diff -r 8d3b1ddf789c -r 8b50be3e2998 plover-gtk/packageset.c
--- a/plover-gtk/packageset.c	Sat Feb 20 12:11:02 2010 +0000
+++ b/plover-gtk/packageset.c	Fri Apr 30 20:37:08 2010 +0100
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     struct razor_root *root;
     struct razor_set *set;
     GSList *packages;
+    int no_details;
 } PloverPackageSetPrivate;
 
 #define PLOVER_PACKAGE_SET_GET_PRIVATE(obj)\
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@
 
 static void plover_package_set_init(PloverPackageSet *set)
 {
+    PloverPackageSetPrivate *priv;
+    priv=PLOVER_PACKAGE_SET_GET_PRIVATE(set);
+    priv->no_details=-1;
 }
 
 PloverPackageSet *plover_package_set_new(void)
@@ -118,27 +122,60 @@
 }
 
 PloverPackageSet *plover_package_set_new_from_repository(const char *base,
-  GError **err)
+  struct razor_relocations *relocations,GError **err)
 {
+#if HAVE_FCHDIR
     int fd;
+#else
+    size_t wd_len;
+    char *wd;
+#endif
     gchar *s;
+    struct razor_set *reloc;
     PloverPackageSet *set;
     PloverPackageSetPrivate *priv;
     set=plover_package_set_new();
     priv=PLOVER_PACKAGE_SET_GET_PRIVATE(set);
+#if HAVE_FCHDIR
     fd=open(".",O_RDONLY);
+#else
+    wd_len=32;
+    wd=malloc(wd_len);
+    while (!getcwd(wd,wd_len) && errno==ERANGE)
+    {
+	free(wd);
+	wd_len*=2;
+	wd=malloc(wd_len);
+    }
+#endif
     s=g_build_filename(base,"repodata",NULL);
     if (chdir(s)<0)
     {
 	g_set_error(err,G_FILE_ERROR,g_file_error_from_errno(errno),
 	  "%s: %s",s,g_strerror(errno));
 	g_object_unref(set);
+#if HAVE_FCHDIR
+	close(fd);
+#else
+	free(wd);
+#endif
 	return NULL;
     }
     g_free(s);
     priv->set=plover_razor_set_create_from_yum("..");
+#if HAVE_FCHDIR
     fchdir(fd);
     close(fd);
+#else
+    chdir(wd);
+    free(wd);
+#endif
+    if (priv->set && relocations)
+    {
+	reloc=plover_relocate_packages(priv->set,base,relocations);
+	razor_set_destroy(priv->set);
+	priv->set=reloc;
+    }
     if (!priv->set)
     {
 	g_set_error(err,PLOVER_RAZOR_ERROR,PLOVER_RAZOR_ERROR_FAILED,
@@ -169,3 +206,44 @@
     }
     return priv->packages;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Some versions of razor have a bug which causes all detail strings
+ * to be discarded. If such a version of razor is used to install or
+ * update a package, then all the detail strings for the installed
+ * set will be lost. This function tests for this condition and can
+ * be used to present something more useful than blank details.
+ */
+
+gboolean plover_package_set_get_no_details(PloverPackageSet *set)
+{
+    PloverPackageSetPrivate *priv;
+    PloverPackage *package;
+    GSList *packages,*link;
+    g_return_val_if_fail(PLOVER_IS_PACKAGE_SET(set),FALSE);
+    priv=PLOVER_PACKAGE_SET_GET_PRIVATE(set);
+    if (priv->no_details<0)
+    {
+	packages=plover_package_set_get_packages(set);
+	if (packages)
+	{
+	    priv->no_details=0;
+	    for(link=packages;link;link=link->next)
+	    {
+		package=link->data;
+		priv->no_details+=2;
+		if (*plover_package_get_summary(package))
+		    priv->no_details--;
+		if (*plover_package_get_license(package))
+		    priv->no_details--;
+		if (*plover_package_get_description(package))
+		    priv->no_details--;
+		if (*plover_package_get_URL(package))
+		    priv->no_details--;
+	    }
+	    if (priv->no_details<0)	/* More than 50% of strings present */
+		priv->no_details=0;
+	}
+    }
+    return priv->no_details>0;
+}