1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

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;