1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 52411a762..9da5ac84e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -874,6 +874,26 @@ bool ExecWait(pid_t Pid,const char *Name,bool Reap)
 }
 									/*}}}*/
 
+// StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature - Check if a file is Pgp/GPG clearsigned     /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+bool StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature(string const &FileName)
+{
+   static const char* SIGMSG = "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\n";
+   char buffer[strlen(SIGMSG)+1];
+   FILE* gpg = fopen(FileName.c_str(), "r");
+   if (gpg == NULL)
+      return false;
+
+   char const * const test = fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), gpg);
+   fclose(gpg);
+   if (test == NULL || strcmp(buffer, SIGMSG) != 0)
+      return false;
+
+   return true;
+}
+
+
 // FileFd::Open - Open a file						/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* The most commonly used open mode combinations are given with Mode */