diff --git a/attr-2.4.38-recursive.patch b/attr-2.4.38-recursive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b0b406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attr-2.4.38-recursive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+--- attr-2.4.38/getfattr/getfattr.c.recursive	2007-01-23 06:56:40.000000000 +0100
++++ attr-2.4.38/getfattr/getfattr.c	2007-09-11 04:00:49.000000000 +0200
+@@ -410,6 +410,38 @@ void help(void)
+ "      --help              this help text\n"));
+ }
+ 
++char *resolve_symlinks(const char *file)
++{
++	static char buffer[4096];
++	struct stat stat;
++	char *path = NULL;
++
++	if (lstat(file, &stat) == -1)
++		return path;
++
++	if (S_ISLNK(stat.st_mode) && !opt_walk_physical)
++		path = realpath(file, buffer);
++	else
++		path = (char *)file;    /* not a symlink, use given path */
++
++	return path;
++}
++
++int walk_tree(const char *file)
++{
++	const char *p;
++
++	if ((p = resolve_symlinks(file)) == NULL) {
++		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", progname,
++			xquote(file), strerror(errno));
++		return 1;
++	} else if (nftw(p, do_print, 0, opt_walk_logical? 0 : FTW_PHYS) < 0) {
++		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", progname, xquote(file),
++			strerror(errno));
++		return 1;
++	}
++	return 0;
++}
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
+@@ -499,12 +531,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	while (optind < argc) {
+-		if (nftw(argv[optind], do_print, 0,
+-			 opt_walk_physical * FTW_PHYS) < 0) {
+-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", progname, argv[optind],
+-			        strerror_ea(errno));
+-			had_errors++;
+-		}
++		had_errors += walk_tree(argv[optind]);
+ 		optind++;
+ 	}
+ 
diff --git a/attr.spec b/attr.spec
index fad523c..8f7327b 100644
--- a/attr.spec
+++ b/attr.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Summary: Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes
 Name: attr
 Version: 2.4.38
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Conflicts: xfsdump < 2.0.0
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Source: ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/attr_%{version}-1.tar.gz
 Patch1: attr-2.0.8-docperms.patch
 Patch2: attr-2.2.0-multilib.patch
 Patch3: attr-2.4.32-build.patch
+Patch4: attr-2.4.38-recursive.patch
 License: GPL
 URL: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
 Group: System Environment/Base
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name.
 Summary: Dynamic library for extended attribute support
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPL
-Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
-Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %description -n libattr
 This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ you'll also want to install attr.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .perms
 %patch2 -p1 -b .multilib
 %patch3 -p1 -b .build
+%patch4 -p1 -b .recursive
 
 autoconf
 
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /%{_lib}/libattr.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 31 2007 Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl@redhat.com> 2.4.38-2
+- Fixed following symlinks #284121
+- Removed explicit Requires(post + postun) #225290
+
 * Tue Jul 31 2007 Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl@redhat.com> 2.4.38-1
 - New version 2.4.38
 - Resolves #245415