diff -Nur rpm-4.0.2.mis/lib/rpminstall.c rpm-4.0.2/lib/rpminstall.c
--- rpm-4.0.2.mis/lib/rpminstall.c	Wed Oct 10 18:38:55 2001
+++ rpm-4.0.2/lib/rpminstall.c	Wed Oct 10 18:39:43 2001
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 #ifdef FANCY_HASH
            int i;
            progressCurrent++;
-           for (i = 1; i < hashesPrinted; i++) putchar ('#');
+           if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
+               for (i = 1; i < hashesPrinted; i++) putchar ('#');
            printf (" [%3d%%]\n", (int)(100 * (progressTotal ?
                (((float) progressCurrent) / progressTotal) : 1)));
 #else
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@
 #ifdef FANCY_HASH
                if (isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
                    fprintf(stdout, "%4d:%-23.23s", progressCurrent + 1, s);
-              else
+               else
+                   fprintf(stdout, "%-28s", s);
 #else
                    fprintf(stdout, "%-28s", s);
 #endif