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Description of problem:
I am submitting a patch that implements use of a subdirectory with the
%files directive.  It is only useful when using a single spec file to
build several packages.  By specifying a subdirectory of the
RPM_BUILD_ROOT, we force RPM to strip that additional component from
the pathname of the files loading the files into the RPM.

A patch for v4.2 and v4.0.4 is attached to this feature-request.

It is used in this manner.

    %install

    # do a bunch of installation stuff

    %{__mkdir_p} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/{mainpkg,subpkg1,subpkg2}

    for i in mainpkg subpkg1 subpkg2
    do
      generate_filelist $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$i > filelist-$i
    done

    %files -f filelist-mainpkg -r mainpkg
    %defattr(-,root,root)

    %files subpkg1 -f filelist-subpkg1 -r subpkg1
    %defattr(-,root,root)

    %files subpkg2 -f filelist-subpkg2 -r subpkg2
    %defattr(-,root,root)

We use it for two purposes.

First, we build packages that contain files with the same name but
different contents.  This cannot be accomplished without the feature
that we have added.  But it is a critical feature for us to the
software on our ~400 servers located around the globe.

Second, we use it as an easier means of generating file-lists for the
sub-packages being created by a single spec file.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.this is not a bug.
2. it is a feature request.
3. we can duplicate it by applying the patch and rebuilding the rpm RPM.
    

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