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);

   }

 }