diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dbdbe9b2..5db2a56b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ SYMBOLS: $(LIB_A)
 
 check_symversion:
 	$(symversion) | diff SYMBOLS - | sed '/^</ !d'
+
+blah:
+	@echo RPM_VERSION = $(RPM_VERSION)
+	@echo DIST_VERSION = $(DIST_VERSION)
+
diff --git a/make/rpmdist.mk b/make/rpmdist.mk
index 36a5857a..a36ab7f7 100644
--- a/make/rpmdist.mk
+++ b/make/rpmdist.mk
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ cpfiles.dist: src-dir.dist $(LOCAL_MKSPEC_SH)
 
 $(DIST_PCKG_SRPM): $(DIST_PCKG_DIR)/$(PCKG_TAR)
 	$(RPMBUILD) -ts $<
-	cp $(SRPMS_DIR)/$(notdir $@) $@
+	cp $(SRPMS_DIR)/$(PCKG_RPM_SRC) $(dir $@)/
 
 $(DIST_PCKG_RPM): $(DIST_PCKG_DIR)/$(PCKG_TAR)
 	if [ $< -nt $(RPMS_DIR)/$(notdir $@) ]; then $(RPMBUILD) -tb $<; fi
-	cp $(RPMS_DIR)/$(notdir $@) $@
+	cp $(RPMS_DIR)/$(PCKG_RPM_RUN_I386) $(dir $@)/
 
 $(DIST_PCKG_DIR)/CURRENT_%: $(TOPDIR)/VERSION
 	echo $(CURRENT_$*) > $@
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ rpm-check-release:
 	fi
 
 rpm-release: rpm-update-release
-	@if [ "$(LAST_RPM_VERSION)" != "$(RPM_VERSION)" ]; then \
+	@if ! grep -q "^$(LAST_RPM_VERSION)\$" VERSION; then \
 		$(check_cvs_sync) ;\
-		echo "+ version $(RPM_VERSION) doesn't match latest relea$(SED) rpm version "\
+		echo "+ version $(RPM_VERSION) doesn't match latest released rpm version "\
 			"$(LAST_RPM_VERSION), building a new release" ;\
 		make rpm-clean update-repo.dist || exit 1;\
 		cp VERSION $(LAST_RPM_VERSION_FILE) ;\
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ rpm-release: rpm-update-release
 		fi ;\
 		cvs commit -m "o `$(CAT) $(LAST_RPM_VERSION_FILE)`" $(LAST_RPM_VERSION_FILE) ;\
 	else \
-		echo "+ version matches latest relea$(SED) rpm version" ;\
+		echo "+ version matches latest released rpm version" ;\
 	fi
 
 # doesn't work