diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9418418..bbfa632 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 * alien needs to handle relocatable conffiles, partially relocatable
   packages, and packages that have maultiple parts that relocate
   differently.
+* rpm ghost file support. On conversion, make preinst move file out of the
+  way, postinst put it back. Thus emulating the behavior of rpm.
diff --git a/alien.spec.in b/alien.spec.in
index 86fd4b3..72fc7ec 100644
--- a/alien.spec.in
+++ b/alien.spec.in
@@ -23,15 +23,9 @@ This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
 rm -rf /tmp/alien-@version@.build
 
 %install
-perl Makefile.PL
+perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr
 make
-make pure_install INSTALLDIRS=perl \
-	PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/`perl -e 'use Config;print $Config{prefix}'` \
-	INSTALLMAN1DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man1 \
-	INSTALLMAN3DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man3 \
-	INSTALLARCHLIB=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/killme \
-	VARPREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/killme
+make pure_install VARPREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" | \
 	sed '/\/man\//s/$/\*/' > manifest
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9eb9f90..b60a802 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+alien (8.26) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * alien.spec: pass PREFIX to Makefile.PL so it works on systems 
+    (such as red hat 8) where the generated Makefile does not use
+    $PREFIX in all paths.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:12:32 -0400
+
 alien (8.25) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Support rpms that contain no files. Closes: #184714
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 734d9df..aa23a27 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 4), dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.5.8.0
+Standards-Version: 3.5.9.0
 
 Package: alien
 Architecture: all