Some new runtime tests or fixes

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+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+        #check if DEFAULTTUNE is set and it's value is: x86-64-x32
+        defaulttune = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("DEFAULTTUNE", True)
+        if "x86-64-x32" not in defaulttune:
+            skipModule("DEFAULTTUNE is not set to x86-64-x32")
+
+class X32libTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_x32_file(self):
+        status1 = self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls | grep Class | grep ELF32")[0]
+        status2 = self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls | grep Machine | grep X86-64")[0]
+        self.assertTrue(status1 == 0 and status2 == 0, msg="/bin/ls isn't an X86-64 ELF32 binary. readelf says: %s" % self.target.run("readelf -h /bin/ls")[1])

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+$a = 9.01e+21 - 9.01e+21 + 0.01;
+print ("the value of a is ", $a, "\n");

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+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("perl"):
+        skipModule("No perl package in the image")
+
+
+class PerlTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "test.pl"), "/tmp/test.pl")
+
+    def test_perl_exists(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('which perl')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Perl binary not in PATH or not on target.")
+
+    def test_perl_works(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('perl /tmp/test.pl')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Exit status was not 0. Output: %s" % output)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg="Incorrect output: %s" % output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run("rm /tmp/test.pl")

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+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class LddTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_ldd_exists(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('which ldd')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "ldd does not exist in PATH !")
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ldd_exists')
+    def test_ldd(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('for i in $(which ldd | xargs cat | grep "^RTLDLIST"|cut -d\'=\' -f2|tr -d \'"\'); do test -f $i && echo $i && break; done')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "ldd path not correct or RTLDLIST files don't exist. ")

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+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=289 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have logrotate installed
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("logrotate"):
+        skipModule("No logrotate package in image")
+
+
+class LogrotateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_1_logrotate_setup(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('mkdir /home/root/logrotate_dir')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Could not create logrotate_dir. Output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("sed -i 's#wtmp {#wtmp {\\n    olddir /home/root/logrotate_dir#' /etc/logrotate.conf")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Could not write to logrotate.conf file. Status and output: %s and %s)" % (status, output))
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_1_logrotate_setup")
+    def test_2_logrotate(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "logrotate service could not be reloaded. Status and output: %s and %s" % (status, output))
+        output = self.target.run('ls -la /home/root/logrotate_dir/ | wc -l')[1]
+        self.assertTrue(int(output)>=3, msg = "new logfile could not be created. List of files within log directory: %s" %(self.target.run('ls -la /home/root/logrotate_dir')[1]))

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+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=284 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have meta-skeleton layer in bblayers and IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " service" in local.conf
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("service"):
+        skipModule("No service package in image")
+
+
+class SkeletonBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    @unittest.skipIf("systemd" == oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"), "Not appropiate for systemd image")
+    def test_skeleton_availability(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('ls /etc/init.d/skeleton')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "skeleton init script not found. Output:\n%s " % output)
+        (status, output) =  self.target.run('ls /usr/sbin/skeleton-test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "skeleton-test not found. Output:\n%s" % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_skeleton_availability')
+    @unittest.skipIf("systemd" == oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager"), "Not appropiate for systemd image")
+    def test_skeleton_script(self):
+        output1 = self.target.run("/etc/init.d/skeleton start")[1]
+        (status, output2) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' | grep [s]keleton-test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "Skeleton script could not be started:\n%s\n%s" % (output1, output2))

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+# This test should cover https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/tr_show_case.cgi?case_id=287 testcase
+# Note that the image under test must have "pam" in DISTRO_FEATURES
+
+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("pam"):
+        skipModule("target doesn't have 'pam' in DISTRO_FEATURES")
+
+
+class PamBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_pam(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('login --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg = "login command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('passwd --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 6, msg = "passwd command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('su --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 2, msg = "su command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('useradd --help')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 2, msg = "useradd command does not work as expected. Status and output:%s and %s" %(status, output))

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+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not (oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("dropbear") or oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("openssh-sshd")):
+        skipModule("No ssh package in image")
+
+
+class ScpTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+         subprocess.check_call("dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=512k count=10" % os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True), 'test_scp_file'), shell=True)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_scp(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True), 'test_scp_file'), '/tmp/test_scp_file')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "File could not be copied. Output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("ls -la /tmp/test_scp_file")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "SCP test failed")

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+import SimpleHTTPServer
+import multiprocessing
+import os
+
+class HTTPServer(SimpleHTTPServer.BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
+
+    def server_start(self, root_dir):
+        os.chdir(root_dir)
+        self.serve_forever()
+
+class HTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+
+    def log_message(self, format_str, *args):
+        pass
+
+class HTTPService(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, root_dir):
+        self.root_dir = root_dir
+        self.port = 0
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.server = HTTPServer(('', self.port), HTTPRequestHandler)
+        if self.port == 0:
+            self.port = self.server.server_port
+        self.process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.server.server_start, args=[self.root_dir])
+        self.process.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.server.server_close()
+        self.process.terminate()
+        self.process.join()

index 20bb1e5..9ae618f 100644
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
     def launch(self, qemuparams = None):
 
-
         if self.display:
             os.environ["DISPLAY"] = self.display
         else:

@@ -84,12 +83,11 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
         if self.is_alive():
             bb.note("qemu started - qemu procces pid is %s" % self.qemupid)
-            pscmd = 'ps -p %s -fww | grep -o "192\.168\.7\.[0-9]*::" | awk -F":" \'{print $1}\'' % self.qemupid
-            self.ip = subprocess.Popen(pscmd,shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
+            cmdline = open('/proc/%s/cmdline' % self.qemupid).read()
+            self.ip, _, self.host_ip = cmdline.split('ip=')[1].split(' ')[0].split(':')[0:3]
             if not re.search("^((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})$", self.ip):
                 bb.note("Couldn't get ip from qemu process arguments, I got '%s'" % self.ip)
-                bb.note("Here is the ps output:\n%s" % \
-                        subprocess.Popen("ps -p %s -fww" % self.qemupid,shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0])
+                bb.note("Here is the ps output:\n%s" % cmdline)
                 self.kill()
                 return False
             bb.note("IP found: %s" % self.ip)

@@ -122,7 +120,6 @@ class QemuRunner:
                             sock.close()
                             stopread = True
 
-
             if not reachedlogin:
                 bb.note("Target didn't reached login boot in %d seconds" % self.boottime)
                 lines = "\n".join(self.bootlog.splitlines()[-5:])

@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
         return self.is_alive()
 
-
     def kill(self):
         if self.server_socket:
             self.server_socket.close()

@@ -207,4 +203,3 @@ class QemuRunner:
             basecmd = os.path.basename(basecmd)
             if "qemu-system" in basecmd and "-serial tcp" in commands[p]:
                 return [int(p),commands[p]]
-

index e0ca6fd..33fed5a 100644
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class skipIfFailure(object):
         def wrapped_f(*args):
             if self.testcase in (oeRuntimeTest.testFailures or oeRuntimeTest.testErrors):
                 raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
-            f(*args)
+            return f(*args)
         wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
         return wrapped_f
 

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class skipIfSkipped(object):
         def wrapped_f(*args):
             if self.testcase in oeRuntimeTest.testSkipped:
                 raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
-            f(*args)
+            return f(*args)
         wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
         return wrapped_f
 

@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ class skipUnlessPassed(object):
                     self.testcase in  oeRuntimeTest.testFailures or \
                     self.testcase in oeRuntimeTest.testErrors:
                 raise unittest.SkipTest("Testcase dependency not met: %s" % self.testcase)
-            f(*args)
+            return f(*args)
         wrapped_f.__name__ = f.__name__
         return wrapped_f

index 0b03a30..4ea2699 100644
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
 from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.httpserver import HTTPService
 
 def setUpModule():
     if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("package-management"):

@@ -8,21 +9,100 @@ def setUpModule():
     if not oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("smart"):
         skipModule("Image doesn't have smart installed")
 
-class SmartHelpTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+class SmartTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    longMessage = True
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_help')
+    def smart(self, command, expected = 0):
+        command = 'smart %s' % command
+        status, output = self.target.run(command)
+        message = os.linesep.join([command, output])
+        self.assertEqual(status, expected, message)
+        return output
+
+class SmartBasicTest(SmartTest):
 
     @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
     def test_smart_help(self):
-        status = self.target.run('smart --help')[0]
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+        self.smart('--help')
 
-class SmartQueryTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+    def test_smart_version(self):
+        self.smart('--version')
+
+    def test_smart_info(self):
+        self.smart('info python-smartpm')
 
-    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_help')
     def test_smart_query(self):
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('smart query rpm')
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="smart query failed, output: %s" % output)
+        self.smart('query python-smartpm')
 
-    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_query')
-    def test_smart_info(self):
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('smart info rpm')
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="smart info rpm failed, output: %s" % output)
+    def test_smart_search(self):
+        self.smart('search python-smartpm')
+
+    def test_smart_stats(self):
+        self.smart('stats')
+
+class SmartRepoTest(SmartTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.repo_server = HTTPService(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR', True))
+        self.repo_server.start()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.repo_server.stop()
+
+    def test_smart_channel(self):
+        self.smart('channel', 1)
+
+    def test_smart_channel_add(self):
+        image_pkgtype = self.tc.d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE', True)
+        deploy_url = 'http://%s:%s/%s' %(self.tc.qemu.host_ip, self.repo_server.port, image_pkgtype)
+        for arch in os.listdir('%s/%s' % (self.repo_server.root_dir, image_pkgtype)):
+            self.smart('channel -y --add {a} type=rpm-md baseurl={u}/{a}'.format(a=arch, u=deploy_url))
+        self.smart('update')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_help(self):
+        self.smart('channel --help')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_list(self):
+        self.smart('channel --list')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_show(self):
+        self.smart('channel --show')
+
+    def test_smart_channel_rpmsys(self):
+        self.smart('channel --show rpmsys')
+        self.smart('channel --disable rpmsys')
+        self.smart('channel --enable rpmsys')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y psplash-default')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_install')
+    def test_smart_install_dependency(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash')
+        self.smart('install -y psplash-default')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install_from_disk(self):
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('download psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y ./psplash-default*')
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_channel_add')
+    def test_smart_install_from_http(self):
+        url = 'http://'
+        output = self.smart('download --urls psplash-default')
+        for line in output.splitlines():
+            if line.startswith(url):
+                url = line
+        self.smart('remove -y psplash-default')
+        self.smart('install -y %s' % url)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_smart_install')
+    def test_smart_reinstall(self):
+        self.smart('reinstall -y psplash-default')

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+# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT)
+
+# Provides a class for automating build tests for projects
+
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import bb.process
+import os
+import re
+
+
+class TargetBuildProject():
+
+    def __init__(self, target, uri, foldername=None):
+        self.target = target
+        self.uri = uri
+        self.targetdir = "/home/root/"
+
+        if not foldername:
+            self.archive = os.path.basename(uri)
+            self.fname = re.sub(r'.tar.bz2|tar.gz$', '', self.archive)
+        else:
+            self.fname = foldername
+
+    def download_archive(self):
+        wgetcmd = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('FETCHCMD_wget', True).split()
+        self.testdir = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('TEST_LOG_DIR', True)
+
+        try:
+            output = bb.process.run(wgetcmd + ['-P', self.testdir, self.uri])[0]
+        except bb.process.CmdError:
+            raise Exception("Failed to download archive, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(
+            os.path.join(self.testdir, self.archive),
+            self.targetdir)
+        if status != 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to copy archive to target, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run(
+            'tar xf %s%s -C %s' % (self.targetdir, self.archive, self.targetdir))
+        if status != 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to extract archive, output: %s" % output)
+
+        #Change targetdir to project folder
+        self.targetdir = self.targetdir + self.fname
+
+    # The timeout parameter of target.run is set to 0 to make the ssh command
+    # run with no timeout.
+    def run_configure(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; ./configure' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def run_make(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; make' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def run_install(self):
+        return self.target.run('cd %s; make install' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
+
+    def clean(self):
+        self.target.run('rm -r %s*' % self.targetdir)
+        try:
+            bb.process.run(['rm', '-rf', os.path.join(self.testdir, self.archive)])
+        except bb.process.CmdError:
+            bb.note("Failed to remove archive")

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+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class BuildCvsTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
+                        "http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_cvs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make install failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()

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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class BuildIptablesTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
+                        "http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_iptables(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make install failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()

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index 0000000..61dc1ff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import TargetBuildProject
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+class SudokuTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
+                        "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant-1.3/sudoku-savant-1.3.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_sudoku(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()

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index 0000000..d6c04cb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import re
+
+def setUpModule():
+    skipModuleUnless(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run('which date')[0] == 0, "No date in image or no connection")
+
+class DateTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to get initial date, output: %s" % output)
+        self.oldDate = output
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed("test_ssh")
+    def test_date(self):
+        sampleDate = '"2016-08-09 10:00:00"'
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -s %s" % sampleDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Date set failed, output: %s" % output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("date -R")
+        p = re.match('Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:00:.. \+0000', output)
+        self.assertTrue(p, msg="The date was not set correctly, output: %s" % output)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('date -s "%s"' % self.oldDate)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to reset date, output: %s" % output)

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9476184
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import re
+
+def setUpModule():
+    skipModuleUnless(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run('which x11vnc')[0] == 0, "No x11vnc in image")
+
+class VNCTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_vnc(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('x11vnc -display :0.0 -bg -q')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="x11vnc server failed to start: %s" % output)
+        port = re.search('PORT=[0-9]*', output)
+        self.assertTrue(port, msg="Listening port not specified in command output: %s" %output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run(oeRuntimeTest.pscmd + ' | grep -i [x]11vnc')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="x11vnc process not running")
+
+        vncport = port.group(0).split('=')[1]
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('netstat -atun | grep :%s | grep LISTEN' % vncport)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="x11vnc server not running on port %s" % vncport)

index 86121e4..2bebbd8 100644
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ TEST_LOG_DIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/testimage"
 
 DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES = "ping auto"
 DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-minimal = "ping"
-DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato = "ping ssh connman df rpm smart xorg syslog dmesg"
-DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato-sdk = "ping ssh connman df rpm smart gcc xorg syslog dmesg"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato = "ping ssh df connman syslog xorg scp vnc date rpm smart dmesg"
+DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES_pn-core-image-sato-sdk = "ping ssh df connman syslog xorg scp vnc date perl ldd gcc rpm smart dmesg"
 
 TEST_SUITES ?= "${DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES}"
 

index 7555add..9b2cf53 100644
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # Provides a class for automating build tests for projects
 
 from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
-from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
-import bb.process
+import bb.fetch2
+import bb.data
 import os
 import re
 

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class TargetBuildProject():
         self.uri = uri
         self.targetdir = "/home/root/"
 
+        self.localdata = bb.data.createCopy(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d)
+        bb.data.update_data(self.localdata)
+
         if not foldername:
             self.archive = os.path.basename(uri)
             self.fname = re.sub(r'.tar.bz2|tar.gz$', '', self.archive)

@@ -25,22 +28,20 @@ class TargetBuildProject():
             self.fname = foldername
 
     def download_archive(self):
-        wgetcmd = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('FETCHCMD_wget', True).split()
-        self.testdir = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('TEST_LOG_DIR', True)
 
         try:
-            output = bb.process.run(wgetcmd + ['-P', self.testdir, self.uri])[0]
-        except bb.process.CmdError:
-            raise Exception("Failed to download archive, output: %s" % output)
-
-        (status, output) = oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(
-            os.path.join(self.testdir, self.archive),
-            self.targetdir)
+            self.localdata.delVar("BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM")
+            fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch([self.uri], self.localdata)
+            fetcher.download()
+            self.localarchive = fetcher.localpath(self.uri)
+        except bb.fetch2.BBFetchException:
+            raise Exception("Failed to download archive: %s" % self.uri)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.copy_to(self.localarchive, self.targetdir)
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception("Failed to copy archive to target, output: %s" % output)
 
-        (status, output) = oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run(
-            'tar xf %s%s -C %s' % (self.targetdir, self.archive, self.targetdir))
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('tar xf %s%s -C %s' % (self.targetdir, self.archive, self.targetdir))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception("Failed to extract archive, output: %s" % output)
 

@@ -59,8 +60,4 @@ class TargetBuildProject():
         return self.target.run('cd %s; make install' % self.targetdir, 0)[0]
 
     def clean(self):
-        self.target.run('rm -r %s*' % self.targetdir)
-        try:
-            bb.process.run(['rm', '-rf', os.path.join(self.testdir, self.archive)])
-        except bb.process.CmdError:
-            bb.note("Failed to remove archive")
+        self.target.run('rm -rf %s' % self.targetdir)

index 57101b0..154cad5 100644
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import unittest
+import os
 from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
 from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+import oe.packagedata
 
 def setUpModule():
     if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("package-management"):

@@ -9,17 +11,39 @@ def setUpModule():
             skipModule("rpm module skipped: target doesn't have rpm as primary package manager")
 
 
-class RpmHelpTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+class RpmBasicTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
     @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
     def test_rpm_help(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm --help')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
 
-class RpmQueryTest(oeRuntimeTest):
-
     @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_help')
     def test_rpm_query(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm -q rpm')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="status and output: %s and %s" % (status,output))
 
+class RpmInstallRemoveTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        deploydir = os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR', True), "rpm", oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH', True))
+        pkgdata = oe.packagedata.read_subpkgdata("rpm-doc", oeRuntimeTest.tc.d)
+        # pick rpm-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small and it will always be built for standard targets
+        testrpmfile = "rpm-doc-%s-%s.%s.rpm" % (pkgdata["PKGV"], pkgdata["PKGR"], oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH', True))
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.copy_to(os.path.join(deploydir,testrpmfile), "/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm")
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_help')
+    def test_rpm_install(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to install rpm-doc package: %s" % output)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_rpm_install')
+    def test_rpm_remove(self):
+        (status,output) = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="Failed to remove rpm-doc package: %s" % output)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.run('rm -f /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
+

index 7f6baa4..e694c0b 100644
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ def skipModule(reason, pos=2):
     if modname not in oeRuntimeTest.tc.testsrequired:
         raise unittest.SkipTest("%s: %s" % (modname, reason))
     else:
-        bb.warn("Test %s is required, not skipping" % modname)
+        raise Exception("\nTest %s wants to be skipped.\nReason is: %s" \
+                "\nTest was required in TEST_SUITES, so either the condition for skipping is wrong" \
+                "\nor the image really doesn't have the requred feature/package when it should." % (modname, reason))
 
 def skipModuleIf(cond, reason):
 

index 9ae618f..6ee5b85 100644
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class QemuRunner:
         self.boottime = boottime
         self.runqemutime = runqemutime
 
+        self.create_socket()
+
+    def create_socket(self):
+
         self.bootlog = ''
         self.qemusock = None
 

@@ -137,21 +141,31 @@ class QemuRunner:
         return self.is_alive()
 
     def kill(self):
+
+        if self.runqemu:
+            bb.note("Sending SIGTERM to runqemu")
+            os.kill(-self.runqemu.pid,signal.SIGTERM)
+            endtime = time.time() + self.runqemutime
+            while self.runqemu.poll() is None and time.time() < endtime:
+                time.sleep(1)
+            if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
+                bb.note("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
+                os.kill(-self.runqemu.pid,signal.SIGKILL)
+            self.runqemu = None
         if self.server_socket:
             self.server_socket.close()
             self.server_socket = None
-        if self.runqemu.pid:
-            os.kill(-self.runqemu.pid,signal.SIGTERM)
-            os.kill(-self.runqemu.pid,signal.SIGKILL)
-            self.runqemu.pid = None
         self.qemupid = None
         self.ip = None
 
     def restart(self, qemuparams = None):
-        if self.is_alive():
+        bb.note("Restarting qemu process")
+        if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
             self.kill()
-        bb.note("Qemu Restart required...")
-        return self.launch(qemuparams)
+        self.create_socket()
+        if self.launch(qemuparams):
+            return True
+        return False
 
     def is_alive(self):
         qemu_child = self.find_child(str(self.runqemu.pid))

index e694c0b..c9dc5dc 100644
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ class oeRuntimeTest(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             return False
 
+    @classmethod
+    def restartTarget(self,params=None):
+
+        if oeRuntimeTest.tc.qemu.restart(params):
+            oeRuntimeTest.tc.target.host = oeRuntimeTest.tc.qemu.ip
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Restarting target failed")
 
 
 def getmodule(pos=2):

index 9bf764d..f024dfa 100644
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class BuildCvsTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(self):
+        self.restartTarget("-m 512")
         self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
                         "http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2")
         self.project.download_archive()

@@ -28,3 +29,4 @@ class BuildCvsTest(oeRuntimeTest):
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(self):
         self.project.clean()
+        self.restartTarget()

index 50faf5d..88ece3b 100644
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class BuildIptablesTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(self):
+        self.restartTarget("-m 512")
         self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
                         "http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13.tar.bz2")
         self.project.download_archive()

@@ -28,3 +29,4 @@ class BuildIptablesTest(oeRuntimeTest):
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(self):
         self.project.clean()
+        self.restartTarget()

index 61dc1ff..0a7306d 100644
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class SudokuTest(oeRuntimeTest):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(self):
+        self.restartTarget("-m 512")
         self.project = TargetBuildProject(oeRuntimeTest.tc.target,
                         "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant/sudoku-savant-1.3/sudoku-savant-1.3.tar.bz2")
         self.project.download_archive()

@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ class SudokuTest(oeRuntimeTest):
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(self):
         self.project.clean()
+        self.restartTarget()