Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] tests/lcitool: Generate distribution packages list in JSON format

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>]

On 11/7/23 16:01, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Add the generate_pkglist() helper to generate a list of packages
> required by a distribution to build QEMU.
> 
> Generate the FreeBSD JSON file (based on FreeBSD 13).
> 
> Suggested-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>   tests/lcitool/refresh | 11 +++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
> index b54566edcc..a5df096074 100755
> --- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
> +++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
> @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ def generate_cirrus(target, trailer=None):
>       generate(filename, cmd, trailer)
>   
>   
> +def generate_pkglist(vm, target):
> +    filename = Path(src_dir, "tests", "vm", vm + ".json")
> +    cmd = lcitool_cmd + ["variables", "--format", "json", target, "qemu"]
> +    generate(filename, cmd, None)

Note since json files don't have comments, we can't have the
"THIS IS GENERATED BY A SCRIPT" in header.