From 86cdea2939468a4c2f9cd837d93649b96bfc287b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joey <joey@a4a2c43b-8ac3-0310-8836-e0e880c912e2>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:19:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] releasing version 8.51

---
 Alien/Package/Rpm.pm | 1 +
 debian/changelog     | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index a3a6b47..9281f3c 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ sub unpack {
 			$this->do("chown", "$uid:$gid", "$workdir/$file") 
 				|| die "failed chowning $file to $uid\:$gid\: $!";
 		}
+		next if -l "$workdir/$file"; # skip links
 		$this->do("chmod", sprintf("%lo", $mode), "$workdir/$file") 
 			|| die "failed changing mode of $file to $mode\: $!";
 	}
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c3e1393..6388430 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (8.51) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * In rpm unpack permission fixup code, do not call chmod on symlinks,
+    as it will follow the links.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed,  9 Mar 2005 16:21:14 -0500
+
 alien (8.50) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Recognise udebs and treat them like debs. Closes: #284693