diff -ur rpm-4.0.2/rpmqv.c rpm-4.0.2-test/rpmqv.c
--- rpm-4.0.2/rpmqv.c	Mon Mar 12 19:20:29 2001
+++ rpm-4.0.2-test/rpmqv.c	Fri May 24 20:46:26 2002
@@ -1358,6 +1358,8 @@
 	  case 'b':
 	    ba->buildAmount |= RPMBUILD_PACKAGEBINARY;
 	    ba->buildAmount |= RPMBUILD_CLEAN;
+	    if ((ba->buildChar == 'b') && ba->shortCircuit)
+		break;
 	    /*@fallthrough@*/
 	  case 'i':
 	    ba->buildAmount |= RPMBUILD_INSTALL;