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diff --git a/apt-pkg/version.cc b/apt-pkg/version.cc
index f3ebb556e..4aad581f8 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/version.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/version.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
// -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
// Description /*{{{*/
-// $Id: version.cc,v 1.8 1998/12/05 01:44:57 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: version.cc,v 1.9 1999/04/19 06:03:09 jgg Exp $
/* ######################################################################
Version - Version string
@@ -248,3 +248,24 @@ bool pkgCheckDep(const char *DepVer,const char *PkgVer,int Op)
return false;
}
/*}}}*/
+// BaseVersion - Return the upstream version string /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This strips all the debian specific information from the version number */
+string pkgBaseVersion(const char *Ver)
+{
+ // Strip off the bit before the first colon
+ const char *I = Ver;
+ for (; *I != 0 && *I != ':'; I++);
+ if (*I == ':')
+ Ver = I + 1;
+
+ // Chop off the trailing -
+ I = Ver;
+ unsigned Last = strlen(Ver);
+ for (; *I != 0; I++)
+ if (*I == '-')
+ Last = I - Ver;
+
+ return string(Ver,Last);
+}
+ /*}}}*/