diff -uNrp menu-2.1.15.old/install-menu/install-menu.cc menu-2.1.15/install-menu/install-menu.cc
--- menu-2.1.15.old/install-menu/install-menu.cc	2004-06-29 18:48:28 +0400
+++ menu-2.1.15/install-menu/install-menu.cc	2004-07-22 21:50:47 +0400
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ void read_forcetree(parsestream &i)
 //  methodinfo
 //
 methodinfo::methodinfo(parsestream &i) 
-    : roots("/Debian"), mainmt("Debian"), treew("c(m)"),
+    : roots("/ALT Linux"), mainmt("ALT Linux"), treew("c(m)"),
     onlyrunasroot(false), onlyrunasuser(false),
     onlyuniquetitles(false), hint_optimize(false), hint_nentry(6),
     hint_topnentry(5), hint_mixedpenalty(15), hint_minhintfreq(0.1),
diff -uNrp menu-2.1.15.old/Makefile.am menu-2.1.15/Makefile.am
--- menu-2.1.15.old/Makefile.am	2004-05-24 03:35:27 +0400
+++ menu-2.1.15/Makefile.am	2004-07-22 21:50:47 +0400
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = update-menus install-menu doc po-sections scripts po
+SUBDIRS = update-menus install-menu doc
 EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh Doxyfile
 dist-hook:
 	mkdir $(distdir)/examples $(distdir)/default
diff -uNrp menu-2.1.15.old/Makefile.in menu-2.1.15/Makefile.in
--- menu-2.1.15.old/Makefile.in	2004-07-02 20:32:11 +0400
+++ menu-2.1.15/Makefile.in	2004-07-22 21:50:47 +0400
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
 PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
 VERSION = @VERSION@
 
-SUBDIRS = update-menus install-menu doc po-sections scripts po
+SUBDIRS = update-menus install-menu doc
 EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh Doxyfile
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
diff -uNrp menu-2.1.15.old/update-menus/update-menus.cc menu-2.1.15/update-menus/update-menus.cc
--- menu-2.1.15.old/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2004-07-02 19:10:27 +0400
+++ menu-2.1.15/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2004-07-22 21:50:47 +0400
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static const char * home_dir;
 set<string> installed_packages;
 set<string> menufiles_processed;
 
+int verbose=0;
+bool no_fork=false;
 translateinfo *transinfo;
 configinfo     config;
 bool is_root;
@@ -231,9 +233,18 @@ void configinfo::parse_config(const std:
     else if(value=="menu-2") compat = parsestream::eol_semicolon;
   } else if(key=="verbosity") {
     if     (value=="quiet")   verbosity=report_quiet;
-    else if(value=="normal")  verbosity=report_normal;
-    else if(value=="verbose") verbosity=report_verbose;
-    else if(value=="debug") verbosity=report_debug;
+    else if(value=="normal") {
+      verbosity=report_normal;
+      verbose = 1;
+    }
+    else if(value=="verbose") {
+      verbosity=report_verbose;
+      verbose = 1;
+    }
+    else if(value=="debug") {
+      verbosity=report_debug;
+      verbose = 1;
+    }
   } else if(key=="method") {
     if     (value=="stdout")  method=method_stdout;
     else if(value=="stderr")  method=method_stderr;
@@ -818,7 +829,10 @@ void wait_dpkg(string &stdoutfile)
   } else {
     r = create_lock();
     if (!r)
-        exit(1);
+        exit(0);
+
+    if (!no_fork && !verbose)
+	stdoutfile = "/dev/null";
 
     config.report(_("Dpkg is not locking dpkg status area, good."),
         configinfo::report_verbose);
@@ -842,10 +856,12 @@ void usage(ostream &c)
   "  --stdout               Output menu list in format suitable for piping to\n"
   "                         install-menu.\n")
        << _(  /* This is the end of the update-menus --help message*/
+  "  -N, --nofork           Prevent update-menus to generate menus in background \n"
   "  --version              Output version information and exit.\n"  );
 }
 
 struct option long_options[] = { 
+  { "nofork", no_argument, NULL, 'N' }, 
   { "debug", no_argument, NULL, 'd' }, 
   { "verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v' }, 
   { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' }, 
@@ -862,15 +878,20 @@ void parse_params(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   while(1)
   {
-    int c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hvd", long_options, NULL);
+    int c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "hvdN", long_options, NULL);
     if (c == -1) 
       break;
     switch(c)
     {
+    case 'N':
+        no_fork=true;
+      break;
     case 'v':
+	verbose = 1;
         config.set_verbosity(configinfo::report_verbose);
       break;
     case 'd':
+	verbose = 1;
         config.set_verbosity(configinfo::report_verbose);
       break;
     case 'n':
@@ -958,6 +979,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
   string stdoutfile;
   struct stat st;
 
+  if (getenv("DURING_INSTALL")) {
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
@@ -965,7 +990,15 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
   try {
     read_rootconfiginfo();
     parse_params(argc, argv);
+     if (!no_fork) {
+       if (fork())
+ 	exit(0);
+     }
     wait_dpkg(stdoutfile);
+     if (!no_fork) {
+       // close stdin only after lock file creation
+       close (0);
+     }
     if(!stdoutfile.empty()) {
       close(1);
       open(stdoutfile.c_str(), O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_SYNC|O_EXCL, 0666);
@@ -1018,6 +1051,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if(!stdoutfile.empty())
       if (!stat(stdoutfile.c_str(),&st))
-          if (!st.st_size)
+	  if(!st.st_size && strcmp(stdoutfile.c_str(),"/dev/null") != 0)
               unlink(stdoutfile.c_str());
 }