2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
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);
    };
 };