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