Comment 48 for bug 633636

(In reply to Pavel Raiskup from comment #37)
> I would say that after the years the workaround can be called "viable".
> Since it is not yet mentioned here in the bug, see:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Directory_Replacement
>
> It's not easy problem to solve in RPM, but at least we could have shortcut
> in some parametric macro as a replacement for the multi-line rpm snippets.

Well, but it would still be workaround, meaning some of the problems mentioned above could still cause a problem... For example:

(In reply to Jan Pokorný from comment #34)
> One big issue I see with scriptlet-based workarounds is that such files
> are not covered in metadata tracking for integrity checks (rpm -qV).

(In reply to Panu Matilainen from comment #38)
> (quoting comment #12)
> > Honking urgent! urgent! urgent! has not solved the issue for a decade.
>
> ...nor two, and actually closing in on three decades. Just to give a bit
> perspective for that "sooner than later" wish.

Well, it was more like a New Year's wish... :D You can still postpone it for the next New Year, if you know what I mean... :D