diff --git a/createrepo-head.patch b/createrepo-head.patch
index b7858e5..4ee5f7a 100644
--- a/createrepo-head.patch
+++ b/createrepo-head.patch
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ index 0d4bbd8..57a0196 100644
  %description
  This utility will generate a common metadata repository from a directory of
 diff --git a/createrepo/__init__.py b/createrepo/__init__.py
-index 4601a15..77a03ee 100644
+index 4601a15..0ffe6cb 100644
 --- a/createrepo/__init__.py
 +++ b/createrepo/__init__.py
 @@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ class MetaDataGenerator:
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ index 4601a15..77a03ee 100644
                  
          return False
  
+@@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ class MetaDataGenerator:
+                                       (othernode, self.otherfile)):
+                     if node is None:
+                         break
++
++                    if self.conf.baseurl:
++                        anode = node.children
++                        while anode is not None:
++                            if anode.type != "element":
++                                anode = anode.next
++                                continue
++                            if anode.name == "location":
++                                anode.setProp('xml:base', self.conf.baseurl)
++                            anode = anode.next
++
+                     output = node.serialize('UTF-8', self.conf.pretty)
+                     if output:
+                         outfile.write(output)
 diff --git a/createrepo/deltarpms.py b/createrepo/deltarpms.py
 index 26a6715..d14d3fa 100644
 --- a/createrepo/deltarpms.py
@@ -92,3 +110,16 @@ index 26a6715..d14d3fa 100644
      def _stringToVersion(self, strng):
          i = strng.find(':')
          if i != -1:
+diff --git a/createrepo/readMetadata.py b/createrepo/readMetadata.py
+index 285e54d..6711d30 100644
+--- a/createrepo/readMetadata.py
++++ b/createrepo/readMetadata.py
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class MetadataIndex(object):
+                 if self.opts.get('verbose'):
+                     print _("Size (%i -> %i) changed for file %s") % (size,st.st_size,filepath)
+                 return
+-            if st.st_mtime != mtime:
++            if int(st.st_mtime) != mtime:
+                 if self.opts.get('verbose'):
+                     print _("Modification time changed for %s") % filepath
+                 return
diff --git a/createrepo.spec b/createrepo.spec
index ee3b507..22e4624 100644
--- a/createrepo.spec
+++ b/createrepo.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Creates a common metadata repository
 Name: createrepo
 Version: 0.9.8
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitelib}/createrepo
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan  7 2010 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.8-4
+- latest head with fixes for --update w/o --skipstat
+
+
 * Tue Dec 22 2009 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.8-3
 - patch to latest HEAD from upstream