Only allow "apt-get build-dep path" when path starts with ./ or /

This avoid the subtle problem that someone might have a directory
with the same package name as the build-depends he/she is trying
to fetch. Also print a note that the specific file/dir is used.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 0f48860b1..7948673dc 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ bool Endswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &end)
    return (s.substr(s.size() - end.size(), s.size()) == end);
 }
 
+bool Startswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &start)
+{
+   if (start.size() > s.size())
+      return false;
+   return (s.substr(0, start.size()) == start);
+}
+
 }
 }
 									/*}}}*/