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beniro

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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Registered: 2002-12-31

Posts: 313

Interesting Lexmark x2600 Question. Or is it?

Hello.

I downloaded an rpm version of this lexmark x2600 printer driver.  The file is actaully a shell script that extracts and runs an installer...not an actual rpm.  The only OS's supported by the driver are openSUSE 11, Ubuntu 8.04 (I guess this includes both the rpm and deb versions' compatibility list), Debian 4, Asus EeePC OS, gOS and Foresight.  Anyway, I extracted it all and was taking a look at this files...one is "pacman.lua" and it seems ArchLinux-specific

--     Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 Rick Helmus (rhelmus_AT_gmail.com)
-- 
--     This file is part of Nixstaller.
-- 
--     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
--     the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
--     Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
--     version. 
-- 
--     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
--     WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
--     PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 
-- 
--     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
--     this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin
--     St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

local OLDG = _G
module (..., package.seeall)

function getpkgpath()
    return "/usr" -- UNDONE?
end

function installedver()
    local cmd = check(io.popen(string.format("(pacman -Qi %s | grep Version) 2>/dev/null", pkg.name, pkg.name)))
    local ver = cmd:read("*a")
    cmd:close()
    
    if not ver or ver == "" then
        return nil
    end
    
    ver = string.gsub(ver, "Version.*: ", "")
    ver = string.gsub(ver, "\n$", "")
    
    return (ver ~= "" and ver) or nil
end

function missingtool()
end

function present()
    return os.exitstatus(os.execute("(pacman --version) >/dev/null 2>&1")) == 2
end

function genfilelist(src)
    local flist = check(io.open(src .. "/.FILELIST", "w"))
    utils.recursivedir(src, function (_, d)
                         if d == ".FILELIST" then
                             return
                         end
                         check(flist:write(d .. "\n"))
                      end)
    flist:close()
end

function pkgname()
    return string.format("%s-%s-%s-%s.pkg.tar.gz", pkg.name, pkg.version, pkg.release, os.arch)
end

function canxdg()
    return false
end

function create(src)
    local pkgdir = curdir .. "/pac"
    pkgbindir = string.format("%s/%s", pkgdir, pkg.bindir)
    instfiles = string.format("%s/%s", pkgdir, pkg.getdatadir())

    check(os.mkdirrec(pkgdir))

    -- Create directory structure
    check(os.mkdirrec(instfiles))
    check(os.mkdirrec(pkgbindir))
    checkmvrec(src .. "/files", instfiles)
    checkmvrec(src .. "/bins", pkgbindir)

    -- Copy XDG desktop files
    copydeskfiles(pkgdir)

    genfilelist(pkgdir)

    local size = pkgsize(instfiles) + pkgsize(pkgbindir)
    
    -- Generate PKGINFO file
    local pkginfo = check(io.open(pkgdir .. "/.PKGINFO", "w"))
    check(pkginfo:write(string.format([[
pkgname = %s
pkgver = %s-%s
packager = %s
url = %s
builddate = %s
size = %d
pkgdesc = %s
arch = %s
]], pkg.name, pkg.version, pkg.release, pkg.maintainer, pkg.url, os.date("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"), size, pkg.summary, os.arch)))
    pkginfo:close() -- important, otherwise data may still be buffered and not in the file
    
    -- Create the package
    checkcmd(OLDG.install.execute, string.format("cd %s && tar czf %s/%s --owner=root --group=root * .FILELIST .PKGINFO", pkgdir, curdir, pkgname()))
    
    -- Move install files back
    checkmvrec(instfiles, src .. "/files")
    checkmvrec(pkgbindir, src .. "/bins")
end

function install(src)
    -- UNDONE: Pacman 3.1 seems to be able to place locks on other places?
    while os.fileexists("/tmp/pacman.lck") do
        if gui.choicebox("Another program seems to be using pacman. Please close this program and\
hit continue.", "Continue", "Abort") == 2 then
            os.exit(1)
        end
    end
    
    checkcmd(OLDG.install.executeasroot, string.format("pacman --force --upgrade %s/%s", curdir, pkgname()))
end

function rollback(src)
    if instfiles and os.fileexists(instfiles) then
        -- Move install files back
        checkmvrec(instfiles, src .. "/files")
        checkmvrec(pkgbindir, src .. "/bins")
    end
end

This would indicate that it supports Arch, it seems, but it fails when I attempt (by running the install.sh).  What should I do in this case to get this driver installed?  I'm not sure that I can build an Arch package with it...

Last edited by beniro (2009-08-20 16:38:47)