2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index a69cf01ec..61c582b85 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -387,6 +387,17 @@ string SubstVar(string Str,const struct SubstVar *Vars)
    return Str;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// OutputInDepth - return a string with separator multiplied with depth /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* Returns a string with the supplied separator depth + 1 times in it */
+std::string OutputInDepth(const unsigned long Depth, const char* Separator)
+{
+   std::string output = "";
+   for(unsigned long d=Depth+1; d > 0; d--)
+      output.append(Separator);
+   return output;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // URItoFileName - Convert the uri into a unique file name		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This converts a URI into a safe filename. It quotes all unsafe characters
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 53146ced7..2450bd421 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ string DeQuoteString(const string &Str);
 string SizeToStr(double Bytes);
 string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec);
 string Base64Encode(const string &Str);
+string OutputInDepth(const unsigned long Depth, const char* Separator="  ");
 string URItoFileName(const string &URI);
 string TimeRFC1123(time_t Date);
 bool StrToTime(const string &Val,time_t &Result);