[arch-dev-public] Updating base /etc files

[James]

On 4/4/07, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/3/07, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/31/07, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This is split from the "iputils and traceroute" discussion on
> > > arch-dev, moving it to the public list, and splitting things out.
> > >
> > > The issue is that our stock /etc/services and /etc/protocols files suck.
> > >
> > > Here's what I'd like to do - rip these files out of the iputils
> > > package and stick them in the 'filesystem' package.
> > >
> > > We can then grab updated files from NetBSD:
> > > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/etc/
> > > As proposed in this bug report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6194
> >
> > mailcap aside, I've made some package changes.
> >
> > see here (pacman 3 only)
> > [phrak]
> > Server = http://archlinux.org/~aaron/repo/
> >
> > Updates:
> > filesystem
> > * added /etc/protocols and /etc/services
> > * added empty /srv dir
> > * removed package specific skel files (bash and xinitrc, etc)
> > bash
> > * updated to patchlevel 15
> > * added the patch level to the version number
> > * added skel files for bashrc and bash_profile
> > iputils
> > * upgraded to 20070202
> > * added in the 'traceroute' package
> > * SUID ping, ping6, traceroute, traceroute6
> >
> > Still pending, related to these changes:
> > * move skel xinitrc and xsession to xorg-xinitrc
> > * move /etc/profile from bash to filesystem
> > * remove PS1 from /etc/profile
> >
> > Lemme know if I covered it all.
>
> Another one.  Global message functions for use in arch scripts.... I'd
> like to propose the following, for /usr/lib/archlinux/functions
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> . /etc/rc.conf
>
> if [ "$USECOLOR" = "YES" -o "$USECOLOR" = "yes" ]; then
>     C_WARN="\033[1;33m"     # warning
>     C_ERROR="\033[1;31m"    # error
>     C_MSG="\033[1;32m"      # message prefix
>     C_PLAIN="\033[1;1m"     # plain text
>
>     C_CLEAR="\033[1;0m"
> fi
>
> normal() {
>     echo -e "    $1"
> }
> plain() {
>     echo -e "    $C_PLAIN$1$C_CLEAR"
> }
>
> msg() {
>     echo -e "$C_MSG==>$C_CLEAR $C_PLAIN$1$C_CLEAR"
> }
> warning() {
>     echo -e "$C_WARN==> WARNING:$C_CLEAR $C_PLAIN$1$C_CLEAR" >&2
> }
> error() {
>     echo -e "$C_ERROR==> ERROR:$C_CLEAR $C_PLAIN$1$C_CLEAR" >&2
> }
>
> #### TESTING ###
>
> plain "hello there, this is plain"
> msg "this is a message"
> normal "this text is just normal"
> warning "danger will robinson!"
> error "you're doing it wrong!"

just remember, can't move /etc/rc.d/functions to there, as some people
have /usr/ on another partition.

James
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