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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Chris Larson
+# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Phil Blundell
+# Copyright (C) 2003 - 2005 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
+# Copyright (C) 2005        Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+# Copyright (C) 2005        ROAD GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2006        Richard Purdie
+#
+# 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.
+
+import os, sys
+from functools import wraps
+import logging
+import bb
+from bb import data
+import bb.parse
+
+logger      = logging.getLogger("BitBake")
+parselog    = logging.getLogger("BitBake.Parsing")
+
+class ConfigParameters(object):
+    def __init__(self, argv=sys.argv):
+        self.options, targets = self.parseCommandLine(argv)
+        self.environment = self.parseEnvironment()
+
+        self.options.pkgs_to_build = targets or []
+
+        self.options.tracking = False
+        if hasattr(self.options, "show_environment") and self.options.show_environment:
+            self.options.tracking = True
+
+        for key, val in self.options.__dict__.items():
+            setattr(self, key, val)
+
+    def parseCommandLine(self, argv=sys.argv):
+        raise Exception("Caller must implement commandline option parsing")
+
+    def parseEnvironment(self):
+        return os.environ.copy()
+
+    def updateFromServer(self, server):
+        if not self.options.cmd:
+            defaulttask, error = server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BB_DEFAULT_TASK"])
+            if error:
+                raise Exception("Unable to get the value of BB_DEFAULT_TASK from the server: %s" % error)
+            self.options.cmd = defaulttask or "build"
+        _, error = server.runCommand(["setConfig", "cmd", self.options.cmd])
+        if error:
+            raise Exception("Unable to set configuration option 'cmd' on the server: %s" % error)
+
+        if not self.options.pkgs_to_build:
+            bbpkgs, error = server.runCommand(["getVariable", "BBPKGS"])
+            if error:
+                raise Exception("Unable to get the value of BBPKGS from the server: %s" % error)
+            if bbpkgs:
+                self.options.pkgs_to_build.extend(bbpkgs.split())
+
+    def updateToServer(self, server, environment):
+        options = {}
+        for o in ["abort", "tryaltconfigs", "force", "invalidate_stamp", 
+                  "verbose", "debug", "dry_run", "dump_signatures", 
+                  "debug_domains", "extra_assume_provided", "profile",
+                  "prefile", "postfile"]:
+            options[o] = getattr(self.options, o)
+
+        ret, error = server.runCommand(["updateConfig", options, environment])
+        if error:
+                raise Exception("Unable to update the server configuration with local parameters: %s" % error)
+
+    def parseActions(self):
+        # Parse any commandline into actions
+        action = {'action':None, 'msg':None}
+        if self.options.show_environment:
+            if 'world' in self.options.pkgs_to_build:
+                action['msg'] = "'world' is not a valid target for --environment."
+            elif 'universe' in self.options.pkgs_to_build:
+                action['msg'] = "'universe' is not a valid target for --environment."
+            elif len(self.options.pkgs_to_build) > 1:
+                action['msg'] = "Only one target can be used with the --environment option."
+            elif self.options.buildfile and len(self.options.pkgs_to_build) > 0:
+                action['msg'] = "No target should be used with the --environment and --buildfile options."
+            elif len(self.options.pkgs_to_build) > 0:
+                action['action'] = ["showEnvironmentTarget", self.options.pkgs_to_build]
+            else:
+                action['action'] = ["showEnvironment", self.options.buildfile]
+        elif self.options.buildfile is not None:
+            action['action'] = ["buildFile", self.options.buildfile, self.options.cmd]
+        elif self.options.revisions_changed:
+            action['action'] = ["compareRevisions"]
+        elif self.options.show_versions:
+            action['action'] = ["showVersions"]
+        elif self.options.parse_only:
+            action['action'] = ["parseFiles"]
+        elif self.options.dot_graph:
+            if self.options.pkgs_to_build:
+                action['action'] = ["generateDotGraph", self.options.pkgs_to_build, self.options.cmd]
+            else:
+                action['msg'] = "Please specify a package name for dependency graph generation."
+        else:
+            if self.options.pkgs_to_build:
+                action['action'] = ["buildTargets", self.options.pkgs_to_build, self.options.cmd]
+            else:
+                #action['msg'] = "Nothing to do.  Use 'bitbake world' to build everything, or run 'bitbake --help' for usage information."
+                action = None
+        self.options.initialaction = action
+        return action
+
+class CookerConfiguration(object):
+    """
+    Manages build options and configurations for one run
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.debug_domains = []
+        self.extra_assume_provided = []
+        self.prefile = []
+        self.postfile = []
+        self.debug = 0
+        self.cmd = None
+        self.abort = True
+        self.force = False
+        self.profile = False
+        self.nosetscene = False
+        self.invalidate_stamp = False
+        self.dump_signatures = []
+        self.dry_run = False
+        self.tracking = False
+        self.interface = []
+        self.writeeventlog = False
+
+        self.env = {}
+
+    def setConfigParameters(self, parameters):
+        for key in self.__dict__.keys():
+            if key in parameters.options.__dict__:
+                setattr(self, key, parameters.options.__dict__[key])
+        self.env = parameters.environment.copy()
+        self.tracking = parameters.tracking
+
+    def setServerRegIdleCallback(self, srcb):
+        self.server_register_idlecallback = srcb
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        state = {}
+        for key in self.__dict__.keys():
+            if key == "server_register_idlecallback":
+                state[key] = None
+            else:
+                state[key] = getattr(self, key)
+        return state
+
+    def __setstate__(self,state):
+        for k in state:
+            setattr(self, k, state[k]) 
+
+
+def catch_parse_error(func):
+    """Exception handling bits for our parsing"""
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapped(fn, *args):
+        try:
+            return func(fn, *args)
+        except IOError as exc:
+            import traceback
+            parselog.critical(traceback.format_exc())
+            parselog.critical("Unable to parse %s: %s" % (fn, exc))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        except (bb.parse.ParseError, bb.data_smart.ExpansionError) as exc:
+            import traceback
+
+            bbdir = os.path.dirname(__file__) + os.sep
+            exc_class, exc, tb = sys.exc_info()
+            for tb in iter(lambda: tb.tb_next, None):
+                # Skip frames in bitbake itself, we only want the metadata
+                fn, _, _, _ = traceback.extract_tb(tb, 1)[0]
+                if not fn.startswith(bbdir):
+                    break
+            parselog.critical("Unable to parse %s", fn, exc_info=(exc_class, exc, tb))
+            sys.exit(1)
+    return wrapped
+
+@catch_parse_error
+def parse_config_file(fn, data, include=True):
+    return bb.parse.handle(fn, data, include)
+
+@catch_parse_error
+def _inherit(bbclass, data):
+    bb.parse.BBHandler.inherit(bbclass, "configuration INHERITs", 0, data)
+    return data
+
+def findConfigFile(configfile, data):
+    search = []
+    bbpath = data.getVar("BBPATH", True)
+    if bbpath:
+        for i in bbpath.split(":"):
+            search.append(os.path.join(i, "conf", configfile))
+    path = os.getcwd()
+    while path != "/":
+        search.append(os.path.join(path, "conf", configfile))
+        path, _ = os.path.split(path)
+
+    for i in search:
+        if os.path.exists(i):
+            return i
+
+    return None
+
+class CookerDataBuilder(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, cookercfg, worker = False):
+
+        self.prefiles = cookercfg.prefile
+        self.postfiles = cookercfg.postfile
+        self.tracking = cookercfg.tracking
+
+        bb.utils.set_context(bb.utils.clean_context())
+        bb.event.set_class_handlers(bb.event.clean_class_handlers())
+        self.data = bb.data.init()
+        if self.tracking:
+            self.data.enableTracking()
+
+        # Keep a datastore of the initial environment variables and their
+        # values from when BitBake was launched to enable child processes
+        # to use environment variables which have been cleaned from the
+        # BitBake processes env
+        self.savedenv = bb.data.init()
+        for k in cookercfg.env:
+            self.savedenv.setVar(k, cookercfg.env[k])
+
+        filtered_keys = bb.utils.approved_variables()
+        bb.data.inheritFromOS(self.data, self.savedenv, filtered_keys)
+        self.data.setVar("BB_ORIGENV", self.savedenv)
+        
+        if worker:
+            self.data.setVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", "1")
+
+    def parseBaseConfiguration(self):
+        try:
+            self.parseConfigurationFiles(self.prefiles, self.postfiles)
+        except SyntaxError:
+            raise bb.BBHandledException
+        except bb.data_smart.ExpansionError as e:
+            logger.error(str(e))
+            raise bb.BBHandledException
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Error parsing configuration files")
+            raise bb.BBHandledException
+
+    def _findLayerConf(self, data):
+        return findConfigFile("bblayers.conf", data)
+
+    def parseConfigurationFiles(self, prefiles, postfiles):
+        data = self.data
+        bb.parse.init_parser(data)
+
+        # Parse files for loading *before* bitbake.conf and any includes
+        for f in prefiles:
+            data = parse_config_file(f, data)
+
+        layerconf = self._findLayerConf(data)
+        if layerconf:
+            parselog.debug(2, "Found bblayers.conf (%s)", layerconf)
+            # By definition bblayers.conf is in conf/ of TOPDIR.
+            # We may have been called with cwd somewhere else so reset TOPDIR
+            data.setVar("TOPDIR", os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(layerconf)))
+            data = parse_config_file(layerconf, data)
+
+            layers = (data.getVar('BBLAYERS', True) or "").split()
+
+            data = bb.data.createCopy(data)
+            approved = bb.utils.approved_variables()
+            for layer in layers:
+                parselog.debug(2, "Adding layer %s", layer)
+                if 'HOME' in approved and '~' in layer:
+                    layer = os.path.expanduser(layer)
+                data.setVar('LAYERDIR', layer)
+                data = parse_config_file(os.path.join(layer, "conf", "layer.conf"), data)
+                data.expandVarref('LAYERDIR')
+
+            data.delVar('LAYERDIR')
+
+        if not data.getVar("BBPATH", True):
+            msg = "The BBPATH variable is not set"
+            if not layerconf:
+                msg += (" and bitbake did not find a conf/bblayers.conf file in"
+                        " the expected location.\nMaybe you accidentally"
+                        " invoked bitbake from the wrong directory?")
+            raise SystemExit(msg)
+
+        data = parse_config_file(os.path.join("conf", "bitbake.conf"), data)
+
+        # Parse files for loading *after* bitbake.conf and any includes
+        for p in postfiles:
+            data = parse_config_file(p, data)
+
+        # Handle any INHERITs and inherit the base class
+        bbclasses  = ["base"] + (data.getVar('INHERIT', True) or "").split()
+        for bbclass in bbclasses:
+            data = _inherit(bbclass, data)
+
+        # Nomally we only register event handlers at the end of parsing .bb files
+        # We register any handlers we've found so far here...
+        for var in data.getVar('__BBHANDLERS', False) or []:
+            bb.event.register(var, data.getVar(var, False),  (data.getVarFlag(var, "eventmask", True) or "").split())
+
+        if data.getVar("BB_WORKERCONTEXT", False) is None:
+            bb.fetch.fetcher_init(data)
+        bb.codeparser.parser_cache_init(data)
+        bb.event.fire(bb.event.ConfigParsed(), data)
+
+        if data.getVar("BB_INVALIDCONF", False) is True:
+            data.setVar("BB_INVALIDCONF", False)
+            self.parseConfigurationFiles(self.prefiles, self.postfiles)
+            return
+
+        bb.parse.init_parser(data)
+        data.setVar('BBINCLUDED',bb.parse.get_file_depends(data))
+        self.data = data
+        self.data_hash = data.get_hash()
+
+
+