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      1 """distutils.spawn
      2 
      3 Provides the 'spawn()' function, a front-end to various platform-
      4 specific functions for launching another program in a sub-process.
      5 Also provides the 'find_executable()' to search the path for a given
      6 executable name.
      7 """
      8 
      9 __revision__ = "$Id$"
     10 
     11 import sys
     12 import os
     13 
     14 from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError, DistutilsExecError
     15 from distutils.debug import DEBUG
     16 from distutils import log
     17 
     18 def spawn(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
     19     """Run another program, specified as a command list 'cmd', in a new process.
     20 
     21     'cmd' is just the argument list for the new process, ie.
     22     cmd[0] is the program to run and cmd[1:] are the rest of its arguments.
     23     There is no way to run a program with a name different from that of its
     24     executable.
     25 
     26     If 'search_path' is true (the default), the system's executable
     27     search path will be used to find the program; otherwise, cmd[0]
     28     must be the exact path to the executable.  If 'dry_run' is true,
     29     the command will not actually be run.
     30 
     31     Raise DistutilsExecError if running the program fails in any way; just
     32     return on success.
     33     """
     34     # cmd is documented as a list, but just in case some code passes a tuple
     35     # in, protect our %-formatting code against horrible death
     36     cmd = list(cmd)
     37     if os.name == 'posix':
     38         _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
     39     elif os.name == 'nt':
     40         _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
     41     elif os.name == 'os2':
     42         _spawn_os2(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
     43     else:
     44         raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
     45               "don't know how to spawn programs on platform '%s'" % os.name
     46 
     47 def _nt_quote_args(args):
     48     """Quote command-line arguments for DOS/Windows conventions.
     49 
     50     Just wraps every argument which contains blanks in double quotes, and
     51     returns a new argument list.
     52     """
     53     # XXX this doesn't seem very robust to me -- but if the Windows guys
     54     # say it'll work, I guess I'll have to accept it.  (What if an arg
     55     # contains quotes?  What other magic characters, other than spaces,
     56     # have to be escaped?  Is there an escaping mechanism other than
     57     # quoting?)
     58     for i, arg in enumerate(args):
     59         if ' ' in arg:
     60             args[i] = '"%s"' % arg
     61     return args
     62 
     63 def _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
     64     executable = cmd[0]
     65     cmd = _nt_quote_args(cmd)
     66     if search_path:
     67         # either we find one or it stays the same
     68         executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
     69     log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
     70     if not dry_run:
     71         # spawn for NT requires a full path to the .exe
     72         try:
     73             rc = os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, executable, cmd)
     74         except OSError, exc:
     75             # this seems to happen when the command isn't found
     76             if not DEBUG:
     77                 cmd = executable
     78             raise DistutilsExecError, \
     79                   "command %r failed: %s" % (cmd, exc[-1])
     80         if rc != 0:
     81             # and this reflects the command running but failing
     82             if not DEBUG:
     83                 cmd = executable
     84             raise DistutilsExecError, \
     85                   "command %r failed with exit status %d" % (cmd, rc)
     86 
     87 def _spawn_os2(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
     88     executable = cmd[0]
     89     if search_path:
     90         # either we find one or it stays the same
     91         executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
     92     log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
     93     if not dry_run:
     94         # spawnv for OS/2 EMX requires a full path to the .exe
     95         try:
     96             rc = os.spawnv(os.P_WAIT, executable, cmd)
     97         except OSError, exc:
     98             # this seems to happen when the command isn't found
     99             if not DEBUG:
    100                 cmd = executable
    101             raise DistutilsExecError, \
    102                   "command %r failed: %s" % (cmd, exc[-1])
    103         if rc != 0:
    104             # and this reflects the command running but failing
    105             if not DEBUG:
    106                 cmd = executable
    107             log.debug("command %r failed with exit status %d" % (cmd, rc))
    108             raise DistutilsExecError, \
    109                   "command %r failed with exit status %d" % (cmd, rc)
    110 
    111 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
    112     from distutils import sysconfig
    113     _cfg_target = None
    114     _cfg_target_split = None
    115 
    116 def _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
    117     log.info(' '.join(cmd))
    118     if dry_run:
    119         return
    120     executable = cmd[0]
    121     exec_fn = search_path and os.execvp or os.execv
    122     env = None
    123     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
    124         global _cfg_target, _cfg_target_split
    125         if _cfg_target is None:
    126             _cfg_target = sysconfig.get_config_var(
    127                                   'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET') or ''
    128             if _cfg_target:
    129                 _cfg_target_split = [int(x) for x in _cfg_target.split('.')]
    130         if _cfg_target:
    131             # ensure that the deployment target of build process is not less
    132             # than that used when the interpreter was built. This ensures
    133             # extension modules are built with correct compatibility values
    134             cur_target = os.environ.get('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET', _cfg_target)
    135             if _cfg_target_split > [int(x) for x in cur_target.split('.')]:
    136                 my_msg = ('$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET mismatch: '
    137                           'now "%s" but "%s" during configure'
    138                                 % (cur_target, _cfg_target))
    139                 raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
    140             env = dict(os.environ,
    141                        MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=cur_target)
    142             exec_fn = search_path and os.execvpe or os.execve
    143     pid = os.fork()
    144 
    145     if pid == 0:  # in the child
    146         try:
    147             if env is None:
    148                 exec_fn(executable, cmd)
    149             else:
    150                 exec_fn(executable, cmd, env)
    151         except OSError, e:
    152             if not DEBUG:
    153                 cmd = executable
    154             sys.stderr.write("unable to execute %r: %s\n" %
    155                              (cmd, e.strerror))
    156             os._exit(1)
    157 
    158         if not DEBUG:
    159             cmd = executable
    160         sys.stderr.write("unable to execute %r for unknown reasons" % cmd)
    161         os._exit(1)
    162     else:   # in the parent
    163         # Loop until the child either exits or is terminated by a signal
    164         # (ie. keep waiting if it's merely stopped)
    165         while 1:
    166             try:
    167                 pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
    168             except OSError, exc:
    169                 import errno
    170                 if exc.errno == errno.EINTR:
    171                     continue
    172                 if not DEBUG:
    173                     cmd = executable
    174                 raise DistutilsExecError, \
    175                       "command %r failed: %s" % (cmd, exc[-1])
    176             if os.WIFSIGNALED(status):
    177                 if not DEBUG:
    178                     cmd = executable
    179                 raise DistutilsExecError, \
    180                       "command %r terminated by signal %d" % \
    181                       (cmd, os.WTERMSIG(status))
    182 
    183             elif os.WIFEXITED(status):
    184                 exit_status = os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
    185                 if exit_status == 0:
    186                     return   # hey, it succeeded!
    187                 else:
    188                     if not DEBUG:
    189                         cmd = executable
    190                     raise DistutilsExecError, \
    191                           "command %r failed with exit status %d" % \
    192                           (cmd, exit_status)
    193 
    194             elif os.WIFSTOPPED(status):
    195                 continue
    196 
    197             else:
    198                 if not DEBUG:
    199                     cmd = executable
    200                 raise DistutilsExecError, \
    201                       "unknown error executing %r: termination status %d" % \
    202                       (cmd, status)
    203 
    204 def find_executable(executable, path=None):
    205     """Tries to find 'executable' in the directories listed in 'path'.
    206 
    207     A string listing directories separated by 'os.pathsep'; defaults to
    208     os.environ['PATH'].  Returns the complete filename or None if not found.
    209     """
    210     if path is None:
    211         path = os.environ['PATH']
    212     paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
    213     base, ext = os.path.splitext(executable)
    214 
    215     if (sys.platform == 'win32' or os.name == 'os2') and (ext != '.exe'):
    216         executable = executable + '.exe'
    217 
    218     if not os.path.isfile(executable):
    219         for p in paths:
    220             f = os.path.join(p, executable)
    221             if os.path.isfile(f):
    222                 # the file exists, we have a shot at spawn working
    223                 return f
    224         return None
    225     else:
    226         return executable
    227