# rpm cpack debuginfo package generation getting warning "no source files were found!" and no debuginfo package
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/rpm-cpack-debuginfo-package-generation-getting-warning-no-source-files-were-found-and-no-debuginfo-package/1725
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**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/rpm-cpack-debuginfo-package-generation-getting-warning-no-source-files-were-found-and-no-debuginfo-package/1725 "2020-08-19T13:24:39Z")
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### Author:  [@garybirnhak](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/garybirnhak)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/rpm-cpack-debuginfo-package-generation-getting-warning-no-source-files-were-found-and-no-debuginfo-package/1725/1 "2020-08-19T13:24:39Z")
I have a problem with cpackrpm and have been banging my head against the wall for several days. I am on Centos 7.6 and using cmake/cpack 3.18.1. I can create a binary rpm, however, I keep getting “CPackRPM:Warning: debuginfo package was requested but will not be generated as no source files were found!” when I try to create a debuginfo package. With a small test project, I get a debuginfo package. However, with my production code I get the error. I have been trying to set CPACK\_BUILD\_SOURCE\_DIRS with all combinations I can think of, to no avail, and I have not been able to see any examples of what it needs.
Not sure if this is relevant, but my CMAKE\_BUILD\_DIR is blank ("")
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### Author:  [@ferdnyc](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ferdnyc)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/rpm-cpack-debuginfo-package-generation-getting-warning-no-source-files-were-found-and-no-debuginfo-package/1725/2 "2020-08-21T10:27:07Z")
> [@garybirnhak](#):
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> I have a problem with cpackrpm and have been banging my head against the wall for several days. I am on Centos 7.6 and using cmake/cpack 3.18.1. I can create a binary rpm, however, I keep getting “CPackRPM:Warning: debuginfo package was requested but will not be generated as no source files were found!” when I try to create a debuginfo package.
At the risk of stating the obvious, nobody here is going to be able to read your mind to determine _how_ you’re trying to create the debuginfo package, so to get any help you’re probably going to need to show your **code** instead. Command lines, relevant snippets of `CMakeLists.txt`, cut-and-paste terminal sessions showing exactly what went in that led to the failure message coming _out_, etc.
> [@garybirnhak](#):
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> With a small test project, I get a debuginfo package. However, with my production code I get the error. I have been trying to set CPACK\_BUILD\_SOURCE\_DIRS with all combinations I can think of, to no avail, and I have not been able to see any examples of what it needs.
According to [the documentation](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/cpack_gen/rpm.html#variable:CPACK_BUILD_SOURCE_DIRS):
> ### Note
>
> For CMake project [`CPACK_BUILD_SOURCE_DIRS`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/cpack_gen/rpm.html#variable:CPACK_BUILD_SOURCE_DIRS) is set by default to point to [`CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR.html#variable:CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR) and [`CMAKE_BINARY_DIR`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BINARY_DIR.html#variable:CMAKE_BINARY_DIR) paths.
So if you’re using CMake, I wouldn’t expect it to need anything. You may be messing things up by _trying_ to set it.
> [@garybirnhak](#):
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> Not sure if this is relevant, but my CMAKE\_BUILD\_DIR is blank (“”)
That’s probably fine, since `CMAKE_BUILD_DIR` means nothing, it’s not a supported CMake variable. Did you mean `CMAKE_BINARY_DIR`? (This is why showing actual code is helpful…)
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### Author:  [@garybirnhak](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/garybirnhak)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/rpm-cpack-debuginfo-package-generation-getting-warning-no-source-files-were-found-and-no-debuginfo-package/1725/3 "2020-08-21T19:33:25Z")
This is the output that contains the error:
…
CPack: Create package using RPM
CPack: Install projects
CPack: - Run preinstall target for: BuickSim
CPack: - Install project: BuickSim []
CPack: Create package
CMake Warning (dev) at /usr/local/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackRPM.cmake:1411 (message):
CPackRPM:Warning: debuginfo package was requested but will not be generated
as no source files were found!
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/local/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/Internal/CPack/CPackRPM.cmake:1887 (cpack\_rpm\_generate\_package)
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
CPackRPM: Will use GENERATED spec file: /home/user/buick\_framework/Software/Buick\_cmake\_build/\_CPack\_Packages/Linux/RPM/SPECS/Buicksim.spec
CPack: - package: /home/user/buick\_framework/Software/Buick\_cmake\_build/BuickSim-1.2-Linux.rpm generated.
* * *
Here is the cpack statements I am using in my top-level CMakeLists.txt:
cmake\_minimum\_required(VERSION 3.18)
set(CMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE “Debug”)
…
set(CPACK\_RPM\_DEBUGINFO\_PACKAGE ON)
set(CPACK\_GENERATOR “RPM”)
set(CPACK\_RPM\_DEBUGINFO\_SINGLE\_PACKAGE ON)
set(CPACK\_RPM\_BUILD\_SOURCE\_DIRS\_PREFIX /usr/src/debug/BCK/abcde)
include(CPack)
I appreciate any help! Thanks