def pack_sources(sources, normalize=True):
    '''
    Accepts list of dicts (or a string representing a list of dicts) and packs
    the key/value pairs into a single dict.

    ``'[{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm"}, {"bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}]'`` would become
    ``{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm", "bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}``

    normalize : True
        Normalize the package name by removing the architecture, if the
        architecture of the package is different from the architecture of the
        operating system. The ability to disable this behavior is useful for
        poorly-created packages which include the architecture as an actual
        part of the name, such as kernel modules which match a specific kernel
        version.

        .. versionadded:: 2015.8.0

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg_resource.pack_sources '[{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm"}, {"bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}]'
    '''
    if normalize and 'pkg.normalize_name' in __salt__:
        _normalize_name = __salt__['pkg.normalize_name']
    else:
        _normalize_name = lambda pkgname: pkgname

    if isinstance(sources, six.string_types):
        try:
            sources = salt.utils.yaml.safe_load(sources)
        except salt.utils.yaml.parser.ParserError as err:
            log.error(err)
            return {}
    ret = {}
    for source in sources:
        if (not isinstance(source, dict)) or len(source) != 1:
            log.error('Invalid input: %s', pprint.pformat(sources))
            log.error('Input must be a list of 1-element dicts')
            return {}
        else:
            key = next(iter(source))
            ret[_normalize_name(key)] = source[key]
    return ret
Accepts list of dicts (or a string representing a list of dicts) and packs
    the key/value pairs into a single dict.

    ``'[{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm"}, {"bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}]'`` would become
    ``{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm", "bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}``

    normalize : True
        Normalize the package name by removing the architecture, if the
        architecture of the package is different from the architecture of the
        operating system. The ability to disable this behavior is useful for
        poorly-created packages which include the architecture as an actual
        part of the name, such as kernel modules which match a specific kernel
        version.

        .. versionadded:: 2015.8.0

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg_resource.pack_sources '[{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm"}, {"bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}]'