--- rpm-4.1/rpmdb/header.c.wiget2	Thu Sep 19 00:47:29 2002
+++ rpm-4.1/rpmdb/header.c	Thu Sep 19 00:52:10 2002
@@ -1645,7 +1645,8 @@
 	if (ed_weak) return (char *) ed_weak;
     }
 
-    return (char *) entry->data;
+/* when everything fail, try gettext */
+    return ((entry->data != NULL) && *(char*)(entry->data)) ? _(entry->data) : (char *) entry->data;
 }
 
 /**