def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def getProvides(self):
		"""Fetch a spec file from pkgdb and get provides from all its [sub]packages"""
		if self.sp_obj == None:
			return {}

		return self.sp_obj.getProvides()