diff -Nur pacman-3.3.0.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in pacman-3.3.0/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
--- pacman-3.3.0.orig/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2009-07-27 14:29:04.000000000 +1000
+++ pacman-3.3.0/scripts/makepkg.sh.in	2009-09-12 14:54:44.146866684 +1000
@@ -959,9 +959,9 @@
 		nameofpkg="$1"
 	fi
 
+	cd "$pkgdir"
 	write_pkginfo $nameofpkg
 
-	cd "$pkgdir"
 	msg "$(gettext "Creating package...")"
 
 	local comp_files=".PKGINFO"