solution: -cp %_datadir/libtool/* . +cp -r %_datadir/libtool/* . see additional info for partial build.log. --- --- ... Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /home/voins/tmp/rpm-tmp.7303 + umask 022 + cd /home/voins/RPM/BUILD + cd xfce-3.8.7 + cp /usr/share/libtool/config.guess /usr/share/libtool/config.sub /usr/share/libtool/libltdl /usr/s hare/libtool/ltmain.sh . cp: omitting directory `/usr/share/libtool/libltdl\' Bad exit status from /home/voins/tmp/rpm-tmp.7303 (%build) Command exited with non-zero status 1