Adding Applications And Packages To Groups - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Adding Applications and Packages to Groups

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It is possible to create complex supersedence relationships, in which one package might
be superseded by two different packages. In such cases, you must select which
superseding package to use.
To select a superseding package
1. Access the Superseding Packages dialog box in any of the following ways:
On the Edit Groups dialog box, add a package that has a supersedence
relationship or click the Check Supersedence button.
See Creating Package Groups
On the Select Group dialog box of Group Distribution, when you select a group
containing a package that has a supersedence relationship, a message asks you
to edit the group. Click Yes.
See Distributing a Group
On the Superseding Packages dialog box, the packages in the group are at the top
level of the tree. Superseding packages are listed below the top level.
2. For each top-level package, select its superseding package by marking its check
box. To prevent the top-level package from being superseded, mark the top-level
check box.
3. Click OK.
The group is updated. This does not affect the package relationships in other
groups.
In Software Manager, you can add applications and packages to groups in several ways.
When you add an application or package to a group, the application or package might
also be added to parent or child groups, depending on the Inheritance setting on the
Edit Groups dialog box.
During the Import wizard
On the Import Type page, click Groups. On the Select Groups page, mark the check
boxes of the groups to assign the package to.
See Package Import
On the Edit Groups dialog box
In the Groups pane, right-click a group and select Edit Groups. Use the Move
buttons to move packages back and forth between the Packages in Group and
Packages not in Group lists.
See Editing Package Groups
In the Groups pane
Drag the entire application or package over a group name in the Groups pane. You
can select multiple applications or packages.
On the Group Properties dialog box
In the Groups pane, right-click a group and select Properties. On the Group
Properties dialog box, click Add Package and select one or more packages.
See Setting Group Deployment Properties
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