dpkg-deb -c works now

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg_deb.c b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
index fbdb14e26..6653f2a7c 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	char *target_dir = NULL;
+	char *target_dir;
 	int opt = 0;
 	int optflag = 0;	
 	
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (((optind + 1 ) > argc) || (optflag == 0))  {
+	if (optind == argc)  {
 		show_usage();
 	}
+
 	switch (optflag) {
 		case (extract_control):
 		case (extract_extract):
@@ -60,13 +61,15 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if ( (optind + 1) == argc ) {
 				target_dir = (char *) xmalloc(7);
 				strcpy(target_dir, "DEBIAN");
+			} else {
+				target_dir = (char *) xmalloc(strlen(argv[optind + 1]) + 1);
+				strcpy(target_dir, argv[optind + 1]);
 			}
 			break;
-		default: {
-			target_dir = (char *) xmalloc(strlen(argv[optind + 1]));
-			strcpy(target_dir, argv[optind + 1]);
-			}
+		default:
+			target_dir = NULL;
 	}
+
 	deb_extract(argv[optind], optflag, target_dir);
 /*	else if (optflag & dpkg_deb_info) {
 		extract_flag = TRUE;