diff -ru apt-0.7.20.2/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc apt-0.7.20.2+iPhone/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc
--- apt-0.7.20.2/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc	2009-04-20 08:54:09.000000000 +0000
+++ apt-0.7.20.2+iPhone/apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc	2009-04-20 17:26:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -111,10 +122,9 @@
   string orig, dest;
   char *codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
 
-  if (!Section.FindS("Description").empty())
-     orig = Section.FindS("Description").c_str();
-  else 
-     orig = Section.FindS(("Description-" + pkgIndexFile::LanguageCode()).c_str()).c_str();
+  orig = Section.FindS("Description");
+  if (orig.empty())
+     orig = Section.FindS(("Description-" + pkgIndexFile::LanguageCode()).c_str());
 
   if (strcmp(codeset,"UTF-8") != 0) {
      UTF8ToCodeset(codeset, orig, &dest);