--- /dev/null
+Patch for yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1
+
+diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
+index cebbae3..cdb0129 100644
+--- a/cli.py
++++ b/cli.py
+@@ -1347,13 +1347,14 @@ class YumOptionParser(OptionParser):
+ def getRoot(self,opts):
+ # If the conf file is inside the installroot - use that.
+ # otherwise look for it in the normal root
++ if opts.conffile==None:
++ opts.conffile = '/etc/yum/yum.conf'
++ if opts.installroot:
++ if os.access(opts.installroot+opts.conffile, os.R_OK):
++ opts.conffile = opts.installroot+opts.conffile
++ elif os.access(opts.installroot+'/etc/yum.conf', os.R_OK):
++ opts.conffile = opts.installroot+'/etc/yum.conf'
+ if opts.installroot:
+- if os.access(opts.installroot+'/'+opts.conffile, os.R_OK):
+- opts.conffile = opts.installroot+'/'+opts.conffile
+- elif opts.conffile == '/etc/yum/yum.conf':
+- # check if /installroot/etc/yum.conf exists.
+- if os.access(opts.installroot+'/etc/yum.conf', os.R_OK):
+- opts.conffile = opts.installroot+'/etc/yum.conf'
+ root=opts.installroot
+ else:
+ root = '/'
+@@ -1394,7 +1395,6 @@ class YumOptionParser(OptionParser):
+ action="store_true",
+ help=_("run entirely from system cache, don't update cache"))
+ group.add_option("-c", "--config", dest="conffile",
+- default='/etc/yum/yum.conf',
+ help=_("config file location"), metavar='[config file]')
+ group.add_option("-R", "--randomwait", dest="sleeptime", type='int',
+ default=None,
+diff --git a/yum/__init__.py b/yum/__init__.py
+index 978815d..916c8d6 100644
+--- a/yum/__init__.py
++++ b/yum/__init__.py
+@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ class YumBase(depsolve.Depsolve):
+ # this check makes sure that our dirs exist properly.
+ # if they aren't in the installroot then don't prepend the installroot path
+ # if we don't do this then anaconda likes to not work.
+- if os.path.exists(self.conf.installroot+'/'+reposdir):
+- reposdir = self.conf.installroot + '/' + reposdir
++ reposdir = self.conf.getRootedPath(reposdir)
+
+ if os.path.isdir(reposdir):
+ for repofn in sorted(glob.glob('%s/*.repo' % reposdir)):
+@@ -1379,9 +1378,7 @@ class YumBase(depsolve.Depsolve):
+ if self.conf.uid != 0:
+ return
+
+- root = self.conf.installroot
+- lockfile = root + '/' + lockfile # lock in the chroot
+- lockfile = os.path.normpath(lockfile) # get rid of silly preceding extra /
++ lockfile = self.conf.lockfile
+
+ mypid=str(os.getpid())
+ while not self._lock(lockfile, mypid, 0644):
+diff --git a/yum/config.py b/yum/config.py
+index 975172a..603aacc 100644
+--- a/yum/config.py
++++ b/yum/config.py
+@@ -604,6 +604,26 @@ class StartupConf(BaseConfig):
+ syslog_facility = Option('LOG_DAEMON')
+ persistdir = Option('/var/lib/yum')
+
++ def getRootedPath(self, path, enforce_default=False, defaults_to_host=False):
++ instroot = getattr(self, 'installroot', None)
++ if instroot==None:
++ return path
++
++ if path.startswith('hostfs://'): res = path[9:]
++ elif path.startswith('chrootfs://'): res = instroot + '/' + path[11:]
++ else:
++ tmp = instroot + '/' + path
++
++ if enforce_default:
++ if defaults_to_host: res = path
++ else: res = tmp
++ else:
++ if os.path.exists(tmp): res = tmp
++ elif defaults_to_host: res = path
++ else: res = tmp
++
++ return res
++
+ class YumConf(StartupConf):
+ '''
+ Configuration option definitions for yum.conf\'s [main] section.
+@@ -617,6 +637,7 @@ class YumConf(StartupConf):
+
+ keepcache = BoolOption(True)
+ logfile = Option('/var/log/yum.log')
++ lockfile = Option('/var/run/yum.pid')
+ reposdir = ListOption(['/etc/yum/repos.d', '/etc/yum.repos.d'])
+
+ commands = ListOption()
+@@ -832,7 +853,10 @@ def readStartupConfig(configfile, root):
+ # Stuff this here to avoid later re-parsing
+ startupconf._parser = parser
+ # setup the release ver here
+- startupconf.releasever = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg)
++ try:
++ startupconf.releasever = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg)
++ except:
++ startupconf.releasever = ""
+ uuidfile = '%s/%s/uuid' % (startupconf.installroot, startupconf.persistdir)
+ startupconf.uuid = get_uuid(uuidfile)
+
+@@ -864,7 +888,7 @@ def readMainConfig(startupconf):
+ # Apply the installroot to directory options
+ def _apply_installroot(yumconf, option):
+ path = getattr(yumconf, option)
+- ir_path = yumconf.installroot + path
++ ir_path = yumconf.getRootedPath(path)
+ ir_path = ir_path.replace('//', '/') # os.path.normpath won't fix this and
+ # it annoys me
+ ir_path = varReplace(ir_path, yumvars)
+@@ -888,7 +912,7 @@ def readMainConfig(startupconf):
+ yumvars[fsvar] = val
+
+ # These can use the above FS yumvars
+- for option in ('cachedir', 'logfile', 'persistdir'):
++ for option in ('cachedir', 'logfile', 'persistdir', 'lockfile'):
+ _apply_installroot(yumconf, option)
+
+ # Add in some extra attributes which aren't actually configuration values
+diff --git a/yum/history.py b/yum/history.py
+index 32eed2c..64b6695 100644
+--- a/yum/history.py
++++ b/yum/history.py
+@@ -176,10 +176,7 @@ class YumHistory:
+ self._conn = None
+
+ self.conf = yum.misc.GenericHolder()
+- if not os.path.normpath(db_path).startswith(root):
+- self.conf.db_path = os.path.normpath(root + '/' + db_path)
+- else:
+- self.conf.db_path = os.path.normpath('/' + db_path)
++ self.conf.db_path = db_path
+ self.conf.writable = False
+ self.conf.readable = True
+
+diff --git a/yum/rpmsack.py b/yum/rpmsack.py
+index 878e8d4..1938f1a 100644
+--- a/yum/rpmsack.py
++++ b/yum/rpmsack.py
+@@ -151,13 +151,8 @@ class RPMDBPackageSack(PackageSackBase):
+ self._get_pro_cache = {}
+ self._get_req_cache = {}
+ self._loaded_gpg_keys = False
+- if cachedir is None:
+- cachedir = persistdir + "/rpmdb-indexes"
+- self.setCacheDir(cachedir)
+- if not os.path.normpath(persistdir).startswith(self.root):
+- self._persistdir = root + '/' + persistdir
+- else:
+- self._persistdir = persistdir
++ self._cachedir = persistdir + "/rpmdb-indexes"
++ self._persistdir = persistdir
+ self._have_cached_rpmdbv_data = None
+ self._cached_conflicts_data = None
+ # Store the result of what happens, if a transaction completes.
+@@ -217,14 +212,6 @@ class RPMDBPackageSack(PackageSackBase):
+ self.transactionReset() # Should do nothing, but meh...
+ self._cached_rpmdb_mtime = None
+
+- def setCacheDir(self, cachedir):
+- """ Sets the internal cachedir value for the rpmdb, to be the
+- "rpmdb-indexes" directory in the persisent yum storage. """
+- if not os.path.normpath(cachedir).startswith(self.root):
+- self._cachedir = self.root + '/' + cachedir
+- else:
+- self._cachedir = '/' + cachedir
+-
+ def readOnlyTS(self):
+ if not self.ts:
+ self.ts = initReadOnlyTransaction(root=self.root)
+@@ -861,7 +848,7 @@ class RPMDBPackageSack(PackageSackBase):
+ # http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-maint/2007-November/001719.html
+ # ...if anything gets implemented, we should change.
+ rpmdbvfname = self._cachedir + "/version"
+- rpmdbfname = self.root + "/var/lib/rpm/Packages"
++ rpmdbfname = self.root + rpm.expandMacro("%_dbpath/Packages")
+
+ if os.path.exists(rpmdbvfname) and os.path.exists(rpmdbfname):
+ # See if rpmdb has "changed" ...
+@@ -881,7 +868,7 @@ class RPMDBPackageSack(PackageSackBase):
+ if self._cached_rpmdb_mtime is None:
+ return # We haven't loaded any packages!!!
+
+- rpmdbfname = self.root + "/var/lib/rpm/Packages"
++ rpmdbfname = self.root + rpm.expandMacro("%_dbpath/Packages")
+ if not os.path.exists(rpmdbfname):
+ return # haha
+
+@@ -1104,7 +1091,7 @@ class RPMDBPackageSack(PackageSackBase):
+ self._name2pkg.setdefault(po.name, []).append(po)
+ self._tup2pkg[po.pkgtup] = po
+ if self.__cache_rpmdb__ and self._cached_rpmdb_mtime is None:
+- rpmdbfname = self.root + "/var/lib/rpm/Packages"
++ rpmdbfname = self.root + rpm.expandMacro("%_dbpath/Packages")
+ self._cached_rpmdb_mtime = os.path.getmtime(rpmdbfname)
+
+ return po
+diff --git a/yum/rpmtrans.py b/yum/rpmtrans.py
+index 0340153..a544b9c 100644
+--- a/yum/rpmtrans.py
++++ b/yum/rpmtrans.py
+@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ class RPMTransaction:
+ def _scriptout(self, data):
+ msgs = self._scriptOutput()
+ self.display.scriptout(data, msgs)
+- self.base.history.log_scriptlet_output(data, msgs)
++ try:
++ self.base.history.log_scriptlet_output(data, msgs)
++ except:
++ self.display.errorlog('could not log scriptlet output')
+
+ def __del__(self):
+ self._shutdownOutputLogging()