diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 6ad807ba6..12da98275 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
  - Alan J. Wylie: added libmcrypt
  - Tobias C. Rittweiler: improved missing binary check and Build-Pkg argument
                          parsing
+                         re-disabled the build of binary packages for packages
+                         with error
  - improved Build-Pkg argument parsing further
+ - improved create_package_db to not include failed packages into the database
+   file
 
 *) 2003-08-29 (2.0.0-rc1 - 2.0.0-rc2)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Build-Target b/scripts/Build-Target
index c7b8a7200..cbf8b0b10 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Target
+++ b/scripts/Build-Target
@@ -298,39 +298,45 @@ pkgloop_package() {
 	if [ $pkg_laststage -eq $stagelevel ] && \
 	   [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_TARBZ2" = 1 -o "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ]
 	then
-		echo_header "Creating binary package file for ${pkg_name}."
-		mkdir -p "${build_pkgs}"
+		if [ -f ${build_root}/var/adm/logs/$stagelevel-$pkg_name.err ]
+		then echo_error "Creation of binary package isn't possible,"
+		     echo_error "because the package was not successfully"
+		     echo_error "built in (at least) the current stage."
+		else	
+			echo_header "Creating binary package file for ${pkg_name}."
+			mkdir -p "${build_pkgs}"
 
-		if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKGFILE_VER" = 1 ]
-		then v="-${pkg_ver}"; else v=""; fi
+			if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKGFILE_VER" = 1 ]
+			then v="-${pkg_ver}"; else v=""; fi
 
-		echo_status "Building build/.../pkgs/`
+			echo_status "Building build/.../pkgs/`
 					`${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2"
-		( cd "$build_root/"
-		  cut -f2- -d' ' var/adm/flists/$pkg_name | \
-		  tar -cf- --no-recursion --files-from=- | bzip2
-		) > "${build_pkgs}/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp"
+			( cd "$build_root/"
+			  cut -f2- -d' ' var/adm/flists/$pkg_name | \
+			  tar -cf- --no-recursion --files-from=- | bzip2
+			) > "${build_pkgs}/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp"
 
-		if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ] ; then
-			echo_status "Building build/.../pkgs/`
+			if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ] ; then
+				echo_status "Building build/.../pkgs/`
 					`${pkg_name}${v}.gem"
-			mine -C "$build_root/var/adm" \
-			     "${build_pkgs}/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp" \
-			     $pkg_name "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem.tmp"
-		fi
+				mine -C "$build_root/var/adm" \
+				     "${build_pkgs}/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp" \
+				     $pkg_name "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem.tmp"
+			fi
 
-		if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_TARBZ2" = 1 ] ; then
-			mv "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp" \
-			   "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2"
-			if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ] ; then
+			if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_TARBZ2" = 1 ] ; then
+				mv "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp" \
+				   "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2"
+				if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ] ; then
+					mv "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem.tmp" \
+					   "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem"
+				fi
+			else
+				echo_status "Removing temporary tar.bz2."
+				rm -f "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp"
 				mv "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem.tmp" \
 				   "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem"
 			fi
-		else
-			echo_status "Removing temporary tar.bz2."
-			rm -f "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.tar.bz2.tmp"
-			mv "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem.tmp" \
-			   "$build_pkgs/${pkg_name}${v}.gem"
 		fi
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 3b25f3b21..4eee757bc 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -374,22 +374,39 @@ register_application() {
 # Create Package Database for gasgui install tool
 #
 create_package_db() {
-	for pkg in $( ls -dr $1/descs/?* )
-	do
-		pkg="${pkg##*/}"
-		[ "$pkg" = TRANS.TBL ] && continue
+	for pkg in $( ls -dr $1/descs/?* ) ; do
+		# only include the package if a binary file is available
+		if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKGFILE_VER" = 1 ] ; then
+			v=-$(grep '^Package Name and Version' \
+                                /var/adm/packages/$pkg | cut -f6 -d' ')
+		else
+			v=""
+		fi
+		if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_GEM" = 1 ] ; then
+			file=$(pkg)$(v).gem
+		else
+			file=$(pkg)$(v).tar.bz2
+		fi
+
+		if [ -e $file ] ; then
+			pkg="${pkg##*/}"
+			[ "$pkg" = TRANS.TBL ] && continue
 
-		echo -e "$pkg"
-		echo -e "\027"
+			echo -e "$pkg"
+			echo -e "\027"
 
-		cat $1/descs/$pkg
-		echo -e "\027"
+			cat $1/descs/$pkg
+			echo -e "\027"
 
-		cat $1/dependencies/$pkg
-		echo -e "\027"
+			cat $1/dependencies/$pkg
+			echo -e "\027"
 
-		cat $1/cksums/$pkg
-		echo -e "\027"
+			cat $1/cksums/$pkg
+			echo -e "\027"
+		else
+			echo_error "Binary file $file not present."
+			echo error "Skipped in package database."
+		fi
 	done | gzip
 }
 
diff --git a/target/generic/build.sh b/target/generic/build.sh
index 7b8028e52..d85658f6a 100755
--- a/target/generic/build.sh
+++ b/target/generic/build.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ echo_header "Finishing build."
 
 echo_status "Creating package database ..."
 admdir="build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/root/var/adm"
-create_package_db $admdir > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/packages.db
+create_package_db $admdir build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/pkgs \
+                  > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/packages.db
 
 echo_status "Creating isofs.txt file .."
 cat << EOT > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/isofs.txt
@@ -23,3 +24,4 @@ DISK1	$admdir/packages/		${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/info/packages/
 EVERY	build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/packages.db	${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/packages.db
 SPLIT	build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/pkgs/	${ROCKCFG_SHORTID}/pkgs/
 EOT
+
diff --git a/target/reference/build.sh b/target/reference/build.sh
index f587e7c98..334cd920f 100644
--- a/target/reference/build.sh
+++ b/target/reference/build.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ cp $build_root/var/adm/logs/*.err $build_result/errors/
 
 echo_status "Creating package database ..."
 admdir="build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/root/var/adm"
-create_package_db $admdir > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/packages.db
+create_package_db $admdir build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/pkgs \
+                  > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/packages.db
 
 echo_status "Creating isofs.txt file .."
 cat << EOT > build/${ROCKCFG_ID}/isofs.txt