--- ./scripts/find-debuginfo.in.orig	2021-09-23 20:23:21.967469723 +0000

+++ ./scripts/find-debuginfo.in	2021-09-23 20:24:51.623286108 +0000

@@ -391,7 +391,17 @@ debug_link()

   local l="/usr/lib/debug$2"

   local t="$1"

   echo >> "$LINKSFILE" "$l $t"

-  link_relative "$t" "$l" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"

+

+  # this should correspond to what brp-symlink is doing

+  case $t in

+      /usr*)

+	  link_relative "$t" "$l" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"

+	  ;;

+      *)

+	  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$l")" && \

+	      ln -snf "$t" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT$l"

+	  ;;

+  esac

 }

 get_debugfn()