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-rw-r--r--pym/portage/util.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/util.py b/pym/portage/util.py
index aad939529..46fc6e462 100644
--- a/pym/portage/util.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util.py
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ def getconfig(mycfg, tolerant=0, allow_sourcing=False, expand=True):
#cache expansions of constant strings
cexpand={}
-def varexpand(mystring,mydict={}):
+def varexpand(mystring, mydict={}):
newstring = cexpand.get(" "+mystring, None)
if newstring is not None:
return newstring
"""
- new variable expansion code. Removes quotes, handles \n, etc.
+ new variable expansion code. Preserves quotes, handles \n, etc.
This code is used by the configfile code, as well as others (parser)
This would be a good bunch of code to port to C.
"""
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ def varexpand(mystring,mydict={}):
if (indoub):
newstring=newstring+"'"
else:
+ newstring += "'" # Quote removal is handled by shlex.
insing=not insing
pos=pos+1
continue
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ def varexpand(mystring,mydict={}):
if (insing):
newstring=newstring+'"'
else:
+ newstring += '"' # Quote removal is handled by shlex.
indoub=not indoub
pos=pos+1
continue