3 files changed, 64 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 4806ae3f9..0261119ba 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ string flNoLink(string File)
    while (1)
    {
       // Read the link
-      int Res;
+      ssize_t Res;
       if ((Res = readlink(NFile.c_str(),Buffer,sizeof(Buffer))) <= 0 || 
-	  (unsigned)Res >= sizeof(Buffer))
+	  (size_t)Res >= sizeof(Buffer))
 	  return File;
       
       // Append or replace the previous path
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ bool FileFd::Open(string FileName,unsigned int const Mode,APT::Configuration::Co
       if((iFd = mkstemp(name)) == -1)
       {
           free(name);
-          return FileFdErrno("mkostemp", "Could not create temporary file for %s", FileName.c_str());
+          return FileFdErrno("mkstemp", "Could not create temporary file for %s", FileName.c_str());
       }
 
       TemporaryFileName = string(name);
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ FileFd::~FileFd()
    gracefully. */
 bool FileFd::Read(void *To,unsigned long long Size,unsigned long long *Actual)
 {
-   int Res;
+   ssize_t Res;
    errno = 0;
    if (Actual != 0)
       *Actual = 0;
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ char* FileFd::ReadLine(char *To, unsigned long long const Size)
 /* */
 bool FileFd::Write(const void *From,unsigned long long Size)
 {
-   int Res;
+   ssize_t Res;
    errno = 0;
    do
    {
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ bool FileFd::Write(const void *From,unsigned long long Size)
 }
 bool FileFd::Write(int Fd, const void *From, unsigned long long Size)
 {
-   int Res;
+   ssize_t Res;
    errno = 0;
    do
    {
@@ -1471,14 +1471,14 @@ bool FileFd::Seek(unsigned long long To)
       d->seekpos = To;
       return true;
    }
-   int res;
+   off_t res;
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
    if (d != NULL && d->gz)
       res = gzseek(d->gz,To,SEEK_SET);
    else
 #endif
       res = lseek(iFd,To,SEEK_SET);
-   if (res != (signed)To)
+   if (res != (off_t)To)
       return FileFdError("Unable to seek to %llu", To);
 
    if (d != NULL)
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ bool FileFd::Skip(unsigned long long Over)
       return true;
    }
 
-   int res;
+   off_t res;
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
    if (d != NULL && d->gz != NULL)
       res = gzseek(d->gz,Over,SEEK_CUR);
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 0955b69f7..77e48962c 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1118,6 +1118,37 @@ vector<string> VectorizeString(string const &haystack, char const &split)
    return exploded;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// StringSplit - split a string into a string vector by token		/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* See header for details.
+ */
+vector<string> StringSplit(std::string const &s, std::string const &sep,
+                           unsigned int maxsplit)
+{
+   vector<string> split;
+   size_t start, pos;
+
+   // no seperator given, this is bogus
+   if(sep.size() == 0)
+      return split;
+
+   start = pos = 0;
+   while (pos != string::npos)
+   {
+      pos = s.find(sep, start);
+      split.push_back(s.substr(start, pos-start));
+      
+      // if maxsplit is reached, the remaining string is the last item
+      if(split.size() >= maxsplit)
+      {
+         split[split.size()-1] = s.substr(start);
+         break;
+      }
+      start = pos+sep.size();
+   }
+   return split;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // RegexChoice - Simple regex list/list matcher				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 530896141..b42e06491 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define STRUTL_H
 
 
-
+#include <limits>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -62,9 +62,32 @@ bool StrToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned Len,unsigned Base = 0)
 bool StrToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long long &Res,unsigned Len,unsigned Base = 0);
 bool Base256ToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned int Len);
 bool Hex2Num(const std::string &Str,unsigned char *Num,unsigned int Length);
+
+// input changing string split
 bool TokSplitString(char Tok,char *Input,char **List,
 		    unsigned long ListMax);
+
+// split a given string by a char
 std::vector<std::string> VectorizeString(std::string const &haystack, char const &split) __attrib_const;
+
+/* \brief Return a vector of strings from string "input" where "sep"
+ * is used as the delimiter string.
+ *
+ * \param input The input string.
+ *
+ * \param sep The seperator to use.
+ *
+ * \param maxsplit (optional) The maximum amount of splitting that
+ * should be done .
+ * 
+ * The optional "maxsplit" argument can be used to limit the splitting,
+ * if used the string is only split on maxsplit places and the last
+ * item in the vector contains the remainder string.
+ */
+std::vector<std::string> StringSplit(std::string const &input, 
+                                     std::string const &sep, 
+                                     unsigned int maxsplit=std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max()) __attrib_const;
+
 void ioprintf(std::ostream &out,const char *format,...) __like_printf(2);
 void strprintf(std::string &out,const char *format,...) __like_printf(2);
 char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...) __like_printf(3);