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build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py

Index: build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py
diff --git a/build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py b/build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py
index 9e2daae33acfa057f23eb2c53b1cd6ed47c9bfb5..7b3da44b3a1ebf27c6ac3b59e9a23d062ccbd37b 100755
--- a/build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py
+++ b/build/android/gyp/strip_library_for_device.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import ast
 import optparse
 import os
 import sys
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ def main(args):
   parser.add_option('--libraries-dir',
       help='Directory for un-stripped libraries')
   parser.add_option('--stripped-libraries-dir',
-      help='Directory for stripped libraries')
+      help='Directory for stripped libraries in JSON format')
   parser.add_option('--libraries',
-      help='List of libraries to strip')
+      help='List of libraries to strip in JSON format.')
   parser.add_option('--stamp', help='Path to touch on success')
 
   options, _ = parser.parse_args(args)
 
-  libraries = build_utils.ParseGypList(options.libraries)
+  libraries = ast.literal_eval(options.libraries)

[Dirk Pranke, 2016/01/30 00:26:48]

if this is in JSON format, why are you using literal_eval rather than
json.loads() ?

[brettw, 2016/01/30 05:48:22]

Clarified to "Python dictionary format"

 
   build_utils.MakeDirectory(options.stripped_libraries_dir)