clean Severn install; these files should only be in the debuginfo package usually. [root@host199 lib]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/octave-2.1.49/lib*.debug octave-2.1.49-4 octave-2.1.49-4 octave-2.1.49-4
Simple %files fix.
You can get fixed packages here: http://people.redhat.com/lhh/octave-2.1.50-2.i386.rpm http://people.redhat.com/lhh/octave-2.1.50-2.src.rpm They will appear in rawhide soon.