1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index 34bcd98e8d..237ee823fd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -781,6 +781,9 @@ python do_package_qa () {
         return
 
     testmatrix = d.getVarFlags("QAPATHTEST")
+    import re
+    # The package name matches the [a-z0-9.+-]+ regular expression
+    pkgname_pattern = re.compile("^[a-z0-9.+-]+$")
 
     g = globals()
     walk_sane = True
@@ -804,6 +807,11 @@ python do_package_qa () {
                 errorchecks.append(g[testmatrix[e]])
 
         bb.note("Checking Package: %s" % package)
+        # Check package name
+        if not pkgname_pattern.match(package):
+            package_qa_handle_error("pkgname",
+                    "%s doesn't match the [a-z0-9.+-]+ regex\n" % package, d)
+
         path = "%s/%s" % (pkgdest, package)
         if not package_qa_walk(path, warnchecks, errorchecks, skip, package, d):
             walk_sane  = False