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diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Any_Clone.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Any_Clone.pm
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index 43385a29..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Any_Clone.pm
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Any_Clone.pm
-#    - provides generic clone-only overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Any_Clone;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-1;
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diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Base.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Base.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index c356e6d9..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Base.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,371 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006..2010 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Base.pm
-#    - provides base implementation of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-our $VERSION = 1.01;        # API-version . implementation-version
-
-use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
-use File::Basename;
-use File::Path;
-use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    confess "Creating OpenSLX::OSSetup::System::Base-objects directly makes no sense!";
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->{'engine'} = $engine;
-    weaken($self->{'engine'});
-        # avoid circular reference between distro and its engine
-
-    if ($engine->{'distro-name'} =~ m[x86_64]) {
-        # be careful to only try installing 64-bit systems if actually
-        # running on a 64-bit host, as otherwise we are going to fail later,
-        # anyway:
-        my $arch = `uname -m`;
-        if ($?) {
-            die _tr("unable to determine architecture of host system (%s)\n", $!);
-        }
-        if ($arch !~ m[x86_64]) {
-            die _tr("you can't install a 64-bit system on a 32-bit host, sorry!\n");
-        }
-    }
-
-    $self->{'stage1a-binaries'} = {
-        "$openslxConfig{'base-path'}/share/busybox/busybox" => 'bin',
-    };
-
-    $self->{'stage1b-faked-files'} = [
-        '/etc/mtab',
-    ];
-
-    $self->{'stage1c-faked-files'} = [
-    ];
-
-    $self->{'clone-filter'} = "
-        + /var
-        - /var/tmp/*
-        - /var/spool/*
-        - /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
-        - /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
-        - /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/*
-        + /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
-        - /var/tmp/* 
-        + /var/tmp/apt
-        - /var/opt/openslx
-        - /var/lib/vmware
-        - /var/lib/ntp/*
-        - /var/run/*
-        + /var/run/screen
-        - /var/log/*
-        + /var/log/apt
-        - /usr/lib/vmware/modules/*
-        + /usr
-        - /tmp/*
-        + /tmp
-        - /sys/*
-        + /sys
-        + /sbin
-        - /root/*
-        + /root
-        - /proc/*
-        + /proc
-        - /opt/openslx
-        + /opt
-        - /media/*
-        + /media
-        - /mnt/*
-        + /mnt
-        + /lib64
-        - /lib/ld-uClibc*
-        + /lib
-        - /home/*
-        + /home
-        - /etc/vmware/*
-        + /etc/vmware
-        - /etc/vmware-installer
-        - /etc/grub*
-        - /etc/shadow*
-        - /etc/samba/secrets.tdb
-        - /etc/resolv.conf.*
-        - /etc/opt/openslx
-        + /etc/opt/openslx
-        - /etc/exports*
-        - /etc/X11/xorg.*
-        - /etc/X11/XF86*
-        + /etc
-        - /dev/*
-        + /dev
-        + /boot
-        + /bin
-        - /*
-        - .svn
-        - .git
-        - .*.cmd
-        - *~
-        - *lost+found*
-        - *.old
-        - *.bak
-    ";
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub fixPrerequiredFiles
-{
-}
-
-sub startSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $osDir = shift;
-    
-    # setup a fixed locale environment to avoid warnings about unset locales
-    # (like for instance shown by apt-get)
-    $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'POSIX';
-
-    # ensure that a couple of important devices exist
-    my %devInfo = (
-        mem     => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '1' },
-        null    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '3' },
-        zero    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '5' },
-        random  => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '8' },
-        urandom => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '9' },
-        kmsg    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor => '11' },
-        tty     => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '0' },
-        console => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '1' },
-        ptmx    => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '2' },
-    );
-    if (!-e "$osDir/dev" && !mkpath("$osDir/dev")) {
-        die _tr("unable to create folder '%s' (%s)\n", "$osDir/dev", $!);
-    }
-    foreach my $dev (keys %devInfo) {
-        my $info = $devInfo{$dev};
-        if (!-e "$osDir//dev/$dev") {
-            if (slxsystem(
-                "mknod $osDir//dev/$dev $info->{type} $info->{major} $info->{minor}"
-            )) {
-                croak(_tr("unable to create dev-node '%s'! (%s)", $dev, $!));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    # enter chroot jail
-    chrootInto($osDir);
-    $ENV{PATH} = join(':', @{$self->getDefaultPathList()});
-
-    # mount /proc (if we have 'mount' available)
-    if (qx{which mount 2>/dev/null}) {
-        if (!-e '/proc' && !mkpath('/proc')) {
-            die _tr("unable to create folder '%s' (%s)\n", "$osDir/proc", $!);
-        }
-        if (slxsystem("mount -t proc proc '/proc'")) {
-            warn _tr("unable to mount '%s' (%s)\n", "$osDir/proc", $!);
-        }
-        if (!-e '/dev/pts' && !mkpath('/dev/pts')) {
-            die _tr("unable to create folder '%s' (%s)\n", "$osDir/dev/pts", $!);
-        }
-        if (slxsystem("mount -t devpts devpts '/dev/pts'")) {
-            warn _tr("unable to mount '%s' (%s)\n", "$osDir/dev/pts", $!);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub finishSession
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    # umount /proc, /dev/pts (if we have 'umount' available)
-    if (qx{which umount 2>/dev/null}) {
-        if (slxsystem("umount /proc")) {
-            warn _tr("unable to umount '%s' (%s)\n", "/proc", $!);
-        }
-        if (slxsystem("umount /dev/pts")) {
-            warn _tr("unable to umount '%s' (%s)\n", "/dev/pts", $!);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub getDefaultPathList
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    return [ qw(
-        /sbin
-        /usr/sbin
-        /usr/local/sbin
-        /usr/local/bin
-        /usr/bin
-        /bin
-        /usr/bin/X11
-        /usr/X11R6/bin
-        /opt/kde3/bin
-        /opt/gnome/bin
-    ) ];
-}
-
-sub updateDistroConfig
-{
-    if (slxsystem("ldconfig")) {
-        die _tr("unable to run ldconfig (%s)", $!);
-    }
-}
-
-sub pickKernelFile
-{
-    my $self       = shift;
-    my $kernelPath = shift;
-
-    my $newestKernelFile;
-    my $newestKernelFileSortKey = '';
-    my $kernelPattern = '{vmlinuz,kernel-genkernel-x86}-*';
-    foreach my $kernelFile (glob("$kernelPath/$kernelPattern")) {
-        next unless $kernelFile =~ m{
-            (?:vmlinuz|x86)-(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?-(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)
-        }x;
-        my $sortKey 
-            = sprintf("%02d.%02d.%02d.%02d-%2.1f", $1, $2, $3, $4||0, $5);
-        if ($newestKernelFileSortKey lt $sortKey) {
-            $newestKernelFile        = $kernelFile;
-            $newestKernelFileSortKey = $sortKey;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!defined $newestKernelFile) {
-        die _tr("unable to pick a kernel-file from path '%s'!", $kernelPath);
-    }
-    return $newestKernelFile;
-}
-
-sub preSystemInstallationHook
-{
-}
-
-sub postSystemInstallationHook
-{
-}
-
-sub setPasswordForUser
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $username = shift;
-    my $password = shift;
-    
-    my $hashedPassword = $self->hashPassword($password);
-
-    my $writePasswordFunction = sub {
-        # now read, change and write shadow-file in atomic manner:
-        my $shadowFile = '/etc/shadow';
-        if (!-e $shadowFile) {
-            spitFile( $shadowFile, '');
-        }
-        slxsystem("cp -r $shadowFile $shadowFile~");
-        my $shadowFH;
-        open($shadowFH, '+<', $shadowFile)
-            or croak _tr("could not open file '%s'! (%s)", $shadowFile, $!);
-        flock($shadowFH, LOCK_EX)
-            or croak _tr("could not lock file '%s'! (%s)", $shadowFile, $!);
-        my $lastChanged = int(time()/24/60/60);
-        my $newEntry 
-            = "$username:$hashedPassword:$lastChanged:0:99999:7:::";
-        my $content = do { local $/; <$shadowFH> };
-        if ($content =~ m{^$username:}ims) {
-            $content =~ s{^$username:.+?$}{$newEntry}ms;
-        } else {
-            $content .= "$newEntry\n";
-        }
-        seek($shadowFH, 0, 0)
-            or croak _tr("could not seek file '%s'! (%s)", $shadowFile, $!);
-        print $shadowFH $content
-            or croak _tr("could not write to file '%s'! (%s)", $shadowFile, $!);
-        close($shadowFH)
-            or croak _tr("could not close file '%s'! (%s)", $shadowFile, $!);
-        unlink "$shadowFile~";
-    };
-    $self->{engine}->callChrootedFunctionForVendorOS($writePasswordFunction);
-}
-
-sub hashPassword
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $password = shift;
-    
-    my $busyboxBin = $self->{engine}->busyboxBinary();
-    my $hashedPassword = qx{$busyboxBin cryptpw -a md5 $password};
-    chomp $hashedPassword;
-
-    return $hashedPassword;
-}
-
-1;
-################################################################################
-
-=pod
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-OpenSLX::OSSetup::System::Base - the base class for all OSSetup backends
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-  package OpenSLX::OSSetup::coolnewOS;
-
-  use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
-  @ISA = ('OpenSLX::OSSetup::Base');
-  $VERSION = 1.01;
-
-  use coolnewOS;
-
-  sub new
-  {
-      my $class = shift;
-      my $self = {};
-      return bless $self, $class;
-  }
-
-  # override all methods of OpenSLX::OSSetup::Base in order to implement
-  # a full OS-setup backend
-  ...
-
-I<The synopsis above outlines a class that implements a
-OSSetup backend for the (imaginary) operating system B<coolnewOS>>
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This class defines the OSSetup interface for the OpenSLX.
-
-Aim of the OSSetup abstraction is to make it possible to install a large set
-of different operating systems transparently.
-
-...
-
-=cut
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian.pm
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index bdb9dcc1..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian.pm
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@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Debian.pm
-#    - provides Debian-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Debian;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'}       = 'dpkg';
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'}  = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || 'apt';
-    $self->{'stage1c-faked-files'} = [];
-    return;
-}
-
-sub preSystemInstallationHook
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    $self->SUPER::preSystemInstallationHook();
-
-    # create required /dev-entries
-    my %devInfo = (
-        mem     => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '1' },
-        null    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '3' },
-        zero    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '5' },
-        random  => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '8' },
-        urandom => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '9' },
-        kmsg    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor => '11' },
-        console => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '1' },
-        ptmx    => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '2' },
-    );
-    foreach my $dev (keys %devInfo) {
-        my $info = $devInfo{$dev};
-        if (!-e "/dev/$dev") {
-            if (slxsystem(
-                "mknod /dev/$dev $info->{type} $info->{major} $info->{minor}"
-            )) {
-                croak(_tr("unable to create dev-node '%s'! (%s)", $dev, $!));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    foreach my $devDir ('pts', 'shm', '.udevdb', '.udev') {
-        if (!-e "/dev/$devDir") {
-            if (slxsystem("mkdir -p /dev/$devDir")) {
-                croak(_tr("unable to create dev-dir '%s'! (%s)", $devDir, $!));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    # replace /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d by a dummy, in order to avoid a whole lot
-    # of initscripts being started. Wishful thinking: there should be another
-    # way to stop Debian from doing this, as this is not really very supportive
-    # of folder-based installations (then again: I may simply be too stupid
-    # to find out how it is supposed to work ...)
-    rename('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d');
-    spitFile('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', "#! /bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
-    chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d';
-}
-
-sub startSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $osDir = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::startSession($osDir);    
-
-    # As in preSystemInstallationHook, we replace /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d by a 
-    # dummy.
-    #
-    # During installation, this might not exist yet, so we better check
-    if (-e '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d') {
-        rename('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d');
-        spitFile('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', "#! /bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
-        chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d';
-    }
-}
-
-sub finishSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-
-    # restore /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d
-    rename('/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d');
-
-    $self->SUPER::finishSession();
-}
-
-sub setPasswordForUser
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $username = shift;
-    my $password = shift;
-    
-    # activate shadow passwords
-    my $activateShadowFunction = sub {
-        slxsystem('/sbin/shadowconfig', 'on');
-    };
-    $self->{engine}->callChrootedFunctionForVendorOS($activateShadowFunction);
-    
-    # invoke default behaviour
-    $self->SUPER::setPasswordForUser($username, $password);
-}
-    
-1;
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diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian_3_1.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian_3_1.pm
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index 03c6fdf9..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Debian_3_1.pm
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@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Debian_3_1.pm
-#    - provides Debian-3.1-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Debian_3_1;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Debian);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub preSystemInstallationHook
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    $self->SUPER::preSystemInstallationHook();
-
-    # when the kernel package is being configured, it insists on trying to
-    # create an initrd, which neither works nor makes sense in our environment.
-    #
-    # in order to circumvent this problem, we manually install initrd-tools 
-    # (which contains mkinitrd) ...
-    $self->{engine}->{'meta-packager'}->installPackages('initrd-tools');
-    # ... and replace /usr/sbin/mkinitrd with a dummy, in order to skip the 
-    # initrd-creation.
-    rename('/usr/sbin/mkinitrd', '/usr/sbin/_mkinitrd');
-    spitFile('/usr/sbin/mkinitrd', "#! /bin/sh\ntouch \$2\n");
-    chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/mkinitrd';
-}
-
-sub startSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $osDir = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::startSession($osDir);    
-
-    # As in preSystemInstallationHook, we replace /usr/sbin/mkinitrd with a 
-    # dummy, in order to skip the initrd-creation.
-    #
-    # During installation, this might not exist yet, so we better check
-    if (-e '/usr/sbin/mkinitrd') {
-        rename('/usr/sbin/mkinitrd', '/usr/sbin/_mkinitrd');
-        spitFile('/usr/sbin/mkinitrd', "#! /bin/sh\ntouch \$2\n");
-        chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/mkinitrd';
-    }
-}
-
-sub finishSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-
-    # restore /usr/sbin/mkinitrd
-    rename('/usr/sbin/_mkinitrd', '/usr/sbin/mkinitrd');
-
-    $self->SUPER::finishSession();
-}
-
-1;
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diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Fedora.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Fedora.pm
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index 80480340..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Fedora.pm
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@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Fedora.pm
-#    - provides Fedora-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Fedora;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'}       = 'rpm';
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'}  = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || 'yum';
-    $self->{'stage1c-faked-files'} = [
-        '/etc/fstab',
-        '/etc/mtab',
-    ];
-    return;
-}
-
-1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Gentoo.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Gentoo.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 79fd0e29..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Gentoo.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Gentoo.pm
-#    - provides Gentoo-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Gentoo;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Scilin.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Scilin.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ce5fc3..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Scilin.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2009 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Scilin.pm
-#    - provides Scientific Linux specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Scilin;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'}       = 'rpm';
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'}  = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || 'yum';
-    $self->{'stage1c-faked-files'} = [
-        '/etc/fstab',
-        '/etc/mtab',
-    ];
-    return;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e85e46a..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Suse.pm
-#    - provides SUSE-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Suse;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'} = 'rpm';
-    
-    # use 'zypper' as meta-packager from 10.2 onwards and use 'smart' for 
-    # older releases
-    my $defaultMetaPackager = 'zypper';
-    if ($self->{'engine'}->{'distro-name'} =~ m{-([^-]+)$}) {
-        my $distroVersion = 0.0 + $1;
-        if ($distroVersion <= 10.2) {
-            $defaultMetaPackager = 'smart';
-        }
-    }
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'} 
-        = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || $defaultMetaPackager;
-
-    if ($engine->{'action-type'} eq 'install') {
-        # Inform SUSE RPMs that we're performing an installation - this is
-        # only important for installations taking place in stage 1c:
-        $ENV{YAST_IS_RUNNING} = "instsys";
-    }
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub fixPrerequiredFiles
-{
-    my $self       = shift;
-    my $stage1cDir = shift;
-
-    chown(
-        0, 0, "$stage1cDir/etc/group", "$stage1cDir/etc/passwd",
-        "$stage1cDir/etc/shadow"
-    );    
-    return;
-}
-
-sub updateDistroConfig
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    # invoke SuSEconfig in order to allow it to update the configuration:
-    if (slxsystem('SuSEconfig')) {
-        die _tr("unable to run SuSEconfig (%s)", $!);
-    }
-    $self->SUPER::updateDistroConfig();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub hashPassword
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $password = shift;
-    
-    my $busyboxBin = $self->{engine}->busyboxBinary();
-    my $hashedPassword = qx{$busyboxBin cryptpw -a blowfish '$password'};
-    chomp $hashedPassword;
-
-    return $hashedPassword;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Ubuntu.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Ubuntu.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index f0f42487..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Distro/Ubuntu.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OSSetup/Distro/Ubuntu.pm
-#    - provides Ubuntu-specific overrides of the OSSetup Distro API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Ubuntu;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {};
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::initialize($engine);
-    $self->{'packager-type'}       = 'dpkg';
-    $self->{'meta-packager-type'}  = $ENV{SLX_META_PACKAGER} || 'apt';
-    $self->{'stage1c-faked-files'} = [];
-    return;
-}
-
-sub preSystemInstallationHook
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    $self->SUPER::preSystemInstallationHook();
-
-    # fake required /dev-entries
-    my %devInfo = (
-        mem     => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '1' },
-        null    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '3' },
-        zero    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '5' },
-        random  => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '8' },
-        urandom => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor =>  '9' },
-        kmsg    => { type => 'c', major => '1', minor => '11' },
-        console => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '1' },
-        ptmx    => { type => 'c', major => '5', minor =>  '2' },
-    );
-    foreach my $dev (keys %devInfo) {
-        my $info = $devInfo{$dev};
-        if (!-e "/dev/$dev") {
-            if (slxsystem(
-                "mknod /dev/$dev $info->{type} $info->{major} $info->{minor}"
-            )) {
-                croak(_tr("unable to create dev-node '%s'! (%s)", $dev, $!));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    foreach my $devDir ('pts', 'shm', '.udevdb', '.udev') {
-        if (!-e "/dev/$devDir") {
-            if (slxsystem("mkdir -p /dev/$devDir")) {
-                croak(_tr("unable to create dev-dir '%s'! (%s)", $devDir, $!));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    # replace /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d by a dummy, in order to avoid a whole lot
-    # of initscripts being started. Wishful thinking: there should be another
-    # way to stop Ubuntu from doing this, as this is not really very supportive
-    # of folder-based installations (then again: I may simply be too stupid
-    # to find out how it is supposed to work ...)
-    rename('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d');
-    spitFile('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', "#! /bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
-    chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d';
-}
-
-sub startSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $osDir = shift;
-
-    $self->SUPER::startSession($osDir);    
-
-    # As in preSystemInstallationHook, we replace /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d by a 
-    # dummy.
-    #
-    # During installation, this might not exist yet, so we better check
-    if (-e '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d') {
-        rename('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d');
-        spitFile('/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d', "#! /bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
-        chmod 0755, '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d';
-    }
-}
-
-sub finishSession
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-
-    # restore /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d
-    rename('/usr/sbin/_invoke-rc.d', '/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d');
-
-    $self->SUPER::finishSession();
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Engine.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Engine.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 642a058b..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Engine.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1929 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006..2010 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Engine.pm
-#    - provides driver engine for the OSSetup API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Engine;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-our (@ISA, @EXPORT, $VERSION);
-$VERSION = 1.01;    # API-version . implementation-version
-
-use Exporter;
-@ISA = qw(Exporter);
-
-@EXPORT = qw(
-    %supportedDistros
-);
-
-use Config::General;
-use File::Basename;
-use File::Path;
-use URI;
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::ScopedResource;
-use OpenSLX::Syscall;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-use vars qw(%supportedDistros);
-
-%supportedDistros = (
-    'debian-3.1'        => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'debian-4.0'        => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'debian-4.0_amd64'  => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'debian-5.0'        => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'fedora-6'          => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'fedora-6_x86_64'   => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'gentoo-2007.X'     => 'clone',
-    'suse-10.1'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-10.1_x86_64'  => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-10.2'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-10.2_x86_64'  => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-10.3'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-10.3_x86_64'  => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.0'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.0_x86_64'  => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.1'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.1_x86_64'  => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.2'         => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.2_x86_64'  => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.3'         => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'suse-11.3_x86_64'  => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'scilin-4.7'        => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'scilin-5.3'        => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'scilin-5.4_x86_64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'scilin-5.5_x86_64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-8.04'       => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-8.04_amd64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-8.10'       => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-8.10_amd64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-9.04'       => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-9.04_amd64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-9.10'       => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-9.10_amd64' => 'clone,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-10.04'      => 'clone,install,update,shell',
-    'ubuntu-10.04_amd64'=> 'clone,update,shell',
-);
-
-my %localHttpServers;
-my $filelisting;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-
-    my $self = {};
-
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $vendorOSName = shift;
-    my $actionType   = shift;
-
-    if ($vendorOSName eq '<<<default>>>') {
-        die _tr("you can't do that with the default vendor-OS!\n");
-    }
-    if ($vendorOSName !~ m[^([^\-]+\-[^\-]+)(?:\-(.+))?]) {
-        die _tr(    
-            "Given vendor-OS has unknown format, " .
-            "expected '<name>-<release>[-<selection>]'\n"
-        );
-    }
-    my $distroName = lc($1);
-    my $selectionName = $2 || 'default';
-    $self->{'vendor-os-name'} = $vendorOSName;
-    $self->{'action-type'}    = $actionType;
-    $self->{'distro-name'}    = $distroName;
-    $self->{'selection-name'} = $selectionName;
-    $self->{'clone-source'}   = '';
-    if (!exists $supportedDistros{$distroName}) {
-        print _tr("Sorry, distro '%s' is unsupported.\n", $distroName);
-        print _tr("List of supported distros:\n\t");
-        print join("\n\t", sort keys %supportedDistros) . "\n";
-        exit 1;
-    }
-    my $support = $supportedDistros{$distroName};
-    if ($actionType eq 'install' && $support !~ m[install]i) {
-        print _tr(
-            "Sorry, distro '%s' can not be installed, only cloned!\n", 
-            $distroName
-        );
-        exit 1;
-    }
-    elsif ($actionType eq 'update' && $support !~ m[(update)]i) {
-        print _tr(
-            "Sorry, update support for vendor-OS '%s' has not been " .
-            "implemented!\n", 
-            $distroName
-        );
-        exit 1;
-    }
-    elsif ($actionType eq 'shell' && $support !~ m[(shell)]i) {
-        print _tr(
-            "Sorry, vendor-OS '%s' has no support for chrooted shells " .
-            "available!\n",
-            $distroName
-        );
-        exit 1;
-    }
-
-    # load module for the requested distro:
-    my $distro = loadDistroModule({
-        distroName   => $distroName,
-        distroScope  => 'OpenSLX::OSSetup::Distro',
-        fallbackName => 'Any_Clone',
-    });
-    if (!$distro) {
-        die _tr(
-            'unable to load any OSSetup::Distro module for vendor-OS %s!', 
-            $vendorOSName
-        );
-    }
-
-    $distro->initialize($self);
-    $self->{distro} = $distro;
-
-    # protect against parallel executions of writing OpenSLX scripts
-    $self->{'vendor-os-lock'} = grabLock($vendorOSName);
-
-    if ($actionType =~ m{^(install|update|shell|plugin)}) {
-        # setup path to distribution-specific info:
-        my $sharedDistroInfoDir 
-            = "$openslxConfig{'base-path'}/share/distro-info/" .
-                "$self->{'distro-name'}";
-        if (!-d $sharedDistroInfoDir) {
-            die _tr(
-                "unable to find shared distro-info in '%s'\n",
-                $sharedDistroInfoDir
-            );
-        }
-        $self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'} = $sharedDistroInfoDir;
-        my $configDistroInfoDir =
-            "$openslxConfig{'config-path'}/distro-info/$self->{'distro-name'}";
-        if (!-d $configDistroInfoDir) {
-            die _tr(
-                "unable to find configurable distro-info in '%s'\n",
-                $configDistroInfoDir
-            );
-        }
-        $self->{'config-distro-info-dir'} = $configDistroInfoDir;
-   
-        my $setupMirrorsIfNecessary = $actionType eq 'install';
-        $self->_readDistroInfo($setupMirrorsIfNecessary);
-    }
-
-    if ($self->{'action-type'} eq 'install'
-        && !exists $self->{'distro-info'}->{'selection'}->{$selectionName})
-    {
-        die(
-            _tr(
-                "selection '%s' is unknown to distro '%s'\n",
-                $selectionName, $self->{'distro-name'}
-            )
-            . _tr("These selections are available:\n\t")
-            . join("\n\t", sort keys %{$self->{'distro-info'}->{'selection'}})
-            . "\n"
-        );
-    }
-
-    $self->{'vendor-os-path'} 
-        = "$openslxConfig{'private-path'}/stage1/$self->{'vendor-os-name'}";
-    vlog(1, "vendor-OS path is '$self->{'vendor-os-path'}'");
-
-    if ($actionType =~ m{^(install|update|shell|plugin)}) {
-        $self->_createPackager();
-        $self->_createMetaPackager();
-    }
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub installVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $vendorOSSettings = shift;
-
-    my $installInfoFile = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/.openslx-install-info";
-    if (-e $installInfoFile) {
-        die _tr("vendor-OS '%s' already exists, giving up!\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'});
-    }
-    $self->_createVendorOSPath();
-
-    my $httpServers = OpenSLX::ScopedResource->new({
-        name    => 'local-http-servers',
-        acquire => sub { $self->_startLocalURLServersAsNeeded(); 1 },
-        release => sub { $self->_stopLocalURLServers(); 1 },
-    });
-
-    my $baseSystemFile = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/.openslx-base-system";
-    if (-e $baseSystemFile) {
-        vlog(0, _tr("found existing base system, continuing...\n"));
-    }
-    else {
-        # basic setup, stage1a-c:
-        $self->_setupStage1A();
-        callInSubprocess(
-            sub {
-                # some tasks that involve a chrooted environment:
-                $self->_changePersonalityIfNeeded();
-                $self->_setupStage1B();
-                $self->_setupStage1C();
-            }
-        );
-        $self->_stage1C_cleanupBasicVendorOS();
-        # just touch the file, in order to indicate a basic system:
-        slxsystem("touch $baseSystemFile");
-    }
-    callInSubprocess(
-        sub {
-            # another task that involves a chrooted environment:
-            $self->_changePersonalityIfNeeded();
-            $self->_setupStage1D();
-        }
-    );
-
-    # create the install-info file, in order to indicate a proper installation:
-    spitFile(
-        $installInfoFile,
-        "SLX_META_PACKAGER=$self->{distro}->{'meta-packager-type'}\n"
-    );
-
-    # base system info file is no longer needed, we have a full system now
-    slxsystem("rm $baseSystemFile");
-
-    $self->_applyVendorOSSettings($vendorOSSettings) unless !$vendorOSSettings;
-
-    vlog(
-        0,
-        _tr(
-            "Vendor-OS '%s' installed succesfully.\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-        )
-    );
-
-    # generate default openslx directories for the client
-    $self->_generateDefaultDirs();
-
-    # add the uclibs and tools to the stage1
-    $self->_copyUclibcRootfs();
-    #callInSubprocess(
-    #    sub {
-    #        $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-    #        chrootDir    => $self->{'vendor-os-path'},
-    #        function     => sub {
-    #            $self->{'distro'}->addUclibLdconfig();
-    #    },
-    #    updateConfig => 1,
-    #    });
-    #});
-    $self->_touchVendorOS();
-    $self->addInstalledVendorOSToConfigDB();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub cloneVendorOS
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $source = shift;
-
-    if (substr($source, -1, 1) ne '/') {
-        # make sure source path ends with a slash, as otherwise, the
-        # last folder would be copied (but we only want its contents).
-        $source .= '/';
-    }
-
-    $self->{'clone-source'} = $source;
-    my $lastCloneSource = '';
-    my $cloneInfoFile = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/.openslx-clone-info";
-    my $isReClone;
-    if (-e $self->{'vendor-os-path'}) {
-        my $installInfoFile = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/.openslx-install-info";
-        if (-e $installInfoFile) {
-            # oops, given vendor-os has been installed, not cloned, we complain:
-            croak(
-                _tr(
-                    "The vendor-OS '%s' exists but it is no clone, refusing " .
-                    "to clobber!\nPlease delete the folder manually, if " .
-                    "that's really what you want...\n",
-                    $self->{'vendor-os-path'}
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        elsif (-e $cloneInfoFile) {
-            # check if last and current source match:
-            my $cloneInfo = slurpFile($cloneInfoFile);
-            if ($cloneInfo =~ m[^source\s*=\s*(.+?)\s*$]ims) {
-                $lastCloneSource = $1;
-            }
-            if ($source ne $lastCloneSource) {
-                # protect user from confusing sources (still allowed, though):
-                my $yes = _tr('yes');
-                my $no  = _tr('no');
-                print _tr(
-                    "Last time this vendor-OS was cloned, it has been cloned " .
-                    "from '%s', now you specified a different source: '%s'\n" .
-                    "Would you still like to proceed (%s/%s)?",
-                    $lastCloneSource, $source, $yes, $no
-                );
-                my $answer = <STDIN>;
-                exit 5 unless $answer =~ m[^\s*$yes]i;
-            }
-            $isReClone = 1;
-        }
-        else {
-            # Neither the install-info nor the clone-info file exists. This
-            # probably means that the folder has been created by an older
-            # version of the tools. There's not much we can do, we simply
-            # trust our user and assume that he knows what he's doing.
-        }
-    }
-
-    $self->_createVendorOSPath();
-
-    $self->_clone_fetchSource($source);
-    if ($source ne $lastCloneSource) {
-        spitFile($cloneInfoFile, "source=$source\n");
-    }
-    if ($isReClone) {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "Vendor-OS '%s' has been re-cloned succesfully.\n",
-                $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-            )
-        );
-    }
-    else {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "Vendor-OS '%s' has been cloned succesfully.\n",
-                $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-            )
-        );
-    }
-    
-    # generate default openslx directories for the client
-    $self->_generateDefaultDirs();
-    
-    # add the uclibs and tools to the stage1
-    $self->_copyUclibcRootfs();
-    $self->_touchVendorOS();
-    $self->addInstalledVendorOSToConfigDB();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub updateVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (!-e $self->{'vendor-os-path'}) {
-        die _tr("can't update vendor-OS '%s', since it doesn't exist!\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'});
-    }
-
-    my $httpServers = OpenSLX::ScopedResource->new({
-        name    => 'local-http-servers',
-        acquire => sub { $self->_startLocalURLServersAsNeeded(); 1 },
-        release => sub { $self->_stopLocalURLServers(); 1 },
-    });
-
-    callInSubprocess(
-        sub {
-            $self->_changePersonalityIfNeeded();
-            $self->_updateStage1D();
-        }
-    );
-
-    $self->_generateDefaultDirs();
-    $self->_copyUclibcRootfs();
-    $self->_touchVendorOS();
-    vlog(
-        0,
-        _tr("Vendor-OS '%s' updated succesfully.\n", $self->{'vendor-os-name'})
-    );
-
-    $self->_installPlugins();
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub startChrootedShellForVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (!-e $self->{'vendor-os-path'}) {
-        die _tr(
-            "can't start chrooted shell for vendor-OS '%s', since it doesn't " .
-            "exist!\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}
-        );
-    }
-
-    my $httpServers = OpenSLX::ScopedResource->new({
-        name    => 'local-http-servers',
-        acquire => sub { $self->_startLocalURLServersAsNeeded(); 1 },
-        release => sub { $self->_stopLocalURLServers(); 1 },
-    });
-
-    callInSubprocess(
-        sub {
-            $self->_changePersonalityIfNeeded();
-            $self->_startChrootedShellInStage1D();
-        }
-    );
-
-    vlog(
-        0,
-        _tr(
-            "Chrooted shell for vendor-OS '%s' has been closed.\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-        )
-    );
-    $self->_touchVendorOS();
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub callChrootedFunctionForVendorOS
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $function     = shift;
-    my $updateConfig = shift || 0;
-
-    if (!-e $self->{'vendor-os-path'}) {
-        die _tr(
-            "can't call chrooted function for vendor-OS '%s', since it " .
-            "doesn't exist!\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}
-        );
-    }
-
-    # avoid trying to chroot into a 64-bit vendor-OS if the host is only 32-bit:
-    if (!$self->_hostIs64Bit() && -e "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/lib64") {
-        die _tr("you can't use a 64-bit vendor-OS on a 32-bit host, sorry!\n");
-    }
-
-    my $httpServers = OpenSLX::ScopedResource->new({
-        name    => 'local-http-servers',
-        acquire => sub { $self->_startLocalURLServersAsNeeded(); 1 },
-        release => sub { $self->_stopLocalURLServers(); 1 },
-    });
-
-    callInSubprocess(
-        sub {
-            $self->_changePersonalityIfNeeded();
-            $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-                chrootDir    => $self->{'vendor-os-path'}, 
-                function     => $function,
-                updateConfig => $updateConfig,
-            });
-        }
-    );
-
-    vlog(
-        1,
-        _tr(
-            "Chrooted function for vendor-OS '%s' has finished.\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-        )
-    );
-    $self->_touchVendorOS();
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub removeVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(
-        0,
-        _tr("removing vendor-OS folder '%s'...", $self->{'vendor-os-path'})
-    );
-    if (system(
-        "find $self->{'vendor-os-path'} -xdev -depth -print0 | xargs -0 rm -r"
-    )) {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr("* unable to remove vendor-OS '%s'!", $self->{'vendor-os-path'})
-        );
-    }
-    else {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "Vendor-OS '%s' removed succesfully.\n",
-                $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-            )
-        );
-    }
-    $self->removeVendorOSFromConfigDB();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub addInstalledVendorOSToConfigDB
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (!-e $self->{'vendor-os-path'}) {
-        die _tr(
-            "can't import vendor-OS '%s', since it doesn't exist!\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}
-        );
-    }
-    my $openslxDB = instantiateClass("OpenSLX::ConfigDB");
-    $openslxDB->connect();
-
-    my @plugins;
-
-    # insert new vendor-os if it doesn't already exist in DB:
-    my $vendorOSName = $self->{'vendor-os-name'};
-    my $vendorOS = $openslxDB->fetchVendorOSByFilter({'name' => $vendorOSName});
-    if (defined $vendorOS) {
-        if ($vendorOS->{'clone_source'}
-        && $self->{'clone-source'} ne $vendorOS->{'clone_source'}) {
-            $openslxDB->changeVendorOS(
-                $vendorOS->{id},
-                { 'clone_source' => $self->{'clone-source'} }
-            );
-            vlog(
-                0,
-                _tr(
-                    "Vendor-OS '%s' has been updated in OpenSLX-database.\n",
-                    $vendorOSName
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        else {
-            vlog(
-                0,
-                _tr(
-                    "No need to change vendor-OS '%s' in OpenSLX-database.\n",
-                    $vendorOSName
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        # fetch installed plugins of this vendor-OS in order to reinstall them
-        @plugins = $openslxDB->fetchInstalledPlugins($vendorOS->{id});
-    }
-    else {
-        my $data = { 'name' => $vendorOSName };
-        if (length($self->{'clone-source'})) {
-            $data->{'clone_source'} = $self->{'clone-source'};
-        }
-        my $id = $openslxDB->addVendorOS($data);
-
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "Vendor-OS '%s' has been added to DB (ID=%s).\n",
-                $vendorOSName, $id
-            )
-        );
-        # fetch plugins from default vendor-OS in order to install those into
-        # this new one
-        @plugins = $openslxDB->fetchInstalledPlugins(0);
-    }
-
-    $openslxDB->disconnect();
-    
-    # now that we have the list of plugins, we (re-)install all of them:
-    $self->_installPlugins(\@plugins, defined $vendorOS);
-    
-    return;
-}
-
-sub removeVendorOSFromConfigDB
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $openslxDB = instantiateClass("OpenSLX::ConfigDB");
-    $openslxDB->connect();
-
-    my $vendorOSName = $self->{'vendor-os-name'};
-    my $vendorOS = $openslxDB->fetchVendorOSByFilter({'name' => $vendorOSName});
-    if (!defined $vendorOS) {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "Vendor-OS '%s' didn't exist in OpenSLX-database.\n",
-                $vendorOSName
-            )
-        );
-    }
-    else {
-        # remove all exports (and systems) using this vendor-OS and then
-        # remove the vendor-OS itself:
-        my @exports = $openslxDB->fetchExportByFilter(
-            {'vendor_os_id' => $vendorOS->{id}});
-        foreach my $export (@exports) {
-            my $osExportEngine = instantiateClass("OpenSLX::OSExport::Engine");
-            $osExportEngine->initializeFromExisting($export->{name});
-            vlog(
-                0,
-                _tr(
-                    "purging export '%s', since it belongs to the vendor-OS " .
-                    "being deleted...",
-                    $export->{name}
-                )
-            );
-            $osExportEngine->purgeExport();
-        }
-
-        $openslxDB->removeVendorOS($vendorOS->{id});
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr("Vendor-OS '%s' has been removed from DB!\n", $vendorOSName)
-        );
-    }
-
-    $openslxDB->disconnect();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub pickKernelFile
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    return $self->{distro}->pickKernelFile(@_);
-}
-
-sub distroName
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    return $self->{'distro-name'};
-}
-
-sub metaPackager
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    return $self->{'meta-packager'};
-}
-
-sub packager
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    return $self->{'packager'};
-}
-
-sub getInstallablePackagesForSelection
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $selKey = shift;
-
-    return if !$selKey;
-
-    my $selection = $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}->{$selKey};
-    return if !$selection;
-    
-    my @pkgs = split m{\s+}, $selection->{packages};
-    my %installedPkgs;
-    @installedPkgs{ $self->{'packager'}->getInstalledPackages() } = ();
-    @pkgs = grep { !exists $installedPkgs{$_} } @pkgs;
-
-    return join ' ', @pkgs;
-}
-
-sub busyboxBinary
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    
-    my $uclibdir = "$openslxConfig{'base-path'}/share/uclib-rootfs";
-
-    return sprintf(
-        "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%s/lib %s/bin/busybox",
-        $uclibdir,
-        $uclibdir
-    );
-}
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation methods
-################################################################################
-sub _readDistroInfo
-{
-    my $self                    = shift;
-    my $setupMirrorsIfNecessary = shift || 0;
-
-    vlog(1, "reading configuration info for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-
-    $self->{'distro-info'} = {
-        'package-subdir'     => '',
-        'prereq-packages'    => '',
-        'bootstrap-packages' => '',
-        'metapackager'       => {},
-        'repository'         => {},
-        'selection'          => {},
-        'excludes'           => {},
-    };
-
-    # merge user-provided configuration with distro defaults
-    foreach my $file (
-        "$self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}/settings.default",
-        "$self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}/settings"
-    ) {
-        if (-e $file) {
-            vlog(2, "reading configuration file $file...");
-            my $configObject = Config::General->new(
-                -AllowMultiOptions => 0,
-                -AutoTrue          => 1,
-                -ConfigFile        => $file,
-                -LowerCaseNames    => 1,
-                -SplitPolicy       => 'equalsign',
-            );
-            my %config = $configObject->getall();
-            mergeHash($self->{'distro-info'}, \%config);
-        }
-    }
-    
-    # fetch mirrors for all repositories (if requested):
-    foreach my $repoKey (keys %{$self->{'distro-info'}->{repository}}) {
-        my $repo = $self->{'distro-info'}->{repository}->{$repoKey};
-        $repo->{key} = $repoKey;
-        # if there is local URL, only that is used, otherwise we fetch the
-        # configured mirrors:
-        if (!$repo->{'local-url'}) {
-            $repo->{urls} = $self->_fetchConfiguredMirrorsForRepository(
-                $repo, $setupMirrorsIfNecessary
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    # expand all selections:
-    my $seen = {};
-    foreach my $selKey (keys %{$self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}}) {
-        $self->_expandSelection($selKey, $seen);
-    }
-
-    # dump distro-info, if asked for:
-    if ($openslxConfig{'log-level'} >= 2) {
-        my $repository = $self->{'distro-info'}->{repository};
-        foreach my $r (sort keys %$repository) {
-            vlog(2, "repository '$r':");
-            foreach my $k (sort keys %{$repository->{$r}}) {
-                vlog(3, "\t$k = '$repository->{$r}->{$k}'");
-            }
-        }
-        my $selection = $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection};
-        foreach my $s (sort keys %$selection) {
-            vlog(2, "selection '$s':");
-            foreach my $k (sort keys %{$selection->{$s}}) {
-                vlog(3, "\t$k = '$selection->{$s}->{$k}'");
-            }
-        }
-        my $excludes = $self->{'distro-info'}->{excludes};
-        foreach my $e (sort keys %$excludes) {
-            vlog(2, "excludes for '$e':");
-            foreach my $k (sort keys %{$excludes->{$e}}) {
-                vlog(3, "\t$k = '$excludes->{$e}->{$k}'");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _fetchConfiguredMirrorsForRepository
-{
-    my $self                    = shift;
-    my $repoInfo                = shift;
-    my $setupMirrorsIfNecessary = shift;
-
-    my $configuredMirrorsFile
-        = "$self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}/mirrors/$repoInfo->{key}";
-    if (!-e $configuredMirrorsFile) {
-        return '' if !$setupMirrorsIfNecessary;
-        vlog(0, 
-            _tr(
-                "repo '%s' has no configured mirrors, let's pick some ...",
-                $repoInfo->{name}
-            )
-        );
-        $self->_configureBestMirrorsForRepository($repoInfo);
-    }
-    vlog(2, "reading configured mirrors file '$configuredMirrorsFile'.");
-    my $configObject = Config::General->new(
-        -AllowMultiOptions => 0,
-        -AutoTrue          => 1,
-        -ConfigFile        => $configuredMirrorsFile,
-        -LowerCaseNames    => 1,
-        -SplitPolicy       => 'equalsign',
-    );
-    my %config = $configObject->getall();
-    
-    return $config{urls};
-}
-
-sub _configureBestMirrorsForRepository
-{
-    my $self     = shift;
-    my $repoInfo = shift;
-
-    my $configuredMirrorsFile
-        = "$self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}/mirrors/$repoInfo->{key}";
-
-    if (!-e "$self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}/mirrors") {
-        mkdir "$self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}/mirrors";
-    }
-
-    my $allMirrorsFile
-        = "$self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}/mirrors/$repoInfo->{key}";
-    my @allMirrors = string2Array(scalar slurpFile($allMirrorsFile));
-
-    my $mirrorsToTryCount = $openslxConfig{'mirrors-to-try-count'} || 20;
-    my $mirrorsToUseCount = $openslxConfig{'mirrors-to-use-count'} || 5;
-    vlog(1, 
-        _tr(
-            "selecting the '%s' best mirrors (from a set of '%s') for repo " .
-            "'%s' ...", 
-            $mirrorsToUseCount, $mirrorsToTryCount, $repoInfo->{key}
-        )
-    );
-
-    # determine own top-level domain:
-    my $topLevelDomain;
-    if (defined $openslxConfig{'mirrors-preferred-top-level-domain'}) {
-        $topLevelDomain 
-            = lc($openslxConfig{'mirrors-preferred-top-level-domain'});
-    }
-    else {
-        my $FQDN = getFQDN();
-        $FQDN =~ m{\.(\w+)$};
-        $topLevelDomain = lc($1);
-    }
-
-    # select up to $mirrorsToTryCount "close" mirrors from the array ...
-    my @tryMirrors
-        =     grep {
-                my $uri = URI->new($_);
-                my $host = $uri->host();
-                $host =~ m{\.(\w+)$} && lc($1) eq $topLevelDomain;
-            }
-            @allMirrors;
-
-    my $tryList = join("\n\t", @tryMirrors);
-    vlog(1, 
-        _tr(
-            "mirrors matching the preferred top level domain ('%s'):\n\t%s\n",
-            $topLevelDomain, $tryList
-        )
-    );
-
-    if (@tryMirrors > $mirrorsToTryCount) {
-        # shrink array to $mirrorsToTryCount elements
-        vlog(1, _tr("shrinking list to %s mirrors\n", $mirrorsToTryCount));
-        $#tryMirrors = $mirrorsToTryCount;
-    }
-    elsif (@tryMirrors < $mirrorsToTryCount) {
-        # we need more mirrors, try adding some others randomly:
-        vlog(1, 
-            _tr(
-                "filling list with %s more random mirrors:\n", 
-                $mirrorsToTryCount - @tryMirrors
-            )
-        );
-
-        # fill @untriedMirrors with the mirrors not already contained 
-        # in @tryMirrors ...
-        my @untriedMirrors 
-            =    grep {
-                    my $mirror = $_;
-                    !grep { $mirror eq $_ } @tryMirrors;
-                } @allMirrors;
-
-        # ... and pick randomly until we have reached the limit or there are 
-        # no more unused mirrors left
-        foreach my $count (@tryMirrors..$mirrorsToTryCount-1) {
-            last if !@untriedMirrors;
-            my $index = int(rand(scalar @untriedMirrors));
-            my $randomMirror = splice(@untriedMirrors, $index, 1);
-            push @tryMirrors, $randomMirror;
-            vlog(1, "\t$randomMirror\n");
-        }
-    }
-    
-    # just make sure we are not going to try/use more mirros than we have
-    # available
-    if ($mirrorsToTryCount > @tryMirrors) {
-        $mirrorsToTryCount = @tryMirrors;
-    }
-    if ($mirrorsToUseCount > $mirrorsToTryCount) {
-        $mirrorsToUseCount = $mirrorsToTryCount;
-    }
-
-    # ... fetch a file from all of these mirrors and measure the time taken ...
-    vlog(0, 
-        _tr(
-            "testing %s mirrors to determine the fastest %s ...\n", 
-            $mirrorsToTryCount, $mirrorsToUseCount
-        )
-    );
-    my %mirrorSpeed;
-    my $veryGoodSpeedCount = 0;
-    foreach my $mirror (@tryMirrors) {
-        if ($veryGoodSpeedCount >= $mirrorsToUseCount) {
-            # we already have enough mirrors with very good speed,
-            # it makes no sense to test any others. We simply set the
-            # time of the remaining mirrors to some large value, so they
-            # won't get picked:
-            $mirrorSpeed{$mirror} = 10000;
-            next;
-        }
-
-        # test the current mirror and record the result
-        my $time = $self->_speedTestMirror(
-            $mirror, $repoInfo->{'file-for-speedtest'}
-        );
-        $mirrorSpeed{$mirror} = $time;
-        if ($time <= 1) {
-            $veryGoodSpeedCount++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    # ... now select the best (fastest) $mirrorsToUseCount mirrors ... 
-    my @bestMirrors 
-        =    (
-                sort {
-                    $mirrorSpeed{$a} <=> $mirrorSpeed{$b};
-                }
-                @tryMirrors
-            )[0..$mirrorsToUseCount-1];
-    
-    vlog(0, 
-        _tr(
-            "picked these '%s' mirrors for repo '%s':\n\t%s\n",
-            $mirrorsToUseCount, $repoInfo->{name}, join("\n\t", @bestMirrors)
-        )
-    );
-
-    # ... and write them into the configuration file:
-    my $configObject = Config::General->new(
-        -AllowMultiOptions => 0,
-        -AutoTrue          => 1,
-        -LowerCaseNames    => 1,
-        -SplitPolicy       => 'equalsign',
-    );
-    $configObject->save_file($configuredMirrorsFile, {
-        'urls' => join("\n", @bestMirrors),
-    });
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _speedTestMirror
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $mirror = shift;
-    my $file   = shift;
-
-    vlog(0, _tr("\ttesting mirror '%s' ...\n", $mirror));
-    
-    # do an explicit DNS-lookup as we do not want to include the time that takes
-    # in the speedtest
-    my $uri = URI->new($mirror);
-    my $hostName = $uri->host();
-    if (!gethostbyname($hostName)) {
-        # unable to resolve host, we pretend it took really long
-        return 10000;
-    }
-
-    # now measure the time it takes to download the file
-    my $wgetCmd  = $self->busyboxBinary();
-       $wgetCmd .= " wget -q -O - $mirror/$file >/dev/null";
-    my $start = time();
-    if (slxsystem($wgetCmd)) {
-        # just return any large number that is unlikely to be selected
-        return 10000;
-    }
-    my $time = time() - $start;
-    vlog(0, "\tfetched '$file' in $time seconds\n");
-    return $time;
-}
-        
-sub _expandSelection
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $selKey = shift;
-    my $seen =   shift;
-
-    return if $seen->{$selKey};
-    $seen->{$selKey} = 1;
-
-    return if !exists $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}->{$selKey};
-    my $selection = $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}->{$selKey};
-
-    if ($selection->{base}) {
-        # add all packages from base selection(s) to the current one:
-        my $basePackages = '';
-        for my $base (split ',', $selection->{base}) {
-            my $baseSelection = $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}->{$base}
-                or die _tr(
-                    'base-selection "%s" is unknown (referenced in "%s")!', 
-                    $base, $selKey
-                );
-            $self->_expandSelection($base, $seen);
-            $basePackages .= $baseSelection->{packages} || '';
-        }
-        my $packages = $selection->{packages} || '';
-        $selection->{packages} = $basePackages . "\n" . $packages;
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _applyVendorOSSettings
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $vendorOSSettings = shift;
-
-    if (exists $vendorOSSettings->{'root-password'}) {
-        # hashes password according to requirements of current distro and 
-        # writes it to /etc/shadow
-        $self->{distro}->setPasswordForUser(
-            'root', $vendorOSSettings->{'root-password'}
-        );
-    }
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _createVendorOSPath
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("mkdir -p $self->{'vendor-os-path'}")) {
-        die _tr("unable to create directory '%s', giving up! (%s)\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}, $!);
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _touchVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    # touch root folder, as we are using this folder to determine the
-    # 'age' of the vendor-OS when trying to determine whether or not we
-    # need to re-export this vendor-OS:
-    slxsystem("touch $self->{'vendor-os-path'}");
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _generateDefaultDirs
-{
-    my $self       = shift;
-    my $targetRoot = shift || $self->{'vendor-os-path'};
-
-    vlog(0, _tr("Creating default directories ...\n"));
-
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_DIR = "/opt/openslx";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_CONFDIR = "/etc/opt/openslx";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LOGDIR = "/var/log/openslx";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VARDIR = "/var/opt/openslx";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_BINDIR = "$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VARDIR/bin";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LIBDIR = "$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VARDIR/lib";
-    my $OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VIRTDIR = "/var/lib/virt";
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_DIR", 0, 0755);
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_CONFDIR", 0, 0755);
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LOGDIR", 0, 0755);
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_BINDIR", 0, 0755);
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LIBDIR", 0, 0755);
-    mkpath("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VIRTDIR", 0, 0755);
-    #system("chmod 0755 $targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_DIR");
-
-    my $openslxConfig = "# Default OpenSLX directories defined by satge 1\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "# Version 0.2\n\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_DIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_DIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_CONFDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_CONFDIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LOGDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LOGDIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VARDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VARDIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_BINDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_BINDIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LIBDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_LIBDIR\n";
-    $openslxConfig .= "OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VIRTDIR=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_VIRTDIR\n";
-
-    spitFile("$targetRoot/$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_CONFDIR/openslx.conf",
-        "$openslxConfig");
-    
-    # add BINDIR to PATH
-    my $openslxDefaultPath = "PATH=$OPENSLX_DEFAULT_BINDIR:\$PATH\n";
-    $openslxDefaultPath .= "export PATH\n";
-    spitFile("$targetRoot/etc/profile.d/openslx-binpath.sh",
-        "$openslxDefaultPath");
-}
-
-sub _copyUclibcRootfs
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $targetRoot = shift || $self->{'vendor-os-path'};
-    my $distro = $self->{distro};
-
-    vlog(0, _tr("copying uclibc-rootfs into vendor-OS ...\n"));
-
-    my $target     = "$targetRoot/opt/openslx/uclib-rootfs";
-
-    if (system("mkdir -p $target")) {
-        die _tr("unable to create directory '%s', giving up! (%s)\n",
-                $target, $!);
-    }
-
-    my $uclibcRootfs = "$openslxConfig{'base-path'}/share/uclib-rootfs";
-    my @excludes = qw(
-        dialog
-        kexec
-        libcurses.so*
-        libncurses.so*
-    );
-    my $exclOpts = join ' ', map { "--exclude $_" } @excludes;
-    vlog(3, _tr("using exclude-filter:\n%s\n", $exclOpts));
-    my $rsyncFH;
-    my $rsyncCmd
-        = "rsync -aq --delete-excluded --exclude-from=- $uclibcRootfs/ $target";
-    vlog(2, "executing: $rsyncCmd\n");
-    # if we're doing a fresh install we need to create /lib, /bin first
-    mkdir "$targetRoot/lib";
-    mkdir "$targetRoot/bin";
-
-    open($rsyncFH, '|-', $rsyncCmd)
-        or die _tr("unable to start rsync for source '%s', giving up! (%s)",
-                   $uclibcRootfs, $!);
-    print $rsyncFH $exclOpts;
-    close($rsyncFH)
-        or die _tr("unable to copy to target '%s', giving up! (%s)",
-                   $target, $!);
-
-    # write version of uclibc-rootfs original into a file in order to be
-    # able to check the up-to-date state later (in the config-demuxer)
-    slxsystem("slxversion >${target}.version");
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _createPackager
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $packagerClass 
-        = "OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::$self->{distro}->{'packager-type'}";
-    my $packager = instantiateClass($packagerClass);
-    $packager->initialize($self);
-    $self->{'packager'} = $packager;
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _createMetaPackager
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $metaPackagerType = $self->{distro}->{'meta-packager-type'};
-
-    my $installInfoFile = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/.openslx-install-info";
-    if (-e $installInfoFile) {
-        # activate the meta-packager that was used when installing the os:
-        my $installInfo = slurpFile($installInfoFile);
-        if ($installInfo =~ m[SLX_META_PACKAGER=(\w+)]) {
-            $metaPackagerType = $1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    my $metaPackagerClass = "OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::$metaPackagerType";
-    my $metaPackager      = instantiateClass($metaPackagerClass);
-    $metaPackager->initialize($self);
-    $self->{'meta-packager'} = $metaPackager;
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _sortRepositoryURLs
-{
-    my $self     = shift;
-    my $repoInfo = shift;
-
-    my @URLs 
-        = defined $repoInfo->{'local-url'}
-            ? $repoInfo->{'local-url'}
-            : string2Array($repoInfo->{urls});
-    if (!@URLs) {
-        die(
-            _tr(
-                "repository '%s' has no URLs defined, " .
-                "unable to fetch anything!",
-                $repoInfo->{name},
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-    return \@URLs;
-}
-
-sub _downloadBaseFiles
-{
-    my $self  = shift;
-    my $files = shift;
-    use vars qw(@filelisting);
-
-    my $pkgSubdir   = $self->{'distro-info'}->{'package-subdir'};
-    my @URLs        = @{$self->{'baseURLs'}};
-    my $maxTryCount = $openslxConfig{'ossetup-max-try-count'};
-    my @possiblefiles;
-
-    my @foundFiles;
-    foreach my $fileVariantStr (@$files) {
-        my $tryCount = 0;
-        next unless $fileVariantStr =~ m[\S];
-        my $foundFile;
-try_next_url:
-        my $url = $URLs[$self->{'baseURL-index'}];
-        $url .= "/$pkgSubdir" if length($pkgSubdir);
-
-        foreach my $file (split '\s+', $fileVariantStr) {
-			#substitute given name with real filename including version number
-			my $basefile = basename($file);
-            my $basedir = dirname($file)."/";
-            @possiblefiles = grep(/^$basefile/,@filelisting);
-			#selecting always the first occurence
-			if ($possiblefiles[0]) {
-                $basefile = $possiblefiles[0];
-            } elsif ($basefile =~ /.*\.rpm/) {
-            	vlog(5,"Trying suggested name because of .rpm-ending.");
-            } else {            	
-                die _tr("file <$basefile> not found in list received from" .
-                "mirror");
-            }
-            vlog(2, "fetching <$basefile>...");
-            if (slxsystem("wget", "-c", "-O", "$basefile",
-                "$url/$basedir$basefile") == 0) {
-                $foundFile = $basefile;
-                last;
-            }
-            elsif (-e $basefile) {
-                vlog(0, "removing left-over '$basefile' and trying again...");
-                unlink $basefile;
-                redo;
-            }
-        }
-        if (!defined $foundFile) {
-            if ($tryCount < $maxTryCount) {
-                $tryCount++;
-                $self->{'baseURL-index'} 
-                    = ($self->{'baseURL-index'} + 1) % scalar(@URLs);
-                vlog(
-                    0,
-                    _tr(
-                        "switching to mirror '%s'.",
-                        $URLs[$self->{'baseURL-index'}]
-                    )
-                );
-                goto try_next_url;
-            }
-            die _tr("unable to fetch '%s' from any source!\n", $fileVariantStr);
-        }
-        push @foundFiles, $foundFile;
-    }
-    return @foundFiles;
-}
-
-sub _startLocalURLServersAsNeeded
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $port = 5080;
-    my %portForURL;
-    foreach my $repoInfo (values %{$self->{'distro-info'}->{repository}}) {
-        my $localURL = $repoInfo->{'local-url'} || '';
-        next if !$localURL;
-        next if $localURL =~ m[^\w+:]; # anything /w a protcol-spec is non-local
-        if (!exists $localHttpServers{$localURL}) {
-            my $pid 
-                = executeInSubprocess(
-                    $self->busyboxBinary(), "httpd", '-p', $port, '-h', '/',
-                        '-f'
-                );
-            vlog(1, 
-                _tr(
-                    "started local HTTP-server for URL '%s' on port '%s'.", 
-                    $localURL, $port
-                )
-            );
-            $repoInfo->{'local-url'} = "http://localhost:$port$localURL";
-            $localHttpServers{$localURL}->{pid} = $pid;
-            $localHttpServers{$localURL}->{url} = $repoInfo->{'local-url'};
-            $port++;
-        }
-        else {
-            $repoInfo->{'local-url'} = $localHttpServers{$localURL}->{url};
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stopLocalURLServers
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    while (my ($localURL, $serverInfo) = each %localHttpServers) {
-        vlog(1, _tr("stopping local HTTP-server for URL '%s'.", $localURL));
-        kill TERM => $serverInfo->{pid};
-    }
-}
-
-sub _setupStage1A
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "setting up stage1a for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-
-    # specify individual paths for the respective substages:
-    $self->{stage1aDir}    = "$self->{'vendor-os-path'}/stage1a";
-    $self->{stage1bSubdir} = 'slxbootstrap';
-    $self->{stage1cSubdir} = 'slxfinal';
-
-    # we create *all* of the above folders by creating stage1cDir:
-    my $stage1cDir 
-        = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}/".
-            "$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-    if (slxsystem("mkdir -p $stage1cDir")) {
-        die _tr("unable to create directory '%s', giving up! (%s)\n",
-            $stage1cDir, $!);
-    }
-
-    $self->_stage1A_setupUclibcEnvironment();
-    $self->_stage1A_copyPrerequiredFiles();
-    $self->_stage1A_copyTrustedPackageKeys();
-    $self->_stage1A_createRequiredFiles();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1A_setupUclibcEnvironment
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    $self->_copyUclibcRootfs("$self->{stage1aDir}/$self->{stage1bSubdir}");
-    my $source = "$self->{stage1bSubdir}/opt/openslx/uclib-rootfs";
-    my $target = "$self->{stage1aDir}";
-    slxsystem("ln -sf $source/bin $target/bin");
-    slxsystem("ln -sf $source/lib $target/lib");
-    slxsystem("ln -sf $source/usr $target/usr");
-    $self->_stage1A_setupResolver();
-    
-    return;
-}
-
-
-sub _stage1A_setupResolver
-{
-    my $self       = shift;
-    my $libcFolder = shift;
-
-    #if (!defined $libcFolder) {
-    #    warn _tr("unable to determine libc-target-folder, will use /lib!");
-    #    $libcFolder = '/lib';
-    #}
-
-    copyFile('/etc/resolv.conf', "$self->{stage1aDir}/etc");
-    copyFile('/etc/nsswitch.conf', "$self->{stage1aDir}/etc");
-    spitFile("$self->{stage1aDir}/etc/hosts", "127.0.0.1 localhost\n");
-    #copyFile("$libcFolder/libresolv*",    "$self->{stage1aDir}$libcFolder");
-    #copyFile("$libcFolder/libnss_dns*",   "$self->{stage1aDir}$libcFolder");
-    #copyFile("$libcFolder/libnss_files*", "$self->{stage1aDir}$libcFolder");
-
-    my $stage1cDir 
-        = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}/" .
-            "$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-    copyFile('/etc/resolv.conf', "$stage1cDir/etc");
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1A_copyPrerequiredFiles
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    return unless -d "$self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}/prereqfiles";
-
-    vlog(2, "copying folder with pre-required files...");
-    my $stage1cDir 
-        = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}/" .
-            "$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-    my $cmd = qq[
-        tar -cp -C $self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}/prereqfiles . \\
-        | tar -xp -C $stage1cDir
-    ];
-    if (slxsystem($cmd)) {
-        die _tr(
-            "unable to copy folder with pre-required files to folder '%s'" .
-            "(%s)\n",
-            $stage1cDir, $!
-        );
-    }
-    vlog(2, "fix pre-required files...");
-    $self->{distro}->fixPrerequiredFiles($stage1cDir);
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1A_copyTrustedPackageKeys
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(2, "copying folder with trusted package keys...");
-    my $stage1bDir = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}";
-    foreach my $folder (
-        $self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}, $self->{'config-distro-info-dir'}
-    ) {
-        next unless -d "$folder/trusted-package-keys";
-        my $cmd = qq[
-            tar -cp -C $folder trusted-package-keys \\
-        | tar -xp -C $stage1bDir
-        ];
-        if (slxsystem($cmd)) {
-            die _tr(
-                "unable to copy folder with trusted package keys to folder " .
-                "'%s' (%s)\n",
-                "$stage1bDir/trusted-package-keys", $!
-            );
-        }
-        slxsystem("chmod 444 $stage1bDir/trusted-package-keys/*");
-
-        # install ultimately trusted keys (from distributor):
-        my $stage1cDir = "$stage1bDir/$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-        my $keyDir = "$self->{'shared-distro-info-dir'}/trusted-package-keys";
-        if (-e "$keyDir/pubring.gpg") {
-            copyFile("$keyDir/pubring.gpg", "$stage1cDir/usr/lib/rpm/gnupg");
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1A_createRequiredFiles
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(2, "creating required files...");
-
-    # fake all files required by stage1b (by creating them empty):
-    my $stage1bDir = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}";
-    foreach my $fake (@{$self->{distro}->{'stage1b-faked-files'}}) {
-        fakeFile("$stage1bDir/$fake");
-    }
-
-    # fake all files required by stage1c (by creating them empty):
-    my $stage1cDir = "$stage1bDir/$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-    foreach my $fake (@{$self->{distro}->{'stage1c-faked-files'}}) {
-        fakeFile("$stage1cDir/$fake");
-    }
-
-    mkdir "$stage1cDir/dev";
-    if (!-e "$stage1cDir/dev/null"
-        && slxsystem("mknod $stage1cDir/dev/null c 1 3"))
-    {
-        die _tr(
-            "unable to create node '%s' (%s)\n", "$stage1cDir/dev/null", $!
-        );
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _setupStage1B
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "setting up stage1b for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-    $self->_stage1B_chrootAndBootstrap();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1B_chrootAndBootstrap
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    # give packager a chance to copy required files into stage1a-folder:
-    $self->{packager}->prepareBootstrap($self->{stage1aDir});
-    
-    $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-        chrootDir => $self->{stage1aDir},
-        function  => sub {
-            # chdir into slxbootstrap, as we want to drop packages into there:
-            chdir "/$self->{stage1bSubdir}"
-                or die _tr(
-                    "unable to chdir into '%s' (%s)\n", 
-                    "/$self->{stage1bSubdir}", $!
-                );
-
-            # fetch prerequired packages and use them to bootstrap the packager:
-            $self->{'baseURLs'} = $self->_sortRepositoryURLs(
-                $self->{'distro-info'}->{repository}->{base}
-            );
-            $self->{'baseURL-index'} = 0;
-            my @pkgs =
-                string2Array($self->{'distro-info'}->{'prereq-packages'});
-            vlog(
-                2, 
-                "downloading these prereq packages:\n\t" . join("\n\t", @pkgs)
-            );
-            my @prereqPkgs = $self->_downloadBaseFiles(\@pkgs);
-            $self->{'prereq-packages'} = \@prereqPkgs;
-            $self->{packager}->bootstrap(\@prereqPkgs);
-        
-            @pkgs =
-                string2Array($self->{'distro-info'}->{'bootstrap-packages'});
-            push(
-                @pkgs,
-                string2Array(
-                    $self->{'distro-info'}->{'metapackager'}
-                        ->{$self->{distro}->{'meta-packager-type'}}->{packages}
-                )
-            );
-            vlog(
-                2, 
-                "downloading bootstrap packages:\n\t" . join("\n\t", @pkgs)
-            );
-            my @bootstrapPkgs = $self->_downloadBaseFiles(\@pkgs);
-            $self->{'bootstrap-packages'} = \@bootstrapPkgs;
-        },
-    });
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _setupStage1C
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "setting up stage1c for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-    $self->_stage1C_chrootAndInstallBasicVendorOS();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1C_chrootAndInstallBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $stage1bDir = "/$self->{stage1bSubdir}";
-    chrootInto($stage1bDir);
-
-    my $stage1cDir = "/$self->{stage1cSubdir}";
-
-    # import any additional trusted package keys to rpm-DB:
-    my $keyDir = "/trusted-package-keys";
-    my $keyDirDH;
-    if (opendir($keyDirDH, $keyDir)) {
-        my @keyFiles 
-            = map { "$keyDir/$_" }
-              grep { $_ !~ m[^(\.\.?|pubring.gpg)$] } 
-              readdir($keyDirDH);
-        closedir($keyDirDH);
-        $self->{packager}->importTrustedPackageKeys(\@keyFiles, $stage1cDir);
-    }
-
-    # install bootstrap packages
-    $self->{packager}->installPackages(
-        $self->{'bootstrap-packages'}, $stage1cDir
-    );
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1C_cleanupBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $stage1cDir 
-        = "$self->{'stage1aDir'}/$self->{'stage1bSubdir'}/" .
-            "$self->{'stage1cSubdir'}";
-    if (slxsystem("mv $stage1cDir/* $self->{'vendor-os-path'}/")) {
-        die _tr(
-            "unable to move final setup to '%s' (%s)\n",
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}, $!
-        );
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("rm -rf $self->{stage1aDir}")) {
-        die _tr(
-            "unable to remove temporary folder '%s' (%s)\n",
-            $self->{stage1aDir}, $!
-        );
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _setupStage1D
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "setting up stage1d for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-
-    $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-        chrootDir    => $self->{'vendor-os-path'},
-        function     => sub {
-            $self->_stage1D_setupPackageSources();
-            $self->_stage1D_updateBasicVendorOS();
-            $self->{distro}->preSystemInstallationHook();
-            my $ok = eval {
-                $self->_stage1D_installPackageSelection();
-                1;
-            };
-            my $err = $ok ? undef : $@;
-            $self->{distro}->postSystemInstallationHook();
-            die $err if defined $err;
-        },
-        updateConfig => 1,
-    });
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _updateStage1D
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "updating $self->{'vendor-os-name'}...");
-
-    $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-        chrootDir    => $self->{'vendor-os-path'},
-        function     => sub {
-            $self->_stage1D_updateBasicVendorOS();
-        },
-        updateConfig => 1,
-    });
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _startChrootedShellInStage1D
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(0, "starting chrooted shell for $self->{'vendor-os-name'}");
-    vlog(0, "---------------------------------------");
-    vlog(0, "- please type 'exit' if you are done! -");
-    vlog(0, "---------------------------------------");
-
-    $self->_callChrootedFunction({
-        chrootDir    => $self->{'vendor-os-path'},
-        function     => sub {
-            # will hang until user exits manually:
-            slxsystem($openslxConfig{'default-shell'});
-        },
-        updateConfig => 1,
-    });
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _callChrootedFunction
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $params = shift;
-    
-    checkParams($params, {
-        'chrootDir'    => '!',
-        'function'     => '!',
-        'updateConfig' => '?',
-    });
-
-    my $distro = $self->{distro};
-    my $distroSession = OpenSLX::ScopedResource->new({
-        name    => 'ossetup::distro::session',
-        acquire => sub { $distro->startSession($params->{chrootDir}); 1 },
-        release => sub { $distro->finishSession(); 1 },
-    });
-
-    die $@ if ! eval {
-        # invoke given function:
-        $params->{function}->();
-        $distro->updateDistroConfig() if $params->{updateConfig};
-        1;
-    };
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1D_setupPackageSources
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "setting up package sources for meta packager...");
-    my $selectionName = $self->{'selection-name'};
-    my $pkgExcludes
-        = $self->{'distro-info'}->{excludes}->{$selectionName}->{packages};
-    my $excludeList = join ' ', string2Array($pkgExcludes);
-    $self->{'meta-packager'}->initPackageSources();
-    my ($rk, $repo);
-    while (($rk, $repo) = each %{$self->{'distro-info'}->{repository}}) {
-        vlog(2, "setting up package source $rk...");
-        $self->{'meta-packager'}->setupPackageSource(
-            $rk, $repo, $excludeList, $self->_sortRepositoryURLs($repo)
-        );
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1D_updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    vlog(1, "updating basic vendor-os...");
-    $self->{'meta-packager'}->updateBasicVendorOS();
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _stage1D_installPackageSelection
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $selectionName = $self->{'selection-name'};
-
-    vlog(1, "installing package selection <$selectionName>...");
-    my $selection     = $self->{'distro-info'}->{selection}->{$selectionName};
-    my @pkgs          = string2Array($selection->{packages});
-    my @installedPkgs = $self->{'packager'}->getInstalledPackages();
-    @pkgs = grep {
-        my $pkg = $_;
-        if (grep { $_ eq $pkg; } @installedPkgs) {
-            vlog(1, "package '$pkg' filtered, it is already installed.");
-            0;
-        }
-        else {
-            1;
-        }
-    } @pkgs;
-    if (!@pkgs) {
-        vlog(
-            0,
-            _tr(
-                "No packages listed for selection '%s', nothing to do.",
-                $selectionName
-            )
-        );
-    }
-    else {
-        vlog(1, "installing these packages:\n" . join("\n\t", @pkgs));
-        $self->{'meta-packager'}->installPackages(join(' ', @pkgs), 1);
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _clone_fetchSource
-{
-    my $self   = shift;
-    my $source = shift;
-
-    vlog(
-        0,
-        _tr(
-            "Cloning vendor-OS from '%s' to '%s'...\n", $source,
-            $self->{'vendor-os-path'}
-        )
-    );
-    my $excludeIncludeList = $self->_clone_determineIncludeExcludeList();
-    vlog(1, "using exclude-include-filter:\n$excludeIncludeList\n");
-    my $additionalRsyncOptions = $ENV{SLX_RSYNC_OPTIONS} || '';
-    my $rsyncCmd 
-        = "rsync -av --delete --exclude-from=- $additionalRsyncOptions"
-            . " $source $self->{'vendor-os-path'}";
-    vlog(2, "executing: $rsyncCmd\n");
-    my $rsyncFH;
-    open($rsyncFH, '|-', $rsyncCmd)
-        or croak(
-            _tr(
-                "unable to start rsync for source '%s', giving up! (%s)\n",
-                $source, $!
-            )
-        );
-    print $rsyncFH $excludeIncludeList;
-    if (!close($rsyncFH)) {
-        print "rsync-result=", 0+$!, "\n";
-        croak _tr(
-            "unable to clone from source '%s', giving up! (%s)\n", $source, $!
-        );
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _clone_determineIncludeExcludeList
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $localFilterFile 
-        = "$openslxConfig{'config-path'}/distro-info/clone-filter";
-    my $includeExcludeList 
-        = slurpFile($localFilterFile, { failIfMissing => 0 });
-    $includeExcludeList .= $self->{distro}->{'clone-filter'};
-    $includeExcludeList =~ s[^\s+][]igms;
-
-    # remove any leading whitespace, as rsync doesn't like it
-    return $includeExcludeList;
-}
-
-sub _installPlugins
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $plugins     = shift;
-    my $isReInstall = shift;
-
-    if (!$plugins) {
-        $plugins = [];
-        my $openslxDB = instantiateClass("OpenSLX::ConfigDB");
-        $openslxDB->connect();
-        # fetch plugins from existing vendor-OS
-        my $vendorOS = $openslxDB->fetchVendorOSByFilter({
-            'name' => $self->{'vendor-os-name'}
-        });
-        if ($vendorOS) {
-            push @$plugins, $openslxDB->fetchInstalledPlugins($vendorOS->{id});
-            $isReInstall = 1;
-        }
-        $openslxDB->disconnect();
-    }
-
-    return if ! @$plugins;
-    
-    require OpenSLX::OSPlugin::Engine;
-    vlog(
-        0, 
-        $isReInstall
-            ? _tr("reinstalling plugins...\n")
-            : _tr("installing default plugins...\n")
-    );
-    for my $pluginInfo (
-        sort { 
-            $self->_sortPluginsByDependency($a->{plugin_name},
-                $b->{plugin_name}); 
-        } @$plugins
-    ) {
-        my $pluginName = $pluginInfo->{plugin_name};
-        my $pluginEngine = OpenSLX::OSPlugin::Engine->new();
-        vlog(0, _tr("\t%s\n", $pluginName));
-        $pluginEngine->initialize(
-            $pluginName, $self->{'vendor-os-name'}, $pluginInfo->{attrs}
-        );
-        $pluginEngine->installPlugin();
-    }
-    vlog(0, _tr("done with plugins.\n"));
-
-    return;
-}
-    
-sub _sortPluginsByDependency
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $pluginNameA = shift;
-    my $pluginNameB = shift;
-    
-    my $pluginA = OpenSLX::OSPlugin::Roster->getPlugin($pluginNameA);
-    if ($pluginA->dependsOnPlugin($pluginNameB)) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    my $pluginB = OpenSLX::OSPlugin::Roster->getPlugin($pluginNameB);
-    if ($pluginB->dependsOnPlugin($pluginNameA)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-################################################################################
-### utility methods
-################################################################################
-sub _changePersonalityIfNeeded
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $distroName = $self->{'distro-name'};
-    if ($self->_hostIs64Bit() && $distroName !~ m[_64]) {
-        vlog(2, 'entering 32-bit personality');
-        OpenSLX::Syscall->enter32BitPersonality();
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub _hostIs64Bit
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    $self->{arch} = `uname -m` unless defined $self->{arch};
-    return ($self->{arch} =~ m[64]);
-}
-
-1;
-
-=pod
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-OpenSLX::OSSetup::Engine - driver engine for OSSetup API
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-...
-
-=cut
-
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/Base.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/Base.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index f149d0f5..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/Base.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Base.pm
-#    - provides empty base of the OpenSLX OSSetup::MetaPackager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-our $VERSION = 1.01;        # API-version . implementation-version
-
-use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    confess "Creating OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base-objects directly makes no sense!";
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->{'engine'} = $engine;
-    weaken($self->{'engine'});
-        # avoid circular reference between meta-packager and its engine
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub initPackageSources
-{
-}
-
-sub setupPackageSource
-{
-}
-
-sub updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-}
-
-sub removePackages
-{
-}
-
-1;
-################################################################################
-
-=pod
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base - the base class for all OSSetup::MetaPackagers
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-  package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::coolnewpkg;
-
-  use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
-  @ISA = ('OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base');
-  $VERSION = 1.01;
-
-  use coolnewpkg;
-
-  sub new
-  {
-      my $class = shift;
-      my $self = {};
-      return bless $self, $class;
-  }
-
-  # override all methods of OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base in order to
-  # implement the support for a new meta-packager
-  ...
-
-I<The synopsis above outlines a class that implements a
-OSSetup::MetaPackager for the (imaginary) meta-packager B<coolnewpkg>>
-
-=cut
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/apt.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/apt.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb87a35..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/apt.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# apt.pm
-#    - provides apt-get-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::apt;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'apt',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initPackageSources
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'POSIX';
-
-    # remove any existing sources
-    slxsystem('rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list');
-    
-    # create default timezone if there isn't any
-    if (!-e '/etc/timezone') {
-        spitFile('/etc/timezone', "$openslxConfig{'default-timezone'}\n");
-    }
-    
-    # create kernel config if there isn't any
-    if (!-e '/etc/kernel-img.conf') {
-        my $kernelConfig = unshiftHereDoc(<<"        END-OF-HERE");
-            # Kernel image management overrides
-            # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
-            do_symlinks = yes
-            relative_links = yes
-            do_bootloader = no
-            do_bootfloppy = no
-            do_initrd = yes
-            link_in_boot = yes
-        END-OF-HERE
-        spitFile('/etc/kernel-img.conf', $kernelConfig);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub setupPackageSource
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $repoName    = shift;
-    my $repoInfo    = shift;
-    my $excludeList = shift;
-    my $repoURLs    = shift;
-
-    my $baseURL      = shift @$repoURLs;
-    my $distribution = $repoInfo->{'distribution'};
-    my $components   = $repoInfo->{'components'};
-
-    my $sourcesList = "deb $baseURL $distribution $components\n";
-
-    foreach my $mirrorURL (@$repoURLs) {
-        $sourcesList .= "deb $mirrorURL $distribution $components\n";
-    }
-
-    appendFile('/etc/apt/sources.list', $sourcesList);
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self      = shift;
-    my $packages  = shift;
-    my $doRefresh = shift || 0;
-
-    $packages =~ tr{\n}{ };
-
-    if ($doRefresh && slxsystem("apt-get -y update")) {
-        die _tr("unable to update repository info (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    if ('/var/cache/debconf/slx-defaults.dat') {
-        $ENV{DEBCONF_DB_FALLBACK} 
-            = "'File{/var/cache/debconf/slx-defaults.dat}'";
-    }
-    $ENV{DEBIAN_FRONTEND} = 'noninteractive';
-    if (slxsystem("apt-get -y install $packages")) {
-        die _tr("unable to install selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    delete $ENV{DEBCONF_DB_FALLBACK};
-    delete $ENV{DEBIAN_FRONTEND};
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub removePackages
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $pkgSelection = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("apt-get -y remove $pkgSelection")) {
-        die _tr("unable to remove selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("apt-get -y update")) {
-        die _tr("unable to update repository info (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("apt-get -y upgrade")) {
-        die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/smart.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/smart.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index fc178cb7..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/smart.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# smart.pm
-#    - provides smart-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::smart;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'smart',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initPackageSources
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'POSIX';
-
-    # remove any existing channels
-    slxsystem("rm -f /etc/smart/channels/*");
-    if (slxsystem("smart channel -y --remove-all")) {
-        die _tr("unable to remove existing channels (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub setupPackageSource
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $repoName    = shift;
-    my $repoInfo    = shift;
-    my $excludeList = shift;
-    my $repoURLs    = shift;
-
-    my $repoSubdir = '';
-    if ($repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'}) {
-        $repoSubdir = "/$repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'}";
-    }
-    my $baseURL = shift @$repoURLs;
-    my $repoDescr
-        = qq[$repoName name="$repoInfo->{name}" baseurl=$baseURL$repoSubdir];
-    $repoDescr .= " type=rpm-md";
-    if (slxsystem("smart channel -y --add $repoDescr")) {
-        die _tr("unable to add channel '%s' (%s)\n", $repoName, $!);
-    }
-
-    my $mirrorDescr;
-    foreach my $mirrorURL (@$repoURLs) {
-        $mirrorDescr .= " --add $baseURL$repoSubdir $mirrorURL$repoSubdir";
-    }
-    if (defined $mirrorDescr) {
-        if (slxsystem("smart mirror $mirrorDescr")) {
-            die _tr(
-                "unable to add mirrors for channel '%s' (%s)\n", 
-                $repoName, $!
-            );
-        }
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self      = shift;
-    my $packages  = shift;
-    my $doRefresh = shift || 0;
-
-    $packages =~ tr{\n}{ };
-
-    if ($doRefresh && slxsystem("smart update")) {
-        die _tr("unable to update channel info (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("smart install -y $packages")) {
-        die _tr("unable to install selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub removePackages
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $pkgSelection = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("smart remove -y $pkgSelection")) {
-        die _tr("unable to remove selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("smart upgrade -y --update")) {
-        if ($! == 2) {
-            # file not found => smart isn't installed
-            die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os, as it seems to lack an installation of smart!\n");
-        }
-        die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/yum.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/yum.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 99a10382..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/yum.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# yum.pm
-#    - provides yum-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::yum;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'yum',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initPackageSources
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'POSIX';
-
-    slxsystem("rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*");
-    slxsystem("mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d");
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub setupPackageSource
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $repoName    = shift;
-    my $repoInfo    = shift;
-    my $excludeList = shift;
-    my $repoURLs    = shift;
-
-    my $repoSubdir;
-    if (length($repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'})) {
-        $repoSubdir = "/$repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'}";
-    }
-    my $baseURL = shift @$repoURLs;
-
-    my $repoDescr 
-        = "[$repoName]\nname=$repoInfo->{name}\nbaseurl=$baseURL$repoSubdir\n";
-	vlog(4,"Adding repo <",$repoName,"> with Base-URL <",$baseURL,"> and Repo-SubDir <",$repoSubdir,">");
-    foreach my $mirrorURL (@$repoURLs) {
-        $repoDescr .= "        $mirrorURL$repoSubdir\n";
-    }
-    my $repoFile = "/etc/yum.repos.d/$repoName.repo";
-    spitFile($repoFile, "$repoDescr\nexclude=$excludeList\n");
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self     = shift;
-    my $packages = shift;
-
-    $packages =~ tr{\n}{ };
-	if (slxsystem("mount -t proc proc proc/") != 0){die _tr("unable to mount proc/ for yum \n");};
-    if (slxsystem("yum -y install $packages")) {
-        die _tr("unable to install selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    if(slxsystem("umount proc/") != 0) {_tr("unable to umount proc/")};
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub removePackages
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $pkgSelection = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("yum -y remove $pkgSelection")) {
-        die _tr("unable to remove selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-	if (slxsystem("mount -t proc proc proc/") != 0){die _tr("unable to mount proc/ for yum \n");};
-    if (slxsystem("yum -y update")) {
-        if ($! == 2) {
-            # file not found => yum isn't installed
-            die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os, as it seems to lack an installation of yum!\n");
-        }
-        if(slxsystem("umount proc/") != 0) {_tr("unable to umount proc/")};
-        die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os (%s)\n", $!);
-    }	
-	if(slxsystem("umount proc/") != 0) {_tr("unable to umount proc/")};
-    return 1;
-}
-
-1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/zypper.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/zypper.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bb22bde..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/MetaPackager/zypper.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# zypper.pm
-#    - provides zypper-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::zypper;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::MetaPackager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'zypper',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub initPackageSources
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'POSIX';
-
-    # remove any existing channels
-    slxsystem("rm -f /etc/zypp/repos.d/*");
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub setupPackageSource
-{
-    my $self        = shift;
-    my $repoName    = shift;
-    my $repoInfo    = shift;
-    my $excludeList = shift;
-    my $repoURLs    = shift;
-
-    my $repoSubdir = '';
-    if (defined $repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'} && 
-        length($repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'})) {
-        $repoSubdir = "/$repoInfo->{'repo-subdir'}";
-    }
-    my $baseURL = shift @$repoURLs;
-    
-    if ($baseURL =~ m/non-oss/) {
-    	# skip non-oss repositories, cause zypper can't realy handle them
-    	# correctly; zypper is deacting them with following message:
-    	# "Repository type can't be determined."
-    	return 1;
-    }
-    
-    if (slxsystem("zypper addrepo $baseURL$repoSubdir $repoName")) {
-        die _tr("unable to add repo '%s' (%s)\n", $repoName, $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self      = shift;
-    my $packages  = shift;
-    my $doRefresh = shift || 0;
-
-    $packages =~ tr{\n}{ };
-
-    if ($doRefresh && slxsystem("zypper --non-interactive refresh")) {
-        die _tr("unable to update repo info (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("zypper --non-interactive install $packages")) {
-        die _tr("unable to install selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub removePackages
-{
-    my $self         = shift;
-    my $pkgSelection = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("zypper --non-interactive remove $pkgSelection")) {
-        die _tr("unable to remove selection (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-sub updateBasicVendorOS
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    if (slxsystem("zypper --non-interactive update")) {
-        if ($! == 2) {
-            # file not found => zypper isn't installed
-            die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os, as it seems to lack an installation of zypper!\n");
-        }
-        die _tr("unable to update this vendor-os (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/Base.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/Base.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index af600b8b..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/Base.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Base.pm
-#    - provides empty base of the OpenSLX OSSetup::Packager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-our $VERSION = 1.01;        # API-version . implementation-version
-
-use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### interface methods
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    confess "Creating OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base-objects directly makes no sense!";
-}
-
-sub initialize
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $engine = shift;
-
-    $self->{'engine'} = $engine;
-    weaken($self->{'engine'});
-        # avoid circular reference between packager and its engine
-
-    return;
-}
-
-sub prepareBootstrap
-{
-}
-
-sub bootstrap
-{
-}
-
-sub importTrustedPackageKeys
-{
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-}
-
-sub getInstalledPackages
-{
-}
-
-1;
-################################################################################
-
-=pod
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base - the base class for all OSSetup::Packagers
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-  package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::coolnewpkg;
-
-  use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
-  @ISA = ('OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base');
-  $VERSION = 1.01;
-
-  use coolnewpkg;
-
-  sub new
-  {
-      my $class = shift;
-      my $self = {};
-      return bless $self, $class;
-  }
-
-  # override all methods of OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base in order to
-  # implement the support for a new packager
-  ...
-
-I<The synopsis above outlines a class that implements a
-OSSetup::Packager for the (imaginary) packager B<coolnewpkg>>
-
-=cut
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/dpkg.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/dpkg.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 94aff9c6..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/dpkg.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# rpm.pm
-#    - provides rpm-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::dpkg;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-use OpenSLX::Utils;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'dpkg',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub prepareBootstrap
-{
-    my $self       = shift;
-    my $stage1aDir = shift;
-    
-    copyBinaryWithRequiredLibs({
-        'binary'          => '/usr/bin/perl',
-        'targetFolder'    => "$stage1aDir/usr/bin",
-        'libTargetFolder' => $stage1aDir,
-    });
-
-}
-
-sub bootstrap
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $pkgs = shift;
-
-    my $debootstrapPkg = $pkgs->[0];
-    chdir '..';
-    vlog(2, "unpacking debootstrap ...");
-    if (slxsystem("ash", "-c", "ar x slxbootstrap/$debootstrapPkg")) {
-        die _tr("unable to unarchive package '%s' (%s)", $debootstrapPkg, $!);
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("ash", "-c", "tar xzf data.tar.gz")) {
-        die _tr("unable to untar 'data.tar.gz (%s)", $!);
-    }
-    if (slxsystem("ash", "-c", "rm -f debian-binary *.tar.gz")) {
-        die _tr("unable to cleanup package '%s' (%s)", $debootstrapPkg, $!);
-    }
-    my $arch = $self->{engine}->{'distro-info'}->{arch};
-    my $releaseName = $self->{engine}->{'distro-info'}->{'release-name'};
-    my $baseURL = $self->{engine}->{baseURLs}->[0];
-    my $debootstrapCmd = unshiftHereDoc(<<"    END-OF-HERE");
-        /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch $arch $releaseName \\
-                              /slxbootstrap/slxfinal $baseURL
-    END-OF-HERE
-    if (slxsystem("ash", "-c", ". $debootstrapCmd")) {
-        die _tr("unable to run debootstrap (%s)", $!);
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $pkgs = shift;
-    my $finalPath = shift;
-
-    return unless defined $pkgs && @$pkgs;
-
-    if (slxsystem("dpkg", "--root=$finalPath", "--install", @$pkgs)) {
-        die _tr("error during package-installation (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub getInstalledPackages
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $rpmCmd = 'dpkg-query --showformat "\${package}\n" --show';
-    my $pkgList = qx{$rpmCmd};
-    return split "\n", $pkgList;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/rpm.pm b/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/rpm.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a86a3d2..00000000
--- a/installer/OpenSLX/OSSetup/Packager/rpm.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 - OpenSLX GmbH
-#
-# This program is free software distributed under the GPL version 2.
-# See http://openslx.org/COPYING
-#
-# If you have any feedback please consult http://openslx.org/feedback and
-# send your suggestions, praise, or complaints to feedback@openslx.org
-#
-# General information about OpenSLX can be found at http://openslx.org/
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# rpm.pm
-#    - provides rpm-specific overrides of the OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager API.
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-package OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::rpm;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base qw(OpenSLX::OSSetup::Packager::Base);
-
-use OpenSLX::Basics;
-
-################################################################################
-### implementation
-################################################################################
-sub new
-{
-    my $class = shift;
-    my $self = {
-        'name' => 'rpm',
-    };
-    return bless $self, $class;
-}
-
-sub bootstrap
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $pkgs = shift;
-
-    foreach my $pkg (@$pkgs) {
-        vlog(2, "unpacking package $pkg...");
-        if (slxsystem("ash", "-c", "rpm2cpio $pkg | cpio -i -d -u")) {
-            die _tr("unable to unpack package <%s> (%s)", $pkg, $!);
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub importTrustedPackageKeys
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $keyFiles = shift;
-    my $finalPath = shift;
-
-    return unless defined $keyFiles;
-
-    foreach my $keyFile (@$keyFiles) {
-        vlog(2, "importing package key $keyFile...");
-        if (slxsystem("rpm", "--root=$finalPath", "--import", "$keyFile")) {
-            die _tr("unable to import package key <%s> (%s)\n", $keyFile, $!);
-        }
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub installPackages
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $pkgs = shift;
-    my $finalPath = shift;
-
-    return unless defined $pkgs && scalar(@$pkgs);
-
-    if (slxsystem("rpm", "--root=$finalPath", "-ivh", @$pkgs)) {
-        die _tr("error during package-installation (%s)\n", $!);
-    }
-    return;
-}
-
-sub getInstalledPackages
-{
-    my $self = shift;
-
-    my $rpmCmd = 'rpm -qa --queryformat="%{NAME}\n"';
-    my $pkgList = `$rpmCmd`;
-    return split "\n", $pkgList;
-}
-
-1;