replace deprecated popen2 with subprocess

diff --git a/source/utils.py b/source/utils.py
index 429038d..b6b51c8 100644 (file)
--- a/source/utils.py
+++ b/source/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 # expected /proc/partitions format
 
 import os, sys, shutil
-import popen2
+import subprocess
+import shlex
 import socket
 import fcntl
 import string
@@ -131,37 +132,23 @@ def sysexec( cmd, log= None ):
     """
     if VERBOSE_MODE:
         print ("sysexec >>> %s" % cmd)
-    prog= popen2.Popen4( cmd, 0 )
-    if prog is None:
+
+    try:
+        prog = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(cmd), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    except OSError:
         raise BootManagerException, \
-              "Unable to create instance of popen2.Popen4 " \
+              "Unable to create instance of subprocess.Popen " \
               "for command: %s" % cmd
 
+    (stdoutdata, stderrdata) = prog.communicate()
     if log is not None:
-        try:
-            for line in prog.fromchild:
-                log.write( line )
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            raise BootManagerException, "Interrupted by user"
-
-    returncode= prog.wait()
-    # revert http://git.planet-lab.org/?p=bootmanager.git;a=commitdiff;h=cca3a2cd2096c0235dddb5982b1f05c8d4c7f916
-    # as 256 returned by Python
-    #
-    ## cat test.py 
-    #import popen2
-    #
-    #cmd = "false"
-    #prog = popen2.Popen4( cmd, 0 )
-    #returncode = prog.wait()
-    #print returncode
-    #
-    ## python test.py 
-    # 256
+        log.write(stdoutdata)
+
+    returncode = prog.wait()
     if returncode != 0:
         raise BootManagerException, "Running %s failed (rc=%d)" % (cmd,returncode)
 
-    prog= None
+    prog = None
     return 1