Use JSON to store build config

to improve debuggability

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 86ce4b6e1..d067c5b32 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CPython 2.5 and earlier are not supported.
 On Jython target detection does not work (use --os and --cpu).
 """
 
+import json
 import sys
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -2495,8 +2496,8 @@ def main(argv=None):
     link_headers(build_config.external_headers, 'external',
                  build_config.external_include_dir)
 
-    with open(os.path.join(build_config.build_dir, 'build_config.py'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write(str(template_vars))
+    with open(os.path.join(build_config.build_dir, 'build_config.json'), 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(template_vars, f, sort_keys=True, indent=2)
 
     if options.amalgamation:
         amalgamation_cpp_files = generate_amalgamation(build_config, options)
diff --git a/src/scripts/install.py b/src/scripts/install.py
index 0a9683ca0..a92cd43eb 100755
--- a/src/scripts/install.py
+++ b/src/scripts/install.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
 """
 
 import errno
+import json
 import logging
 import optparse
 import os
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ def main(args = None):
         copy_file(src, dst)
         os.chmod(dst, exe_mode)
 
-    cfg = eval(open(os.path.join(options.build_dir, 'build_config.py')).read())
+    with open(os.path.join(options.build_dir, 'build_config.json')) as f:
+        cfg = json.load(f)
 
     def process_template(template_str):
         class PercentSignTemplate(string.Template):