diff --git a/createrepo-head.patch b/createrepo-head.patch
index 6827238..c5c69a4 100644
--- a/createrepo-head.patch
+++ b/createrepo-head.patch
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ index 27d3690..54863cb 100644
 +        print po.xml_dump_other_metadata()
 +
 diff --git a/createrepo/utils.py b/createrepo/utils.py
-index 995c3b9..84a43ba 100644
+index 995c3b9..d66b115 100644
 --- a/createrepo/utils.py
 +++ b/createrepo/utils.py
 @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ import bz2
@@ -1109,7 +1109,22 @@ index 995c3b9..84a43ba 100644
  def returnFD(filename):
      try:
          fdno = os.open(filename, os.O_RDONLY)
-@@ -133,6 +192,22 @@ def split_list_into_equal_chunks(seq, num_chunks):
+@@ -124,15 +183,36 @@ def encodefiletypelist(filetypelist):
+     return result
+ 
+ def split_list_into_equal_chunks(seq, num_chunks):
++    if num_chunks <= 1:
++        return [seq[:]]
+     avg = len(seq) / float(num_chunks)
+     out = []
+     last = 0.0
+-    while last < len(seq):
++    #  Due to floating point math, we do one less than the number of chunks
++    # and then the rest. Eg. range(1,6), 9
++    while len(out) < (num_chunks - 1):
+         out.append(seq[int(last):int(last + avg)])
+         last += avg
++    out.append(seq[int(last):])
  
      return out
  
@@ -1164,7 +1179,7 @@ index e3c4c3b..4734392 100644
  .SH "EXAMPLES"
  Here is an example of a repository with a groups file. Note that the
 diff --git a/genpkgmetadata.py b/genpkgmetadata.py
-index 8c98191..ce8e452 100755
+index 8c98191..9bf8c8d 100755
 --- a/genpkgmetadata.py
 +++ b/genpkgmetadata.py
 @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ def parse_args(args, conf):
@@ -1193,7 +1208,17 @@ index 8c98191..ce8e452 100755
      
      (opts, argsleft) = parser.parse_args(args)
      if len(argsleft) > 1 and not opts.split:
-@@ -155,6 +162,11 @@ def parse_args(args, conf):
+@@ -138,6 +145,9 @@ def parse_args(args, conf):
+     else:
+         directories = argsleft
+ 
++    if opts.workers >= 128:
++        errorprint(_('Warning: More than 128 workers is a lot. Limiting.'))
++        opts.workers = 128
+     if opts.sumtype == 'sha1':
+         errorprint(_('Warning: It is more compatible to use sha instead of sha1'))
+ 
+@@ -155,6 +165,11 @@ def parse_args(args, conf):
      
      if opts.nodatabase:
          opts.database = False
@@ -1205,7 +1230,7 @@ index 8c98191..ce8e452 100755
          
      # let's switch over to using the conf object - put all the opts into it
      for opt in parser.option_list:
-@@ -240,6 +252,7 @@ def main(args):
+@@ -240,6 +255,7 @@ def main(args):
              if mdgen.checkTimeStamps():
                  if mdgen.conf.verbose:
                      print _('repo is up to date')
diff --git a/createrepo.spec b/createrepo.spec
index 8cdf05a..2a7e7e3 100644
--- a/createrepo.spec
+++ b/createrepo.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Creates a common metadata repository
 Name: createrepo
 Version: 0.9.9
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitelib}/createrepo
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 16 2012 James Antill <james at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.9-11
+- update to latest head
+- fix for lots of workers and not many rpms.
+
 * Thu Jan  5 2012 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.9-10
 - update to latest head
 - fix for generating repos for rhel5 on fedora