4 files changed, 38 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.cc
index e1a431823..b4c768db9 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,26 @@ HashString::HashString(std::string StringedHash)			/*{{{*/
 									/*}}}*/
 bool HashString::VerifyFile(std::string filename) const			/*{{{*/
 {
+   std::string fileHash = GetHashForFile(filename);
+
+   if(_config->FindB("Debug::Hashes",false) == true)
+      std::clog << "HashString::VerifyFile: got: " << fileHash << " expected: " << toStr() << std::endl;
+
+   return (fileHash == Hash);
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+bool HashString::FromFile(std::string filename)          		/*{{{*/
+{
+   // pick the strongest hash
+   if (Type == "")
+      Type = _SupportedHashes[0];
+
+   Hash = GetHashForFile(filename);
+   return true;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+std::string HashString::GetHashForFile(std::string filename) const      /*{{{*/
+{
    std::string fileHash;
 
    FileFd Fd(filename, FileFd::ReadOnly);
@@ -84,10 +104,7 @@ bool HashString::VerifyFile(std::string filename) const			/*{{{*/
    }
    Fd.Close();
 
-   if(_config->FindB("Debug::Hashes",false) == true)
-      std::clog << "HashString::VerifyFile: got: " << fileHash << " expected: " << toStr() << std::endl;
-
-   return (fileHash == Hash);
+   return fileHash;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
 const char** HashString::SupportedHashes()
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.h
index 0c0b6c6a7..0a8bcd259 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/hashes.h
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class HashString
  protected:
    std::string Type;
    std::string Hash;
-   static const char * _SupportedHashes[10];
+   static const char* _SupportedHashes[10];
+
+   // internal helper
+   std::string GetHashForFile(std::string filename) const;
 
  public:
    HashString(std::string Type, std::string Hash);
@@ -49,6 +52,10 @@ class HashString
    // verify the given filename against the currently loaded hash
    bool VerifyFile(std::string filename) const;
 
+   // generate a hash string from the given filename
+   bool FromFile(std::string filename);
+
+
    // helper
    std::string toStr() const;                    // convert to str as "type:hash"
    bool empty() const;
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 9f794927d..962112854 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ std::string Strip(const std::string &s)
    size_t end = s.find_last_not_of(" \t\n");
    return s.substr(start, end-start+1);
 }
+
+bool Endswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &end)
+{
+   if (end.size() > s.size())
+      return false;
+   return (s.substr(s.size() - end.size(), s.size()) == end);
+}
+
 }
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index c8fc317c0..8d746f10e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ using std::ostream;
 namespace APT {
    namespace String {
       std::string Strip(const std::string &s);
+      bool Endswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &ending);
    };
 };