tests/vm: Introduce get_qemu_packages_from_lcitool_json() helper
Add the get_qemu_packages_from_lcitool_json() helper which return
such package list from a lcitool env var file in JSON format.
Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230711144922.67491-4-philmd@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 23229e2..a97e23b 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
import multiprocessing
import traceback
import shlex
+import json
from qemu.machine import QEMUMachine
from qemu.utils import get_info_usernet_hostfwd_port, kvm_available
@@ -501,6 +502,16 @@ def gen_cloud_init_iso(self):
stderr=self._stdout)
return os.path.join(cidir, "cloud-init.iso")
+ def get_qemu_packages_from_lcitool_json(self, json_path=None):
+ """Parse a lcitool variables json file and return the PKGS list."""
+ if json_path is None:
+ json_path = os.path.join(
+ os.path.dirname(__file__), "generated", self.name + ".json"
+ )
+ with open(json_path, "r") as fh:
+ return json.load(fh)["pkgs"]
+
+
def get_qemu_path(arch, build_path=None):
"""Fetch the path to the qemu binary."""
# If QEMU environment variable set, it takes precedence
