[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Add the env parameter to run_command.

[Jose Ricardo Ziviani]

 - The called may want to pass a custom environment variable to
   run_command and now this is possible with this new parameter.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ricardo Ziviani <joserz at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 src/kimchi/utils.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/kimchi/utils.py b/src/kimchi/utils.py
index d71338a..2017cbe 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/utils.py
+++ b/src/kimchi/utils.py
@@ -165,11 +165,12 @@ def check_url_path(path):
     return True
 
 
-def run_command(cmd, timeout=None):
+def run_command(cmd, timeout=None, env=None):
     """
     cmd is a sequence of command arguments.
     timeout is a float number in seconds.
     timeout default value is None, means command run without timeout.
+    env is the environment variable passed to the command.
     """
     # subprocess.kill() can leave descendants running
     # and halting the execution. Using psutil to
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ def run_command(cmd, timeout=None):
 
     try:
         proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                env=env)
         if timeout is not None:
             timer = Timer(timeout, kill_proc, [proc, timeout_flag])
             timer.setDaemon(True)
-- 
1.9.1