--- ./readdb.c	(revision 53)
+++ ./readdb.c	(working copy)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 	struct dependency *dep;
 	char line[1024], *t;
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
-	int line_length;
+	int line_length, i;
 	FILE *f = dbf;
 
 	if ( !dbf ) {
@@ -151,8 +151,15 @@
 		if ( line[line_length-1] == '\n' ) line[--line_length] = 0;
 
 		if ( !strncmp(line, "[V] ", 4) ) {
+#ifdef ROCK20
 			p->version = malloc(line_length-3);
 			sscanf(line+4, "%s", p->version);
+#else
+			p->version = strdup(line+4);
+			for (i=0; p->version[i]; i++)
+				if (p->version[i] == ' ')
+					p->version[i] = '-';
+#endif
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -217,8 +224,15 @@
 						line[--line_length] = 0;
 
 			if ( !strncmp(line, "[V] ", 4) ) {
+#ifdef ROCK20
 				p->installed_version = malloc(line_length-3);
-				strcpy(p->installed_version, line+4);
+				sscanf(line+4, "%s", p->installed_version);
+#else
+				p->installed_version = strdup(line+4);
+				for (i=0; p->installed_version[i]; i++)
+					if (p->installed_version[i] == ' ')
+						p->installed_version[i] = '-';
+#endif
 				continue;
 			}
 		}