Questions[checkinstall](server)

I have created a simple package using checkinstall of the Oracle Instantclient client libraries, the package installs without problem and is seen in the system.

Problem is, that checkinstall doesn't create /var/lib/dpkg/info/oracle-instantclient11.2-basic.symbols or /var/lib/dpkg/info/oracle-instantclient11.2-basic.shlibs files so when I try to create another package (with proper build scripts) that depends on oracle-instantclient11.2-basic the build fails with

dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for \
 /usr/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1 (used by \
 debian/libopendbx1-oracle/usr/lib/opendbx/liboraclebackend.so.1.2.0).
dh_shlibdeps: dpkg-shlibdeps \
 -Tdebian/libopendbx1-oracle.substvars \
 debian/libopendbx1-oracle/usr/lib/opendbx/liboraclebackend.so.1.2.0 \
 returned exit code 2
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 9

Is there an easy way to automatically create a package with .symbols or .shlibs files?

I am trying to use checkinstall to build a package from source code. However, when I run checkinstall , it ask :

/root/rpmbuild has no source directory, please write the path to the rpm source directory tree.

I am running on Fedora 12 and system was installed through kickstart via repository of dvd of fc12. I was not aware of the rpm source directory during the installation.

So how can I check whether rpm source has been installed or not? If not, how to make the rpm source directory so that I can please the checkinstall and build the package successfully? Or can I bypass it?