merge from trunk

ChangeLog

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 0.7.3:
  - fix omnibus chef installer (LP: #1182265) [Chris Wing]
  - small fix for OVF datasource for iso transport on non-iso9660 filesystem
+ - determine if upstart version is suitable for
+   'initctl reload-configuration' (LP: #1124384).  If so, then invoke it.
 0.7.2:
  - add a debian watch file
  - add 'sudo' entry to ubuntu's default user (LP: #1080717)

cloudinit/handlers/upstart_job.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 
 import os
+import re
 
 from cloudinit import handlers
 from cloudinit import log as logging
@@ -66,14 +67,53 @@ class UpstartJobPartHandler(handlers.Handler):
         path = os.path.join(self.upstart_dir, filename)
         util.write_file(path, payload, 0644)
 
-        # FIXME LATER (LP: #1124384)
-        # a bug in upstart means that invoking reload-configuration
-        # at this stage in boot causes havoc.  So, until that is fixed
-        # we will not do that.  However, I'd like to be able to easily
-        # test to see if this bug is still present in an image with
-        # a newer upstart.  So, a boot hook could easiliy write this file.
-        if os.path.exists("/run/cloud-init-upstart-reload"):
-            # if inotify support is not present in the root filesystem
-            # (overlayroot) then we need to tell upstart to re-read /etc
-
+        if SUITABLE_UPSTART:
             util.subp(["initctl", "reload-configuration"], capture=False)
+
+
+def _has_suitable_upstart():
+    # (LP: #1124384)
+    # a bug in upstart means that invoking reload-configuration
+    # at this stage in boot causes havoc.  So, try to determine if upstart
+    # is installed, and reloading configuration is OK.
+    if not os.path.exists("/sbin/initctl"):
+        return False
+    try:
+        (version_out, _err) = util.subp(["initctl", "version"])
+    except:
+        util.logexc(LOG, "initctl version failed")
+        return False
+
+    # expecting 'initctl version' to output something like: init (upstart X.Y)
+    if re.match("upstart 1.[0-7][\)]", version_out):
+        return False
+    if "upstart 0." in version_out:
+        return False
+    elif "upstart 1.8" in version_out:
+        if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/dpkg-query"):
+            return False
+        try:
+            (dpkg_ver, _err) = util.subp(["dpkg-query",
+                                          "--showformat=${Version}",
+                                          "--show", "upstart"], rcs=[0, 1])
+        except Exception:
+            util.logexc(LOG, "dpkg-query failed")
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            util.subp(["dpkg", "--compare-versions", dpkg_ver, "ge", good])
+            print "good version"
+            return True
+        except util.ProcessExecutionError as e:
+            if e.exit_code is 1:
+                pass
+            else:
+                util.logexc(LOG, "dpkg --compare-versions failed [%s]",
+                            e.exit_code)
+        except Exception as e:
+            util.logexc(LOG, "dpkg --compare-versions failed")
+        return False
+    else:
+        return True
+
+SUITABLE_UPSTART = _has_suitable_upstart()

tests/unittests/test_builtin_handlers.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class TestBuiltins(test_helpers.FilesystemMockingTestCase):
                       None, None, None)
         self.assertEquals(0, len(os.listdir(up_root)))
 
-    @unittest.skip("until LP: #1124384 fixed")
     def test_upstart_frequency_single(self):
         # files should be written out when frequency is ! per-instance
         new_root = self.makeDir()
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ class TestBuiltins(test_helpers.FilesystemMockingTestCase):
             'upstart_dir': "/etc/upstart",
         })
 
+        upstart_job.SUITABLE_UPSTART = True
         util.ensure_dir("/run")
         util.ensure_dir("/etc/upstart")