From 9049a1421cfd5b5e8f4ee72e79178ab90dce681c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico Schottelius <nico@bento.schottelius.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:17:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] support --file - in __debconf_set_selections

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@bento.schottelius.org>
---
 .../conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/gencode-remote  | 10 ++++++++--
 cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/man.text      |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/gencode-remote
index 62be6a12..4892ec25 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/gencode-remote
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+# 2011-2014 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 # Setup selections
 #
 
+filename"$(cat "$__object/parameter/file")"
+
+if [ "$filename" = "-" ]; then
+    filename="$__object/stdin"
+fi
+
 echo "debconf-set-selections << __file-eof"
-cat "$(cat "$__object/parameter/file")"
+cat "$(cat "$filename")"
 echo "__file-eof"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/man.text
index f1e13a8e..e36ebaa3 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/man.text
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/man.text
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ REQUIRED PARAMETERS
 -------------------
 file::
    Use the given filename as input for debconf-set-selections(1)
+   If filename is "-", read from stdin.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ __debconf_set_selections nslcd --file /path/to/file
 
 # Setup configuration for nslcd from another type
 __debconf_set_selections nslcd --file "$__type/files/preseed/nslcd"
+
+__debconf_set_selections nslcd --file - << eof
+gitolite gitolite/gituser string git
+eof
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -41,5 +46,5 @@ SEE ALSO
 
 COPYING
 -------
-Copyright \(C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
+Copyright \(C) 2011-2014 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
 granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).