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+package Bastille::API::Miscellaneous;
+use strict;
+
+use File::Path;
+use Bastille::API;
+use Bastille::API::HPSpecific;
+use Bastille::API::FileContent;
+
+require Exporter;
+our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
+PrepareToRun
+B_is_package_installed
+);
+our @EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;
+
+
+###########################################################################
+#
+# PrepareToRun sets up Bastille to run.  It checks the ARGV array for
+# special options and runs ConfigureForDistro to set necessary file
+# locations and other global variables.
+#
+###########################################################################
+
+sub PrepareToRun {
+
+    # Make sure we're root!
+    if ( $> != 0 ) {
+	&B_log("ERROR","Bastille must run as root!\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+
+    # Make any directories that don't exist...
+    foreach my $dir (keys %GLOBAL_BDIR) {
+        my $BdirPath = $GLOBAL_BDIR{$dir};
+        if ( $BdirPath =~ /^\s*\// ) { #Don't make relative directories
+            mkpath ($BdirPath,0,0700);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(&GetDistro =~ "^HP-UX") {
+	&B_check_system;
+    }
+
+    &B_log("ACTION","\n########################################################\n" .
+	       "#  Begin Bastille Run                                  #\n" .
+	       "########################################################\n\n");
+
+    #read sum file if it exists.
+    &B_read_sums;
+
+
+# No longer necessary as flags are no longer in sum file, and sums are
+# are now checked "real time"
+
+    # check the integrity of the files listed
+#    for my $file (sort keys %GLOBAL_SUM) {
+#	&B_check_sum($file);
+#    }
+    # write out the newly flagged sums
+#    &B_write_sums;
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+###########################################################################
+# &B_is_package_installed($package);
+#
+# This function checks for the existence of the package named.
+#
+# TODO: Allow $package to be an expression.
+# TODO: Allow optional $version, $release, $epoch arguments so we can
+#       make sure that the given package is at least as recent as some
+#       given version number.
+#
+# scalar return values:
+# 0:    $package is not installed
+# 1:    $package is installed
+###########################################################################
+
+sub B_is_package_installed($) {
+    no strict;
+    my $package = $_[0];
+# Create a "global" variable with values scoped to this function
+# We do this to avoid having to repeatedly swlist/rpm
+# when we run B_is_package_installed
+local %INSTALLED_PACKAGE_LIST;
+
+    my $distro = &GetDistro;
+    if ($distro =~ /^HP-UX/) {
+        if (&checkProcsForService('swagent','ignore_warning') == SECURE_CANT_CHANGE()) {
+            &B_log("WARNING","Software Distributor Agent(swagent) is not running.  Can not tell ".
+                   "if package: $package is installed or not.  Bastille will assume not.  ".
+                   "If the package is actually installed, Bastille may report or configure incorrectly.".
+                   "To use Bastille-results as-is, please check to ensure $package is not installed, ".
+                   "or re-run with the swagent running to get correct results.");
+            return 0; #FALSE
+        }
+	my $swlist=&getGlobal('BIN','swlist');
+        if (%INSTALLED_PACKAGE_LIST == () ) { # re-use prior results
+          if (open(SWLIST, "$swlist -a state -l fileset |")) {
+            while (my $line = <SWLIST>){
+              if ($line =~ /^ {2}\S+\.(\S+)\s*(\w+)/) {
+                $INSTALLED_PACKAGE_LIST{$1} = $2;
+              }
+            }
+          close SWLIST;
+          } else {
+            &B_log("ERROR","B_is_package_installed was unable to run the swlist command: $swlist,\n");
+            return FALSE;
+          }
+        }
+        # Now find the entry
+        if ($INSTALLED_PACKAGE_LIST{$package} == 'configured') {
+            return TRUE;
+        } else {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+    } #End HP-UX Section
+    # This routine only works on RPM-based distros: Red Hat, Fedora, Mandrake and SuSE
+    elsif ( ($distro !~ /^RH/) and ($distro !~ /^MN/) and($distro !~ /^SE/) ) {
+        return 0;
+    } else { #This is a RPM-based distro
+        # Run an rpm command -- librpm is extremely messy, dynamic and not
+        # so much a perl thing.  It's actually barely a C/C++ thing...
+        if (open RPM,"rpm -q $package") {
+            # We should get only one line back, but let's parse a few
+            # just in case.
+            my @lines = <RPM>;
+            close RPM;
+            #
+            # This is what we're trying to parse:
+            # $ rpm -q jay
+            # package jay is not installed
+            # $ rpm -q bash
+            # bash-2.05b-305.1
+            #
+
+            foreach $line (@lines) {
+                if ($line =~ /^package\s$package\sis\snot\sinstalled/) {
+            	return 0;
+                }
+                elsif ($line =~ /^$package\-/) {
+            	return 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            # If we've read every line without finding one of these, then
+            # our parsing is broken
+            &B_log("ERROR","B_is_package_installed was unable to find a definitive RPM present or not present line.\n");
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            &B_log("ERROR","B_is_package_installed was unable to run the RPM command,\n");
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+1;
+