diff --git a/sdl12_compat-rpmlintrc b/sdl12_compat-rpmlintrc
index df415ab..5d6d2ca 100644
--- a/sdl12_compat-rpmlintrc
+++ b/sdl12_compat-rpmlintrc
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ addFilter("lto-no-text-in-archive")
 # [   40s] The package misses dependency on a library package that provides the shared
 # [   40s] library.
 addFilter("no-library-dependency-for")
+
+# oddly, shlib policy check does not complain despite an (intentional) violation
+# of this with %lname
diff --git a/sdl12_compat.spec b/sdl12_compat.spec
index 896d375..b032d4c 100644
--- a/sdl12_compat.spec
+++ b/sdl12_compat.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package sdl12_comapt
+# spec file for package sdl12_compat
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           sdl12_compat
-%define lname libSDL-1_2-0
+%define lname sdl12_compat-libSDL-1_2-0
 %global _lto_cflags %_lto_cflags -ffat-lto-objects
 Version:        1.2.52
 Release:        0
@@ -32,16 +32,20 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sdl2)
 
 %description
-This is the "Simple DirectMedia Layer" library built from sdl12_comapt.
+This is the "Simple DirectMedia Layer" library built from sdl12_compat.
 it provides a binary and source compatible API for programs written
 against SDL 1.2, but it uses SDL 2.0 behind the scenes.
 
+(Currently classified as not ready for general use in openSUSE.)
+
 %package -n %lname
 Summary:        SDL Graphics Routines for Primitives and Other Support Functions
 Group:          System/Libraries
+Conflicts:      libSDL-1_2-0
+AutoReqProv:    off
 
 %description -n %lname
-This is the "Simple DirectMedia Layer" library built from sdl12_comapt.
+This is the "Simple DirectMedia Layer" library built from sdl12_compat.
 it provides a binary and source compatible API for programs written
 against SDL 1.2, but it uses SDL 2.0 behind the scenes.
 
@@ -49,6 +53,9 @@ against SDL 1.2, but it uses SDL 2.0 behind the scenes.
 Summary:        Libraries, includes and more to develop SDL-1.2 applications
 Group:          Development/Libraries/X11
 Requires:       %lname = %version
+Conflicts:      SDL-devel
+AutoReqProv:    off
+Provides:       pkgconfig(sdl12_compat) = %version-%release
 
 %description devel
 This package contains files needed for development with the SDL