witch/witchcraft/procedure.d/stageinstall.sh

echo "======================"
BROWSER=$(sed -n '2p' $WITCH/config.txt)
PROX=$(sed -n '3p' $WITCH/config.txt)
echo "Browser: $BROWSER"
echo "Proxy: $PROX"
DISTRONAME=$(sed -n '1p' $WITCH/config.base.txt)
ARCH=$(sed -n '3p' $WITCH/config.base.txt)
echo "Distroname: $DISTRONAME"
echo "Arch: $ARCH"
echo "======================"

if [ $DIMG_RUN == "true" ]; then
  SYSPATH=$WITCH/sys/$DISTRONAME
else
  SYSPATH=/mnt/$DISTRONAME
fi

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# stageinstall
# Needs some changes. METADISTRO has been included for usage.

#copied from digit's witchnotes.
#change the browser bit.  at least extend the explanation, or re-word to something like, "download the .tar.bz2 stage3 file apropriate for your architechture, to $SYSPATH/" and then add a "are you ready to proceed? (have you got the stage3 in your distro-to-be's root dir?)" and perhaps even altering it, since i already have a check in place, change what happens upon that check failing, so that it gives the user time to arrange that to make sure it is there... perhaps even advising/educating on ways to do that (like explaining how with tty n wget or cp etc).

function howdlstage3 {
  echo
  $WITCH/color.sh QUESTION "how would you like to fetch your stage3"
  echo
  $WITCH/color.sh GREEN "
    A.  get it same way as in gentoo handbook (instructive)
    B.  enter a direct URL to the stage3 (INCOMPLETE)
    C.  enter a location in the file system (already have downloaded)(INCOMPLETE)
  D.  already extracted"
  
  read Stage3dlmethod
  case $Stage3dlmethod in
    A|a)
      echo "$Stage3dlmethod was selected."
      sleep 1
      browserstage3
    ;;
    
    B|b)
      echo "$Stage3dlmethod was selected."
      sleep 4
      urlstage3
    ;;
    
    C|c)
      echo "$Stage3dlmethod was selected."
      sleep 4
      locstage3
    ;;
    
    D|d)
      echo "Proceeding..."
      sleep 2
    ;;
  esac
}

function browserstage3 {
  echo "witchcraft will use browsers to download vital parts (and less vital parts too)"
  sleep 1
  echo "ok"
  sleep 1
  
  #get links n lynx variablised, so can then have either used throughout with ease (y'know, so like later on it'd be just $TXTBROWSER insteada links, and TXTBROWSER would be referenced to either links or lynx, like so:
  #TXTBROWSER=hash links 2>&- || { echo >&2 "links is not installed.  how about lynx..."; lynx 1; }
  #echo "what is your prefered text webbrowser?" && read -r TXTBROWSER
  #   ... i think.  anyways, i'll not implement (uncomment) that just yet.  it'd mean making the appropriate changes bellow too.
  
  #variablise to denote any special needs per specific stages (such as the differences between exherbo and gentoo stages.)
  echo "READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY ~"
  
  echo "here you need to extract a stage3 compressed tarball to $SYSPATH"
  echo "once you\'ve read these instructions, press y (and enter) to use \"$BROWSER\" web browser to navigate http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml to download your stage3 tarball for the base system."
  echo ""
  echo "Once the page loads and you\'ve found a nearby mirror, navigate to the ** releases/$ARCH/autobuilds/ ** directory. There you should see all available stage files for your architecture (they might be stored within subdirectories named after the individual subarchitectures).  download the tar.bz2, not a tar.xz" #we'll add ability to use any format later.  or maybe ye who is reading this can. :P
  echo "If you're using a text browser: Select one and press D to download. Otherwise, download however you wish."
  echo ""
  echo "This may take some time. When it has finished, quit the browser (press q in links browser) (or just close the tab) and the rest of this script will resume."
  $WITCH/color.sh YELLOW "make sure it's in the $SYSPATH path."
  echo ""
  $WITCH/color.sh GREEN "ready to follow those instructions? (y - yes) (p - yes, with proxy support ~ may not work)"
  read

  # appears that to automate it
  # use netstat + wget
  # will do that in another option for downloading stage3.

  case $REPLY in
  y)
    $BROWSER http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml || $WITCH/color.sh ERROR "hmm things don't seem to have worked. open up your browser yourself, navigate to http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml and download to the witch directory at $SYSPATH"
    read -p "ready to continue? (y):"

    if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ]; then
      echo "proceeding"
      echo "so what's your stage3 filename?"
      read FILENAME
      if [ -f $SYSPATH/$FILENAME ]; then
        echo "excellent you seem to have got your stage3 downloaded successfully."
        extractstage3 $SYSPATH/$FILENAME
      else
        echo "looks like you didn't manage to download your stage3 successfully."
        echo "in a couple of seconds we'll rerun this function."
        sleep 3
        browserstage3
      fi
    fi
  ;;

  p)
        $BROWSER -http-proxy $PROX http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml || $WITCH/color.sh ERROR "hmm things don't seem to have worked. open up your browser yourself, navigate to http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors2.xml and download to the witch directory at $SYSPATH"
    read -p "ready to continue? (y):"
    if [ "$REPLY" == "y" ]; then
      echo "proceeding"
      echo "so what's your stage3 filename?"
      read FILENAME
      if [ -f $SYSPATH/$FILENAME ]; then
        echo "excellent you seem to have got your stage3 downloaded successfully."
        sleep 2
        extractstage3 $SYSPATH/$FILENAME
      else
        echo "looks like you didn't manage to download your stage3 successfully."
        echo "in a couple of seconds we'll rerun this function."
        sleep 3
        browserstage3
      fi
    fi
  ;;

  n) exit ;;
  esac
}

function urlstage3 {
  echo "where are you getting your stage3 compressed-tarball from? what's the exact url?"
  read STAGE3URL
  cd $SYSPATH
  wget $STAGE3URL
  extractstage3 $STAGE3URL
}

function locstage3 {
  echo "where is your stage3 compressed-tarball located at? what's the exact file path adress?"
  read STAGE3LOC
  extractstage3 $STAGE3LOC
}

function extractstage3 {
  #set this so user can choose if they want verbose output
  echo "unpacking your stage3 ($FILE) to $SYSPATH. this may take some time, please wait."
  echo "extracting $1 to $SYSPATH"
  tar xvf $1 -C $SYSPATH
}

#script starts here.
sleep 1
echo

howdlstage3