--- bdist_rpm.py	2009-11-22 11:30:02.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py	2009-11-22 11:33:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -492,10 +492,13 @@
             ('prep', 'prep_script', "%setup -n %{name}-%{unmangled_version}"),
             ('build', 'build_script', def_build),
             ('install', 'install_script',
-             ("%s install "
+             # the complicated sed is because rpm during brp-compress
+             # automatically compresses man pages.
+             # See http://bugs.python.org/issue1169193
+             ("%s setup.py install "
               "-O1 "
               "--root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT "
-              "--record=INSTALLED_FILES") % def_setup_call),
+              "--record=INSTALLED_FILES;sed -i -e 's:\\.gz$:\\.gz:;t;s:\\(/man/man.*/.*\):\\1.gz:' INSTALLED_FILES") % self.python),
             ('clean', 'clean_script', "rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT"),
             ('verifyscript', 'verify_script', None),
             ('pre', 'pre_install', None),