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diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 030cf43b..123cd24e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -207,6 +207,26 @@ char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str)
return str;
}
+/**
+ * Trim trailing newline from a string (if one exists).
+ * @param str a single line of text
+ * @return the length of the trimmed string
+ */
+size_t _alpm_strip_newline(char *str)
+{
+ size_t len;
+ if(str == '\0') {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ len = strlen(str);
+ while(str[len - 1] == '\n') {
+ len--;
+ }
+ str[len] = '\0';
+
+ return len;
+}
+
/* Compression functions */
/**