diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 10d8deb..6f466af 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-%define	_root_sbindir	/sbin
-%define	_root_libdir	/%{_lib}
-
 Summary: Utilities for managing ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems
 Name: e2fsprogs
 Version: 1.42
@@ -20,6 +17,11 @@ Patch2: e2fsprogs-1.42-bigendian-fix.patch
 Url: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires: e2fsprogs-libs = %{version}-%{release}
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
+Provides: /sbin/fsck.ext2
+Provides: /sbin/fsck.ext3
+Provides: /sbin/fsck.ext4
+Provides: /sbin/mke2fs
 
 # e4fsprogs was a parallel ext4-capable package in RHEL5.x
 %if 0%{?rhel} > 0
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ performance of an ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystem.
 Summary: Ext2/3/4 filesystem-specific shared libraries
 Group: Development/Libraries
 License: GPLv2 and LGPLv2
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description libs
 E2fsprogs-libs contains libe2p and libext2fs, the libraries of the
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ from userspace.
 Summary: Ext2/3/4 filesystem-specific static libraries
 Group: Development/Libraries
 License: GPLv2 and LGPLv2
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description static
 E2fsprogs-static contains all static libraries built from e2fsprogs,
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ also want to install e2fsprogs.
 Summary: Common error description library
 Group: Development/Libraries
 License: MIT
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description -n libcom_err
 This is the common error description library, part of e2fsprogs.
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ libcom_err is an attempt to present a common error-handling mechanism.
 Summary: Command line interface parsing library
 Group: Development/Libraries
 License: MIT
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description -n libss
 This is libss, a command line interface parsing library, part of e2fsprogs.
@@ -162,8 +168,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 export PATH=/sbin:$PATH
-make install install-libs DESTDIR=%{buildroot} INSTALL="%{__install} -p" \
-	root_sbindir=%{_root_sbindir} root_libdir=%{_root_libdir}
+make install install-libs DESTDIR=%{buildroot} INSTALL="%{__install} -p" 
 
 # ugly hack to allow parallel install of 32-bit and 64-bit -devel packages:
 %define multilib_arches %{ix86} x86_64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x sparcv9 sparc64
@@ -211,25 +216,25 @@ exit 0
 %doc COPYING README RELEASE-NOTES
 
 %config(noreplace) /etc/mke2fs.conf
-%{_root_sbindir}/badblocks
-%{_root_sbindir}/debugfs
-%{_root_sbindir}/dumpe2fs
-%{_root_sbindir}/e2fsck
-%{_root_sbindir}/e2image
-%{_root_sbindir}/e2label
-%{_root_sbindir}/e2undo
-%{_root_sbindir}/fsck.ext2
-%{_root_sbindir}/fsck.ext3
-%{_root_sbindir}/fsck.ext4
-%{_root_sbindir}/fsck.ext4dev
-%{_root_sbindir}/logsave
-%{_root_sbindir}/mke2fs
-%{_root_sbindir}/mkfs.ext2
-%{_root_sbindir}/mkfs.ext3
-%{_root_sbindir}/mkfs.ext4
-%{_root_sbindir}/mkfs.ext4dev
-%{_root_sbindir}/resize2fs
-%{_root_sbindir}/tune2fs
+%{_sbindir}/badblocks
+%{_sbindir}/debugfs
+%{_sbindir}/dumpe2fs
+%{_sbindir}/e2fsck
+%{_sbindir}/e2image
+%{_sbindir}/e2label
+%{_sbindir}/e2undo
+%{_sbindir}/fsck.ext2
+%{_sbindir}/fsck.ext3
+%{_sbindir}/fsck.ext4
+%{_sbindir}/fsck.ext4dev
+%{_sbindir}/logsave
+%{_sbindir}/mke2fs
+%{_sbindir}/mkfs.ext2
+%{_sbindir}/mkfs.ext3
+%{_sbindir}/mkfs.ext4
+%{_sbindir}/mkfs.ext4dev
+%{_sbindir}/resize2fs
+%{_sbindir}/tune2fs
 %{_sbindir}/filefrag
 %{_sbindir}/e2freefrag
 %{_sbindir}/e4defrag
@@ -270,8 +275,8 @@ exit 0
 %files libs
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
-%{_root_libdir}/libe2p.so.*
-%{_root_libdir}/libext2fs.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libe2p.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libext2fs.so.*
 
 %files static
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -294,7 +299,7 @@ exit 0
 %files -n libcom_err
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
-%{_root_libdir}/libcom_err.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libcom_err.so.*
 
 %files -n libcom_err-devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ exit 0
 %files -n libss
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
-%{_root_libdir}/libss.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libss.so.*
 
 %files -n libss-devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)