Re: [TuxFrw-devel] TuxFrw 2.16-pre1...

[Jean J. G. <jj...@in...>]

Hi  all!

I have looked  at install.sh and tuxfrw-config.sh and I think I can see t=
oward=20
what you are going.   I did some testing on my own, just to see what was=20
possible to do with perl. =20

So I did a small perl script (test.pl) that is going in the same directio=
n as=20
tuxfrw-config.sh.  My test is more like a configuration assistant than an=
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installation assistant. My objective is just to see towards what we are=20
heading  to and see what can be done with perl.

In this test, i have:

- reading tux configuration file to map tux variables to perl variables
- dig kernel information: am i root ?, kernel version,  release version, =
host=20
name,  domain name ...
- interface detection
- a first menu structure
- showing actual tux configuration and kernel information

I think it would be interresting that the installer and the assistant wou=
ld=20
remember past answers from previous installation.   The assistant could r=
ead=20
the tuxfrw.conf script, read in the actual values and give the user the=20
opportunity to change the configuration.

The assistant could verify the installation and help in TF upgrade.  The=20
installer could help in detecting and preventing configuration problems (=
a=20
ppp interface choosen as an the internal interface, the same interface=20
choosen twice ...).

I my on the right track ?  What do we do now ?  Do you think it is wortwh=
ile=20
to continue this test ? =20

Jean Jacques Gervais

p.s. Can you guys from Brazil send us some sun, it's cold in Montr=E9al.

- On Friday 24 May 2002 16:29, Marcelo de Souza wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'd like to announce TF 2.16 pre release 1.
>
> There are lots of changes, specifically concerning TF structure. I have=
n't
> made any changes to the iptables ruleset, only to the way TF is
> installed/configured/organized...
>
> I prefer to send u my developing notes later. By now u should try to
> understand what I've done...
>
> This way I want to automate TF process even more, asking the user about=
 the
> profile of the network and its services.
>
> Well, that's all. I'll soon be sending some of my notes and a roadmap f=
or
> the future...
>
> Bye!
>
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>    - MARCELO DE SOUZA -            <ma...@ac...>
>
>    Computer Science / UNESP - S. J. Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
>
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