Our sb software build tool is used to build all software in our distribution. The sb tool, part of the sbutils suite, unpacks, configures, builds, and installs a software program. An XML file drives the sb tool in the build process.

Below is a sample run of sb on Solaris for OpenSSH 6.7. Package description files for all of our packages, per release, is available online.

  $ sb openssh-6.7
  openssh-6.7
    searching for depot containing "default" module ... found
      depot: file:///opt/src
    checking if program exists in local depot ... yes
    reading database entries in /opt/TWWfsw ... done
    syntax checks ...
      checking for build directory ... ok
      checking for build name ... ok
      checking for install name ... ok
    installation prefix ... /opt/TWWfsw/openssh67
    build prefix ... /opt/build/openssh-6.7p1
    unpacking sources ...
      locating dependencies ...
        searching for user "sshd" ... found
        searching for group "sshd" ... found
        searching for "perl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/perl5162
        searching for "libedit" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libedit21
        searching for "openssl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libopenssl10
        searching for "zlib" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libz12
        searching for "prngd" ... skipping
          note: "sparc-sun-solaris2.10" does not match system type RE 
          note: "*-hpux11.11"
      unpacking src/openssh-6.7p1.tar.gz
        $ cd /opt/build
        $ /opt/fsw/bin/gtar zxvf 
        /opt/src/latest/security/openssh-6.7/src/openssh-6.7p1.tar.gz
      unpacking quilt patches from src/openssh-6.7p1/.patches
        $ cd /opt/build/openssh-6.7p1
        $ /opt/fsw/bin/gpatch -p0 -i 
        /opt/src/latest/security/openssh-6.7/src/openssh-6.7p1/.patches/tww.patch
        $ /opt/fsw/bin/gpatch -p0 -i 
        /opt/src/latest/security/openssh-6.7/src/openssh-6.7p1/.patches/auto.patch
      adding database entry for "default" module ... done
    configuring ...
      locating dependencies ...
        searching for user "sshd" ... found
        searching for group "sshd" ... found
        searching for "perl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/perl5162
        searching for "libedit" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libedit21
        searching for "openssl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libopenssl10
        searching for "zlib" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libz12
        searching for "prngd" ... skipping
          note: "sparc-sun-solaris2.10" does not match system type RE 
          note: "*-hpux11.11"
      creating configure script ... /var/tmp/BAA4kaiQ1
      executing configure script ...
        $ /opt/fsw/bash42/bin/bash --noprofile --norc /var/tmp/BAA4kaiQ1
      adding database entry for "default" module ... done
    building ...
      locating dependencies ...
        searching for user "sshd" ... found
        searching for group "sshd" ... found
        searching for "perl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/perl5162
        searching for "libedit" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libedit21
        searching for "openssl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libopenssl10
        searching for "zlib" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libz12
        searching for "prngd" ... skipping
          note: "sparc-sun-solaris2.10" does not match system type RE 
          note: "*-hpux11.11"
      creating build script ... /var/tmp/CAA5kaiQ1
      executing build script ...
        $ /opt/fsw/bash42/bin/bash --noprofile --norc /var/tmp/CAA5kaiQ1
        ...
      adding database entry for "default" module ... done

  # sb -i openssh-6.7
  openssh-6.7
    searching for depot containing "default" module ... found
      depot: file:///opt/src
    checking if program exists in local depot ... yes
    reading database entries in /opt/TWWfsw ... done
    syntax checks ...
      checking for build directory ... ok
      checking for build name ... ok
      checking for install name ... ok
    installation prefix ... /opt/TWWfsw/openssh67
    build prefix ... /opt/build/openssh-6.7p1
    installing ...
      locating dependencies ...
        searching for user "sshd" ... found
        searching for group "sshd" ... found
        searching for "perl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/perl5162
        searching for "libedit" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libedit21
        searching for "openssl" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libopenssl10
        searching for "zlib" ... /opt/TWWfsw/libz12
        searching for "prngd" ... skipping
          note: "sparc-sun-solaris2.10" does not match system type RE 
          note: "*-hpux11.11"
      creating install script ... /var/tmp/BAAQWaaBr
      executing install script ...
        $ /opt/fsw/bash42/bin/bash --noprofile --norc /var/tmp/BAAQWaaBr
        ...
      adding database entry for "default" module ... done
          

Source: ftp://ftp.thewrittenword.com/pub/sbutils