3 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pm b/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pm
index a34824b1f..23d12a0ca 100644
--- a/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/c/stuff.xs.pm
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ int rpmError_callback_data;
 void rpmError_callback(void) {
   if (rpmErrorCode() != RPMERR_UNLINK && rpmErrorCode() != RPMERR_RMDIR) {
     write(rpmError_callback_data, rpmErrorString(), strlen(rpmErrorString()));
-    write(rpmError_callback_data, "\n", 1);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/perl-install/install_steps.pm b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
index 44bea97e8..49e10280f 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_steps.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_steps.pm
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@ sub beforeInstallPackages {
 
     require network;
     network::add2hosts("$o->{prefix}/etc/hosts", "localhost.localdomain", "127.0.0.1");
-
-    require pkgs;
-    pkgs::init_db($o->{prefix});
 }
 
 sub pkg_install {
@@ -395,8 +392,6 @@ and look at the log file /tmp/ddebug.log
 Consoles 1,3,4,7 may also contain interesting information";
     }
 
-    pkgs::done_db();
-
     #-  why not? cuz weather is nice today :-) [pixel]
     common::sync(); common::sync();
 
diff --git a/perl-install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
index 0bcd9d28a..5de1f29cb 100644
--- a/perl-install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ sub init_db {
     my ($prefix) = @_;
 
     my $f = "$prefix/root/install.log";
-    open(LOG, "> $f") ? log::l("opened $f") : log::l("Failed to open $f. No install log will be kept.");
+    open(LOG, ">> $f") ? log::l("opened $f") : log::l("Failed to open $f. No install log will be kept.");
     *LOG or *LOG = log::F() or *LOG = *STDERR;
     CORE::select((CORE::select(LOG), $| = 1)[0]);
     c::rpmErrorSetCallback(fileno LOG);
@@ -1241,9 +1241,7 @@ sub install($$$;$$) {
     log::l("pkgs::install the following: ", join(" ", keys %packages));
     eval { fs::mount("/proc", "$prefix/proc", "proc", 0) } unless -e "$prefix/proc/cpuinfo";
 
-    log::l("reading /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc");
-    c::rpmReadConfigFiles() or die "can't read rpm config files";
-    log::l("\tdone");
+    init_db($prefix);
 
     my $callbackOpen = sub {
 	my $p = $packages{$_[0]};
@@ -1459,6 +1457,8 @@ sub install($$$;$$) {
 	cleanHeaders($prefix);
     } while ($nb > 0 && !$pkgs::cancel_install);
 
+    done_db();
+
     cleanHeaders($prefix);
 
     loopback::save_boot($loop_boot);