wic: Rename /mic to /wic

As well as any other stray instances of mic in the codebase that can
be removed.

We don't really need to carry around legacy naming, and the history is
in git.

(From OE-Core rev: 598b120406dc1d2b7e377bd1ab6f0acbef034b22)

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

9 files changed, 2475 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/__init__.py
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diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/cmdln.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/cmdln.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2002-2007 ActiveState Software Inc.
+# License: MIT (see LICENSE.txt for license details)
+# Author:  Trent Mick
+# Home:    http://trentm.com/projects/cmdln/
+
+"""An improvement on Python's standard cmd.py module.
+
+As with cmd.py, this module provides "a simple framework for writing
+line-oriented command intepreters."  This module provides a 'RawCmdln'
+class that fixes some design flaws in cmd.Cmd, making it more scalable
+and nicer to use for good 'cvs'- or 'svn'-style command line interfaces
+or simple shells.  And it provides a 'Cmdln' class that add
+optparse-based option processing. Basically you use it like this:
+
+    import cmdln
+
+    class MySVN(cmdln.Cmdln):
+        name = "svn"
+
+        @cmdln.alias('stat', 'st')
+        @cmdln.option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true'
+                      help='print verbose information')
+        def do_status(self, subcmd, opts, *paths):
+            print "handle 'svn status' command"
+
+        #...
+
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        shell = MySVN()
+        retval = shell.main()
+        sys.exit(retval)
+
+See the README.txt or <http://trentm.com/projects/cmdln/> for more
+details.
+"""
+
+__version_info__ = (1, 1, 2)
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
+
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import cmd
+import optparse
+from pprint import pprint
+import sys
+
+
+
+
+#---- globals
+
+LOOP_ALWAYS, LOOP_NEVER, LOOP_IF_EMPTY = range(3)
+
+# An unspecified optional argument when None is a meaningful value.
+_NOT_SPECIFIED = ("Not", "Specified")
+
+# Pattern to match a TypeError message from a call that
+# failed because of incorrect number of arguments (see
+# Python/getargs.c).
+_INCORRECT_NUM_ARGS_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(takes [\w ]+ )(\d+)( arguments? \()(\d+)( given\))")
+
+
+
+#---- exceptions
+
+class CmdlnError(Exception):
+    """A cmdln.py usage error."""
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.msg = msg
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.msg
+
+class CmdlnUserError(Exception):
+    """An error by a user of a cmdln-based tool/shell."""
+    pass
+
+
+
+#---- public methods and classes
+
+def alias(*aliases):
+    """Decorator to add aliases for Cmdln.do_* command handlers.
+    
+    Example:
+        class MyShell(cmdln.Cmdln):
+            @cmdln.alias("!", "sh")
+            def do_shell(self, argv):
+                #...implement 'shell' command
+    """
+    def decorate(f):
+        if not hasattr(f, "aliases"):
+            f.aliases = []
+        f.aliases += aliases
+        return f
+    return decorate
+
+
+class RawCmdln(cmd.Cmd):
+    """An improved (on cmd.Cmd) framework for building multi-subcommand
+    scripts (think "svn" & "cvs") and simple shells (think "pdb" and
+    "gdb").
+
+    A simple example:
+
+        import cmdln
+
+        class MySVN(cmdln.RawCmdln):
+            name = "svn"
+
+            @cmdln.aliases('stat', 'st')
+            def do_status(self, argv):
+                print "handle 'svn status' command"
+
+        if __name__ == "__main__":
+            shell = MySVN()
+            retval = shell.main()
+            sys.exit(retval)
+
+    See <http://trentm.com/projects/cmdln> for more information.
+    """
+    name = None      # if unset, defaults basename(sys.argv[0])
+    prompt = None    # if unset, defaults to self.name+"> "
+    version = None   # if set, default top-level options include --version
+
+    # Default messages for some 'help' command error cases.
+    # They are interpolated with one arg: the command.
+    nohelp = "no help on '%s'"
+    unknowncmd = "unknown command: '%s'"
+
+    helpindent = '' # string with which to indent help output
+
+    def __init__(self, completekey='tab', 
+                 stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None):
+        """Cmdln(completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None)
+
+        The optional argument 'completekey' is the readline name of a
+        completion key; it defaults to the Tab key. If completekey is
+        not None and the readline module is available, command completion
+        is done automatically.
+        
+        The optional arguments 'stdin', 'stdout' and 'stderr' specify
+        alternate input, output and error output file objects; if not
+        specified, sys.* are used.
+        
+        If 'stdout' but not 'stderr' is specified, stdout is used for
+        error output. This is to provide least surprise for users used
+        to only the 'stdin' and 'stdout' options with cmd.Cmd.
+        """
+        import sys
+        if self.name is None:
+            self.name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+        if self.prompt is None:
+            self.prompt = self.name+"> "
+        self._name_str = self._str(self.name)
+        self._prompt_str = self._str(self.prompt)
+        if stdin is not None:
+            self.stdin = stdin
+        else:
+            self.stdin = sys.stdin
+        if stdout is not None:
+            self.stdout = stdout
+        else:
+            self.stdout = sys.stdout
+        if stderr is not None:
+            self.stderr = stderr
+        elif stdout is not None:
+            self.stderr = stdout
+        else:
+            self.stderr = sys.stderr
+        self.cmdqueue = []
+        self.completekey = completekey
+        self.cmdlooping = False
+
+    def get_optparser(self):
+        """Hook for subclasses to set the option parser for the
+        top-level command/shell.
+
+        This option parser is used retrieved and used by `.main()' to
+        handle top-level options.
+
+        The default implements a single '-h|--help' option. Sub-classes
+        can return None to have no options at the top-level. Typically
+        an instance of CmdlnOptionParser should be returned.
+        """
+        version = (self.version is not None 
+                    and "%s %s" % (self._name_str, self.version)
+                    or None)
+        return CmdlnOptionParser(self, version=version)
+
+    def postoptparse(self):
+        """Hook method executed just after `.main()' parses top-level
+        options.
+
+        When called `self.options' holds the results of the option parse.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def main(self, argv=None, loop=LOOP_NEVER):
+        """A possible mainline handler for a script, like so:
+
+            import cmdln
+            class MyCmd(cmdln.Cmdln):
+                name = "mycmd"
+                ...
+            
+            if __name__ == "__main__":
+                MyCmd().main()
+
+        By default this will use sys.argv to issue a single command to
+        'MyCmd', then exit. The 'loop' argument can be use to control
+        interactive shell behaviour.
+        
+        Arguments:
+            "argv" (optional, default sys.argv) is the command to run.
+                It must be a sequence, where the first element is the
+                command name and subsequent elements the args for that
+                command.
+            "loop" (optional, default LOOP_NEVER) is a constant
+                indicating if a command loop should be started (i.e. an
+                interactive shell). Valid values (constants on this module):
+                    LOOP_ALWAYS     start loop and run "argv", if any
+                    LOOP_NEVER      run "argv" (or .emptyline()) and exit
+                    LOOP_IF_EMPTY   run "argv", if given, and exit;
+                                    otherwise, start loop
+        """
+        if argv is None:
+            import sys
+            argv = sys.argv
+        else:
+            argv = argv[:] # don't modify caller's list
+
+        self.optparser = self.get_optparser()
+        if self.optparser: # i.e. optparser=None means don't process for opts
+            try:
+                self.options, args = self.optparser.parse_args(argv[1:])
+            except CmdlnUserError, ex:
+                msg = "%s: %s\nTry '%s help' for info.\n"\
+                      % (self.name, ex, self.name)
+                self.stderr.write(self._str(msg))
+                self.stderr.flush()
+                return 1
+            except StopOptionProcessing, ex:
+                return 0
+        else:
+            self.options, args = None, argv[1:]
+        self.postoptparse()
+
+        if loop == LOOP_ALWAYS:
+            if args:
+                self.cmdqueue.append(args)
+            return self.cmdloop()
+        elif loop == LOOP_NEVER:
+            if args:
+                return self.cmd(args)
+            else:
+                return self.emptyline()
+        elif loop == LOOP_IF_EMPTY:
+            if args:
+                return self.cmd(args)
+            else:
+                return self.cmdloop()
+
+    def cmd(self, argv):
+        """Run one command and exit.
+        
+            "argv" is the arglist for the command to run. argv[0] is the
+                command to run. If argv is an empty list then the
+                'emptyline' handler is run.
+
+        Returns the return value from the command handler.
+        """
+        assert isinstance(argv, (list, tuple)), \
+                "'argv' is not a sequence: %r" % argv
+        retval = None
+        try:
+            argv = self.precmd(argv)
+            retval = self.onecmd(argv)
+            self.postcmd(argv)
+        except:
+            if not self.cmdexc(argv):
+                raise
+            retval = 1
+        return retval
+
+    def _str(self, s):
+        """Safely convert the given str/unicode to a string for printing."""
+        try:
+            return str(s)
+        except UnicodeError:
+            #XXX What is the proper encoding to use here? 'utf-8' seems
+            #    to work better than "getdefaultencoding" (usually
+            #    'ascii'), on OS X at least.
+            #import sys
+            #return s.encode(sys.getdefaultencoding(), "replace")
+            return s.encode("utf-8", "replace")
+
+    def cmdloop(self, intro=None):
+        """Repeatedly issue a prompt, accept input, parse into an argv, and
+        dispatch (via .precmd(), .onecmd() and .postcmd()), passing them
+        the argv. In other words, start a shell.
+        
+            "intro" (optional) is a introductory message to print when
+                starting the command loop. This overrides the class
+                "intro" attribute, if any.
+        """
+        self.cmdlooping = True
+        self.preloop()
+        if self.use_rawinput and self.completekey:
+            try:
+                import readline
+                self.old_completer = readline.get_completer()
+                readline.set_completer(self.complete)
+                readline.parse_and_bind(self.completekey+": complete")
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+        try:
+            if intro is None:
+                intro = self.intro
+            if intro:
+                intro_str = self._str(intro)
+                self.stdout.write(intro_str+'\n')
+            self.stop = False
+            retval = None
+            while not self.stop:
+                if self.cmdqueue:
+                    argv = self.cmdqueue.pop(0)
+                    assert isinstance(argv, (list, tuple)), \
+                            "item on 'cmdqueue' is not a sequence: %r" % argv
+                else:
+                    if self.use_rawinput:
+                        try:
+                            line = raw_input(self._prompt_str)
+                        except EOFError:
+                            line = 'EOF'
+                    else:
+                        self.stdout.write(self._prompt_str)
+                        self.stdout.flush()
+                        line = self.stdin.readline()
+                        if not len(line):
+                            line = 'EOF'
+                        else:
+                            line = line[:-1] # chop '\n'
+                    argv = line2argv(line)
+                try:
+                    argv = self.precmd(argv)
+                    retval = self.onecmd(argv)
+                    self.postcmd(argv)
+                except:
+                    if not self.cmdexc(argv):
+                        raise
+                    retval = 1
+                self.lastretval = retval
+            self.postloop()
+        finally:
+            if self.use_rawinput and self.completekey:
+                try:
+                    import readline
+                    readline.set_completer(self.old_completer)
+                except ImportError:
+                    pass
+        self.cmdlooping = False
+        return retval
+
+    def precmd(self, argv):
+        """Hook method executed just before the command argv is
+        interpreted, but after the input prompt is generated and issued.
+
+            "argv" is the cmd to run.
+            
+        Returns an argv to run (i.e. this method can modify the command
+        to run).
+        """
+        return argv
+
+    def postcmd(self, argv):
+        """Hook method executed just after a command dispatch is finished.
+        
+            "argv" is the command that was run.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def cmdexc(self, argv):
+        """Called if an exception is raised in any of precmd(), onecmd(),
+        or postcmd(). If True is returned, the exception is deemed to have
+        been dealt with. Otherwise, the exception is re-raised.
+
+        The default implementation handles CmdlnUserError's, which
+        typically correspond to user error in calling commands (as
+        opposed to programmer error in the design of the script using
+        cmdln.py).
+        """
+        import sys
+        type, exc, traceback = sys.exc_info()
+        if isinstance(exc, CmdlnUserError):
+            msg = "%s %s: %s\nTry '%s help %s' for info.\n"\
+                  % (self.name, argv[0], exc, self.name, argv[0])
+            self.stderr.write(self._str(msg))
+            self.stderr.flush()
+            return True
+
+    def onecmd(self, argv):
+        if not argv:
+            return self.emptyline()
+        self.lastcmd = argv
+        cmdname = self._get_canonical_cmd_name(argv[0])
+        if cmdname:
+            handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+            if handler:
+                return self._dispatch_cmd(handler, argv)
+        return self.default(argv)
+
+    def _dispatch_cmd(self, handler, argv):
+        return handler(argv)
+
+    def default(self, argv):
+        """Hook called to handle a command for which there is no handler.
+
+            "argv" is the command and arguments to run.
+        
+        The default implementation writes and error message to stderr
+        and returns an error exit status.
+
+        Returns a numeric command exit status.
+        """
+        errmsg = self._str(self.unknowncmd % (argv[0],))
+        if self.cmdlooping:
+            self.stderr.write(errmsg+"\n")
+        else:
+            self.stderr.write("%s: %s\nTry '%s help' for info.\n"
+                              % (self._name_str, errmsg, self._name_str))
+        self.stderr.flush()
+        return 1
+
+    def parseline(self, line):
+        # This is used by Cmd.complete (readline completer function) to
+        # massage the current line buffer before completion processing.
+        # We override to drop special '!' handling.
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line:
+            return None, None, line
+        elif line[0] == '?':
+            line = 'help ' + line[1:]
+        i, n = 0, len(line)
+        while i < n and line[i] in self.identchars: i = i+1
+        cmd, arg = line[:i], line[i:].strip()
+        return cmd, arg, line
+
+    def helpdefault(self, cmd, known):
+        """Hook called to handle help on a command for which there is no
+        help handler.
+
+            "cmd" is the command name on which help was requested.
+            "known" is a boolean indicating if this command is known
+                (i.e. if there is a handler for it).
+        
+        Returns a return code.
+        """
+        if known:
+            msg = self._str(self.nohelp % (cmd,))
+            if self.cmdlooping:
+                self.stderr.write(msg + '\n')
+            else:
+                self.stderr.write("%s: %s\n" % (self.name, msg))
+        else:
+            msg = self.unknowncmd % (cmd,)
+            if self.cmdlooping:
+                self.stderr.write(msg + '\n')
+            else:
+                self.stderr.write("%s: %s\n"
+                                  "Try '%s help' for info.\n"
+                                  % (self.name, msg, self.name))
+        self.stderr.flush()
+        return 1
+
+    def do_help(self, argv):
+        """${cmd_name}: give detailed help on a specific sub-command
+
+        Usage:
+            ${name} help [COMMAND]
+        """
+        if len(argv) > 1: # asking for help on a particular command
+            doc = None
+            cmdname = self._get_canonical_cmd_name(argv[1]) or argv[1]
+            if not cmdname:
+                return self.helpdefault(argv[1], False)
+            else:
+                helpfunc = getattr(self, "help_"+cmdname, None)
+                if helpfunc:
+                    doc = helpfunc()
+                else:
+                    handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+                    if handler:
+                        doc = handler.__doc__
+                    if doc is None:
+                        return self.helpdefault(argv[1], handler != None)
+        else: # bare "help" command
+            doc = self.__class__.__doc__  # try class docstring
+            if doc is None:
+                # Try to provide some reasonable useful default help.
+                if self.cmdlooping: prefix = ""
+                else:               prefix = self.name+' '
+                doc = """Usage:
+                    %sCOMMAND [ARGS...]
+                    %shelp [COMMAND]
+
+                ${option_list}
+                ${command_list}
+                ${help_list}
+                """ % (prefix, prefix)
+            cmdname = None
+
+        if doc: # *do* have help content, massage and print that
+            doc = self._help_reindent(doc)
+            doc = self._help_preprocess(doc, cmdname)
+            doc = doc.rstrip() + '\n' # trim down trailing space
+            self.stdout.write(self._str(doc))
+            self.stdout.flush()
+    do_help.aliases = ["?"]
+
+    def _help_reindent(self, help, indent=None):
+        """Hook to re-indent help strings before writing to stdout.
+
+            "help" is the help content to re-indent
+            "indent" is a string with which to indent each line of the
+                help content after normalizing. If unspecified or None
+                then the default is use: the 'self.helpindent' class
+                attribute. By default this is the empty string, i.e.
+                no indentation.
+
+        By default, all common leading whitespace is removed and then
+        the lot is indented by 'self.helpindent'. When calculating the
+        common leading whitespace the first line is ignored -- hence
+        help content for Conan can be written as follows and have the
+        expected indentation:
+
+            def do_crush(self, ...):
+                '''${cmd_name}: crush your enemies, see them driven before you...
+
+                c.f. Conan the Barbarian'''
+        """
+        if indent is None:
+            indent = self.helpindent
+        lines = help.splitlines(0)
+        _dedentlines(lines, skip_first_line=True)
+        lines = [(indent+line).rstrip() for line in lines]
+        return '\n'.join(lines)
+
+    def _help_preprocess(self, help, cmdname):
+        """Hook to preprocess a help string before writing to stdout.
+
+            "help" is the help string to process.
+            "cmdname" is the canonical sub-command name for which help
+                is being given, or None if the help is not specific to a
+                command.
+
+        By default the following template variables are interpolated in
+        help content. (Note: these are similar to Python 2.4's
+        string.Template interpolation but not quite.)
+
+        ${name}
+            The tool's/shell's name, i.e. 'self.name'.
+        ${option_list}
+            A formatted table of options for this shell/tool.
+        ${command_list}
+            A formatted table of available sub-commands.
+        ${help_list}
+            A formatted table of additional help topics (i.e. 'help_*'
+            methods with no matching 'do_*' method).
+        ${cmd_name}
+            The name (and aliases) for this sub-command formatted as:
+            "NAME (ALIAS1, ALIAS2, ...)".
+        ${cmd_usage}
+            A formatted usage block inferred from the command function
+            signature.
+        ${cmd_option_list}
+            A formatted table of options for this sub-command. (This is
+            only available for commands using the optparse integration,
+            i.e.  using @cmdln.option decorators or manually setting the
+            'optparser' attribute on the 'do_*' method.)
+
+        Returns the processed help. 
+        """
+        preprocessors = {
+            "${name}":            self._help_preprocess_name,
+            "${option_list}":     self._help_preprocess_option_list,
+            "${command_list}":    self._help_preprocess_command_list,
+            "${help_list}":       self._help_preprocess_help_list,
+            "${cmd_name}":        self._help_preprocess_cmd_name,
+            "${cmd_usage}":       self._help_preprocess_cmd_usage,
+            "${cmd_option_list}": self._help_preprocess_cmd_option_list,
+        }
+
+        for marker, preprocessor in preprocessors.items():
+            if marker in help:
+                help = preprocessor(help, cmdname)
+        return help
+
+    def _help_preprocess_name(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        return help.replace("${name}", self.name)
+
+    def _help_preprocess_option_list(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${option_list}"
+        indent, indent_width = _get_indent(marker, help)
+        suffix = _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, help)
+
+        if self.optparser:
+            # Setup formatting options and format.
+            # - Indentation of 4 is better than optparse default of 2.
+            #   C.f. Damian Conway's discussion of this in Perl Best
+            #   Practices.
+            self.optparser.formatter.indent_increment = 4
+            self.optparser.formatter.current_indent = indent_width
+            block = self.optparser.format_option_help() + '\n'
+        else:
+            block = ""
+            
+        help = help.replace(indent+marker+suffix, block, 1)
+        return help
+
+
+    def _help_preprocess_command_list(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${command_list}"
+        indent, indent_width = _get_indent(marker, help)
+        suffix = _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, help)
+
+        # Find any aliases for commands.
+        token2canonical = self._get_canonical_map()
+        aliases = {}
+        for token, cmdname in token2canonical.items():
+            if token == cmdname: continue
+            aliases.setdefault(cmdname, []).append(token)
+
+        # Get the list of (non-hidden) commands and their
+        # documentation, if any.
+        cmdnames = {} # use a dict to strip duplicates
+        for attr in self.get_names():
+            if attr.startswith("do_"):
+                cmdnames[attr[3:]] = True
+        cmdnames = cmdnames.keys()
+        cmdnames.sort()
+        linedata = []
+        for cmdname in cmdnames:
+            if aliases.get(cmdname):
+                a = aliases[cmdname]
+                a.sort()
+                cmdstr = "%s (%s)" % (cmdname, ", ".join(a))
+            else:
+                cmdstr = cmdname
+            doc = None
+            try:
+                helpfunc = getattr(self, 'help_'+cmdname)
+            except AttributeError:
+                handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+                if handler:
+                    doc = handler.__doc__
+            else:
+                doc = helpfunc()
+                
+            # Strip "${cmd_name}: " from the start of a command's doc. Best
+            # practice dictates that command help strings begin with this, but
+            # it isn't at all wanted for the command list.
+            to_strip = "${cmd_name}:"
+            if doc and doc.startswith(to_strip):
+                #log.debug("stripping %r from start of %s's help string",
+                #          to_strip, cmdname)
+                doc = doc[len(to_strip):].lstrip()
+            linedata.append( (cmdstr, doc) )
+
+        if linedata:
+            subindent = indent + ' '*4
+            lines = _format_linedata(linedata, subindent, indent_width+4)
+            block = indent + "Commands:\n" \
+                    + '\n'.join(lines) + "\n\n"
+            help = help.replace(indent+marker+suffix, block, 1)
+        return help
+
+    def _gen_names_and_attrs(self):
+        # Inheritance says we have to look in class and
+        # base classes; order is not important.
+        names = []
+        classes = [self.__class__]
+        while classes:
+            aclass = classes.pop(0)
+            if aclass.__bases__:
+                classes = classes + list(aclass.__bases__)
+            for name in dir(aclass):
+                yield (name, getattr(aclass, name))
+
+    def _help_preprocess_help_list(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${help_list}"
+        indent, indent_width = _get_indent(marker, help)
+        suffix = _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, help)
+
+        # Determine the additional help topics, if any.
+        helpnames = {}
+        token2cmdname = self._get_canonical_map()
+        for attrname, attr in self._gen_names_and_attrs():
+            if not attrname.startswith("help_"): continue
+            helpname = attrname[5:]
+            if helpname not in token2cmdname:
+                helpnames[helpname] = attr
+
+        if helpnames:
+            linedata = [(n, a.__doc__ or "") for n, a in helpnames.items()]
+            linedata.sort()
+
+            subindent = indent + ' '*4
+            lines = _format_linedata(linedata, subindent, indent_width+4)
+            block = (indent
+                    + "Additional help topics (run `%s help TOPIC'):\n" % self.name
+                    + '\n'.join(lines)
+                    + "\n\n")
+        else:
+            block = ''
+        help = help.replace(indent+marker+suffix, block, 1)
+        return help
+
+    def _help_preprocess_cmd_name(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${cmd_name}"
+        handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+        if not handler:
+            raise CmdlnError("cannot preprocess '%s' into help string: "
+                             "could not find command handler for %r" 
+                             % (marker, cmdname))
+        s = cmdname
+        if hasattr(handler, "aliases"):
+            s += " (%s)" % (", ".join(handler.aliases))
+        help = help.replace(marker, s)
+        return help
+
+    #TODO: this only makes sense as part of the Cmdln class.
+    #      Add hooks to add help preprocessing template vars and put
+    #      this one on that class.
+    def _help_preprocess_cmd_usage(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${cmd_usage}"
+        handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+        if not handler:
+            raise CmdlnError("cannot preprocess '%s' into help string: "
+                             "could not find command handler for %r" 
+                             % (marker, cmdname))
+        indent, indent_width = _get_indent(marker, help)
+        suffix = _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, help)
+
+        # Extract the introspection bits we need.
+        func = handler.im_func
+        if func.func_defaults:
+            func_defaults = list(func.func_defaults)
+        else:
+            func_defaults = []
+        co_argcount = func.func_code.co_argcount
+        co_varnames = func.func_code.co_varnames
+        co_flags = func.func_code.co_flags
+        CO_FLAGS_ARGS = 4
+        CO_FLAGS_KWARGS = 8
+
+        # Adjust argcount for possible *args and **kwargs arguments.
+        argcount = co_argcount
+        if co_flags & CO_FLAGS_ARGS:   argcount += 1
+        if co_flags & CO_FLAGS_KWARGS: argcount += 1
+
+        # Determine the usage string.
+        usage = "%s %s" % (self.name, cmdname)
+        if argcount <= 2:   # handler ::= do_FOO(self, argv)
+            usage += " [ARGS...]"
+        elif argcount >= 3: # handler ::= do_FOO(self, subcmd, opts, ...)
+            argnames = list(co_varnames[3:argcount])
+            tail = ""
+            if co_flags & CO_FLAGS_KWARGS:
+                name = argnames.pop(-1)
+                import warnings
+                # There is no generally accepted mechanism for passing
+                # keyword arguments from the command line. Could
+                # *perhaps* consider: arg=value arg2=value2 ...
+                warnings.warn("argument '**%s' on '%s.%s' command "
+                              "handler will never get values" 
+                              % (name, self.__class__.__name__,
+                                 func.func_name))
+            if co_flags & CO_FLAGS_ARGS:
+                name = argnames.pop(-1)
+                tail = "[%s...]" % name.upper()
+            while func_defaults:
+                func_defaults.pop(-1)
+                name = argnames.pop(-1)
+                tail = "[%s%s%s]" % (name.upper(), (tail and ' ' or ''), tail)
+            while argnames:
+                name = argnames.pop(-1)
+                tail = "%s %s" % (name.upper(), tail)
+            usage += ' ' + tail
+
+        block_lines = [
+            self.helpindent + "Usage:",
+            self.helpindent + ' '*4 + usage
+        ]
+        block = '\n'.join(block_lines) + '\n\n'
+
+        help = help.replace(indent+marker+suffix, block, 1)
+        return help
+
+    #TODO: this only makes sense as part of the Cmdln class.
+    #      Add hooks to add help preprocessing template vars and put
+    #      this one on that class.
+    def _help_preprocess_cmd_option_list(self, help, cmdname=None):
+        marker = "${cmd_option_list}"
+        handler = self._get_cmd_handler(cmdname)
+        if not handler:
+            raise CmdlnError("cannot preprocess '%s' into help string: "
+                             "could not find command handler for %r" 
+                             % (marker, cmdname))
+        indent, indent_width = _get_indent(marker, help)
+        suffix = _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, help)
+        if hasattr(handler, "optparser"):
+            # Setup formatting options and format.
+            # - Indentation of 4 is better than optparse default of 2.
+            #   C.f. Damian Conway's discussion of this in Perl Best
+            #   Practices.
+            handler.optparser.formatter.indent_increment = 4
+            handler.optparser.formatter.current_indent = indent_width
+            block = handler.optparser.format_option_help() + '\n'
+        else:
+            block = ""
+
+        help = help.replace(indent+marker+suffix, block, 1)
+        return help
+
+    def _get_canonical_cmd_name(self, token):
+        map = self._get_canonical_map()
+        return map.get(token, None)
+
+    def _get_canonical_map(self):
+        """Return a mapping of available command names and aliases to
+        their canonical command name.
+        """
+        cacheattr = "_token2canonical"
+        if not hasattr(self, cacheattr):
+            # Get the list of commands and their aliases, if any.
+            token2canonical = {}
+            cmd2funcname = {} # use a dict to strip duplicates
+            for attr in self.get_names():
+                if attr.startswith("do_"):    cmdname = attr[3:]
+                elif attr.startswith("_do_"): cmdname = attr[4:]
+                else:
+                    continue
+                cmd2funcname[cmdname] = attr
+                token2canonical[cmdname] = cmdname
+            for cmdname, funcname in cmd2funcname.items(): # add aliases
+                func = getattr(self, funcname)
+                aliases = getattr(func, "aliases", [])
+                for alias in aliases:
+                    if alias in cmd2funcname:
+                        import warnings
+                        warnings.warn("'%s' alias for '%s' command conflicts "
+                                      "with '%s' handler"
+                                      % (alias, cmdname, cmd2funcname[alias]))
+                        continue
+                    token2canonical[alias] = cmdname
+            setattr(self, cacheattr, token2canonical)
+        return getattr(self, cacheattr)
+
+    def _get_cmd_handler(self, cmdname):
+        handler = None
+        try:
+            handler = getattr(self, 'do_' + cmdname)
+        except AttributeError:
+            try:
+                # Private command handlers begin with "_do_".
+                handler = getattr(self, '_do_' + cmdname)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+        return handler
+
+    def _do_EOF(self, argv):
+        # Default EOF handler
+        # Note: an actual EOF is redirected to this command.
+        #TODO: separate name for this. Currently it is available from
+        #      command-line. Is that okay?
+        self.stdout.write('\n')
+        self.stdout.flush()
+        self.stop = True
+
+    def emptyline(self):
+        # Different from cmd.Cmd: don't repeat the last command for an
+        # emptyline.
+        if self.cmdlooping:
+            pass
+        else:
+            return self.do_help(["help"])
+
+
+#---- optparse.py extension to fix (IMO) some deficiencies
+#
+# See the class _OptionParserEx docstring for details.
+#
+
+class StopOptionProcessing(Exception):
+    """Indicate that option *and argument* processing should stop
+    cleanly. This is not an error condition. It is similar in spirit to
+    StopIteration. This is raised by _OptionParserEx's default "help"
+    and "version" option actions and can be raised by custom option
+    callbacks too.
+    
+    Hence the typical CmdlnOptionParser (a subclass of _OptionParserEx)
+    usage is:
+
+        parser = CmdlnOptionParser(mycmd)
+        parser.add_option("-f", "--force", dest="force")
+        ...
+        try:
+            opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+        except StopOptionProcessing:
+            # normal termination, "--help" was probably given
+            sys.exit(0)
+    """
+
+class _OptionParserEx(optparse.OptionParser):
+    """An optparse.OptionParser that uses exceptions instead of sys.exit.
+
+    This class is an extension of optparse.OptionParser that differs
+    as follows:
+    - Correct (IMO) the default OptionParser error handling to never
+      sys.exit(). Instead OptParseError exceptions are passed through.
+    - Add the StopOptionProcessing exception (a la StopIteration) to
+      indicate normal termination of option processing.
+      See StopOptionProcessing's docstring for details.
+
+    I'd also like to see the following in the core optparse.py, perhaps
+    as a RawOptionParser which would serve as a base class for the more
+    generally used OptionParser (that works as current):
+    - Remove the implicit addition of the -h|--help and --version
+      options. They can get in the way (e.g. if want '-?' and '-V' for
+      these as well) and it is not hard to do:
+        optparser.add_option("-h", "--help", action="help")
+        optparser.add_option("--version", action="version")
+      These are good practices, just not valid defaults if they can
+      get in the way.
+    """
+    def error(self, msg):
+        raise optparse.OptParseError(msg)
+
+    def exit(self, status=0, msg=None):
+        if status == 0:
+            raise StopOptionProcessing(msg)
+        else:
+            #TODO: don't lose status info here
+            raise optparse.OptParseError(msg)
+
+
+
+#---- optparse.py-based option processing support
+
+class CmdlnOptionParser(_OptionParserEx):
+    """An optparse.OptionParser class more appropriate for top-level
+    Cmdln options. For parsing of sub-command options, see
+    SubCmdOptionParser.
+
+    Changes:
+    - disable_interspersed_args() by default, because a Cmdln instance
+      has sub-commands which may themselves have options.
+    - Redirect print_help() to the Cmdln.do_help() which is better
+      equiped to handle the "help" action.
+    - error() will raise a CmdlnUserError: OptionParse.error() is meant
+      to be called for user errors. Raising a well-known error here can
+      make error handling clearer.
+    - Also see the changes in _OptionParserEx.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, cmdln, **kwargs):
+        self.cmdln = cmdln
+        kwargs["prog"] = self.cmdln.name
+        _OptionParserEx.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        self.disable_interspersed_args()
+
+    def print_help(self, file=None):
+        self.cmdln.onecmd(["help"])
+
+    def error(self, msg):
+        raise CmdlnUserError(msg)
+
+
+class SubCmdOptionParser(_OptionParserEx):
+    def set_cmdln_info(self, cmdln, subcmd):
+        """Called by Cmdln to pass relevant info about itself needed
+        for print_help().
+        """
+        self.cmdln = cmdln
+        self.subcmd = subcmd
+
+    def print_help(self, file=None):
+        self.cmdln.onecmd(["help", self.subcmd])
+
+    def error(self, msg):
+        raise CmdlnUserError(msg)
+
+
+def option(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Decorator to add an option to the optparser argument of a Cmdln
+    subcommand.
+    
+    Example:
+        class MyShell(cmdln.Cmdln):
+            @cmdln.option("-f", "--force", help="force removal")
+            def do_remove(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
+                #...
+    """
+    #XXX Is there a possible optimization for many options to not have a
+    #    large stack depth here?
+    def decorate(f):
+        if not hasattr(f, "optparser"):
+            f.optparser = SubCmdOptionParser()
+        f.optparser.add_option(*args, **kwargs)
+        return f
+    return decorate
+
+
+class Cmdln(RawCmdln):
+    """An improved (on cmd.Cmd) framework for building multi-subcommand
+    scripts (think "svn" & "cvs") and simple shells (think "pdb" and
+    "gdb").
+
+    A simple example:
+
+        import cmdln
+
+        class MySVN(cmdln.Cmdln):
+            name = "svn"
+
+            @cmdln.aliases('stat', 'st')
+            @cmdln.option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true'
+                          help='print verbose information')
+            def do_status(self, subcmd, opts, *paths):
+                print "handle 'svn status' command"
+
+            #...
+
+        if __name__ == "__main__":
+            shell = MySVN()
+            retval = shell.main()
+            sys.exit(retval)
+
+    'Cmdln' extends 'RawCmdln' by providing optparse option processing
+    integration.  See this class' _dispatch_cmd() docstring and
+    <http://trentm.com/projects/cmdln> for more information.
+    """
+    def _dispatch_cmd(self, handler, argv):
+        """Introspect sub-command handler signature to determine how to
+        dispatch the command. The raw handler provided by the base
+        'RawCmdln' class is still supported:
+
+            def do_foo(self, argv):
+                # 'argv' is the vector of command line args, argv[0] is
+                # the command name itself (i.e. "foo" or an alias)
+                pass
+
+        In addition, if the handler has more than 2 arguments option
+        processing is automatically done (using optparse):
+
+            @cmdln.option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
+            def do_bar(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
+                # subcmd = <"bar" or an alias>
+                # opts = <an optparse.Values instance>
+                if opts.verbose:
+                    print "lots of debugging output..."
+                # args = <tuple of arguments>
+                for arg in args:
+                    bar(arg)
+
+        TODO: explain that "*args" can be other signatures as well.
+
+        The `cmdln.option` decorator corresponds to an `add_option()`
+        method call on an `optparse.OptionParser` instance.
+
+        You can declare a specific number of arguments:
+
+            @cmdln.option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
+            def do_bar2(self, subcmd, opts, bar_one, bar_two):
+                #...
+
+        and an appropriate error message will be raised/printed if the
+        command is called with a different number of args.
+        """
+        co_argcount = handler.im_func.func_code.co_argcount
+        if co_argcount == 2:   # handler ::= do_foo(self, argv)
+            return handler(argv)
+        elif co_argcount >= 3: # handler ::= do_foo(self, subcmd, opts, ...)
+            try:
+                optparser = handler.optparser
+            except AttributeError:
+                optparser = handler.im_func.optparser = SubCmdOptionParser()
+            assert isinstance(optparser, SubCmdOptionParser)
+            optparser.set_cmdln_info(self, argv[0])
+            try:
+                opts, args = optparser.parse_args(argv[1:])
+            except StopOptionProcessing:
+                #TODO: this doesn't really fly for a replacement of
+                #      optparse.py behaviour, does it?
+                return 0 # Normal command termination
+
+            try:
+                return handler(argv[0], opts, *args)
+            except TypeError, ex:
+                # Some TypeError's are user errors:
+                #   do_foo() takes at least 4 arguments (3 given)
+                #   do_foo() takes at most 5 arguments (6 given)
+                #   do_foo() takes exactly 5 arguments (6 given)
+                # Raise CmdlnUserError for these with a suitably
+                # massaged error message.
+                import sys
+                tb = sys.exc_info()[2] # the traceback object
+                if tb.tb_next is not None:
+                    # If the traceback is more than one level deep, then the
+                    # TypeError do *not* happen on the "handler(...)" call
+                    # above. In that we don't want to handle it specially
+                    # here: it would falsely mask deeper code errors.
+                    raise
+                msg = ex.args[0]
+                match = _INCORRECT_NUM_ARGS_RE.search(msg)
+                if match:
+                    msg = list(match.groups())
+                    msg[1] = int(msg[1]) - 3
+                    if msg[1] == 1:
+                        msg[2] = msg[2].replace("arguments", "argument")
+                    msg[3] = int(msg[3]) - 3
+                    msg = ''.join(map(str, msg))
+                    raise CmdlnUserError(msg)
+                else:
+                    raise
+        else:
+            raise CmdlnError("incorrect argcount for %s(): takes %d, must "
+                             "take 2 for 'argv' signature or 3+ for 'opts' "
+                             "signature" % (handler.__name__, co_argcount))
+        
+
+
+#---- internal support functions
+
+def _format_linedata(linedata, indent, indent_width):
+    """Format specific linedata into a pleasant layout.
+    
+        "linedata" is a list of 2-tuples of the form:
+            (<item-display-string>, <item-docstring>)
+        "indent" is a string to use for one level of indentation
+        "indent_width" is a number of columns by which the
+            formatted data will be indented when printed.
+
+    The <item-display-string> column is held to 15 columns.
+    """
+    lines = []
+    WIDTH = 78 - indent_width
+    SPACING = 2
+    NAME_WIDTH_LOWER_BOUND = 13
+    NAME_WIDTH_UPPER_BOUND = 16
+    NAME_WIDTH = max([len(s) for s,d in linedata])
+    if NAME_WIDTH < NAME_WIDTH_LOWER_BOUND:
+        NAME_WIDTH = NAME_WIDTH_LOWER_BOUND
+    else:
+        NAME_WIDTH = NAME_WIDTH_UPPER_BOUND
+
+    DOC_WIDTH = WIDTH - NAME_WIDTH - SPACING
+    for namestr, doc in linedata:
+        line = indent + namestr
+        if len(namestr) <= NAME_WIDTH:
+            line += ' ' * (NAME_WIDTH + SPACING - len(namestr))
+        else:
+            lines.append(line)
+            line = indent + ' ' * (NAME_WIDTH + SPACING)
+        line += _summarize_doc(doc, DOC_WIDTH)
+        lines.append(line.rstrip())
+    return lines
+
+def _summarize_doc(doc, length=60):
+    r"""Parse out a short one line summary from the given doclines.
+    
+        "doc" is the doc string to summarize.
+        "length" is the max length for the summary
+
+    >>> _summarize_doc("this function does this")
+    'this function does this'
+    >>> _summarize_doc("this function does this", 10)
+    'this fu...'
+    >>> _summarize_doc("this function does this\nand that")
+    'this function does this and that'
+    >>> _summarize_doc("this function does this\n\nand that")
+    'this function does this'
+    """
+    import re
+    if doc is None:
+        return ""
+    assert length > 3, "length <= 3 is absurdly short for a doc summary"
+    doclines = doc.strip().splitlines(0)
+    if not doclines:
+        return ""
+
+    summlines = []
+    for i, line in enumerate(doclines):
+        stripped = line.strip()
+        if not stripped:
+            break
+        summlines.append(stripped)
+        if len(''.join(summlines)) >= length:
+            break
+
+    summary = ' '.join(summlines)
+    if len(summary) > length:
+        summary = summary[:length-3] + "..." 
+    return summary
+
+
+def line2argv(line):
+    r"""Parse the given line into an argument vector.
+    
+        "line" is the line of input to parse.
+
+    This may get niggly when dealing with quoting and escaping. The
+    current state of this parsing may not be completely thorough/correct
+    in this respect.
+    
+    >>> from cmdln import line2argv
+    >>> line2argv("foo")
+    ['foo']
+    >>> line2argv("foo bar")
+    ['foo', 'bar']
+    >>> line2argv("foo bar ")
+    ['foo', 'bar']
+    >>> line2argv(" foo bar")
+    ['foo', 'bar']
+
+    Quote handling:
+    
+    >>> line2argv("'foo bar'")
+    ['foo bar']
+    >>> line2argv('"foo bar"')
+    ['foo bar']
+    >>> line2argv(r'"foo\"bar"')
+    ['foo"bar']
+    >>> line2argv("'foo bar' spam")
+    ['foo bar', 'spam']
+    >>> line2argv("'foo 'bar spam")
+    ['foo bar', 'spam']
+    
+    >>> line2argv('some\tsimple\ttests')
+    ['some', 'simple', 'tests']
+    >>> line2argv('a "more complex" test')
+    ['a', 'more complex', 'test']
+    >>> line2argv('a more="complex test of " quotes')
+    ['a', 'more=complex test of ', 'quotes']
+    >>> line2argv('a more" complex test of " quotes')
+    ['a', 'more complex test of ', 'quotes']
+    >>> line2argv('an "embedded \\"quote\\""')
+    ['an', 'embedded "quote"']
+
+    # Komodo bug 48027
+    >>> line2argv('foo bar C:\\')
+    ['foo', 'bar', 'C:\\']
+
+    # Komodo change 127581
+    >>> line2argv(r'"\test\slash" "foo bar" "foo\"bar"')
+    ['\\test\\slash', 'foo bar', 'foo"bar']
+
+    # Komodo change 127629
+    >>> if sys.platform == "win32":
+    ...     line2argv(r'\foo\bar') == ['\\foo\\bar']
+    ...     line2argv(r'\\foo\\bar') == ['\\\\foo\\\\bar']
+    ...     line2argv('"foo') == ['foo']
+    ... else:
+    ...     line2argv(r'\foo\bar') == ['foobar']
+    ...     line2argv(r'\\foo\\bar') == ['\\foo\\bar']
+    ...     try:
+    ...         line2argv('"foo')
+    ...     except ValueError, ex:
+    ...         "not terminated" in str(ex)
+    True
+    True
+    True
+    """
+    import string
+    line = line.strip()
+    argv = []
+    state = "default"
+    arg = None  # the current argument being parsed
+    i = -1
+    while 1:
+        i += 1
+        if i >= len(line): break
+        ch = line[i]
+
+        if ch == "\\" and i+1 < len(line):
+            # escaped char always added to arg, regardless of state
+            if arg is None: arg = ""
+            if (sys.platform == "win32"
+                or state in ("double-quoted", "single-quoted")
+               ) and line[i+1] not in tuple('"\''):
+                arg += ch
+            i += 1
+            arg += line[i]
+            continue
+
+        if state == "single-quoted":
+            if ch == "'":
+                state = "default"
+            else:
+                arg += ch
+        elif state == "double-quoted":
+            if ch == '"':
+                state = "default"
+            else:
+                arg += ch
+        elif state == "default":
+            if ch == '"':
+                if arg is None: arg = ""
+                state = "double-quoted"
+            elif ch == "'":
+                if arg is None: arg = ""
+                state = "single-quoted"
+            elif ch in string.whitespace:
+                if arg is not None:
+                    argv.append(arg)
+                arg = None
+            else:
+                if arg is None: arg = ""
+                arg += ch
+    if arg is not None:
+        argv.append(arg)
+    if not sys.platform == "win32" and state != "default":
+        raise ValueError("command line is not terminated: unfinished %s "
+                         "segment" % state)
+    return argv
+
+
+def argv2line(argv):
+    r"""Put together the given argument vector into a command line.
+    
+        "argv" is the argument vector to process.
+    
+    >>> from cmdln import argv2line
+    >>> argv2line(['foo'])
+    'foo'
+    >>> argv2line(['foo', 'bar'])
+    'foo bar'
+    >>> argv2line(['foo', 'bar baz'])
+    'foo "bar baz"'
+    >>> argv2line(['foo"bar'])
+    'foo"bar'
+    >>> print argv2line(['foo" bar'])
+    'foo" bar'
+    >>> print argv2line(["foo' bar"])
+    "foo' bar"
+    >>> argv2line(["foo'bar"])
+    "foo'bar"
+    """
+    escapedArgs = []
+    for arg in argv:
+        if ' ' in arg and '"' not in arg:
+            arg = '"'+arg+'"'
+        elif ' ' in arg and "'" not in arg:
+            arg = "'"+arg+"'"
+        elif ' ' in arg:
+            arg = arg.replace('"', r'\"')
+            arg = '"'+arg+'"'
+        escapedArgs.append(arg)
+    return ' '.join(escapedArgs)
+
+
+# Recipe: dedent (0.1) in /Users/trentm/tm/recipes/cookbook
+def _dedentlines(lines, tabsize=8, skip_first_line=False):
+    """_dedentlines(lines, tabsize=8, skip_first_line=False) -> dedented lines
+    
+        "lines" is a list of lines to dedent.
+        "tabsize" is the tab width to use for indent width calculations.
+        "skip_first_line" is a boolean indicating if the first line should
+            be skipped for calculating the indent width and for dedenting.
+            This is sometimes useful for docstrings and similar.
+    
+    Same as dedent() except operates on a sequence of lines. Note: the
+    lines list is modified **in-place**.
+    """
+    DEBUG = False
+    if DEBUG: 
+        print "dedent: dedent(..., tabsize=%d, skip_first_line=%r)"\
+              % (tabsize, skip_first_line)
+    indents = []
+    margin = None
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if i == 0 and skip_first_line: continue
+        indent = 0
+        for ch in line:
+            if ch == ' ':
+                indent += 1
+            elif ch == '\t':
+                indent += tabsize - (indent % tabsize)
+            elif ch in '\r\n':
+                continue # skip all-whitespace lines
+            else:
+                break
+        else:
+            continue # skip all-whitespace lines
+        if DEBUG: print "dedent: indent=%d: %r" % (indent, line)
+        if margin is None:
+            margin = indent
+        else:
+            margin = min(margin, indent)
+    if DEBUG: print "dedent: margin=%r" % margin
+
+    if margin is not None and margin > 0:
+        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if i == 0 and skip_first_line: continue
+            removed = 0
+            for j, ch in enumerate(line):
+                if ch == ' ':
+                    removed += 1
+                elif ch == '\t':
+                    removed += tabsize - (removed % tabsize)
+                elif ch in '\r\n':
+                    if DEBUG: print "dedent: %r: EOL -> strip up to EOL" % line
+                    lines[i] = lines[i][j:]
+                    break
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError("unexpected non-whitespace char %r in "
+                                     "line %r while removing %d-space margin"
+                                     % (ch, line, margin))
+                if DEBUG:
+                    print "dedent: %r: %r -> removed %d/%d"\
+                          % (line, ch, removed, margin)
+                if removed == margin:
+                    lines[i] = lines[i][j+1:]
+                    break
+                elif removed > margin:
+                    lines[i] = ' '*(removed-margin) + lines[i][j+1:]
+                    break
+    return lines
+
+def _dedent(text, tabsize=8, skip_first_line=False):
+    """_dedent(text, tabsize=8, skip_first_line=False) -> dedented text
+
+        "text" is the text to dedent.
+        "tabsize" is the tab width to use for indent width calculations.
+        "skip_first_line" is a boolean indicating if the first line should
+            be skipped for calculating the indent width and for dedenting.
+            This is sometimes useful for docstrings and similar.
+    
+    textwrap.dedent(s), but don't expand tabs to spaces
+    """
+    lines = text.splitlines(1)
+    _dedentlines(lines, tabsize=tabsize, skip_first_line=skip_first_line)
+    return ''.join(lines)
+
+
+def _get_indent(marker, s, tab_width=8):
+    """_get_indent(marker, s, tab_width=8) ->
+        (<indentation-of-'marker'>, <indentation-width>)"""
+    # Figure out how much the marker is indented.
+    INDENT_CHARS = tuple(' \t')
+    start = s.index(marker)
+    i = start
+    while i > 0:
+        if s[i-1] not in INDENT_CHARS:
+            break
+        i -= 1
+    indent = s[i:start]
+    indent_width = 0
+    for ch in indent:
+        if ch == ' ':
+            indent_width += 1
+        elif ch == '\t':
+            indent_width += tab_width - (indent_width % tab_width)
+    return indent, indent_width
+
+def _get_trailing_whitespace(marker, s):
+    """Return the whitespace content trailing the given 'marker' in string 's',
+    up to and including a newline.
+    """
+    suffix = ''
+    start = s.index(marker) + len(marker)
+    i = start
+    while i < len(s):
+        if s[i] in ' \t':
+            suffix += s[i]
+        elif s[i] in '\r\n':
+            suffix += s[i]
+            if s[i] == '\r' and i+1 < len(s) and s[i+1] == '\n':
+                suffix += s[i+1]
+            break
+        else:
+            break
+        i += 1
+    return suffix
+
+
+
+#---- bash completion support
+# Note: This is still experimental. I expect to change this
+# significantly.
+#
+# To get Bash completion for a cmdln.Cmdln class, run the following
+# bash command:
+#   $ complete -C 'python -m cmdln /path/to/script.py CmdlnClass' cmdname
+# For example:
+#   $ complete -C 'python -m cmdln ~/bin/svn.py SVN' svn
+#
+#TODO: Simplify the above so don't have to given path to script (try to
+#      find it on PATH, if possible). Could also make class name
+#      optional if there is only one in the module (common case).
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and len(sys.argv) == 6:
+    def _log(s):
+        return # no-op, comment out for debugging
+        from os.path import expanduser
+        fout = open(expanduser("~/tmp/bashcpln.log"), 'a')
+        fout.write(str(s) + '\n')
+        fout.close()
+
+    # Recipe: module_from_path (1.0.1+)
+    def _module_from_path(path):
+        import imp, os, sys
+        path = os.path.expanduser(path)
+        dir = os.path.dirname(path) or os.curdir
+        name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+        sys.path.insert(0, dir)
+        try:
+            iinfo = imp.find_module(name, [dir])
+            return imp.load_module(name, *iinfo)
+        finally:
+            sys.path.remove(dir)
+
+    def _get_bash_cplns(script_path, class_name, cmd_name,
+                        token, preceding_token):
+        _log('--')
+        _log('get_cplns(%r, %r, %r, %r, %r)'
+             % (script_path, class_name, cmd_name, token, preceding_token))
+        comp_line = os.environ["COMP_LINE"]
+        comp_point = int(os.environ["COMP_POINT"])
+        _log("COMP_LINE: %r" % comp_line)
+        _log("COMP_POINT: %r" % comp_point)
+
+        try:
+            script = _module_from_path(script_path)
+        except ImportError, ex:
+            _log("error importing `%s': %s" % (script_path, ex))
+            return []
+        shell = getattr(script, class_name)()
+        cmd_map = shell._get_canonical_map()
+        del cmd_map["EOF"]
+
+        # Determine if completing the sub-command name.
+        parts = comp_line[:comp_point].split(None, 1)
+        _log(parts)
+        if len(parts) == 1 or not (' ' in parts[1] or '\t' in parts[1]):
+            #TODO: if parts[1].startswith('-'): handle top-level opts
+            _log("complete sub-command names")
+            matches = {}
+            for name, canon_name in cmd_map.items():
+                if name.startswith(token):
+                    matches[name] = canon_name
+            if not matches:
+                return []
+            elif len(matches) == 1:
+                return matches.keys()
+            elif len(set(matches.values())) == 1:
+                return [matches.values()[0]]
+            else:
+                return matches.keys()
+
+        # Otherwise, complete options for the given sub-command.
+        #TODO: refine this so it does the right thing with option args
+        if token.startswith('-'):
+            cmd_name = comp_line.split(None, 2)[1]
+            try:
+                cmd_canon_name = cmd_map[cmd_name]
+            except KeyError:
+                return []
+            handler = shell._get_cmd_handler(cmd_canon_name)
+            optparser = getattr(handler, "optparser", None)
+            if optparser is None:
+                optparser = SubCmdOptionParser()
+            opt_strs = []
+            for option in optparser.option_list:
+                for opt_str in option._short_opts + option._long_opts:
+                    if opt_str.startswith(token):
+                        opt_strs.append(opt_str)
+            return opt_strs
+
+        return []
+
+    for cpln in _get_bash_cplns(*sys.argv[1:]):
+        print cpln
+
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/errors.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86e230ac19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+class CreatorError(Exception):
+    """An exception base class for all imgcreate errors."""
+    keyword = '<creator>'
+
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.msg = msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        if isinstance(self.msg, unicode):
+            self.msg = self.msg.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        else:
+            self.msg = str(self.msg)
+        return self.keyword + self.msg
+
+class Usage(CreatorError):
+    keyword = '<usage>'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        if isinstance(self.msg, unicode):
+            self.msg = self.msg.encode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+        else:
+            self.msg = str(self.msg)
+        return self.keyword + self.msg + ', please use "--help" for more info'
+
+class KsError(CreatorError):
+    keyword = '<kickstart>'
+
+class ImageError(CreatorError):
+    keyword = '<mount>'
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/fs_related.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/fs_related.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79cc1d52a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/fs_related.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007, Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+from __future__ import with_statement
+import os
+import sys
+import errno
+import stat
+import random
+import string
+import time
+import uuid
+
+from wic import msger
+from wic.utils import runner
+from wic.utils.errors import *
+from wic.utils.oe.misc import *
+
+def find_binary_path(binary):
+    if os.environ.has_key("PATH"):
+        paths = os.environ["PATH"].split(":")
+    else:
+        paths = []
+        if os.environ.has_key("HOME"):
+            paths += [os.environ["HOME"] + "/bin"]
+        paths += ["/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin"]
+
+    for path in paths:
+        bin_path = "%s/%s" % (path, binary)
+        if os.path.exists(bin_path):
+            return bin_path
+
+    print "External command '%s' not found, exiting." % binary
+    print "  (Please install '%s' on your host system)" % binary
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def makedirs(dirname):
+    """A version of os.makedirs() that doesn't throw an
+    exception if the leaf directory already exists.
+    """
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(dirname)
+    except OSError, err:
+        if err.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+
+class Disk:
+    """
+    Generic base object for a disk.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, size, device = None):
+        self._device = device
+        self._size = size
+
+    def create(self):
+        pass
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        pass
+
+    def get_device(self):
+        return self._device
+    def set_device(self, path):
+        self._device = path
+    device = property(get_device, set_device)
+
+    def get_size(self):
+        return self._size
+    size = property(get_size)
+
+
+class DiskImage(Disk):
+    """
+    A Disk backed by a file.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, image_file, size):
+        Disk.__init__(self, size)
+        self.image_file = image_file
+
+    def exists(self):
+        return os.path.exists(self.image_file)
+
+    def create(self):
+        if self.device is not None:
+            return
+
+        blocks = self.size / 1024
+        if self.size - blocks * 1024:
+            blocks += 1
+
+        # create disk image
+        dd_cmd = "dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=1024 seek=%d count=1" % \
+            (self.image_file, blocks)
+        exec_cmd(dd_cmd)
+
+        self.device = self.image_file
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/misc.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/misc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..194b88f691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/misc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Intel Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+def build_name(kscfg, release=None, prefix = None, suffix = None):
+    """Construct and return an image name string.
+
+    This is a utility function to help create sensible name and fslabel
+    strings. The name is constructed using the sans-prefix-and-extension
+    kickstart filename and the supplied prefix and suffix.
+
+    kscfg -- a path to a kickstart file
+    release --  a replacement to suffix for image release
+    prefix -- a prefix to prepend to the name; defaults to None, which causes
+              no prefix to be used
+    suffix -- a suffix to append to the name; defaults to None, which causes
+              a YYYYMMDDHHMM suffix to be used
+
+    Note, if maxlen is less then the len(suffix), you get to keep both pieces.
+
+    """
+    name = os.path.basename(kscfg)
+    idx = name.rfind('.')
+    if idx >= 0:
+        name = name[:idx]
+
+    if release is not None:
+        suffix = ""
+    if prefix is None:
+        prefix = ""
+    if suffix is None:
+        suffix = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M")
+
+    if name.startswith(prefix):
+        name = name[len(prefix):]
+
+    prefix = "%s-" % prefix if prefix else ""
+    suffix = "-%s" % suffix if suffix else ""
+
+    ret = prefix + name + suffix
+
+    return ret
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a81575a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# OpenEmbedded wic utils library
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87e30411b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/oe/misc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+# This module provides a place to collect various wic-related utils
+# for the OpenEmbedded Image Tools.
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
+
+from wic import msger
+from wic.utils import runner
+
+def __exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell = False, catch = 3):
+    """
+    Execute command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Need to execute as_shell if the command uses wildcards
+    """
+    msger.debug("__exec_cmd: %s" % cmd_and_args)
+    args = cmd_and_args.split()
+    msger.debug(args)
+
+    if (as_shell):
+        rc, out = runner.runtool(cmd_and_args, catch)
+    else:
+        rc, out = runner.runtool(args, catch)
+    out = out.strip()
+    msger.debug("__exec_cmd: output for %s (rc = %d): %s" % \
+                (cmd_and_args, rc, out))
+
+    return (rc, out)
+
+
+def exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell = False, catch = 3):
+    """
+    Execute command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Exits if rc non-zero
+    """
+    rc, out = __exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell, catch)
+
+    if rc != 0:
+        msger.error("exec_cmd: %s returned '%s' instead of 0" % (cmd_and_args, rc))
+
+    return out
+
+
+def exec_cmd_quiet(cmd_and_args, as_shell = False):
+    """
+    Execute command, catching nothing in the output
+
+    Exits if rc non-zero
+    """
+    return exec_cmd(cmd_and_args, as_shell, 0)
+
+
+def exec_native_cmd(cmd_and_args, native_sysroot, catch = 3):
+    """
+    Execute native command, catching stderr, stdout
+
+    Need to execute as_shell if the command uses wildcards
+
+    Always need to execute native commands as_shell
+    """
+    native_paths = \
+        "export PATH=%s/sbin:%s/usr/sbin:%s/usr/bin:$PATH" % \
+        (native_sysroot, native_sysroot, native_sysroot)
+    native_cmd_and_args = "%s;%s" % (native_paths, cmd_and_args)
+    msger.debug("exec_native_cmd: %s" % cmd_and_args)
+
+    args = cmd_and_args.split()
+    msger.debug(args)
+
+    rc, out = __exec_cmd(native_cmd_and_args, True, catch)
+
+    if rc == 127: # shell command-not-found
+        msger.error("A native (host) program required to build the image "
+                    "was not found (see details above). Please make sure "
+                    "it's installed and try again.")
+
+    return (rc, out)
+
+
+def exec_native_cmd_quiet(cmd_and_args, native_sysroot):
+    """
+    Execute native command, catching nothing in the output
+
+    Need to execute as_shell if the command uses wildcards
+
+    Always need to execute native commands as_shell
+    """
+    return exec_native_cmd(cmd_and_args, native_sysroot, 0)
+
+
+# kickstart doesn't support variable substution in commands, so this
+# is our current simplistic scheme for supporting that
+
+wks_vars = dict()
+
+def get_wks_var(key):
+    return wks_vars[key]
+
+def add_wks_var(key, val):
+    wks_vars[key] = val
+
+BOOTDD_EXTRA_SPACE = 16384
+IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE = 10240
+
+__bitbake_env_lines = ""
+
+def set_bitbake_env_lines(bitbake_env_lines):
+    global __bitbake_env_lines
+    __bitbake_env_lines = bitbake_env_lines
+
+def get_bitbake_env_lines():
+    return __bitbake_env_lines
+
+def find_bitbake_env_lines(image_name):
+    """
+    If image_name is empty, plugins might still be able to use the
+    environment, so set it regardless.
+    """
+    if image_name:
+        bitbake_env_cmd = "bitbake -e %s" % image_name
+    else:
+        bitbake_env_cmd = "bitbake -e"
+    rc, bitbake_env_lines = __exec_cmd(bitbake_env_cmd)
+    if rc != 0:
+        print "Couldn't get '%s' output." % bitbake_env_cmd
+        return None
+
+    return bitbake_env_lines
+
+def find_artifact(bitbake_env_lines, variable):
+    """
+    Gather the build artifact for the current image (the image_name
+    e.g. core-image-minimal) for the current MACHINE set in local.conf
+    """
+    retval = ""
+
+    for line in bitbake_env_lines.split('\n'):
+        if (get_line_val(line, variable)):
+            retval = get_line_val(line, variable)
+            break
+
+    return retval
+
+def get_line_val(line, key):
+    """
+    Extract the value from the VAR="val" string
+    """
+    if line.startswith(key + "="):
+        stripped_line = line.split('=')[1]
+        stripped_line = stripped_line.replace('\"', '')
+        return stripped_line
+    return None
+
+def get_bitbake_var(key):
+    for line in __bitbake_env_lines.split('\n'):
+        if (get_line_val(line, key)):
+            val = get_line_val(line, key)
+            return val
+    return None
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/partitionedfs.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/partitionedfs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76aa42135b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/partitionedfs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Intel, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel P. Berrange
+# Copyright (c) 2008 David P. Huff
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+
+from wic import msger
+from wic.utils import runner
+from wic.utils.errors import ImageError
+from wic.utils.fs_related import *
+from wic.utils.oe.misc import *
+
+# Overhead of the MBR partitioning scheme (just one sector)
+MBR_OVERHEAD = 1
+
+# Size of a sector in bytes
+SECTOR_SIZE = 512
+
+class Image:
+    """
+    Generic base object for an image.
+
+    An Image is a container for a set of DiskImages and associated
+    partitions.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.disks = {}
+        self.partitions = []
+        self.parted = find_binary_path("parted")
+        # Size of a sector used in calculations
+        self.sector_size = SECTOR_SIZE
+        self._partitions_layed_out = False
+
+    def __add_disk(self, disk_name):
+        """ Add a disk 'disk_name' to the internal list of disks. Note,
+        'disk_name' is the name of the disk in the target system
+        (e.g., sdb). """
+
+        if disk_name in self.disks:
+            # We already have this disk
+            return
+
+        assert not self._partitions_layed_out
+
+        self.disks[disk_name] = \
+                { 'disk': None,     # Disk object
+                  'numpart': 0,     # Number of allocate partitions
+                  'partitions': [], # Indexes to self.partitions
+                  'offset': 0,      # Offset of next partition (in sectors)
+                  # Minimum required disk size to fit all partitions (in bytes)
+                  'min_size': 0,
+                  'ptable_format': "msdos" } # Partition table format
+
+    def add_disk(self, disk_name, disk_obj):
+        """ Add a disk object which have to be partitioned. More than one disk
+        can be added. In case of multiple disks, disk partitions have to be
+        added for each disk separately with 'add_partition()". """
+
+        self.__add_disk(disk_name)
+        self.disks[disk_name]['disk'] = disk_obj
+
+    def __add_partition(self, part):
+        """ This is a helper function for 'add_partition()' which adds a
+        partition to the internal list of partitions. """
+
+        assert not self._partitions_layed_out
+
+        self.partitions.append(part)
+        self.__add_disk(part['disk_name'])
+
+    def add_partition(self, size, disk_name, mountpoint, source_file = None, fstype = None,
+                      label=None, fsopts = None, boot = False, align = None,
+                      part_type = None):
+        """ Add the next partition. Prtitions have to be added in the
+        first-to-last order. """
+
+        ks_pnum = len(self.partitions)
+
+        # Converting MB to sectors for parted
+        size = size * 1024 * 1024 / self.sector_size
+
+        # We still need partition for "/" or non-subvolume
+        if mountpoint == "/" or not fsopts:
+            part = { 'ks_pnum' : ks_pnum, # Partition number in the KS file
+                     'size': size, # In sectors
+                     'mountpoint': mountpoint, # Mount relative to chroot
+                     'source_file': source_file, # partition contents
+                     'fstype': fstype, # Filesystem type
+                     'fsopts': fsopts, # Filesystem mount options
+                     'label': label, # Partition label
+                     'disk_name': disk_name, # physical disk name holding partition
+                     'device': None, # kpartx device node for partition
+                     'num': None, # Partition number
+                     'boot': boot, # Bootable flag
+                     'align': align, # Partition alignment
+                     'part_type' : part_type } # Partition type
+
+            self.__add_partition(part)
+
+    def layout_partitions(self, ptable_format = "msdos"):
+        """ Layout the partitions, meaning calculate the position of every
+        partition on the disk. The 'ptable_format' parameter defines the
+        partition table format and may be "msdos". """
+
+        msger.debug("Assigning %s partitions to disks" % ptable_format)
+
+        if ptable_format not in ('msdos'):
+            raise ImageError("Unknown partition table format '%s', supported " \
+                             "formats are: 'msdos'" % ptable_format)
+
+        if self._partitions_layed_out:
+            return
+
+        self._partitions_layed_out = True
+
+        # Go through partitions in the order they are added in .ks file
+        for n in range(len(self.partitions)):
+            p = self.partitions[n]
+
+            if not self.disks.has_key(p['disk_name']):
+                raise ImageError("No disk %s for partition %s" \
+                                 % (p['disk_name'], p['mountpoint']))
+
+            if p['part_type']:
+                # The --part-type can also be implemented for MBR partitions,
+                # in which case it would map to the 1-byte "partition type"
+                # filed at offset 3 of the partition entry.
+                raise ImageError("setting custom partition type is not " \
+                                 "implemented for msdos partitions")
+
+            # Get the disk where the partition is located
+            d = self.disks[p['disk_name']]
+            d['numpart'] += 1
+            d['ptable_format'] = ptable_format
+
+            if d['numpart'] == 1:
+                if ptable_format == "msdos":
+                    overhead = MBR_OVERHEAD
+
+                # Skip one sector required for the partitioning scheme overhead
+                d['offset'] += overhead
+                # Steal few sectors from the first partition to offset for the
+                # partitioning overhead
+                p['size'] -= overhead
+
+            if p['align']:
+                # If not first partition and we do have alignment set we need
+                # to align the partition.
+                # FIXME: This leaves a empty spaces to the disk. To fill the
+                # gaps we could enlargea the previous partition?
+
+                # Calc how much the alignment is off.
+                align_sectors = d['offset'] % (p['align'] * 1024 / self.sector_size)
+                # We need to move forward to the next alignment point
+                align_sectors = (p['align'] * 1024 / self.sector_size) - align_sectors
+
+                msger.debug("Realignment for %s%s with %s sectors, original"
+                            " offset %s, target alignment is %sK." %
+                            (p['disk_name'], d['numpart'], align_sectors,
+                             d['offset'], p['align']))
+
+                # increase the offset so we actually start the partition on right alignment
+                d['offset'] += align_sectors
+
+            p['start'] = d['offset']
+            d['offset'] += p['size']
+
+            p['type'] = 'primary'
+            p['num'] = d['numpart']
+
+            if d['ptable_format'] == "msdos":
+                if d['numpart'] > 2:
+                    # Every logical partition requires an additional sector for
+                    # the EBR, so steal the last sector from the end of each
+                    # partition starting from the 3rd one for the EBR. This
+                    # will make sure the logical partitions are aligned
+                    # correctly.
+                    p['size'] -= 1
+
+                if d['numpart'] > 3:
+                    p['type'] = 'logical'
+                    p['num'] = d['numpart'] + 1
+
+            d['partitions'].append(n)
+            msger.debug("Assigned %s to %s%d, sectors range %d-%d size %d "
+                        "sectors (%d bytes)." \
+                            % (p['mountpoint'], p['disk_name'], p['num'],
+                               p['start'], p['start'] + p['size'] - 1,
+                               p['size'], p['size'] * self.sector_size))
+
+        # Once all the partitions have been layed out, we can calculate the
+        # minumim disk sizes.
+        for disk_name, d in self.disks.items():
+            d['min_size'] = d['offset']
+
+            d['min_size'] *= self.sector_size
+
+    def __run_parted(self, args):
+        """ Run parted with arguments specified in the 'args' list. """
+
+        args.insert(0, self.parted)
+        msger.debug(args)
+
+        rc, out = runner.runtool(args, catch = 3)
+        out = out.strip()
+        if out:
+            msger.debug('"parted" output: %s' % out)
+
+        if rc != 0:
+            # We don't throw exception when return code is not 0, because
+            # parted always fails to reload part table with loop devices. This
+            # prevents us from distinguishing real errors based on return
+            # code.
+            msger.error("WARNING: parted returned '%s' instead of 0 (use --debug for details)" % rc)
+
+    def __create_partition(self, device, parttype, fstype, start, size):
+        """ Create a partition on an image described by the 'device' object. """
+
+        # Start is included to the size so we need to substract one from the end.
+        end = start + size - 1
+        msger.debug("Added '%s' partition, sectors %d-%d, size %d sectors" %
+                    (parttype, start, end, size))
+
+        args = ["-s", device, "unit", "s", "mkpart", parttype]
+        if fstype:
+            args.extend([fstype])
+        args.extend(["%d" % start, "%d" % end])
+
+        return self.__run_parted(args)
+
+    def __format_disks(self):
+        self.layout_partitions()
+
+        for dev in self.disks.keys():
+            d = self.disks[dev]
+            msger.debug("Initializing partition table for %s" % \
+                        (d['disk'].device))
+            self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "mklabel",
+                               d['ptable_format']])
+
+        msger.debug("Creating partitions")
+
+        for p in self.partitions:
+            d = self.disks[p['disk_name']]
+            if d['ptable_format'] == "msdos" and p['num'] == 5:
+                # The last sector of the 3rd partition was reserved for the EBR
+                # of the first _logical_ partition. This is why the extended
+                # partition should start one sector before the first logical
+                # partition.
+                self.__create_partition(d['disk'].device, "extended",
+                                        None, p['start'] - 1,
+                                        d['offset'] - p['start'])
+
+            if p['fstype'] == "swap":
+                parted_fs_type = "linux-swap"
+            elif p['fstype'] == "vfat":
+                parted_fs_type = "fat32"
+            elif p['fstype'] == "msdos":
+                parted_fs_type = "fat16"
+            else:
+                # Type for ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs
+                parted_fs_type = "ext2"
+
+            # Boot ROM of OMAP boards require vfat boot partition to have an
+            # even number of sectors.
+            if p['mountpoint'] == "/boot" and p['fstype'] in ["vfat", "msdos"] \
+               and p['size'] % 2:
+                msger.debug("Substracting one sector from '%s' partition to " \
+                            "get even number of sectors for the partition" % \
+                            p['mountpoint'])
+                p['size'] -= 1
+
+            self.__create_partition(d['disk'].device, p['type'],
+                                    parted_fs_type, p['start'], p['size'])
+
+            if p['boot']:
+                flag_name = "boot"
+                msger.debug("Set '%s' flag for partition '%s' on disk '%s'" % \
+                            (flag_name, p['num'], d['disk'].device))
+                self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
+                                   "%d" % p['num'], flag_name, "on"])
+
+            # Parted defaults to enabling the lba flag for fat16 partitions,
+            # which causes compatibility issues with some firmware (and really
+            # isn't necessary).
+            if parted_fs_type == "fat16":
+                if d['ptable_format'] == 'msdos':
+                    msger.debug("Disable 'lba' flag for partition '%s' on disk '%s'" % \
+                                (p['num'], d['disk'].device))
+                    self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
+                                       "%d" % p['num'], "lba", "off"])
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        if self.disks:
+            for dev in self.disks.keys():
+                d = self.disks[dev]
+                try:
+                    d['disk'].cleanup()
+                except:
+                    pass
+
+    def __write_partition(self, num, source_file, start, size):
+        """
+        Install source_file contents into a partition.
+        """
+        if not source_file: # nothing to write
+            return
+
+        # Start is included in the size so need to substract one from the end.
+        end = start + size - 1
+        msger.debug("Installed %s in partition %d, sectors %d-%d, size %d sectors" % (source_file, num, start, end, size))
+
+        dd_cmd = "dd if=%s of=%s bs=%d seek=%d count=%d conv=notrunc" % \
+            (source_file, self.image_file, self.sector_size, start, size)
+        exec_cmd(dd_cmd)
+
+
+    def assemble(self, image_file):
+        msger.debug("Installing partitions")
+
+        self.image_file = image_file
+
+        for p in self.partitions:
+            d = self.disks[p['disk_name']]
+            if d['ptable_format'] == "msdos" and p['num'] == 5:
+                # The last sector of the 3rd partition was reserved for the EBR
+                # of the first _logical_ partition. This is why the extended
+                # partition should start one sector before the first logical
+                # partition.
+                self.__write_partition(p['num'], p['source_file'],
+                                       p['start'] - 1,
+                                       d['offset'] - p['start'])
+
+            self.__write_partition(p['num'], p['source_file'],
+                                   p['start'], p['size'])
+
+    def create(self):
+        for dev in self.disks.keys():
+            d = self.disks[dev]
+            d['disk'].create()
+
+        self.__format_disks()
+
+        return
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/utils/runner.py b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e740dad253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/utils/runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Intel, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from wic import msger
+
+def runtool(cmdln_or_args, catch=1):
+    """ wrapper for most of the subprocess calls
+    input:
+        cmdln_or_args: can be both args and cmdln str (shell=True)
+        catch: 0, quitely run
+               1, only STDOUT
+               2, only STDERR
+               3, both STDOUT and STDERR
+    return:
+        (rc, output)
+        if catch==0: the output will always None
+    """
+
+    if catch not in (0, 1, 2, 3):
+        # invalid catch selection, will cause exception, that's good
+        return None
+
+    if isinstance(cmdln_or_args, list):
+        cmd = cmdln_or_args[0]
+        shell = False
+    else:
+        import shlex
+        cmd = shlex.split(cmdln_or_args)[0]
+        shell = True
+
+    if catch != 3:
+        dev_null = os.open("/dev/null", os.O_WRONLY)
+
+    if catch == 0:
+        sout = dev_null
+        serr = dev_null
+    elif catch == 1:
+        sout = subprocess.PIPE
+        serr = dev_null
+    elif catch == 2:
+        sout = dev_null
+        serr = subprocess.PIPE
+    elif catch == 3:
+        sout = subprocess.PIPE
+        serr = subprocess.STDOUT
+
+    try:
+        p = subprocess.Popen(cmdln_or_args, stdout=sout,
+                             stderr=serr, shell=shell)
+        (sout, serr) = p.communicate()
+        # combine stdout and stderr, filter None out
+        out = ''.join(filter(None, [sout, serr]))
+    except OSError, e:
+        if e.errno == 2:
+            # [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+            msger.error('Cannot run command: %s, lost dependency?' % cmd)
+        else:
+            raise # relay
+    finally:
+        if catch != 3:
+            os.close(dev_null)
+
+    return (p.returncode, out)
+
+def show(cmdln_or_args):
+    # show all the message using msger.verbose
+
+    rc, out = runtool(cmdln_or_args, catch=3)
+
+    if isinstance(cmdln_or_args, list):
+        cmd = ' '.join(cmdln_or_args)
+    else:
+        cmd = cmdln_or_args
+
+    msg =  'running command: "%s"' % cmd
+    if out: out = out.strip()
+    if out:
+        msg += ', with output::'
+        msg += '\n  +----------------'
+        for line in out.splitlines():
+            msg += '\n  | %s' % line
+        msg += '\n  +----------------'
+
+    msger.verbose(msg)
+    return rc
+
+def outs(cmdln_or_args, catch=1):
+    # get the outputs of tools
+    return runtool(cmdln_or_args, catch)[1].strip()
+
+def quiet(cmdln_or_args):
+    return runtool(cmdln_or_args, catch=0)[0]