--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Filename: db-to-fai
+# Purpose: convert output of grml-live's sqlite database for use within FAI
+# Authors: grml-team (grml.org)
+# Bug-Reports: see http://grml.org/bugs/
+# License: This file is licensed under the GPL v2 or any later version.
+################################################################################
+
+if [ -z "$2" ] ; then
+ echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/grml-live.db <build-id>"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+DB="$1"
+BUILD_ID="$2"
+
+if ! [ -r "$DB" ] ; then
+ echo "Error: can not access database ${DB}.">&2
+ bailout 1
+fi
+
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+
+bailout() {
+ rm -f "$TMPFILE"
+ [ -n "$1" ] && exit "$1" || exit 0
+}
+
+# get information from db:
+if ! echo "select package,version FROM packages, build WHERE build.id = $BUILD_ID AND packages.build = build.id and status = 'ii';" | sqlite3 $DB > $TMPFILE ; then
+ echo "Error retrieving values from database ${DB}." >&2
+ bailout 1
+else
+ # make sure we god some matches:
+ if ! grep -q '^[a-zA-Z]*' "$TMPFILE" ; then
+ echo "No packages retrieved from build id $BUILD_ID - wrong id?" >&2
+ bailout 1
+ fi
+
+ # write fai header and package information to stdout:
+ echo "# package list of build $BUILD_ID from database $DB:"
+ echo "PACKAGES aptitude"
+ awk -F\| '{print $1"="$2}' "$TMPFILE"
+fi
+
+# clean exit:
+bailout
+
+## END OF FILE #################################################################