3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
index df85b7856..4d9f780c7 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h
@@ -150,4 +150,11 @@
 #define APT_PKG_RELEASE 0
 #define APT_PKG_ABI ((APT_PKG_MAJOR * 100) + APT_PKG_MINOR)
 
+
+#if APT_PKG_ABI > 590
+#define APT_PKG_590(msg)  __attribute__((error(msg)))
+#else
+#define APT_PKG_590(msg)
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index c00bce5d5..e02067e13 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -995,6 +995,10 @@ static time_t timegm(struct tm *t)
    method used to ignore the timezone and assume always UTC. */
 bool RFC1123StrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time)
 {
+   return RFC1123StrToTime(std::string(str), time);
+}
+bool RFC1123StrToTime(std::string const &str,time_t &time)
+{
    unsigned short day = 0;
    signed int year = 0; // yes, Y23K problem – we going to worry then…
    std::string weekday, month, datespec, timespec, zone;
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 367b04ef6..fc02357a8 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ std::string TimeRFC1123(time_t Date, bool const NumericTimezone);
  *    parsing is successful, undefined otherwise.
  * @return \b true if parsing was successful, otherwise \b false.
  */
-bool RFC1123StrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time) APT_MUSTCHECK;
+bool RFC1123StrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time) APT_MUSTCHECK APT_PKG_590("Replaced by std::string variant");
+bool RFC1123StrToTime(const std::string &str,time_t &time) APT_MUSTCHECK;
 bool FTPMDTMStrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time) APT_MUSTCHECK;
 std::string LookupTag(const std::string &Message,const char *Tag,const char *Default = 0);
 int StringToBool(const std::string &Text,int Default = -1);