Re: [PATCH 0/2] kbuild: rpm-pkg: Address -debuginfo build regression with RPM < 4.20.0

[Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 12:04:47AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
>Steve reported a build issue with commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg:
>Generate debuginfo package manually") on RHEL9, which has an older
>version of RPM than what I tested. Turns out that RPM 4.20.0 fixed an
>issue with specifying %files for a -debuginfo subpackage.
>
>The first patch restricts the new -debuginfo package generation process
>to CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y and RPM >= 4.20.0 to ensure it is actually
>necessary and working. The second patch restores the original -debuginfo
>package generation process from commit a7c699d090a1 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg:
>build a debuginfo RPM") when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is disabled to keep the
>-debuginfo package around for older versions of RPM.

Yeah, I had similar issue on Fedora 42 (RPM version 4.20.1) and this 
series fixed my issue.

>
>---
>Nathan Chancellor (2):
>      kbuild: rpm-pkg: Restrict manual debug package creation
>      kernel: rpm-pkg: Restore find-debuginfo.sh approach to -debuginfo package
>
> scripts/package/kernel.spec | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> scripts/package/mkspec      | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>---
>base-commit: 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
>change-id: 20260209-kbuild-fix-debuginfo-rpm-718f81dbcaa6

Tested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Stefano