files
+  * `nutconf` binary for the platform
+  * `aix_init` script
+  * `ipp-os-shutdown.conf.sample`
+
+* `hpux/` for PA-RISC:
+  * `libs/`: `libcrypto.sl`, `libexpat.sl`, `libiconv.sl`, `libintl.sl`,
+    `libltdl.sl`, `libneon.sl`, `libnetsnmp.sl.30`, `libssl.sl`, `libz.sl`
+    * Notably, `libnutscan.sl.1` (other platforms did not carry a copy)
+  * `nut.depot.tar.gz` package file
+  * `nutconf` binary for the platform
+  * `ipp-os-shutdown.conf.sample`
+
+* Solaris (SPARC and X86) spread across 3 directories:
+  * `solcmn/` with common platform-independent files:
+    * `ipp-os-shutdown.conf.sample`
+    * `solaris_init` script
+
+  * `solari` with SPARC binaries:
+    * `libs/`: `libcrypto.so.0.9.8`, `libz.so`, etc.
+    * `NUT_solaris_sparc_package2.6.5.local` package file
+    * `nutconf` binary for the platform
+
+  * `solint` with X86 binaries:
+    * `libs/`: `libcrypto.so.1.0.0`, `libgcc_s.so.1`, `libltdl.so.7`,
+      `libneon.so.27`, `libnetsnmp.so.15`, `libproxy.so.0`,
+      `libssl.so.1.0.0`, `libstdc++.so.6`, `libwrap.so.1`
+    * `NUT_solaris_i386_package2.6.5.local` package file
+    * `nutconf` binary for the platform
+
+The installer relies on `nutconf` tool (emulating dummy script for
 tests provided here), which is part of NUT sources.
 
 Note that heavy use of `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` in these scripts may become

scripts/installer/make_package.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@
 rm -Rf package
 mkdir package
 
-git pull --all
+# NOTE: Originally this pulled installer sources (separate from NUT code base)
+# If this script were to be modernized, it could be prudent to `make package`
+# in NUT sources for each platform, to create the package file(s) tarballed
+# below for end-user along with the interactive installer delivery.
+#git pull --all
 # [ $? = 0 ] && git merge upstream/master || exit $?
 
+# NOTE: See README.adoc about expected subdirectory contents with binary files
 NAME="ipp-solaris-$IPP_VERSION.sparc"
 mkdir "package/$NAME"
 FILE_LIST="`find . -type f -name '*' | egrep -v '.svn|.git|./nutconf-dummy|./make_package.sh|nut/|(un|)install.log|package/|aix|hpux|solint'`"