1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/multistrap/selfstrap b/multistrap/selfstrap
index c693a4e..165a921 100755
--- a/multistrap/selfstrap
+++ b/multistrap/selfstrap
@@ -239,7 +239,19 @@ apt_extract()
 {
     apt_get -d -yqq install "$@"
     actions=$(mktemp) || die 'mktemp failed'
-    apt_get -s -yqq install "$@" | tee "$actions" | while read line; do
+    apt_get -s -yqq install "$@" | tee "$actions" | dpkg_extract_from_apt
+
+    if [ "$EXTRACT_DPKG_INFO" ]; then
+        install_etc_passwd
+        dpkg_inst_from_apt < "$actions"
+    fi
+
+    rm "$actions"
+}
+
+dpkg_extract_from_apt()
+{
+    while read line; do
 
         parse_apt_noact_line "$line" || die "unexpected output from apt-get: $line"
 
@@ -265,11 +277,6 @@ apt_extract()
             *) die "impossible" ;;
         esac
     done
-    if [ "$EXTRACT_DPKG_INFO" ]; then
-        install_etc_passwd
-        dpkg_inst_from_apt < "$actions"
-    fi
-    rm "$actions"
 }
 
 install_etc_passwd()