[PATCH 6.18 730/752] kbuild: rpm-pkg: Disable automatic requires for manual debuginfo package

Sasha Levin
2026-02-28T17:59:07Z

From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit f94711255a73d8938cf3bb405a0af3a4d2700ed1 ]

Stefano reports that after commit 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg:
Generate debuginfo package manually"), building with an rpm package
using rpm 4.20.0 fails with:

RPM build errors:
Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': #�) = 0x0d000002
Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': �) = 0x0d000000
Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': ) = 0x7c0e000000
Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x3130363230322000
Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x4728203a43434800
Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x3130363230322000
Unknown rich dependency op 'Hat': (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)) = 0x4728203a43434800

This error comes from the automatic requirements feature of rpm. The
-debuginfo subpackage has no dependencies, so disable this feature with
'AutoReq: 0' for this subpackage, avoiding the error. This matches the
official %_debug_template macro that rpm provides. While automatic
provides should be default enabled, be explicit like %_debug_template
does.

Additionally, while in the area, add the manual debug information
package to the Development/Debug group, further aligning with
%_debug_template.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 62089b804895 ("kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually")
Reported-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CAGxU2F7FFNgb781_A7a1oL63n9Oy8wsyWceKhUpeZ6mLk=focw@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260216-improve-manual-debuginfo-template-v1-1-e584b3f8d3be@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
scripts/package/kernel.spec | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/package/kernel.spec b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
index bccf58bdd45fd..b3c956205af00 100644
--- a/scripts/package/kernel.spec
+++ b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ against the %{version} kernel package.
%if %{with_debuginfo_manual}
%package debuginfo
Summary: Debug information package for the Linux kernel
+Group: Development/Debug
+AutoReq: 0
+AutoProv: 1
%description debuginfo
This package provides debug information for the kernel image and modules from the
%{version} package.
--
2.51.0