2 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index d96155917..37d263794 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -32,12 +32,55 @@
 #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 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 6ec2b7811..254087267 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ using std::ostream;
 #define APT_FORMAT2
 #define APT_FORMAT3
 #endif    
-    
+
+bool UTF8ToCodeset(const char *codeset, const string &orig, string *dest);
 char *_strstrip(char *String);
 char *_strtabexpand(char *String,size_t Len);
 bool ParseQuoteWord(const char *&String,string &Res);