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-rw-r--r--pbr/tests/base.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pbr/tests/base.py b/pbr/tests/base.py
index c58414e..ce20de1 100644
--- a/pbr/tests/base.py
+++ b/pbr/tests/base.py
@@ -119,14 +119,18 @@ class BaseTestCase(testtools.TestCase, testresources.ResourcedTestCase):
def run_setup(self, *args, **kwargs):
return self._run_cmd(sys.executable, ('setup.py',) + args, **kwargs)
- def _run_cmd(self, cmd, args=[], allow_fail=True):
+ def _run_cmd(self, cmd, args=[], allow_fail=True, cwd=None):
"""Run a command in the root of the test working copy.
Runs a command, with the given argument list, in the root of the test
working copy--returns the stdout and stderr streams and the exit code
from the subprocess.
+
+ :param cwd: If falsy run within the test package dir, otherwise run
+ within the named path.
"""
- result = _run_cmd([cmd] + list(args), cwd=self.package_dir)
+ cwd = cwd or self.package_dir
+ result = _run_cmd([cmd] + list(args), cwd=cwd)
if result[2] and not allow_fail:
raise Exception("Command failed retcode=%s" % result[2])
return result