3 files changed, 68 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
index 821e6d688..e25caf1a5 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ string FindMountPointForDevice(const char *devnode)
                if(TokSplitString(' ', buf, out, 10))
                {
                   fclose(f);
-                  return string(out[1]);
+                  // unescape the \0XXX chars in the path
+                  string mount_point = out[1];
+                  return DeEscapeString(mount_point);
                }
             }
          }
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 072dda3ac..ab2da2d9a 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1240,7 +1240,68 @@ bool CheckDomainList(const string &Host,const string &List)
    return false;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// DeEscapeString - unescape (\0XX and \xXX) from a string      	/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+string DeEscapeString(const string &input)
+{
+   char tmp[3];
+   string::const_iterator it, escape_start;
+   string output, octal, hex;
+   for (it = input.begin(); it != input.end(); it++) 
+   {
+      // just copy non-escape chars
+      if (*it != '\\')
+      {
+         output += *it;
+         continue;
+      }
 
+      // deal with double escape
+      if (*it == '\\' && 
+          (it + 1 < input.end()) &&  it[1] == '\\')
+      {
+         // copy
+         output += *it;
+         // advance iterator one step further
+         it += 1;
+         continue;
+      }
+        
+      // ensure we have a char to read
+      if (it + 1 == input.end())
+         continue;
+
+      // read it
+      it++;
+      switch (*it)
+      {
+         case '0':
+            if (it + 2 <= input.end()) {
+               tmp[0] = it[1];
+               tmp[1] = it[2];
+               tmp[2] = 0;
+               output += (char)strtol(tmp, 0, 8);
+               it += 2;
+            }
+            break;
+         case 'x':
+            if (it + 2 <= input.end()) {
+               tmp[0] = it[1];
+               tmp[1] = it[2];
+               tmp[2] = 0;
+               output += (char)strtol(tmp, 0, 16);
+               it += 2;
+            }
+            break;
+         default:
+            // FIXME: raise exception here?
+            break;
+      }
+   }
+   return output;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // URI::CopyFrom - Copy from an object					/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This parses the URI into all of its components */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 89cbf0370..fba85cf94 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ bool ParseCWord(const char *&String,string &Res);
 string QuoteString(const string &Str,const char *Bad);
 string DeQuoteString(const string &Str);
 string DeQuoteString(string::const_iterator const &begin, string::const_iterator const &end);
+
+// unescape (\0XX and \xXX) from a string
+string DeEscapeString(const string &input);
+
 string SizeToStr(double Bytes);
 string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec);
 string Base64Encode(const string &Str);