[SeaBIOS] [PATCH] buildversion: Avoid subprocess.check_output() as that requires python2.7

[Ian Campbell]

On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 09:33 -0500, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
> Don't require python2.7 in buildversion.py.  Also, ignore only those
> exceptions that are known to be possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>
> ---
>  scripts/buildversion.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/buildversion.py b/scripts/buildversion.py
> index d61fc9e..5b8807e 100755
> --- a/scripts/buildversion.py
> +++ b/scripts/buildversion.py
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  # Copyright (C) 2015  Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>
>  #
>  # This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
> -import sys, os, subprocess, time, socket, optparse
> +import sys, os, subprocess, shlex, time, socket, optparse
>  
>  VERSION_FORMAT = """
>  /* DO NOT EDIT!  This is an autogenerated file.  See
> scripts/buildversion.py. */
> @@ -12,16 +12,24 @@ VERSION_FORMAT = """
>  #define BUILD_TOOLS "%s"
>  """
>  
> +# Run program and return the specified output
> +def check_output(prog):
> +    try:
> +        process = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(prog), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

I suppose the old code has the same behaviour, but are you aware of:
http://
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/python-sigpipe.html
? (tl;dr: One
may need to reset SIGPIPE in the child)