Make alternatives useable again from config file

diff --git a/auto_debuild.py b/auto_debuild.py
index 11845ded1ace00745ea5002e7b5ad404c02e13c4..5733273c4634e92ca33779b8ba4d730c99b427b3 100755 (executable)
--- a/auto_debuild.py
+++ b/auto_debuild.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-import os, shutil, stat, time, subprocess, sys
+import os, shutil, stat, time, subprocess, sys, shlex
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 # a dict with some useful additional getters which can convert types and handle one-element lists like their single member
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ def safeCall(*args):
 # Load a section-less config file: maps parameter names to space-separated lists of strings (with shell quotation)
 # Lines starting with spaces are continuation lines
 def loadConfigFile(file):
-       import shlex
        # read config file
        linenr = 0
        with open(file) as file:
@@ -263,8 +262,8 @@ def createDebianFiles(config):
                        print >>f, "set -e"
                        print >>f, 'if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then'
                        for alternative in config.get('alternatives'):
-                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--install', alternative['link'], alternative['name'], alternative['target'],
-                                       str(alternative['priority']))
+                               alternative = shlex.split(alternative)
+                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--install', alternative[0], alternative[1], alternative[2], alternative[3])
                        print >>f, 'fi'
                        print >>f, ''
                        print >>f, '#DEBHELPER#'
@@ -275,7 +274,8 @@ def createDebianFiles(config):
                        print >>f, "set -e"
                        print >>f, 'if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then'
                        for alternative in config.get('alternatives'):
-                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--remove', alternative['name'], alternative['target'])
+                               alternative = shlex.split(alternative)
+                               print >>f, safeCall('update-alternatives', '--remove', alternative[1], alternative[2])
                        print >>f, 'fi'
                        print >>f, ''
                        print >>f, '#DEBHELPER#'