>>>>> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:10:43 +0200, "Perl Authors Upload Server" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > modid: SysConfig > DSLIP: adpOa > description: Class for describing system configuration > userid: PATRICK (Patrick Devine) > chapterid: 23 (Miscellaneous_Modules) > communities: > comp.lang.perl > similar: > none > rationale: > Designing an operating system installer can be a fairly daunting > and complex task. There are a myriad of ways to install a computer > including installing a set of packages, a set of files (such as from > a tarball) or even straight bit-for-bit disk imaging. Ultimately, > however, each one of those installation methods have a number of > different pieces of common configuration data, such as network > address settings, mouse and keyboard settings or even file > partitioning schemes. SysConfig.pm is not a system installer, but > rather it is an object class with methods which provide a uniform > way of describing how to install a system. Ultimately you can use > one of the SysConfig classes such as SysConfig::Kickstart or > SysConfig::XML which will describe all of the bits of system > configuration necessary to get an installer up and running. This looks very Linux specific or maybe even RedHat specific, so I'd recommend Linux::SysConfig or RedHat::SysConfig. -- andreas
