The last
“%begin”
script should create an installation image in a temporary directory,
given by the __installdir shell variable.
For example, if the application installs a program file
/usr/bin/gizmo, this file should be installed
as $__installdir/usr/bin/gizmo.
$__installdir is initially empty, so it is necessary
to create the directories $__installdir/usr
and $__installdir/usr/bin, before installing
the gizmo file there.
This should be taken care of automatically by
automake-derived makefiles.
Otherwise this is something the
“%begin”
script needs to do by itself.
In other words, at the conclusion of the build process,
$__installdir should contain all files installed by
the application, in their correct locations.
lpbuild meticulously verifies the contents of
$__installdir
against the package file manifests.
LPMtool runs several scripts to reduce the size of the installation image. These scripts are described in Section 13.4.3, “Compression macros”.