# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1128698269 0
# Node ID 51f60ebf48cc6594572293549fd06acc03f8c3d3
# Parent  063ba52dc03d2329e8550b653d9adac9ef3d19af
Fix argument passing from `<c:configure>`.

diff --git a/bitten/build/shtools.py b/bitten/build/shtools.py
--- a/bitten/build/shtools.py
+++ b/bitten/build/shtools.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
             args=None):
     """Generic external program execution."""
     if args:
-        args = shlex.split(args)
+        if isinstance(args, basestring):
+            args = shlex.split(args)
     else:
         args = []