From 75bda61948950a88fdd41a5362920cc46c9669e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:58:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [ABI break] merged patch from Jonathan Thomas to have a new
 RecordField() function in the pkgRecorder parser. Many thanks Thomas

---
 apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc | 9 +++++++++
 apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.h  | 3 +++
 apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h      | 5 ++++-
 debian/changelog          | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc
index 1ca9ae1d2..f323c03c2 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ string debRecordParser::Maintainer()
    return Section.FindS("Maintainer");
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// RecordParser::RecordField - Return the value of an arbitrary field       /*{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+string debRecordParser::RecordField(const char *fieldName)
+{
+   return Section.FindS(fieldName);
+}
+
+                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // RecordParser::ShortDesc - Return a 1 line description		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.h b/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.h
index 9692ac94c..7868bfa3d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class debRecordParser : public pkgRecords::Parser
    virtual string Name();
    virtual string Homepage();
 
+   // An arbitrary custom field
+   virtual string RecordField(const char *fieldName);
+
    virtual void GetRec(const char *&Start,const char *&Stop);
    
    debRecordParser(string FileName,pkgCache &Cache);
diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h b/apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h
index 78e39e577..ce92cacc4 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ class pkgRecords::Parser						/*{{{*/
    virtual string LongDesc() {return string();};
    virtual string Name() {return string();};
    virtual string Homepage() {return string();}
-   
+
+   // An arbitrary custom field
+   virtual string RecordField(const char *fieldName) { return string();};
+
    // The record in binary form
    virtual void GetRec(const char *&Start,const char *&Stop) {Start = Stop = 0;};
    
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c8af59ab2..08635cae7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ apt (0.8.16~exp4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - cleanup old ABI break avoidance hacks
   * [ABI break] apt-pkg/acquire-item.{cc,h}:
     - cleanup around OptionalIndexTarget and SubIndexTarget
+  * [ABI break] merged patch from Jonathan Thomas to have a new
+    RecordField() function in the pkgRecorder parser. Many thanks
+    Thomas
 
  -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:23:55 +0200
 
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