--- rpm-5.4.10/rpmio/rpmdav.c.dl_error~	2012-07-06 17:39:19.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-5.4.10/rpmio/rpmdav.c	2012-07-11 19:49:00.504968365 +0200
@@ -1722,6 +1722,7 @@ int davReq(FD_t ctrl, const char * httpC
 {
     urlinfo u;
     int rc = 0;
+    const ne_status *status;
 
 assert(ctrl != NULL);
     u = (urlinfo) ctrl->u;
@@ -1789,10 +1790,24 @@ assert(ctrl->req != NULL);
     }
 
 /* XXX somewhere else instead? */
-if (_dav_debug) {
-    const ne_status *status = ne_get_status((ne_request *)ctrl->req);
-fprintf(stderr, "HTTP request sent, awaiting response... %d %s\n", status->code, status->reason_phrase);
-}
+    status = ne_get_status((ne_request *)ctrl->req);
+    if (_dav_debug)
+	fprintf(stderr, "HTTP request sent, awaiting response... %d %s\n", status->code, status->reason_phrase);
+
+    switch (status->code) {
+	case 200:
+	case 201:			/* 201 Created. */
+	    break;
+	case 204:			/* HACK: if overwriting, 204 No Content. */
+	case 403:			/* 403 Forbidden. */
+	    rc = FTPERR_UNKNOWN;
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    rc = FTPERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
+	    break;
+    }
+    if (rc || _dav_debug)
+	fprintf(stderr, "HTTP request sent, awaiting response... %d %s\n", status->code, status->reason_phrase);
 
     if (rc)
 	goto errxit;
--- rpm-5.4.10/rpmio/rpmio.c.dl_error~	2012-07-06 17:39:19.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-5.4.10/rpmio/rpmio.c	2012-07-11 19:47:59.396732322 +0200
@@ -2306,9 +2306,12 @@ fprintf(stderr, "*** ufdOpen(%s,0x%x,0%o
 	u->openError = httpReq(fd, cmd, path);
 #endif
 	if (u->openError < 0) {
+	    /* XXX rpmdav doesn't behave consistently with the rest...*/
+#ifndef WITH_NEON
 	    /* XXX make sure that we can exit through ufdClose */
-	    fd = fdLink(fd, "error ctrl (ufdOpen HTTP)");
-	    fd = fdLink(fd, "error data (ufdOpen HTTP)");
+	    fd = u->ctrl = fdLink(fd, "error ctrl (ufdOpen HTTP)");
+	    fd = u->data = fdLink(fd, "error data (ufdOpen HTTP)");
+#endif
 	} else {
 	    fd->bytesRemain = ((!strcmp(cmd, "GET"))
 		?  fd->contentLength : -1);