add __getitem__ to extract stored fields and handle multiline data

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel-sec@935 e094ebfe-e918-0410-adfb-c712417f3574

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/deb822.py b/scripts/deb822.py
index a6432cc5..d006ec1d 100755
--- a/scripts/deb822.py
+++ b/scripts/deb822.py
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ class deb822:
             self.keys.append(key)
             self.map[key] = value
 
+    def __getitem__(self, item):
+        str = ""
+        for line in self.map[item].strip().splitlines():
+            if line == ' .':
+                line = ''
+            if line.startswith(' '):
+                line=line[1:]
+            str += line + '\n'
+        return str
+
 ## methods that changes and dsc files have in common
 class _dscchanges(deb822):
     """A base class; not intended for direct use"""