diff --git a/rpm-debugedit-incremental-fix.patch b/rpm-debugedit-incremental-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0935a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-debugedit-incremental-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- rpm-4.4.2/tools/debugedit.c.jj	2007-04-20 21:27:50.000000000 +0200
++++ rpm-4.4.2/tools/debugedit.c	2007-04-20 23:07:27.000000000 +0200
+@@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ canonicalize_path (const char *s, char *
+ 
+       if (s[0] == '.' && (s[1] == 0 || IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (s[1])))
+ 	{
+-	  s ++;
+-	  if (!*s && d > droot)
+-	    d--;
++	  s++;
++	  if (*s)
++	    while (IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (*s))
++	      ++s;
+ 	}
+ 
+       else if (s[0] == '.' && s[1] == '.'
+@@ -401,8 +402,6 @@ canonicalize_path (const char *s, char *
+ 		  if (*s)
+ 		    while (IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (*s))
+ 		      s++;
+-		  else if (d > droot)
+-		    d--;
+ 		}
+ 	    }
+ 	  else
+@@ -411,7 +410,6 @@ canonicalize_path (const char *s, char *
+ 	      *d++ = *s++;
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+-
+       else
+ 	{
+ 	  while (*s && ! IS_DIR_SEPARATOR (*s))
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index c3c9ed4..af1873e 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Summary: The RPM package management system
 Name: rpm
 Version: 4.4.2
 %{expand: %%define rpm_version %{version}}
-Release: 44%{?dist}
+Release: 45%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Url: http://www.rpm.org/
 Source: rpm-%{rpm_version}.tar.gz
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Patch39: rpm-4.4.2-no-ppc-asm.patch
 Patch40: rpm-4.4.2-forkfailed.patch
 Patch41: rpm-4.4.2-cdiff.patch
 Patch42: rpm-4.4.2-docflags.patch
+Patch43: rpm-debugedit-incremental-fix.patch
 License: GPL
 Requires: patch > 2.5
 Prereq: shadow-utils
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ shell-like rules.
 %patch40 -p0 -b .forkfail
 %patch41 -p1 -b .cdiff
 %patch42 -p1 -b .docflags
+%patch43 -p1 -b .debugcan2
 
 # rebuild configure for ipv6
 autoconf
@@ -571,6 +573,9 @@ exit 0
 %{__includedir}/popt.h
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 23 2007 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-45
+- Fix debugedit for relative paths (#232222)
+
 * Mon Apr 16 2007 Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-44
 - Set default verify flags for %%doc (#235353)
 - Revert to old configure line