diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 11b60bcc141..a47b6e30f1c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+include README
 include AUTHORS
 include INSTALL
 include LICENSE
+include MANIFEST.in
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include scripts *
+recursive-include examples *
+recursive-include extras *
 recursive-include django/conf/locale *
 recursive-include django/contrib/admin/templates *
 recursive-include django/contrib/admin/media *
diff --git a/scripts/rpm-install.sh b/scripts/rpm-install.sh
index 07a087c447e..d3d95bcdb13 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/rpm-install.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 #
-# this file is *inserted* into the install section of the generated
-# spec file
+# This file becomes the install section of the generated spec file.
 #
 
-# this is, what dist.py normally does
+# This is what dist.py normally does.
 python setup.py install --root=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} --record="INSTALLED_FILES"
 
+# Sort the filelist so that directories appear before files. This avoids
+# duplicate filename problems on some systems.
+touch DIRS
 for i in `cat INSTALLED_FILES`; do
   if [ -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/$i ]; then
     echo $i >>FILES
@@ -16,4 +18,6 @@ for i in `cat INSTALLED_FILES`; do
   fi
 done
 
-cat DIRS FILES >INSTALLED_FILES
+# Make sure we match foo.pyo and foo.pyc along with foo.py (but only once each)
+sed -e "/\.py[co]$/d" -e "s/\.py$/.py*/" DIRS FILES >INSTALLED_FILES
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ce9779aa000..99bc60c9a33 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-doc_files = docs/*.txt
+doc_files = docs examples extras AUTHORS INSTALL LICENSE README
 install-script = scripts/rpm-install.sh
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6fd6fab8162..933ea87b1b7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ from distutils.command.install import INSTALL_SCHEMES
 import os
 import sys
 
+def fullsplit(path, result=None):
+    """
+    Split a pathname into components (the opposite of os.path.join) in a
+    platform-neutral way.
+    """
+    if result is None:
+        result = []
+    head, tail = os.path.split(path)
+    if head == '':
+        return [tail] + result
+    if head == path:
+        return result
+    return fullsplit(head, [tail] + result)
+
 # Tell distutils to put the data_files in platform-specific installation
 # locations. See here for an explanation:
 # http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/35ec7b2fed36eaec/2105ee4d9e8042cb
@@ -13,27 +27,28 @@ for scheme in INSTALL_SCHEMES.values():
 # an easy way to do this.
 packages, data_files = [], []
 root_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-len_root_dir = len(root_dir)
 django_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, 'django')
+pieces = fullsplit(root_dir)
+if pieces[-1] == '':
+    len_root_dir = len(pieces)- 1
+else:
+    len_root_dir = len(pieces)
 
 for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(django_dir):
     # Ignore dirnames that start with '.'
     for i, dirname in enumerate(dirnames):
         if dirname.startswith('.'): del dirnames[i]
     if '__init__.py' in filenames:
-        package = dirpath[len_root_dir:].lstrip('/').replace('/', '.')
-        packages.append(package)
-    else:
+        packages.append('.'.join(fullsplit(dirpath)[len_root_dir:]))
+    elif filenames:
         data_files.append([dirpath, [os.path.join(dirpath, f) for f in filenames]])
 
-# Small hack for working with bdist_wininst.
-# See http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2004-August/004134.html
-if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'bdist_wininst':
-    for file_info in data_files:
-        file_info[0] = '/PURELIB/%s' % file_info[0]
-
 # Dynamically calculate the version based on django.VERSION.
-version = "%d.%d-%s" % (__import__('django').VERSION)
+version_tuple = __import__('django').VERSION
+if version_tuple[2] is not None:
+    version = "%d.%d_%s" % version_tuple
+else:
+    version = "%d.%d" % version_tuple[:2]
 
 setup(
     name = "Django",