* apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:

  - get the best matching arch package from a group with FindPreferredPkg

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
index ee852f594..e5b23a818 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ class pkgCache::GrpIterator: public Iterator<Group, GrpIterator> {
 	inline const char *Name() const {return S->Name == 0?0:Owner->StrP + S->Name;};
 	inline PkgIterator PackageList() const;
 	PkgIterator FindPkg(string Arch = "any");
+	/** \brief find the package with the "best" architecture
+
+	    The best architecture is either the "native" or the first
+	    in the list of Architectures which is not an end-Pointer */
+	PkgIterator FindPreferredPkg();
 	PkgIterator NextPkg(PkgIterator const &Pkg);
 
 	// Constructors