merge...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

.pct-helpers

@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ xreadYes(){
 #	xreadpass VAR
 #
 xreadpass(){
+	if [[ ${!1} == 'SKIP' ]] ; then
+		return
+	fi
 	local PASS1
 	local PASS2
 	for attempt in 1 2 3 ; do
@@ -445,6 +448,7 @@ readVars(){
 #
 #	buildAssets [VAR ..]
 #
+# XXX revise: SKIP handling...
 buildAssets(){
 	local template_dir=${TEMPLATE_DIR:-templates}
 	local assets_dir=${ASSETS_DIR:-assets}
@@ -473,6 +477,9 @@ buildAssets(){
 	)
 	for var in ${DFL_VARS[@]} ; do
 		local val=${!var}
+		if [[ $val == SKIP ]] ; then
+			val=
+		fi
 		PATTERNS+=("-e 's/\\\${${var}}/${val//\//\\/}/g'")
 	done
 	local IP_VARS=(
@@ -487,11 +494,17 @@ buildAssets(){
 	for var in ${IP_VARS[@]} ; do
 		var=${var%n}
 		local val=${!var}
+		if [[ $val == SKIP ]] ; then
+			val=
+		fi
 		PATTERNS+=("-e 's/\\\${${var}n}/${val/\/*}/g'")
 	done
 	# args...
 	for var in $@ ; do
 		local val=${!var}
+		if [[ $val == SKIP ]] ; then
+			val=
+		fi
 		PATTERNS+=("-e 's/\\\${${var}}/${val//\//\\/}/g'")
 	done