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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2012, Boyd Adamson <boyd () boydadamson.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible 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, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible 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 Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: svr4pkg
+short_description: Manage Solaris SVR4 packages
+description:
+    - Manages SVR4 packages on Solaris 10 and 11.
+    - These were the native packages on Solaris <= 10 and are available
+      as a legacy feature in Solaris 11.
+    - Note that this is a very basic packaging system. It will not enforce
+      dependencies on install or remove.
+version_added: 0.9
+author: Boyd Adamson
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Package name, e.g. C(SUNWcsr)
+    required: true
+
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Whether to install (C(present)), or remove (C(absent)) a package.
+      - If the package is to be installed, then C(src) is required.
+      - The SVR4 package system doesn't provide an upgrade operation. You need to uninstall the old, then install the new package.
+    required: true
+    choices: ["present", "absent"]
+
+  src:
+    description:
+      - Specifies the location to install the package from. Required when C(state=present).
+      - Can be any path acceptable to the C(pkgadd) command's C(-d) option. e.g.: C(somefile.pkg), C(/dir/with/pkgs), C(http:/server/mypkgs.pkg).
+      - If using a file or directory, they must already be accessible by the host. See the I(copy) module for a way to get them there.
+  proxy:
+    description:
+      - HTTP[s] proxy to be used if C(src) is a URL.
+
+examples:
+  - code: svr4pkg name=CSWcommon src=/tmp/cswpkgs.pkg state=present
+    description: Install a package from an already copied file
+  - code: svr4pkg name=CSWpkgutil src=http://get.opencsw.org/now state=present
+    description: Install a package directly from an http site
+  - code: svr4pkg name=SUNWgnome-sound-recorder state=absent
+    description: Ensure that a package is not installed.
+'''
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+def package_installed(module, name):
+    cmd = [module.get_bin_path('pkginfo', True)]
+    cmd.append('-q')
+    cmd.append(name)
+    res = subprocess.call(cmd)
+    if res == 0:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def create_admin_file():
+    (desc, filename) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='ansible_svr4pkg', text=True)
+    fullauto = '''
+mail=
+instance=unique
+partial=nocheck
+runlevel=quit
+idepend=nocheck
+rdepend=nocheck
+space=quit
+setuid=nocheck
+conflict=nocheck
+action=nocheck
+networktimeout=60
+networkretries=3
+authentication=quit
+keystore=/var/sadm/security
+proxy=
+basedir=default
+'''
+    os.write(desc, fullauto)
+    os.close(desc)
+    return filename
+
+def run_command(module, cmd):
+    progname = cmd[0]
+    cmd[0] = module.get_bin_path(progname, True)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    (out, err) = p.communicate()
+    rc = p.returncode
+    return (rc, out, err)
+
+def package_install(module, name, src, proxy):
+    adminfile = create_admin_file()
+    cmd = [ 'pkgadd', '-na', adminfile, '-d', src ]
+    if proxy is not None:
+        cmd += [ '-x', proxy ]
+    cmd.append(name)
+    (rc, out, err) = run_command(module, cmd)
+    os.unlink(adminfile)
+    return (rc, out, err)
+
+def package_uninstall(module, name, src):
+    adminfile = create_admin_file()
+    cmd = [ 'pkgrm', '-na', adminfile, name]
+    (rc, out, err) = run_command(module, cmd)
+    os.unlink(adminfile)
+    return (rc, out, err)
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            name = dict(required = True),
+            state = dict(required = True, choices=['present', 'absent']),
+            src = dict(default = None),
+            proxy = dict(default = None)
+            )
+        )
+    state = module.params['state']
+    name = module.params['name']
+    src = module.params['src']
+    proxy = module.params['proxy']
+    rc = None
+    out = ''
+    err = ''
+    result = {}
+    result['name'] = name
+    result['state'] = state
+
+    if state == 'present':
+        if src is None:
+            module.fail_json(name=name,
+                             msg="src is required when state=present")
+        if not package_installed(module, name):
+            (rc, out, err) = package_install(module, name, src, proxy)
+            # Stdout is normally empty but for some packages can be
+            # very long and is not often useful
+            if len(out) > 75:
+                out = out[:75] + '...'
+
+    elif state == 'absent':
+        if package_installed(module, name):
+            (rc, out, err) = package_uninstall(module, name, src)
+            out = out[:75]
+
+    if rc is None:
+        result['changed'] = False
+    else:
+        result['changed'] = True
+
+    if out:
+        result['stdout'] = out
+    if err:
+        result['stderr'] = err
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+# include magic from lib/ansible/module_common.py
+#<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
+main()