1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index d3e652bc8..692592268 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ char **create_list(const char *filename)
         FILE *list_stream;
         char **file_list = NULL;
         char *line = NULL;
-        int length = 0;
         int count = 0;
 
         /* dont use [xw]fopen here, handle error ourself */
@@ -1066,14 +1065,13 @@ char **create_list(const char *filename)
                 return(NULL);
         }
 
-        while (getline(&line, &length, list_stream) != -1) {
+        while ((line = get_line_from_file(list_stream)) != NULL) {
                 file_list = xrealloc(file_list, sizeof(char *) * (count + 2));
                 chomp(line);
-                file_list[count] = xstrdup(line);
+                file_list[count] = line;
                 count++;
         }
         fclose(list_stream);
-        free(line);
 
         if (count == 0) {
                 return(NULL);