strv: add strv_equal_ignore_order() helper

src/basic/strv.c

@@ -861,6 +861,26 @@ int strv_compare(char * const *a, char * const *b) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+bool strv_equal_ignore_order(char **a, char **b) {
+
+        /* Just like strv_equal(), but doesn't care about the order of elements or about redundant entries
+         * (i.e. it's even ok if the number of entries in the array differ, as long as the difference just
+         * consists of repititions) */
+
+        if (a == b)
+                return true;
+
+        STRV_FOREACH(i, a)
+                if (!strv_contains(b, *i))
+                        return false;
+
+        STRV_FOREACH(i, b)
+                if (!strv_contains(a, *i))
+                        return false;
+
+        return true;
+}
+
 void strv_print_full(char * const *l, const char *prefix) {
         STRV_FOREACH(s, l)
                 printf("%s%s\n", strempty(prefix), *s);

src/basic/strv.h

@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static inline bool strv_equal(char * const *a, char * const *b) {
         return strv_compare(a, b) == 0;
 }
 
+bool strv_equal_ignore_order(char **a, char **b);
+
 char** strv_new_internal(const char *x, ...) _sentinel_;
 char** strv_new_ap(const char *x, va_list ap);
 #define strv_new(...) strv_new_internal(__VA_ARGS__, NULL)