3 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index dea309a0..f5993609 100644
--- a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ static int query_fileowner(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	for(t = targets; t; t = alpm_list_next(t)) {
 		int found = 0;
 		filename = strdup(alpm_list_getdata(t));
-		char *bname, *dname, *rpath;
-		const char *root;
+		char *dname, *rpath;
+		const char *root, *bname;
 		struct stat buf;
 		alpm_list_t *i, *j;
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index d91d1d43..0377bf79 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -157,25 +157,17 @@ int rmrf(const char *path)
 }
 
 /** Parse the basename of a program from a path.
-* Grabbed from the uClibc source.
 * @param path path to parse basename from
 *
 * @return everything following the final '/'
 */
-char *mbasename(const char *path)
+const char *mbasename(const char *path)
 {
-	const char *s;
-	const char *p;
-
-	p = s = path;
-
-	while (*s) {
-		if (*s++ == '/') {
-			p = s;
-		}
+	const char *last = strrchr(path, '/');
+	if(last) {
+		return(last + 1);
 	}
-
-	return (char *)p;
+	return(path);
 }
 
 /** Parse the dirname of a program from a path.
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.h b/src/pacman/util.h
index a5c382df..78fe5b59 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.h
+++ b/src/pacman/util.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int trans_release(void);
 int needs_root(void);
 int getcols(void);
 int rmrf(const char *path);
-char *mbasename(const char *path);
+const char *mbasename(const char *path);
 char *mdirname(const char *path);
 void indentprint(const char *str, int indent);
 char *strtoupper(char *str);