Imported Upstream version 1.5.1

packaging/generate_uuid

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+#!/bin/bash
+# this scripts uses the tool 'uuidgen'
+
+CFGFILE=$1 #name of the config file (osdconfig, mrcconfig)
+
+grep -e '^uuid\W*=\W*\w\+' $CFGFILE > /dev/null
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    UUID=`which uuidgen`
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        UUID=$RANDOM"-"$RANDOM"-"$RANDOM"-"$RANDOM
+        echo "WARNING: uuidgen is not available, the generated UUID contains just random numbers. THIS UUID IS PROBABLY NOT UNIQUE, PLEASE CREATE A REAL UUID IF YOU INTEND TO USE THIS SERVICE IN A MULTI-SERVER ENVIRONMENT."
+    else
+        UUID=`$UUID`
+    fi
+
+    echo "" >> $CFGFILE
+    echo "# The UUID is the globally unique name of this service." >> $CFGFILE
+    echo "# You must not change the UUID once the service has been used" >> $CFGFILE
+    echo "# to change the address/hostname or port of a service please" >> $CFGFILE
+    echo "# change the UUID Mapping in the directory service." >> $CFGFILE
+    echo "uuid = "$UUID >> $CFGFILE
+fi