5 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index e3f03689c..85e47fc65 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- bundle /etc/rpm/platform for rpm 4.4.8
 - use modularized ide drivers and configure ide-controller in modprobe.conf
 - auto_install:
   o allow "automatic=met:http,ser:server,dir:/pub/dir
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
index f7d1374ec..1d2f82ff3 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ package install::pkgs; # $Id$
 
 use strict;
 
+BEGIN {
+    # needed before "use URPM"
+    mkdir '/etc/rpm';
+    symlink '/tmp/stage2/etc/rpm/platform', '/etc/rpm/platform';
+}
+
 use URPM;
 use URPM::Resolve;
 use URPM::Signature;
diff --git a/perl-install/install/share/list.xml b/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
index e5ef465e5..df2348ba4 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
+++ b/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
   /etc/mke2fs.conf
   /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
   /etc/protocols
+  /etc/rpm/platform
   /usr/LIB/xserver/SecurityPolicy
   /etc/pango/ARCH/pango.modules
   /usr/LIB/gtk-2.0/*/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
diff --git a/perl-install/install/share/symlinks b/perl-install/install/share/symlinks
index 07f969a06..90591c482 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/share/symlinks
+++ b/perl-install/install/share/symlinks
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /etc/services
 /etc/group
 /etc/passwd
+/etc/rpm/platform
 /etc/termcap
 /lib
 /lib64
diff --git a/perl-install/lang.pm b/perl-install/lang.pm
index d7fe7c943..00913c111 100644
--- a/perl-install/lang.pm
+++ b/perl-install/lang.pm
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ sub read {
 sub write_langs {
     my ($langs) = @_;
     my $s = pack_langs($langs);
-    symlink "$::prefix/etc/rpm", "/etc/rpm" if $::prefix;
+    symlink "$::prefix/etc/rpm/macros", "/etc/rpm/macros" if $::prefix;
     require URPM;
     URPM::add_macro("_install_langs $s");
     substInFile { s/%_install_langs.*//; $_ .= "%_install_langs $s\n" if eof && $s } "$::prefix/etc/rpm/macros";