--- trunk/pkgtools/mage2mysql.sh	2009/02/11 17:37:27	807
+++ trunk/pkgtools/mage2mysql.sh	2009/02/11 17:56:03	808
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 	# the description may contain some escape characters like ' and "
 	# which break the above loop
-	DESCRIPTION="$(get_value_from_magefile DESCRIPTION ${MAGEFILE})"
+	DESCRIPTION="$(get_value_from_magefile DESCRIPTION ${MAGEFILE} | sed "s:':\\\':g")"
 
 	# get var from the name of the magefile
 	PCAT="$(magename2pcat ${MAGEFILE})"