[__sensible_editor] Add support for RedHat derivatives

They have added sensible-utils lately.
select-editor(1) does not work because their alternatives system is broken,
but sensible-editor(1) works just fine, so we can support it.
This commit is contained in:
Dennis Camera 2019-10-08 23:05:23 +02:00
parent 9a6ca1a343
commit b6898b097f
3 changed files with 78 additions and 39 deletions

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@ -22,76 +22,92 @@
# absolute path.
#
die() {
echo "$@" >&2
exit 1
}
editor_missing() { die "Editor '$1' is missing on the target system."; }
editor_no_alternative() { die "Editor '$1' is not in the alternatives list of the target system."; }
case $("${__explorer}/os")
in
debian|devuan|ubuntu)
: # supported
has_alternatives=true
editors=$(update-alternatives --list editor)
;;
*)
exit 0 # will produce an error message in the manifest
# NOTE: RedHat has an alternatives system but it doesn't usually track
# editors and it is a pain to extract the list.
has_alternatives=false
;;
esac
editor=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/editor")
editors=$(update-alternatives --list editor)
if test $(echo "${editors}" | wc -l) -lt 1
then
echo 'No editors have been found on this system.' >&2
exit 1
fi
case $editor
in
/*)
is_path=true
is_abspath=true
;;
*/*)
echo 'Relative editor paths are not supported' >&2
exit 1
die 'Relative editor paths are not supported'
;;
*)
is_path=false
is_abspath=false
;;
esac
IFS='
'
if $is_path
if $has_alternatives && test "$(echo "${editors}" | wc -l)" -gt 0
then
if ! test -f "${editor}"
IFS='
'
if ! $is_abspath
then
echo "Editor ${editor} is missing on the target system." >&2
exit 1
# First, try to resolve the absolute path using $editors.
for e in $editors
do
if test "$(basename "${e}")" = "${editor}"
then
editor="${e}"
break
fi
done
fi
# Check if path is present
test -f "${editor}" || editor_missing "${editor}"
for e in $editors
do
if test "${editor}" = "${e}"
then
# Editor is present and part of the alternatives list -> use it!
# Editor is part of the alternatives list -> use it!
echo "${editor}"
exit 0
fi
done
echo "Editor ${editor} is not in the alternatives list of the target system." >&2
exit 1
editor_no_alternative "${editor}"
else
for e in $editors
do
if test "$(basename "${e}")" = "${editor}"
then
# Editor could be found by basename in the alternatives list -> use it!
echo "${e}"
exit 0
fi
done
# NOTE: This branch is mostly for RedHat-based systems which do
# not track editor alternatives. To make this type useful
# on RedHat at all we allow an absoloute path to be provided
# in any case.
echo "Editor ${editor} is missing on the target system." >&2
exit 1
if $is_abspath
then
test -x "${editor}" || editor_missing "${editor}"
echo "${editor}"
exit 0
else
die "The target doesn't list any editor alternatives. " \
"Please specify an absolute path or populate the alternatives list."
fi
fi
# The script should never reach this statement!
exit 1

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@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ cdist-type__sensible_editor - Select the sensible-editor
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This cdist type allows you to select the sensible-editor on Debian-based systems
for a given user.
This cdist type allows you to select the :strong:`sensible-editor` for
a given user.
REQUIRED PARAMETERS
-------------------
editor
Name or path of the editor to be selected.
On systems other than Debian derivatives an absolute path is required.
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
@ -33,9 +34,17 @@ EXAMPLES
__sensible_editor noob --editor nano
LIMITATIONS
-----------
This type only works on operating systems on which the sensible-utils package
is available.
Hint: On RedHat-based systems setting up the EPEL repo might be necessary.
SEE ALSO
--------
none
:strong:`select-editor`\ (1), :strong:`sensible-editor`\ (1).
AUTHOR

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@ -27,14 +27,28 @@ user=$__object_id
case $os
in
debian|devuan|ubuntu)
test "${state}" = 'present' && __package_apt sensible-utils --state present
test "${state}" != 'absent' \
&& __package sensible-utils --state present --type apt
;;
centos|fedora|redhat|scientific)
test "${state}" != 'absent' \
&& __package sensible-utils --state present --type yum
;;
*)
echo "OS ${os} does not support select-editor." >&2
echo "OS ${os} does not support sensible-editor." >&2
echo "If it does, please provide a patch." >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
if test "${state}" != 'present' && test "${state}" != 'absent'
then
echo 'Only "present" and "absent" are allowed for --state' >&2
exit 1
fi
test "${state}" = 'absent' || export __require='__package/sensible-utils'
editor_path=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/editor_path")
user_home=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/user_home")
group=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/group")