Description of problem:

Running createrepo in a folder tree that has a space in it causes a failure and stack trace.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

createrepo 0.9.9

on Downstream CentOS 7.4

[root@localhost system]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core)

How reproducible:

every time.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run createrepo from withing, or specifying a path with a space in it. For example:

createrepo -g '/tmp/a dir with spaces/system/isodir/comps.xml' -dp --workers=4 --update '/tmp/a dir with spaces/system/isodir'/

Actual results:

[root@localhost system]# createrepo -g '/tmp/a dir with spaces/system/isodir/comps.xml' -dp --workers=4 --update '/tmp/a dir with spaces/system/isodir'/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/createrepo/genpkgmetadata.py", line 309, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/createrepo/genpkgmetadata.py", line 270, in main
    mdgen.doPkgMetadata()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/createrepo/__init__.py", line 400, in doPkgMetadata
    self._setup_old_metadata_lookup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/createrepo/__init__.py", line 386, in _setup_old_metadata_lookup
    self.oldData = readMetadata.MetadataIndex(old_repo_path, opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/createrepo/readMetadata.py", line 51, in __init__
    self._repo.baseurl = 'file://' + realpath
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 104, in __set__
    value, str(e)))
ValueError: Error parsing "baseurl = 'file:///tmp/a dir with spaces/system/isodir'": URL must be http, ftp, file or https not ""


Expected results:

Complete without error.

Additional info:

Simple fix, a single variable was not quoted to prevent globing.

The key is this line:

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/createrepo/readMetadata.py", line 51, in __init__


Change:

self._repo.baseurl = 'file://' + realpath


To:

self._repo.baseurl = 'file://' + 'realpath'