2 files changed, 18 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
index 997f26bc7..159f330a1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/cmndline.cc
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@ bool CommandLine::Parse(int argc,const char **argv)
       Opt++;
 
       // Match up to a = against the list
-      const char *OptEnd = Opt;
       Args *A;
-      for (; *OptEnd != 0 && *OptEnd != '='; OptEnd++);
+      const char *OptEnd = strchrnul(Opt, '=');
       for (A = ArgList; A->end() == false && 
 	   stringcasecmp(Opt,OptEnd,A->LongOpt) != 0; A++);
       
@@ -100,9 +99,8 @@ bool CommandLine::Parse(int argc,const char **argv)
       bool PreceedMatch = false;
       if (A->end() == true)
       {
-	 for (; Opt != OptEnd && *Opt != '-'; Opt++);
-
-	 if (Opt == OptEnd)
+         Opt = (const char*) memchr(Opt, '-', OptEnd - Opt);
+	 if (Opt == NULL)
 	    return _error->Error(_("Command line option %s is not understood"),argv[I]);
 	 Opt++;
 	 
@@ -197,9 +195,8 @@ bool CommandLine::HandleOpt(int &I,int argc,const char *argv[],
       // Arbitrary item specification
       if ((A->Flags & ArbItem) == ArbItem)
       {
-	 const char *J;
-	 for (J = Argument; *J != 0 && *J != '='; J++);
-	 if (*J == 0)
+	 const char *J = strchr(Argument, '=');
+	 if (J == NULL)
 	    return _error->Error(_("Option %s: Configuration item specification must have an =<val>."),argv[I]);
 
 	 // = is trailing
@@ -215,8 +212,7 @@ bool CommandLine::HandleOpt(int &I,int argc,const char *argv[],
 	 return true;
       }
       
-      const char *I = A->ConfName;
-      for (; *I != 0 && *I != ' '; I++);
+      const char *I = strchrnul(A->ConfName, ' ');
       if (*I == ' ')
 	 Conf->Set(string(A->ConfName,0,I-A->ConfName),string(I+1) + Argument);
       else
@@ -272,10 +268,9 @@ bool CommandLine::HandleOpt(int &I,int argc,const char *argv[],
 	 // Skip the leading dash
 	 const char *J = argv[I];
 	 for (; *J != 0 && *J == '-'; J++);
-	 
-	 const char *JEnd = J;
-	 for (; *JEnd != 0 && *JEnd != '-'; JEnd++);
-	 if (*JEnd != 0)
+
+	 const char *JEnd = strchr(J, '-');
+	 if (JEnd != NULL)
 	 {
 	    strncpy(Buffer,J,JEnd - J);
 	    Buffer[JEnd - J] = 0;
@@ -376,9 +371,8 @@ void CommandLine::SaveInConfig(unsigned int const &argc, char const * const * co
 	 {
 	    // That is possibly an option: Quote it if it includes spaces,
 	    // the benefit is that this will eliminate also most false positives
-	    const char* c = &argv[i][j+1];
-	    for (; *c != '\0' && *c != ' '; ++c);
-	    if (*c == '\0') continue;
+	    const char* c = strchr(&argv[i][j+1], ' ');
+	    if (c == NULL) continue;
 	    cmdline[++length] = '"';
 	    closeQuote = true;
 	 }
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index aaf44b7ff..861cdcbeb 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ bool ParseQuoteWord(const char *&String,string &Res)
    {
       if (*C == '"')
       {
-	 for (C++; *C != 0 && *C != '"'; C++);
-	 if (*C == 0)
+	 C = strchr(C + 1, '"');
+	 if (C == NULL)
 	    return false;
       }
       if (*C == '[')
       {
-	 for (C++; *C != 0 && *C != ']'; C++);
-	 if (*C == 0)
+	 C = strchr(C + 1, ']');
+	 if (C == NULL)
 	    return false;
       }
    }
@@ -904,11 +904,10 @@ bool StrToTime(const string &Val,time_t &Result)
 {
    struct tm Tm;
    char Month[10];
-   const char *I = Val.c_str();
-   
+
    // Skip the day of the week
-   for (;*I != 0  && *I != ' '; I++);
-   
+   const char *I = strchr(Val.c_str(), ' ');
+
    // Handle RFC 1123 time
    Month[0] = 0;
    if (sscanf(I," %d %3s %d %d:%d:%d GMT",&Tm.tm_mday,Month,&Tm.tm_year,