Start using buildout to bring in external dependencies.
This makes running tests easier in situations where dependencies are not always available, such as buildbot.
Thanks to Matthew Wilkes <matthew@matthewwilkes.co.uk> for help and moral support.
from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
from django.conf import settings
import os
class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
executable_name = 'psql'
def runshell(self):
args = [self.executable_name]
if settings.DATABASE_USER:
args += ["-U", settings.DATABASE_USER]
if settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD:
args += ["-W"]
if settings.DATABASE_HOST:
args.extend(["-h", settings.DATABASE_HOST])
if settings.DATABASE_PORT:
args.extend(["-p", str(settings.DATABASE_PORT)])
args += [settings.DATABASE_NAME]
os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)