diff --git a/reget-metadata-size-fix.patch b/reget-metadata-size-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2430310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reget-metadata-size-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+commit 2a9161a8b4bfc121fa8245700df355c63b58b442
+Author: James Antill <james@and.org>
+Date:   Wed Mar 31 00:12:09 2010 -0400
+
+    Should work around the reget MD problems
+
+diff --git a/yum/yumRepo.py b/yum/yumRepo.py
+index 8d7617e..b67b897 100644
+--- a/yum/yumRepo.py
++++ b/yum/yumRepo.py
+@@ -1552,9 +1552,17 @@ class YumRepository(Repository, config.RepoConf):
+         try:
+             checkfunc = (self.checkMD, (mdtype,), {})
+             text = "%s/%s" % (self.id, mdtype)
++            if thisdata.size is None:
++                reget = None
++            else:
++                reget = 'simple'
++                if os.path.exists(local):
++                    if os.stat(local).st_size >= int(thisdata.size):
++                        misc.unlink_f(local)
+             local = self._getFile(relative=remote,
+                                   local=local, 
+                                   copy_local=1,
++                                  reget=reget,
+                                   checkfunc=checkfunc, 
+                                   text=text,
+                                   cache=self.http_caching == 'all',
diff --git a/yum.spec b/yum.spec
index a8c4a16..91e64d8 100644
--- a/yum.spec
+++ b/yum.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: RPM installer/updater
 Name: yum
 Version: 3.2.27
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source0: http://yum.baseurl.org/download/3.2/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch4: no-more-exactarchlist.patch
 Patch5: geode-arch.patch
 Patch6: yum-HEAD.patch
 Patch7: yum-do-not-overwrite-keys.patch
+Patch8: reget-metadata-size-fix.patch
 
 URL: http://yum.baseurl.org/
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ can notify you when they are available via email, syslog or dbus.
 %patch5 -p1
 #%%%patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
+%patch8 -p1
 
 %build
 make
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir /usr/lib/yum-plugins
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr  8 2010 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.27-3
+- fix regets on metadata when we run into an old file that's larger
+  than the new one
 * Tue Mar 23 2010 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.27-2
 - broke searching in PK, this patch fixes it.