From 0b95cd3029747da1ed89fc79317bfa0165c5e3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Nibali <rnibali@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:13:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] configure: quote generated shell environment values

Quote non-Windows env.sh values when writing generated build environment files. This keeps source ./env.sh working when inherited environment values such as PATH contain spaces.

Windows env.bat output is left unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Nibali <rnibali@gmail.com>
---
 configure.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index bd5e2feda4b..79dd985e579 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -3209,6 +3209,14 @@ def __init__(self, asFilename, enmBuildTarget = None, oEnvMgr = None, cchKeyAlig
         super().__init__(asFilename, enmBuildTarget, oEnvMgr, cchKeyAlign);
         self.sKeyword = 'set' if enmBuildTarget == BuildTarget.WINDOWS else 'export';
 
+    def formatValue(self, sVal):
+        """
+        Formats an environment variable value for the target shell.
+        """
+        if self.enmBuildTarget == BuildTarget.WINDOWS:
+            return sVal;
+        return shlex.quote(str(sVal));
+
     def write(self, sKey, oVal = None):
         """
         Writes an environment variable appropriate for the platform.
@@ -3220,12 +3228,12 @@ def write(self, sKey, oVal = None):
                 sValStr = ' '.join(map(str, oVal));
             else:
                 sValStr = str(oVal);
-            super().write_raw(f"{self.sKeyword} {sKey}={sValStr}");
+            super().write_raw(f"{self.sKeyword} {sKey}={self.formatValue(sValStr)}");
             return;
 
         if  sKey in self.oEnvMgr.env \
         and sKey is not None:
-            super().write_raw(f"{self.sKeyword} {sKey}={oVal if oVal else self.oEnvMgr[sKey]}");
+            super().write_raw(f"{self.sKeyword} {sKey}={self.formatValue(oVal if oVal else self.oEnvMgr[sKey])}");
 
     def write_all(self, asPrefixInclude = None, asPrefixExclude = None):
         """