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+#!/usr/bin/php -qC
+<?php
+/**
+ * EGroupware - checkout and build EGroupware tgz
+ *
+ * @link http://www.egroupware.org
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @author RalfBecker@outdoor-training.de
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+
+if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']))	// security precaution: forbit calling setup-cli as web-page
+{
+	die('<h1>checkout-build-tgz.php must NOT be called as web-page --> exiting !!!</h1>');
+}
+
+$verbose = 0;
+$config = array(
+	'packagename' => 'eGroupware',
+	'version' => 'trunk',				// '1.6'
+	'packaging' => date('Ymd'),			// '001'
+	'egwdir' => 'egroupware',
+	'svndir' => '/tmp/build_root/egw_buildroot-svn',
+	'egw_buildroot' => '/tmp/build_root/egw_buildroot',
+	'sourcedir' => '~/rpm/SOURCES',
+	'svnbase' => 'http://svn.egroupware.org/egroupware',
+	'svnbranch' => 'trunk',				// 'branches/1.6' or 'tags/1.6.001'
+	'svnalias' => 'aliases/default',	// default alias
+	'aliasdir' => 'egroupware',			// directory created by the alias
+	'extra' => array('egw-pear','gallery','mydms','icalsrv'),
+	'types' => array('tar.bz2','tar.gz','zip'),
+	'svn' => '/usr/bin/svn',
+	'clamscan' => '/usr/bin/clamscan',
+	'freshclam' => '/usr/bin/freshclam',
+	'gpg' => '/usr/bin/gpg',
+	'packager' => 'packager@egroupware.org',
+	'skip' => array(),
+	'run' => array('checkout','copy','virusscan','create','sign')
+);
+
+// process config from command line
+$argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
+$prog = array_shift($argv);
+
+while(($arg = array_shift($argv)))
+{
+	if ($arg == '-v' || $arg == '--verbose')
+	{
+		++$verbose;
+	}
+	elseif($arg == '-h' || $arg == '--help')
+	{
+		usage();
+	}
+	elseif(substr($arg,0,2) == '--' && isset($config[$name=substr($arg,2)]))
+	{
+		$value = array_shift($argv);
+		switch($name)
+		{
+			case 'extra':	// stored as array and allow to add/delete items with +/- prefix
+			case 'types':
+			case 'skip':
+			case 'run':
+				if ($value[0] == '+')
+				{
+					$config[$name] = array_unique(array_merge($config['name'],preg_split('/[ ,]+/',$value)));
+				}
+				elseif ($value[0] == '-')
+				{
+					$config[$name] = array_diff($config['name'],preg_split('/[ ,]+/',$value));
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$config[$name] = array_unique(preg_split('/[ ,]+/',$value));
+				}
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				$config[$name] = $value;
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		usage("Unknown argument '$arg'!");
+	}
+}
+if ($verbose > 1)
+{
+	echo "Using following config:\n";
+	print_r($config);
+}
+$svn = $config['svn'];
+
+foreach(array_diff($config['run'],$config['skip']) as $func)
+{
+	$func = 'do_'.$func;
+	$func();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign sha1sum file
+ */
+function do_sign()
+{
+	global $config,$verbose;
+
+	if (substr($config['sourcedir'],0,2) == '~/')	// sha1_file cant deal with '~/rpm'
+	{
+		$config['sourcedir'] = getenv('HOME').substr($config['sourcedir'],1);
+	}
+	$sumsfile = $config['sourcedir'].'/sha1sum-'.$config['packagename'].'-'.$config['version'].'.'.$config['packaging'].'.txt';
+
+	if (!file_exists($sumsfile))
+	{
+		echo "sha1sum file '$sumsfile' not found!\n";
+		return;
+	}
+	// signing it
+	if (empty($config['gpg']) || !file_exists($config['gpg']))
+	{
+		if (!empty($config['gpg'])) echo "{$config['gpg']} not found --> skipping signing sha1sum file!\n";
+		return;
+	}
+	echo "Signing sha1sum file:\n";
+	if (file_exists($sumsfile.'.asc')) unlink($sumsfile.'.asc');
+	$cmd = $config['gpg'].' --local-user '.$config['packager'].' --clearsign '.$sumsfile;
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+	unlink($sumsfile);	// delete the unsigned file
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create archives
+ */
+function do_create()
+{
+	global $config,$verbose;
+
+	if (!file_exists($config['sourcedir'])) mkdir($config['sourcedir'],0755,true);
+	if (substr($config['sourcedir'],0,2) == '~/')	// sha1_file cant deal with '~/rpm'
+	{
+		$config['sourcedir'] = getenv('HOME').substr($config['sourcedir'],1);
+	}
+	$sumsfile = $config['sourcedir'].'/sha1sum-'.$config['packagename'].'-'.$config['version'].'.'.$config['packaging'].'.txt';
+	$sums = '';
+
+	chdir($config['egw_buildroot']);
+
+	if($config['extra'])
+	{
+		foreach($config['extra'] as $key => $module)
+		{
+			if (strpos($module,'/') !== false) $config['extra'][$key] = basename($module);
+		}
+		$exclude_extra = ' --exclude=egroupware/'.implode(' --exclude=egroupware/',$config['extra']);
+	}
+	foreach($config['types'] as $type)
+	{
+		echo "Creating $type archives\n";
+		$tar_type = $type == 'tar.bz2' ? 'j' : 'z';
+
+		$file = $config['sourcedir'].'/'.$config['packagename'].'-'.$config['version'].'.'.$config['packaging'].'.'.$type;
+		switch($type)
+		{
+			case 'tar.bz2':
+			case 'tar.gz':
+				$cmd = '/bin/tar --owner=root --group=root -c'.$tar_type.'f '.$file.' '.$exclude_extra.' egroupware';
+				break;
+			case 'zip':
+				$cmd = '/bin/mv egroupware/'.implode(' egroupware/',$config['extra']).' . ;';
+				$cmd .= '/usr/bin/zip -q -r -9 '.$file.' egroupware ;';
+				$cmd .= '/bin/mv '.implode(' ',$config['extra']).' egroupware';
+				break;
+		}
+		run_cmd($cmd);
+		$sums .= sha1_file($file)."\t".basename($file)."\n";
+
+		foreach($config['extra'] as $module)
+		{
+			$file = $config['sourcedir'].'/'.$config['packagename'].'-'.$module.'-'.$config['version'].'.'.$config['packaging'].'.'.$type;
+			switch($type)
+			{
+				case 'tar.bz2':
+				case 'tar.gz':
+					$cmd = '/bin/tar --owner=root --group=root -c'.$tar_type.'f '.$file.' egroupware/'.$module;
+					break;
+				case 'zip':
+					$cmd = '/usr/bin/zip -q -r -9 '.$file.' egroupware/'.$module;
+					break;
+			}
+			run_cmd($cmd);
+			$sums .= sha1_file($file)."\t".basename($file)."\n";
+		}
+	}
+	// writing sha1sum file
+	file_put_contents($sumsfile,$sums);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scan checkout for viruses, if clamscan is installed (not fatal if not!)
+ */
+function do_virusscan()
+{
+	global $config,$verbose;
+
+	if (!file_exists($config['clamscan']) || !is_executable($config['clamscan']))
+	{
+		echo "Virusscanner '$config[clamscan]' not found --> skipping virus scan!\n";
+		return;
+	}
+	// try updating virus database
+	if (file_exists($config['freshclam']))
+	{
+		echo "Updating virus signatures\n";
+		$cmd = '/usr/bin/sudo '.$config['freshclam'];
+		if (!$verbose && function_exists('posix_getuid') && posix_getuid()) echo $cmd."\n";
+		run_cmd($cmd,$output,1);	// 1 = ignore already up to date database
+	}
+	echo "Starting virusscan\n";
+	$cmd = $config['clamscan'].' --quiet -r '.$config['egw_buildroot'];
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+	echo "Virusscan successful (no viruses found).\n";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copy non .svn parts to egw_buildroot and fix permissions and ownership
+ */
+function do_copy()
+{
+	global $config;
+
+	// copy everything, but .svn dirs from svndir to egw_buildroot
+	echo "Copying non-svn dirs to buildroot\n";
+	$cmd = '/usr/bin/rsync -r --delete --exclude .svn '.$config['svndir'].'/'.$config['aliasdir'].' '.$config['egw_buildroot'];
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+
+	// fix permissions
+	echo "Fixing permissions\n";
+	chdir($config['egw_buildroot'].'/'.$config['aliasdir']);
+	$cmd = '/bin/chmod -R a-x,u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX .';
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+	$cmd = '/bin/chmod +x */*cli.php phpgwapi/cron/*.php svn-helper.php doc/rpm-build/*.php';
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checkout or update EGroupware
+ *
+ * Ensures an existing checkout is from the correct branch! Otherwise it get's deleted
+ */
+function do_checkout()
+{
+	global $config,$svn,$verbose;
+
+	echo "Starting svn checkout/update\n";
+	if (!file_exists($config['svndir']))
+	{
+		mkdir($config['svndir'],0755,true);
+	}
+	elseif (!is_dir($config['svndir']) || !is_writable($config['svndir']))
+	{
+		throw new Exception("svn checkout directory '{$config['svndir']} exists and is NO directory or NOT writable!");
+	}
+	chdir($config['svndir']);
+	$svnbranch = $config['svnbase'].'/'.$config['svnbranch'];
+	if (file_exists($config['aliasdir']))
+	{
+		// check if correct branch
+		$cmd = 'LANG=C '.$svn.' info';
+		exec($cmd,$output,$ret);
+		foreach($output as $line)
+		{
+			if ($ret || substr($line,0,5) == 'URL: ')
+			{
+				$url = substr($line,5);
+				if ($ret || substr($url,0,strlen($svnbranch)) != $svnbranch)	// wrong branch (or no svn dir)
+				{
+					echo "Checkout is of wrong branch --> deleting it\n";
+					system('/bin/rm -rf .svn '.$config['aliasdir']);	// --> remove the whole checkout
+					clearstatcache();
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	$url = $svnbranch.'/'.$config['svnalias'];
+	$cmd = $svn.' co '.$url.' .';
+	run_cmd($cmd);
+
+	chdir($config['aliasdir']);
+	foreach($config['extra'] as $module)
+	{
+		if (strpos($module,'$') !== false)	// allow to use config vars like $svnbranch in module
+		{
+			$translate = array();
+			foreach($config as $name => $value) $translate['$'.$name] = $value;
+			$module = strtr($module,$translate);
+		}
+		$url = strpos($module,'://') === false ? $svnbranch.'/' : '';
+		$url .= $module;
+		$cmd = $svn.' co '.$url;
+		run_cmd($cmd);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs given shell command, exists with error-code after echoing the output of the failed command (if not already running verbose)
+ *
+ * @param string $cmd
+ * @param array &$output=null $output of command
+ * @param int|array $no_bailout=null exit code(s) to NOT bail out
+ * @return int exit code of $cmd
+ */
+function run_cmd($cmd,array &$output=null,$no_bailout=null)
+{
+	global $verbose;
+
+	if ($verbose)
+	{
+		echo $cmd."\n";
+		system($cmd,$ret);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$output[] = $cmd;
+		exec($cmd,$output,$ret);
+	}
+	if ($ret && !in_array($ret,(array)$no_bailout))
+	{
+		if (!$verbose) echo implode("\n",$output)."\n";
+		throw new Exception("Error during '$cmd' --> aborting",$ret);
+	}
+	return $ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Give usage information and an optional error-message, before stoping program execution with exit-code 90 or 0
+ *
+ * @param string $error=null optional error-message
+ */
+function usage($error=null)
+{
+	global $prog,$config;
+
+	echo "Usage: $prog [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [options, ...]\n\n";
+	echo "options and their defaults:\n";
+	foreach($config as $name => $default)
+	{
+		if (is_array($default)) $default = implode(' ',$default);
+		echo '--'.str_pad($name,20).$default."\n";
+	}
+	if ($error)
+	{
+		echo "$error\n\n";
+		exit(90);
+	}
+	exit(0);
+}
+