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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Author:	Jordan Hubbard
+# Date:		Mon Jul 10 01:18:20 2000
+# Version:	$FreeBSD$
+#
+# MAINTAINER:	jkh
+#
+# This script prints out the list of "minimum required packages" for
+# a given CDROM number, that numer currently referring to the 4 CD
+# "official set" published by BSDi.  If there is no minimum package
+# set for the given CDROM, or none is known, the script will exit
+# with a error code of 1.  At some point, this script should be extended
+# to at least cope with other official CD distributions, like non-US ones.
+#
+# usage: print-cdrom-packages.sh cdrom-number
+#
+# example: ./print-cdrom-packages.sh 1
+# will print the minimal package set for the first cdrom (what's generally
+# referred to as the installation boot CD).
+#
+# This information is codified in script form so that some definitive
+# reference for the package set info exists rather than having it
+# be left up to everybody's best guess.  It's currently hard-coded directly
+# into the script but may, at some point, switch to a more sophisticated
+# data-extraction technique from the ports collection.  For now, add your
+# packages to the appropriate CDROM_SET_<n> variable as /usr/ports/<your-entry>
+# so that the package name and dependency list for each can be at least be
+# obtained in an automated fashion.
+
+# usage: extract-names cd#
+extract-names()
+{
+	_FOO=`eval echo \\${CDROM_SET_$1}`
+	if [ "${_FOO}" ]; then
+		TMPNAME="/tmp/_extract_names$$"
+		rm -f ${TMPNAME}
+		for i in ${_FOO}; do
+			( cd /usr/ports/$i && make package-name package-depends ) >> ${TMPNAME};
+		done
+		if [ -s "${TMPNAME}" ]; then
+			sort ${TMPNAME} | uniq
+		fi
+	else
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+
+## Start of set for CDROM #1
+# This is the set required by sysinstall.
+CDROM_SET_1=""
+if [ "X`uname -m`" = "Xalpha" ]; then
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} emulators/osf1_base"
+else
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} emulators/linux_base"
+fi
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/XFree86-4"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/XFree86-4-clients"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/XFree86-4-documents"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/XFree86-4-libraries"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/XFree86-4-manuals"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-font100dpi"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-font75dpi"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontCyrillic"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontDefaultBitmaps"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontEncodings"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontLatin2"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontScalable"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-servers/XFree86-4-FontServer"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-servers/XFree86-4-NestServer"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-servers/XFree86-4-PrintServer"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-servers/XFree86-4-VirtualFramebufferServer"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/kde2"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/gnome"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-wm/afterstep"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-wm/enlightenment"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11-wm/fvwm2"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} net/pcnfsd"
+
+# This is the set of "people really want these" packages.  Please add to
+# this list.
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} net/cvsup-bin"
+if [ "X`uname -m`" = "Xi386" ]; then
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} shells/ksh93"
+fi
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} shells/bash2"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} shells/pdksh"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} shells/zsh"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} editors/vim5"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} editors/emacs20"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} www/netscape-wrapper"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} www/netscape-remote"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} www/netscape47-communicator"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} www/lynx"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} print/acroread"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} print/xpdf"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} print/gv"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} print/ghostview"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} graphics/xv"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} mail/fetchmail"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} mail/mutt"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} mail/pine"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} mail/xfmail"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} news/tin"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} news/slrn"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} ftp/ncftp"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} irc/xchat"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} emulators/mtools"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} misc/screen"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} x11/rxvt"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} astro/xearth"
+
+# VERY common build dependancies
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} devel/gmake"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} archivers/bzip2"
+CDROM_SET_1="${CDROM_SET_1} archivers/unzip"
+
+## End of set for CDROM #1
+
+## Start of set for CDROM #2
+## End of set for CDROM #2
+
+## Start of set for CDROM #3
+## End of set for CDROM #3
+
+## Start of set for CDROM #4
+## End of set for CDROM #4
+
+# Start of actual script.
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	echo "usage: $0 cdrom-number"
+	exit 2
+fi
+extract-names $1
+exit 0