--- 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-5.5/configure.d/config_os_libs~	2010-05-12 14:31:17.751301337 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.5/configure.d/config_os_libs	2010-05-12 14:34:11.694627717 +0200
@@ -261,20 +261,34 @@
 #   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$with_rpm" = "xyes" ; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find either the RPM header files needed and was specifically asked to use RPM support])
-  else
-    with_rpm=no
-  fi
-fi
-
 #
+# check if we can use rpm hrmib export                                                                                                                      
+if test "$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)
 #
@@ -319,7 +333,14 @@
     LMIBLIBS="$_rpmlibs $LMIBLIBS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/usr/include/rpm"
   ],, $LMIBLIBS, _rpmlibs)
-fi
+  OLDLIBS=$LIBS                                                                                                                                             
+  LIBS=$LMIBLIBS                                                                                                                                            
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(rpmGetPath)                                                                                                                                
+  LIBS=$OLDLIBS
+
+ fi
+
+fi # with rpmlib
 
 ##
 #   mysql
--- 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
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@
 #           (Agent)
 ##
 
-#       rpmGetPath check needs clean LIBS environment   (Linux)
-#
-if test "x$with_rpm" != "xno" && \
-        echo " $module_list " | $GREP " host/hr_swinst " > /dev/null; then
-    OLDLIBS=$LIBS
-    LIBS=$LMIBLIBS
-    AC_CHECK_FUNCS(rpmGetPath)
-    LIBS=$OLDLIBS
-fi
 
 #       statfs( char *, struct fs_data* )               (Ultrix)
 #