diff --git a/automaint b/automaint
index ae4728a..4954322 100755
--- a/automaint
+++ b/automaint
@@ -159,34 +159,46 @@ for a in `seq 1 ${#ARCHS[*]}`; do
    needportlist[$a-1]="${needport_list[*]}"
 done
 
-for p in ${pkglist[0]}; do
-   pkgcontinue=
-   needsport=
+tmpfile=`mktemp -q -t $me.XXXXXXXX` || {
+      echo "ERROR: cannot create temporary files." >&2
+      exit 1
+   }
+
+for a in `seq 1 ${#ARCHS[*]}`; do
+   echo -n "${pkglist[$a-1]} " >> $tmpfile
+done
+allpkgs="`cat $tmpfile | xargs -n 1 | sort -u | xargs`"
+rm -f $tmpfile
+
+for p in ${allpkgs}; do
+ pkgcontinue=
+ needsport=
+ for a in `seq 1 ${#ARCHS[*]}`; do
    for w in ${warningslist[*]}; do
       [ "$p" = "$w" ] && { pkgcontinue=1; break; }
    done
-   [ "$pkgcontinue" ] && continue
+   [ "$pkgcontinue" ] && break
 
-   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$SOURCE_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[0]} $p
+   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$SOURCE_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[$a-1]} $p
+
+   [ "$pkg_name" ] || {
+      #echo "$p: looks like a new package; skipping."
+      continue
+   }
 
    for o in ${needportlist[*]}; do
       [ "$p" = "$o" ] && { needsport=1; break; }
    done
-   [ "$needsport" -a ! "$PORT_REPOSITORY" ] && continue
+   [ "$needsport" -a ! "$PORT_REPOSITORY" ] && break
 
    spkg_version=$pkg_version
    spkg_release=$pkg_release
-   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$DEST_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[0]} $p
-
-   [ "$pkg_name" ] || {
-      echo "$p: looks like a new package; skipping."
-      continue
-   }
+   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$DEST_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[$a-1]} $p
 
    if [ "$pkg_version" = "$spkg_version" ]; then
       if [ "$pkg_release" = "$spkg_release" ]; then
          echo "$p: same release as upstream; skipping."
-            continue
+            break
       fi
       update_type="release"
    else
@@ -201,12 +213,12 @@ for p in ${pkglist[0]}; do
       if [ "$i" = "${#SVER[*]}" ]; then
          if [[ 64#${SVER[i-1]} -gt 64#89 && 64#${VER[i-1]} -lt 64#80 ]]; then
             [ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "$p: dubious beta upgrade from ${VER[i-1]} to ${SVER[i-1]}; skipping."
-            continue
+            break
          fi
          update_type="minor"
       else
          [ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "$p: dubious not-minor version update $i/${#SVER[*]}: ${SVER[i-1]} != ${VER[i-1]}; skipping."
-         continue
+         break
       fi
    fi
    if [ "$needsport" ]; then
@@ -228,6 +240,8 @@ MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"imported <b>$p</b> from <b>$SOURCE_REPOSITORY</b> to <b
          fi
       fi
    fi
+   break
+ done
 done
 
 exit 0