Created attachment 662107 [details] Tarbal with two specs. Description of problem: Running rpmbuild -ta against a tarball containing two specs (both in different subfolders) leads to an "second %prep" error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F17 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpmbuild -ta sp.tar.bz2 2. 3. Actual results: $ rpmbuild -ta sp.tar.bz2 ... error: line 55: second %prep Expected results: rpmbuild complains about second spec or any other detailed information Additional info: - adding -v or -vv also doesn't help to find the cause of the problem
Heh, its very confused indeed. With rpm 4.9.x I get similar results: [pmatilai@localhost rpm-4.9.x]$ ./rpmbuild -ta ~/sp.tar.bz2 error: File /home/pmatilai is smaller than 13 bytes error: line 55: second %prep [pmatilai@localhost rpm-4.9.x]$ With newer versions its even more bizarre: [pmatilai@localhost rpm]$ ./rpmbuild -ta ~/sp.tar.bz2 error: File /home/pmatilai: Is a directory [pmatilai@localhost rpm]$ I'll have a look, but whether this is ever going to get fixed for rpm 4.9.x specifically is another story.
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Moving to rawhide to avoid timeouting, the issue still exists in all rpm versions including upstream git.
Fixed upstream as 90976cf618cbeef1ab3dd557c0cfcff041330696