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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# File: portato/helper.py
+# This file is part of the Portato-Project, a graphical portage-frontend.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 René 'Necoro' Neumann
+# This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+# the GNU General Public License version 2.
+# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+#
+# Written by René 'Necoro' Neumann <necoro@necoro.net> et.al.
+
+import traceback, os.path
+
+DEBUG = True
+
+def set_debug (d):
+	"""Sets the global DEBUG variable. Do not set it by your own - always use this function.
+
+	@param d: True to enable debugging; False otherwise
+	@type d: boolean"""
+
+	global DEBUG
+	DEBUG = d
+
+def debug(*args, **kwargs):
+	"""Prints a debug message including filename and lineno.
+	A variable number of positional arguments are allowed.
+
+	If debug(obj0, obj1, obj2) is called, the text part of the output 
+	looks like the output from print obj0, obj1, obj2.
+	
+	If you pass the optional keyword-argument "name", it is used for the function-name instead of the original one."""
+
+	
+	if not DEBUG : return
+	
+	stack = traceback.extract_stack()
+	a, b, c, d = stack[-2]
+	a = os.path.basename(a)
+	out = []
+	for obj in args:
+		out.append(str(obj))
+	text = ' '.join(out)
+	if "name" in kwargs:
+		text = 'In %s (%s:%s): %s' % (kwargs["name"], a, b, text)
+	else:
+		text = 'In %s (%s:%s): %s' % (c, a, b, text)
+	
+	text = "***DEBUG*** %s ***DEBUG***" % text
+	
+	print text
+
+def am_i_root ():
+	"""Returns True if the current user is root, False otherwise.
+	@rtype: boolean"""
+	if os.getuid() == 0:
+		return True
+	else:
+		return False