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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2013 OpenStack, LLC
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""Provides methods needed by installation script for OpenStack development
+virtual environments.
+
+Synced in from openstack-common
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from tempest.openstack.common import cfg
+
+
+class InstallVenv(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, root, venv, pip_requires, test_requires, py_version,
+                 project):
+        self.root = root
+        self.venv = venv
+        self.pip_requires = pip_requires
+        self.test_requires = test_requires
+        self.py_version = py_version
+        self.project = project
+
+    def die(self, message, *args):
+        print >> sys.stderr, message % args
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    def check_python_version(self):
+        if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
+            self.die("Need Python Version >= 2.6")
+
+    def run_command_with_code(self, cmd, redirect_output=True,
+                              check_exit_code=True):
+        """Runs a command in an out-of-process shell.
+
+        Returns the output of that command. Working directory is ROOT.
+        """
+        if redirect_output:
+            stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+        else:
+            stdout = None
+
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=self.root, stdout=stdout)
+        output = proc.communicate()[0]
+        if check_exit_code and proc.returncode != 0:
+            self.die('Command "%s" failed.\n%s', ' '.join(cmd), output)
+        return (output, proc.returncode)
+
+    def run_command(self, cmd, redirect_output=True, check_exit_code=True):
+        return self.run_command_with_code(cmd, redirect_output,
+                                          check_exit_code)[0]
+
+    def get_distro(self):
+        if (os.path.exists('/etc/fedora-release') or
+                os.path.exists('/etc/redhat-release')):
+            return Fedora(self.root, self.venv, self.pip_requires,
+                          self.test_requires, self.py_version, self.project)
+        else:
+            return Distro(self.root, self.venv, self.pip_requires,
+                          self.test_requires, self.py_version, self.project)
+
+    def check_dependencies(self):
+        self.get_distro().install_virtualenv()
+
+    def create_virtualenv(self, no_site_packages=True):
+        """Creates the virtual environment and installs PIP.
+
+        Creates the virtual environment and installs PIP only into the
+        virtual environment.
+        """
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.venv):
+            print 'Creating venv...',
+            if no_site_packages:
+                self.run_command(['virtualenv', '-q', '--no-site-packages',
+                                 self.venv])
+            else:
+                self.run_command(['virtualenv', '-q', self.venv])
+            print 'done.'
+            print 'Installing pip in virtualenv...',
+            if not self.run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh', 'easy_install',
+                                    'pip>1.0']).strip():
+                self.die("Failed to install pip.")
+            print 'done.'
+        else:
+            print "venv already exists..."
+            pass
+
+    def pip_install(self, *args):
+        self.run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh',
+                         'pip', 'install', '--upgrade'] + list(args),
+                         redirect_output=False)
+
+    def install_dependencies(self):
+        print 'Installing dependencies with pip (this can take a while)...'
+
+        # First things first, make sure our venv has the latest pip and
+        # distribute.
+        # NOTE: we keep pip at version 1.1 since the most recent version causes
+        # the .venv creation to fail. See:
+        # https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1047120
+        self.pip_install('pip==1.1')
+        self.pip_install('distribute')
+
+        # Install greenlet by hand - just listing it in the requires file does
+        # not
+        # get it installed in the right order
+        self.pip_install('greenlet')
+
+        self.pip_install('-r', self.pip_requires)
+        self.pip_install('-r', self.test_requires)
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        self.get_distro().post_process()
+
+    def parse_args(self, argv):
+        """Parses command-line arguments."""
+        cli_opts = [
+            cfg.BoolOpt('no-site-packages',
+                        default=False,
+                        short='n',
+                        help="Do not inherit packages from global Python"
+                             "install"),
+        ]
+        CLI = cfg.ConfigOpts()
+        CLI.register_cli_opts(cli_opts)
+        CLI(argv[1:])
+        return CLI
+
+
+class Distro(InstallVenv):
+
+    def check_cmd(self, cmd):
+        return bool(self.run_command(['which', cmd],
+                    check_exit_code=False).strip())
+
+    def install_virtualenv(self):
+        if self.check_cmd('virtualenv'):
+            return
+
+        if self.check_cmd('easy_install'):
+            print 'Installing virtualenv via easy_install...',
+            if self.run_command(['easy_install', 'virtualenv']):
+                print 'Succeeded'
+                return
+            else:
+                print 'Failed'
+
+        self.die('ERROR: virtualenv not found.\n\n%s development'
+                 ' requires virtualenv, please install it using your'
+                 ' favorite package management tool' % self.project)
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        """Any distribution-specific post-processing gets done here.
+
+        In particular, this is useful for applying patches to code inside
+        the venv.
+        """
+        pass
+
+
+class Fedora(Distro):
+    """This covers all Fedora-based distributions.
+
+    Includes: Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux
+    """
+
+    def check_pkg(self, pkg):
+        return self.run_command_with_code(['rpm', '-q', pkg],
+                                          check_exit_code=False)[1] == 0
+
+    def yum_install(self, pkg, **kwargs):
+        print "Attempting to install '%s' via yum" % pkg
+        self.run_command(['sudo', 'yum', 'install', '-y', pkg], **kwargs)
+
+    def apply_patch(self, originalfile, patchfile):
+        self.run_command(['patch', originalfile, patchfile])
+
+    def install_virtualenv(self):
+        if self.check_cmd('virtualenv'):
+            return
+
+        if not self.check_pkg('python-virtualenv'):
+            self.yum_install('python-virtualenv', check_exit_code=False)
+
+        super(Fedora, self).install_virtualenv()
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        """Workaround for a bug in eventlet.
+
+        This currently affects RHEL6.1, but the fix can safely be
+        applied to all RHEL and Fedora distributions.
+
+        This can be removed when the fix is applied upstream.
+
+        Nova: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/884915
+        Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/which_linden/eventlet/issue/89
+        """
+
+        # Install "patch" program if it's not there
+        if not self.check_pkg('patch'):
+            self.yum_install('patch')
+
+        # Apply the eventlet patch
+        self.apply_patch(os.path.join(self.venv, 'lib', self.py_version,
+                                      'site-packages',
+                                      'eventlet/green/subprocess.py'),
+                         'contrib/redhat-eventlet.patch')