1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index ec8260d9bd..0a2092b24b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ except ImportError:
 
 def read_file(filename):
     try:
-        f = file( filename, "r" )
+        f = open( filename, "r" )
     except IOError as reason:
         return "" # WARNING: can't raise an error now because of the new RDEPENDS handling. This is a bit ugly. :M:
     else:
-        return f.read().strip()
+        data = f.read().strip()
+        f.close()
+        return data
     return None
 
 def ifelse(condition, iftrue = True, iffalse = False):