diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index c7ecdcc..b581651 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -813,6 +813,21 @@ pkg_swap() {
     sed -i "$(esc "$PWD/$alt" "$2")" "../installed/$1/manifest"
 }
 
+pkg_install_files() (
+    awk '{L[n++]=$0}END{while(n--)print L[n]}' "$2/$pkg_db/${2##*/}/manifest" |
+
+    while read -r line; do
+        perms=$(stat -c %a "$2/$line")
+
+        case $line in /etc/*) ;;
+            */) [ -d "$line" ]    || mkdir -m "$perms" "$line" ;;
+             *) test "$1" "$line" || cp -fPp "$2/$line" "${line%/*}" ;;
+        esac
+
+        chown -h root:root "$line"
+    done
+)
+
 pkg_etc() {
     [ -d "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/etc" ] || return 0
 
@@ -1002,24 +1017,8 @@ pkg_install() {
     cp -f "$sys_db/$pkg_name/manifest" "$mak_dir/m" 2>/dev/null ||:
     cp -f "$sys_db/$pkg_name/etcsums"  "$mak_dir/c" 2>/dev/null ||:
 
-    # Ensure that the tarball's manifest is correct by checking that
-    # each file and directory inside of it actually exists.
-    #
-    # The 'awk' command simply reverses the contents of the file so that
-    # directories are listed first.
-    awk '{L[n++]=$0}END{while(n--)print L[n]}' \
-        "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$pkg_db/$pkg_name/manifest" |
-
-    while read -r line; do
-        perms=$(stat -c %a "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$line")
-
-        case $line in /etc/*) ;;
-            */) [ -d "$line" ] || mkdir -m "$perms" "$line" ;;
-             *) cp -Pp "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$line" "${line%/*}" ;;
-        esac
-
-        chown root:root "$line"
-    done
+    # Install the package's files by iterating over its manifest.
+    pkg_install_files -z "$tar_dir/$pkg_name"
 
     # Handle /etc/ files in a special way (via a 3-way checksum) to determine
     # how these files should be installed. Do we overwrite the existing file?
@@ -1060,19 +1059,9 @@ pkg_install() {
         fi
     done ||:
 
-    awk '{L[n++]=$0}END{while(n--)print L[n]}' \
-        "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$pkg_db/$pkg_name/manifest" |
-
-    while read -r line; do
-        perms=$(stat -c %a "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$line")
-
-        case $line in /etc/*) ;;
-            */) [ -d "$line" ] || mkdir -m "$perms" "$line" ;;
-             *) [ -e "$line" ] || cp -p "$tar_dir/$pkg_name/$line" "${line%/*}" 
-        esac
-
-        chown root:root "$line"
-    done
+    # Install the package's files a second time to fix any mess caused by the
+    # above removal of the previous version of the package.
+    pkg_install_files -e "$tar_dir/$pkg_name"
 
     # Reset 'trap' to its original value. Installation is done so
     # we no longer need to block 'Ctrl+C'.