Package: switchconf
Version: 0.0.5.1-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hello,
as I've started to use switchconf in order to configure a chroot environment,
using ln to apply configurations doesn't work for me. So I created the attached
patch, adding effectively a new option to /etc/switchconf/conf:
# defines how to copy files to their configuration place. 'softlink' is the
# default value, 'copy' is an alternative possibility.
config_method=copy
I made the patch such that it doesn't make any difference for people not
changing their config file. Hope you can include it in a next version of
switchconf.
I might in the future try to find a way to decide on copy vs. link for each file
individually, but it's 2nd priority for me, so it might never come.
Cheers, Eric
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
-- no debconf information
--- /usr/sbin/switchconf 2005-12-19 02:26:06.000000000 +0100
+++ switchconf 2007-03-24 19:56:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@
for f in `find ${conf} ! -type d | sed "s/^${conf}\///"`; do
dir=`dirname ${dest_dir}/${f}`
[ -d ${dir} ] || mkdir -p ${dir}
- ln -fs ${conf_top_dirs}/${conf}/${f} ${dest_dir}/${f}
+ if [ "${config_method}" = "copy" ]
+ then
+ mv -f ${dest_dir}/${f} ${dest_dir}/${f}.SWITCHCONF && \
+ cp -fa ${conf_top_dirs}/${conf}/${f} ${dest_dir}/${f} && \
+ rm -f ${dest_dir}/${f}.SWITCHCONF
+ else
+ ln -fs ${conf_top_dirs}/${conf}/${f} ${dest_dir}/${f}
+ fi
done
# executing each scripts after
