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+#
+# OpenEmbedded wic utils library
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py
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+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+# This module provides a place to collect various wic-related utils
+# for the OpenEmbedded Image Tools.
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
+"""Miscellaneous functions."""
+
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from wic import msger
+from wic.utils import runner
+
+# executable -> recipe pairs for exec_native_cmd
+NATIVE_RECIPES = {"mcopy": "mtools",
+                  "mkdosfs": "dosfstools",
+                  "mkfs.btrfs": "btrfs-tools",
+                  "mkfs.ext2": "e2fsprogs",
+                  "mkfs.ext3": "e2fsprogs",
+                  "mkfs.ext4": "e2fsprogs",
+                  "mkfs.vfat": "dosfstools",
+                  "mksquashfs": "squashfs-tools",
+                  "mkswap": "util-linux",
+                  "parted": "parted",
+                  "sgdisk": "gptfdisk",
+                  "syslinux": "syslinux"
+                 }
+
+def _exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell=False, catch=3):
+    """
+    Execute command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Need to execute as_shell if the command uses wildcards
+    """
+    msger.debug("_exec_cmd: %s" % cmd_and_args)
+    args = cmd_and_args.split()
+    msger.debug(args)
+
+    if as_shell:
+        ret, out = runner.runtool(cmd_and_args, catch)
+    else:
+        ret, out = runner.runtool(args, catch)
+    out = out.strip()
+    msger.debug("_exec_cmd: output for %s (rc = %d): %s" % \
+                (cmd_and_args, ret, out))
+
+    return (ret, out)
+
+
+def exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell=False, catch=3):
+    """
+    Execute command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Exits if rc non-zero
+    """
+    ret, out = _exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell, catch)
+
+    if ret != 0:
+        msger.error("exec_cmd: %s returned '%s' instead of 0" % \
+                    (cmd_and_args, ret))
+
+    return out
+
+
+def exec_native_cmd(cmd_and_args, native_sysroot, catch=3):
+    """
+    Execute native command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Need to execute as_shell if the command uses wildcards
+
+    Always need to execute native commands as_shell
+    """
+    native_paths = \
+        "export PATH=%s/sbin:%s/usr/sbin:%s/usr/bin" % \
+        (native_sysroot, native_sysroot, native_sysroot)
+    native_cmd_and_args = "%s;%s" % (native_paths, cmd_and_args)
+    msger.debug("exec_native_cmd: %s" % cmd_and_args)
+
+    args = cmd_and_args.split()
+    msger.debug(args)
+
+    ret, out = _exec_cmd(native_cmd_and_args, True, catch)
+
+    if ret == 127: # shell command-not-found
+        prog = args[0]
+        msg = "A native program %s required to build the image "\
+              "was not found (see details above).\n\n" % prog
+        recipe = NATIVE_RECIPES.get(prog)
+        if recipe:
+            msg += "Please bake it with 'bitbake %s-native' "\
+                   "and try again.\n" % recipe
+        else:
+            msg += "Wic failed to find a recipe to build native %s. Please "\
+                   "file a bug against wic.\n" % prog
+        msger.error(msg)
+    if out:
+        msger.debug('"%s" output: %s' % (args[0], out))
+
+    if ret != 0:
+        msger.error("exec_cmd: '%s' returned '%s' instead of 0" % \
+                    (cmd_and_args, ret))
+
+    return ret, out
+
+BOOTDD_EXTRA_SPACE = 16384
+
+class BitbakeVars(defaultdict):
+    """
+    Container for Bitbake variables.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        defaultdict.__init__(self, dict)
+
+        # default_image and vars_dir attributes should be set from outside
+        self.default_image = None
+        self.vars_dir = None
+
+    def _parse_line(self, line, image):
+        """
+        Parse one line from bitbake -e output or from .env file.
+        Put result key-value pair into the storage.
+        """
+        if "=" not in line:
+            return
+        try:
+            key, val = line.split("=")
+        except ValueError:
+            return
+        key = key.strip()
+        val = val.strip()
+        if key.replace('_', '').isalnum():
+            self[image][key] = val.strip('"')
+
+    def get_var(self, var, image=None):
+        """
+        Get bitbake variable from 'bitbake -e' output or from .env file.
+        This is a lazy method, i.e. it runs bitbake or parses file only when
+        only when variable is requested. It also caches results.
+        """
+        if not image:
+            image = self.default_image
+
+        if image not in self:
+            if image and self.vars_dir:
+                fname = os.path.join(self.vars_dir, image + '.env')
+                if os.path.isfile(fname):
+                    # parse .env file
+                    with open(fname) as varsfile:
+                        for line in varsfile:
+                            self._parse_line(line, image)
+                else:
+                    print "Couldn't get bitbake variable from %s." % fname
+                    print "File %s doesn't exist." % fname
+                    return
+            else:
+                # Get bitbake -e output
+                cmd = "bitbake -e"
+                if image:
+                    cmd += " %s" % image
+
+                log_level = msger.get_loglevel()
+                msger.set_loglevel('normal')
+                ret, lines = _exec_cmd(cmd)
+                msger.set_loglevel(log_level)
+
+                if ret:
+                    print "Couldn't get '%s' output." % cmd
+                    print "Bitbake failed with error:\n%s\n" % lines
+                    return
+
+                # Parse bitbake -e output
+                for line in lines.split('\n'):
+                    self._parse_line(line, image)
+
+            # Make first image a default set of variables
+            images = [key for key in self if key]
+            if len(images) == 1:
+                self[None] = self[image]
+
+        return self[image].get(var)
+
+# Create BB_VARS singleton
+BB_VARS = BitbakeVars()
+
+def get_bitbake_var(var, image=None):
+    """
+    Provide old get_bitbake_var API by wrapping
+    get_var method of BB_VARS singleton.
+    """
+    return BB_VARS.get_var(var, image)
+
+def parse_sourceparams(sourceparams):
+    """
+    Split sourceparams string of the form key1=val1[,key2=val2,...]
+    into a dict.  Also accepts valueless keys i.e. without =.
+
+    Returns dict of param key/val pairs (note that val may be None).
+    """
+    params_dict = {}
+
+    params = sourceparams.split(',')
+    if params:
+        for par in params:
+            if not par:
+                continue
+            if not '=' in par:
+                key = par
+                val = None
+            else:
+                key, val = par.split('=')
+            params_dict[key] = val
+
+    return params_dict