--- dpkg-1.18.10/lib/dpkg/command.c	2016-07-04 15:55:13.000000000 -1000
+++ dpkg-1.18.10+iPhone/lib/dpkg/command.c	2018-07-27 18:00:54.000000000 -1000
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <dpkg/path.h>
 #include <dpkg/command.h>
 
+void runcmd(struct command *cmd);
+
 /**
  * Initialize a command structure.
  *
@@ -178,8 +180,7 @@
 void
 command_exec(struct command *cmd)
 {
-	execvp(cmd->filename, (char * const *)cmd->argv);
-	ohshite(_("unable to execute %s (%s)"), cmd->name, cmd->filename);
+	runcmd(cmd);
 }
 
 
@@ -230,3 +231,23 @@
 	execlp(shell, shell, mode, cmd, NULL);
 	ohshite(_("unable to execute %s (%s)"), name, cmd);
 }
+
+void
+runcmd(struct command *cmd)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	char cmdstring[cmd->argv_size];
+	char *ptr = cmdstring; // set ptr to the start of the destination buffer
+	for (i=0; i<cmd->argc; i++) {
+		const char *current_arg = cmd->argv[i];
+		char c;
+		while ( (c = *current_arg++) ) {
+			// copy each character to the destination buffer until the end of the current string
+			*ptr++ = c;
+		}
+		*ptr++ = ' '; // or whatever joining character you want
+	}
+	*ptr = '\0'; // null terminate
+	command_shell(cmdstring, cmd->name);
+	ohshite(_("unable to execute %s (%s)"), cmd->name, cmd->filename);
+}