diff --git a/pisi/cli/commands.py b/pisi/cli/commands.py
index fbda94b8..219c3da5 100644
--- a/pisi/cli/commands.py
+++ b/pisi/cli/commands.py
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import pisi
 import pisi.cli
 import pisi.context as ctx
 from pisi.uri import URI
-
+import pisi.util as util
+import pisi.api as api
+import pisi.packagedb as packagedb
 
 class Error(pisi.Error):
     pass
@@ -536,6 +538,8 @@ Usage: info <package1> <package2> ... <packagen>
 
         metadata, files = pisi.api.info(arg)
         ctx.ui.info(unicode(metadata.package))
+        revdeps =  [x[0] for x in packagedb.get_rev_deps(arg)]
+        ctx.ui.info( _('Reverse Dependencies: ') + util.strlist(revdeps) )
         if self.options.files or self.options.files_path:
             if files:
                 ctx.ui.info(_('\nFiles:'))
diff --git a/pisi/component.py b/pisi/component.py
index 7060198c..1dd6252a 100644
--- a/pisi/component.py
+++ b/pisi/component.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class ComponentDB(object):
         return self.d.has_key(name)
 
     def get_component(self, name):
+        if not self.has_component(name):
+            self.d[name] = Component(name = name)
         return self.d[name]
 
     def list_components(self):
@@ -99,12 +101,13 @@ class ComponentDB(object):
             list.append(pkg)
         return list
 
-    def add_component(self, component):
+    def update_component(self, component):
+        if self.d.has_key(component.name):
+            # preserve the list of packages
+            component.packages = self.d[component.name].packages
         self.d[component.name] = component
 
     def add_package(self, component_name, package):
-        if not self.has_component(component_name):
-            raise Error(_('Information for component %s not available') % component_name)
         component = self.get_component(component_name)
         component.packages.append(package)
         self.d[component_name] = component # update
diff --git a/pisi/index.py b/pisi/index.py
index 77f9e5e8..c1101835 100644
--- a/pisi/index.py
+++ b/pisi/index.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Index(XmlFile):
         pkgdb = packagedb.get_db(repo)
         pkgdb.clear()
         for comp in self.components:
-            ctx.componentdb.add_component(comp)
+            ctx.componentdb.update_component(comp)
         for pkg in self.packages:
             pkgdb.add_package(pkg)
 
diff --git a/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py b/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
index 3bda2a51..8938fcd6 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ class autoxml(oo.autosuper, oo.autoprop):
                 #XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = tag)
                 #workaround: init only top level xmlfile, not the parts
                 if not args.has_key('tag'):
-                    XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = cls.tag) 
+                    #XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = cls.tag)
+                   pass # disable xmlfile support in constructor entirely! 
             for base in cls.autoxml_bases:
                 base.__init__(self)
             #super(cls, self).__init__(tag = tag) cooperative shit disabled for now