--- /usr/bin/gensync_orig	2007-05-02 20:34:20.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/bin/gensync	2007-05-02 20:34:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 		pkgfile="$destdir/$pkgname-$pkgver-$pkgrel.pkg.tar.gz"
 	fi
 	if [ -f $pkgfile ]; then
-		csize=`du -b $pkgfile | cut -f1`
+		csize=`du -b -L $pkgfile | cut -f1`
 		pkgmd5sum=`get_md5checksum $pkgfile`
 		[ -z $pkgmd5sum ] && die "error generating checksum for $pkgfile"
 		db_write_entry $file || die "error writing entry for $file"