Yocto 2.4

Move OpenBMC to Yocto 2.4(rocko)

Tested: Built and verified Witherspoon and Palmetto images
Change-Id: I12057b18610d6fb0e6903c60213690301e9b0c67
Signed-off-by: Brad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>
diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
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+import os
+import shutil
+import glob
+import subprocess
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_test_layer
+from oeqa.selftest.cases.sstate import SStateBase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+
+import bb.siggen
+
+class SStateTests(SStateBase):
+
+    # Test sstate files creation and their location
+    def run_test_sstate_creation(self, targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location, [self.sstate_path])
+
+        if  self.temp_sstate_location:
+            bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
+        else:
+            bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        file_tracker = []
+        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, targets)), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        if distro_nonspecific:
+            for r in results:
+                if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tgz", "_populate_lic.tgz.siginfo", "_fetch.tgz.siginfo", "_unpack.tgz.siginfo", "_patch.tgz.siginfo")):
+                    continue
+                file_tracker.append(r)
+        else:
+            file_tracker = results
+
+        if should_pass:
+            self.assertTrue(file_tracker , msg="Could not find sstate files for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+        else:
+            self.assertTrue(not file_tracker , msg="Found sstate files in the wrong place for: %s (found %s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(file_tracker)))
+
+    @OETestID(975)
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_specific_pass(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['binutils-cross-'+ self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1374)
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_specific_fail(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['binutils-cross-'+ self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=False)
+
+    @OETestID(976)
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_nonspecific_pass(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['linux-libc-headers'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1375)
+    def test_sstate_creation_distro_nonspecific_fail(self):
+        self.run_test_sstate_creation(['linux-libc-headers'], distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True, should_pass=False)
+
+    # Test the sstate files deletion part of the do_cleansstate task
+    def run_test_cleansstate_task(self, targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location, [self.sstate_path])
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        tgz_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(tgz_created, msg="Could not find sstate .tgz files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_created)))
+
+        siginfo_created = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.siginfo$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(siginfo_created, msg="Could not find sstate .siginfo files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(siginfo_created)))
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+        tgz_removed = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific, distro_nonspecific)
+        self.assertTrue(not tgz_removed, msg="do_cleansstate didn't remove .tgz sstate files for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(tgz_removed)))
+
+    @OETestID(977)
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_specific_nonspecific(self):
+        targets = ['binutils-cross-'+ self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native']
+        targets.append('linux-libc-headers')
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1376)
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_nonspecific(self):
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(['linux-libc-headers'], distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1377)
+    def test_cleansstate_task_distro_specific(self):
+        targets = ['binutils-cross-'+ self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native']
+        targets.append('linux-libc-headers')
+        self.run_test_cleansstate_task(targets, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False, temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+
+    # Test rebuilding of distro-specific sstate files
+    def run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(self, targets, temp_sstate_location=True):
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location, [self.sstate_path])
+
+        bitbake(['-ccleansstate'] + targets)
+
+        bitbake(targets)
+        results = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=False, distro_nonspecific=True)
+        filtered_results = []
+        for r in results:
+            if r.endswith(("_populate_lic.tgz", "_populate_lic.tgz.siginfo")):
+                continue
+            filtered_results.append(r)
+        self.assertTrue(filtered_results == [], msg="Found distro non-specific sstate for: %s (%s)" % (', '.join(map(str, targets)), str(filtered_results)))
+        file_tracker_1 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_1) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
+        shutil.copytree(self.distro_specific_sstate, self.distro_specific_sstate + "_old")
+        shutil.rmtree(self.distro_specific_sstate)
+
+        bitbake(['-cclean'] + targets)
+        bitbake(targets)
+        file_tracker_2 = self.search_sstate('|'.join(map(str, [s + '.*?\.tgz$' for s in targets])), distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=False)
+        self.assertTrue(len(file_tracker_2) >= len(targets), msg = "Not all sstate files ware created for: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, targets)))
+
+        not_recreated = [x for x in file_tracker_1 if x not in file_tracker_2]
+        self.assertTrue(not_recreated == [], msg="The following sstate files ware not recreated: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, not_recreated)))
+
+        created_once = [x for x in file_tracker_2 if x not in file_tracker_1]
+        self.assertTrue(created_once == [], msg="The following sstate files ware created only in the second run: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, created_once)))
+
+    @OETestID(175)
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_cross_native_targets(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-cross-' + self.tune_arch, 'binutils-native'], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1372)
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_cross_target(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-cross-' + self.tune_arch], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+    @OETestID(1373)
+    def test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate_native_target(self):
+        self.run_test_rebuild_distro_specific_sstate(['binutils-native'], temp_sstate_location=True)
+
+
+    # Test the sstate-cache-management script. Each element in the global_config list is used with the corresponding element in the target_config list
+    # global_config elements are expected to not generate any sstate files that would be removed by sstate-cache-management.sh (such as changing the value of MACHINE)
+    def run_test_sstate_cache_management_script(self, target, global_config=[''], target_config=[''], ignore_patterns=[]):
+        self.assertTrue(global_config)
+        self.assertTrue(target_config)
+        self.assertTrue(len(global_config) == len(target_config), msg='Lists global_config and target_config should have the same number of elements')
+        self.config_sstate(temp_sstate_location=True, add_local_mirrors=[self.sstate_path])
+
+        # If buildhistory is enabled, we need to disable version-going-backwards
+        # QA checks for this test. It may report errors otherwise.
+        self.append_config('ERROR_QA_remove = "version-going-backwards"')
+
+        # For not this only checks if random sstate tasks are handled correctly as a group.
+        # In the future we should add control over what tasks we check for.
+
+        sstate_archs_list = []
+        expected_remaining_sstate = []
+        for idx in range(len(target_config)):
+            self.append_config(global_config[idx])
+            self.append_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
+            sstate_arch = get_bb_var('SSTATE_PKGARCH', target)
+            if not sstate_arch in sstate_archs_list:
+                sstate_archs_list.append(sstate_arch)
+            if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
+                target_sstate_before_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+            bitbake("-cclean %s" % target)
+            result = bitbake(target, ignore_status=True)
+            if target_config[idx] == target_config[-1]:
+                target_sstate_after_build = self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$')
+                expected_remaining_sstate += [x for x in target_sstate_after_build if x not in target_sstate_before_build if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+            self.remove_config(global_config[idx])
+            self.remove_recipeinc(target, target_config[idx])
+            self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, msg = "build of %s failed with %s" % (target, result.output))
+
+        runCmd("sstate-cache-management.sh -y --cache-dir=%s --remove-duplicated --extra-archs=%s" % (self.sstate_path, ','.join(map(str, sstate_archs_list))))
+        actual_remaining_sstate = [x for x in self.search_sstate(target + '.*?\.tgz$') if not any(pattern in x for pattern in ignore_patterns)]
+
+        actual_not_expected = [x for x in actual_remaining_sstate if x not in expected_remaining_sstate]
+        self.assertFalse(actual_not_expected, msg="Files should have been removed but ware not: %s" % ', '.join(map(str, actual_not_expected)))
+        expected_not_actual = [x for x in expected_remaining_sstate if x not in actual_remaining_sstate]
+        self.assertFalse(expected_not_actual, msg="Extra files ware removed: %s" ', '.join(map(str, expected_not_actual)))
+
+    @OETestID(973)
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_1(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    @OETestID(978)
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_2(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        global_config.append('')
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    @OETestID(979)
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_pr_3(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86-64"')
+        target_config.append('PR = "0"')
+        global_config.append(global_config[0])
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86"')
+        target_config.append('PR = "1"')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    @OETestID(974)
+    def test_sstate_cache_management_script_using_machine(self):
+        global_config = []
+        target_config = []
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86-64"')
+        target_config.append('')
+        global_config.append('MACHINE = "qemux86"')
+        target_config.append('')
+        self.run_test_sstate_cache_management_script('m4', global_config,  target_config, ignore_patterns=['populate_lic'])
+
+    @OETestID(1270)
+    def test_sstate_32_64_same_hash(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums for both native and target should not vary whether
+        they're built on a 32 or 64 bit system. Rather than requiring two different
+        build machines and running a builds, override the variables calling uname()
+        manually and check using bitbake -S.
+        """
+
+        self.write_config("""
+MACHINE = "qemux86"
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash"
+BUILD_ARCH = "x86_64"
+BUILD_OS = "linux"
+SDKMACHINE = "x86_64"
+PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm package_ipk package_deb"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        bitbake("core-image-sato -S none")
+        self.write_config("""
+MACHINE = "qemux86"
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2"
+BUILD_ARCH = "i686"
+BUILD_OS = "linux"
+SDKMACHINE = "i686"
+PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm package_ipk package_deb"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        bitbake("core-image-sato -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = []
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                if "core-image-sato" in root:
+                    # SDKMACHINE changing will change
+                    # do_rootfs/do_testimage/do_build stamps of images which
+                    # is safe to ignore.
+                    continue
+                f.extend(os.path.join(root, name) for name in files)
+            return f
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/")
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/")
+        files2 = [x.replace("tmp-sstatesamehash2", "tmp-sstatesamehash").replace("i686-linux", "x86_64-linux").replace("i686" + self.target_vendor + "-linux", "x86_64" + self.target_vendor + "-linux", ) for x in files2]
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertCountEqual(files1, files2)
+
+
+    @OETestID(1271)
+    def test_sstate_nativelsbstring_same_hash(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums should be independent of whichever NATIVELSBSTRING is
+        detected. Rather than requiring two different build machines and running
+        builds, override the variables manually and check using bitbake -S.
+        """
+
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash\"
+NATIVELSBSTRING = \"DistroA\"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        bitbake("core-image-sato -S none")
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
+NATIVELSBSTRING = \"DistroB\"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        bitbake("core-image-sato -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = []
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                f.extend(os.path.join(root, name) for name in files)
+            return f
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/")
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/")
+        files2 = [x.replace("tmp-sstatesamehash2", "tmp-sstatesamehash") for x in files2]
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertCountEqual(files1, files2)
+
+    @OETestID(1368)
+    def test_sstate_allarch_samesigs(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums of allarch packages should be independent of whichever
+        MACHINE is set. Check this using bitbake -S.
+        Also, rather than duplicate the test, check nativesdk stamps are the same between
+        the two MACHINE values.
+        """
+
+        configA = """
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86-64\"
+"""
+        configB = """
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
+MACHINE = \"qemuarm\"
+"""
+        self.sstate_allarch_samesigs(configA, configB)
+
+    @OETestID(1645)
+    def test_sstate_allarch_samesigs_multilib(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums of allarch multilib packages should be independent of whichever
+        MACHINE is set. Check this using bitbake -S.
+        Also, rather than duplicate the test, check nativesdk stamps are the same between
+        the two MACHINE values.
+        """
+
+        configA = """
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86-64\"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = \"multilib:lib32\"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = \"x86\"
+"""
+        configB = """
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
+MACHINE = \"qemuarm\"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = \"\"
+"""
+        self.sstate_allarch_samesigs(configA, configB)
+
+    def sstate_allarch_samesigs(self, configA, configB):
+
+        self.write_config(configA)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+        self.write_config(configB)
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = {}
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                for name in files:
+                    if "meta-environment" in root or "cross-canadian" in root:
+                        continue
+                    if "do_build" not in name:
+                        # 1.4.1+gitAUTOINC+302fca9f4c-r0.do_package_write_ipk.sigdata.f3a2a38697da743f0dbed8b56aafcf79
+                        (_, task, _, shash) = name.rsplit(".", 3)
+                        f[os.path.join(os.path.basename(root), task)] = shash
+            return f
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/all" + self.target_vendor + "-" + self.target_os)
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/all" + self.target_vendor + "-" + self.target_os)
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertEqual(files1, files2)
+
+        nativesdkdir = os.path.basename(glob.glob(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/*-nativesdk*-linux")[0])
+
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/" + nativesdkdir)
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/" + nativesdkdir)
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertEqual(files1, files2)
+
+    @OETestID(1369)
+    def test_sstate_sametune_samesigs(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums of two identical machines (using the same tune) should be the
+        same, apart from changes within the machine specific stamps directory. We use the
+        qemux86copy machine to test this. Also include multilibs in the test.
+        """
+
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86\"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86copy\"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = []
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                for name in files:
+                    if "meta-environment" in root or "cross-canadian" in root:
+                        continue
+                    if "qemux86copy-" in root or "qemux86-" in root:
+                        continue
+                    if "do_build" not in name and "do_populate_sdk" not in name:
+                        f.append(os.path.join(root, name))
+            return f
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps")
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps")
+        files2 = [x.replace("tmp-sstatesamehash2", "tmp-sstatesamehash") for x in files2]
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertCountEqual(files1, files2)
+
+
+    @OETestID(1498)
+    def test_sstate_noop_samesigs(self):
+        """
+        The sstate checksums of two builds with these variables changed or
+        classes inherits should be the same.
+        """
+
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash"
+BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "${@oe.utils.cpu_count()}"
+PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 1"
+DL_DIR = "${TOPDIR}/download1"
+TIME = "111111"
+DATE = "20161111"
+INHERIT_remove = "buildstats-summary buildhistory uninative"
+http_proxy = ""
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/download1")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2"
+BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "${@oe.utils.cpu_count()+1}"
+PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 2"
+DL_DIR = "${TOPDIR}/download2"
+TIME = "222222"
+DATE = "20161212"
+# Always remove uninative as we're changing proxies
+INHERIT_remove = "uninative"
+INHERIT += "buildstats-summary buildhistory"
+http_proxy = "http://example.com/"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/download2")
+        bitbake("world meta-toolchain -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = {}
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                for name in files:
+                    name, shash = name.rsplit('.', 1)
+                    # Extract just the machine and recipe name
+                    base = os.sep.join(root.rsplit(os.sep, 2)[-2:] + [name])
+                    f[base] = shash
+            return f
+
+        def compare_sigfiles(files, files1, files2, compare=False):
+            for k in files:
+                if k in files1 and k in files2:
+                    print("%s differs:" % k)
+                    if compare:
+                        sigdatafile1 = self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/" + k + "." + files1[k]
+                        sigdatafile2 = self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/" + k + "." + files2[k]
+                        output = bb.siggen.compare_sigfiles(sigdatafile1, sigdatafile2)
+                        if output:
+                            print('\n'.join(output))
+                elif k in files1 and k not in files2:
+                    print("%s in files1" % k)
+                elif k not in files1 and k in files2:
+                    print("%s in files2" % k)
+                else:
+                    assert "shouldn't reach here"
+
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps/")
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps/")
+        # Remove items that are identical in both sets
+        for k,v in files1.items() & files2.items():
+            del files1[k]
+            del files2[k]
+        if not files1 and not files2:
+            # No changes, so we're done
+            return
+
+        files = list(files1.keys() | files2.keys())
+        # this is an expensive computation, thus just compare the first 'max_sigfiles_to_compare' k files
+        max_sigfiles_to_compare = 20
+        first, rest = files[:max_sigfiles_to_compare], files[max_sigfiles_to_compare:]
+        compare_sigfiles(first, files1.keys(), files2.keys(), compare=True)
+        compare_sigfiles(rest, files1.keys(), files2.keys(), compare=False)
+
+        self.fail("sstate hashes not identical.")