2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 568852a46..41b2358d2 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             -- Fix tar segfault when include list is empty and exclude list is
                not.
             -- Fix sed s/$/@/ handling (noted by Joshua Hudson).
+            -- Fix opt type in dpkg (closes: #118975).
         * Magick
             -- made init run inittab command's in the order they show up
                 in the inittab file (FIFO instead of LIFO).
diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 88cf8b872..9a3bff979 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ extern int dpkg_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         deb_file_t **deb_file = NULL;
         status_node_t *status_node;
-        char opt = 0;
+        int opt;
         int package_num;
         int dpkg_opt = 0;
         int deb_count = 0;