1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/software/test/util.py b/src/software/test/util.py
index be82c6e..3999a09 100644
--- a/src/software/test/util.py
+++ b/src/software/test/util.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 # Authors: Radek Novacek <rnovacek@redhat.com>
 # Authors: Michal Minar <miminar@redhat.com>
+# Authors: Jan Grec <jgrec@redhat.com>
 
 """
 Common test utilities.
@@ -141,3 +142,19 @@ def get_target_operating_system():
         if platform.uname()[4].lower() == 'x86_64':
             target_operating_system = 80 # RHEL 64bit
     return pywbem.Uint16(target_operating_system)
+
+def get_installed_packages():
+    """
+    :returns: list of packages in format: ``NAME-EPOCH:VERSION-RELEASE.ARCH``
+    """
+    output = check_output(
+            [ "/usr/bin/rpm", "-qa", "--qf"
+            , "%{NAME}-%{EPOCH}:%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n"],
+            stderr=DEV_NULL).split()
+    package_list = []
+    for package in output:
+        # Skip all gpg public keys returned by rpm -qa
+        if "gpg-pubkey" not in package:
+            package_list.append(package.replace("(none)", "0"))
+    return package_list
+