[MacPorts] #25823: muniversal fails when filename contains chars special to the shell, like parens

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#25823: muniversal fails when filename contains chars special to the shell, like
parens
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.9.1                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 I've wondered about that before. Why do we ever use system anywhere, and
 don't just use exec all the time, since it has this built-in escaping
 property, plus the ability to return the output?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/25823#comment:5>
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