--- bash_completion/bash_completion	2005-01-04 08:37:42.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/bash_completion	2006-01-02 20:18:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -1718,12 +1723,16 @@
 {
 	local i
 
-	if [ -r /var/log/rpmpkgs -a \
-		/var/log/rpmpkgs -nt /var/lib/rpm/Packages ]; then
+	# refresh cache if writable
+	if [ -w /var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt -a /var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt -ot /var/lib/rpm/Packages ]; then
+		rpm -qa $nodig $nosig --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}.rpm\n' | LC_ALL=C sort > /var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt
+	fi
+
+	if [ -r /var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt -a /var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt -nt /var/lib/rpm/Packages ]; then
 		# using RHL 7.2 or later - this is quicker than querying the DB
 		COMPREPLY=( $( sed -ne \
 		's|^\('$cur'.*\)-[0-9a-zA-Z._]\+-[0-9a-z.@]\+.*\.rpm$|\1|p' \
-				/var/log/rpmpkgs ) )
+				/var/cache/rpmpkgs.txt ) )
 	else
 		COMPREPLY=( $( rpm -qa $nodig $nosig | sed -ne \
 		's|^\('$cur'.*\)-[0-9a-zA-Z._]\+-[0-9a-z.@]\+$|\1|p' ) )