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diff --git a/doc/preface.html b/doc/preface.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..60c8e8b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/preface.html @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <TITLE>Software Distribution Using the ESP Package Manager</TITLE> + <META NAME="Author" content="Michael Sweet"> + <META NAME="Copyright" CONTENT="Copyright 1999-2010 by Easy Software Products"> + <META NAME="DocNumber" CONTENT="ESP-004-20101231"> +</HEAD> +<BODY> + +<H1 ALIGN="RIGHT">Preface</H1> + +<P>This book provides a tutorial and reference for the ESP Package Manager ("EPM") software, version 4.2, and is organized into the following chapters and appendices:</P> + +<UL> + + <LI><A HREF="#INTRO">1 - Introduction to EPM</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#BUILDING">2 - Building EPM</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#PACKAGING">3 - Packaging Your Software with EPM</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#ADVANCED">4 - Advanced Packaging with EPM</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#EXAMPLES">5 - EPM Packaging Examples</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#LICENSE">A - Software License Agreement</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#MANPAGES">B - Command Reference</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#REFERENCE">C - List File Reference</A></LI> + + <LI><A HREF="#RELNOTES">D - Release Notes</A></LI> + +</UL> + +<!-- NEED 6in --> +<H2>Notation Conventions</H2> + +<DL> + + <DT>The names of commands; the first mention of a command or function in a + chapter is followed by a manual page section number: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD><CODE>epm</CODE><BR> + <CODE>epm(1)</CODE> + <BR> </DD> + + <DT>File and directory names: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD><VAR>/var</VAR><BR> + <VAR>/usr/bin/epm</VAR> + <BR> </DD> + + <DT>Screen output: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD><TT>Request ID is Printer-123</TT> + <BR> </DD> + + <DT>Literal user input; special keys like <KBD>ENTER</KBD> are in ALL CAPS: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD><KBD>lp -d printer filename ENTER</KBD> + <BR> </DD> + + <DT>Long commands are broken up on multiple lines using the backslash (\) + character; enter the commands without the backslash: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD><KBD>foo start of long command \<BR> + end of long command ENTER</KBD> + <BR> </DD> + + <DT>Numbers in the text are written using the period (.) to indicate the + decimal point: + <BR> </DT> + + <DD>12.3 + <BR> </DD> + +</DL> + +<!-- NEED 3in --> +<H2>Abbreviations</H2> + +<P>The following abbreviations are used throughout this book:</P> + +<DL> + + <DD>kb</DD> + + <DD>Kilobytes, or 1024 bytes + <BR> </DD> + + <DD>Mb</DD> + + <DD>Megabytes, or 1048576 bytes + <BR> </DD> + + <DD>Gb</DD> + + <DD>Gigabytes, or 1073741824 bytes + <BR> </DD> + +</DL> + +<!-- NEED 4in --> +<H2>Other References</H2> + +<DL> + + <DT><A + HREF="http://www.epmhome.org/">http://www.epmhome.org/</A></DT> + + <DD>The official home page of the ESP Package Manager software. + <BR> </DD> + + <DT><A + HREF="http://www.debian.org/devel/">http://www.debian.org/devel/</A></DT> + + <DD>Debian Developers' Corner + <BR> </DD> + + <DT><A HREF="http://techpubs.sgi.com/">http://techpubs.sgi.com/</A></DT> + + <DD>IRIX Documentation On-Line + <BR> </DD> + + <DT><A HREF="http://www.rpm.org/">http://www.rpm.org/</A></DT> + + <DD>The Red Hat Package Manager home page. + <BR> </DD> + + <DT><A HREF="http://docs.sun.com/">http://docs.sun.com/</A></DT> + + <DD>Solaris Documentation On-Line + <BR> </DD> + +</DL> + +<H2>Help Us Improve This Book!</H2> + +<P>We've done our best to ensure that this book is both accurate +and clear. If you find errors or have a suggestion for improving +the book, please send us an email to "<A +HREF="mailto:epm-book@easysw.com">epm-book@easysw.com</A>".</P> + +<H2>Acknowledgments</H2> + +<P>We'd like to thank the following people for their +contributions to EPM:</P> + +<UL> + + <LI>Gareth Armstrong: HP-UX and %release enhancements</LI> + + <LI>Nicolas Bazin: Openserver and Unixware support</LI> + + <LI>Richard Begg: HP-UX fixes</LI> + + <LI>Dirk Datzert: Bug fixes</LI> + + <LI>Alan Eldridge: Makefile and RPM fixes</LI> + + <LI>Vicentini Emanuele: IRIX enhancements</LI> + + <LI>Jeff Harrell: IRIX enhancements</LI> + + <LI>Lars Kellogg-Stedman: Debian fixes</LI> + + <LI>Jochen Kmietsch: mkepmlist fixes</LI> + + <LI>Aneesh Kumar K.V.: Tru64 setld package support</LI> + + <LI>David Lee: Build system improvements</LI> + + <LI>Scott Leerssen: mkepmlist fixes, BSD package support</LI> + + <LI>Jeff Licquia: Debian support/enhancements</LI> + + <LI>David Maltz: AIX fixes</LI> + + <LI>Joel Nordell: SCO fixes</LI> + + <LI>Rok Papez: Bug fixes and absolute output directory support</LI> + + <LI>Holger Paschke: Documentation fixes</LI> + + <LI>Phil Reynolds: OpenBSD fixes</LI> + + <LI>Ganesan Rajagopal: Solaris fixes</LI> + + <LI>Uwe Räsche: AIX support</LI> + + <LI>Ralf Rohm: Solaris fixes</LI> + + <LI>Jochen Schaeuble: epminstall fixes</LI> + + <LI>Jason Shiffer: HP-UX fixes</LI> + + <LI>Andrea Suatoni: IRIX fixes</LI> + + <LI>Andy Walter: QNX support</LI> + + <LI>Geoffrey Wossum: --output-directory option</LI> + + <LI>Jean Yves: BSD package and mkepmlist fixes</LI> + +</UL> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |