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+// -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
+// Description								/*{{{*/
+/* ######################################################################
+
+   Simple wrapper around a std::set to provide a similar interface to
+   a set of packages as to the complete set of all packages in the
+   pkgCache.
+
+   ##################################################################### */
+									/*}}}*/
+// Include Files							/*{{{*/
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/packageset.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
+
+#include <apti18n.h>
+
+#include <regex.h>
+									/*}}}*/
+namespace APT {
+// FromRegEx - Return all packages in the cache matching a pattern	/*{{{*/
+PackageSet PackageSet::FromRegEx(pkgCache &Cache, const char * const pattern, std::ostream &out) {
+	PackageSet pkgset;
+
+	const char * I;
+	for (I = pattern; *I != 0; I++)
+		if (*I == '.' || *I == '?' || *I == '+' || *I == '*' ||
+		    *I == '|' || *I == '[' || *I == '^' || *I == '$')
+			break;
+	if (*I == 0)
+		return pkgset;
+
+	regex_t Pattern;
+	int Res;
+	if ((Res = regcomp(&Pattern, pattern , REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE | REG_NOSUB)) != 0) {
+		char Error[300];
+		regerror(Res, &Pattern, Error, sizeof(Error));
+		_error->Error(_("Regex compilation error - %s"), Error);
+		return pkgset;
+	}
+
+	for (pkgCache::GrpIterator Grp = Cache.GrpBegin(); Grp.end() == false; ++Grp)
+	{
+		if (regexec(&Pattern, Grp.Name(), 0, 0, 0) != 0)
+			continue;
+		pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Grp.FindPkg("native");
+		if (unlikely(Pkg.end() == true))
+			// FIXME: Fallback to different architectures here?
+			continue;
+
+		ioprintf(out, _("Note, selecting %s for regex '%s'\n"),
+			 Pkg.Name(), pattern);
+
+		pkgset.insert(Pkg);
+	}
+
+	regfree(&Pattern);
+
+	return pkgset;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+}