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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/packages-formatter.py32
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/packages-formatter.py b/scripts/packages-formatter.py
index 1432cdaebe..34fc92e44c 100755
--- a/scripts/packages-formatter.py
+++ b/scripts/packages-formatter.py
@@ -26,18 +26,41 @@ $/LicenseInfo$
"""
import os
import sys
+import errno
import re
import subprocess
-autobuild=os.getenv('AUTOBUILD',
+_autobuild=os.getenv('AUTOBUILD',
'autobuild' if not ( sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'cygwin')
else 'autobuild.cmd')
pkg_line=re.compile('^([\w-]+):\s+(.*)$')
+def autobuild(*args):
+ """
+ Launch autobuild with specified command-line arguments.
+ Return its stdout pipe from which the caller can read.
+ """
+ # subprocess wants a list, not a tuple
+ command = [_autobuild] + list(args)
+ try:
+ child = subprocess.Popen(command,
+ stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ universal_newlines=True)
+ except OSError as err:
+ if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+ # Don't attempt to interpret anything but ENOENT
+ raise
+ # Here it's ENOENT: subprocess can't find the autobuild executable.
+ print >>sys.stderr, "packages-formatter on %s: can't run autobuild:\n%s\n%s" % \
+ (sys.platform, ' '.join(command), err)
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ # no exceptions yet, let caller read stdout
+ return child.stdout
+
version={}
-versions=subprocess.Popen([autobuild, 'install', '--versions'],
- stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True).stdout
+versions=autobuild('install', '--versions')
for line in versions:
pkg_info = pkg_line.match(line)
if pkg_info:
@@ -50,8 +73,7 @@ for line in versions:
sys.exit("Unrecognized --versions output: %s" % line)
copyright={}
-copyrights=subprocess.Popen([autobuild, 'install', '--copyrights'],
- stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True).stdout
+copyrights=autobuild('install', '--copyrights')
viewer_copyright = copyrights.readline() # first line is the copyright for the viewer itself
for line in copyrights:
pkg_info = pkg_line.match(line)