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#!/usr/bin/perl
# wfrench.postinst
# Written by Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> based loosely on
# an older, unattributed, script. I release this to the Public Domain.
# Ask <cpbs@debian.org> if you have problems with this script.

$| = 1;			# Flush the buffer for every print out.

$LANGUAGE	= "french";
$words		= "/usr/dict/words";
$dict		= "/etc/dictionary";
$dict_rel_words	= "../../etc/dictionary";
$lang		= "/usr/dict/$LANGUAGE";

$action = shift @ARGV;

# If we're configuring and $dict doesn't exist, ask whether we should
# be the default dictionary.

if ( $action eq "configure" and ! -e $dict ) {

  # If $dict is a broken symlink, get it out of the way.
  if ( -l $dict ) {
    rename $dict, "$dict.old"
      or die "Can't backup broken symlink `$dict' as `$dict.old'.\n";
    warn "Backed up broken symlink `$dict' as `$dict.old'.\n";
  }

  print "Would you like $LANGUAGE to be the default dictionary? [y/N]: ";
  if ( <STDIN> =~ m/^y/i ) {

    symlink $lang, $dict
      or die "Can't create symlink `$dict' pointing to `$lang'.\n";

    print "\nMade $LANGUAGE the default dictionary.  (You can change this by\n";
    print "adjusting the symbolic link `$dict' - see `man ln'.)\n";
  }
}

# If $dict was already something else, tell someone about it.

if ( -e $dict and ! -l $dict ) {
  warn "`$dict' should be a symlink to a dictionary in `/usr/dict'.\n";
}

# Now that $dict should be valid, ensure $words points to $dict.

unless ( -l $words and readlink $words eq $dict ) {

  if ( -l $words and readlink $words eq $dict_rel_words ) {
    # Clean up old relative symlink neatly.
    unlink $words or die "Can't remove `$words'.\n";
  }
  elsif ( -e $words ) {
    rename $words, "$words.old"
      or die "Can't backup `$words' as `$words.old'.\n";
    warn "Backed up `$words' as `$words.old'.\n";
  }
  elsif ( -l $words ) {
    rename $words, "$words.old"
      or die "Can't backup broken symlink `$words' as `$words.old'.\n";
    warn "Backed up broken symlink `$words' as `$words.old'.\n";
  }

  symlink $dict, $words
    or die "Can't create symlink `$words' pointing to `$dict'.\n";
}