---- rpm-4.5/rpmio/rpmrpc.c~ 2009-10-16 01:18:18.566743349 +0300
-+++ rpm-4.5/rpmio/rpmrpc.c 2009-10-16 01:18:21.863999841 +0300
-@@ -179,5 +179,6 @@
- {
- const char * lpath;
- int ut = urlPath(path, &lpath);
-+ int fdno;
-
- if (_rpmio_debug)
-@@ -212,7 +213,17 @@
- if (mode == 0)
- mode = 0644;
- #endif
-- return open(path, flags, mode);
-+ fdno = open(path, flags, mode);
-+ /* XXX if the open(2) fails, try to strip a possible chroot(2) prefix. */
-+ if (fdno < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
-+ const char *dbpath = rpmExpand("%{_dbpath}", "/", NULL);
-+ const char *fn = strstr(path + 1, dbpath);
-+ if (fn)
-+ fdno = open(fn, flags, mode);
-+ if (dbpath)
-+ dbpath = _free(dbpath);
-+ }
-+ return fdno;
- }
-
- /* XXX rpmdb.c: analogue to rename(2). */