Re: [RFC] Generic I18N module - install script

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/20/2010 06:59 PM, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'd like to present a draft of install script of new generic i18n
> module.
>
>
> ~ Abstract ~
>
> Different distros have variables holding keyboard settings, fonts and so
> in different files and even under different names.  Sometimes it's
> “SYSFONT” in /etc/sysconfig/i18n, sometimes it's “consolefont” in
> /etc/conf.d/consolefont.  I came up with idea to hold mappings in
> configuration file (dracut.conf or dracut.conf.d/«distro».conf). The
> script gathers variables and prepares two “unified” files inside
> Dracut overlay.
>
> The rest of the script is quite the same as redhat-i18n but some tweaks.
> Dracut uses console_init written in C included in initscripts RPM, but
> I'm gonna rewrite it in bash and then i18n module will be fully generic.
>
>
> Please post here any doubts, questions, suggestions, insults… ;-)


>
> # $@ = list in format specified below (BNF notation)
> #
> #<list>  ::=<element>  |<element>  " "<list>
> #<element>  ::=<conf-file-name>  ":"<map-list>
> #<map-list>  ::=<mapping>  |<mapping>  ","<map-list>
> #<mapping>  ::=<src-var>  "-"<dst-var>  |<src-var>
> #
> # We assume no whitespace are allowed between symbols.
> #<conf-file-name>  is a file holding<src-var>  in your system.
> #<src-var>  is a variable holding value of meaning the same as<dst-var>.
> #<dst-var>  is a variable which will be set up inside initramfs.
> # If<dst-var>  has the same name as<src-var>  we can omit<dst-var>.
> #
> # Hope it's clear. ;-)

Hmm, what about varnames with a "-" ? You might want to use "@".