diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/PackageOwners.py b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/PackageOwners.py
index 8a8723e..7c5777f 100644
--- a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/PackageOwners.py
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/PackageOwners.py
@@ -23,17 +23,6 @@ import tempfile
 from urllib import FancyURLopener
 
 
-class AccountsURLopener(FancyURLopener):
-    """Subclass of urllib.FancyURLopener to allow passing http basic auth info"""
-    def __init__(self, username, password):
-        FancyURLopener.__init__(self)
-        self.username = username
-        self.password = password
-
-    def prompt_user_passwd(self, host, realm):
-        return (self.username, self.password)
-
-
 class PackageOwners:
     """interface to Fedora package owners list (and Fedora Extras owners/owners.list file)"""
 
@@ -219,8 +208,8 @@ class PackageOwners:
             if count != 0:
                 time.sleep(self.retrysecs)
             try:
-                opener = AccountsURLopener(self.username, self.password)
-                f = opener.open(url)
+                opener = FancyURLopener()
+                f = opener.open(url, data='user_name=%s&password=%s&login=Login' % (self.username, self.password))
                 rc = 0
                 if 'www-authenticate' in f.headers:
                     rc = 1
@@ -245,7 +234,11 @@ class PackageOwners:
 
 
     def _downloadfrompkgdb(self):
-        fasdump = self._getlinesfromurl('https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/dump-group.cgi')
+        # Construct an URL that makes FancyURLopener use authentication
+        # with the first request and not just in return to 401.
+        fas2authurl = 'https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/group/dump/'
+
+        fasdump = self._getlinesfromurl(fas2authurl)
         self.usermap = {}
         for line in fasdump:
             fields = line.split(',')
diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/checkEpel.sh b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/checkEpel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..87ff314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/checkEpel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+YUM_CONF_LOC=/etc/yum.repos.d/yum.epel.conf
+OUTPUT_DIR=$HOME
+RC_REPORT_CFG=/etc/rc-report-epel.cfg
+
+process_deps()
+{
+    release=$1
+    arch=$2
+    testing=$3
+    mail=$4
+    [ -z $4 ] && mail="no" || mail="yes"
+    [ $arch = "ppc" ] && arch_label=ppc64 || arch_label=$arch
+    command="/usr/local/bin/rc-modified -d mdcache -n -c $YUM_CONF_LOC -a $arch_label -r rhel-$release-$arch -r fedora-epel-$release-$arch"
+    [ $release -eq 5 ] && command="$command -r rhel-$release-$arch-vt "
+    [ "$testing" =  "testing" ] && command="$command -r fedora-epel-testing-$release-$arch "
+    OUTFILE=$OUTPUT_DIR/epel${release}${arch}-$DATE.txt
+    $command > $OUTFILE
+    [ "$4" = "yes" ] && /usr/local/bin/rc-report.py $OUTFILE -k epel -c $RC_REPORT_CFG -w testing -m summary -m owner
+}
+
+
+# process_deps RHEL_RELEASE ARCH INCLUDE_TESTING? MAIL?
+
+# RHEL 5
+process_deps 5 i386 testing yes
+process_deps 5 x86_64 testing yes
+process_deps 5 ppc testing yes
+
+# RHEL 4
+process_deps 4 i386 testing yes
+process_deps 4 x86_64 testing yes
+process_deps 4 ppc testing yes
diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-modified b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-modified
index 17e8c3a..7aa3593 100755
--- a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-modified
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-modified
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ def parseArgs():
     parser.add_option("-r", "--repoid", default=[], action='append',
         help="specify repo ids to query, can be specified multiple times (default is all enabled)")
     parser.add_option("-t", "--tempcache", default=False, action="store_true", 
-        help="Use a temp dir for storing/accessing yum-cache")
+        help="use a temp dir for storing/accessing yum-cache")
     parser.add_option("-d", "--cachedir", default='', 
         help="specify a custom directory for storing/accessing yum-cache")
     parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", default=0, action="store_true", 
                       help="quiet (no output to stderr)")
     parser.add_option("-n", "--newest", default=0, action="store_true",
                       help="check only the newest packages in the repos")
+    parser.add_option("", "--nomultilibhack", default=False, action="store_true",
+                      help="disable multi-lib hack")
     (opts, args) = parser.parse_args()
     return (opts, args)
 
@@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
         if hasattr(self.repos, 'sqlite'):
             self.repos.sqlite = False
             self.repos._selectSackType()
-    
+
+        self.guessMultiLibProbs = True
+
     def evrTupletoVer(self,tuple):
         """convert and evr tuple to a version string, return None if nothing
         to convert"""
@@ -100,10 +104,42 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
             except TypeError:
                 self.repos.populateSack(which=[repo.id], with='filelists')
 
+    def isnewest(self, pkg):
+        newest = pkg.pkgtup in self.newestpkgtuplist
+
+        if not self.guessMultiLibProbs:
+            return newest
+
+        # Multi-lib hack:
+        #
+        # This is supposed to catch corner-cases, such as:
+        # Base-arch pkg was updated, but a corresponding compat-arch pkg
+        # is not included in the repo, because e.g. it was repackaged
+        # and no longer is pulled in by the multi-lib resolver.
+        # Assume, that if it the old compat-arch pkg is in the repo,
+        # there is no upgrade path from biarch installs to single-arch
+        # (the one pkg upgrades two installed pkgs with different arch)
+
+        (n,a,e,v,r) = pkg.pkgtup
+
+        if newest or a=='noarch':
+            return newest  # the trivial case
+
+        for provpkg in self.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(n):
+            prov_a = provpkg.pkgtup[1]
+            if prov_a=='noarch' or prov_a==a:
+                (prov_e, prov_v, prov_r) = provpkg.pkgtup[2:]
+                vercmp = rpmUtils.miscutils.compareEVR( (prov_e,prov_v,prov_r), (e,v,r) )
+                if vercmp>0:  # provpkg is newer
+                    return False
+        # No noarch/same-arch pkg is newer, but a basearch pkg may be newer
+        # and therefore be the only one in newestpkgtuplist.
+        return True
+
     def getBrokenDeps(self, newest=False):
         unresolved = {}
         resolved = {}
-        newpkgtuplist = []
+        self.newestpkgtuplist = []
         if newest:
             if yum.__version__ >= '2.9':  # TODO: check
                 pkgs = self.pkgSack.returnNewestByName()
@@ -111,7 +147,7 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
                 pkgs = []
                 for l in self.pkgSack.returnNewestByName():
                     pkgs.extend(l)
-            newestpkgtuplist = ListPackageSack(pkgs).simplePkgList()
+            self.newestpkgtuplist = ListPackageSack(pkgs).simplePkgList()
 
             pkgs = self.pkgSack.returnNewestByNameArch()
         else:
@@ -142,19 +178,6 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
                 except AttributeError:
                     pass
 
-            def isnotnewest(pkg):
-                # Handle noarch<->arch switches in package updates, so any
-                # old nevra returned by returnNewestByNameArch() are skipped.
-                # TODO: There must be a more elegant/convenient way.
-                if (pkg.pkgtup[1] == 'noarch'):
-                    if (pkg.pkgtup not in newestpkgtuplist):
-                        return True
-                else:
-                    for p in self.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(pkg.pkgtup[0]):
-                        if (p.pkgtup[1] == 'noarch') and (p.pkgtup in newestpkgtuplist):
-                            return True
-                return False
-
             for (req, flags, (reqe, reqv, reqr)) in pkg.returnPrco('requires'):
                 if req.startswith('rpmlib'): continue # ignore rpmlib deps
             
@@ -167,7 +190,7 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
                     pass
             
                 if len(resolve_sack) < 1:
-                    if newest and isnotnewest(pkg):
+                    if newest and not self.isnewest(pkg):
                         break
                     if not unresolved.has_key(pkg):
                         unresolved[pkg] = []
@@ -181,7 +204,7 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
                 
                 if newest and not kernelprovides and not req.startswith('kernel'): # we allow old kernels
                     resolved_by_newest = False
-                    for po in resolve_sack:# look through and make sure all our answers are newest-only
+                    for po in resolve_sack:# look through and make sure any of our answers are newest-only
 
                         # 2nd stage handling of obsoletes. Only keep providers,
                         # which are not obsolete. If no provider is left, the
@@ -202,7 +225,7 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
                     if resolved_by_newest:                    
                         resolved[(req,flags,ver)] = 1
                     else:
-                        if newest and isnotnewest(pkg):
+                        if newest and not self.isnewest(pkg):
                             break
                         if not unresolved.has_key(pkg):
                             unresolved[pkg] = []
@@ -217,6 +240,7 @@ class RepoClosure(yum.YumBase):
 def main():
     (opts, cruft) = parseArgs()
     my = RepoClosure(arch = opts.arch, config = opts.config)
+    my.guessMultiLibProbs = not opts.nomultilibhack
     
     if opts.repoid:
         for repo in my.repos.repos.values():
diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report-epel.cfg b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report-epel.cfg
index 220153d..d943c74 100644
--- a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report-epel.cfg
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report-epel.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [FAS]
 project = Fedora EPEL
-#user = foo
-#passwd = secret
+user = fedorasy
+passwd = BdSkfjD8dbFF3
 
 [Mail]
 from = Fedora Extras repoclosure <buildsys@fedoraproject.org>
diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report.py b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report.py
index 157c230..491c92c 100755
--- a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report.py
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/rc-report.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ for toaddr,(new,body) in reports.iteritems():
     mailtext += giveNeedsignMsg()
     mailtext += giveTestingMsg()
     mailtext += body
-    if domail and ('owners' in opts.mail) and toaddr!='UNKNOWN OWNER':
+    if domail and ('owner' in opts.mail) and toaddr!='UNKNOWN OWNER':
         subject = Mail['subject'] + ' - %s' % datetime.date.today()
         mail( srv, Mail['from'], toaddr, Mail['replyto'], subject, mailtext )
 
diff --git a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/yum.epel.conf b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/yum.epel.conf
index 6742340..5dcbac9 100644
--- a/scripts/epel-repoclosure/yum.epel.conf
+++ b/scripts/epel-repoclosure/yum.epel.conf
@@ -11,87 +11,109 @@ retries=20
 
 ### EL5 ###
 
-[centos-5-i386]
-name=CentOS 5 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/5/os/i386/
+[rhel-5-i386]
+name=RHEL5
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/RHEL5-$basearch/Server
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-updates-5-i386]
-name=CentOS Updates 5 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/5/updates/i386/
+[rhel-5-i386-vt]
+name=RHEL5
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-i386-server-vt-5/
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-5-x86_64]
-name=CentOS 5 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/5/os/x86_64/
+[rhel-5-x86_64]
+name=RHEL 5 - x86_64
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/RHEL5-$basearch/Server
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-updates-5-x86_64]
-name=CentOS Updates 5 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/5/updates/x86_64/
+[rhel-5-x86_64-vt]
+name=RHEL5
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-x86_64-server-vt-5/
 enabled=0
 
+[rhel-5-ppc]
+name=RHEL 5 ppc
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/RHEL5-$basearch/Server
+
+[rhel-5-ppc-vt]
+name=RHEL5
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-ppc-server-vt-5/
+enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-5-i386]
 name=Fedora EPEL 5 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/5/i386/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/5/i386/
 enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-testing-5-i386]
 name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 5 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/testing/5/i386/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/5/i386/
 enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-5-x86_64]
 name=Fedora EPEL 5 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/5/x86_64/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/5/x86_64/
 enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-testing-5-x86_64]
 name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 5 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/testing/5/x86_64/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/5/x86_64/
 enabled=0
 
+[fedora-epel-5-ppc]
+name=Fedora EPEL 5 - ppc
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/5/ppc/
+enabled=0
+
+[fedora-epel-testing-5-ppc]
+name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 5 - ppc
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/5/ppc/
+enabled=0
+
+
 ### EL4 ###
 
-[centos-4-i386]
-name=CentOS 4 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4/os/i386/
+[rhel-4-i386]
+name=RHEL 4 - i386
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-i386-as-4/
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-updates-4-i386]
-name=CentOS Updates 4 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4/updates/i386/
+[rhel-4-x86_64]
+name=RHEL 4 - x86_64
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-x86_64-as-4/
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-4-x86_64]
-name=CentOS 4 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4/os/x86_64/
+[rhel-4-ppc]
+name=RHEL 4 - ppc
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/rhel/rhel-ppc-as-4/
 enabled=0
 
-[centos-updates-4-x86_64]
-name=CentOS Updates 4 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4/updates/x86_64/
-enabled=0
-
-
 [fedora-epel-4-i386]
 name=Fedora EPEL 4 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/4/i386/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/4/i386/
 enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-testing-4-i386]
 name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 4 - i386
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/testing/4/i386/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/4/i386/
 enabled=0
-
 [fedora-epel-4-x86_64]
 name=Fedora EPEL 4 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/4/x86_64/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/4/x86_64/
 enabled=0
 
 [fedora-epel-testing-4-x86_64]
 name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 4 - x86_64
-baseurl=http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-epel/testing/4/x86_64/
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/4/x86_64/
 enabled=0
 
+
+[fedora-epel-4-ppc]
+name=Fedora EPEL 4 - ppc
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/4/ppc/
+enabled=0
+
+[fedora-epel-testing-4-ppc]
+name=Fedora EPEL Test Updates 4 - ppc
+baseurl=file:///pub/epel/testing/4/ppc/
+enabled=0