Use strndup so we can use expat-type parsers without an additional copy

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diff --git a/libappstream-glib/as-utils.h b/libappstream-glib/as-utils.h
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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*-
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#if !defined (__APPSTREAM_GLIB_H) && !defined (AS_COMPILATION)
+#error "Only <appstream-glib.h> can be included directly."
+#endif
+
+#ifndef AS_UTILS_H
+#define AS_UTILS_H
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+gchar		*as_strndup			(const gchar	*text,
+						 gssize		 text_len);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* AS_UTILS_H */