Description of problem: rpmbuild -ta has stopped working, since tar-1.15.91.1.FC5. Downgrading to tar-1.15.90-2.FC5 fixes the problem. The more recent tar whines about rpmbuild execing it with the *.spec argument, and the message confuses rpmbuild. See the attached summarized strace output. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-build-4.4.2.15.2 (meta-buglet: bugzilla does not list rpm-build in the Component menu) How reproducible: rpmbuild -ta <known-working-tarball> Actual results: error: Name field must be present in package: (main package) ...etc,etc Expected results: .rpm built as usual. Additional info:
Created attachment 136704 [details] Annotated strace output
Looks like a duplicate of bug #206841.
Workaround for now is TAR_OPTIONS=--wildcards discussion is occuring on rpm-devel list about the correct way to fix. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206841 ***