diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
index 5e7640af57..9c498fa288 100644
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-09	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
+
+	* common/common.add.in: Add %define __os_install_post %{nil} to
+	work around rpm-4.2 choking on foreign file types.
+
 2003-04-18	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* ChangeLog, gcc3newlib/gccnewlib.add, gdb/Makefile.am: Merged from
diff --git a/scripts/common/common.add.in b/scripts/common/common.add.in
index 9b977d6692..091c926b6d 100644
--- a/scripts/common/common.add.in
+++ b/scripts/common/common.add.in
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 %define _exeext %{nil}
 %endif
 
+# Work around to a bug in rpm-4.2
+%define __os_install_post	%{nil}
+
 Vendor: 	OARCorp
 Distribution: 	Linux