2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 0f48860b1..7948673dc 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ bool Endswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &end)
    return (s.substr(s.size() - end.size(), s.size()) == end);
 }
 
+bool Startswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &start)
+{
+   if (start.size() > s.size())
+      return false;
+   return (s.substr(0, start.size()) == start);
+}
+
 }
 }
 									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 5733fd6e2..da8bebdb5 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace APT {
    namespace String {
       std::string Strip(const std::string &s);
       bool Endswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &ending);
+      bool Startswith(const std::string &s, const std::string &starting);
    }
 }