--- ipkg-utils/arfile.py.orig	2008-06-11 21:07:01.000000000 -0500
+++ ipkg-utils/arfile.py	2008-06-14 19:56:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
                 return FileSection(self.f, self.f.tell(), size)
 
             # Skip data and loop
+            if size % 2:
+                size = size + 1
             data = self.f.seek(size, 1)
 #            print hex(f.tell())