The current rpmlint doesn't check whether default files attributes (via %defattr directives) are defined in the %files section. At least Fedora Package Review Guidelines require that they must be defined. See URL for details and patches.
Comments added to upstream tracker.
Ville, could you, please, also check ticket #154? Thanks, Dan
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Could you update rpmlint to version 0.83 in F-9 and F-8 too?
rpmlint-0.83-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
rpmlint-0.83-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
rpmlint-0.83-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpmlint'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-5185
rpmlint-0.83-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
rpmlint-0.83-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.