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Product Family Concept

The product family concept ensures that all packages belonging to the same product family are updated in sync to the latest available version ("upgrade one, upgrade all").

The keyword #productfamily describes the property that combines all packages that logically fit together (for example, product family = CCS). Any package can belong to a single product family.

Based on the keyword #productfamily all products of the same product family are updated to the latest version level using the Installer command lsm with the -u option. This command lets the Installer scan for all matching products on the system and update them to the highest version.

All packages are updated to their highest version. A product that is provided with a lower version (in the local folder or on the 'Update CD') is not downgraded.

The structure of the 'Update CD' or local folder requires all packages either being provided in a flat folder or described through a library.dct file that must be provided separately.

For RPM packages the tag 'group' is used to identify the product family.