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+import unittest
+import os
+import logging
+import re
+import shutil
+
+import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
+from oeqa.selftest.base import oeSelfTest
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import testcase
+
+class BitbakeTests(oeSelfTest):
+
+    @testcase(789)
+    def test_run_bitbake_from_dir_1(self):
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf'))
+        self.assertEqual(bitbake('-e').status, 0, msg = "bitbake couldn't run from \"conf\" dir")
+
+    @testcase(790)
+    def test_run_bitbake_from_dir_2(self):
+        my_env = os.environ.copy()
+        my_env['BBPATH'] = my_env['BUILDDIR']
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.environ['BUILDDIR']))
+        self.assertEqual(bitbake('-e', env=my_env).status, 0, msg = "bitbake couldn't run from builddir")
+
+    @testcase(806)
+    def test_event_handler(self):
+        self.write_config("INHERIT += \"test_events\"")
+        result = bitbake('m4-native')
+        find_build_started = re.search("NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Preparing RunQueue", result.output)
+        find_build_completed = re.search("Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_build_started, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s"  % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_build_completed, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s" % result.output)
+        self.assertFalse('Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent' in result.output, msg = "\"Test for bb.event.InvalidEvent\" message found during bitbake process. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(103)
+    def test_local_sstate(self):
+        bitbake('m4-native -ccleansstate')
+        bitbake('m4-native')
+        bitbake('m4-native -cclean')
+        result = bitbake('m4-native')
+        find_setscene = re.search("m4-native.*do_.*_setscene", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_setscene, msg = "No \"m4-native.*do_.*_setscene\" message found during bitbake m4-native. bitbake output: %s" % result.output )
+
+    @testcase(105)
+    def test_bitbake_invalid_recipe(self):
+        result = bitbake('-b asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Unable to find any recipe file matching 'asdf'" in result.output, msg = "Though asdf recipe doesn't exist, bitbake didn't output any err. message. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(107)
+    def test_bitbake_invalid_target(self):
+        result = bitbake('asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'asdf'" in result.output, msg = "Though no 'asdf' target exists, bitbake didn't output any err. message. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(106)
+    def test_warnings_errors(self):
+        result = bitbake('-b asdf', ignore_status=True)
+        find_warnings = re.search("Summary: There w.{2,3}? [1-9][0-9]* WARNING messages* shown", result.output)
+        find_errors = re.search("Summary: There w.{2,3}? [1-9][0-9]* ERROR messages* shown", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_warnings, msg="Did not find the mumber of warnings at the end of the build:\n" + result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find_errors, msg="Did not find the mumber of errors at the end of the build:\n" + result.output)
+
+    @testcase(108)
+    def test_invalid_patch(self):
+        self.write_recipeinc('man', 'SRC_URI += "file://man-1.5h1-make.patch"')
+        result = bitbake('man -c patch', ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc('man')
+        bitbake('-cclean man')
+        self.assertTrue("ERROR: Function failed: patch_do_patch" in result.output, msg = "Though no man-1.5h1-make.patch file exists, bitbake didn't output any err. message. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(163)
+    def test_force_task(self):
+        bitbake('m4-native')
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c clean m4-native')
+        result = bitbake('-C compile m4-native')
+        look_for_tasks = ['do_compile', 'do_install', 'do_populate_sysroot']
+        for task in look_for_tasks:
+            find_task = re.search("m4-native.*%s" % task, result.output)
+            self.assertTrue(find_task, msg = "Couldn't find %s task. bitbake output %s" % (task, result.output))
+
+    @testcase(167)
+    def test_bitbake_g(self):
+        result = bitbake('-g core-image-full-cmdline')
+        for f in ['pn-buildlist', 'pn-depends.dot', 'package-depends.dot', 'task-depends.dot']:
+            self.addCleanup(os.remove, f)
+        self.assertTrue('NOTE: PN build list saved to \'pn-buildlist\'' in result.output, msg = "No dependency \"pn-buildlist\" file was generated for the given task target. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue('openssh' in ftools.read_file(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'pn-buildlist')), msg = "No \"openssh\" dependency found in pn-buildlist file.")
+
+    @testcase(899)
+    def test_image_manifest(self):
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        deploydir = get_bb_var("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE", target="core-image-minimal")
+        imagename = get_bb_var("IMAGE_LINK_NAME", target="core-image-minimal")
+        manifest = os.path.join(deploydir, imagename + ".manifest")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.islink(manifest), msg="No manifest file created for image. It should have been created in %s" % manifest)
+
+    @testcase(168)
+    def test_invalid_recipe_src_uri(self):
+        data = 'SRC_URI = "file://invalid"'
+        self.write_recipeinc('man', data)
+        self.write_config("""DL_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+SSTATE_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+""")
+        bitbake('-ccleanall man')
+        result = bitbake('-c fetch man', ignore_status=True)
+        bitbake('-ccleanall man')
+        self.delete_recipeinc('man')
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 1, msg="Command succeded when it should have failed. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue('Fetcher failure: Unable to find file file://invalid anywhere. The paths that were searched were:' in result.output, msg = "\"invalid\" file \
+doesn't exist, yet no error message encountered. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue('ERROR: Function failed: Fetcher failure for URL: \'file://invalid\'. Unable to fetch URL from any source.' in result.output, msg = "\"invalid\" file \
+doesn't exist, yet fetcher didn't report any error. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(171)
+    def test_rename_downloaded_file(self):
+        self.write_config("""DL_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+SSTATE_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+""")
+        data = 'SRC_URI_append = ";downloadfilename=test-aspell.tar.gz"'
+        self.write_recipeinc('aspell', data)
+        bitbake('-ccleanall aspell')
+        result = bitbake('-c fetch aspell', ignore_status=True)
+        self.delete_recipeinc('aspell')
+        self.addCleanup(bitbake, '-ccleanall aspell')
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, msg = "Couldn't fetch aspell. %s" % result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(get_bb_var("DL_DIR"), 'test-aspell.tar.gz')), msg = "File rename failed. No corresponding test-aspell.tar.gz file found under %s" % str(get_bb_var("DL_DIR")))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(get_bb_var("DL_DIR"), 'test-aspell.tar.gz.done')), "File rename failed. No corresponding test-aspell.tar.gz.done file found under %s" % str(get_bb_var("DL_DIR")))
+
+    @testcase(1028)
+    def test_environment(self):
+        self.append_config("TEST_ENV=\"localconf\"")
+        self.addCleanup(self.remove_config, "TEST_ENV=\"localconf\"")
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -e | grep TEST_ENV=')
+        self.assertTrue('localconf' in result.output, msg = "bitbake didn't report any value for TEST_ENV variable. To test, run 'bitbake -e | grep TEST_ENV='")
+
+    @testcase(1029)
+    def test_dry_run(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -n m4-native')
+        self.assertEqual(0, result.status, "bitbake dry run didn't run as expected. %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(1030)
+    def test_just_parse(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -p')
+        self.assertEqual(0, result.status, "errors encountered when parsing recipes. %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(1031)
+    def test_version(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -s | grep wget')
+        find = re.search("wget *:([0-9a-zA-Z\.\-]+)", result.output)
+        self.assertTrue(find, "No version returned for searched recipe. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(1032)
+    def test_prefile(self):
+        preconf = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf/prefile.conf')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(preconf)
+        ftools.write_file(preconf ,"TEST_PREFILE=\"prefile\"")
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -r conf/prefile.conf -e | grep TEST_PREFILE=')
+        self.assertTrue('prefile' in result.output, "Preconfigure file \"prefile.conf\"was not taken into consideration. ")
+        self.append_config("TEST_PREFILE=\"localconf\"")
+        self.addCleanup(self.remove_config, "TEST_PREFILE=\"localconf\"")
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -r conf/prefile.conf -e | grep TEST_PREFILE=')
+        self.assertTrue('localconf' in result.output, "Preconfigure file \"prefile.conf\"was not taken into consideration.")
+
+    @testcase(1033)
+    def test_postfile(self):
+        postconf = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf/postfile.conf')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(postconf)
+        ftools.write_file(postconf , "TEST_POSTFILE=\"postfile\"")
+        self.append_config("TEST_POSTFILE=\"localconf\"")
+        self.addCleanup(self.remove_config, "TEST_POSTFILE=\"localconf\"")
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -R conf/postfile.conf -e | grep TEST_POSTFILE=')
+        self.assertTrue('postfile' in result.output, "Postconfigure file \"postfile.conf\"was not taken into consideration.")
+
+    @testcase(1034)
+    def test_checkuri(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake -c checkuri m4')
+        self.assertEqual(0, result.status, msg = "\"checkuri\" task was not executed. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(1035)
+    def test_continue(self):
+        self.write_config("""DL_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+SSTATE_DIR = \"${TOPDIR}/download-selftest\"
+""")
+        self.write_recipeinc('man',"\ndo_fail_task () {\nexit 1 \n}\n\naddtask do_fail_task before do_fetch\n" )
+        runCmd('bitbake -c cleanall man xcursor-transparent-theme')
+        result = runCmd('bitbake man xcursor-transparent-theme -k', ignore_status=True)
+        errorpos = result.output.find('ERROR: Function failed: do_fail_task')
+        manver = re.search("NOTE: recipe xcursor-transparent-theme-(.*?): task do_unpack: Started", result.output)
+        continuepos = result.output.find('NOTE: recipe xcursor-transparent-theme-%s: task do_unpack: Started' % manver.group(1))
+        self.assertLess(errorpos,continuepos, msg = "bitbake didn't pass do_fail_task. bitbake output: %s" % result.output)
+
+    @testcase(1119)
+    def test_non_gplv3(self):
+        data = 'INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPLv3"'
+        conf = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf/local.conf')
+        ftools.append_file(conf ,data)
+        self.addCleanup(ftools.remove_from_file, conf ,data)
+        result = bitbake('readline', ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, 0, "Bitbake failed, exit code %s, output %s" % (result.status, result.output))
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'tmp/deploy/licenses/readline/generic_GPLv3')))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.builddir, 'tmp/deploy/licenses/readline/generic_GPLv2')))