set up timezone database in mariab's mysql table so that we can use timezone conversion function.

setup.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ setup(name=name,
         'xml_marshaller', # need to communication with slapgrid
         'zc.buildout', # plays with buildout
         'zc.recipe.egg', # for scripts generation
+        'pytz', # for timezone database
         ],
       zip_safe=True,
       entry_points={

slapos/recipe/generic_mysql/mysql.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import time
 import sys
+import pytz
 
 
 def runMysql(args):
@@ -65,6 +66,26 @@ def updateMysql(args):
           print 'Command %r failed with:\n%s' % (mysql_list, result)
           print 'Sleeping for %ss and retrying' % sleep
         else:
+          # import timezone database
+          mysql_tzinfo_to_sql_binary = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(conf['mysql_binary'].strip()), 'mysql_tzinfo_to_sql')
+          zoneinfo_directory = '%s/zoneinfo' % os.path.dirname(pytz.__file__)
+          mysql_tzinfo_to_sql_list = [mysql_tzinfo_to_sql_binary, zoneinfo_directory]
+          mysql_tzinfo_to_sql = subprocess.Popen(mysql_tzinfo_to_sql_list, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+          timezone_sql = mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.communicate()[0]
+          if mysql.returncode != 0:
+            print 'Command %r failed with:\n%s' % (mysql_tzinfo_to_sql_list, result)
+            print 'Sleeping for %ss and retrying' % sleep
+          else:
+            mysql = subprocess.Popen(mysql_list + ['mysql',], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            result = mysql.communicate(timezone_sql)[0]
+            if mysql.returncode is None:
+              mysql.kill()
+            if mysql.returncode != 0:
+              print 'Command %r failed with:\n%s' % (mysql_list, result)
+              print 'Sleeping for %ss and retrying' % sleep
             is_succeed = True
             print 'SlapOS initialisation script succesfully applied on database.'
     sys.stdout.flush()