* The last-update-time attribute in permissions.json is now optional.…

… You can easilly mark a program as needing to be

 updated with the command "subuser mark-as-needing-update program-name"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 VERSION 0.2
 -------------
 
+* The last-update-time attribute in permissions.json is now optional.  You can easilly mark a program as needing to be updated with the command "subuser mark-as-needing-update program-name"
+
 * Can now set a container as privileged within the permissions.json file.
 
 * Added module: utils.py

logic/subuserCommands/mark-as-needing-update

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# This file should be compatible with both Python 2 and 3.
+# If it is not, please file a bug report.
+import sys
+import subuserlib.installTime
+import subuserlib.permissions
+import subuserlib.availablePrograms
+
+def printHelp():
+ print("""
+Mark a program as needing to be updated.  Note, that this may mess up the formatting of it's permissions.json file.
+
+Usage:
+$ subuser mark-as-needing-update program-name
+""")
+
+if (not len(sys.argv) == 2) or sys.argv[1] == "help" or sys.argv[1] == "--help" or sys.argv[1] == "-h":
+ printHelp()
+
+elif not subuserlib.availablePrograms.available(sys.argv[1]):
+ print(sys.argv[1] + " is not the name of any known program.  Cannot mark it as having an update.")
+else:
+ programName = sys.argv[1] 
+ permissions = subuserlib.permissions.getPermissions(programName)
+ permissions["last-update-time"] = subuserlib.installTime.currentTimeString()
+ subuserlib.permissions.setPermissions(programName,permissions)

logic/subuserCommands/subuserlib/permissions.py

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ def getPermissions(programName):
  permissionsFile.close()
  return permissions
 
+def setPermissions(programName,permissions):
+ """ Set the permissions of a given program.
+ Warning, will mess up the formatting of the json file.
+ """
+ permissionsFilePath = paths.getPermissionsFilePath(programName)
+ permissionsFile = open(permissionsFilePath,"w")
+ json.dump(permissions,permissionsFile,indent=1, separators=(',', ': '))
+ permissionsFile.close()
+
 def hasExecutable(programName):
  """ Return True if the program has an executable associated with it. """
  try: