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+import os
+import fnmatch
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfDataVar
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
+from oeqa.core.utils.path import findFile
+
+class RpmBasicTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if cls.tc.td['PACKAGE_CLASSES'].split()[0] != 'package_rpm':
+            cls.skipTest('Tests require image to be build from rpm')
+
+    @OETestID(960)
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_rpm_help(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('rpm --help')
+        msg = 'status and output: %s and %s' % (status, output)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+    @OETestID(191)
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_help'])
+    def test_rpm_query(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('rpm -q rpm')
+        msg = 'status and output: %s and %s' % (status, output)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+class RpmInstallRemoveTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if cls.tc.td['PACKAGE_CLASSES'].split()[0] != 'package_rpm':
+            cls.skipTest('Tests require image to be build from rpm')
+
+        pkgarch = cls.td['TUNE_PKGARCH'].replace('-', '_')
+        rpmdir = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR'], 'rpm', pkgarch)
+        # Pick rpm-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small
+        # and it will always be built for standard targets
+        rpm_doc = 'rpm-doc-*.%s.rpm' % pkgarch
+        for f in fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(rpmdir), rpm_doc):
+            test_file = os.path.join(rpmdir, f)
+        dst = '/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm'
+        cls.tc.target.copyTo(test_file, dst)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        dst = '/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm'
+        cls.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % dst)
+
+    @OETestID(192)
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_help'])
+    def test_rpm_install(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+        msg = 'Failed to install rpm-doc package: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+    @OETestID(194)
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmInstallRemoveTest.test_rpm_install'])
+    def test_rpm_remove(self):
+        status,output = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+        msg = 'Failed to remove rpm-doc package: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+    @OETestID(1096)
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_query'])
+    def test_rpm_query_nonroot(self):
+
+        def set_up_test_user(u):
+            status, output = self.target.run('id -u %s' % u)
+            if status:
+                status, output = self.target.run('useradd %s' % u)
+                msg = 'Failed to create new user: %s' % output
+                self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
+
+        def exec_as_test_user(u):
+            status, output = self.target.run('su -c id %s' % u)
+            msg = 'Failed to execute as new user'
+            self.assertTrue("({0})".format(u) in output, msg=msg)
+
+            status, output = self.target.run('su -c "rpm -qa" %s ' % u)
+            msg = 'status: %s. Cannot run rpm -qa: %s' % (status, output)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+        def unset_up_test_user(u):
+            status, output = self.target.run('userdel -r %s' % u)
+            msg = 'Failed to erase user: %s' % output
+            self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
+
+        tuser = 'test1'
+
+        try:
+            set_up_test_user(tuser)
+            exec_as_test_user(tuser)
+        finally:
+            unset_up_test_user(tuser)
+
+    @OETestID(195)
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmInstallRemoveTest.test_rpm_remove'])
+    def test_check_rpm_install_removal_log_file_size(self):
+        """
+        Summary:     Check that rpm writes into /var/log/messages
+        Expected:    There should be some RPM prefixed entries in the above file.
+        Product:     BSPs
+        Author:      Alexandru Georgescu <alexandru.c.georgescu@intel.com>
+        Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alexander.kanavin@intel.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
+        """
+        db_files_cmd = 'ls /var/lib/rpm/__db.*'
+        check_log_cmd = "grep RPM /var/log/messages | wc -l"
+
+        # Make sure that some database files are under /var/lib/rpm as '__db.xxx'
+        status, output = self.target.run(db_files_cmd)
+        msg =  'Failed to find database files under /var/lib/rpm/ as __db.xxx'
+        self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
+
+        # Remove the package just in case
+        self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+
+        # Install/Remove a package 10 times
+        for i in range(10):
+            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+            msg = 'Failed to install rpm-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
+            self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
+
+            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+            msg = 'Failed to remove rpm-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
+            self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
+
+        # if using systemd this should ensure all entries are flushed to /var
+        status, output = self.target.run("journalctl --sync")
+        # Get the amount of entries in the log file
+        status, output = self.target.run(check_log_cmd)
+        msg = 'Failed to get the final size of the log file.'
+        self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
+
+        # Check that there's enough of them
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(int(output), 80,
+                                   'Cound not find sufficient amount of rpm entries in /var/log/messages, found {} entries'.format(output))