diff -uNrp menu-2.1.14.old/update-menus/common.h menu-2.1.14/update-menus/common.h

--- menu-2.1.14.old/update-menus/common.h	2004-05-17 20:43:35 +0400

+++ menu-2.1.14/update-menus/common.h	2004-06-18 17:53:32 +0400

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const int MAX_LINE = 10240;

 #define USERMETHODS     ".menu-methods/"

 #define UPMEN_LOCKFILE  "/var/run/update-menus.pid"

-#define DPKG_LOCKFILE   "/var/lib/dpkg/lock"

+#define RPM_LOCKFILE   "/var/lib/rpm/Packages"

 #define TRANSLATE_FILE  "/etc/menu-methods/translate_menus"

 #define USERTRANSLATE   ".menu-methods/translate_menus"

 #define CONFIG_FILE     "/etc/menu-methods/menu.config"

diff -uNrp menu-2.1.14.old/update-menus/update-menus.cc menu-2.1.14/update-menus/update-menus.cc

--- menu-2.1.14.old/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2004-05-24 16:38:44 +0400

+++ menu-2.1.14/update-menus/update-menus.cc	2004-06-18 17:53:32 +0400

@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void read_pkginfo()

 {

   // 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'";

+  char *pkgs = "rpm -qa --provides --queryformat '%{NAME}\n'";

   FILE *status = popen(pkgs, "r");

   if (!status)

@@ -719,11 +719,11 @@ int check_dpkglock()

     config.report(_("Update-menus is run by user."), configinfo::report_verbose);

     return 0;

   }

-  fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;

+  fl.l_type = F_RDLCK;

   fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;

   fl.l_start = 0;

   fl.l_len = 0;

-  fd = open(DPKG_LOCKFILE, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0660);

+  fd = open(RPM_LOCKFILE,O_RDONLY, 0644);

   if (fd == -1)

     /* Probably /var/lib/dpkg does not exist.

      * Most probably dpkg is not running.

@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ void wait_dpkg(string &stdoutfile)

       r = create_lock();

       if (r) {

         stdoutfile = string("/tmp/update-menus.")+itostring(getpid());

-        config.report(String::compose(_("Waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background).\n"

-            "(checking %1)"), DPKG_LOCKFILE),

+        config.report(String::compose(_("Waiting for rpm to finish (forking to background).\n"

+            "(checking %1)"), RPM_LOCKFILE),

             configinfo::report_normal);

         config.report(String::compose(_("Further output (if any) will appear in %1."), stdoutfile),

             configinfo::report_normal);

@@ -812,8 +812,17 @@ void wait_dpkg(string &stdoutfile)

         }

         kill(parentpid, SIGUSR2);

-        while(check_dpkglock())

-            sleep(2);

+	int n_unlocks = 0;

+        while(true)

+	{

+	    if( check_dpkglock() )

+		n_unlocks = 0;

+	    else

+		n_unlocks++;

+	    if( n_unlocks > 5 )

+		break;

+            sleep(1);

+	}

       } else {

         // Exit without doing anything. Kill parent too!

         kill(parentpid,SIGUSR2);

@@ -825,7 +834,7 @@ void wait_dpkg(string &stdoutfile)

     if (!r)

         exit(1);

-    config.report(_("Dpkg is not locking dpkg status area, good."),

+    config.report(_("RPM is not locking rpm status area, good."),

         configinfo::report_verbose);

   }

 }