diff -ur rpm-4.4.1/lib/rpmlock.c rpm-4.4.1-lock-in-root/lib/rpmlock.c
--- rpm-4.4.1/lib/rpmlock.c	2005-01-26 16:41:43.000000000 +0300
+++ rpm-4.4.1-lock-in-root/lib/rpmlock.c	2005-09-28 13:58:39.000000000 +0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 } * rpmlock;
 
 /*@null@*/
-static rpmlock rpmlock_new(/*@unused@*/ const char *rootdir)
+static rpmlock rpmlock_new(const char *rootdir)
 	/*@globals fileSystem @*/
 	/*@modifies fileSystem @*/
 {
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@
 	    char * t = rpmExpand(rpmlock_path_default, NULL);
 	    if (t == NULL || *t == '\0' || *t == '%')
 		t = RPMLOCK_PATH;
-	    rpmlock_path = xstrdup(t);
+	    if ( (rootdir == NULL) || (*rootdir == '\0') ||
+			((rootdir[0] == '/') && (rootdir[1] == '\0')) ) {
+		rpmlock_path = xstrdup(t);
+	    }
+	    else {
+		rpmlock_path = (char *)malloc(strlen(rootdir) + strlen(t) + 1);
+		strcpy(rpmlock_path, rootdir);
+		strcat(rpmlock_path, t);
+	    }
 	    t = _free(t);
 	}
 	if (lock != NULL) {