<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>ok removed the macro from .rpmmacros</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>i think the error was because i had comment <br></div><div>#This ...</div><div>in the %install section</div><div><br></div><div>since i did NOT have any <br></div><div>%package debuginfo</div><div><br></div><div>hence i deduce that <br></div><div>So i am back to reading up on Rules and regulations on what is allowed and recommended practices but not sure</div><div>where i can find detailed information</div><div>i am reading Maximum RPM and looking at <br></div><div>http://stereochro.me/ideas/rpm-for-the-unwilling</div><div><br></div><div><br><span></span></div><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@gmail.com><br><div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px;
margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 13, 2012 5:06 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Fedora-packaging] error: Package already exists: %package debuginfo<br> </font> </div> <br>
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:54:54 -0700 (PDT), KA (Kamal) wrote:<br><br>> Found a solution<br>> <br>> echo "%debug_package %{nil}" >> ~/.rpmmacros<br><br>Not good. That disables the automatic -debuginfo package builds.<br>The better "fix" for your problem would be to drop the<br> %package debuginfo<br>from your spec file, because you are not supposed to handle the<br>debuginfo files yourself. You haven't told why you added such<br>a %package definition to your spec file.<br>--<br>packaging mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org" href="mailto:packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org">packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org</a><br><a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging" target="_blank">https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging</a><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>