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diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 6e549bedd..14ead61e1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -33,12 +33,55 @@
#include <regex.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <iconv.h>
#include "config.h"
using namespace std;
/*}}}*/
+// UTF8ToCodeset - Convert some UTF-8 string for some codeset /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This is handy to use before display some information for enduser */
+bool UTF8ToCodeset(const char *codeset, const string &orig, string *dest)
+{
+ iconv_t cd;
+ const char *inbuf;
+ char *inptr, *outbuf, *outptr;
+ size_t insize, outsize;
+
+ cd = iconv_open(codeset, "UTF-8");
+ if (cd == (iconv_t)(-1)) {
+ // Something went wrong
+ if (errno == EINVAL)
+ _error->Error("conversion from 'UTF-8' to '%s' not available",
+ codeset);
+ else
+ perror("iconv_open");
+
+ // Clean the destination string
+ *dest = "";
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ insize = outsize = orig.size();
+ inbuf = orig.data();
+ inptr = (char *)inbuf;
+ outbuf = new char[insize+1];
+ outptr = outbuf;
+
+ iconv(cd, &inptr, &insize, &outptr, &outsize);
+ *outptr = '\0';
+
+ *dest = outbuf;
+ delete[] outbuf;
+
+ iconv_close(cd);
+
+ return true;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
// strstrip - Remove white space from the front and back of a string /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* This is handy to use when parsing a file. It also removes \n's left