Comment 3 for bug 651506

no, it doesn't
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-18.el5
redhat-rpm-config-8.0.45-32.el5
rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-18.el5
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5

# ls /tmp/chroot/
tmp

[root@dhcp-lab-159 ~]# chmod 777 /tmp/chroot/tmp

[root@dhcp-lab-159 ~]# rpm -ivh --root /tmp/chroot --nodeps http://download.englab.brq.redhat.com/pub/rhel/nightly/RHEL5.4-Server-latest/tree-x86_64/Server/fonts-ISO8859-2-1.0-17.1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download.englab.brq.redhat.com/pub/rhel/nightly/RHEL5.4-Server-latest/tree-x86_64/Server/fonts-ISO8859-2-1.0-17.1.noarch.rpm
error: skipping http://download.englab.brq.redhat.com/pub/rhel/nightly/RHEL5.4-Server-latest/tree-x86_64/Server/fonts-ISO8859-2-1.0-17.1.noarch.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error