diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/HACKING-HOWTO b/Documentation/Developers/HACKING-HOWTO
index 9061a0708..e868f8d6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/HACKING-HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/HACKING-HOWTO
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ Packages.new file and renaming it to Packages. E.g.:
 
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_TRG_GENERIC_BUILDSF != 1 ] ; then
                 awk '$4 != "sourceforge" { print }' \
-			< config/$config/packages \
-			> config/$config/packages.new
-                mv config/$config/packages.new config/$config/packages
+			< config/$config.$swpid/packages \
+			> config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
+                mv config/$config.$swpid/packages.new config/$config.$swpid/packages
         fi
 
 The packages file is blank-separated and easy to parse with grep, sed and awk.
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ Because of the 'counter' field, categories and flags are always pre- and
 postfixed with a ' '. So you can e.g. easy remove all not dietlibc-ready
 packages with a command like:
 
-	grep ' DIETLIBC ' < config/$config/packages \
-				> config/$config/packages.new
+	grep ' DIETLIBC ' < config/$config.$swpid/packages \
+				> config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
 
 Read the existing config.in files for details.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/i18n/Spanish/HACKING-HOWTO.es b/Documentation/i18n/Spanish/HACKING-HOWTO.es
index 32ebe92cb..8d2c5fe6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/i18n/Spanish/HACKING-HOWTO.es
+++ b/Documentation/i18n/Spanish/HACKING-HOWTO.es
@@ -762,9 +762,9 @@ ejemplo:
 
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_TRG_GENERIC_BUILDSF != 1 ] ; then
                 awk '$4 != "sourceforge" { print }' \
-			< config/$config/packages \
-			> config/$config/packages.new
-                mv config/$config/packages.new config/$config/packages
+			< config/$config.$swpid/packages \
+			> config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
+                mv config/$config.$swpid/packages.new config/$config.$swpid/packages
         fi
 
 EL fichero de paquetes esta separado por blancos y es facil de analizar con 
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ C
 precedidas de un ' ', puedes de forma sencilla borrar todos los paquetes menos
 dietlibc-ready con un comando como:
 
-	grep ' DIETLIBC ' < config/$config/packages \
-				> config/$config/packages.new
+	grep ' DIETLIBC ' < config/$config.$swpid/packages \
+				> config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
 
 Leete los ficheros config.in que hay para más detalles.
 
diff --git a/misc/jailing/config.in b/misc/jailing/config.in
index 487db3525..5ce53180d 100644
--- a/misc/jailing/config.in
+++ b/misc/jailing/config.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ menu_begin MENU_JAILING 'Chroot-Jailing Options'
 		fi
 		comment "-- Packages --"
 		for y in `grep '^X.* JAIL ' \
-				config/$config/packages | cut -d' ' -f5`
+				config/$config.$swpid/packages | cut -d' ' -f5`
 		do
 			bool "Enable jailing in package $y" \
 						ROCKCFG_JAILING_$y 1
diff --git a/package/avm/bootsplash/config.in b/package/avm/bootsplash/config.in
index 85e53b711..b2934126b 100644
--- a/package/avm/bootsplash/config.in
+++ b/package/avm/bootsplash/config.in
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ then
 		
 		if [ $ROCKCFG_KERNEL_BOOTSPLASH == '1' ]; then
 			for x in CONFIG_FBCON_SPLASHSCREEN ; do
-				grep -s -v $x config/$config/linux.cfg > config/$config/linux.cfg.$$
-				echo "$x=y" >> config/$config/linux.cfg.$$
-				mv config/$config/linux.cfg.$$ config/$config/linux.cfg
+				grep -s -v $x config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg > config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$
+				echo "$x=y" >> config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$
+				mv config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$ config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg
 			done
 		else
 			for x in CONFIG_FBCON_SPLASHSCREEN ; do
-				grep -s -v $x config/$config/linux.cfg > config/$config/linux.cfg.$$
-				# echo "$x=n" >> config/$config/linux.cfg.$$
-				mv config/$config/linux.cfg.$$ config/$config/linux.cfg
+				grep -s -v $x config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg > config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$
+				# echo "$x=n" >> config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$
+				mv config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg.$$ config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg
 			done
 		fi	
 	menu_end
diff --git a/package/base/dietlibc/config-350.in b/package/base/dietlibc/config-350.in
index e8d708519..106fbe252 100644
--- a/package/base/dietlibc/config-350.in
+++ b/package/base/dietlibc/config-350.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ then
 		if [ $ROCKCFG_DIETLIBC_ALL = 0 ]; then
 			block_begin 2
 			pkgout
-			for i in `grep " DIETLIBC " config/$config/packages | \
+			for i in `grep " DIETLIBC " config/$config.$swpid/packages | \
 					cut -f5 -d" " | sort`
 			do
 				x="${i//-/_}" ; x="${x//+/_}"
diff --git a/package/base/linux/config-500.in b/package/base/linux/config-500.in
index 98e9f7326..a857f32e6 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/config-500.in
+++ b/package/base/linux/config-500.in
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ then
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_CUSTCONFIG" = 1 ] ; then
 	    block_begin 3
 		comment 'The kernel config is stored in:'
-		comment "config/$config/linux.cfg"
+		comment "config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg"
 		editfile ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_CUSTCONFIG_FILE \
-			config/$config/linux.cfg \
+			config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg \
 			'Linux kernel build config settings'
 	    block_end
 	else
-		rm -f config/$config/linux.cfg
+		rm -f config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg
 	fi
 
   menu_end
diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.conf b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
index 75ac1d16f..b1dcc39ec 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ auto_config ()
 	cp .config .config.3
 
 	# merge various text/plain config files
-	for x in $base/config/$config/linux.cfg \
+	for x in $base/config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg \
 		 $base/target/$target/kernel.conf ; do
 	   if [ -f $x ] ; then
 		echo "  merging: '$x'"
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ lx_config ()
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_LINUX_CONFIG_STYLE" = none ] ; then
-		echo "Using \$base/config/\$config/linux.cfg."
+		echo "Using \$base/config/\$config.$swpid/linux.cfg."
 		echo "Since automatic generation is disabled ..."
-		cp -v $base/config/$config/linux.cfg .config
+		cp -v $base/config/$config.$swpid/linux.cfg .config
 	else
 		echo "Automatically creating default configuration ...."
 		auto_config
diff --git a/package/base/lprng/config.in b/package/base/lprng/config.in
index 38907db38..8855c366f 100644
--- a/package/base/lprng/config.in
+++ b/package/base/lprng/config.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ menu_begin MENU_PRINTER 'Selecting Print System'
 	pkgout; list=''
 	while read pkg ver ; do
 		list="$list $pkg Use_${pkg}_($ver)_as_standard_printer"
-	done < <(grep "^X .* PRINTER " config/$config/packages | cut -f5,6 -d' ')
+	done < <(grep "^X .* PRINTER " config/$config.$swpid/packages | cut -f5,6 -d' ')
 	list="$list none Do_not_configure_a_default_printer"
 	choice ROCKCFG_DEFAULT_PRINTER none $list
 menu_end
diff --git a/package/base/sendmail/config.in b/package/base/sendmail/config.in
index a9a061111..679e4437a 100644
--- a/package/base/sendmail/config.in
+++ b/package/base/sendmail/config.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ menu_begin MENU_MAILER 'Selecting MTA (mail transfer agent)'
 		default=${default:-$pkg}
 		[ $pkg = sendmail ] && default=sendmail
 		list="$list $pkg Use_${pkg}_($ver)_as_standard_MTA"
-	done < <(grep "^X .* MTA " config/$config/packages | cut -f5,6 -d' ')
+	done < <(grep "^X .* MTA " config/$config.$swpid/packages | cut -f5,6 -d' ')
 	default=${default:-none}
 	list="$list none Do_not_configure_a_default_MTA"
 	choice ROCKCFG_DEFAULT_MTA $default $list
diff --git a/package/mnemoc/boehm-gc/subconfig-libs.in b/package/mnemoc/boehm-gc/subconfig-libs.in
index 3db418466..21b46ae64 100644
--- a/package/mnemoc/boehm-gc/subconfig-libs.in
+++ b/package/mnemoc/boehm-gc/subconfig-libs.in
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ then
 	while read x; do
 		bool "Use it in Objective-C (${x#gcc=})" ROCKCFG_PKG_BOEHMGC_OBJC${x#gcc=gcc} 0
 		bool "Use it in Java (${x#gcc=})" ROCKCFG_PKG_BOEHMGC_JAVA${x#gcc=gcc} 0
-	done < <( grep '^X .* gcc=' config/$config/packages | grep -v cross | cut -d' ' -f 5 )
+	done < <( grep '^X .* gcc=' config/$config.$swpid/packages | grep -v cross | cut -d' ' -f 5 )
 
 fi
diff --git a/package/rene/apache/config.in b/package/rene/apache/config.in
index 8d371aa25..38b06a187 100644
--- a/package/rene/apache/config.in
+++ b/package/rene/apache/config.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ then
 			default="$pkg"
 		fi
 		list="$list $pkg Use_${pkg}_($ver)_as_standard_DB"
-	done < <(grep  "^X .* bdb[0-9 ]*" config/$config/packages | \
+	done < <(grep  "^X .* bdb[0-9 ]*" config/$config.$swpid/packages | \
 	         cut -f5,6 -d' ' | sort)
 
 	if [ "$list" ] ; then
diff --git a/scripts/Config b/scripts/Config
index ce42d9844..cca364386 100755
--- a/scripts/Config
+++ b/scripts/Config
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ if [ $delete_mode = 1 ] ; then
 	exit $?
 fi
 
-if [ $do_config_cycle = 0 ] ; then
-
-	rm -f config.data config.dialog config.out config.help
-	rm -f config.pcache.data config.pcache.cmd
+if [ $do_config_cycle = 0 ]
+then
+	export swpid=swp$$
+	rm -f CONFIg.data.$swpid config.dialog.$swpid config.out.$swpid config.help.$swpid
+	rm -f config.pcache.data.$swpid config.pcache.cmd.$swpid
 	rm -f rockdialog.scrltmp # src/rockdialog.bin
 	mkdir -p src
 
@@ -88,12 +89,12 @@ if [ $do_config_cycle = 0 ] ; then
 		echo "Creating rockdialog tool."
 		command="gcc misc/rockdialog/*.c `
 			`-Imisc/rockdialog -lncurses -o src/rockdialog.bin"
-		echo "$command" ; eval "$command.$$"
-		mv src/rockdialog.bin.$$ src/rockdialog.bin
+		echo "$command" ; eval "$command.$swpid"
+		mv src/rockdialog.bin.$swpid src/rockdialog.bin
 	fi
 
 	echo "Creating configuration script."
-	cat << EOT > src/rockconfig.awk.$$
+	cat << EOT > src/rockconfig.awk.$swpid
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 
 FNR == 1 {
@@ -117,9 +118,9 @@ END {
 \$1 == "#" { next; }
 { print; }
 EOT
-	mv src/rockconfig.awk.$$ src/rockconfig.awk
-	awk -f src/rockconfig.awk scripts/config.in > src/rockconfig.in.$$ 2> /dev/null
-	mv src/rockconfig.in.$$ src/rockconfig.in
+	mv src/rockconfig.awk.$swpid src/rockconfig.awk
+	awk -f src/rockconfig.awk scripts/config.in > src/rockconfig.in.$swpid 2> /dev/null
+	mv src/rockconfig.in.$swpid src/rockconfig.in
 
 	echo "Running ROCK Linux $rockver configuration ..."
 	while "$0" -cfg $config $oldconfig $profile $nobashmod -cycle ; do : ; done
@@ -176,24 +177,27 @@ mkdir -p config/$config
 touch config/$config/config
 touch config/$config/packages
 
+rm -rf config/$config.$swpid
+cp -r config/$config config/$config.$swpid
+
 configtitle="$(printf ' %-50s %6s active packages ]' \
 	"ROCK Linux $rockver Configuration - $config" \
 	"[ $(echo `grep '^X' config/$config/packages | wc -l`)" )"
 
 bprof main stop
-. ./config/$config/config
-if [ -f config/$config/config_usr ]; then
+. ./config/$config.$swpid/config
+if [ -f config/$config.$swpid/config_usr ]; then
 	nousrconfig=0
-	. ./config/$config/config_usr
+	. ./config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 else
 	nousrconfig=1
 fi
 bprof main start
 
-rm -f config.dialog config.data config.help
-touch config.dialog config.data config.help
-echo -e "#\n# ROCK Linux $rockver Config File\n#" > config/$config/config
-echo -e "#\n# ROCK Linux $rockver User Config File\n#" > config/$config/config_usr
+rm -f config.dialog.$swpid config.data.$swpid config.help.$swpid
+touch config.dialog.$swpid config.data.$swpid config.help.$swpid
+echo -e "#\n# ROCK Linux $rockver Config File\n#" > config/$config.$swpid/config
+echo -e "#\n# ROCK Linux $rockver User Config File\n#" > config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 spacer="" ; expert=0 ; tabspace="5" ; tabspace_list=""
 commentnr=0 ; editfilenr=0
 
@@ -202,28 +206,28 @@ cmd="./scripts/Create-PkgList"
 [ "$ROCKCFG_DISABLE_BROKEN" = 1 ] && cmd="$cmd -nobroken"
 cmd="$cmd $ROCKCFG_ARCH"
 
-if [ "$cmd" != "`cat config.pcache.cmd 2> /dev/null`" ] ; then
-	eval "$cmd" | tee config.pcache.data > config/$config/packages
-	echo "$cmd" > config.pcache.cmd
+if [ "$cmd" != "`cat config.pcache.cmd.$swpid 2> /dev/null`" ] ; then
+	eval "$cmd" | tee config.pcache.data.$swpid > config/$config.$swpid/packages
+	echo "$cmd" > config.pcache.cmd.$swpid
 else
-	cat config.pcache.data > config/$config/packages
+	cat config.pcache.data.$swpid > config/$config.$swpid/packages
 fi
 bprof mkpkglist stop
 
 export ROCKCFG_ID="$rockver"; pkgin; . src/rockconfig.in; pkgout
-echo "export ROCKCFG_ID='$ROCKCFG_ID'" >> config/$config/config
-rm -f config/$config/*.tmp
+echo "export ROCKCFG_ID='$ROCKCFG_ID'" >> config/$config.$swpid/config
+rm -f config/$config.$swpid/*.tmp
 
-cut -f1,2,4,5,8- -d' ' config/$config/packages | sed 's, [^ ]*$,,' | \
-tr ' ' '\t' | expand -t2,15,35, > config/$config/packages.txt
+cut -f1,2,4,5,8- -d' ' config/$config.$swpid/packages | sed 's, [^ ]*$,,' | \
+tr ' ' '\t' | expand -t2,15,35, > config/$config.$swpid/packages.txt
 
 for x in ${!ROCKCFGUSR_*}; do
 	eval "echo \"$x='\$$x'\""
-done >> config/$config/config_usr
+done >> config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 
 configtitle="$(printf ' %-50s %6s active packages ]' \
 	"ROCK Linux $rockver Configuration - $config" \
-	"[ $(echo `grep '^X' config/$config/packages | wc -l`)" )"
+	"[ $(echo `grep '^X' config/$config.$swpid/packages | wc -l`)" )"
 
 bprof main stop
 
@@ -232,8 +236,8 @@ if [ -z "$oldconfig" ] ; then
 	--backtitle '$configtitle' \
 	--menu 'Arrow keys navigate the menu.  Press <Enter> to activate menu items.  Highlighted letters are hotkeys.' \
 	$(( $lines - 4 )) $(( $columns - 5 )) $(( $lines - 12 )) \
-	'$current' `tr '\n' ' ' < config.dialog`" 2> config.out
-    returncode=$? ; item="`cat config.out`"
+	'$current' `tr '\n' ' ' < config.dialog.$swpid`" 2> config.out.$swpid
+    returncode=$? ; item="`cat config.out.$swpid`"
 else
     returncode=1
 fi
@@ -242,25 +246,37 @@ bprof main start
 
 [ "$returncode" = 1 -a "$menu_back" -ne -1 ] && returncode="menu-back"
 
+writeback() {
+	for x in $( ls config/$config.$swpid ); do
+		cp config/$config.$swpid/$x config/$config.$swpid/__tmp
+		mv config/$config.$swpid/__tmp config/$config/$x
+	done
+	for x in $( ls config/$config ); do
+		[ -e config/$config.$swpid/$x ] || rm -f config/$config/$x
+	done
+	rm -rf config/$config.$swpid
+}
+
 case "$returncode" in
 	0|6)
-		command="`grep "^$item	" config.data | cut -f2-`"
+		command="`grep "^$item	" config.data.$swpid | cut -f2-`"
 		{ echo -e "\n# Remember menu position:\ncurrent='$item'"
 		echo -e "\n# Remember sub-menu:\nmenu_current='$menu_current'"
 		echo -e "\n# Execute this config command:\n$command"
-		} >> config/$config/config_usr
+		} >> config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 		;;
 	menu-back)
 		{ echo -e "\n# New menu position:\ncurrent='$menu_backpos'"
 		echo -e "\n# New sub-menu:\nmenu_current='$menu_back'"
-		} >> config/$config/config_usr
+		} >> config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 		;;
 	1|255)
-		rm -f config.data config.dialog config.out config.help
-		rm -f config.pcache.data config.pcache.cmd
+		rm -f config.data.$swpid config.dialog.$swpid config.out.$swpid config.help.$swpid
+		rm -f config.pcache.data.$swpid config.pcache.cmd.$swpid
 		rm -f rockdialog.scrltmp # src/rockdialog.bin
 		echo "New config written to config/$config/*."
 		echo "Cleaning up. Configuration finished."
+		writeback
 		bprof main stop
 		bprof_print
 		exit 1 ;;
@@ -269,24 +285,27 @@ case "$returncode" in
 		item=$(echo $item | cut -f1 -d' ')  # dialog(1) bug?
 		{ echo -e "\n# Remember menu position:\ncurrent='$item'"
 		echo -e "\n# Remember sub-menu:\nmenu_current='$menu_current'"
-		} >> config/$config/config_usr
+		} >> config/$config.$swpid/config_usr
 
-		get_help $item > config.dialog
+		get_help $item > config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		bprof main stop
 		./src/rockdialog.bin --title 'ROCK Linux Config - Help' \
 			--backtitle "ROCK Linux $rockver Configuration" \
-			--textbox config.dialog \
+			--textbox config.dialog.$swpid \
 			$(( $lines - 4 )) $(( $columns - 5 ))
 		bprof main start
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo "unknown returncode: $returncode"
+		writeback	
 		bprof main stop
 		bprof_print
 		exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
+writeback	
+
 bprof main stop
 bprof_print
 
diff --git a/scripts/config.func b/scripts/config.func
index 57ab4909a..ade1291be 100644
--- a/scripts/config.func
+++ b/scripts/config.func
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var_insert() {
         eval "$1=\"$3\$$1\""
 }
 
-# Functions for working with config/$config/packages
+# Functions for working with config/$config.$swpid/packages
 #
 #	pkgenable	package-list
 #	pkgdisable	package-list
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ then
 	pkgin() { :; }
 	pkgout() { :; }
 	__pkgfilter() {
-		"$@" < config/$config/packages > config/$config/packages.new
-		mv config/$config/packages.new config/$config/packages
+		"$@" < config/$config.$swpid/packages > config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
+		mv config/$config.$swpid/packages.new config/$config.$swpid/packages
 	}
 	pkgfilter() {
 		bprof pkgfilter start
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ then
 	pkgcheck() {
 		bprof pkgcheck start
 		local pattern="$1"; pattern="${pattern//+/\\+}"
-		egrep -q "^$2.*[ =]($pattern) " config/$config/packages; local ret=$?
+		egrep -q "^$2.*[ =]($pattern) " config/$config.$swpid/packages; local ret=$?
 		bprof pkgcheck stop
 		return $ret
 	}
 else
-	pkgin() { cfghlp pkg_in config/$config/packages; }
-	pkgout() { cfghlp pkg_out config/$config/packages ; }
+	pkgin() { cfghlp pkg_in config/$config.$swpid/packages; }
+	pkgout() { cfghlp pkg_out config/$config.$swpid/packages ; }
 	pkgfilter() {
 		bprof pkgfilter start
-		cfghlp pkg_out config/$config/packages.tmp
-		"$@" < config/$config/packages.tmp > config/$config/packages
-		cfghlp pkg_in config/$config/packages
+		cfghlp pkg_out config/$config.$swpid/packages.tmp
+		"$@" < config/$config.$swpid/packages.tmp > config/$config.$swpid/packages
+		cfghlp pkg_in config/$config.$swpid/packages
 		bprof pkgfilter stop
 	}
 	pkgenable() {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ comment() {
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_EXPERT -eq 1 -o $expert -eq 0 ] && \
 	   [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		commentnr=$(( $commentnr + 1 ))
-		echo "COMMENT_$commentnr '$spacer$1'" >> config.dialog
+		echo "COMMENT_$commentnr '$spacer$1'" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		# Hi, esden here, very ill stuff here I save the help
 		# strings here to a temporary file named config.help
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ comment_id() {
 	bprof comment_id start
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_EXPERT -eq 1 -o $expert -eq 0 ] &&
 	   [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
-		echo "$2 '$spacer$1'" >> config.dialog
+		echo "$2 '$spacer$1'" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		# If you do not know what mighty esden
 		# is doing here see comment()
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ const() {
 	local q="'"
 	local v="${2//$q/$q\\$q$q}"
 	eval "$1=\"\$2\""
-	echo "export $1='$v'" >> config/$config/config
+	echo "export $1='$v'" >> config/$config.$swpid/config
 	bprof const stop
 }
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ set_data() {
 	eval "$1=\"\$data\""
 	item="$1"
 
-	echo "export $1='${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config/$config/config
+	echo "export $1='${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config/$config.$swpid/config
 	bprof set_data stop
 }
 
@@ -267,18 +267,18 @@ choice() {
 	)
 	if [ "$fallback_hack" = 1 ]; then
 		obegin="?"; oend="?"; data="$dfl_data"; eval "$1=\"\$data\""
-		echo "export $1='${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config/$config/config
+		echo "export $1='${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config/$config.$swpid/config
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$menumode" -gt 0 -a $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		{ echo -en "$item\tchoice_action '$usr_name' '$usr_data'" ; shift ; shift
 		echo -n " '' 'Reset_this_switch_to_default_value'"
-		for x ; do echo -n " '$x'" ; done ; echo ; } >> config.data
+		for x ; do echo -n " '$x'" ; done ; echo ; } >> config.data.$swpid
 
 		xdata="$obegin$data$oend"
 
 		while [ "$1" -a "$1" != "$data" ] ; do shift ; shift ; done
-		printf "'$item' '$spacer%-${tabspace}s ${2//_/ }'\n" "$xdata" >> config.dialog
+		printf "'$item' '$spacer%-${tabspace}s ${2//_/ }'\n" "$xdata" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 	fi
 
 	bprof choice stop
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ text() {
 
 	if [ "$menumode" -gt 0 -a $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		echo -e "$2\ttext_action '$1' '$usr_name'" \
-				"'${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config.data
+				"'${data//$q/$q\\$q$q}'" >> config.data.$swpid
 
 		xdata="${obegin}$( printf "%-${tabspace}s" \
 				"$(echo $data | cut -c1-20)")${oend}"
 
 		printf "'$2' '$spacer%s $1'\n" \
-			"${xdata//$q/$q\\$q$q}" >> config.dialog
+			"${xdata//$q/$q\\$q$q}" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		# If you do not know what mighty esden
 		# is doin here see comment()
@@ -346,9 +346,9 @@ bool() {
 
 	if [ "$menumode" -gt 0 -a $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		if [ $data -eq 0 ] ; then x="${obegin} ${oend}" ; else x="${obegin}*${oend}" ; fi
-		echo -e "$2\tbool_action '$usr_name' '$usr_data'" >> config.data
+		echo -e "$2\tbool_action '$usr_name' '$usr_data'" >> config.data.$swpid
 
-		printf "$2 '$spacer%-${tabspace}s ${1//_/ }'\n" "$x" >> config.dialog
+		printf "$2 '$spacer%-${tabspace}s ${1//_/ }'\n" "$x" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		# If you do not know what mighty esden is doin here see comment()
 		if [ "$4" != "" ] ; then
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ editfile() {
 		line="${line//$q/$q\\$q$q}"
 		if [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 			printf "$1:${editfilenr} '$spacer%-${tabspace}s %s'\n" \
-			    `printf "%03d:" $line_nr` "$line" >> config.dialog
+			    `printf "%03d:" $line_nr` "$line" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 			echo -e "$1:${editfilenr}\teditfile_action $2" \
-				"$line_nr '$3'" >> config.data
+				"$line_nr '$3'" >> config.data.$swpid
 		fi
 
 		editfilenr=$(( $editfilenr + 1 ))
@@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ editfile() {
 
 	if [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		printf "$1:${editfilenr} '$spacer%-${tabspace}s %s'\n" \
-		       `printf "%03d:" $line_nr` "<add new rule>" >> config.dialog
+		       `printf "%03d:" $line_nr` "<add new rule>" >> config.dialog.$swpid
 
 		echo -e "$1:${editfilenr}\teditfile_action $2" \
-			"$line_nr '$3'" >> config.data
+			"$line_nr '$3'" >> config.data.$swpid
 	fi
 
 	editfilenr=$(( $editfilenr + 1 ))
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ startprog() {
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_EXPERT -eq 1 -o $expert -eq 0 ] &&
 	   [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		printf "$1 '$spacer%-${tabspace}s %s'\n" \
-		       "-->" "$2" >> config.dialog
-		echo -e "$1\t$3" >> config.data
+		       "-->" "$2" >> config.dialog.$swpid
+		echo -e "$1\t$3" >> config.data.$swpid
 	fi
 	bprof startprog stop
 }
@@ -469,13 +469,13 @@ menu_begin() {
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_EXPERT -eq 1 -o $expert -eq 0 ] &&
 	   [ $menu_current = $menu_this ] ; then
 		printf "$1 '$spacer%-${tabspace}s %s'\n" \
-			"===>" "$2" >> config.dialog
-		echo -e "$1\tmenu_current=$menu_counter" >> config.data
+			"===>" "$2" >> config.dialog.$swpid
+		echo -e "$1\tmenu_current=$menu_counter" >> config.data.$swpid
 	fi
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_EXPERT -eq 1 -o $expert -eq 0 ] &&
 	   [ $menu_current = $menu_counter ] ; then
-		echo "$1 '===> $2'" >> config.dialog
-		echo -e "$1\tmenu_current=$menu_this" >> config.data
+		echo "$1 '===> $2'" >> config.dialog.$swpid
+		echo -e "$1\tmenu_current=$menu_this" >> config.data.$swpid
 	fi
 
 	if [ $menu_current = $menu_counter ] ; then
diff --git a/scripts/config.in b/scripts/config.in
index 70ec25e27..4237d950d 100644
--- a/scripts/config.in
+++ b/scripts/config.in
@@ -212,22 +212,22 @@ expert_begin
 	menu_begin MENU_PKGSEL_RULES 'Edit package selection rules'
 		# Active error checking: explicitly show an annoying popup
 		filter=`printf "^[-xXoO][ \t]\+[a-zA-Z0-9_/*+.-]"`
-		if grep -lvq "$filter" config/$config/pkgsel 2> /dev/null && \
+		if grep -lvq "$filter" config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel 2> /dev/null && \
 			./src/rockdialog.bin --title "Build Config" --yesno \
 			"Invalid line(s) in package rule set. Remove?" 5 50
 		then
-			grep "$filter" < config/$config/pkgsel \
-				> config/$config/pkgsel.new
-			mv config/$config/pkgsel.new config/$config/pkgsel
+			grep "$filter" < config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel \
+				> config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.new
+			mv config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.new config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel
 		fi
 		unset filter
 
-		editfile ROCKCFG_PKGSEL_FILE config/$config/pkgsel \
+		editfile ROCKCFG_PKGSEL_FILE config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel \
 		         'Package selection rules'
 
 # Create an awk program from the list of package selection rules stored in 
-# config/$config/pkgsel which is applied to the list of packages stored in 
-# config/$config/packages.
+# config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel which is applied to the list of packages stored in 
+# config/$config.$swpid/packages.
 # Syntax for package selection rules is:
 # <action> <patternlist>
 # <action> is a single character: x or X enables the packages matching 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ expert_begin
 # such a <pattern> will duplicate the line of the <base-pkg> and substitute its
 # package name with the name of the pkgforked package, that is, the <pattern>.
 
-		echo "# created from 'pkgsel'" > config/$config/pkgsel.awk
+		echo "# created from 'pkgsel'" > config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.awk
 		while read action patternlist ; do
 			case "$action" in
 			    [xX])
@@ -271,28 +271,28 @@ expert_begin
 				fi
 			done < <( echo "$patternlist" | tr '\t ' '\n\n' )
 			echo "$address ) { $action; }"
-		done < config/$config/pkgsel >> config/$config/pkgsel.awk
-		echo '{ print; }' >> config/$config/pkgsel.awk
+		done < config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel >> config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.awk
+		echo '{ print; }' >> config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.awk
 
 		pkgout
-		gawk -f config/$config/pkgsel.awk < config/$config/packages \
-				> config/$config/packages.new 2> /dev/null
-		if [ -s config/$config/packages.new ] ; then
-			mv config/$config/packages.new config/$config/packages
+		gawk -f config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.awk < config/$config.$swpid/packages \
+				> config/$config.$swpid/packages.new 2> /dev/null
+		if [ -s config/$config.$swpid/packages.new ] ; then
+			mv config/$config.$swpid/packages.new config/$config.$swpid/packages
 		else
-			rm -f config/$config/packages.new
+			rm -f config/$config.$swpid/packages.new
 			comment '----    Syntax error(s) in rule set!'
 		fi
 		pkgin
 	menu_end
       else
-	rm -f config/$config/pkgsel
-	rm -f config/$config/pkgsel.awk
+	rm -f config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel
+	rm -f config/$config.$swpid/pkgsel.awk
       fi
       startprog ROCKCFG_SHOW_PKGLIST 'Show the current package list' \
               "./src/rockdialog.bin --title 'ROCK Linux Config - Package List' \
                         --backtitle 'ROCK Linux $rockver Configuration' \
-                        --textbox config/$config/packages.txt \
+                        --textbox config/$config.$swpid/packages.txt \
                         $(( $lines - 4 )) $(( $columns - 5 ))"
     block_end
 
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ expert_begin
     comment ' '
     comment '- Additional GNU Configure Options'
     block_begin 5
-	editfile ROCKCFG_CONFOPT_FILE config/$config/confopt \
+	editfile ROCKCFG_CONFOPT_FILE config/$config.$swpid/confopt \
 	                              'GNU Configure Options'
-	if [ -f config/$config/confopt ] ; then
+	if [ -f config/$config.$swpid/confopt ] ; then
 		const ROCKCFG_CONFIGURE_OPTS "`tr '\n' ' ' \
-					< config/$config/confopt`"
+					< config/$config.$swpid/confopt`"
 	else
 		const ROCKCFG_CONFIGURE_OPTS ""
 	fi