further improvements

install-compiled.sh

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ run_steps() {
   echo "  Building $app..."
   IFS=',' read -ra step_list <<< "$steps"
   for step in "${step_list[@]}"; do
-    step=$(echo "$step" | xargs)
+    step=$(echo "$step" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')
     echo "  Running: $step"
     eval "$step"
   done
@@ -272,14 +272,21 @@ process_conf() {
     fi
 
     local key="${line%%=*}"
-    local value="${line#*=}"
-    value=$(eval echo "$value")
+    local raw_value="${line#*=}"
+
+    # Steps are stored raw so quotes and variables expand correctly at eval time
+    if [ "$key" = "steps" ]; then
+      steps="$raw_value"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local value
+    value=$(eval echo "$raw_value")
 
     case "$key" in
       git)     git_url="$value" ;;
       wget)    wget_url="$value" ;;
       install) install_path="$value" ;;
-      steps)   steps="$value" ;;
       version) version="$value" ;;
       desktop) desktop="$value" ;;
       gui)     gui="$value" ;;