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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 -*-
+"""
+BitBake 'Fetch' implementations
+
+This implementation is for svk. It is based on the svn implementation
+
+Copyright (C) 2006 Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+
+GPL and MIT licensed
+
+
+
+Classes for obtaining upstream sources for the
+BitBake build tools.
+
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Chris Larson
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+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., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. 
+
+Based on functions from the base bb module, Copyright 2003 Holger Schurig
+"""
+
+import os, re
+import bb
+from   bb import data
+from   bb.fetch import Fetch
+from   bb.fetch import FetchError
+from   bb.fetch import MissingParameterError
+
+class Svk(Fetch):
+    """Class to fetch a module or modules from svk repositories"""
+    def supports(url, d):
+        """Check to see if a given url can be fetched with svk.
+           Expects supplied url in list form, as outputted by bb.decodeurl().
+        """
+        (type, host, path, user, pswd, parm) = bb.decodeurl(data.expand(url, d))
+        return type in ['svk']
+    supports = staticmethod(supports)
+
+    def localpath(url, d):
+        (type, host, path, user, pswd, parm) = bb.decodeurl(data.expand(url, d))
+        if "localpath" in parm:
+#           if user overrides local path, use it.
+            return parm["localpath"]
+
+        if not "module" in parm:
+            raise MissingParameterError("svk method needs a 'module' parameter")
+        else:
+            module = parm["module"]
+        if 'rev' in parm:
+            revision = parm['rev']
+        else:
+            revision = ""
+
+        date = Fetch.getSRCDate(d)
+
+        return os.path.join(data.getVar("DL_DIR", d, 1),data.expand('%s_%s_%s_%s_%s.tar.gz' % ( module.replace('/', '.'), host, path.replace('/', '.'), revision, date), d))
+    localpath = staticmethod(localpath)
+
+    def go(self, d, urls = []):
+        """Fetch urls"""
+        if not urls:
+            urls = self.urls
+
+        localdata = data.createCopy(d)
+        data.setVar('OVERRIDES', "svk:%s" % data.getVar('OVERRIDES', localdata), localdata)
+        data.update_data(localdata)
+
+        for loc in urls:
+            (type, host, path, user, pswd, parm) = bb.decodeurl(data.expand(loc, localdata))
+            if not "module" in parm:
+                raise MissingParameterError("svk method needs a 'module' parameter")
+            else:
+                module = parm["module"]
+
+            dlfile = self.localpath(loc, localdata)
+            dldir = data.getVar('DL_DIR', localdata, 1)
+
+#           setup svk options
+            options = []
+            if 'rev' in parm:
+                revision = parm['rev']
+            else:
+                revision = ""
+
+            date = Fetch.getSRCDate(d)
+            tarfn = data.expand('%s_%s_%s_%s_%s.tar.gz' % (module.replace('/', '.'), host, path.replace('/', '.'), revision, date), localdata)
+            data.setVar('TARFILES', dlfile, localdata)
+            data.setVar('TARFN', tarfn, localdata)
+
+            dl = os.path.join(dldir, tarfn)
+            if os.access(dl, os.R_OK):
+                bb.debug(1, "%s already exists, skipping svk checkout." % tarfn)
+                continue
+
+            olddir = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())
+            os.chdir(data.expand(dldir, localdata))
+
+            svkroot = host + path
+
+            data.setVar('SVKROOT', svkroot, localdata)
+            data.setVar('SVKCOOPTS', " ".join(options), localdata)
+            data.setVar('SVKMODULE', module, localdata)
+            svkcmd = "svk co -r {%s} %s/%s" % (date, svkroot, module)
+
+            if revision:
+                svkcmd = "svk co -r %s/%s" % (revision, svkroot, module)
+
+#           create temp directory
+            bb.debug(2, "Fetch: creating temporary directory")
+            bb.mkdirhier(data.expand('${WORKDIR}', localdata))
+            data.setVar('TMPBASE', data.expand('${WORKDIR}/oesvk.XXXXXX', localdata), localdata)
+            tmppipe = os.popen(data.getVar('MKTEMPDIRCMD', localdata, 1) or "false")
+            tmpfile = tmppipe.readline().strip()
+            if not tmpfile:
+                bb.error("Fetch: unable to create temporary directory.. make sure 'mktemp' is in the PATH.")
+                raise FetchError(module)
+
+#           check out sources there
+            os.chdir(tmpfile)
+            bb.note("Fetch " + loc)
+            bb.debug(1, "Running %s" % svkcmd)
+            myret = os.system(svkcmd)
+            if myret != 0:
+                try:
+                    os.rmdir(tmpfile)
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+                raise FetchError(module)
+
+            os.chdir(os.path.join(tmpfile, os.path.dirname(module)))
+#           tar them up to a defined filename
+            myret = os.system("tar -czf %s %s" % (os.path.join(dldir,tarfn), os.path.basename(module)))
+            if myret != 0:
+                try:
+                    os.unlink(tarfn)
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+#           cleanup
+            os.system('rm -rf %s' % tmpfile)
+            os.chdir(olddir)
+        del localdata