The redhat-release package is an arch-specific package but does not contain any binaries, so it ends up producing empty debuginfo packages. Changing redhat-release to be noarch would be too risky for a minor release. Therefore, we should tweak the spec file to not build debuginfo packages.
*** Bug 500628 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1400.html