utils.py: added sh_quote() function

This function is a wrapper around "shlex.quote()" and can be used in
"${@...}" context where shlex (or pipes, which provides similar
functionality) is unavailable.

Signed-off-by: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@sigma-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 3a496090f3af0a7a360a061648ce93d926bcc84f..cedd053d3623f3797b1f09c4f12df19eb4ec31e7 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -490,3 +490,6 @@ class ImageQAFailed(bb.build.FuncFailed):
 
         return msg
 
+def sh_quote(string):
+    import shlex
+    return shlex.quote(string)