1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc b/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc
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+++ b/test/interactive-helper/extract-control.cc
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+#include <apt-pkg/debfile.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+bool ExtractMember(const char *File,const char *Member)
+{
+   FileFd Fd(File,FileFd::ReadOnly);
+   debDebFile Deb(Fd);
+   if(_error->PendingError() == true)
+      return false;
+   
+   debDebFile::MemControlExtract Extract(Member);
+   if (Extract.Read(Deb) == false)
+      return false;
+   
+   if (Extract.Control == 0)
+      return true;
+   
+   write(STDOUT_FILENO,Extract.Control,Extract.Length);
+   return true;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+   if (argc < 2)
+   {
+      cerr << "Need two arguments, a .deb and the control member" << endl;
+      return 100;
+   }
+   
+   if (ExtractMember(argv[1],argv[2]) == false)
+   {
+      _error->DumpErrors();
+      return 100;
+   }
+   
+   return 0;
+}