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

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

Hi Stefano,

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 03:11:38PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for testing! I find that a little odd though since I tested
62089b804895 in Fedora 42 during my investigation of the problem and it
worked fine without these changes. Nevertheless, I will add your tags to
this series when I apply it.

Cheers,
Nathan