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+# Development tool - build command plugin
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Intel Corporation
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+"""Devtool build plugin"""
+
+import os
+import bb
+import logging
+import argparse
+import tempfile
+from devtool import exec_build_env_command, DevtoolError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
+
+def plugin_init(pluginlist):
+    """Plugin initialization"""
+    pass
+
+def _create_conf_file(values, conf_file=None):
+    if not conf_file:
+        fd, conf_file = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.conf')
+    elif not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(conf_file)):
+        logger.debug("Creating folder %s" % os.path.dirname(conf_file))
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(conf_file))
+    with open(conf_file, 'w') as f:
+        for key, value in values.iteritems():
+            f.write('%s = "%s"\n' % (key, value))
+    return conf_file
+
+def build(args, config, basepath, workspace):
+    """Entry point for the devtool 'build' subcommand"""
+    if not args.recipename in workspace:
+        raise DevtoolError("no recipe named %s in your workspace" %
+                           args.recipename)
+
+    build_task = config.get('Build', 'build_task', 'populate_sysroot')
+
+    postfile_param = ""
+    postfile = ""
+    if args.disable_parallel_make:
+        logger.info("Disabling 'make' parallelism")
+        postfile = os.path.join(basepath, 'conf', 'disable_parallelism.conf')
+        _create_conf_file({'PARALLEL_MAKE':''}, postfile)
+        postfile_param = "-R %s" % postfile
+    try:
+        exec_build_env_command(config.init_path, basepath, 'bitbake -c %s %s %s' % (build_task, postfile_param, args.recipename), watch=True)
+    except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
+        # We've already seen the output since watch=True, so just ensure we return something to the user
+        return e.exitcode
+    finally:
+        if postfile:
+            logger.debug('Removing postfile')
+            os.remove(postfile)
+
+    return 0
+
+def register_commands(subparsers, context):
+    """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin"""
+    parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('build', help='Build a recipe',
+                                         description='Builds the specified recipe using bitbake',
+                                         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+    parser_build.add_argument('recipename', help='Recipe to build')
+    parser_build.add_argument('-s', '--disable-parallel-make', action="store_true", help='Disable make parallelism')
+    parser_build.set_defaults(func=build)