On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:10:32PM +0100, mrdocs@scribus.info wrote:

Hi,

I have hit a weird issue when enabling %debug_package when wrapped inside something like this:

%if 0%{?suse_version} %debug_package Build Requires: blah... %endif

If %debug_package is enabled, the install portion fails on all Suse versions by seemingly unsetting RPM_BUILD_ROOT so the install part tries to install into /usr not /var/tmp/package/usr

Package in question is: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?project=home%3Amrdocs&package=gsview

Now Mandriva seems to automagically enable debug packages, so there is no need to enable it in the spec file.

This package has reliably built before on OBS on all rpm distros and arches.

Is this a subtle difference in the rpm versions from FC. Mdk and Suse ? or could this be an OBS issue?

Thoughts ?

Thanks, Peter

If you look at the way the %debug_package expands, it works by inserting an additional subpackage. Therefore, what you need to write it _below_ all your BuildRequires and BuildRoot tags. Like this: --- gsview.spec (revision 47) +++ gsview.spec (working copy) @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ %endif BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version} +%if 0%{?suse_version} +%debug_package +%endif %description GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript. Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development