diff -up rpm-4.4.2.3-rc1/lib/depends.c.no-limit rpm-4.4.2.3-rc1/lib/depends.c

--- rpm-4.4.2.3-rc1/lib/depends.c.no-limit	2008-03-12 08:40:08.000000000 +0200

+++ rpm-4.4.2.3-rc1/lib/depends.c	2008-03-12 08:58:15.000000000 +0200

@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ int rpmtsOrder(rpmts ts)

     int numOrderList;

     int npeer = 128;	/* XXX more than deep enough for now. */

     int * peer = memset(alloca(npeer*sizeof(*peer)), 0, (npeer*sizeof(*peer)));

-    int nrescans = 10;

+    int nrescans = 0;

     int _printed = 0;

     char deptypechar;

     size_t tsbytes;

@@ -1563,8 +1563,10 @@ rescan:

 	/* If a relation was eliminated, then continue sorting. */

 	/* XXX TODO: add control bit. */

-	if (nzaps && nrescans-- > 0) {

-	    rpmMessage(RPMMESS_DEBUG, _("========== continuing tsort ...\n"));

+	if (nzaps > 0) {

+	    rpmMessage(RPMMESS_DEBUG, 

+		       _("========== continuing tsort ... (rescan %d)\n"),

+		       ++nrescans);

 	    goto rescan;

 	}