3 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index bd374fd1e..cdd88827b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1032,6 +1032,21 @@ void ioprintf(ostream &out,const char *format,...)
    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[1024];
+   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);
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc b/apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc
index 502f454a8..ab208e246 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ bool indexRecords::Load(const string Filename)
    pkgTagFile TagFile(&Fd, Fd.Size() + 256); // XXX
    if (_error->PendingError() == true)
    {
-      ErrorText = _(("Unable to parse Release file " + Filename).c_str());
+      strprintf(ErrorText, _("Unable to parse Release file %s"),Filename.c_str());
       return false;
    }
 
    pkgTagSection Section;
    if (TagFile.Step(Section) == false)
    {
-      ErrorText = _(("No sections in Release file " + Filename).c_str());
+      strprintf(ErrorText, _("No sections in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
       return false;
    }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ bool indexRecords::Load(const string Filename)
 
    if(HashString::SupportedHashes()[i] == NULL)
    {
-      ErrorText = _(("No Hash entry in Release file " + Filename).c_str());
+      strprintf(ErrorText, _("No Hash entry in Release file %s"), Filename.c_str());
       return false;
    }