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+from PLC.Method import Method
+from PLC.Auth import Auth
+from PLC.Faults import *
+
+import re
+
+comment_regexp = '\A\s*#.|\A\s*\Z|\Axxxxx'
+
+regexps = { 'build' : '\A[bB]uild\s+(?P<key>[^:]+)\s*:\s*(?P<value>.*)\Z',
+ 'tags' : '\A(?P<key>[^:]+)\s*:=\s*(?P<value>.*)\Z'}
+
+class GetPlcRelease(Method):
+ """
+ Returns various information about the current myplc installation.
+ """
+
+ roles = ['admin', 'pi', 'user', 'tech', 'node', 'anonymous']
+
+ accepts = [
+ Auth(),
+ ]
+
+ # for now only return /etc/myplc-release verbatim
+ returns = { 'build' : 'information about the build',
+ 'tags' : 'describes the codebase location and tags used for building',
+ 'rpms' : 'details the rpm installed in the myplc chroot jail' }
+
+ def call(self, auth):
+
+ comment_matcher = re.compile(comment_regexp)
+
+ matchers = {}
+ result = {}
+ for field in regexps.keys():
+ matchers[field] = re.compile(regexps[field])
+ result[field]={}
+ result['rpms']="Not implemented yet"
+
+ try:
+ release = open('/etc/myplc-release')
+ for line in release.readlines():
+ line=line.strip()
+ if comment_matcher.match(line):
+ continue
+ for field in regexps.keys():
+ m=matchers[field].match(line)
+ if m:
+ (key,value)=m.groups(['key','value'])
+ result[field][key]=value
+ break
+ else:
+ if not result.has_key('unexpected'):
+ result['unexpected']=""
+ result['unexpected'] += (line+"\n")
+ except:
+ raise PLCNotImplemented, 'Cannot open /etc/myplc-release'
+ return result