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NAME

       gpt-bundle - Creates binary or source bundles from an installation or a
       collection of source packages.

SYNOPSIS

       gpt-bundle [options] packages

         Options:

            -verbose                       Print copious output
            -help                          Print usage
            -man                           Print man page.
            -version                       Print GPT version.
            -srcdir=PATH                   Directory containing source packages
            -tmpdir=PATH                   Directory used to create binary packages
            -installdir=PATH               Directory containing an installation
            -bn=NAME                       Name of the bundle
            -bv=MAJOR.MINOR                Version of the bundle
            -bs=STABILITY                  Stability of the bundle contents
            -bl=VERSION                    Version Label of the bundle
            -native                        Create bundles of native pkgs (RPMs only).
            -all                           Bundle everything in the package directory..
            -nodeps                        Don't include any dependent packages.
            -nosetups                      Don't include dependent setup packages.
            -template                      Outputs empty Bundle Def XML file.
            -bundledef=FILE                Outputs XML file with command line values.
            -exclude=PACKAGE               Don't include PACKAGE in bundle
            -config=FILE                   Use bundle options stored in FILE
            -xml=FILE                      XML bundle description file
            -output=FILE                   Name of the bundle file,
            -rpmprefix=PATH                Absolute path encoded in the RPM.
            -buildnumber=NUMBER            Build number used for pgm_static packages
            -rpmlicense=LABEL              License Label added to the RPM header
            [packages]                     List of packages to be bundled

DESCRIPTION

       gpt-bundle Creates binary or source bundles from an installation or a
       collection of source packages.  These bundles can then distributed be
       installed using gpt-install or gpt-build. A bundle consists of a
       collection of packages and a XML formatted description file. The DTD
       for this file is found in $GPT_LOCATION/share/dtd/gpt_bundle.dtd.

       The script accepts a list of packages from the command line or from an
       inputed bundle description file.  It expands this list to include all
       of the packages that the listed packages depend on. It then uses this
       expanded list to create a new bundle description file which is then
       added to the collection of packages to form a bundle.

       gpt-bundle assumes that all of the packages needed to create a source
       bundle are found in one subdirectory identified by the -srcdir switch.

       gpt-bundle assumes that all of the packages need to create a binary
       bundle are installed in a location identified by the -installdir flag
       or $GLOBUS_LOCATION.

       The list of packages that can be entered from the command line are of
       the form NAME-FLAVOR-PACKAGE_TYPE.  The wildcard character ’*’ can also
       be used.

OPTIONS

       -srcdir=PATH
               Specifies where the directory containing your source packages
               is.  If this is used, a source bundle will be created.  Note
               that this flag is required to create source bundles.

       -installdir=PATH
               Specifies where the installation used for creating binary
               bundles is.  $GLOBUS_LOCATION is the default.

       -xml=FILE
               Specifies the input bundle description file.  A new file will
               be generated using the contents of this file and included in
               the bundle.

       -bundlename=NAME
               The name of the bundle.  This name is stored in the bundle
               description file and used as part of the bundle filename if
               -output is not specified.

       -bundleversion=MAJOR.MINOR
               This is the bundle version number.  It is stored in the bundle
               description file and used for bundle updates.  It is also used
               for the bundle filename if -bundlelabel is not specified.

       -bundlelabel=VERSION
               This is the bundle version label. It is stored in the bundle
               description file as a string and so can accomodate any
               versioning scheme.  The label is used in user queries, and as
               part of the bundle filename.

       -bundlestability=STABILITY
               This is the bundle version stability.  It is a field that is
               used to indicate the stability of this version of the bundle.
               The field can have values of experimental, alpha, beta, or
               production.  The default vaule is experimental.  The field is
               stored in the bundle description file and used for user
               queries.

       -tmpdir=PATH
               Specifies the where the directory is that gpt-bundle should use
               to store generated binary packages.

       -all    Tells gpt-bundle to bundle all of the packages in the source
               package directory or installation.

       -native Tells gpt-bundle to also bundle packages that are in the native
               format of the operating system.  Presently this only works for
               RPMS on linux.  gpt-bundle will output two bundle giving the
               native bundle a platform specific extension such as -rpm.

       -nodeps Tells gpt-bundle to only include the packages specified--do not
               check for or include dependencies.

       -nosetups
               Tells gpt-bundle to exclude any packages that are pulled in by
               a setup dependencies.  Note that setup packages that are listed
               on the command line will still be added to the bundle..

       -exclude=package1,package2,...
               This option excludes the listed packages from the created
               bundle.  It can be specified multiple times with the final
               listing used being an aggregate of all the listed packages.
               This option can be abbreviated as
               ’-exclude=package1,package2,...’.

       -output=FILE
               This is an alternative way to specify the bundle name.  The
               output file is put in the directory from which gpt-bundle was
               invoked if no path was given, in a directory relative it if a
               relative path was given, or in the absolute location, if given.

       -template
               Creates an empty Bundle XML that can be modified and used to
               create a new bundle.

       -bundledef=FILE
               Creates an XML file with name equal to FILE.gpt-bundle.xml.
               This file will contain a GPT Bundle definition with values set
               to those passed in on the command line.

       -rpmprefix=<path_to_installation>
               This should be set to the path to your GLOBUS_LOCATION.  GPT
               will use a value of "/usr/grid" if this option is not
               specified.

       -rpmlicense=<label>
               Provides an alternate copyright label for the rpms. The default
               is whatever GPT was configured with.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -buildnumber=<number>
               Build number used to version static packages.

       -man    Prints the manual page and exits.

       -version
               Prints the version of GPT and exits.

Bundle Definition File Overrides

       The -bundle* switches can be used to override content in the bundle
       definition file inputted by the -xml switch.  The relationship between
       the switches and the bundle definition file contents is shown in the
       following table:

         I<Switch>         I<Element>         I<Attribute>

         -bundlename       GPTBundleData      Name
         -bundleversion    BundleReleaseInfo  Major, Minor
         -bundlelabel      BundleReleaseInfo  VersionLabel
         -bundlestability  VersionStability   Release

Bundle Names and Versions

       gpt-bundle encourages a naming convention for bundle filenames.  The
       convention can be overriden using the -output switch.  The convention
       is as follows:

         NAME-VERSION-src_bundle.tar.gz for source bundles
         NAME-VERSION-ARCH-gpt.tar.gz for gpt binary bundles. ARCH is the platform ID.
         NAME-VERSION-ARCH-rpm.tar.gz for rpm binary bundles.

       NAME comes from the -bundlename switch.  VERSION comes from the
       -bundlelabel switch.  If this switch is not used then VERSION comes
       from the -bundleversion switch.

       Unless overrided by the switches previously mentioned, the values for
       can also be extracted from the bundle definition file inputted by the
       -xml switch.

SEE ALSO

       gpt-build(8) gpt-install(8) gpt-pkg(8)

AUTHOR

       Michael Bletzinger <mbletzin@ncsa.uiuc.edu>,  Eric Blau
       <blau@mcs.anl.gov> and Patrick Duda <pduda@ncsa.uiuc.edu>