Comment # 6 on bug 4647 from Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski

(In reply to Richard from comment #4)
> Ok, I'm digging into this a bit more... If I have to "touch" the file so
> that it exists, doesn't that completely contradict the whole reason for
> using %ghost?

No, because the file will not be included in the binary RPM.