diff --git a/rpm-5.4.10-debugedit-saner-error-msg.patch b/rpm-5.4.10-debugedit-saner-error-msg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c577ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-5.4.10-debugedit-saner-error-msg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- rpm-5.4.10/tools/debugedit.c.debugedit_errmsg~	2013-01-03 09:24:01.764153125 +0100
++++ rpm-5.4.10/tools/debugedit.c	2013-01-03 09:31:33.485896571 +0100
+@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ edit_dwarf2_line (DSO *dso, rpmuint32_t
+ 	{
+ 	  if (--shrank == 0)
+ 	    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
+-		   "canonicalization unexpectedly shrank by one character");
++		   "canonicalization unexpectedly shrank by one character ('%s' vs '%s')", base_dir, dest_dir);
+ 	  else
+ 	    {
+ 	      memset (ptr, 'X', shrank);
diff --git a/rpm-5.4.10-enable-nofsync-for-rpm-rebuilddb.patch b/rpm-5.4.10-enable-nofsync-for-rpm-rebuilddb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee51e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-5.4.10-enable-nofsync-for-rpm-rebuilddb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- rpm-5.4.10/macros/mandriva.in~	2013-04-02 08:31:46.123220885 +0200
++++ rpm-5.4.10/macros/mandriva.in	2013-04-02 08:33:23.468152733 +0200
+@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIE"; expor
+ #	0x00f00 (_RPMVSF_NOHEADER)     --nohdrchk      if set, don't check rpmdb headers
+ %_vsflags_query		0xc0c00
+ 
++# enable nofsync when rebuilding rpmdb
++%__dbi_rebuild nofsync
+ 
+ #	Open all indices before doing chroot(2).
+ #
diff --git a/rpm-5.4.10-fix-a-couple-of-debugedit-memleaks.patch b/rpm-5.4.10-fix-a-couple-of-debugedit-memleaks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db62c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-5.4.10-fix-a-couple-of-debugedit-memleaks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- rpm-5.4.10/tools/debugedit.c.debugedit_memleaks~	2012-05-19 22:14:30.000000000 +0200
++++ rpm-5.4.10/tools/debugedit.c	2013-01-03 09:24:01.764153125 +0100
+@@ -1689,6 +1689,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+   /* Restore old access rights */
+   chmod (file, stat_buf.st_mode);
+ 
++  _free(dso->filename);
++  _free(dso);
+   poptFreeContext (optCon);
+ 
+   return 0;
diff --git a/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdb-typecasts.patch b/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdb-typecasts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea81cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdb-typecasts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--- rpm-5.4.10/rpmdb/rpmdb.h.typecast~	2013-01-16 18:43:33.115896979 +0100
++++ rpm-5.4.10/rpmdb/rpmdb.h	2013-01-16 18:43:37.789965686 +0100
+@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p,%p,0x%x) logc
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmlgcGet(rpmdb rpmdb, DB_LSN * _lsn, DBT * data, uint32_t flags)
+ {
+-    DB_LOGC * _logc = rpmdb->db_logc;
++    DB_LOGC * _logc = (DB_LOGC*)rpmdb->db_logc;
+     int rc = (_logc ? _logc->get(_logc, _lsn, data, flags) : ENOTSUP);
+ if (_rpmdb_debug)
+ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p,%p,%p,0x%x) rc %d\n", "logc->get", _logc, _lsn, data, flags, rc);
+@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p,%p,%p,0x%x) r
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmlgcClose(rpmdb rpmdb)
+ {
+-    DB_LOGC * _logc = rpmdb->db_logc;
++    DB_LOGC * _logc = (DB_LOGC*)rpmdb->db_logc;
+     uint32_t _flags = 0;
+     int rc = (_logc ? _logc->close(_logc, _flags) : ENOTSUP);
+     rpmdb->db_logc = NULL;
+@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p,%d) nwrote %d
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmmpfClose(rpmdb rpmdb)
+ {
+-    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = rpmdb->db_mpf;
++    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = (DB_MPOOLFILE*)rpmdb->db_mpf;
+     uint32_t _flags = 0;
+     int rc = (mpf ? mpf->close(mpf, _flags) : ENOTSUP);
+     rpmdb->db_mpf = NULL;
+@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p) rc %d\n", "m
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmmpfGet(rpmdb rpmdb, uint32_t * _pgnop, uint32_t _flags, void ** _pagep)
+ {
+-    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = rpmdb->db_mpf;
++    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = (DB_MPOOLFILE*)rpmdb->db_mpf;
+     DB_TXN * _txnid = (DB_TXN*)rpmdb->db_txn;
+     int rc = mpf->get(mpf, _pgnop, _txnid, _flags, _pagep);
+ if (_rpmdb_debug)
+@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ exit:
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmmpfPut(rpmdb rpmdb, void * _page, uint32_t flags)
+ {
+-    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = rpmdb->db_mpf;
++    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = (DB_MPOOLFILE*) rpmdb->db_mpf;
+     uint32_t _priority = DB_PRIORITY_DEFAULT;
+     int rc = mpf->put(mpf, _page, (DB_CACHE_PRIORITY)_priority, flags);
+ if (_rpmdb_debug)
+@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p,%p,0x%x,0x%x)
+ /*@unused@*/ static inline
+ int rpmmpfSync(rpmdb rpmdb)
+ {
+-    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = rpmdb->db_mpf;
++    DB_MPOOLFILE * mpf = (DB_MPOOLFILE*)rpmdb->db_mpf;
+     int rc = (mpf ? mpf->sync(mpf) : ENOTSUP);
+ if (_rpmdb_debug)
+ fprintf(stderr, "<-- %s(%p) rc %d\n", "mpf->close", mpf, rc);
diff --git a/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdbchk.patch b/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdbchk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e6a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-5.4.10-rpmdbchk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+--- rpm-5.4.10/tools/Makefile.am.rpmdbchk~	2012-05-04 17:58:08.000000000 +0200
++++ rpm-5.4.10/tools/Makefile.am	2013-04-02 09:11:56.264985289 +0200
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = augtool cudftool dbconv
+ 	nix-env nix-hash nix-install-package nix-instantiate \
+ 	nix-log2xml nix-prefetch-url nix-pull nix-push nix-store nix-worker \
+ 	xiu-echo xiu-hash xiu-instantiate xiu-store \
+-	roto rpmkey sandbox semodule spooktool
++	roto rpmdbchk rpmkey sandbox semodule spooktool
+ 
+ RPMMISC_LDADD_COMMON = \
+ 	$(top_builddir)/misc/librpmmisc.la \
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pkgbin_PROGRAMS =	\
+ 	rpmcache rpmdigest rpmrepo rpmspecdump \
+ 	rpmcmp rpmdeps sqlite3 @WITH_KEYUTILS_RPMKEY@ @WITH_LIBELF_DEBUGEDIT@
+ if WITH_DB
+-pkgbin_PROGRAMS +=	dbconvert
++pkgbin_PROGRAMS +=	dbconvert rpmdbchk
+ endif
+ dist_man_MANS =		rpmgrep.1
+ 
+@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ rpm2cpio_LDFLAGS =	@LDFLAGS_STATIC@ $(LD
+ rpm2cpio_LDADD =	$(LDFLAGS) $(RPM_LDADD_COMMON)
+ 
+ ##
++##  rpmdbchk tool for finding and fixing broken headers
++##
++rpmdbchk_SOURCES =      rpmdbchk.c
++rpmdbchk_LDFLAGS =	@LDFLAGS_STATIC@ $(LDFLAGS)
++rpmdbchk_LDADD =        $(LDFLAGS) $(RPM_LDADD_COMMON)
++
++##
+ ##  keyctl(1) clone
+ ##
+ rpmkey_SOURCES =        rpmkey.c
+--- rpm-5.4.10/tools/rpmdbchk.c.rpmdbchk~	2013-04-02 09:11:56.264985289 +0200
++++ rpm-5.4.10/tools/rpmdbchk.c	2013-04-06 01:03:20.082982283 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
++#include <arpa/inet.h>
++#include <stdint.h>
++#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <sys/stat.h>
++#include <fcntl.h>
++#include <errno.h>
++#include <popt.h>
++
++#include <rpmio.h>
++#include <rpmlog.h>
++#include <rpmmacro.h>
++#include <argv.h>
++
++#define _RPMTAG_INTERNAL
++#define _RPMDB_INTERNAL
++#define WITH_DB
++#include <rpmdb.h>
++
++#include <rpmts.h>
++#include <rpmrc.h>
++#include <pkgio.h>
++#include <rpmcli.h>
++
++static char *rootPath = NULL;
++static char *rpmdbPath = NULL;
++static int checkOnly = 0;
++
++struct node {
++    uint32_t state;
++    uint32_t keysize;
++    void *keydata;
++    struct node *next;
++};
++
++static int
++rpmdb_check(const char *prefix, const char *path, uint32_t **state, uint32_t *nkeys, struct node **broken)
++{
++    rpmts ts = NULL;
++
++    const char * dbpath = path ? path : rpmExpand("%{?_dbpath}", NULL);
++
++    DBC *dbcp = NULL;
++    dbiIndex dbi = NULL;
++    DBT key;
++    DBT data;
++    DB_TXN *txnid = NULL;
++    DB *bdb;
++
++    uint32_t hdrNum = 0;
++    uint32_t damaged = 0;
++    float pct = 0;
++    uint8_t tmp;
++
++    int xx;
++
++    ts = rpmtsCreate();
++
++    addMacro(NULL, "_dbpath", NULL, dbpath, -1);
++    rpmtsSetRootDir(ts, prefix && prefix[0] ? prefix : NULL);
++    if(rpmtsOpenDB(ts, O_RDONLY))
++	goto exit;
++
++    dbi = dbiOpen(rpmtsGetRdb(ts), RPMDBI_PACKAGES, 0);
++
++    if ((xx = dbiCopen(dbi, NULL, NULL, 0)))
++	goto exit;
++
++    txnid = dbiTxnid(dbi);
++    *nkeys = 0;
++
++    memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
++    memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
++    bdb = dbi->dbi_db;
++
++    /* Acquire a cursor for the database. */
++    xx = bdb->cursor(bdb, NULL, &dbcp, 0);
++    if (xx)
++	bdb->err(bdb, xx, "DB->cursor");
++
++    xx = bdb->stat(bdb, txnid, &dbi->dbi_stats, 0);
++    if (xx)
++	goto exit;
++
++    switch (bdb->type) {
++    case DB_BTREE:
++    case DB_RECNO:{
++	DB_BTREE_STAT *db_stat = dbi->dbi_stats;
++	*nkeys = db_stat->bt_nkeys;
++    }   break;
++    case DB_HASH:{
++	DB_HASH_STAT *db_stat = dbi->dbi_stats;
++	*nkeys = db_stat->hash_nkeys;
++    }   break;
++    case DB_QUEUE:{
++	DB_QUEUE_STAT *db_stat = dbi->dbi_stats;
++	*nkeys = db_stat->qs_nkeys;
++    }   break;
++    case DB_UNKNOWN:
++    default:
++	xx = -1;
++	goto exit;
++	break;
++    }
++    uint32_t *status = calloc(*nkeys, sizeof(uint32_t));
++    struct node *curr;
++
++    hdrNum = 0;
++    pct = 0;
++
++    while ((xx = dbcp->c_get(dbcp, &key, &data, DB_NEXT)) == 0) {
++	tmp = pct;
++	pct = (100 * (float) ++hdrNum / *nkeys) + 0.5;
++	/* TODO: callbacks for status output? */
++	if (tmp < (int) (pct + 0.5)) {
++	    fprintf(stderr, "\rchecking %s%s/Packages: %u/%u %d%%",
++			prefix && prefix[0] ? prefix : "",
++			dbpath, hdrNum, *nkeys, (int) pct);
++	}
++	const char *msg = NULL;
++	int lvl = headerCheck(rpmtsDig(ts), data.data, data.size, &msg);
++	rpmtsCleanDig(ts);
++	if (lvl == RPMRC_FAIL) {
++	    status[hdrNum-1] = htonl(*(uint32_t*)(dbcp->rkey->data));
++	    damaged++;
++	    fprintf(stderr, "\n%d (%d): %s\n", hdrNum-1, status[hdrNum-1], msg);
++	} else if (key.size != sizeof(hdrNum)) {
++	    curr = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
++	    curr->state = htonl(*(uint32_t*)(dbcp->rkey->data));
++	    curr->keysize = key.size;
++	    curr->keydata = malloc(key.size);
++	    memcpy(curr->keydata, key.data, key.size);
++	    curr->next = *broken;
++	    *broken = curr;
++	    status[hdrNum-1] = -1;
++	    damaged++;
++	    fprintf(stderr, "\n%d: %s (key.size(%d) != %d)\n", hdrNum-1, msg, key.size, sizeof(hdrNum));
++	} else
++	    status[hdrNum-1] = -1;
++	fflush(stderr);
++    }
++
++    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
++
++
++    *state = status;
++    xx = dbiCclose(dbi, dbcp, 0);
++    
++exit:
++    xx = rpmtsCloseDB(ts);
++    ts = rpmtsFree(ts);
++
++    return damaged;
++}
++
++static int
++rpmdb_dump_delete(DB *dbp, const char *db, const char *lost, DBT *key, uint32_t n) {
++    int gotrec;
++    int ret = 0;
++    DBT data;
++
++    memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
++
++    if ((ret = dbp->get(dbp, NULL, key, &data, 0)) == 0) {
++	char copy[1024];
++	snprintf(copy, sizeof(copy), "%s/header.%d", lost, n);
++	FILE *fp = fopen(copy, "w");
++	fwrite(data.data, data.size, 1, fp);
++	fclose(fp);
++	gotrec = 0;
++	memcpy(&gotrec, key->data, sizeof(gotrec));
++	printf("db: get key: %p[%d] = 0x%x, data at %p[%d].\n",
++		(char *)key->data, key->size, gotrec,
++		(char *)data.data, data.size);
++	printf("Dumping broken header to disk: %s\n", copy);
++    } else {
++	dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->get");
++	if (ret == DB_NOTFOUND)
++	    return 0;
++	return ret;
++    }
++
++    if ((ret = dbp->del(dbp, NULL, key, 0)) == 0) {
++	gotrec = 0;
++	memcpy(&gotrec, key->data, sizeof(gotrec));
++	printf("db: del key: %p[%d] = 0x%x, data at %p[%d].\n",
++		(char *)key->data, key->size, gotrec,
++		(char *)data.data, data.size);
++    } else {
++	dbp->err(dbp, ret, "DB->del");
++	return ret;
++    }
++    return 0;
++}
++
++static int
++rpmdb_fix(const char *prefix, const char *path, uint32_t *state, uint32_t nkeys, struct node *broken)
++{
++    DB * dbp;
++    DBT key;
++    struct stat sb;
++    const char * db = rpmGetPath(prefix && prefix[0] ? prefix : "", path, "/Packages", NULL);
++    const char * lost = rpmGetPath(prefix && prefix[0] ? prefix : "", path, "/broken", NULL);
++    int ret, t_ret;
++    uint32_t i;
++
++
++    if ((ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0)) != 0) {
++	fprintf(stderr, "db_create: %s\n", db_strerror(ret));
++	exit (1);
++    }
++
++    if (Stat(lost, &sb))
++	Mkdir(lost, 0700);
++
++    if ((ret = dbp->open(dbp, NULL, db, NULL, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0664)) != 0) {
++	dbp->err(dbp, ret, "%s", db);
++	goto err;
++    }
++
++    for (i = 0; i < nkeys; i++) {
++	if (state[i] == -1) continue;
++	int badrec, badrec2;
++	memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
++	badrec2 = state[i];
++	badrec = htonl(badrec2);
++	printf("fix record[%d] at #%d/#%d --\n", i, badrec2, badrec);
++	key.data = &badrec;
++	key.size = sizeof(badrec);
++
++	ret = rpmdb_dump_delete(dbp, db, lost, &key, state[i]);
++    }
++
++    while (broken) {
++	memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
++	key.size = broken->keysize;
++	key.data = broken->keydata;
++	ret = rpmdb_dump_delete(dbp, db, lost, &key, broken->state);
++	free(broken->keydata);
++	free(broken);
++	broken = broken->next;
++    }
++
++
++err:
++    if ((t_ret = dbp->close(dbp, 0)) != 0 && ret == 0)
++	ret = t_ret; 
++    _free(db);
++    _free(lost);
++
++    return 0;
++}
++
++static struct poptOption optionsTable[] = {
++  { "root", '\0', POPT_ARG_STRING, &rootPath, 0,
++	"rpm root path", "path"},
++  { "dbpath", '\0', POPT_ARG_STRING, &rpmdbPath, 0,
++	"rpmdb path", "path"},
++  { "checkonly", '\0', POPT_ARG_VAL, &checkOnly, 1,
++	"only check, don't fix anything", NULL},  
++
++    POPT_AUTOALIAS
++    POPT_AUTOHELP
++    POPT_TABLEEND
++};
++
++int main(int argc, char *argv[])
++{
++    poptContext optCon = rpmcliInit(argc, argv, optionsTable);
++    ARGV_t av = poptGetArgs(optCon);
++    int ac = argvCount(av);
++    int rc = 2;		/* assume failure */
++    uint32_t nkeys = 0;
++    uint32_t *state = NULL;
++    struct node *broken = NULL;
++
++    if (ac) {
++	poptPrintUsage(optCon, stderr, 0);
++	goto exit;
++    }
++
++    rc = rpmReadConfigFiles(NULL, NULL);
++
++
++    rc = rpmdb_check(rootPath, rpmdbPath, &state, &nkeys, &broken);
++    printf("%d/%d (%f%%) headers damaged", rc, nkeys, (float)rc/nkeys);
++    printf("\n");
++    if (!checkOnly && rc) {
++	printf("fixing...\n");
++	rc = rpmdb_fix(rootPath, rpmdbPath, state, nkeys, broken);
++    }
++
++exit:
++    _free(state);
++    optCon = rpmcliFini(optCon);
++    return rc;
++}
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index f05f8c2..294c1a0 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Summary:	The RPM package management system
 Name:		rpm
 Epoch:		1
 Version:	%{libver}.%{minorver}
-Release:	%{?prereldate:0.%{prereldate}.}13
+Release:	%{?prereldate:0.%{prereldate}.}14
 License:	LGPLv2.1+
 Group:		System/Configuration/Packaging
 URL:		http://rpm5.org/
@@ -364,12 +364,28 @@ Patch170:	rpm-5.4.10-dbconvert-5.2.patch
 # Do not generate pythonegg provides for python3 until we find a better solution
 Patch171:	rpm-5.4.10-python3-egg-reqs.patch
 
+# just fix a couple of minor memleaks at exit..
+# status: ready
+Patch173:       rpm-5.4.10-fix-a-couple-of-debugedit-memleaks.patch
+# make "canonicalization(...)shrank by one character" error message more useful
+# status: ready
+Patch174:       rpm-5.4.10-debugedit-saner-error-msg.patch
+
+# tool for automatically checking and fixing broken rpmdb
+# status: probably' worth merging upstream
+Patch179:       rpm-5.4.10-rpmdbchk.patch
+# adds casts for C++ compatibility
+# status: ready
+Patch180:       rpm-5.4.10-rpmdb-typecasts.patch
+
 # adds ability for printing parsed version of spec file with 'rpm -q --specfile --printspec'
 # status: very simple, non-intrusive, while quite convenient, should be okay to merge
 Patch181:       rpm-5.4.10-printspec.patch
 
 Patch191:       rpm-5.4.10-enhance-rename-macro-to-accept-optional-second-version-arg.patch
 
+Patch198:       rpm-5.4.10-enable-nofsync-for-rpm-rebuilddb.patch
+
 # ROSA stuff
 Patch501:	rpm-5.3.12.vendor.ROSA.patch
 # Restore RPM_PACKAGE_NAME export as it's still used by aot-compile-rpm
@@ -446,7 +462,7 @@ BuildRequires:	squirrel-devel
 %if %{with docs}
 BuildRequires:	doxygen
 BuildRequires:	graphviz
-BuildRequires:	texlive
+#BuildRequires:	texlive
 %endif
 %if %{with sqlite}
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(sqlite3)
@@ -744,9 +760,16 @@ This package contains the RPM API documentation generated in HTML format.
 %patch170 -p1 -b .dbconvert52~
 %patch171 -p1 -b .python3~
 
+%patch173 -p1 -b .debugedit_memleaks~
+%patch174 -p1 -b .debugedit_errmsg~
+
+%patch179 -p1 -b .rpmdbchk~
+%patch180 -p1 -b .typecast~
 %patch181 -p1 -b .printspec~
 %patch191 -p1 -b .rename~
 
+%patch198 -p1 -b .rpmdbnofsync~
+
 %patch501 -p1 -b .rosa_vendor~
 %patch502 -p1 -b .package_name~
 %patch503 -p1 -b .specspo~
@@ -973,6 +996,7 @@ ln -f %{buildroot}%{_rpmhome}/bin/{rpmluac,luac}
 %{_rpmhome}/bin/mtree
 %{_rpmhome}/bin/mgo
 #%%{_rpmhome}/bin/rc
+%{_rpmhome}/bin/rpmdbchk
 %{_rpmhome}/bin/rpmspecdump
 %{_rpmhome}/bin/wget
 %if %{with xar}