2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 987f4c3a4..c2b335ed7 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1174,6 +1174,15 @@ char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...)
    return Buffer + Did;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// StripEpoch - Remove the version "epoch" from a version string	/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+string StripEpoch(const string &VerStr)
+{
+   size_t i = VerStr.find(":");
+   if (i == string::npos)
+      return VerStr;
+   return VerStr.substr(i+1);
+}
 
 // tolower_ascii - tolower() function that ignores the locale		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index a457ff047..14cf5c943 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...) __like_printf(2);
 char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...) __like_printf(3);
 bool CheckDomainList(const string &Host, const string &List);
 int tolower_ascii(int const c) __attrib_const __hot;
+string StripEpoch(const string &VerStr);
 
 #define APT_MKSTRCMP(name,func) \
 inline int name(const char *A,const char *B) {return func(A,A+strlen(A),B,B+strlen(B));}; \