Based on http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=cf1095648194104a81a58abead05974a5bfa3b9a
====================
--- a/lib/rpmfi.c	2013-02-04 10:29:59.342666296 +0100
+++ b/lib/rpmfi.c	2013-02-04 10:32:26.192721679 +0100
@@ -542,19 +542,13 @@
 
 int rpmfiCompareIndex(rpmfi afi, int aix, rpmfi bfi, int bix)
 {
-    mode_t amode = rpmfiFModeIndex(afi, aix);
-    mode_t bmode = rpmfiFModeIndex(bfi, bix);
-    rpmFileTypes awhat = rpmfiWhatis(amode);
+    rpmFileTypes awhat = rpmfiWhatis(rpmfiFModeIndex(afi, aix));
+    rpmFileTypes bwhat = rpmfiWhatis(rpmfiFModeIndex(bfi, bix));
 
     if ((rpmfiFFlagsIndex(afi, aix) & RPMFILE_GHOST) ||
 	(rpmfiFFlagsIndex(bfi, bix) & RPMFILE_GHOST)) return 0;
 
-    if (amode != bmode) return 1;
-
-    if (!rstreq(rpmfiFUserIndex(afi, aix), rpmfiFUserIndex(bfi, bix)))
-	return 1;
-    if (!rstreq(rpmfiFGroupIndex(afi, aix), rpmfiFGroupIndex(bfi, bix)))
-	return 1;
+    if (awhat != bwhat) return 1;
 
     if (awhat == LINK) {
 	const char * alink = rpmfiFLinkIndex(afi, aix);