--- SpecCheck.py
+++ SpecCheck.py
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
             if scriptlet_requires_regex.search(line) and current_section == 'package':
                 printError(pkg, 'broken-syntax-in-scriptlet-requires', string.strip(line))
 
+            if current_section in ('post', 'postun'):
+                if line.find('%run_ldconfig') != -1:
+                    printWarning(pkg, 'deprecated-use-of-%run_ldconfig')
+
             if current_section == 'changelog':
                 res = macro_regex.search(line)
                 if res and len(res.group(1)) % 2:
@@ -572,6 +576,14 @@ will break short circuiting.''',
 '''Make check or other automated regression test should be run in %check, as
 they can be disabled with a rpm macro for short circuiting purposes.''',
 
+'deprecated-use-of-%run_ldconfig',
+'''According to the new SUSE Packaging Conventions, the use of %run_ldconfig
+is deprecated. use
+
+%post(un) -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+instead.''',
+
 'macro-in-%changelog',
 '''Macros are expanded in %changelog too, which can in unfortunate cases lead
 to the package not building at all, or other subtle unexpected conditions that