--- net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/mibgroup/host/hr_swinst.c	2008-05-15 13:05:07.575307614 +0300
+++ net-snmp-5.4.1.hrmib/agent/mibgroup/host/hr_swinst.c	2008-05-15 13:04:24.676830108 +0300
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
 #define	_PATH_HRSW_directory	"/var/db/pkg"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(RPM_HRMIB_PATH)
+#define	_PATH_HRSW_directory	RPM_HRMIB_PATH
+#endif
+
 void
 init_hr_swinst(void)
 {
--- net-snmp-5.6/configure.d/config_os_libs1.orig	2010-10-24 10:37:25.527741043 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.6/configure.d/config_os_libs1	2010-10-24 10:40:56.519744396 +0200
@@ -425,20 +425,34 @@
 #   RPM checks
 #
 ##
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(rpm/rpmlib.h rpm/header.h)
-
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(rpm/rpmlib.h,rpmlib_h=yes,rpmlib_h=no)
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(rpm/header.h,rpmheader_h=yes,rpmheader_h=no)
-
-if test "x$rpmheader_h" = "xno" -o "x$rpmlib_h" = "xno" ; then
-  if test "x$with_rpm" = "xyes" ; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find either the RPM header files needed and was specifically asked to use RPM support])
-  else
-    with_rpm=no
-  fi
+#
+# check if we can use rpm hrmib export
+if test "$with_rpm" != "no" ; then
+       AC_PATH_PROG([RPM], rpm)
+       if test -n "$RPM"; then
+               changequote(, )
+               RPM_HRMIB_PATH=$($RPM -E %{_hrmib_path} | sed -e 's,/[^/]\+$,,')
+               changequote([, ])
+               if test -n "$RPM_HRMIB_PATH"; then
+                       AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([RPM_HRMIB_PATH], ["$RPM_HRMIB_PATH"], [Directory where RPM exports packages hrmib information])
+               fi
+       fi
 fi
+# otherwise try binary linkin
+if test -z "$RPM_HRMIB_PATH"; then
+       AC_CHECK_HEADERS(rpm/rpmlib.h rpm/header.h)
+
+       AC_CHECK_HEADER(rpm/rpmlib.h,rpmlib_h=yes,rpmlib_h=no)
+       AC_CHECK_HEADER(rpm/header.h,rpmheader_h=yes,rpmheader_h=no)
+
+       if test "x$rpmheader_h" = "xno" -o "x$rpmlib_h" = "xno" ; then
+         if test "x$with_rpm" = "xyes" ; then
+               AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find either the RPM header files needed and was specifically asked to use RPM support])
+         else
+               with_rpm=no
+         fi
+       fi
 
-#
 # rpm libraries only needed for the host resources mib software
 # installed tables (on linux in particular)
 #
@@ -490,6 +504,12 @@
     AC_DEFINE([_RPM_4_4_COMPAT], [], [Define if you have RPM 4.6 or newer to turn on legacy API]),
     [[#include <rpm/rpmlib.h>]]
   )
+
+  OLDLIBS=$LIBS
+  LIBS=$LMIBLIBS
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([rpmGetPath])
+  LIBS=$OLDLIBS
+ fi
 fi
 
 ##
--- net-snmp-5.5/configure.d/config_os_functions~	2009-07-26 20:20:55.000000000 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.5/configure.d/config_os_functions	2010-05-12 14:35:39.421276242 +0200
@@ -114,15 +114,6 @@
 #           (Agent)
 ##
 
-#       rpmGetPath check needs clean LIBS environment   (Linux)
-#
-if test "x$with_rpm" != "xno"; then
-    OLDLIBS=$LIBS
-    LIBS=$LMIBLIBS
-    AC_CHECK_FUNCS(rpmGetPath)
-    LIBS=$OLDLIBS
-fi
-
 #       statfs( char *, struct fs_data* )               (Ultrix)
 #
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([[for two-argument statfs with struct fs_data (Ultrix)]])
--- net-snmp-5.6/agent/mibgroup/host/data_access/swinst_pkginfo.c~	2010-01-26 23:24:14.000000000 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.6/agent/mibgroup/host/data_access/swinst_pkginfo.c	2010-12-16 00:13:22.027247692 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 {
 #if defined(PKGLOC)
     snprintf( pkg_directory, SNMP_MAXPATH, "%s", PKGLOC );
+#elif defined(RPM_HRMIB_PATH)
+    snprintf( pkg_directory, SNMP_MAXPATH, "%s", RPM_HRMIB_PATH);
 #elif defined(hpux9)
     snprintf( pkg_directory, SNMP_MAXPATH, "/system" );
 #elif defined(hpux10) ||  defined(hpux11) 
--- net-snmp-5.6/agent/mibgroup/host/data_access/swinst.h	2010-12-16 00:14:13.634392176 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.6/agent/mibgroup/host/data_access/swinst.h	2010-12-16 01:27:48.195543278 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #ifndef NETSNMP_ACCESS_SWINST_CONFIG_H
 #define NETSNMP_ACCESS_SWINST_CONFIG_H
 
+// quick fix: this file is consulted before RPM_HRMIB_PATH check is made in configure, hardcode a define for now
+#define RPM_HRMIB_PATH "/var/cache/hrmib"
+
+
 /*
  * all platforms use this generic code
  */
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     config_require(host/data_access/swinst_apt)
 #elif defined( HAVE_LIBRPM ) && defined( linux )
     config_require(host/data_access/swinst_rpm)
-#elif defined( HAVE_PKGLOCS_H ) || defined( hpux9 ) || defined( hpux10 ) || defined( hpux11 ) || defined( freebsd2 ) || defined( linux ) || defined( openbsd )
+#elif defined( HAVE_PKGLOCS_H ) || defined( RPM_HRMIB_PATH ) || defined( hpux9 ) || defined( hpux10 ) || defined( hpux11 ) || defined( freebsd2 ) || defined( linux ) || defined( openbsd )
     config_require(host/data_access/swinst_pkginfo)
 #else
     config_warning(This platform does not yet support hrSWInstalledTable rewrites)