--- /dev/null
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_install.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_install.c
+@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ unpack_pkg_control_files(pkg_t *pkg)
+ while (1) {
+ char *cf_name;
+ char *cf_name_in_dest;
++ int i;
+
+ cf_name = file_read_line_alloc(conffiles_file);
+ if (cf_name == NULL) {
+@@ -279,6 +280,12 @@ unpack_pkg_control_files(pkg_t *pkg)
+ if (cf_name[0] == '\0') {
+ continue;
+ }
++ for (i = strlen(cf_name) - 1;
++ (i >= 0) && (cf_name[i] == ' ' || cf_name[i] == '\t');
++ i--
++ ) {
++ cf_name[i] = '\0';
++ }
+
+ /* Prepend dest->root_dir to conffile name.
+ Take pains to avoid multiple slashes. */