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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+
+import getopt, os, subprocess, sys
+
+winedir = './staging/wine/'
+patchdir = os.path.abspath('./patches/')
+applied = []
+
+def usage():
+    print 'newupdate.py - new script to rebase patches'
+    print 'usage: ./staging/newupdate.py'
+    print 'Applies every patch to a Wine tree. On failure, prints the name of'
+    print 'the patch that failed to apply and cleans up the index. On success,'
+    print 'leaves every patch applied, and then runs autoreconf -f and'
+    print 'tools/make_requests to prepare for a build.'
+    print 'Note: this program must be used on a clean git tree (empty index).'
+    print 'This program does not update patchinstall.sh; you will need to run'
+    print './staging/patchupdate.py --skip-bugs --skip-checks'
+    print 'to do that.'
+
+# return a patch to be shoved in patchlist below
+def parse_def_file(name, path):
+    deps = []
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        with open(path) as z:
+            for l in z.readlines():
+                if l.lower().startswith('depends: '):
+                    deps.append(l.split(' ')[1].strip())
+                elif l.lower().strip() == 'disabled: true':
+                    return None
+    return deps
+
+def apply_set(patchlist, name):
+    if name in applied:
+        return True
+    for dep in patchlist[name]:
+        if not apply_set(patchlist, dep):
+            return False
+    print 'Applying',name
+    for patch in sorted(os.listdir(patchdir+'/'+name)):
+        if patch.endswith('.patch') and subprocess.call(['git','-C',winedir,'apply','--index',patchdir+'/'+name+'/'+patch]):
+            print 'Failed to apply patch %s/%s' %(name, patch)
+            return False
+    applied.append(name)
+    return True
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'h', ['help'])
+    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
+        print str(err)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    for o, a in opts:
+        if o == '-h':
+            usage()
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+    # Build a list of patches
+    # key is patch name, value is list of deps
+    # disabled patches are not included
+    patchlist = {}
+
+    for name in os.listdir(patchdir):
+        path = patchdir + '/' + name
+        if not os.path.isdir(path): continue
+        deps = parse_def_file(name, path + '/definition')
+        if deps != None: # it's not disabled
+            patchlist[name] = deps
+
+    # Check that all of our dependencies exist
+    for p in patchlist:
+        deps = patchlist[p]
+        for d in deps:
+            if d not in patchlist:
+                print 'Error: unknown or disabled dependency %s of %s.' %(d,p)
+
+    # Now try to apply each patch
+    for p in sorted(patchlist.keys()):
+        # Try to apply it
+        if not apply_set(patchlist, p):
+            # clean up
+            subprocess.call(['git','-C',winedir,'reset','--hard','HEAD','--quiet'])
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    # we successfully applied everything, autogen some files so we can build
+    print 'Calling autoreconf -f...'
+    subprocess.call(['autoreconf','-f'],cwd=winedir)
+    print 'Calling tools/make_requests...'
+    subprocess.call(['./tools/make_requests'],cwd=winedir)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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