Squashed 'yocto-poky/' content from commit ea562de
git-subtree-dir: yocto-poky
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diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/data.py b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
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+++ b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
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+import oe.maketype
+
+def typed_value(key, d):
+ """Construct a value for the specified metadata variable, using its flags
+ to determine the type and parameters for construction."""
+ var_type = d.getVarFlag(key, 'type')
+ flags = d.getVarFlags(key)
+ if flags is not None:
+ flags = dict((flag, d.expand(value))
+ for flag, value in flags.iteritems())
+ else:
+ flags = {}
+
+ try:
+ return oe.maketype.create(d.getVar(key, True) or '', var_type, **flags)
+ except (TypeError, ValueError), exc:
+ bb.msg.fatal("Data", "%s: %s" % (key, str(exc)))