Quite a few packages produce useless -debuginfos nowadays. In addition to empty -debuginfos, a debuginfo package that contains some *.debug files but no sources is also quite likely not honoring $RPM_OPT_FLAGS, and if so, also very likely to have been built without compiler generated security features. Looks like reviewers should pay more attention to these issues (although they can obviously be introduced after reviews too). More info, including some suggestions how to fix common cases: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Debuginfo Lists of susceptible packages in Core and Extras devel repos follows, and the crude script to produce this output is attached. The output is not 100% bleeding edge; it's run against current public repos. Some packages have already had bugs reported against them, and some already fixed in CVS. The script currently excludes *.debug installed in %{_libdir}/gcj - I suppose rpmbuild does not know how to include sources for gcj's Java *.so. ---- Core devel i386 ---- $ debuginfocheck.py development-debuginfo Importing additional filelist information Empty debuginfo packages: aspell-nl-debuginfo at-debuginfo brltty-debuginfo busybox-debuginfo byacc-debuginfo check-debuginfo dbus-sharp-debuginfo dev86-debuginfo dosfstools-debuginfo ftp-debuginfo gecko-sharp2-debuginfo gnome-mime-data-debuginfo gnu-efi-debuginfo gpart-debuginfo intltool-debuginfo ipvsadm-debuginfo iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo isicom-debuginfo java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-debuginfo mktemp-debuginfo nmap-debuginfo passwd-debuginfo pkgconfig-debuginfo rdesktop-debuginfo symlinks-debuginfo syslinux-debuginfo sysstat-debuginfo system-config-boot-debuginfo timidity++-debuginfo traceroute-debuginfo vconfig-debuginfo wpa_supplicant-debuginfo yp-tools-debuginfo Debuginfo packages without sources: beecrypt-debuginfo compat-gcc-296-debuginfo cpuspeed-debuginfo eclipse-cdt-debuginfo ed-debuginfo esc-debuginfo festival-debuginfo gtkhtml3-debuginfo hardlink-debuginfo ksh-debuginfo libdbi-debuginfo libdbi-drivers-debuginfo mozplugger-debuginfo nhpf-debuginfo pcmciautils-debuginfo pvm-debuginfo redhat-lsb-debuginfo rp-pppoe-debuginfo star-debuginfo statserial-debuginfo synaptics-debuginfo transfig-debuginfo xfig-debuginfo 961 debuginfo packages, 33 empty, 23 with no sources. ---- Extras devel i386 ---- $ debuginfocheck.py extras-development-debuginfo Importing additional filelist information Empty debuginfo packages: boo-debuginfo chemical-mime-data-debuginfo daap-sharp-debuginfo exaile-debuginfo factory-debuginfo freenx-debuginfo gtksourceview-sharp-debuginfo ipod-sharp-debuginfo libassuan-debuginfo libfac-debuginfo libnet-debuginfo libnet10-debuginfo libresample-debuginfo lightning-debuginfo monodevelop-debuginfo moomps-debuginfo openoffice.org-dict-cs_CZ-debuginfo plib16-debuginfo Debuginfo packages without sources: BibTool-debuginfo Canna-debuginfo HelixPlayer-debuginfo TeXmacs-debuginfo arrows-debuginfo aterm-debuginfo atlas-debuginfo bin2iso-debuginfo blender-debuginfo cfitsio-debuginfo cksfv-debuginfo clisp-debuginfo csmash-debuginfo csound-debuginfo curry-debuginfo deltarpm-debuginfo emacs-vm-debuginfo gauche-gl-debuginfo gauche-gtk-debuginfo graveman-debuginfo hdf-debuginfo hdf5-debuginfo hevea-debuginfo hfsplusutils-debuginfo highlight-debuginfo initng-debuginfo initng-ifiles-debuginfo iperf-debuginfo jogl-debuginfo kicad-debuginfo kinput2-debuginfo libreadline-java-debuginfo libtasn1-debuginfo mediawiki-debuginfo mock-debuginfo mono-debugger-debuginfo mpc-debuginfo nas-debuginfo nmh-debuginfo nqc-debuginfo oddjob-debuginfo openalpp-debuginfo osgal-debuginfo pdftk-debuginfo pgadmin3-debuginfo php-pecl-xdebug-debuginfo revelation-debuginfo tuxpaint-debuginfo vigra-debuginfo vnc-reflector-debuginfo wfut-debuginfo wings-debuginfo xkeycaps-debuginfo 1677 debuginfo packages, 18 empty, 53 with no sources.
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