Add some documentation to LoraxTemplateRunner

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Will Woods 2012-06-19 15:03:17 -04:00
parent daacb4465d
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@ -96,10 +96,49 @@ def rglob(pathname, root="/", fatal=False):
def rexists(pathname, root=""):
return True if rglob(pathname, root) else False
# XXX NOTE: symlinks to stuff outside inroot/outroot will make us operate
# on files outside our roots (e.g. deleting files on the host system).
# TODO: operate inside an actual chroot for safety? Not that RPM bothers..
class LoraxTemplateRunner(object):
'''
This class parses and executes Lorax templates. Sample usage:
# install a bunch of packages
runner = LoraxTemplateRunner(inroot=rundir, outroot=rundir, yum=yum_obj)
runner.run("install-packages.ltmpl")
# modify a runtime dir
runner = LoraxTemplateRunner(inroot=rundir, outroot=newrun)
runner.run("runtime-transmogrify.ltmpl")
NOTES:
* Parsing procedure is roughly:
1. Mako template expansion (on the whole file)
2. For each line of the result,
a. Whitespace splitting (using shlex.split())
b. Brace expansion (using brace_expand())
c. If the first token is the name of a function, call that function
with the rest of the line as arguments
* Parsing and execution are *separate* passes - so you can't use the result
of a command in an %if statement (or any other control statements)!
* Commands that run external programs (systemctl, gconfset) currently use
the *host*'s copy of that program, which may cause problems if there's a
big enough difference between the host and the image you're modifying.
* The commands are not executed under a real chroot, so absolute symlinks
will point *outside* the inroot/outroot. Be careful with symlinks!
ADDING NEW COMMANDS:
* Each template command is just a method of the LoraxTemplateRunner
object - so adding a new command is as easy as adding a new function.
* Each function gets arguments that correspond to the rest of the tokens
on that line (after word splitting and brace expansion)
* Commands should raise exceptions for errors - don't use sys.exit()
'''
def __init__(self, inroot, outroot, yum=None, fatalerrors=True,
templatedir=None, defaults={}):
self.inroot = inroot