1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/deb_extract.c b/libbb/deb_extract.c
index 0f5a570b6..b95dfa4d4 100644
--- a/libbb/deb_extract.c
+++ b/libbb/deb_extract.c
@@ -75,11 +75,24 @@ extern int deb_extract(const char *package_filename, int function, char *argumen
         if (function & extract_fsys_tarfile) {
                 copy_file_chunk(uncompressed_file, stdout, -1);
         } else {
-                untar(uncompressed_file, function, argument);
+                char *output_buffer = NULL;
+                output_buffer = untar(uncompressed_file, stdout, function, argument);
+                if (function & extract_field) {
+                        char *field = NULL;
+                        int field_length = 0;
+                        int field_start = 0;
+                        while ((field = read_package_field(&output_buffer[field_start])) != NULL) {
+                                field_length = strlen(field);
+                                field_start += (field_length + 1);
+                                if (strstr(field, argument) == field) {
+                                        printf("%s\n", field + strlen(argument) + 2);
+                                }
+                                free(field);
+                        }
+                }
         }
-        /* we are deliberately terminating the child so we can safely ignore this */
-        gz_close(gunzip_pid);
 
+        gz_close(gunzip_pid);
         fclose(deb_file);
         fclose(uncompressed_file);
         free(ared_file);