--- mkaptbox.orig	2011-10-30 22:53:00.000000000 +0400
+++ mkaptbox	2012-02-03 14:43:51.801962399 +0400
@@ -133,22 +133,22 @@
 repo="$(readlink -fv -- "$repo")"
 
 # does aptbox exist yet?
-if [ -e aptbox -o -L aptbox ]; then
+if [ -e $aptbox -o -L $aptbox ]; then
 	[ -n "$force" ] || fatal "remove $aptbox first."
-	[ -d aptbox ] || fatal "$aptbox: invalid pathname."
+	[ -d $aptbox ] || fatal "$aptbox: invalid pathname."
 
 	# empty dir?
-	if rmdir -- aptbox 2>/dev/null; then
-		mkdir -m700 $verbose -- aptbox >&2
-		cd aptbox
+	if rmdir -- $aptbox 2>/dev/null; then
+		mkdir -m700 $verbose -- $aptbox >&2
+		cd $aptbox
 	else
-		cd aptbox
+		cd $aptbox
 		[ -d ./etc/apt -a -d ./var/lib/rpm ] ||
 			fatal "$aptbox: doesn't look valid."
 	fi
 else
-	mkdir -m700 $verbose -- aptbox >&2
-	cd aptbox
+	mkdir -m700 $verbose -- $aptbox >&2
+	cd $aptbox
 fi
 
 verbose "Changed working directory to \`$aptbox'."
@@ -201,15 +201,15 @@
 
 # create aptbox version of ~/.rpmrc if necessary.
 aptbox_home=
-rpm_showrc="$(rpm --showrc)"
-current_arch="$(printf %s "$rpm_showrc" |sed -ne 's/^install arch[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]\+\).*/\1/p')"
+rpm_showrc="rpm --showrc"
+current_arch="$(eval "$rpm_showrc" |sed -ne 's/^install arch[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]\+\).*/\1/p')"
 [ -n "$current_arch" ] ||
 	current_arch="$(uname -m)"
 [ "$current_arch" != "${target:-$def_target}" ] &&
 	alternate_arch=1 ||
 	alternate_arch=
 if [ -n "$alternate_arch" ] &&
-   ! printf %s "$rpm_showrc" |
+   ! eval "$rpm_showrc" |
      LC_ALL=C grep -qs "^compatible archs[[:space:]]*:.*\<${target:-$def_target}\>"; then
 	aptbox_home="$aptbox/home/user"
 	for f in "$HOME/.rpmrc" "$HOME/.rpmmacros"; do