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  • Committer: Martin Pitt
  • Date: 2010-07-29 19:32:41 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 422.
  • Revision ID: martin.pitt@canonical.com-20100729193241-msm1j5yj9q0pegst
add flag file based auto install mode

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            raise NotImplementedError, 'subclasses need to implement this'
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    def auto_install(self):
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        '''Return if the handler should be automatically installed.'''
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        return self._auto_install
 
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        '''Return if the handler should be automatically installed.
 
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        This can be done by hardcoding self._auto_install = True, but the
 
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        recommended approach is to create a flag file
 
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        <handler_dir>/autoinstall.d/<driver id>, because that is easier to
 
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        customize.
 
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        '''
 
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        if self._auto_install:
 
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            return True
 
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        # check autoinstall.d/ flag
 
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        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(OSLib.inst.handler_dir, 'autoinstall.d', self.id())):
 
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            return True
 
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        return False
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    def enabled(self):
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        '''Return if the handler is enabled.