# Copyright 2003-2012 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

from __future__ import absolute_import

import io
import sys
try:
	from urllib.request import urlopen as urllib_request_urlopen
except ImportError:
	from urllib import urlopen as urllib_request_urlopen
import re
import xml.dom.minidom

import portage
from portage import os
from portage import _encodings
from portage import _unicode_decode
from portage import _unicode_encode
from portage.versions import pkgsplit, vercmp, best
from portage.util import grabfile
from portage.const import CACHE_PATH
from portage.localization import _
from portage.dep import _slot_separator

# Note: the space for rgt and rlt is important !!
# FIXME: use slot deps instead, requires GLSA format versioning
opMapping = {"le": "<=", "lt": "<", "eq": "=", "gt": ">", "ge": ">=", 
			 "rge": ">=~", "rle": "<=~", "rgt": " >~", "rlt": " <~"}
NEWLINE_ESCAPE = "!;\\n"	# some random string to mark newlines that should be preserved
SPACE_ESCAPE = "!;_"		# some random string to mark spaces that should be preserved

def get_applied_glsas(settings):
	"""
	Return a list of applied or injected GLSA IDs
	
	@type	settings: portage.config
	@param	settings: portage config instance
	@rtype:		list
	@return:	list of glsa IDs
	"""
	return grabfile(os.path.join(settings["EROOT"], CACHE_PATH, "glsa"))


# TODO: use the textwrap module instead
def wrap(text, width, caption=""):
	"""
	Wraps the given text at column I{width}, optionally indenting
	it so that no text is under I{caption}. It's possible to encode 
	hard linebreaks in I{text} with L{NEWLINE_ESCAPE}.
	
	@type	text: String
	@param	text: the text to be wrapped
	@type	width: Integer
	@param	width: the column at which the text should be wrapped
	@type	caption: String
	@param	caption: this string is inserted at the beginning of the 
					 return value and the paragraph is indented up to
					 C{len(caption)}.
	@rtype:		String
	@return:	the wrapped and indented paragraph
	"""
	rValue = ""
	line = caption
	text = text.replace(2*NEWLINE_ESCAPE, NEWLINE_ESCAPE+" "+NEWLINE_ESCAPE)
	words = text.split()
	indentLevel = len(caption)+1
	
	for w in words:
		if line != "" and line[-1] == "\n":
			rValue += line
			line = " "*indentLevel
		if len(line)+len(w.replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE, ""))+1 > width:
			rValue += line+"\n"
			line = " "*indentLevel+w.replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE, "\n")
		elif w.find(NEWLINE_ESCAPE) >= 0:
			if len(line.strip()) > 0:
				rValue += line+" "+w.replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE, "\n")
			else:
				rValue += line+w.replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE, "\n")
			line = " "*indentLevel
		else:
			if len(line.strip()) > 0:
				line += " "+w
			else:
				line += w
	if len(line) > 0:
		rValue += line.replace(NEWLINE_ESCAPE, "\n")
	rValue = rValue.replace(SPACE_ESCAPE, " ")
	return rValue

def get_glsa_list(myconfig):
	"""
	Returns a list of all available GLSAs in the given repository
	by comparing the filelist there with the pattern described in
	the config.
	
	@type	myconfig: portage.config
	@param	myconfig: Portage settings instance
	
	@rtype:		List of Strings
	@return:	a list of GLSA IDs in this repository
	"""
	rValue = []

	if "GLSA_DIR" in myconfig:
		repository = myconfig["GLSA_DIR"]
	else:
		repository = os.path.join(myconfig["PORTDIR"], "metadata", "glsa")

	if not os.access(repository, os.R_OK):
		return []
	dirlist = os.listdir(repository)
	prefix = "glsa-"
	suffix = ".xml"
	
	for f in dirlist:
		try:
			if f[:len(prefix)] == prefix:
				rValue.append(f[len(prefix):-1*len(suffix)])
		except IndexError:
			pass
	return rValue

def getListElements(listnode):
	"""
	Get all <li> elements for a given <ol> or <ul> node.
	
	@type	listnode: xml.dom.Node
	@param	listnode: <ul> or <ol> list to get the elements for
	@rtype:		List of Strings
	@return:	a list that contains the value of the <li> elements
	"""
	rValue = []
	if not listnode.nodeName in ["ul", "ol"]:
		raise GlsaFormatException("Invalid function call: listnode is not <ul> or <ol>")
	for li in listnode.childNodes:
		if li.nodeType != xml.dom.Node.ELEMENT_NODE:
			continue
		rValue.append(getText(li, format="strip"))
	return rValue

def getText(node, format):
	"""
	This is the main parser function. It takes a node and traverses
	recursive over the subnodes, getting the text of each (and the
	I{link} attribute for <uri> and <mail>). Depending on the I{format}
	parameter the text might be formatted by adding/removing newlines,
	tabs and spaces. This function is only useful for the GLSA DTD,
	it's not applicable for other DTDs.
	
	@type	node: xml.dom.Node
	@param	node: the root node to start with the parsing
	@type	format: String
	@param	format: this should be either I{strip}, I{keep} or I{xml}
					I{keep} just gets the text and does no formatting.
					I{strip} replaces newlines and tabs with spaces and
					replaces multiple spaces with one space.
					I{xml} does some more formatting, depending on the
					type of the encountered nodes.
	@rtype:		String
	@return:	the (formatted) content of the node and its subnodes
	"""
	rValue = ""
	if format in ["strip", "keep"]:
		if node.nodeName in ["uri", "mail"]:
			rValue += node.childNodes[0].data+": "+node.getAttribute("link")
		else:
			for subnode in node.childNodes:
				if subnode.nodeName == "#text":
					rValue += subnode.data
				else:
					rValue += getText(subnode, format)
	else:
		for subnode in node.childNodes:
			if subnode.nodeName == "p":
				for p_subnode in subnode.childNodes:
					if p_subnode.nodeName == "#text":
						rValue += p_subnode.data.strip()
					elif p_subnode.nodeName in ["uri", "mail"]:
						rValue += p_subnode.childNodes[0].data
						rValue += " ( "+p_subnode.getAttribute("link")+" )"
				rValue += NEWLINE_ESCAPE
			elif subnode.nodeName == "ul":
				for li in getListElements(subnode):
					rValue += "-"+SPACE_ESCAPE+li+NEWLINE_ESCAPE+" "
			elif subnode.nodeName == "ol":
				i = 0
				for li in getListElements(subnode):
					i = i+1
					rValue += str(i)+"."+SPACE_ESCAPE+li+NEWLINE_ESCAPE+" "
			elif subnode.nodeName == "code":
				rValue += getText(subnode, format="keep").replace("\n", NEWLINE_ESCAPE)
				if rValue[-1*len(NEWLINE_ESCAPE):] != NEWLINE_ESCAPE:
					rValue += NEWLINE_ESCAPE
			elif subnode.nodeName == "#text":
				rValue += subnode.data
			else:
				raise GlsaFormatException(_("Invalid Tag found: "), subnode.nodeName)
	if format == "strip":
		rValue = rValue.strip(" \n\t")
		rValue = re.sub("[\s]{2,}", " ", rValue)
	return rValue

def getMultiTagsText(rootnode, tagname, format):
	"""
	Returns a list with the text of all subnodes of type I{tagname}
	under I{rootnode} (which itself is not parsed) using the given I{format}.
	
	@type	rootnode: xml.dom.Node
	@param	rootnode: the node to search for I{tagname}
	@type	tagname: String
	@param	tagname: the name of the tags to search for
	@type	format: String
	@param	format: see L{getText}
	@rtype:		List of Strings
	@return:	a list containing the text of all I{tagname} childnodes
	"""
	rValue = []
	for e in rootnode.getElementsByTagName(tagname):
		rValue.append(getText(e, format))
	return rValue

def makeAtom(pkgname, versionNode):
	"""
	creates from the given package name and information in the 
	I{versionNode} a (syntactical) valid portage atom.
	
	@type	pkgname: String
	@param	pkgname: the name of the package for this atom
	@type	versionNode: xml.dom.Node
	@param	versionNode: a <vulnerable> or <unaffected> Node that
						 contains the version information for this atom
	@rtype:		String
	@return:	the portage atom
	"""
	rValue = opMapping[versionNode.getAttribute("range")] \
				+ pkgname \
				+ "-" + getText(versionNode, format="strip")
	try:
		slot = versionNode.getAttribute("slot").strip()
	except KeyError:
		pass
	else:
		if slot and slot != "*":
			rValue += _slot_separator + slot
	return str(rValue)

def makeVersion(versionNode):
	"""
	creates from the information in the I{versionNode} a 
	version string (format <op><version>).
	
	@type	versionNode: xml.dom.Node
	@param	versionNode: a <vulnerable> or <unaffected> Node that
						 contains the version information for this atom
	@rtype:		String
	@return:	the version string
	"""
	rValue = opMapping[versionNode.getAttribute("range")] \
			+ getText(versionNode, format="strip")
	try:
		slot = versionNode.getAttribute("slot").strip()
	except KeyError:
		pass
	else:
		if slot and slot != "*":
			rValue += _slot_separator + slot
	return rValue

def match(atom, dbapi, match_type="default"):
	"""
	wrapper that calls revisionMatch() or portage.dbapi.dbapi.match() depending on 
	the given atom.
	
	@type	atom: string
	@param	atom: a <~ or >~ atom or a normal portage atom that contains the atom to match against
	@type	dbapi: portage.dbapi.dbapi
	@param	dbapi: one of the portage databases to use as information source
	@type	match_type: string
	@param	match_type: if != "default" passed as first argument to dbapi.xmatch 
				to apply the wanted visibility filters
	
	@rtype:		list of strings
	@return:	a list with the matching versions
	"""
	if atom[2] == "~":
		return revisionMatch(atom, dbapi, match_type=match_type)
	elif match_type == "default" or not hasattr(dbapi, "xmatch"):
		return dbapi.match(atom)
	else:
		return dbapi.xmatch(match_type, atom)

def revisionMatch(revisionAtom, dbapi, match_type="default"):
	"""
	handler for the special >~, >=~, <=~ and <~ atoms that are supposed to behave
	as > and < except that they are limited to the same version, the range only
	applies to the revision part.
	
	@type	revisionAtom: string
	@param	revisionAtom: a <~ or >~ atom that contains the atom to match against
	@type	dbapi: portage.dbapi.dbapi
	@param	dbapi: one of the portage databases to use as information source
	@type	match_type: string
	@param	match_type: if != "default" passed as first argument to portdb.xmatch 
				to apply the wanted visibility filters
	
	@rtype:		list of strings
	@return:	a list with the matching versions
	"""
	if match_type == "default" or not hasattr(dbapi, "xmatch"):
		if ":" in revisionAtom:
			mylist = dbapi.match(re.sub(r'-r[0-9]+(:[^ ]+)?$', r'\1', revisionAtom[2:]))
		else:
			mylist = dbapi.match(re.sub("-r[0-9]+$", "", revisionAtom[2:]))
	else:
		if ":" in revisionAtom:
			mylist = dbapi.xmatch(match_type, re.sub(r'-r[0-9]+(:[^ ]+)?$', r'\1', revisionAtom[2:]))
		else:
			mylist = dbapi.xmatch(match_type, re.sub("-r[0-9]+$", "", revisionAtom[2:]))
	rValue = []
	for v in mylist:
		r1 = pkgsplit(v)[-1][1:]
		r2 = pkgsplit(revisionAtom[3:])[-1][1:]
		if eval(r1+" "+revisionAtom[0:2]+" "+r2):
			rValue.append(v)
	return rValue
		

def getMinUpgrade(vulnerableList, unaffectedList, portdbapi, vardbapi, minimize=True):
	"""
	Checks if the systemstate is matching an atom in
	I{vulnerableList} and returns string describing
	the lowest version for the package that matches an atom in 
	I{unaffectedList} and is greater than the currently installed
	version or None if the system is not affected. Both
	I{vulnerableList} and I{unaffectedList} should have the
	same base package.
	
	@type	vulnerableList: List of Strings
	@param	vulnerableList: atoms matching vulnerable package versions
	@type	unaffectedList: List of Strings
	@param	unaffectedList: atoms matching unaffected package versions
	@type	portdbapi:	portage.dbapi.porttree.portdbapi
	@param	portdbapi:	Ebuild repository
	@type	vardbapi:	portage.dbapi.vartree.vardbapi
	@param	vardbapi:	Installed package repository
	@type	minimize:	Boolean
	@param	minimize:	True for a least-change upgrade, False for emerge-like algorithm
	
	@rtype:		String | None
	@return:	the lowest unaffected version that is greater than
				the installed version.
	"""
	rValue = None
	v_installed = []
	u_installed = []
	for v in vulnerableList:
		v_installed += match(v, vardbapi)

	for u in unaffectedList:
		u_installed += match(u, vardbapi)
	
	install_unaffected = True
	for i in v_installed:
		if i not in u_installed:
			install_unaffected = False

	if install_unaffected:
		return rValue
	
	for u in unaffectedList:
		mylist = match(u, portdbapi, match_type="match-all")
		for c in mylist:
			i = best(v_installed)
			if vercmp(c.version, i.version) > 0 \
					and (rValue == None \
						or not match("="+rValue, portdbapi) \
						or (minimize ^ (vercmp(c.version, rValue.version) > 0)) \
							and match("="+c, portdbapi)) \
					and portdbapi.aux_get(c, ["SLOT"]) == vardbapi.aux_get(best(v_installed), ["SLOT"]):
				rValue = c
	return rValue

def format_date(datestr):
	"""
	Takes a date (announced, revised) date from a GLSA and formats
	it as readable text (i.e. "January 1, 2008").
	
	@type	date: String
	@param	date: the date string to reformat
	@rtype:		String
	@return:	a reformatted string, or the original string
				if it cannot be reformatted.
	"""
	splitdate = datestr.split("-", 2)
	if len(splitdate) != 3:
		return datestr
	
	# This cannot raise an error as we use () instead of []
	splitdate = (int(x) for x in splitdate)
	
	from datetime import date
	try:
		d = date(*splitdate)
	except ValueError:
		return datestr
	
	# TODO We could format to local date format '%x' here?
	return _unicode_decode(d.strftime("%B %d, %Y"),
		encoding=_encodings['content'], errors='replace')

# simple Exception classes to catch specific errors
class GlsaTypeException(Exception):
	def __init__(self, doctype):
		Exception.__init__(self, "wrong DOCTYPE: %s" % doctype)

class GlsaFormatException(Exception):
	pass
				
class GlsaArgumentException(Exception):
	pass

# GLSA xml data wrapper class
class Glsa:
	"""
	This class is a wrapper for the XML data and provides methods to access
	and display the contained data.
	"""
	def __init__(self, myid, myconfig, vardbapi, portdbapi):
		"""
		Simple constructor to set the ID, store the config and gets the 
		XML data by calling C{self.read()}.
		
		@type	myid: String
		@param	myid: String describing the id for the GLSA object (standard
					  GLSAs have an ID of the form YYYYMM-nn) or an existing
					  filename containing a GLSA.
		@type	myconfig: portage.config
		@param	myconfig: the config that should be used for this object.
		@type	vardbapi: portage.dbapi.vartree.vardbapi
		@param	vardbapi: installed package repository
		@type	portdbapi: portage.dbapi.porttree.portdbapi
		@param	portdbapi: ebuild repository
		"""
		myid = _unicode_decode(myid,
			encoding=_encodings['content'], errors='strict')
		if re.match(r'\d{6}-\d{2}', myid):
			self.type = "id"
		elif os.path.exists(myid):
			self.type = "file"
		else:
			raise GlsaArgumentException(_("Given ID %s isn't a valid GLSA ID or filename.") % myid)
		self.nr = myid
		self.config = myconfig
		self.vardbapi = vardbapi
		self.portdbapi = portdbapi
		self.read()

	def read(self):
		"""
		Here we build the filename from the config and the ID and pass
		it to urllib to fetch it from the filesystem or a remote server.
		
		@rtype:		None
		@return:	None
		"""
		if "GLSA_DIR" in self.config:
			repository = "file://" + self.config["GLSA_DIR"]+"/"
		else:
			repository = "file://" + self.config["PORTDIR"] + "/metadata/glsa/"
		if self.type == "file":
			myurl = "file://"+self.nr
		else:
			myurl = repository + "glsa-%s.xml" % str(self.nr)
		with urllib_request_urlopen(myurl) as f:
			self.parse(f)
		return None

	def parse(self, myfile):
		"""
		This method parses the XML file and sets up the internal data 
		structures by calling the different helper functions in this
		module.
		
		@type	myfile: String
		@param	myfile: Filename to grab the XML data from
		@rtype:		None
		@return:	None
		"""
		self.DOM = xml.dom.minidom.parse(myfile)
		if not self.DOM.doctype:
			raise GlsaTypeException(None)
		elif self.DOM.doctype.systemId == "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd":
			self.dtdversion = 0
		elif self.DOM.doctype.systemId == "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa-2.dtd":
			self.dtdversion = 2
		else:
			raise GlsaTypeException(self.DOM.doctype.systemId)
		myroot = self.DOM.getElementsByTagName("glsa")[0]
		if self.type == "id" and myroot.getAttribute("id") != self.nr:
			raise GlsaFormatException(_("filename and internal id don't match:") + myroot.getAttribute("id") + " != " + self.nr)

		# the simple (single, required, top-level, #PCDATA) tags first
		self.title = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("title")[0], format="strip")
		self.synopsis = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("synopsis")[0], format="strip")
		self.announced = format_date(getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("announced")[0], format="strip"))
		
		count = 1
		# Support both formats of revised:
		# <revised>December 30, 2007: 02</revised>
		# <revised count="2">2007-12-30</revised>
		revisedEl = myroot.getElementsByTagName("revised")[0]
		self.revised = getText(revisedEl, format="strip")
		if ((sys.hexversion >= 0x3000000 and "count" in revisedEl.attributes) or
			(sys.hexversion < 0x3000000 and revisedEl.attributes.has_key("count"))):
			count = revisedEl.getAttribute("count")
		elif (self.revised.find(":") >= 0):
			(self.revised, count) = self.revised.split(":")
		
		self.revised = format_date(self.revised)
		
		try:
			self.count = int(count)
		except ValueError:
			# TODO should this raise a GlsaFormatException?
			self.count = 1
		
		# now the optional and 0-n toplevel, #PCDATA tags and references
		try:
			self.access = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("access")[0], format="strip")
		except IndexError:
			self.access = ""
		self.bugs = getMultiTagsText(myroot, "bug", format="strip")
		self.references = getMultiTagsText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("references")[0], "uri", format="keep")
		
		# and now the formatted text elements
		self.description = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("description")[0], format="xml")
		self.workaround = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("workaround")[0], format="xml")
		self.resolution = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("resolution")[0], format="xml")
		self.impact_text = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("impact")[0], format="xml")
		self.impact_type = myroot.getElementsByTagName("impact")[0].getAttribute("type")
		try:
			self.background = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("background")[0], format="xml")
		except IndexError:
			self.background = ""					

		# finally the interesting tags (product, affected, package)
		self.glsatype = myroot.getElementsByTagName("product")[0].getAttribute("type")
		self.product = getText(myroot.getElementsByTagName("product")[0], format="strip")
		self.affected = myroot.getElementsByTagName("affected")[0]
		self.packages = {}
		for p in self.affected.getElementsByTagName("package"):
			name = p.getAttribute("name")
			try:
				name = portage.dep.Atom(name)
			except portage.exception.InvalidAtom:
				raise GlsaFormatException(_("invalid package name: %s") % name)
			if name != name.cp:
				raise GlsaFormatException(_("invalid package name: %s") % name)
			name = name.cp
			if name not in self.packages:
				self.packages[name] = []
			tmp = {}
			tmp["arch"] = p.getAttribute("arch")
			tmp["auto"] = (p.getAttribute("auto") == "yes")
			tmp["vul_vers"] = [makeVersion(v) for v in p.getElementsByTagName("vulnerable")]
			tmp["unaff_vers"] = [makeVersion(v) for v in p.getElementsByTagName("unaffected")]
			tmp["vul_atoms"] = [makeAtom(name, v) for v in p.getElementsByTagName("vulnerable")]
			tmp["unaff_atoms"] = [makeAtom(name, v) for v in p.getElementsByTagName("unaffected")]
			self.packages[name].append(tmp)
		# TODO: services aren't really used yet
		self.services = self.affected.getElementsByTagName("service")
		return None

	def dump(self, outstream=sys.stdout):
		"""
		Dumps a plaintext representation of this GLSA to I{outfile} or 
		B{stdout} if it is ommitted. You can specify an alternate
		I{encoding} if needed (default is latin1).
		
		@type	outstream: File
		@param	outfile: Stream that should be used for writing
						 (defaults to sys.stdout)
		"""
		width = 76
		outstream.write(("GLSA %s: \n%s" % (self.nr, self.title)).center(width)+"\n")
		outstream.write((width*"=")+"\n")
		outstream.write(wrap(self.synopsis, width, caption=_("Synopsis:         "))+"\n")
		outstream.write(_("Announced on:      %s\n") % self.announced)
		outstream.write(_("Last revised on:   %s : %02d\n\n") % (self.revised, self.count))
		if self.glsatype == "ebuild":
			for k in self.packages:
				pkg = self.packages[k]
				for path in pkg:
					vul_vers = "".join(path["vul_vers"])
					unaff_vers = "".join(path["unaff_vers"])
					outstream.write(_("Affected package:  %s\n") % k)
					outstream.write(_("Affected archs:    "))
					if path["arch"] == "*":
						outstream.write(_("All\n"))
					else:
						outstream.write("%s\n" % path["arch"])
					outstream.write(_("Vulnerable:        %s\n") % vul_vers)
					outstream.write(_("Unaffected:        %s\n\n") % unaff_vers)
		elif self.glsatype == "infrastructure":
			pass
		if len(self.bugs) > 0:
			outstream.write(_("\nRelated bugs:      "))
			for i in range(0, len(self.bugs)):
				outstream.write(self.bugs[i])
				if i < len(self.bugs)-1:
					outstream.write(", ")
				else:
					outstream.write("\n")				
		if self.background:
			outstream.write("\n"+wrap(self.background, width, caption=_("Background:       ")))
		outstream.write("\n"+wrap(self.description, width, caption=_("Description:      ")))
		outstream.write("\n"+wrap(self.impact_text, width, caption=_("Impact:           ")))
		outstream.write("\n"+wrap(self.workaround, width, caption=_("Workaround:       ")))
		outstream.write("\n"+wrap(self.resolution, width, caption=_("Resolution:       ")))
		myreferences = ""
		for r in self.references:
			myreferences += (r.replace(" ", SPACE_ESCAPE)+NEWLINE_ESCAPE+" ")
		outstream.write("\n"+wrap(myreferences, width, caption=_("References:       ")))
		outstream.write("\n")
	
	def isVulnerable(self):
		"""
		Tests if the system is affected by this GLSA by checking if any
		vulnerable package versions are installed. Also checks for affected
		architectures.
		
		@rtype:		Boolean
		@return:	True if the system is affected, False if not
		"""
		rValue = False
		for k in self.packages:
			pkg = self.packages[k]
			for path in pkg:
				if path["arch"] == "*" or self.config["ARCH"] in path["arch"].split():
					for v in path["vul_atoms"]:
						rValue = rValue \
							or (len(match(v, self.vardbapi)) > 0 \
								and getMinUpgrade(path["vul_atoms"], path["unaff_atoms"], \
										self.portdbapi, self.vardbapi))
		return rValue
	
	def isApplied(self):
		"""
		Looks if the GLSA IDis in the GLSA checkfile to check if this
		GLSA was already applied.
		
		@rtype:		Boolean
		@return:	True if the GLSA was applied, False if not
		"""
		return (self.nr in get_applied_glsas(self.config))

	def inject(self):
		"""
		Puts the ID of this GLSA into the GLSA checkfile, so it won't
		show up on future checks. Should be called after a GLSA is 
		applied or on explicit user request.

		@rtype:		None
		@return:	None
		"""
		if not self.isApplied():
			checkfile = io.open(
				_unicode_encode(os.path.join(self.config["EROOT"],
				CACHE_PATH, "glsa"),
				encoding=_encodings['fs'], errors='strict'), 
				mode='a+', encoding=_encodings['content'], errors='strict')
			checkfile.write(_unicode_decode(self.nr + "\n"))
			checkfile.close()
		return None
	
	def getMergeList(self, least_change=True):
		"""
		Returns the list of package-versions that have to be merged to
		apply this GLSA properly. The versions are as low as possible 
		while avoiding downgrades (see L{getMinUpgrade}).
		
		@type	least_change: Boolean
		@param	least_change: True if the smallest possible upgrade should be selected,
					False for an emerge-like algorithm
		@rtype:		List of Strings
		@return:	list of package-versions that have to be merged
		"""
		rValue = []
		for pkg in self.packages:
			for path in self.packages[pkg]:
				update = getMinUpgrade(path["vul_atoms"], path["unaff_atoms"], \
					self.portdbapi, self.vardbapi, minimize=least_change)
				if update:
					rValue.append(update)
		return rValue