gpm (woody)

[Chad Walstrom]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:59:55PM +0100, Ingo Herz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get gpm installed with fai. postinstall gives an endless
> loop showing the common configuration. As I want to copy gpm.conf in
> place by script after installation there is no need to configure gpm.
> 
> Any hints?

Yep. ;-)  In a ../hooks/instsoft.CLASS file, where CLASS is the class in
which gpm is installed, you need to do a "mkdivert /usr/sbin/gpmconfig"
to push the gpm configuration out of the way.  Remember to remove this
diversion in a ../hooks/final.CLASS file.

Here's a list of packages that you'll want to divert applications for. 

    PACKAGE         APPLICATION
    --------------- ---------------------------------
    gpm             /usr/sbin/gpmconfig
    apache*         /usr/sbin/apacheconfig
    ispell**        /usr/sbin/update-ispell-dictionary

* Included in this list should be all of the libapache-mod-* packages as
    well.
** Included in this list should be all of the iamerican, idutch, etc.
    dictionary packages as well.

Example:

    #! /bin/sh
    #
    # ../hooks/instsoft.WORKSTATION
    #
    # 1. Divert configuration apps (stdin dependent)
    #    - update-ispell-dictionary
    #    - gpmconfig

    mkdivert /usr/sbin/gpmconfig
    mkdivert /usr/sbin/update-ispell-dictionary

    # EOF

    #! /bin/sh
    #
    # ../hooks/final.WORKSTATION
    #
    # 1. Divert configuration apps (stdin dependent)
    #    - update-ispell-dictionary
    #    - gpmconfig

    rmdivert /usr/sbin/gpmconfig
    rmdivert /usr/sbin/update-ispell-dictionary

    # EOF

If you want to copy over files after the 'install' action, add a script
to fcopy over your desired /etc/gpm.conf.

    #! /bin/sh
    #
    # ../scripts/WORKSTATION
    #
    # 1. Copy over gpm.conf from ../files/etc/gpm.conf/CLASS
    # ...

    # Copy over the gpm.conf file or create a null file
    fcopy /etc/gpm.conf || touch ${target}/etc/gpm.conf

    # EOF

Hope this helped.

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