This builds fine for me; rpmlint on the insatlled rpm says:
   W: eventlog-devel ldd-failed /usr/lib64/libevtlog.a
which is sort of expected as ldd will just return "not a dynamic executable".

This package pretty well fits the exception to the no-static-libs rule, being a
dependency of a package that needs to be statically linked so that it can run
early in the boot sequence.

It's not necessary to have:
   Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
   Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
since you are using the 
  %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
form for your scriptlets.  Not a blocker, of course, but /sbin/ldconfig does
show up four times in the dependency list.

* source files match upstream:
   a6bdba91f88540cc69b398fd138d86cd  eventlog-0.2.5.tar.gz
* package meets naming and packaging guidelines.
* specfile is properly named, is cleanly written and uses macros consistently.
* dist tag is present.
* build root is correct.
* license field matches the actual license.
* license is open source-compatible.  License text included in package.
* latest version is being packaged.
* BuildRequires are proper.
* compiler flags are appropriate.
* %clean is present.
* package builds in mock (development, x86_64).
* package installs properly
* debuginfo package looks complete.
* rpmlint has one acceptable warning.
* final provides and requires are sane:
  eventlog-0.2.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
   libevtlog.so.0()(64bit)
   eventlog = 0.2.5-1.fc6
  =
   /sbin/ldconfig
   libevtlog.so.0()(64bit)

  eventlog-devel-0.2.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
   eventlog-devel = 0.2.5-1.fc6
  =
   eventlog = 0.2.5-1.fc6
   libevtlog.so.0()(64bit)

* %check is not present; no test suite upstream
* shared libraries are added to the regular linker search paths; ldconfig called
as necessary.
* owns the directories it creates.
* doesn't own any directories it shouldn't.
* no duplicates in %files.
* file permissions are appropriate.
* scriptlets are OK (ldconfig)
* code, not content.
* documentation is small, so no -docs subpackage is necessary.
* %docs are not necessary for the proper functioning of the package.
* headers are in the -devel subpackage.
* pkgconfig file is in the -devel subpackage.
* static libraries and unversioned .so files are in the -devel subpackage.
* static libraries are acceptable in this instance.
* no libtool .la droppings.

APPROVED

(In reply to comment #2)
> It's not necessary to have:
>    Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
>    Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
> since you are using the 
>   %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
> form for your scriptlets.  Not a blocker, of course, but /sbin/ldconfig does
> show up four times in the dependency list.


The redundant requirements were removed.
Package imported and built for FC-5 and devel.

Thanks for the review.

Package Change Request
======================
Package Name: eventlog
New Branches: EL-4 EL-5
Owners: peter silfreed

Note: I asked current eventlog maintainer, Douglas E. Warner, about EPEL-branches, and he hasn't any objections.

cvs done