diff --git a/pym/cl_utils.py b/pym/cl_utils.py
index b2ce3ce..d4d7ace 100644
--- a/pym/cl_utils.py
+++ b/pym/cl_utils.py
@@ -807,3 +807,21 @@ def getProgPath(progname):
         return progname
     else:
         return False
+
+reVerSplit = re.compile(r"^(.*?)-(([^-]+?)(?:-(r\d+))?)(?:.(tbz2))?$",re.S)
+def reVerSplitToPV(x):
+    """Convert match from reVerSplit to PV hash"""
+    if x:
+        match = x.groups()
+        return {'PN':match[0],
+                'PF':"%s-%s"%(match[0],match[1]),
+                'P':"%s-%s"%(match[0],match[2]),
+                'PV':match[2],
+                'PR':match[3] or "r0",
+                'PVR':match[1]}
+    return {'PN':"",
+            'PF':"",
+            'P':"",
+            'PV':"",
+            'PR':"",
+            'PVR':""}.copy()