This has been discussed before, http://www.redhat.com/archives/rpm-list/2002-July/msg00063.html but I think Jeff dismissed the idea too quickly back then.
Consider a package that contains embedded paths to its installation prefix so the installed binaries can find each other.
After the nausea wears off, consider making this package relocatable. Easy: just have the %post scriptlet rewrite the embedded paths. (I have a little app to do just that, and can include it.)
Holding your nose against the odor, now consider trying to verify such a package. You'd need to use the %verify directive to disable md5 checksum verification for the files containing the embedded paths, and maybe include a custom md5 checker for the files containing embedded paths, to be verified itself by rpm, and to be invoked during %verifyscript.
So there y'go: a totally safe way to modify files and still have them verify.
OK, shoot holes in it :-)
- Dan
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