diff -uNr kdebase-3.5.8.orig/startkde kdebase-3.5.8/startkde
--- kdebase-3.5.8.orig/startkde	2008-01-25 16:30:46 +0200
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/startkde	2008-01-25 16:36:50 +0200
@@ -387,6 +387,18 @@
 KDE_SESSION_UID=$UID
 export KDE_SESSION_UID
 
+host=$HOSTNAME
+test -n "$XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME" && host=$XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME
+ksycoca="$kdehome/cache-$host/ksycoca"
+
+if test -f "$ksycoca"; then
+    if test -f /var/lib/rpm/Packages; then
+	if test /var/lib/rpm/Packages -nt "$ksycoca"; then
+	    rm -f "$ksycoca"
+	fi
+    fi
+fi
+
 # We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit.
 # kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications.
 LD_BIND_NOW=true start_kdeinit_wrapper --new-startup +kcminit_startup