diff -u smart-1.0/debian/changelog smart-1.0/debian/changelog
--- smart-1.0/debian/changelog
+++ smart-1.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+smart (1.0-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/distro.py:
+    - Updated to not depend on python-rpm (LP: #261273)
+
+ -- Stefan Lesicnik <stefan@lsd.co.za>  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:32:31 +0200
+
 smart (1.0-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * debian/control: moved python-rpm from depends to suggests 
diff -u smart-1.0/debian/distro.py smart-1.0/debian/distro.py
--- smart-1.0/debian/distro.py
+++ smart-1.0/debian/distro.py
@@ -4,0 +5,7 @@
+    if not sysconf.has("detect-sys-channels"):
+        sysconf.set("detect-sys-channels", "deb", weak=True)
+    if sysconf.has("channels.rpm-sys"):
+        if sysconf.get("channels.rpm-sys.name") == "RPM System":
+            # Likely auto-detected in an old installation.  Let's remove it
+            # to prevent dependency issues.
+            sysconf.remove("channels.rpm-sys")