tools: properly convert .gypi in install.py

It was breaking during install when .gypi strings had quotes in them. e.g.: 'foo': 'bar="baz"'
nodejs · Jul 20, 2018 · ff5c6dc · ff5c6dc
1 parent 484140e
commit ff5c6dc
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/tools/install.py b/tools/install.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import ast
 import errno
-import json
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ def abspath(*args):
 
 def load_config():
   s = open('config.gypi').read()
-  s = re.sub(r'#.*?\n', '', s) # strip comments
-  s = re.sub(r'\'', '"', s) # convert quotes
-  return json.loads(s)
+  return ast.literal_eval(s)
 
 def try_unlink(path):
   try: