various fixes for smooth operation

also translatable string formatting

config

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ mirror="http://packages.devuan.org/merged"
 # mirror repo section
 section="main"
 
+
 # core packages for the system
 core_packages=(devuan-keyring debian-keyring)
 core_packages+=(git-core binutils ca-certificates curl)
@@ -50,5 +51,10 @@ base_packages=(bzip2 dialog apt-utils fakeroot e2fsprogs parted)
 system_packages=(sysvinit ssh)
 
 ## libdevuansdk-specific settings
-workdir="$R/workdir"
+workdir="$H/workdir"
 strapdir="${workdir}/strapdir"
+
+
+# declare zuper globals
+vars+=(os release version mirror section)
+vars+=(workdir strapdir)

libdevuansdk

@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@
 
 devuan_sdk_version=0.1
 
+setopt pushdsilent
+
+SDK_PREFIX=`pwd`
+SDK_HOME=`pwd`
+SDK_CONF=`pwd`
+
 R=${SDK_PREFIX:-/usr/local/devuan-sdk}
 H=${SDK_HOME:-$HOME/.devuan-sdk}
 E=${SDK_CONF:-/etc/devuan-sdk}
 
-R=`pwd` # NOTE: for development
-
 [[ -r $R ]] || {
     print "Devuan SDK is not installed in: $R"
     print "export SDK_PREFIX if installed on a different path"
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ LOG=${LOG:-""}
 vars+=(R H E)
 
 # source $R/zlibs/library
-source $R/config
+source $E/config
 source $R/zlibs/debootstrap
 source $R/zlibs/helpers
 source $R/zlibs/sysconf
@@ -68,6 +72,9 @@ rehash
 # For gettext
 TEXTDOMAIN=devuan
 
+# create mandatory workdirs
+mkdir -p ${strapdir}
+
 notice "Loading Devuan SDK library v$devuan_sdk_version"
 
 # ...

zlibs/debootstrap

@@ -23,17 +23,21 @@
 
 ## Debootstrap things
 
+vars+=(bootstrap_tgz)
+
 bootstrap() {
 	fn bootstrap $@
 	arch="$1"
 	req=(os strapdir workdir arch release mirror)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
-	notice "Bootstrapping ${os} base"
+	notice "Bootstrapping ::1 OS:: base" ${os}
 
-	mkdir -p ${strapdir}
+	bootstrap_tgz=$H/tmp/${os}-${arch}.tgz
 
-	if [[ -f $R/tmp/${os}-${arch}.tgz ]]; then
+	if [[ -f $bootstrap_tgz ]]; then
+		notice "Using the existing bootstrap tarball found in ::1 tmpdir::" $H/tmp
+		ls -lh $bootstrap_tgz
 		tar_unpack ${strapdir}
 	else
 		# Debootstrap stage 1
@@ -123,23 +127,34 @@ EOF
 
 tar_bootstrap() {
 	fn tar_bootstrap
+	req=(bootstrap_tgz)
+	ckreq || return 1
 
-	if [[ -f $R/tmp/${os}-${arch}.tgz ]]; then
-		return 0
+	local _dest=`dirname $bootstrap_tgz`
+
+	if [[ -f $bootstrap_tgz ]]; then
+		act "tarball found already in ::1 dir::" $_dest
 	else
+		notice "Creating boostrap tarball in ::1 tgz::" $bootstrap_tgz
 		pushd ${strapdir}
-		tar czf ${os}-${arch}.tgz ./*
-		mkdir -p $R/tmp
-		mv ${os}-${arch}.tgz $R/tmp/
+		mkdir -p ${_dest}
+		escalate root "tar czf $bootstrap_tgz . --exclude=dev,sys,proc"
 		popd
 	fi
+	ls -lh $bootstrap_tgz
+	
 }
 
 tar_unpack() {
 	fn tar_unpack $@
 	local unpath="$1"
-	req=(unpath)
+	req=(unpath bootstrap_tgz)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
-	tar xf $R/tmp/${os}-${arch}.tgz -C ${unpath}
+	[[ -r ${unpath}/bin/bash ]] && {
+		warning "bootstrap already unpacked in ::1 dir::" $unpath
+		return 1 }
+
+	mkdir -p ${unpath}
+	tar xf $bootstrap_tgz -C ${unpath}
 }

zlibs/helpers

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ escalate() {
 	req=(user cmnd)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
-	if [[ `command -v sudo` ]]; then
-		sudo -E -u ${user} ${cmnd}
+	if isfound sudo; then
+		sudo -E -u ${user} ${=cmnd}
 	else
-		su -c ${cmnd} ${user}
+		su -c "${=cmnd}" ${user}
 	fi
 }