Quoted from the site above: "Smolt is developed to collect hardware profiles from end users in a opt-in method. It was originally written for Fedora and now also supports SuSE, Debian and Ubuntu. Support for Archlinux, Frugalware, Mythvantage, and Crux is in the support queue. It should be compatible with any system that uses HAL." "Developers are encouraged to port it and make it available in other Linux distributions and operating systems. We will be happy to coordinate changes and merge any patches."
Created attachment 173006 [details] Ebuild to install smolt under Gentoo These are the changes the ebuild went through (see client.patch for more): files/smolt-init.d: Dependency on hald changed to "use", for otherwise the script would be suspended each time hald is stopped; smolt-1.1.1.1.ebuild, files/client.patch: Additional handling of 3 password files: hw-uuid, hw-uuid.pub, and hw-admin; +files/smolt_monthly.sh: Asynchronous monthly update script added; +smolt-1.1.1.1.ebuild, +files/client.patch, +files/smolt-init.d: Initial ebuild from a source rpm for Fedora.
Smolt results in something like http://www.smolts.org/show?uuid=pub_48772ee7-74f9-4c02-b539-4e353bff4461, be it used through the command line or its (GTK+) GUI. Notice: With smoltGui, if you still use python v2.4, you have to insist on its home button to bring up your personal profile page: If there is no Firefox window open, you must click on it twice to open the right page.
Created attachment 173011 [details] Patch for smolt's source These are the changes needed to make smolt work under Gentoo.
Created attachment 173015 [details] Init script for smolt This shell script enables automated check-ins with Smolt
Created attachment 173018 [details] Script for cron Runs the smolt checkin client if copied into /etc/cron.monthly, as far as the smolt init script has been started.
$MYDIR & $MYFILE could be named more descriptively. thx
Created attachment 173589 [details] Ebuild to install smolt under Gentoo (In reply to comment #6) Here you go.
Created attachment 176252 [details] Ebuild to install smolt under Gentoo Calls to einfo in pkg_postinst changed to elog.
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the machine dependant uuid should be generated in pkg_postinst() - otherwise in a setup utilizing binary packages all hosts get the same uuid. (remember to honour ${ROOT}) the gui part should only installed depending on a USE flag - like gtk. that makes the client available to headless machines (without needing to install gtk).
Created attachment 180804 [details] Ebuild to install smolt under Gentoo (In reply to comment #10) > the machine dependant uuid should be generated in pkg_postinst() - otherwise in > a setup utilizing binary packages all hosts get the same uuid. (remember to > honour ${ROOT}) > A valid point; I didn't see it this way. ChangeLog: Making UUID after installation. Using the gtk flag to allow for headless installations.
Created attachment 180808 [details, diff] A patch dropping all the GUI stuff (In reply to comment #10) > the gui part should only installed depending on a USE flag - like gtk. that > makes the client available to headless machines (without needing to install > gtk). > Thanks for the hint.
app-admin/smolt is now in the tree. it's not perfect, but it works ok. many thanks for your contribution. please report bugs as you find them.
