1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
index dea68f3ee..ef107444f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
@@ -142,21 +142,20 @@ pkgAcqIndex::pkgAcqIndex(pkgAcquire *Owner,
 {
    Decompression = false;
    Erase = false;
-
+   
    DestFile = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists") + "partial/";
    DestFile += URItoFileName(URI);
 
    if(comprExt.empty()) 
    {
-      // autoselect the compression method
-      if(FileExists("/usr/bin/bzip2")) 
-	 CompressionExtension = ".bz2";
-      else 
-	 CompressionExtension = ".gz";
+      // autoselect 
+      if(FileExists("/usr/bin/bzip2"))
+	 Desc.URI = URI + ".bz2"; 
+      else
+	 Desc.URI = URI + ".gz"; 
    } else {
-      CompressionExtension = comprExt;
+      Desc.URI = URI + comprExt; 
    }
-   Desc.URI = URI + CompressionExtension; 
 
    Desc.Description = URIDesc;
    Desc.Owner = this;