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+# Recipe creation tool - create 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.
+
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import glob
+import fnmatch
+import re
+import logging
+import scriptutils
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('recipetool')
+
+tinfoil = None
+plugins = None
+
+def plugin_init(pluginlist):
+    # Take a reference to the list so we can use it later
+    global plugins
+    plugins = pluginlist
+
+def tinfoil_init(instance):
+    global tinfoil
+    tinfoil = instance
+
+class RecipeHandler():
+    @staticmethod
+    def checkfiles(path, speclist):
+        results = []
+        for spec in speclist:
+            results.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(path, spec)))
+        return results
+
+    def genfunction(self, outlines, funcname, content):
+        outlines.append('%s () {' % funcname)
+        for line in content:
+            outlines.append('\t%s' % line)
+        outlines.append('}')
+        outlines.append('')
+
+    def process(self, srctree, classes, lines_before, lines_after, handled):
+        return False
+
+
+
+def supports_srcrev(uri):
+    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(tinfoil.config_data)
+    # This is a bit sad, but if you don't have this set there can be some
+    # odd interactions with the urldata cache which lead to errors
+    localdata.setVar('SRCREV', '${AUTOREV}')
+    bb.data.update_data(localdata)
+    fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch([uri], localdata)
+    urldata = fetcher.ud
+    for u in urldata:
+        if urldata[u].method.supports_srcrev():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+def create_recipe(args):
+    import bb.process
+    import tempfile
+    import shutil
+
+    pkgarch = ""
+    if args.machine:
+        pkgarch = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+
+    checksums = (None, None)
+    tempsrc = ''
+    srcsubdir = ''
+    srcrev = '${AUTOREV}'
+    if '://' in args.source:
+        # Fetch a URL
+        srcuri = args.source
+        rev_re = re.compile(';rev=([^;]+)')
+        res = rev_re.search(srcuri)
+        if res:
+            srcrev = res.group(1)
+            srcuri = rev_re.sub('', srcuri)
+        tempsrc = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='recipetool-')
+        srctree = tempsrc
+        logger.info('Fetching %s...' % srcuri)
+        checksums = scriptutils.fetch_uri(tinfoil.config_data, args.source, srctree, srcrev)
+        dirlist = os.listdir(srctree)
+        if 'git.indirectionsymlink' in dirlist:
+            dirlist.remove('git.indirectionsymlink')
+        if len(dirlist) == 1 and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(srctree, dirlist[0])):
+            # We unpacked a single directory, so we should use that
+            srcsubdir = dirlist[0]
+            srctree = os.path.join(srctree, srcsubdir)
+    else:
+        # Assume we're pointing to an existing source tree
+        if args.extract_to:
+            logger.error('--extract-to cannot be specified if source is a directory')
+            sys.exit(1)
+        if not os.path.isdir(args.source):
+            logger.error('Invalid source directory %s' % args.source)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        srcuri = ''
+        srctree = args.source
+
+    outfile = args.outfile
+    if outfile and outfile != '-':
+        if os.path.exists(outfile):
+            logger.error('Output file %s already exists' % outfile)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    lines_before = []
+    lines_after = []
+
+    lines_before.append('# Recipe created by %s' % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+    lines_before.append('# This is the basis of a recipe and may need further editing in order to be fully functional.')
+    lines_before.append('# (Feel free to remove these comments when editing.)')
+    lines_before.append('#')
+
+    licvalues = guess_license(srctree)
+    lic_files_chksum = []
+    if licvalues:
+        licenses = []
+        for licvalue in licvalues:
+            if not licvalue[0] in licenses:
+                licenses.append(licvalue[0])
+            lic_files_chksum.append('file://%s;md5=%s' % (licvalue[1], licvalue[2]))
+        lines_before.append('# WARNING: the following LICENSE and LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values are best guesses - it is')
+        lines_before.append('# your responsibility to verify that the values are complete and correct.')
+        if len(licvalues) > 1:
+            lines_before.append('#')
+            lines_before.append('# NOTE: multiple licenses have been detected; if that is correct you should separate')
+            lines_before.append('# these in the LICENSE value using & if the multiple licenses all apply, or | if there')
+            lines_before.append('# is a choice between the multiple licenses. If in doubt, check the accompanying')
+            lines_before.append('# documentation to determine which situation is applicable.')
+    else:
+        lines_before.append('# Unable to find any files that looked like license statements. Check the accompanying')
+        lines_before.append('# documentation and source headers and set LICENSE and LIC_FILES_CHKSUM accordingly.')
+        lines_before.append('#')
+        lines_before.append('# NOTE: LICENSE is being set to "CLOSED" to allow you to at least start building - if')
+        lines_before.append('# this is not accurate with respect to the licensing of the software being built (it')
+        lines_before.append('# will not be in most cases) you must specify the correct value before using this')
+        lines_before.append('# recipe for anything other than initial testing/development!')
+        licenses = ['CLOSED']
+    lines_before.append('LICENSE = "%s"' % ' '.join(licenses))
+    lines_before.append('LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "%s"' % ' \\\n                    '.join(lic_files_chksum))
+    lines_before.append('')
+
+    # FIXME This is kind of a hack, we probably ought to be using bitbake to do this
+    # we'd also want a way to automatically set outfile based upon auto-detecting these values from the source if possible
+    recipefn = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(outfile))[0]
+    fnsplit = recipefn.split('_')
+    if len(fnsplit) > 1:
+        pn = fnsplit[0]
+        pv = fnsplit[1]
+    else:
+        pn = recipefn
+        pv = None
+
+    if args.version:
+        pv = args.version
+
+    if pv and pv not in 'git svn hg'.split():
+        realpv = pv
+    else:
+        realpv = None
+
+    if srcuri:
+        if realpv:
+            srcuri = srcuri.replace(realpv, '${PV}')
+    else:
+        lines_before.append('# No information for SRC_URI yet (only an external source tree was specified)')
+    lines_before.append('SRC_URI = "%s"' % srcuri)
+    (md5value, sha256value) = checksums
+    if md5value:
+        lines_before.append('SRC_URI[md5sum] = "%s"' % md5value)
+    if sha256value:
+        lines_before.append('SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "%s"' % sha256value)
+    if srcuri and supports_srcrev(srcuri):
+        lines_before.append('')
+        lines_before.append('# Modify these as desired')
+        lines_before.append('PV = "%s+git${SRCPV}"' % (realpv or '1.0'))
+        lines_before.append('SRCREV = "%s"' % srcrev)
+    lines_before.append('')
+
+    if srcsubdir and pv:
+        if srcsubdir == "%s-%s" % (pn, pv):
+            # This would be the default, so we don't need to set S in the recipe
+            srcsubdir = ''
+    if srcsubdir:
+        if pv and pv not in 'git svn hg'.split():
+            srcsubdir = srcsubdir.replace(pv, '${PV}')
+        lines_before.append('S = "${WORKDIR}/%s"' % srcsubdir)
+        lines_before.append('')
+
+    if pkgarch:
+        lines_after.append('PACKAGE_ARCH = "%s"' % pkgarch)
+        lines_after.append('')
+
+    # Find all plugins that want to register handlers
+    handlers = []
+    for plugin in plugins:
+        if hasattr(plugin, 'register_recipe_handlers'):
+            plugin.register_recipe_handlers(handlers)
+
+    # Apply the handlers
+    classes = []
+    handled = []
+    for handler in handlers:
+        handler.process(srctree, classes, lines_before, lines_after, handled)
+
+    outlines = []
+    outlines.extend(lines_before)
+    if classes:
+        outlines.append('inherit %s' % ' '.join(classes))
+        outlines.append('')
+    outlines.extend(lines_after)
+
+    if args.extract_to:
+        scriptutils.git_convert_standalone_clone(srctree)
+        shutil.move(srctree, args.extract_to)
+        logger.info('Source extracted to %s' % args.extract_to)
+
+    if outfile == '-':
+        sys.stdout.write('\n'.join(outlines) + '\n')
+    else:
+        with open(outfile, 'w') as f:
+            f.write('\n'.join(outlines) + '\n')
+        logger.info('Recipe %s has been created; further editing may be required to make it fully functional' % outfile)
+
+    if tempsrc:
+        shutil.rmtree(tempsrc)
+
+    return 0
+
+def get_license_md5sums(d, static_only=False):
+    import bb.utils
+    md5sums = {}
+    if not static_only:
+        # Gather md5sums of license files in common license dir
+        commonlicdir = d.getVar('COMMON_LICENSE_DIR', True)
+        for fn in os.listdir(commonlicdir):
+            md5value = bb.utils.md5_file(os.path.join(commonlicdir, fn))
+            md5sums[md5value] = fn
+    # The following were extracted from common values in various recipes
+    # (double checking the license against the license file itself, not just
+    # the LICENSE value in the recipe)
+    md5sums['94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['393a5ca445f6965873eca0259a17f833'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['12f884d2ae1ff87c09e5b7ccc2c4ca7e'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['ebb5c50ab7cab4baeffba14977030c07'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['c93c0550bd3173f4504b2cbd8991e50b'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['9ac2e7cff1ddaf48b6eab6028f23ef88'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['4325afd396febcb659c36b49533135d4'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['18810669f13b87348459e611d31ab760'] = 'GPLv2'
+    md5sums['d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7'] = 'GPLv2' # the Linux kernel's COPYING file
+    md5sums['bbb461211a33b134d42ed5ee802b37ff'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['7fbc338309ac38fefcd64b04bb903e34'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['fbc093901857fcd118f065f900982c24'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['a6f89e2100d9b6cdffcea4f398e37343'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['d8045f3b8f929c1cb29a1e3fd737b499'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['fad9b3332be894bab9bc501572864b29'] = 'LGPLv2.1'
+    md5sums['3bf50002aefd002f49e7bb854063f7e7'] = 'LGPLv2'
+    md5sums['9f604d8a4f8e74f4f5140845a21b6674'] = 'LGPLv2'
+    md5sums['5f30f0716dfdd0d91eb439ebec522ec2'] = 'LGPLv2'
+    md5sums['55ca817ccb7d5b5b66355690e9abc605'] = 'LGPLv2'
+    md5sums['252890d9eee26aab7b432e8b8a616475'] = 'LGPLv2'
+    md5sums['d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504'] = 'GPLv3'
+    md5sums['f27defe1e96c2e1ecd4e0c9be8967949'] = 'GPLv3'
+    md5sums['6a6a8e020838b23406c81b19c1d46df6'] = 'LGPLv3'
+    md5sums['3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57'] = 'Apache-2.0'
+    md5sums['385c55653886acac3821999a3ccd17b3'] = 'Artistic-1.0 | GPL-2.0' # some perl modules
+    return md5sums
+
+def guess_license(srctree):
+    import bb
+    md5sums = get_license_md5sums(tinfoil.config_data)
+
+    licenses = []
+    licspecs = ['LICENSE*', 'COPYING*', '*[Ll]icense*', 'LICENCE*', 'LEGAL*', '[Ll]egal*', '*GPL*', 'README.lic*', 'COPYRIGHT*', '[Cc]opyright*']
+    licfiles = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(srctree):
+        for fn in files:
+            for spec in licspecs:
+                if fnmatch.fnmatch(fn, spec):
+                    fullpath = os.path.join(root, fn)
+                    if not fullpath in licfiles:
+                        licfiles.append(fullpath)
+    for licfile in licfiles:
+        md5value = bb.utils.md5_file(licfile)
+        license = md5sums.get(md5value, 'Unknown')
+        licenses.append((license, os.path.relpath(licfile, srctree), md5value))
+
+    # FIXME should we grab at least one source file with a license header and add that too?
+
+    return licenses
+
+def read_pkgconfig_provides(d):
+    pkgdatadir = d.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True)
+    pkgmap = {}
+    for fn in glob.glob(os.path.join(pkgdatadir, 'shlibs2', '*.pclist')):
+        with open(fn, 'r') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                pkgmap[os.path.basename(line.rstrip())] = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(fn))[0]
+    recipemap = {}
+    for pc, pkg in pkgmap.iteritems():
+        pkgdatafile = os.path.join(pkgdatadir, 'runtime', pkg)
+        if os.path.exists(pkgdatafile):
+            with open(pkgdatafile, 'r') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    if line.startswith('PN: '):
+                        recipemap[pc] = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+    return recipemap
+
+def convert_pkginfo(pkginfofile):
+    values = {}
+    with open(pkginfofile, 'r') as f:
+        indesc = False
+        for line in f:
+            if indesc:
+                if line.strip():
+                    values['DESCRIPTION'] += ' ' + line.strip()
+                else:
+                    indesc = False
+            else:
+                splitline = line.split(': ', 1)
+                key = line[0]
+                value = line[1]
+                if key == 'LICENSE':
+                    for dep in value.split(','):
+                        dep = dep.split()[0]
+                        mapped = depmap.get(dep, '')
+                        if mapped:
+                            depends.append(mapped)
+                elif key == 'License':
+                    values['LICENSE'] = value
+                elif key == 'Summary':
+                    values['SUMMARY'] = value
+                elif key == 'Description':
+                    values['DESCRIPTION'] = value
+                    indesc = True
+    return values
+
+def convert_debian(debpath):
+    # FIXME extend this mapping - perhaps use distro_alias.inc?
+    depmap = {'libz-dev': 'zlib'}
+
+    values = {}
+    depends = []
+    with open(os.path.join(debpath, 'control')) as f:
+        indesc = False
+        for line in f:
+            if indesc:
+                if line.strip():
+                    if line.startswith(' This package contains'):
+                        indesc = False
+                    else:
+                        values['DESCRIPTION'] += ' ' + line.strip()
+                else:
+                    indesc = False
+            else:
+                splitline = line.split(':', 1)
+                key = line[0]
+                value = line[1]
+                if key == 'Build-Depends':
+                    for dep in value.split(','):
+                        dep = dep.split()[0]
+                        mapped = depmap.get(dep, '')
+                        if mapped:
+                            depends.append(mapped)
+                elif key == 'Section':
+                    values['SECTION'] = value
+                elif key == 'Description':
+                    values['SUMMARY'] = value
+                    indesc = True
+
+    if depends:
+        values['DEPENDS'] = ' '.join(depends)
+
+    return values
+
+
+def register_command(subparsers):
+    parser_create = subparsers.add_parser('create',
+                                          help='Create a new recipe',
+                                          description='Creates a new recipe from a source tree')
+    parser_create.add_argument('source', help='Path or URL to source')
+    parser_create.add_argument('-o', '--outfile', help='Specify filename for recipe to create', required=True)
+    parser_create.add_argument('-m', '--machine', help='Make recipe machine-specific as opposed to architecture-specific', action='store_true')
+    parser_create.add_argument('-x', '--extract-to', metavar='EXTRACTPATH', help='Assuming source is a URL, fetch it and extract it to the directory specified as %(metavar)s')
+    parser_create.add_argument('-V', '--version', help='Version to use within recipe (PV)')
+    parser_create.set_defaults(func=create_recipe)
+