3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/urpme b/urpme
index 1d6efb9c..59f1a610 100644
--- a/urpme
+++ b/urpme
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ while (defined($_ = shift @ARGV)) {
     push @l, $_;
 }
 
+# We assume --root / is stupid (P. Terjan idea)
+$root =~ s!^/*$!!;
+
 my $urpm = new urpm;
 my $state = {};
 
diff --git a/urpmi b/urpmi
index d496c2fa..4fd44977 100755
--- a/urpmi
+++ b/urpmi
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ while (defined($_ = shift @argv)) {
     }
     $src = 0; #- reset switch for next package.
 }
+
+# We assume --root / is stupid (P. Terjan idea)
+$root =~ s!^/*$!!;
+
 #- use install_src to promote all names as src package.
 if ($install_src) {
     @files and $urpm->{fatal}(1, N("What can be done with binary rpm files when using --install-src"));
diff --git a/urpmq b/urpmq
index 394c66a9..4abf1323 100755
--- a/urpmq
+++ b/urpmq
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ while (defined($_ = shift @ARGV)) {
     $query->{src} = 0; #- reset switch for next package.
 }
 
+# We assume --root / is stupid (P. Terjan idea)
+$root =~ s!^/*$!!;
+
 #- remove verbose if not asked.
 $query->{verbose} or $urpm->{log} = sub {};