diff -u'Nrpk~' menu-2.1.23~/update-menus/update-menus.cc menu-2.1.23/update-menus/update-menus.cc
--- menu-2.1.23~/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2005-04-11 20:21:13 +0400
+++ menu-2.1.23/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2005-04-11 20:27:44 +0400
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ bool executable(const string &s)
 /** Checks whether a package is installed */
 bool is_pkg_installed(const string& filename)
 {
+    return true;
   if (contains(filename, "local."))
     return true;
   else
@@ -439,6 +440,7 @@ void translateinfo::process(menuentry &m
 /** Read in list of installed packages */
 void read_pkginfo()
 {
+  return;
   // Here we get the list of *installed* packages from dpkg, using sed to
   // retrieve the package name.
   char *pkgs = "dpkg-query --show --showformat='${status} ${package}\\n' | sed -n -e 's/.*installed *//p'";
@@ -731,6 +733,8 @@ int check_dpkglock()
     config.report(_("Update-menus is run by user."), configinfo::report_verbose);
     return 0;
   }
+  // don't use rpm
+  return 0;
   fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
   fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
   fl.l_start = 0;
@@ -840,7 +844,7 @@ void wait_dpkg(string &stdoutfile)
     if (!no_fork && !verbose)
 	stdoutfile = "/dev/null";
 
-    config.report(_("Dpkg is not locking dpkg status area, good."),
+    config.report(_("Do not use RPM."),
         configinfo::report_verbose);
   }
 }