From c0549371ccb19643f0f6db63bc70caab06e18bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan <nathan@mammoth.com.au>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 14:00:03 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add installPackage() function to call the appropriate distro
 installation function

---
 hooks/common.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hooks/common.sh b/hooks/common.sh
index bdc47dd..04dfb60 100755
--- a/hooks/common.sh
+++ b/hooks/common.sh
@@ -220,6 +220,28 @@ installCentOS4Package ()
 }
 
 
+
+#
+#  Install a package using whatever package management tool is available
+#
+installPackage ()
+{
+	prefix=$1
+	package=$2
+
+	if [ -x ${prefix}/usr/bin/apt-get ] ; then
+		installDebianPackage "$@"
+
+	elif [ -x ${prefix}/usr/bin/yum ] ; then
+		installCentOS4Package "$@"
+
+	else
+		logMessage "Unable to install package ${package}; no package manager found"
+	fi
+}
+
+
+
 #
 #  Install a package upon a gentoo system via emerge.
 #