diff --git a/rpm-4.4.2-devel-autodep.patch b/rpm-4.4.2-devel-autodep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3936ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-4.4.2-devel-autodep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+--- rpm-4.4.2/build/rpmfc.c	2006-04-27 21:35:41.000000000 -0400
++++ rpm/build/rpmfc.c	2006-04-27 21:33:48.000000000 -0400
+@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
+   { "ASCII text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
+   { "ISO-8859 text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
+ 
+-  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK },
++  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
+   { "socket",			RPMFC_DEVICE },
+   { "special",			RPMFC_DEVICE },
+ 
+@@ -642,6 +642,103 @@
+ }
+ 
+ /**
++ * Ensure that symlinks for shared libs generate a dep on the shared lib
++ * @param fc            file classifier
++ * @return              0 on success
++ */
++static int rpmfcSYMLINK(rpmfc fc)
++{
++    const char * fn = fc->fn[fc->ix];
++    struct stat sb;
++    int fdno;
++
++    if (stat(fn, &sb) < 0)
++	return -1;
++    if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode))
++        return -1;
++    
++    fdno = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
++    if (fdno < 0) {
++	return fdno;
++    }
++
++#if HAVE_GELF_H && HAVE_LIBELF
++    Elf * elf = NULL;
++    GElf_Ehdr ehdr_mem, * ehdr;
++    int isElf64;
++    int i, cnt;
++    char * soname = NULL;
++    char buf[BUFSIZ];
++    char * t;
++    rpmds ds;
++
++    (void) elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
++    elf = NULL;
++    if ((elf = elf_begin (fdno, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL)) == NULL
++        || elf_kind(elf) != ELF_K_ELF
++        || (ehdr = gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr_mem)) == NULL
++        || ehdr->e_type != ET_DYN)
++	goto exit;
++
++    isElf64 = ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64;
++
++    for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i) {
++      GElf_Phdr phdr_mem;
++      GElf_Phdr *phdr = gelf_getphdr (elf, i, &phdr_mem);
++      GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;
++      Elf_Data * data = NULL;
++      Elf_Scn * scn;
++      GElf_Shdr *shdr;
++
++      if (phdr == NULL || phdr->p_type != PT_DYNAMIC)
++          continue;
++
++      scn = gelf_offscn(elf, phdr->p_offset);
++      shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);
++
++      if (shdr != NULL && shdr->sh_type == SHT_DYNAMIC)
++          data = elf_getdata (scn, NULL);
++      if (data == NULL)
++          continue; 
++          
++      for (cnt = 0; cnt < shdr->sh_size / shdr->sh_entsize; ++cnt) {
++          GElf_Dyn dynmem;
++          GElf_Dyn *dyn = gelf_getdyn (data, cnt, &dynmem);
++          if (dyn == NULL)
++              break;
++          if (dyn->d_tag != DT_SONAME)
++              continue;
++
++          /* add the soname to package deps */
++          soname = elf_strptr(elf, shdr->sh_link, dyn->d_un.d_val);
++          if (soname == NULL)
++              break;
++          buf[0] = '\0';
++          t = buf;
++          t = stpcpy(t, soname);
++#if !defined(__alpha__)
++          if (isElf64)
++              t = stpcpy(t, "()(64bit)");
++#endif
++          t++;
++          /* Add to package dependencies. */
++          ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME,
++                           buf, "", RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES);
++          rpmdsMerge(&fc->requires, ds);
++          rpmfcSaveArg(&fc->ddict, rpmfcFileDep(t, fc->ix, ds));
++          ds = rpmdsFree(ds);
++          break;
++      }
++    }
++exit:
++    if (elf) (void) elf_end(elf);
++    close(fdno);
++    return 0;
++#endif
++    return -1;
++}
++
++/**
+  * Extract script dependencies.
+  * @param fc		file classifier
+  * @return		0 on success
+@@ -1069,6 +1166,7 @@
+     { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_PERL) },
+     { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_PYTHON) },
+     { rpmfcSCRIPT,      RPMFC_MONO },
++    { rpmfcSYMLINK,     RPMFC_SYMLINK },
+     { NULL, 0 }
+ };
+ 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 8568889..95d12bb 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Name: rpm
 %define version 4.4.2
 Version: %{version}
 %{expand: %%define rpm_version %{version}}
-Release: 20
+Release: 21
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source: ftp://wraptastic.org/pub/rpm-4.4.x/rpm-%{rpm_version}.tar.gz
 Source1: mono-find-provides
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Patch21: rpm-4.4.2-userlock.patch
 Patch22: rpm-4.4.2-vercmp.patch
 Patch23: rpm-4.4.2-doxy.patch
 Patch24: rpm-4.4.2-trust.patch
+Patch25: rpm-4.4.2-devel-autodep.patch
 License: GPL
 Conflicts: patch < 2.5
 %ifos linux
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ shell-like rules.
 %patch22 -p1 -b .vercmp
 %patch23 -p1 -b .doxy
 %patch24 -p1 -b .trust
+%patch25 -p1 -b .develdeps
 
 %build
 
@@ -307,7 +309,6 @@ exit 0
 
 %post
 %ifos linux
-/sbin/ldconfig
 
 # Establish correct rpmdb ownership.
 /bin/chown rpm.rpm /var/lib/rpm/[A-Z]*
@@ -325,7 +326,6 @@ exit 0
 
 %ifos linux
 %postun
-/sbin/ldconfig
 if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
     /usr/sbin/userdel rpm
     /usr/sbin/groupdel rpm
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ exit 0
 %post devel -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun devel -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
+%post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
 %post -n popt -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n popt -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %endif
@@ -576,6 +579,11 @@ exit 0
 %{__includedir}/popt.h
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 28 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-21
+- run ldconfig in -libs subpackage %%post, not main package
+- add patch to generate shared lib deps by following symlinks so that 
+  -devel packages sanely depend on main libs
+
 * Thu Apr 27 2006 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-20
 - Update --trusted stubs for rpmk breakage