On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, 14:09 Panu Matilainen, <pmati...@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 12/20/21 01:39, Robert-André Mauchin wrote:
> > On 12/6/21 12:42, Mikel Olasagasti wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I was updating some golang specs I've and switching them to use
> >> go_generate_buildrequires.
> >>
> >> I realized that some specs that are using it fail to build if `%global
> >> debug_package %{nil}` is not set. Same spec with all BuildRequires
> >> defined works just fine.
> >>
> >> Example:
> >>
> >> - Full spec (go2rpm):
> >>
> https://mikel.olasagasti.info/tmp/fedora/golang-github-alecaivazis-survey-2.spec
> >>
> >> - go_generate_buildrequires spec:
> >>
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikelolasagasti/github-cli/main/golang-github-alecaivazis-survey-2.spec
> >>
> >>
> >> - Full spec build:
> >> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=79642572
> >> - go_generate_buildrequires build:
> >> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=79642147
> >>
> >> Is this expected?
> >> Is adding `%global debug_package %{nil}` correct or good practice for
> >> this scenario?
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Mikel Olasagasti (mikelo2)
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Yes this is an issue I have noticed but I don't know where/what causes
> it.
> >
> > I know that if we have a %build section it will cause the debug info to
> > be looked for. It does it too with %generate_buildrequires and I think
> > it shouldn't, but I don't know if this is a behavior triggered by rpm
> > itself or is it triggered somewhere else during the build process?
> >
> > CC Panu and Devel to weigh in.
> >
> > In the meantime, as long as you don't have a %build section and thus do
> > not produce a binaries, you can use %global debug_package %{nil}
>
> Having to disable debug packages practically always indicates a bug in
> the package - either packaging, upstream or both.
>
> Typical causes for "error: Empty %files file
> <...>/debugsourcefiles.list" are missing debug info in the build (eg -g
> flag of gcc) and building outside the designated build directory.
> Unfortunately diagnosing these from rpm isn't easy.
>
> "%global debug_package %{nil}" is always a workaround and never a fix.
>
>          - Panu -
>
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Robert-André
> >


Yes I know, but not in this case as go libraries are noarch.
The problem that when we add the %generate_buildrequires section, it
triggers the detection of the debug info. Without it, the detection of
debug info is skipped so the package builds normally. I don't know what is
the expected behavior.
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