1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dpkg.c b/dpkg.c
index e5ed95cb8..996809a6f 100644
--- a/dpkg.c
+++ b/dpkg.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int status_merge(void *status, package_t *pkgs)
          */
         if ((fin = fopen(statusfile, "r")) != NULL) {
                 while (((line = get_line_from_file(fin)) != NULL) && !feof(fin)) { 
-                        line[strlen(line) - 1] = '\0'; /* trim newline */
+                        chomp(line); /* trim newline */
                         /* If we see a package header, find out if it's a package
                          * that we have processed. if so, we skip that block for
                          * now (write it at the end).