diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index af0f3b6fc..7cf17bdae 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 
 *) 2003-12-14 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
- - updated mine (0.17)
+ - mine mangling
 
 *) 2003-12-13 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
  - Mathieu Doidy: updated lftp (2.6.10) and liferea (0.4.5)
- - updated mine (0.16)
  - "fixed" libowfat to install the headers into $includedir/$pkg
 
 *) 2003-12-12 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
diff --git a/package/base/mine/var-adm-handling.patch b/package/base/mine/var-adm-handling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8da8debcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mine/var-adm-handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+
+Our ober-guru did not wanted a new mine release - so here is
+my single fix.
+
+  - (Slave) Rene Rebe <rene@rocklinux.org>
+
+Index: remove.c
+===================================================================
+--- remove.c	(revision 17)
++++ remove.c	(revision 18)
+@@ -70,37 +70,47 @@
+ 				printf("%s: ", package);
+ 			printf("removing %s\n", filename);
+ 		}
+-		else
+-		if ( ! strncmp(filename, "var/adm/", 8) ) {
+-			if ( mode_verbose )
+-				printf("%s: moving %s to var/adm/backup\n",
++		else {
++			struct stat statbuf;
++
++			snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/%s", root, filename);
++			if ( stat(realfn1, &statbuf) )
++				printf("WARNING: Could not stat file %s.\n",
++				       realfn1);
++
++			if ( ! strncmp(filename, "var/adm/", 8) &&
++			     ! (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode)) ) {
++				if ( mode_verbose )
++					printf("%s: moving %s to var/adm/backup\n",
+ 					package, filename);
+ 
+-			snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/var/adm/backup", root);
+-			mkdir(realfn1, 0700);
++				snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/var/adm/backup",
++				         root);
++				mkdir(realfn1, 0700);
+ 
+-			snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s", filename+8);
+-			sscanf(realfn1, "%[^/]/%[^/]", buf1, buf2);
++				snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s", filename+8);
++				sscanf(realfn1, "%[^/]/%[^/]", buf1, buf2);
+ 
+-			snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/%s", root, filename);
+-			snprintf(realfn2, 1024, "%s/var/adm/backup/%s_%s",
+-				root, buf2, buf1);
++				snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/%s", root, filename);
++				snprintf(realfn2, 1024, "%s/var/adm/backup/%s_%s",
++				         root, buf2, buf1);
+ 
+-			if ( rename(realfn1, realfn2) ) {
+-				printf("While removing package %s: %s: %s\n",
+-				       package, realfn1, strerror(errno));
+-				errors++;
++				if ( rename(realfn1, realfn2) ) {
++					printf("While removing package %s: %s: %s\n",
++					       package, realfn1, strerror(errno));
++					errors++;
++				}
+ 			}
+-		}
+-		else
+-		{
+-			if ( mode_verbose )
+-				printf("%s: removing %s\n", package, filename);
+-			snprintf(realfn1, 1024, "%s/%s", root, filename);
+-			if ( remove(realfn1) ) {
+-				printf("While removing package %s: %s: %s\n",
+-				       package, realfn1, strerror(errno));
+-				errors++;
++			else
++			{
++				if ( mode_verbose )
++					printf("%s: removing %s\n",
++					       package, filename);
++				if ( remove(realfn1) ) {
++					printf("While removing package %s: %s: %s\n",
++					       package, realfn1, strerror(errno));
++					errors++;
++				}
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 	}