Format of installpkg packages

[Debi Kipping]

In article <1050 at kuling.UUCP>, bear at kuling.UUCP (Bjorn Sjoholm) writes:
> I am looking for a specification of the `installpkg` package
> format used in System V release 3.2 (and maybe in other releases too).
> 
> The format seems to have a couple of files named Size, Install etc, and
> nicely remembers installed packages and files so you can remove
> the packages.
> 
> But what is the exact format or where can I find a definition?
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Bjorn:

You can get all the information you need from a document from AT&T called
the _UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Integrated Software Development Guide_.
It goes into all the nasty details of installpkg, removepkg, Size, Install,
Name, Remove, etc.  I have found it useful in the past.

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