1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/dpkg_deb.c b/dpkg_deb.c
index 7f4dcbf01..a933c6948 100644
--- a/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -110,12 +110,17 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
         else if (arg_type == arg_type_field) {
                 char *field = NULL;
+                char *name;
+                char *value;
                 int field_start = 0;
 
-                while ((field = read_package_field(&output_buffer[field_start])) != NULL) {
-                        field_start += (strlen(field) + 1);
-                        if (strstr(field, argv[optind + 1]) == field) {
-                                puts(field + strlen(argv[optind + 1]) + 2);
+                while (1) {
+                        field_start += read_package_field(&output_buffer[field_start], &name, &value);
+                        if (name == NULL) {
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        if (strcmp(name, argv[optind + 1]) == 0) {
+                                puts(value);
                         }
                         free(field);
                 }