4 files changed, 8 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/test/libapt/assert.h b/test/libapt/assert.h
index 92b662dfa..fae9b6c64 100644
--- a/test/libapt/assert.h
+++ b/test/libapt/assert.h
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ void assertEqualsOr2(int const &expect1, int const &expect2, unsigned int const
 	assertEqualsOr2<unsigned int const&, unsigned int const&>(expect1, expect2, get, line);
 }
 
+
+// simple helper to quickly output a vectors
+template < typename X >
+void dumpVector(X vec) {
+	for (typename X::const_iterator v = vec.begin();
+	     v != vec.end(); ++v)
+		std::cout << *v << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/test/libapt/getarchitectures_test.cc b/test/libapt/getarchitectures_test.cc
index e3ca7bbc2..807469263 100644
--- a/test/libapt/getarchitectures_test.cc
+++ b/test/libapt/getarchitectures_test.cc
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-// simple helper to quickly output a vector of strings
-void dumpVector(std::vector<std::string> vec) {
-	for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator v = vec.begin();
-	     v != vec.end(); v++)
-		std::cout << *v << std::endl;
-}
-
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
 	std::vector<std::string> vec;
diff --git a/test/libapt/getlanguages_test.cc b/test/libapt/getlanguages_test.cc
index 3d63e0e74..f6aa7a697 100644
--- a/test/libapt/getlanguages_test.cc
+++ b/test/libapt/getlanguages_test.cc
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-// simple helper to quickly output a vector of strings
-void dumpVector(std::vector<std::string> vec) {
-	for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator v = vec.begin();
-	     v != vec.end(); v++)
-		std::cout << *v << std::endl;
-}
-
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
 	if (argc != 2) {
diff --git a/test/libapt/getlistoffilesindir_test.cc b/test/libapt/getlistoffilesindir_test.cc
index ed8d2dad6..5ee014cca 100644
--- a/test/libapt/getlistoffilesindir_test.cc
+++ b/test/libapt/getlistoffilesindir_test.cc
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <iostream>
 
-// simple helper to quickly output a vector of strings
-void dumpVector(std::vector<std::string> vec) {
-	for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator v = vec.begin();
-	     v != vec.end(); v++)
-		std::cout << *v << std::endl;
-}
-
 #define P(x)	string(argv[1]).append("/").append(x)
 
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])