diff -up rpm-4.7.2/configure.ac.chmod-test rpm-4.7.2/configure.ac

--- rpm-4.7.2/configure.ac.chmod-test	2009-11-25 09:19:30.000000000 +0200

+++ rpm-4.7.2/configure.ac	2009-12-04 11:23:39.000000000 +0200

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING(POSIX chmod)

 touch foo.chmodtest

 chmod 744 foo.chmodtest

 chmod +X foo.chmodtest 2>/dev/null

-a=`ls -l foo.chmodtest | awk '{print $1}'`

+a=`ls -l foo.chmodtest | awk '{print substr($1,1,10)}'`

 rm -f foo.chmodtest

 if test "$a" = "-rwxr-xr-x"; then

     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)

diff -up rpm-4.7.2/configure.chmod-test rpm-4.7.2/configure

--- rpm-4.7.2/configure.chmod-test	2009-12-04 11:24:06.000000000 +0200

+++ rpm-4.7.2/configure	2009-12-04 11:24:51.000000000 +0200

@@ -17626,7 +17626,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking POSIX chmod... " >&

 touch foo.chmodtest

 chmod 744 foo.chmodtest

 chmod +X foo.chmodtest 2>/dev/null

-a=`ls -l foo.chmodtest | awk '{print $1}'`

+a=`ls -l foo.chmodtest | awk '{print substr($1,1,10)}'`

 rm -f foo.chmodtest

 if test "$a" = "-rwxr-xr-x"; then

     { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5