diff -urN poldek-0.18.8.org/pkgfl.c poldek-0.18.8/pkgfl.c
--- poldek-0.18.8.org/pkgfl.c	2004-12-30 13:05:22.000000000 +0100
+++ poldek-0.18.8/pkgfl.c	2005-04-21 22:06:58.126819592 +0200
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
     tn_buf *nbuf;
     tn_buf_it nbufi;
     uint32_t size;
-    char *buf;
+    char *buf, dummy;
     
     if (fread(&size, sizeof(size), 1, stream) != 1)
         return NULL;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
     fl = pkgfl_restore(&nbufi, dirs, include);
     n_buf_free(nbuf);
     
-    fseek(stream, 1, SEEK_CUR); /* skip final '\n' */
+    fread(&dummy, 1, 1, stream); /* skip final '\n' */
 
     return fl;
 }
@@ -557,12 +557,18 @@
 int pkgfl_skip_f(FILE *stream) 
 {
     uint32_t size;
+    char *buf;
     
     if (fread(&size, sizeof(size), 1, stream) != 1)
         return 0;
     
     size = ntoh32(size);
-    fseek(stream, size + 1, SEEK_CUR);
+    buf = malloc(size + 1);
+    if (buf)
+    	fread(buf, 1, size + 1, stream);
+    else
+	fseek(stream, size + 1, SEEK_CUR);
+    free(buf);
     return 1;
 }
 
diff -urN poldek-0.18.8.org/pkgu.c poldek-0.18.8/pkgu.c
--- poldek-0.18.8.org/pkgu.c	2002-05-15 17:42:48.000000000 +0200
+++ poldek-0.18.8/pkgu.c	2005-04-21 22:47:36.188177928 +0200
@@ -180,11 +180,36 @@
     void *rawhdr;
     Header hdr;
 
-    if (offset > 0)
-        if (fseek(stream, offset, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
-            logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: fseek %ld: %m", offset);
-            return NULL;
-        }
+    if (offset > 0) {
+	long currseek = ftell(stream);
+    	char *buf = NULL;
+    	if (currseek == -1) {
+	    logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: ftell %ld: %m", currseek);
+	    return NULL;
+	}
+	if (offset >= currseek) {
+	    currseek = offset - currseek;
+	    if (currseek) {
+		buf = malloc(currseek);
+		if (!buf) {
+		    logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: malloc: %m");
+		    return NULL;
+		}
+		if (fread(buf, 1, currseek, stream) != currseek) {
+		    logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: fread error currseek: at %ld %p",
+			   ftell(stream), stream);
+		    return NULL;
+		}
+		free(buf);
+	    }
+	} else {
+
+	    if (fseek(stream, offset, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+		logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: fseek %ld: %m", offset);
+		return NULL;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
     
     if (fread(&nlangs, sizeof(nlangs), 1, stream) != 1) {
         logn(LOGERR, "pkguinf_restore: read error nlangs (%m) at %ld %p",
@@ -239,8 +264,8 @@
 {
     uint16_t nsize, nlangs;
 
-    fseek(stream, sizeof(nlangs), SEEK_CUR);
-    if (fread(&nsize, sizeof(nsize), 1, stream) != 1) {
+    if ((fread(&nlangs, sizeof(nlangs), 1, stream) != 1) ||
+	(fread(&nsize, sizeof(nsize), 1, stream) != 1)) {
         nsize = 0;
     } else {
         nsize = ntoh16(nsize);
diff -urN poldek-0.18.8.org/trurlib/nstream.c poldek-0.18.8/trurlib/nstream.c
--- poldek-0.18.8.org/trurlib/nstream.c	2004-05-06 09:57:45.000000000 +0200
+++ poldek-0.18.8/trurlib/nstream.c	2005-04-21 22:04:22.622459848 +0200
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@
     z_off_t rc, off = *offset;
     
     rc = gzseek(stream, off, whence);
-    if (rc >= 0)
+    if (rc >= 0) {
+	*offset = rc;
         rc = 0;
+    }
 #if ZLIB_TRACE
     printf("zfseek (%p, %ld, %lld, %d) = %d\n", stream, off, *offset, whence, rc);
 #endif    
@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@
                     
                 } else {
                     st->stream = stream;
-                    fseek(st->stream, 0, SEEK_SET); /* glibc BUG (?) */
+                    fseek(st->stream, 0, SEEK_SET); /* XXX glibc BUG (?) */
                     st->type = type;
                 };
                 break;
diff -urN poldek-0.18.8.org/vfile/vfile.c poldek-0.18.8/vfile/vfile.c
--- poldek-0.18.8.org/vfile/vfile.c	2004-02-26 19:22:28.000000000 +0100
+++ poldek-0.18.8/vfile/vfile.c	2005-04-21 22:04:22.630458632 +0200
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@
     z_off_t rc, off = *offset;
     
     rc = gzseek(stream, off, whence);
-    if (rc >= 0)
+    if (rc >= 0) {
+	*offset = rc;
         rc = 0;
+    }
 #if ZLIB_TRACE
     printf("zfseek (%p, %ld, %lld, %d) = %d\n", stream, off, *offset, whence, rc);
 #endif    
@@ -344,7 +346,16 @@
                 vf->vf_stream = fopencookie(gzstream, mode, gzio_cookie);
                 if (vf->vf_stream != NULL) {
                     rc = 1;
-                    fseek(vf->vf_stream, 0, SEEK_SET); /* glibc BUG (?) */
+		    vf->vf_buf = malloc(128); /* use small buffer to avoid reverse gzseeks on small forward fseeks */
+		    if(vf->vf_buf == NULL)
+			vfile_err_fn("buffer malloc failed for %s\n", CL_URL(path));
+		    else
+			if(setvbuf(vf->vf_stream, vf->vf_buf, _IOFBF, 128) != 0) {
+			    vfile_err_fn("setvbuf failed for %s\n", CL_URL(path));
+			    free(vf->vf_buf);
+			    vf->vf_buf = NULL;
+			}
+                    fseek(vf->vf_stream, 0, SEEK_SET); /* XXX glibc BUG (?) */
                 } else
                     vfile_err_fn("fopencookie %s: hgw error\n", CL_URL(path));
 
@@ -484,6 +495,7 @@
     vf.vf_type = vftype;
     vf.vf_mode = vfmode;
     vf.vf_flags = 0;
+    vf.vf_buf = NULL;
     
     urltype = vf_url_type(path);
     opened = 0;
@@ -681,6 +693,8 @@
         free(vf->vf_tmpath);
         vf->vf_tmpath = NULL;
     }
+    if (vf->vf_buf)
+	free(vf->vf_buf);
     memset(vf, 0, sizeof(*vf));
     free(vf);
 }
diff -urN poldek-0.18.8.org/vfile/vfile.h poldek-0.18.8/vfile/vfile.h
--- poldek-0.18.8.org/vfile/vfile.h	2004-06-08 15:57:03.000000000 +0200
+++ poldek-0.18.8/vfile/vfile.h	2005-04-21 22:04:22.634458024 +0200
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 
     char          *vf_path;
     char          *vf_tmpath;
+    char          *vf_buf;
     int16_t       _refcnt;
 };