Thanks a lot Andy ! This actually resolved the problem. i just added the below line in my spec file and it's all happy now. "%define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0" Then i searched about this and come to know that... Basically, what this "%define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0" does is (as near as I can tell) is switches between using the "rpmdeps" program to determine dependencies or the "find-requires and find-provides" scripts. The rpmdeps problem uses libelf, and therefore fails because it is not equipped to handle ppc binaries. (I'm building on a x86 box with FC6 for ppc using cross tool). The scripts are more tolerant. The "rpmdeps" method is the preferred method, but it doesn't work for some reason. Thanks a lot guys ! -- This is an email sent via The Fedora Community Portal https://fcp.surfsite.org https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=195911&topic_id=42857&forum=31#forumpost195911 If you think, this is spam, please report this to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and/or blame jyotisankar@xxxxxxxxxx