diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index f7363d2df..a72354f68 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+*) 2003-11-27 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
+
+ - improved /lib .{a,la} migration
+
 *) 2003-11-25 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
  - Juergen Sawinski: updated xfree86 cyrillic fonts
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 0b47c214a..7c30c6450 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ postflist_static_lib() {
 		if [[ $fn = *.a ]] ; then
 			mv -fv $root/$fn $root/usr/$fn
 		else
-			sed "s,^libdir='\(.*\)',libdir='/usr\1'," \
+			sed "s,\([ =']\)/lib\(.*\),\1/usr/lib\2,g" \
 				$root/$fn > $root/usr/$fn
 			rm $root/$fn
 		fi