--- shell.py_orig	2006-03-22 05:14:59.000000000 +0000
+++ shell.py	2006-03-22 05:22:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 return False
             self.base.cmdstring = line
             self.base.cmdstring = self.base.cmdstring.replace('\n', '')
-            self.base.cmds = shlex.split(self.base.cmdstring)
+            self.base.cmds = list(shlex.shlex(self.base.cmdstring, posix=True))
             try:
                 self.base.parseCommands()
             except Errors.YumBaseError: