2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index bd374fd1e..98d9c41e4 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1027,11 +1027,26 @@ void ioprintf(ostream &out,const char *format,...)
    va_start(args,format);
    
    // sprintf the description
-   char S[400];
+   char S[4096];
    vsnprintf(S,sizeof(S),format,args);
    out << S;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// strprintf - C format string outputter to C++ strings 		/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This is used to make the internationalization strings easier to translate
+   and to allow reordering of parameters */
+void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...) 
+{
+   va_list args;
+   va_start(args,format);
+   
+   // sprintf the description
+   char S[4096];
+   vsnprintf(S,sizeof(S),format,args);
+   out = string(S);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // safe_snprintf - Safer snprintf					/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This is a snprintf that will never (ever) go past 'End' and returns a
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 53146ced7..d9972abf4 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ bool Hex2Num(const string &Str,unsigned char *Num,unsigned int Length);
 bool TokSplitString(char Tok,char *Input,char **List,
 		    unsigned long ListMax);
 void ioprintf(ostream &out,const char *format,...) APT_FORMAT2;
+void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...) APT_FORMAT2;
 char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...) APT_FORMAT3;
 bool CheckDomainList(const string &Host, const string &List);