In recent modutils rpms, the new devel rpm has had a /usr/lib/libobj.a file in it. This file is the same as libmodutilobj.a, also provided in the devel rpm. Fix: Remove these two lines from the %install section of the spec file install -m 644 obj/*.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} install -m 644 insmod/*.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} They are not needed as the following is in the %build section: cp util/libutil.a libs/libmodutilutil.a cp obj/libobj.a libs/libmodutilobj.a
Fixed in 2.4.12-8.