There is a bug in the genhdlist program, that makes it fail
if it meets a non-RPM file, thereby generating an empty
hdlist file. This is a problem because many ftp mirrors seem
to keep ls-lR files in every directory. Here is a patch to
fix it:

*** genhdlist.c.orig    Fri Nov 27 12:08:13 1998
--- genhdlist.c Fri Nov 27 12:08:20 1998
***************
*** 12,23 ****
--- 12,26 ----

  #define FILENAME_TAG 1000000

+ /* Not used apparently...
+
  int tags[] =  { RPMTAG_NAME, RPMTAG_VERSION,
RPMTAG_RELEASE,
RPMTAG_SERIAL,
                RPMTAG_FILENAMES, RPMTAG_FILESIZES,
RPMTAG_GROUP,
                RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME,
RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION,
                RPMTAG_DESCRIPTION, RPMTAG_SUMMARY,
RPMTAG_PROVIDES,
                RPMTAG_SIZE, RPMTAG_OBSOLETES };
  int numTags = sizeof(tags) / sizeof(int);
+ */

  int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
      char buf[300];
***************
*** 26,34 ****
--- 29,39 ----
      struct dirent * ent;
      int fd, rc, isSource;
      Header h;
+     /* not used
      int count, type;
      int i;
      void * ptr;
+     */

      if (argc != 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "usage: genhdlist <dir>\n");
***************
*** 74,79 ****
--- 79,85 ----

            rc = rpmReadPackageHeader(fd, &h, &isSource,
NULL, NULL);

+           if (!rc) {
            headerRemoveEntry(h, RPMTAG_POSTIN);
            headerRemoveEntry(h, RPMTAG_POSTUN);
            headerRemoveEntry(h, RPMTAG_PREIN);
***************
*** 110,115 ****
--- 116,122 ----
            headerWrite(outfd, h, HEADER_MAGIC_YES);
            headerFree(h);
            close(fd);
+           }
        }

        errno = 0;