Description of problem: rpmlint seems to be running ldd on ar-archives: # rpmlint openssl-devel .. W: openssl-devel ldd-failed /usr/lib/libcrypto.a W: openssl-devel ldd-failed /usr/lib/libssl.a To me, this behavior doesn't make any sense. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpmlint-0.78-1.fc5
Indeed. Fixed upstream, thanks for the heads up: http://rpmlint.zarb.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/changeset/1289
Fixed in 0.78-2.fc*