1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index a8ad0059..ef6c0f82 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -155,6 +155,32 @@ void indentprint(char *str, int indent)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Condense a list of strings into one long (space-delimited) string
+ */
+char *buildstring(list_t *strlist)
+{
+	char *str;
+	int size = 1;
+	list_t *lp;
+
+	for(lp = strlist; lp; lp = lp->next) {
+		size += strlen(lp->data) + 1;
+	}
+	str = (char *)malloc(size);
+	if(str == NULL) {
+		ERR(NL, "failed to allocated %d bytes\n", size);
+	}
+	str[0] = '\0';
+	for(lp = strlist; lp; lp = lp->next) {
+		strcat(str, lp->data);
+		strcat(str, " ");
+	}
+	/* shave off the last space */
+	str[strlen(str)-1] = '\0';
+
+	return(str);
+}
+
 /* Convert a string to uppercase
  */
 char *strtoupper(char *str)